History Recap / BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE40IfYoureSoSmartWhyArentYouRich

* PyrrhicVillainy: Villain-on-villain case: Mockridge succeeds in continuing to make money off Nygma's intellectual creations, but lives his life in constant paranoid fear of Nygma coming to get him again.

* KarmaHoudini: The Riddler gets away scot-free at the end. The producers have stated that they let the Riddler escape as a testament to his intellect.

* MookBouncer: The Riddler has constructed a maze, complete with mechanical {{Wall Master}}s. Batman uses them to his advantage and rigs one to take him to the end of the maze.

* ChekhovsGun: Batman's palm top computer which he used to translate Riddler's Morse Code comes in handy on more occasions afterwards, particularly when he hijacks the Hand of Fate

* ChekhovsGun: Batman's palm top computer which he used to translate Riddler's Morse Code comes in handy on more occasions afterwards, particularly when he hijacks the Hand of Fate.

* CuttingTheKnot: Batman [[DungeonBypass bypasses]] the video game maze re-creation by hacking the controls of Hand of Fate; later, when faced with a robot minotaur, Bats orders the Hand to ram it.

* BatDeduction: Batman quickly realizes that dealing with the Riddler, he always has to find a secret meaning.

* CuttingTheKnot: Batman [[DungeonBypass bypasses]] the video game maze re-creation by hacking the controls of the flying guardian; later, when faced with a robot minotaur, Bats orders the same guardian to ram it.
* DungeonBypass: The Riddler's maze. Batman hijacks a flying "Hand of Fate".

* EurekaMoment: When Robin mentions that ''The Riddle of the Minotaur'' has a dead-end called the Wasteland, Batman realizes that Riddler is luring Mockridge into a trap.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why The Riddler sends Batman the hint to the maze. When one of his {{Mooks}} questions why he's bothering when already has Mockridge, Riddler answers that the fact Batman knows who he is means he can't afford to let him live, so he'll lead him and Robin into the death trap that is the maze to be killed with Mockridge.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the scene where Batman and Robin first come across the maze in an amusement park, the word SEX can be seen in the background. The S and E are part of the name of a carnival attraction while the X is hidden as part of the scaffolding that appears just behind it. Hidden pranks like this are often done by studio animators as inside jokes amongst themselves.

* NeverSayDie: Rather than say 'kill', Riddler says that the robot will ''destroy'' Batman and the others.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Batman calls the Riddler by his real last name, the Riddler decides the Bat is a serious threat who needs to be ''killed''.[[note]]Perhaps it's for the best, though, since Batman is able to save Mockridge specifically because the Riddler uses him as bait. If Batman hadn't made it personal, the Riddler probably would have just killed Mockridge and disappeared.[[/note]]

* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: Given that he was fired, one has to wonder where Nygma got the money to pay for turning the amusement park maze into a deathtrap, hiring his {{Mook}}s, and whatever he used to hack into Gotham's electrical system.

* RaceAgainstTime: Batman and Robin had less than ten minutes to run the Minotaur labyrinth to reach Mockridge before the Minotaur robot kills him.

Edward Nygma, a.k.a. The Riddler, seeks revenge against his former boss, Daniel Mockridge, who profited off of Nygma's video game ''The Riddle of the Minotaur''.

* BookEnds: The episode starts with Mockridge firing Eddie, and when the latter challenges the former with his intellect he retorts with a riddle: "[[TitleDrop If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?]] The episode ends with the Riddler traumatizing his former boss and making him so paranoid he can never enjoy another good night's sleep, prompting Batman to comment on Mockridge's predicament with a riddle of his own: "How much is a good night's sleep worth?"

* BookEnds: The episode starts with Mockridge firing Eddie, and when the latter challenges the former with his intellect he retorts with a riddle: "[[TitleDrop If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?]] The episode ends with the Riddler traumatizing his former boss and making him so paranoid he can never enjoy another good night's sleep, prompting Batman to comment Mockridge's predicament with a riddle of his own: "How much is a good night's sleep worth?"

* BookEnds: The episode starts with Mockridge firing Eddie, and when the latter challenges the former with his intellect he retorts with a riddle: "[[TitleDrop If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?]] The episode ends with the Riddler traumatizing his former boss and making him so paranoid he can never enjoy another good sleep, prompting Batman to comment Mockridge's predicament with a riddle of his own: "How much is a good night's sleep worth?"

* BookEnds: The episode starts with Mockridge firing Eddie and when the latter challenges the former with his intellect he retorts with a riddle: "[[TitleDrop If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?]] The episode ends with the Riddler traumatizing his former boss and making him so paranoid he can never enjoy another good sleep, prompting Batman to comment Mockridge's predicament with a riddle of his own: "How much is a good night's sleep worth?"