History Recap / TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE17LockUp

** The Arkham orderlies when they break up the brewing fight Harley and Scarface. Harley smacks Scarface's head and grabs Wesker, shouting they must tell the truth; note that when the orderlies pull her away, they have a lighter grip on Wesker who didn't do anything. No one even bothers to restrain Scarecrow because he merely points at Bolton and describes the torture. They also let Harley and Wesker go to handle Bolton.

* MisplacedRetribution: Rather than take out his anger on the broken prison system or the villains themselves, Lock-Up kidnaps a cop, a mayor, and a journalist, blaming them for Arkham being terrible. Summer makes the least sense because she doesn't make the news, she reports it. Her editor-in-chief is a more sensible target. [[note]] Though given Bolton's overzealous views, he may have decided that she was just another contribution to the problem regardless if it was her job or not to report whatever the studio told her to say. [[/note]]
* NotHelpingYourCase: When the Arkham inmates finally speak against Bolton, his furious reaction certainly doesn't help. If he had just kept calm, he would have been able to save his job. Instead, he lunges for them and beats up the five orderlies holding him back.

* BerserkButton: When the inmates of Arkham expose his terrible acts, Bolton tries to brand them as liars and lashes out at them. Only a pile-up of six guards and the subtle assistance of Bruce Wayne tripping him up prevents him from attempting to strangle the criminals.

* MisplacedRetribution: Rather than take out his anger on the broken prison system or the villains themselves, Lock-Up kidnaps a cop, a mayor, and a journalist, blaming them for Arkham being terrible. Summer makes the least sense because she doesn't make the news, she reports it. Her editor-in-chief is a more sensible target. [[note/]] Though given Bolton's overzealous views, he may have decided that she was just another contribution to the problem. [[note]]

* MisplacedRetribution: Rather than take out his anger on the broken prison system or the villains themselves, Lock-Up kidnaps a cop, a mayor, and a journalist, blaming them for Arkham being terrible. Summer makes the least sense because she doesn't make the news, she reports it. Her editor-in-chief is a more sensible target.

* MisplacedRetribution: Rather than take out his anger on the broken prison system or the villains themselves, Lock-Up kidnaps a cop, a mayor, and a journalist, blaming them for Arkham being terrible. Summer makes the least sense because she doesn't make the news, she reports it. Her editor-in-chief is a more sensible target.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though villans like Harley Quinn, Scarecrow, and Scarface have done some terrible things. They are horrified about the suffering Lyle Bolton puts them through at Arkham. Heck! Even ''Scarecrow'' was terrified of him!

* EvenEvilHasStandars: Even though villans like Harley Quinn, Scarecrow, and Scarface have done some terrible things. They are horrified about the suffering Lyle Bolton puts them through at Arkham. Heck! Even '''Scarecrow''' was terrified of him!

* TheGhost: Poison Ivy is mentioned and a [[DeathGlare glowering]] profile pic is shown, but she never physically appears in this episode.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Lock-Up is a fairly obvious [[StrawmanPolitical GOP pundit]] parody. He constantly says that the "liberal media," "coddling doctors," and "gutless police" are responsible for supercrime in Gotham. He believes that the criminals at Arkham don't deserve privileges or even the most basic humane treatment. Obviously, he's [[UpToEleven hyperbolized,]] but it's still pretty severe for a [[ParentalBonus kids' show]].

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Regarding Bolton's attitude as a warden; Batman even hands Scarecrow to him without any fuss. Bruce knows that Bolton was trained to be a good leader and warden from Wayne Enterprises, and Bolton says that there are problems with Arkham being a CardboardPrison while it contains mass murderers and would-be killers. No one contests that. On the other hand, the whole point of the Aslyum is to rehabilitate inmates so that they can reenter society, which is why Bruce is concerned about how terrified Harley and Scarface are when they tell him about Bolton's actions. He revokes Bolton's authority when he goes after the inmates for revealing the truth because the man went against the whole mission.

* CoolBoat: The USS ''Halsey'', a decommissioned battleship that Lock-Up uses as his base of operations/personal prison.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood Bolton seems to be incapable of understanding why Batman would show any mercy towards criminals.

* NotHelpingYourCase: When the Arkham inmates finally speak against Bolton, his furious reaction certainly doesn't help.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Bruce Wayne when Scarecrow tells him in Batman's guise that he's afraid of the new Arkham Warden. He goes to investigate at Arkham, question the inmates about what has been going on, and eventually coaxes out that Bolton is torturing them. When he learns that Bolton was abusing his power, Bruce revokes his authority. It says something that these supervillains trust Bruce to handle the situation enough when confessing what has been happening behind closed doors.

* ShoutOut: When the computer reveals that Bolton was the maximum security chief during Operation Stonegate, Robin says, "Well, blow me down!" which was the catchphrase of ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}.

* EmotionalRegression: It's implied that Bolton torturing Harley caused her to lose some of her sanity, just after she had been released on probation in "Harley's Holiday" and Janet Van Dorn promised to work with her. She's noticeably less trusting of Bruce when he asks for her side of the story with Bolton, despite the fact that he was civil to her in that episode.

* CardboardPrison: One of Bolton's biggest hang-ups is how poor a track record Arkham has when it comes to keeping hold of its inmates. During his tenure as security chief, however, Arkham has only ''one'' break-out--though the Scarecrow only escapes to get away from Bolton himself.

* DebateAndSwitch: The episode brings up that Arkham is a CardboardPrison, and some of its inmates are murderers or convicted violent thieves. Lock-Up's method's are extreme, but as Robin points out he's a product of Wayne Enterprises. Rather than go into a discussion of alternative solutions to the Cardboard Prison, Lock-Up decides to kidnap Summer, Commissioner Gordon, and Mayor Hill.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Lyle Bolton wants to make sure no supervillain can ever escape from Arkham, but his methods are so brutal and cruel that eventually he ends up an inmate.

* InformedAbility: Apparently, Lock-Up is such a horrific guard that he has driven even the already-insane inmates of Arkham further insane, paralyzing the Scarecrow, "The God of Fear," with fear. When his offenses against the patients are actually given, however, it is debatable as to whether they are extreme or standard asylum fare, apart from his mental abuse of the Ventriloquist (threatening to burn the Scarface doll), possibly because the show [[NeverSayDie could not portray anything worse.]]

** Lock-Up's methods are extreme and inhumane, but Arkham ''is'' a CardboardPrison, especially for the more dangerous criminals like Joker.

** Sadly by the time of ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond]]'', he's proven right as nothing has changed despite advancements in technology criminals and freaks still terrorize Gotham City.