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* BilingualBonus: "Fleurs de Mal" means "Flowers of Evil" in French.

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* BilingualBonus: "Fleurs de Mal" means "Flowers of Evil" in French. In fact, the flowershop which serves as Ivy's hideout is named after the french poet Baudelaire, who published a book of poems by that name.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Batman investigating Penguin (actually one of Ivy’s clones) stealing silver iodide leads him to uncover Poison Ivy’s plot to replace the most influential people in Gotham ([[MyfFriendsAndZoidberg and Barbara]]) with plant clones.

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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Batman investigating Penguin (actually one of Ivy’s clones) stealing silver iodide leads him to uncover Poison Ivy’s plot to replace the most influential people in Gotham ([[MyfFriendsAndZoidberg ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Barbara]]) with plant clones.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Batman investigating Penguin (actually one of Ivy’s clones) stealing silver iodide leads him to uncover Poison Ivy’s plot to replace the most influential people in Gotham ([[MyfFriendsAndZoidberg and Barbara]]) with plant clones.
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** Possibly Commissioner Gordon [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk turning green and saying, "Daddy's angry."]]

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** Possibly Commissioner Gordon [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk turning green and saying, "Daddy's angry."]]
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* AdultFear: Barbara is attacked by something posing as her father in the supposed safety of her home.
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** Possibly Commissioner Gordon [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk turning green and saying, "Daddy's very angry."]]

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** Possibly Commissioner Gordon [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk turning green and saying, "Daddy's very angry."]]
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barbara realizes that the man offering her flowers is not her dad because he's too much into flowers for his taste. The fake Commissioner Gordon turns green after she tosses the flower into the fire and beats it with a poker.

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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barbara realizes that the man offering her flowers is not her dad because he's too much into flowers for his taste. The fake Commissioner Gordon turns green after she tosses the flower into the fire and beats it with a poker.pot she was making soup in, boiling it.
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-->'''Alfred:''' (''after kicking the flower that nearly attacked him into the fire'') The Mayor is cultivating rather unusual plants, Sir.\\

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-->'''Alfred:''' (''after kicking the flower flowers that nearly attacked him into the fire'') The Mayor is cultivating rather unusual plants, Sir.\\
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-->'''Alfred:''' (''after kicking the flower that nearly attacked him into the fire'') The Mayor is cultivating rather unusual plants, Sir.\\
'''Batman:''' He isn’t the only one. The police aren’t themselves, all the way up to… ''Gordon''.\\
'''Alfred:''' Sir?\\
'''Batman:''' Barbara may be in trouble.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Batman. But he knew she was a plant...right?

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* WouldHitAGirl: Batman. But he knew she was a plant...right?plant. If you look carefully before he punches her, you'll notice one of Ivy's pink flowers on her clothes, which is a hint.
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The mayor has suddenly started a campaign to "Green Up Gotham" and more and more of the prominent citizens are getting behind it. But when Batman sees Penguin "killed" in a fight and Barbara Gordon sees her dad turn into a plant creature, the secret is revealed. But can Batman and Batgirl beat Poison Ivy before it's too late for Gotham?
!! This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* AdultFear: Barbara is attacked by something posing as her father in the supposed safety of her home.
* AssimilationPlot: Poison Ivy's latest scheme.
* BilingualBonus: "Fleurs de Mal" means "Flowers of Evil" in French.
* CallBack: Remembering that trying to reason with her former friend didn't work, Batgirl focuses entirely on taking Ivy down.
* CombatTentacles: The plant copies can turn their arms into a mass of tentacles to attack.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Batgirl fights her evil counterpart, finally defeating her with a lawnmower.
* EvilKnockoff: Poison Ivy makes these of Commissioner Gordon, the mayor, and even Batman and Batgirl.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Batman's reaction when he realizes that Commissioner Gordon was also replaced by a plant creature, and thus Barbara is in danger, while discussing what happened with the arrest with Alfred.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Gordon arrests Batman partway through the episode. His crime? Killing a flower, illegal under the recently-passed "Vegetation Rights Act." Justified given who's pulling the strings.
* LotusEaterMachine: The flowers that have been springing up around Gotham make the originals dream of a world of green. Batgirl lampshades how peaceful it is.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barbara realizes that the man offering her flowers is not her dad because he's too much into flowers for his taste. The fake Commissioner Gordon turns green after she tosses the flower into the fire and beats it with a poker.
* ShoutOut:
** Possibly Commissioner Gordon [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk turning green and saying, "Daddy's very angry."]]
** Somehow the idea of people being replaced by creatures grown from plants as part of an AssimilationPlot seems [[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers veeery familiar...]]
** Also, the title, "Fleurs de Mal", is taken (with a fault) from Charles Baudelaire's volume of French poetry, named "Les Fleurs du Mal". Appropriately, the florist that delivers flowers to Comissioner Gordon is called "Beaudelaire's."
* SympathyForTheDevil: After foiling Ivy's plan, Barbara thanks her for the campaign to Green Up Gotham.
* TwitchyEye: The right eye of the mayor replicant twitches as he announces the "Green Up Gotham" campaign.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Poison Ivy, as usual.
* WouldHitAGirl: Batman. But he knew she was a plant...right?

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