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* MortonsFork: The Trio find themselves in this situation after the preisdent of Gotham U. declares that he'll be having the student body tested for the mutagen. When Justin notes that it's not like ha can force them to get tested, Amber counters that if they don't volunteer, they'll just make themselves look suspicious. Dustin comes up with [[TakingAThirdOption a third option]]: detonate chemical bomb to infect everyone with mutagen.



* TookALevelInKindness: As mentioned above in Heel-Face Turn, Dr. Langstrom is no longer a supervillain. Though he's initially considered a suspect by Batman, Dr. Langstrom makes it clear that he's put his days as Man-Bat far behind him and seriously wants to help the vigilante--the scientist proves to be instrumental when he makes an antidote for the serum that the Terrible Trio makes.

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* TookALevelInKindness: As mentioned above in Heel-Face Turn, Dr. Langstrom is no longer a supervillain. Though he's initially considered a suspect by Batman, Dr. Langstrom makes it clear that he's put his days as Man-Bat far behind him and seriously wants to help the vigilante--the vigilante -- the scientist proves to be instrumental when he makes an antidote for the serum that the Terrible Trio makes.
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* DeducingTheSecretIdentity: Barbara is able to figure out that David, Justin, and Amber, are the Terrible Trio when Amber closes the door on her and she finds a feather, which she takes back the Batcave and it gets identified as a vulture feather.

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* DeducingTheSecretIdentity: Barbara is able to figure out that David, Justin, and Amber, Amber are the Terrible Trio when Amber closes the door on her and she finds a feather, which she takes back the Batcave and it gets identified as a vulture feather.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Dr. Steven Phillips, the president of Gotham University. After the trouble caused by Jake being turned into a gorilla, he orders all the students to have DNA tests so they can find out who has been abusing mutagenic chemicals, in doing so he causes David, Justin, and Amber to come up with a plan to mutate everyone at the school so they don't get caught.
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* DeducingTheSecretIdentity: Barbara is able to figure out that David, Justin, and Amber, are the Terrible Trio when Amber closes the door on her and she finds a feather, which she takes back the Batcave and it gets identified as a vulture feather.

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* ShoutOut: In the opening of the episode, when Justin, in his mutated shark form, sneaks up behind a college girl in the water at a beach, it is a reference to ''[[Franchise/{{Jaws}} Jaws]]'', the girl even says it's "so Spielberg".

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In the opening of the episode, when Justin, in his mutated shark form, sneaks up behind a college girl in the water at a beach, it is a reference to ''[[Franchise/{{Jaws}} Jaws]]'', the girl even says it's "so Spielberg". Spielberg".
** After Jake is turned into a gorilla, and grabs Barbara while Batman fights, David makes a reference to ''[[Franchise/KingKong King Kong]]''.
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* ShoutOut: In the opening of the episode, when Justin, in his mutated shark form, sneaks up behind a college girl in the water at a beach, it is a reference to ''[[Franchise/{{Jaws}} Jaws]]'', the girl even says it's "so Spielberg".
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Barbara points out to David that he could simply tell the dorm advisor that Jake is being a {{Jerkass}} and get him punished/reassigned. Unfortunately, RevengeBeforeReason is on David’s mind.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Invoked. Batman states that if he called in the Justice League to [[ItMakesSenseInContext deal with a monkey]], they’d kick him out in two seconds.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Amber suggests that the Terrible Trio attack Barbara just because she scolded them for laughing about how Jake ended up in a hospital.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Amber suggests to her friends that the Terrible Trio they should attack Barbara just because she scolded them for laughing about how Jake ended up in a hospital.

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* BullyHunter: Heavily deconstructed. Although the Terrible Trio have their share of bullies picking on them, it doesn't excuse them preying upon said-bullies, especially while they have the unfair advantage in their half-animal forms.

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* AssholeVictim: Jake, the jerk who bullied David, gets victimized by the Terrible Trio. Downplayed though, since they didn’t kill him.
* BrokenPedestal: David claims that he used to idolize Batman for how he “didn’t answer to anyone”, but now just sees him as a sellout, since he now works with the police.
* BullyHunter: Heavily deconstructed. Although the Terrible Trio have their share of bullies picking on them, it doesn't excuse them preying upon said-bullies, said bullies, especially while they have the unfair advantage in their half-animal forms.forms.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Amber suggests that the Terrible Trio attack Barbara just because she scolded them for laughing about how Jake ended up in a hospital.



* HeelFaceTurn: At some point before this episode, Dr. Langstrom reformed and swore he’d never become Man-Bat again. He even helps Batman by creating a cure for the Terrible Trio’s mutation patches.
* JerkJock: David’s bully, Jake.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Jake, the JerkJock who bullies David, gets attacked by David and his friends in their mutant forms, and then gets temporarily mutated into a gorilla-man before changing back to normal and getting sent to a hospital.



* TookALevelInKindness: Though he's initially considered a suspect by Batman, Dr. Langstrom makes it clear that he's put his days as Man-Bat far behind him and seriously wants to help the vigilante--the scientist proves to be instrumental when he makes an antidote for the serum that the Terrible Trio makes.
* VillainHasAPoint: While what David, Justin, and Amber are doing to the bullies is just as wrong, Justin is correct about how the President of the school making all the students take DNA tests to find out who has been abusing mutagenic chemicals around the school is a violation of privacy.

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* {{Revenge}}: The Terrible Trio are three unpopular college students who turn themselves into mutant animal people to get revenge on their classmates who shun and bully them.
* TookALevelInKindness: As mentioned above in Heel-Face Turn, Dr. Langstrom is no longer a supervillain. Though he's initially considered a suspect by Batman, Dr. Langstrom makes it clear that he's put his days as Man-Bat far behind him and seriously wants to help the vigilante--the scientist proves to be instrumental when he makes an antidote for the serum that the Terrible Trio makes.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: David, Justin, and Amber.
* VillainHasAPoint: While what David, Justin, and Amber are doing to the bullies is just as wrong, if not worse, Justin is correct about how the President of the school making all the students take DNA tests to find out who has been abusing mutagenic chemicals around the school is a violation of privacy.privacy.
* VillainousFriendship: The members of the Terrible Trio aren’t just partners in crime, but friends.
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* BullyHunter: Heavily deconstructed. Although the Terrible Trio have their share of bullies picking on them, it doesn't excuse them preying upon said-bullies, especially while in their half-animal forms.

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* BullyHunter: Heavily deconstructed. Although the Terrible Trio have their share of bullies picking on them, it doesn't excuse them preying upon said-bullies, especially while they have the unfair advantage in their half-animal forms.
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* AbsenteeActor: This is the first (and only) episode Robin does not appear in after his debut.
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* OneWingedAngel: After David gets accidentally covered in the mutagen formula, his fox form mutates even further into something resembling a griffon.
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears David and his two friends, Amber and Justin, watching the news about how David’s roommate [[JerkJock Jake]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that person happens to be a bully.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears David and his two friends, Amber and Justin, watching the news laughing about how David’s roommate [[JerkJock Jake]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that person happens to be a bully.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While the two male members of the Terrible Trio are ultimately sent to a men's prison, Amber (the female member of the Terrible Trio who was turned into a vulture) isn't seen at the end. It can be assumed that she was sent to prison like her two male friends (albeit to a women's prison).

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While the two male members of the Terrible Trio are ultimately sent to a men's prison, Amber (the female member of the Terrible Trio who was turned into a vulture) isn't seen at the end. It can be assumed end--it's probably safe to assume that she was sent to prison like her two male friends (albeit to a women's ''women's'' prison).
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Barbara tries to help David after the latter is shoved by Jake and advises him to see the door manager, David just tells her to mind her own business.

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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Barbara tries to help David after the latter is shoved by Jake and advises him to see the door dorm manager, David just tells her to mind her own business.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: When Barbara tries to help David after the latter is shoved by Jake and advises him to see the door manager, David just tells her to mind her own business.
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* VillainHasAPoint: While what David, Justin, and Amber are doing to the bullies is just as wrong, Justin is correct about how the President of the school making all the students take DNA tests to find out who has been abusing mutagenic chemicals around the school is a violation of privacy.
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* AbsenteeActor: This is the first and only episode Robin does not appear in after his debut.

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* AbsenteeActor: This is the first and only (and only) episode Robin does not appear in after his debut.



* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears Justin, David and Amber watching the news about how David’s roommate [[JerkJock Jake]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that someone was a bully.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears Justin, David and his two friends, Amber and Justin, watching the news about how David’s roommate [[JerkJock Jake]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that someone was person happens to be a bully.
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears Justin, David and Amber watching the news about how [[JerkJock David's roommate]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that someone was a bully.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears Justin, David and Amber watching the news about how David’s roommate [[JerkJock David's roommate]] Jake]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that someone was a bully.
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Barbara overhears Justin, David and Amber watching the news about how [[JerkJock David's roommate]] was hospitalized after being forcibly changed into a gorilla mutant and back. She expresses disgust at how the trio can take pleasure at someone else's suffering, even if that someone was a bully.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: At one point, David shares how he remembers looking up to Batman when he was just a kid and how the caped crusader took flack from nobody. What David fails to understand is, Batman ''doesn't'' defy authority to do what he wants to do, but to dish out justice where the law fails.
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A trio of college misfits use stolen mutagens from Doctor Kirk Langstrom to mutate themselves into human-animal forms and get revenge on those who have scorned them.
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* AbsenteeActor: This is the first and only episode Robin does not appear in after his debut.

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* TookALevelInKindness: Dr. Langstrom has long put his days as Man-Bat behind him.

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* TookALevelInKindness: Though he's initially considered a suspect by Batman, Dr. Langstrom has long makes it clear that he's put his days as Man-Bat far behind him.him and seriously wants to help the vigilante--the scientist proves to be instrumental when he makes an antidote for the serum that the Terrible Trio makes.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While the two male members of the Terrible Trio are ultimately sent to a men's prison, Amber (the female member of the Terrible Trio who was turned into a vulture) isn't seen at the end. It can be assumed that she was sent to prison like her two male friends (albeit to a women's prison).
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* BullyHunter: Heavily deconstructed. Although the Terrible Trio have their share of bullies picking on them, it doesn't excuse them preying upon said-bullies, especially while in their half-animal forms.
* TookALevelInKindness: Dr. Langstrom has long put his days as Man-Bat behind him.

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