History WesternAnimation / Batfink

* ActorAllusion: As if wasn't enough on him being an {{Expy}} of Batman, in the Latin American Spanish dub he was voiced by the late Guillermo Romano, who voiced Batman in the [[Series/Batman1966 1966 TV series]].

The show first aired in September 1967, but reruns were shown on the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show ''Series/{{Weinerville}}'' in the 1990s, and on CBBC from 2004 to 2008 as segments on ''Series/DickAndDomInDaBungalow''.

Each episode follows the exploits of Batfink, an anthropomorphic superpowered bat with metallic wings and his bumbling human sidekick, the Capable Karate, as they protect their home city and battle various supervillains. Most episodes, it's their arch-nemesis, resident MadScientist Hugo A-Go-Go and his wacky schemes for world domination, while other episodes featured numerous others who were usually one-shots.

* TheyFightCrime: Batfink (heroic bat with steel wings) and Karate (bumbling karate guy) work together to fight crime.

The show first aired in September 1967, but its repeats were shown on the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show ''Series/{{Weinerville}}'' in the 1990s, and on CBBC from 2004 to 2008 as segments on ''Series/DickAndDomInDaBungalow''.

* CatchPhrase: "My supersonic sonar radar will help me" and "[[ImmuneToBullets Your bullets cannot harm me]]; my [[WingShield wings are like a shield of steel!"]]. Also "Well done, Karate!" whenever Batfink's sidekick pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment. They lampshaded it in ''Hugo's Hoke'', when Hugo's HatePlague prompts The Capable Karate to sarcastically ask, "Why don't you get some new dialogue?"

* StrictlyFormula: The episodes tend to play out much the same way no matter what. A crook with a weird name steals something, the police chief calls Batfink on his TV, Batfink rides out in the Batillac, "My supersonic sonar radar will help me!" to find the villain, "Your weapons cannot harm me! My wings are like a shield of steel!", the villain finds a loophole that lets them knock out Batfink and put him in a deathtrap, time stops when the narrator asks if this is really the end of Batfink, it turns out it isn't, the villain goes to jail.

* CoolCar: Batfink rides in a customized pink Volkswagen Beetle-like car called the "Battillac" (rhymes with "Cadillac"), that is outfitted with a sun roof and lots of barriers and shields.

* StrictlyFormula: The episodes tend to play out much the same way no matter what. A crook with a weird name steals something, the police chief calls Batfink on his TV, Batfink rides out in the Batillac, "My supersonic sonar radar will help me!" to find the villain, "Your weapons cannot harm me! My wings are like a shield of steal!", the villain finds a loophole that lets them knock out Batfink and put him in a deathtrap, time stops when the narrator asks if this is really the end of Batfink, it turns out it isn't, the villain goes to jail.

* EvilPlan: Regardless of the villain, the devious plot usually boiled down to 'kill Batfink'.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Karate originally spoke with a rather stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish accent in the first few episodes, before it was swapped for a more nasally New York-sounding accent. His voice actor, Len Maxwell said this was inspired by Don Adams and his character of Maxwell Smart from ''Series/GetSmart'', which was also popular at the time. He was also drawn with stereotypical buck teeth that were later removed.

Each episode follows the exploits of Batfink, an anthropomorphic superpowered bat with metallic wings and his bumbling human sidekick, The Capable Karate, as they protect their home city and battle various supervillains. Most episodes, it's their arch-nemesis, resident MadScientist Hugo A-Go-Go and his wacky schemes for world domination, while other episodes featured numerous others who were usually one-shots.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Karate originally spoke with a rather stereotypical AsianSpeekeeEngrish accent in the first few episodes, before it was swapped for a more nasally New York-sounding accent. His voice actor, Len Maxwell said this was inspired by Don Adams and his character of Maxwell Smart from ''Series/GetSmart'', which was also popular at the time.
** He was also drawn with stereotypical buck teeth that were later removed.

''Batfink'' was created by Hal Seeger and is a {{parody}} of ''Series/{{Batman}}'' and ''Series/TheGreenHornet'', two shows which premiered a year earlier. Each episode consists of a five-minute short and the series had exactly 100 episodes.

* CastingGag: The {{parody}} became very meta in the Latin American Spanish dubbing, because the voice actor dubbing Batfink (Guillermo Romano) was the same actor dubbing Creator/AdamWest in ''Series/{{Batman}}'' and, in a roundabout way, ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''.

* OnceAnEpisode: Batfink saying: ''"You're bullets cannot harm me! My wings are like a shield of steel!"''.