History Recap / TheNewBatmanAdventuresE1HolidayKnights

* AnAsskickingChristmas: The entire anthology consists of the Bat-family kicking butt during the holiday, with the second segment taking place on Christmas Eve.

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* TheScrooge: Downplayed with Ivy. She doesn't seem to hate Christmas itself as much as she hate the massive deforestation that comes with the tradition of Christmas trees.

'''December 22'''

'''Ivy:''' (''muffles Harley with a pillow'') Calm down, Harl. I've got a little plan that will make this the happiest holiday ever.

->'''Harley:''' (''passing a Christmas tree'') Please?\\

'''December 24'''

->'''Bullock:''' Listen, kiddo, it's like this. I'd like to help you out, but what I mean is... (''sighs'') sometimes even Santa can't make every wish come true. (''gives her some money'') Ah, here kid, buy yourself something nice.\\
'''Mary:''' (''hugs him'') Thank you, Santa! Can I buy something for my daddy, too?\\

Barbara spots a child shoplifting and grabs his hand but as he runs off his hand dissolves into nothing. Montoya gets a call that there are four young shoplifters and she and Bullock give pursuit. Cornered, the four kids suddenly meld together -- it is Clayface. Barbara quickly changes into her Batgirl costume and attacks him, sending him out the window into an ice skating rink. Bullock and Montoya arrive and Batgirl tells them to shoot down a Christmas display on Clayface, which shocks him into unconsciousness. Afterward, Bullock has to recover evidence, much to his dismay.

'''December 31'''

It is January 1, 1:55 AM, and Gordon arrives at a tavern. The barkeep thinks Batman might not show up after a rough night, but Gordon is sure Batman will not break tradition. Batman then enters with a bandaged arm (from Joker's gunshot) and sits down with Gordon. They sip coffee and chat, and then Batman vanishes, leaving behind the money. Gordon heads home as Batman swings off.

* AdaptationDistillation: The episode omits the Mr. Freeze story from the comic because Freeze's status quo by the time of the ''New Batman Adventures'' was quite different by that point. Tim Drake also appears in the New Years' segment while he had yet to be introduced in the ''DCAU'' when the comic came out.

* ArtEvolution: This episode marks the introduction of the revised character designs for the characters in the ''DCAU''.
* BookEnds: The episode opens in front of "Joe's Tavern", which is where Batman and Gordon meet at the end of the episode.

* CreatorCameo: The three carolers in Joe's Tavern, unremarkable in the original comic, are turned into caricatures of the ''Batman: TAS'' directors Creator/BruceTimm, Glen Murakami, and Shane Giles in the animation.
** A somewhat downplayed example in the football game Joker interrupts - in the comic, a player is named after (letterer Richard) Starkings. The animation changes this to (Kevin) Altieri, another director.

* DeathGlare: Bruce when forced to pay for Harley and Ivy's shopping spree and being their HumanPackMule, especially when the gifts he's forced to buy for them become more and more pricey.

(''slap'')

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bullock was being sweet to a little girl, who's the daughter of "Mad Dog" [=McSweeny=] who Harvey had sent "up the river three months ago".
-->'''Bullock:''' (''gives money to her'') Here, kid. Buy yourself somethin' nice.\\

-->'''Harley:''' Omigod! Omigod! Omigod! We killed him! ({{Beat}}) Oh well...
-->'''Poison Ivy:''' We were gonna do it anyway.

-->'''The Joker:''' "Ahem, starting tonight at midnight, I, your loving uncle Joker, do solemnly vow not to kill anyone for a whole year. Which means I'm going to have to work ''extra'' fast to bump off a few more of you today."

-->'''Montoya:''' Roll up your sleeves.\\

-->'''Joker:''' (''whispering'') Oh, no.

* SymbolSwearing: In the original comic, after being pummeled by a tree, Ivy says to Harley, "Well, here's your $@!**% ''Christmas tree!'' You happy?" Of course, this being on a children's programming time slot, she instead simply says "Well, here's your stupid tree! You happy?"

* ThreeShorts: The episode features these.

* ToiletHumour: Bullock calls Clayface "Frosty the Lawn Cigar", "lawn cigar" being slang for animal excrement left on the ground and the statement addressing that Clayface looks like feces.

* NeverTrustATrailer: One Creator/KidsWB promo for ''The New Batman/Superman Adventures'' featured the scene with Harley and Ivy dragging the mind-controlled Bruce into their limo with Ivy saying "Another season, another reason for making trouble." The "another season, another reason" line actually comes from Calendar Girl in "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE13MeanSeasons Mean Seasons."

* AnAsskickingChristmas