History Recap / BatmanBeyondS1E5TheWinningEdge

* AdultFear: Although she's mistaken, Terry's mom carries the fear that her son has been taking drugs behind her back.

* CassandraTruth: When Terry's mom finds slappers in his backpack, he tells her that he found them in someone else's locker, which was the actual truth. But given the sheer far-fetched nature of such an excuse, she doesn't believe him and has him grounded. The fact that his grades were slipping and he was falling asleep now and then didn't help either. Bruce helped him [[ClearTheirName clear his name]] after they shut down Chappell, the slappers distributor.

* BodyHorror: Batman dropping Chappell into a crate of Slappers, causing dozens of the stuff to stick to his body, resulting in a gruesome body expansion and overdose.

* FateWorseThanDeath[=/=]AndIMustScream: Bane's fate as revealed in the episode. After years of Venom use, his body has withered away and he now lives in a nursing home under 24-hour life support, ironically staying alive only through the continuous infusion of more Venom. Later, Chappell suffers the same fate when an overdose leaves him just as catatonic.

* LegacyCharacter: Chappell, using his own Venom slappers to give himself SuperStrength, is effectively a successor villain to Bane and even wears an outfit very similar to the original Bane's during his fight with Batman.
* NotMeThisTime: When he finds out the slappers contain Venom, Bruce assumes, not unjustified, that Bane is behind it. however, Bane is now invalid, and unable to even move. The actual villain is his caretaker.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Played with. Unlike Bane, who only used Venom for himself to commit crimes, Chappell manages to convert the poison into an easily usable form that he begins marketing as a performance-enhancing drug to teenagers. However, he still does this illegally through black market means.

* RealityEnsues: Bane's lifetime of using Venom catches up to him in a nasty way, with his body becoming so dependent on it that he is left a wheelchair-bound vegetable.

* CassandraTruth: When Terry's mom finds slappers in his backpack, he tells her that he found them in someone else's locker, which was the actual truth. But given the sheer far-fetched nature of such an excuse, she doesn't believe him and has him grounded. The fact that his grades were slipping and was falling asleep now and then didn't help much. Bruce helped him [[ClearTheirName clear his name]] after they shut down Chappell, the slappers distributor.

* BodyHorror: Batman dropping chappell into a crate of Slappers, causing dozens of the stuff to stick to his body, resulting in a gruesome body expansion and overdose.

Terry soon discovers that several athletes at his high school have been using slappers and steals some to bring to Bruce to analyze, only to be caught and grounded by his mom thinking he uses it as well. Bruce finds out that the patches Terry managed to hold on to contain trace amounts of [[SuperSerum "Venom"]], the same chemical that had been used decades earlier by his old nemesis Bane.

* AdultFear: Although she's mistaken, Terry's Mom carries the fear that her son has been taking drugs behind her back.
* AlmightyJanitor: The BigBad of the episode turns out to be Jackson Chappell, Bane's caretaker.

A disturbing new trend has taken over with Gotham's youth: the use of "slappers," a type of skin patch that instantly gives the user bouts of SuperStrength and increased aggression. Although extremely powerful when used, the patches only have a temporary effect and are highly addictive.

* CassandraTruth: When Terry's mom finds slappers in his backpack, he tells her that he found them in someone else's locker, which was the actual truth. But given the sheer far-fetched nature of such an excuse, she doesn't believe him and has him grounded.

* LegacyCharacter: Chappell, using his own Venom slappers to give himself SuperStrength, is effectively a successor villain to Bane and even wears an outfit very similar to the original Bane's during his fight with Batman.

* FateWorseThanDeath[=/=]AndIMustScream: Bane's fate as revealed in the episode. After years of Venom use, his body has withered away and he now lives in a nursing home under 24-hour life support, ironically staying alive only through the continuous infusion of more Venom.

* CardCarryingVillain: When Batman accuses him of "selling poison to kids" for profit, Chappell replies "That's right" quite enthusiastically.

* DrugsAreBad: The episode is not even an allegory to the real-life abuse of anabolic steroids by athletes, but merely a slightly updated version of an old crime story: Venom, according to Bruce Wayne's analysis, is a "highly addictive steroidal compound" developed for his old enemy Bane, so there's no GRatedDrug here, just a modified formula and a slightly different form of delivery for the same old steroids.

* FateWorseThanDeath / AndIMustScream: Bane's fate as revealed in the episode. After years of Venom use, his body has withered away and he now lives in a nursing home under 24-hour life support, ironically staying alive only through the continuous infusion of more Venom.

* VerySpecialEpisode: [[AvertedTrope Not so much, actually.]] To be sure, this episode is the only one that pertains directly to [[DrugsAreBad performance-enhancing drug abuse by athletes]], but it's only one of several that deal with recreational enhancements and addiction in general.

Terry soon discovers that several athletes at his high school have been using slappers and steals some to bring to Bruce to analyze. Bruce finds out that the patches contain trace amounts of [[SuperSerum Venom]], the same chemical that had been used decades earlier by his old nemesis Bane.

A disturbing new trend has taken over with Gotham's youth: the use of "slappers", a type of skin patch that instantly gives the user bouts of super strength and increased aggression. Although extremely powerful when used, the patches only have a temporary effect and are highly addictive. Terry soon discovers that several athletes at his high school have been using slappers and steals some to bring to Bruce to analyze. Bruce finds out that the patches contain trace amounts of [[SuperSerum Venom]], the same chemical that had been used decades earlier by his old nemesis Bane.

* AlmightyJanitor: The BigBad of the episode turns out to be Jackson Chappell, Bane's medical caretaker.
* CardCarryingVillain: When Batman accuses him of "selling poison to kids" for profit, Chappell replies, "That's right" quite enthusiastically.

-->"Come on, he must be [[EleventyZillion a zillion]] years old! What trouble could an old geezer... ''[[{{Beat}} (pause)]]'' Never mind.
* LegacyCharacter: Chappell, using his own Venom slappers to give himself super strength, is effectively a successor villain to Bane and even wears an outfit very similar to the original Bane's during his fight with Batman.
* PhlebotinumOverdose: At first, Chappell has the upper hand in his fight with Batman, but then he accidentally gets knocked into box full of slappers, giving him a large Venom overdose and causing him to writhe in pain. He eventually recovers and continues the fight but then accidentally triggers a chemical explosion that, combined with the effects of the Venom, turns him into a braindead vegetable.

-->"Come on, he must be a zillion years old! What trouble could an old geezer... ''[[{{Beat}} (pause)]]'' Never mind.

* DrugsAreBad: The episode is a not-so-subtle allegory to the real-life misuse of anabolic steroids by athletes.

* VerySpecialEpisode: Specifically, one pertaining to [[DrugsAreBad performance-enhancing drug abuse by athletes]].