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* TheUnreveal: Comics fans will recognize the League of Assassins and Ra's Al Ghul, but otherwise the man and the organization go unnamed.
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* TheUnreveal: Comics fans will recognize the League Society of Assassins Shadows and Ra's Al Ghul, Ghul as its ''true'' head, but otherwise the man and the organization go goes unnamed.
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* SequelHook: "As you said, Detective, this is not over."
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* TheUnreveal: Comics fans will recognize the League of Assassins and Ra's Al Ghul, but otherwise the man and the organization go unnamed.
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* KarmicDeath: Vertigo, who uses an eye thing to disorient people, gets disoriented by enormously loud bells and falls to his death.
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* EurekaMoment: Batman deduces where Count Vertigo's hideout is when Alfred tells him that he soon won't know his right hand from his left. Yes, he was confused about which direction Vertigo escaped in because his senses were scrambled, and he had actually gone in the opposite direction Batman had originally thought.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: The episode is directly based on the comics story "Batman: Into the Den of the Death-Dealers" (Detective Comics #411, May 1971) by Dennis O'Neil, chronicling the first meeting of Talia and Batman.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: The episode is directly based on the comics story "Batman: Into the Den of the Death-Dealers" (Detective Comics #411, May 1971) by Dennis O'Neil, chronicling the first meeting of Talia ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul and Batman.
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* EnigmaticMinion: Talia's motives are not made clear until the end of the episode, although it is revealed early on that she has some kind of connection to the Society.
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* EnigmaticMinion: Talia's motives are not made clear until the end of the episode, although it is revealed early on that she has some kind of connection to the Society.Society of Shadows.
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* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra's al Ghul watching from afar via a PalantirPloy.
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* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra's al Ghul ComicBook/RasAlGhul watching from afar via a PalantirPloy.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A non-sexual example; despite the convenient "amnesia gas" example under CyanidePill, it is all but stated outright that Twitch is dead after being thrown from the top of the statue.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A non-sexual example; despite GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the convenient "amnesia gas" future, please check the trope page to make sure your example under CyanidePill, it is all but stated outright that Twitch is dead after being thrown from fits the top of the statue.current definition.
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** Gordon's line, "One of these days I'm going to nail his feet to the ground.", is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', where Sebastian says the same about Ariel.
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* RogueAgent: Vertigo, though Batman does not know this until the still mysterious Talia tells him, Vertigo is no longer part of the Society, but a rogue agent using its resources for his own ends.
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* RogueAgent: Vertigo, though Batman does not know this until the still mysterious Talia tells him, him. Vertigo is no longer part of the Society, but a rogue agent using its resources for his own ends.
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'''Ra's al Ghul:''' As you said detective, this is not over.
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* RogueAgent: Vertigo, though Batman does not know this until [[spoiler:the still mysterious Talia]] tells him, Vertigo is no longer part of the Society, but a rogue agent using its resources for his own ends.
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* RogueAgent: Vertigo, though Batman does not know this until [[spoiler:the the still mysterious Talia]] Talia tells him, Vertigo is no longer part of the Society, but a rogue agent using its resources for his own ends.
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* CompositeCharacter: Vertigo is a composite of Ebenezer Darrk and the Comicbook/GreenArrow foe Count Vertigo. His name, powers, and Eastern European heritage come from Count Vertigo, while his status as a pupil of Ra's al Ghul and a turncoat member of the League of Assassins comes from Darrk.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: Vertigo is introduced simultaneously with the Society of Shadows, and played up as their leader, or at least a major big shot. Actually, he is a renegade and leader of a minor splinter faction of the group, and Batman, by defeating him, unwittingly helps the ''real'' leader of the Shadows (namely, Ra's al Ghul) to reconsolidate his hold on the organization.
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* LongRangeFighter: Vertigo never lets Batman or Talia get but so close to him in battle.
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* ThisIsADrill: Vertigo stole a rifle-sized drill from Wayne Enterprises that uses sonic vibration to dig. Uses it against Batman and Talia al Ghul.
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** Batman asks Talia whose side she is on. "That would be telling," she replies. Almost every episode of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' started with that dialogue.
** At the beginning of the episode Batman has an exchange with some thug called "Twitch" that is lifted from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' opening.
** At the beginning of the episode Batman has an exchange with some thug called "Twitch" that is lifted from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' opening.
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** Batman asks Talia whose side she is on. "That would be telling," she replies. Almost every episode of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' started with that dialogue.
** At the beginning of theepisode episode, Batman has an exchange with some thug called "Twitch" that is lifted from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' opening.
** At the beginning of the
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* UnexpectedCharacter: The appearances of Talia and her father were actually big shocks to fans at the time, as the characters had never been adapted before.
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A group called the Society of Shadows steals a prototype piece of Wayne Tech mining equipment, which they intend to turn into a weapon. Pursuing them, Batman is aided by a mysterious young woman calling herself Talia.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The giant penny is much larger than it was in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm Almost Got 'Im]]" to the point Alfred has to use a ladder to wipe it.
* ContinuitySnarl: The giant penny is much larger than it was in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm Almost Got 'Im]]" to the point Alfred has to use a ladder to wipe it.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The giant penny is much larger than it was in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm Almost Got
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A non-sexual example; despite the convenient "amnesia gas" material example under CyanidePill, it is all but stated outright that Twitch is dead after being thrown from the top of the statue.
* HypnoticHead: Vertigo
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A non-sexual example; despite the convenient "amnesia gas" material example under CyanidePill, it is all but stated outright that Twitch is dead after being thrown from the top of the statue.
* HypnoticHead:VertigoVertigo sometimes appears this way when using his disorienting ability.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Not that it's any secret now, but Talia was clearly working for her dad the whole time.
* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra's Al'Ghul watching from afar via a PalantirPloy,
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' villain is retconned into this VillainOfTheWeek.
** However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra's Al'Ghul watching from afar via a PalantirPloy,
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' villain is retconned into this VillainOfTheWeek.
** However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Not that it's any secret now, but Talia was is clearly working for her dad the whole time.
* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra'sAl'Ghul al Ghul watching from afar via a PalantirPloy,
PalantirPloy.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow''villain villain, Count Vertigo, is retconned adapted into this VillainOfTheWeek.
**VillainOfTheWeek. However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra's
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow''
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** Batman asks Talia whose side she is on. "That would be telling" telling," she replies. Almost every episode of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' started with that dialogue.
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* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: Has Sneaking through the Society of Shadows' hideout, Batman and Talia find a lampshaded example:conveniently unlocked door to Vertigo's lab.
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* VertigoEffect
* XanatosGambit: Batman sabotages the main MacGuffin before Talia is able to escape with it. Ra's al Ghul is impressed Batman is able to pull out a minor victory even in defeat.
* XanatosGambit: Batman sabotages the main MacGuffin before Talia is able to escape with it. Ra's al Ghul is impressed Batman is able to pull out a minor victory even in defeat.
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* VertigoEffect
VertigoEffect: The effect is simulated for an ImpairmentShot when, appropriately, Vertigo uses his disorientation-inducing monocle on people.
* XanatosGambit: Batman sabotages themain MacGuffin sonic drill before Talia is able to escape with it. Ra's al Ghul is impressed Batman is able to pull out a minor victory even in defeat.
* XanatosGambit: Batman sabotages the
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* EnigmaticMinion: Talia's motives are not made clear until the end of the episode, although it is revealed early on that she has some kind of connection to the Society.
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-->'''Talia:''' You do, of course, realize that this is a trap.
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-->'''Talia:''' You do, of course, realize that this is a trap.\\
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* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: Has a lampshaded example:
-->'''Talia:''' You do, of course, realize that this is a trap.
'''Batman:''' Naturally, but what other choice do we have?
* UnexpectedCharacter: The appearances of Talia and her father were actually big shocks to fans at the time, as the characters had never been adapted before.
-->'''Talia:''' You do, of course, realize that this is a trap.
'''Batman:''' Naturally, but what other choice do we have?
* UnexpectedCharacter: The appearances of Talia and her father were actually big shocks to fans at the time, as the characters had never been adapted before.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The giant penny is much larger than it was in "Almost Got 'Im" to the point Alfred has to use a ladder to wipe it.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Not that it's any secret now, but Talia was clearly working for her dad the whole time.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: The appearances of Talia and her father were actually big shocks to fans at the time, as the characters had never been adapted before.
* XanatosGambit: Batman sabotages the main MacGuffin before Talia is able to escape with it. Ra's al Ghul is impressed Batman is able to pull out a minor victory even in defeat.
* XanatosGambit: Batman sabotages the main MacGuffin before Talia is able to escape with it. Ra's al Ghul is impressed Batman is able to pull out a minor victory even in defeat.
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** As befitting the VillainOfTheWeek, the finale at the clock tower host several direct homages to the Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''{{Film/Vertigo}}.
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** As befitting the VillainOfTheWeek, the finale at the clock tower host several direct homages to the Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''{{Film/Vertigo}}.''{{Film/Vertigo}}''.
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** As befitting the VillainOfTheWeek, the finale at the clock tower host several direct homages to the Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''{{Film/Vertigo}}.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The giant penny is much larger than it was in "Almost Got 'Im" to the point Alfred has to use a ladder to wipe it.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".
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* GenreSavvy: Batman sabotages the seismic gun, having worked out that Talia is not to be trusted well before her sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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* MysteriousWatcher: The episode ended with Ra's Al'Ghul watching from afar via a PalantirPloy,
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* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou
YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: Batman closes his eyes during the escape from Vertigo's lab, relying on his other senses to get himself and Talia through the various {{death trap}}s.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' villain is retconned into this VillainOfTheWeek.
** However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
** However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
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** However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
** However, he's also something of a CompositeCharacter, as he incorporates elements of the villain Ebeneezer Darrk from the comics story that introduced Talia.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Used as BookEnds, as Twitch falls to his doom in the opening sequence, and Vertigo plunges to his seeming demise in the climactic battle.
* GenreSavvy: Batman sabotages the seismic gun, having worked out that Talia is not to be trusted well before her sudden but inevitable betrayal.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A non-sexual example; despite the convenient "amnesia gas" material example under CyanidePill, it is all but stated outright that Twitch is dead after being thrown from the top of the statue.
* GenreSavvy: Batman sabotages the seismic gun, having worked out that Talia is not to be trusted well before her sudden but inevitable betrayal.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A non-sexual example; despite the convenient "amnesia gas" material example under CyanidePill, it is all but stated outright that Twitch is dead after being thrown from the top of the statue.
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* CyanidePill: Batman corners two of Count Vertigo's henchmen, who gas themselves to death using a hidden catch in their masks rather than allow themselves to be captured. Batman later explains to Commissioner Gordon that they had "erased their own memories" when cornered, but from the way they're drawn convulsing and ending up with vacant dead stares on their faces, it's obvious that only the NeverSayDie clause kept their demise from being outright stated.
* HypnoticHead: Vertigo
* IronicEcho / SequelHook:
-->'''Batman:''' This is not over!\\\
'''Ra's al Ghul:''' As you said detective, this is not over.
* ShoutOut:
** Batman asks Talia whose side she is on. "That would be telling" she replies. Almost every episode of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' started with that dialogue.
** At the beginning of the episode Batman has an exchange with some thug called "Twitch" that is lifted from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' opening.
--->'''Twitch:''' What do you want?\\
'''Batman:''' Information...
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' villain is retconned into this VillainOfTheWeek.
* VertigoEffect
* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou
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* CyanidePill: Batman corners two of Count Vertigo's henchmen, who gas themselves to death using a hidden catch in their masks rather than allow themselves to be captured. Batman later explains to Commissioner Gordon that they had "erased their own memories" when cornered, but from the way they're drawn convulsing and ending up with vacant dead stares on their faces, it's obvious that only the NeverSayDie clause kept their demise from being outright stated.
* HypnoticHead: Vertigo
* IronicEcho / SequelHook:
-->'''Batman:''' This is not over!\\\
'''Ra's al Ghul:''' As you said detective, this is not over.
* ShoutOut:
** Batman asks Talia whose side she is on. "That would be telling" she replies. Almost every episode of ''Series/ThePrisoner'' started with that dialogue.
** At the beginning of the episode Batman has an exchange with some thug called "Twitch" that is lifted from ''Series/ThePrisoner'' opening.
--->'''Twitch:''' What do you want?\\
'''Batman:''' Information...
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Another ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' villain is retconned into this VillainOfTheWeek.
* VertigoEffect
* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou
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