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-->'''Mary:''' (''In an adult voice while looking at the mirror'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''Her face drops as she glances at her own, child-like arm'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?!
--> (''sobbing'') [[MeaningfulEcho I didn't...mean to...]]

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-->'''Mary:''' (''In an adult voice while looking at the mirror'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''Her face drops as she glances at her own, child-like arm'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, and my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?!
'''''Why couldn't you just let me make-believe'''''!?!\\
''(Fires her gun at the various Batman reflections before rounding on the mirror showing her adult form, tears streaming down her cheeks... and unloads the last three rounds into it, [[RageAgainstTheReflection shattering the reflection]]. Batman approaches and gently takes the doll/gun away from her)''
--> (''sobbing'') (''sobbing as she looks up at Batman before [[CooldownHug hugging his leg]]'') [[MeaningfulEcho I didn't...didn't... mean to...]]
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** Also, see JustFollowingOrders above.
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* CaptainErsatz: Baby-Doll's henchmen are similar to [[GilligansIsland Gilligan and Skipper]].

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* CaptainErsatz: Baby-Doll's henchmen are similar to [[GilligansIsland [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan and Skipper]].
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* {{Narm}}: Robin in-universe views the ''Baby Doll'' sitcom as this, and in a painful way.

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* {{Narm}}: Robin in-universe views the ''Baby Doll'' sitcom as this, and in a painful way. Similarly, Mary's portrayal of Lady Macbeth is amateurish in a more realistic way, rather than outright terrible.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Baby-Doll
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* {{Determinator}} Batman really took a beating at Dahl's expense. She threw a smoke bomb from at him, had her henchwoman Miriam beat the crap out of him, shot him with tennis balls and finally pistol whipped him with a concealed gun. Yet he still tries to reason with her.

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* {{Determinator}} {{Determinator}}: Batman really took a beating at Dahl's expense. She threw a smoke bomb from at him, had her henchwoman Miriam beat the crap out of him, shot him with tennis balls and finally pistol whipped him with a concealed gun. Yet he still tries to reason with her.
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-->'''Mary:''' (''in an adult voice'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''her face drops'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?!

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-->'''Mary:''' (''in (''In an adult voice'') voice while looking at the mirror'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''her (''Her face drops'') drops as she glances at her own, child-like arm'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?!
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Baby-Doll's former castmates point out that it was technically her fault that the show got cancelled in the first place.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Baby-Doll's former castmates point out that it was technically her fault that the show got cancelled in the first place. It was actually explained earlier in the episode by Summer Gleeson that due to Mary leaving the show, she put her costars out of a job since the TV-executives were forced to cancel the show.



--> (''sobbing'') [[MeaningfulEcho I didn't... mean to...]]

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--> (''sobbing'') [[MeaningfulEcho I didn't... mean to...]]

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: A self-invoked example: Mary Dahl apparently plans to kill the entire cast in a MurderSuicide on her birthday, recreating the BirthdayEpisode where her face got smashes into a cake.

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: A self-invoked example: Mary Dahl apparently plans to kill the entire cast in a MurderSuicide on her birthday, recreating the BirthdayEpisode where her face got smashes smashed into a cake.



* BittersweetEnding.

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* BittersweetEnding.BittersweetEnding



* JerkassHasAPoint: Baby-Doll's former castmates point out that it was technically her fault that the show got cancelled in the first place.



* MeaningfulEcho: Baby's CatchPhrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."
* MoodWhiplash: It seems for the most part a wacky and silly episode with only occasional glimpses of a darker core... [[TearJerker and then the scene on the hall of mirrors take place]].

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* MeaningfulEcho: Baby's CatchPhrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] Bart Simpson's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."
* MoodWhiplash: It seems for the most part a wacky and silly episode with only occasional glimpses of a darker core... [[TearJerker and then the scene on the hall of mirrors take place]].



* OlderThanSheLooks: Mary is a full-grown adult, but her rare form of dwarfism makes her look like a young child.

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* OlderThanSheLooks: Mary is a full-grown adult, Mary's thirty years old, but her extremely rare form of dwarfism makes her look like a young child.little kid.



* PetTheDog: Baby-Doll does consider Brian Daly, the older brother actor, to be the nicer one of the castmates she kidnaps.

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* PetTheDog: Baby-Doll does consider Brian Daly, the actor who played her older brother actor, brother, to be the nicer one of the castmates she kidnaps.



** Baby Doll seeing her adult self in the mirror, which triggers her VillainousBreakdown.

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** Baby Doll seeing her adult self in the mirror, mirror (what she probably would've looked like if not for her medical condition), which triggers her VillainousBreakdown.
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* AlasPoorVillain: It's hardly Mary Dahl's fault that she has such a bizarre and incurable medical condition that causes everyone reflexively not take her seriously as an adult.

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* CooldownHug: Inverted; Baby-Doll runs into Batman's arms after she shoots the mirror image of herself.



* DistressBall: Robin invokes it when disguised as Cousin Spunky. He's knocked out with gas, tied to a chair, has to disarm dynamite with his teeth, and gets cake smashed in his face. One wonders if Bruce raised his allowance.



* NotGrowingUpSucks.

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* NotGrowingUpSucks.NotGrowingUpSucks: If it means that people only see you as your alter go, and you can't get a serious career in acting.



* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: What Batman ends up doing with Baby Doll,

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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: What Batman ends up doing with Baby Doll, as he chases her through the Hall of Mirrors.
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* TalkTheMonsterToDeath: What Batman ends up doing with Baby Doll,

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* TalkTheMonsterToDeath: TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: What Batman ends up doing with Baby Doll,

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: A self-invoked example: Mary Dahl apparently plans to kill the entire cast in a MurderSuicide on her birthday, recreating the BirthdayEpisode where her face got smashes into a cake.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Robin snickers on seeing the scene where Cousin Spunky smashes Baby Doll's face into her birthday cake.



* BrokenTears: Mary "Baby-Doll" Dahl

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* BrokenTears: Mary "Baby-Doll" DahlDahl at the end of the episode.



* {{Determinator}} Batman really took a beating at Dahl's expense. She threw a smoke bomb from at him, had her henchwoman Miriam beat the crap out of him, shot him with tennis balls and finally pistol whipping him with a concealed gun. Yet he still tries to reason with her.

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* {{Determinator}} Batman really took a beating at Dahl's expense. She threw a smoke bomb from at him, had her henchwoman Miriam beat the crap out of him, shot him with tennis balls and finally pistol whipping whipped him with a concealed gun. Yet he still tries to reason with her.her.
* DramaticUnmask: Spunky unties himself from a chair, and removes his rubber mask. It's Robin! He and Batman managed to save the real Spunky and track down Baby-Doll.



* FormerChildStar: Mary Dahl. And the problem is that she never grew. ''Literally.'' Spunky was also one, and it seems he has moved on to rock music.



* IHaveNoSon: Justified in this case: "You're not my daughter! We're not a family! We are actors!" Said by the "dad" from the show.



* JustFollowingOrders: Spunky (actually Robin in disguise) protests to Baby-Doll that he was just following the script when smashing her into a cake on her BirthdayEpisode, a very justified case since no one was physically hurt. It doesn't help because as Mary puts it, "It was real ''to me''!"



* MyGodYouAreSerious: "Mary Dahl? Is this a joke?!"
* {{Narm}}: Robin in-universe views the ''Baby Doll'' sitcom as this, and in a painful way.



* TalkTheMonsterToDeath: What Batman ends up doing with Baby Doll,








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* WhamShot:
** Robin taking off his "Spunky" mask.
** Baby Doll seeing her adult self in the mirror, which triggers her VillainousBreakdown.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Zigzagged. Neither Batman nor Robin land a blow on Mary, even though she is technically an adult, because she would be at a disadvantage.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Mary pulls off one in the ColdOpen, where she fakes a crying episode and her "big brother" on the show notices and comforts her.


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* NotGrowingUpSucks.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Mary "Baby-Doll" Dahl is a very heartbreaking example.

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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Mary "Baby-Doll" Dahl is a very very, InUniverse, heartbreaking example.

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* BadassNormal: Mariam. See the quotes under Nothing Personal, below.

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* BadassNormal: Mariam. See the quotes under Nothing Personal, NothingPersonal, below.


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* BittersweetEnding.


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* CaptainErsatz: Baby-Doll's henchmen are similar to [[GilligansIsland Gilligan and Skipper]].


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* MoodWhiplash: It seems for the most part a wacky and silly episode with only occasional glimpses of a darker core... [[TearJerker and then the scene on the hall of mirrors take place]].


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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Mary "Baby-Doll" Dahl is a very heartbreaking example.
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* MagicSkirt: Mariam wears one.

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* MagicSkirt: Mariam wears one. Averted with the title character, however.
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Driven insane by her inability to find a normal life thanks to her suffering from a rare genetic disease that leaves her permanently looking like a child, Mary "Baby-Doll" Dahl, a washed-up ex-child actor, starts kidnapping her former co-stars in an attempt to force them to start living out the show's life she lived as if it were real.
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* {{Determinator}} Batman really took a beating at Dahl's expense. She threw a smoke bomb from at him, had her henchwoman Miriam beat the crap out of him, shot him with tennis balls and finally pistol whipping him with a concealed gun. Yet he still tries to reason with her.
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* DynamiteCandle: Baby uses a dynamite candle in an attempt to kill Spunky [[spoiler: who's actually Robin in disguise]]. Spunky, tied up and failing to blow the fuse, leans over and uses his teeth to grab the dynamite and toss it safely away.

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* DynamiteCandle: Baby uses a dynamite candle in an attempt to kill Spunky [[spoiler: who's actually Robin in disguise]].disguise. Spunky, tied up and failing to blow the fuse, leans over and uses his teeth to grab the dynamite and toss it safely away.

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* IronicEcho: Baby's CatchPhrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."


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* MeaningfulEcho: Baby's CatchPhrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."
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--> (''sobbing'') [[IronicEcho I didn't... mean to...]]

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--> (''sobbing'') [[IronicEcho [[MeaningfulEcho I didn't... mean to...]]
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* IronicEcho: Baby's catch phrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."

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* IronicEcho: Baby's catch phrase CatchPhrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."
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* NothingPersonal: When Robin fights Mariam, he has no qualms against complimenting her moves, while she's kicking his ass.

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* NothingPersonal: When Robin fights Mariam, he has no qualms against complimenting her moves, compliments Mariam's moves while she's kicking his ass.
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-->'''Robin:''' You know when Poison Ivy had us tied up with those poisonous vines? ''This is worse.''

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-->'''Robin:''' You know when Poison Ivy had us tied up with those poisonous vines? The ones with the really sharp thorns? ''This is worse.''
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* DynamiteCandle: Baby uses a dynamite candle in an attempt to kill Spunky (actually Robin in disguise). Spunky, tied up and failing to blow the fuse, leans and uses his teeth to grab the dynamite and toss it safely away.

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* DynamiteCandle: Baby uses a dynamite candle in an attempt to kill Spunky (actually [[spoiler: who's actually Robin in disguise). disguise]]. Spunky, tied up and failing to blow the fuse, leans over and uses his teeth to grab the dynamite and toss it safely away.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Mary again, after seeing a funhouse mirror showing her without her medical condition:

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* VillainousBreakdown: Mary again, after seeing a funhouse mirror showing her as she might be, without her medical condition:

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-->'''Mary:''' (''in an adult voice'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''her face drops'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?! (''starts shooting'')

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-->'''Mary:''' (''in an adult voice'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''her face drops'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?! (''starts shooting'')BELIEVE!?!


--> (''sobbing'') [[IronicEcho I didn't... mean to...]]
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* NothingPersonal: When Robin fights Mariam, they have no qualms against complimenting her moves, while she's kicking his ass.

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* NothingPersonal: When Robin fights Mariam, they have he has no qualms against complimenting her moves, while she's kicking his ass.
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* BadassNormal: Mariam. See the quotes under Nothing Personal, below.
* BetweenMyLegs: Mariam
* BlondesAreEvil: Baby-Doll
* BrokenTears: Mary "Baby-Doll" Dahl
* CousinOliver: InUniverse, the eponymous villain's StartOfDarkness came after one of these stole her spotlight. In a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer, the grown-up version of the character's actor is modeled after Robbie Rist, who played Oliver on ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
* DramaticSpotlight
* DynamiteCandle: Baby uses a dynamite candle in an attempt to kill Spunky (actually Robin in disguise). Spunky, tied up and failing to blow the fuse, leans and uses his teeth to grab the dynamite and toss it safely away.
* HallOfMirrors: The episode's climactic scene takes place in one.
* IAmNotSpock: InUniverse, part of what drove Mary Dahl insane was that nobody would accept her as anything but Baby-Doll. Her still looking like a little girl had something to do with it. And she couldn't even return to the role when they cancelled the show and fired her for leaving in the first place.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Being Baby-Doll is where Mary felt she was truly loved.
* IronicEcho: Baby's catch phrase on the show (after causing some mayhem) was "I didn't mean to!" à la [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart's]] "I didn't do it." At the end, she's hugging Batman's leg and crying, saying simply, "I didn't mean to..."
* {{Irony}}: Mary's failed attempt as a serious actor was a production of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', a play rumored to be unlucky (or cursed).
* KickChick: Mariam
* MagicSkirt: Mariam wears one.
* NoodleImplements: In a clip from a fictional wacky 1950s sitcom, Baby-Doll had managed to cause a huge mess. Somehow, it involved the dog, a zebra, a giraffe and a pair of Scotsmen on roller skates.
* NothingPersonal: When Robin fights Mariam, they have no qualms against complimenting her moves, while she's kicking his ass.
-->'''Robin:''' Wow, lady, you're good.\\
'''Mariam:''' (''smiles'') [[JustBusiness It's a living.]]
* OlderThanSheLooks: Mary is a full-grown adult, but her rare form of dwarfism makes her look like a young child.
* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Mariam
* PetTheDog: Baby-Doll does consider Brian Daly, the older brother actor, to be the nicer one of the castmates she kidnaps.
* SuckinessIsPainful: The Dynamic Duo have to watch some of Baby-Doll's old episodes to get clues.
-->'''Robin:''' You know when Poison Ivy had us tied up with those poisonous vines? ''This is worse.''
* TragicVillain: Mary
* VillainousBreakdown: Mary again, after seeing a funhouse mirror showing her without her medical condition:
-->'''Mary:''' (''in an adult voice'') Look! That's me in there. The real me! There I am. (''her face drops'') But it's not really real, is it? Just made up and pretend like my family, my life, and everything else. (''turns to Batman, shaking, doll/gun pointed at him'') WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LET ME MAKE BELIEVE!?! (''starts shooting'')
* VocalDissonance: Baby-Doll keeps switching between her natural adult voice and the child one.

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