History Recap / TheBatmanS2E5Swamped

After evading the villain's [[ActionPet pet crocodiles]], Batman follows Killer Croc to his main hideout and confronts him right in the middle of turning the main valve in order to activate the pumps. Although caught by surprise, Croc quickly defeats the Dark Knight and finishes the job, flooding a large part of Gotham. However, Batman is able to recover and turn the tables on the villain, reversing the valve and even making Croc lose a tooth. Eventually, Croc drags Batman underwater again and attemps to drown him. This turns out to be his undoing, as Batman simply puts on a rebreather and grabs Croc by the tail when he tries to resurface, holding him in place until he loses consciousness.

* BaitAndSwitch: During final underwater struggle between Batman and Killer Croc, the camera switches to Croc's mooks, who are lying on the ground tied up with bolas and cannot see what is going on. Eventually, they see Killer Croc emerging from the water, which indicates that he came out victorious in the end. A few moments later though, it turns out that he is actually unconscious and carried on Batman's back.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: After taking unconscious Croc out of water, Batman puts the rebreather into his mouth and somehow, this is all it takes to revive him. Granted, it would be hard to perform a mouth-to-mouth insufflation on a humanoid crocodile, but complete lack of cardiac massage is less understandable.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Croc relies on his ability to stay underwater much longer than any ordinary human and tries to drown Batman twice. This backfires horribly on second attempt when Batman puts on a rebreather and holds Croc underwater until he runs out of air.

* NearVillainVictory: In the climax, Killer Croc actually succeeds in flooding downtown Gotham and defeats Batman in their first bout when he tries to prevent it. However, he makes the mistake of [[BullyingTheDragon pissing Batman off]] by [[EvilGloating gloating]] about his supposedly imminent victory -- allowing Bruce to gain HeroicSecondWind and turn the tables.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although Croc's true name (Waylon Jones) is known from the comic books, it is never outright revealed in this episode and everybody refer to him exclusively as "Killer Croc".

* ActorAllusion: Croc's first line before fighting Batman is eerily similar to Ron Perlman's last line as Reinhart in Blade2:
"Well, like my daddy said right before he killed my mom, you want something done right you gotta do it yourself."

* ActorAllusion: Croc's first line before fighting Batman is eerily similar to Ron Perlman's last line as Reinhart in BladeII:

* LizardFolk: Previous portrayals of Killer Croc ranged from "a guy with bizarre skin disease" to "a crossbreed between a man and a reptile", but this incarnation goes even further in the latter direction, making Croc a full blown lizardman, complete with tail and long snout. To the show writers' credit, they didn't try to explain it as a result of an "extremely rare skin condition"; one of Croc's own henchmen notes that theories about him include that he was a military experiment, the product of some kind of voodoo, or just a circus freak.
* MultipleChoicePast: One of Croc's thugs speculate to Batman where his boss came from.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Unlike any other incarnation of the character, the Killer Croc in this show is explicitly stated to be a result of military genetic experiments, presumably by splicing his DNA with that of a crocodile.

* LizardFolk: Previous portrayals of Killer Croc ranged from "a guy with bizarre skin disease" to "a crossbreed between a man and a reptile", but this incarnation goes even further in the latter direction, making Croc a full blown lizardman, complete with tail and long snout. To the show writers' credit, they didn't try to explain it as a result of an "extremely rare skin condition", but merely stated that he was turned into what he is due to military experiments.

* NoEndorHolocaust: During scene where Gotham gets flooded by Croc, all streets are conveniently devoid of people. Also, despite Batman's suggestion about possible death of thousands of lives, there is no mention of any fatalities during either this or any of earlier floodings.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: A subtle example. During first fight between Batman and Croc, when the latter tackles the former and drags them both into the water, Batman pretends that he passed out. When they reach the bottom of the bay, it turns out that he still has some air left and suddenly punches Croc in the stomach as soon as he leaves an opening.

After evading the villain's [[ActionPet pet crocodiles]], Batman follows Killer Croc to his main hideout and confronts him right in the middle of turning the main valve in order to activate the pumps. Although caught by surprise, Croc quickly defeats the Dark Knight and finishes the job, submerging entire Gotham downtown. However, Batman is able to recover and turn the tables on the villain, reversing the valve and even making Croc lose a tooth. Their battle culminates in Croc dragging Batman underwater again and attempting to drown him. This turns out to be his undoing, as Batman simply puts on a rebreather and grabs Croc by the tail when he tries to resurface, holding him in place until he loses consciousness.

* WorfEffect: Once again, Batman proves that common criminals are no match for him in direct combat when he quickly beats up three mooks. Right after that, he faces Killer Croc, who easily dogdes all his blows without even putting any visible effort into it and nearly kills the vigilante when he ''does'' get serious. This immediately establishes Croc as a dangerous adversary.

* AdaptationalBadass: Granted, Killer Croc never was a pushover to begin with, but this version is definitely larger, stronger and most of all, [[AdaptationalIntelligence smarter]] than any of his previous incarnations.

Killer Croc, a half-man, half-reptile plans to submerge all of Gotham in water, so that he can steal from the city.

* EurekaMoment: When Killer Croc drags Batman underwater during their final fight and tries to drown him, Batman suddenly has a few flashbacks reminding him that Croc needs air to breathe as well. This makes him promptly release himself from Croc's grip, put on a breathing mask and keep the opponent from resurfacing long enough for him to pass out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Croc relies on his ability to stay underwater much longer than any ordinary human and tries to drown Batman twice. This backfires horribly on second attempt when Batman puts on a breathing mask and holds Croc underwater until he runs out of air.

* TooDumbToLive: The reaction of three common street thugs seeing a large, humanoid reptilian monster twice the size of each one of them is to go ahead and try to "show the freak show who's boss around here". The only reason it didn't get them killed (besides of it being a kids show) is that Killer Croc wanted to strong-arm them into working for him.

* CrocodileTears: Killer Croc lampshades it when he plans to flood Gotham even if it meant thousands of lives might be destroyed in the process.
* MultipleChoicePast: One of Croc's thugs speculate to Batman where his boss came from.

* MultipleChoiceOrigin: One of Croc's thugs speculate to Batman where his boss came from.