History Recap / TheNewBatmanAdventuresE24JudgementDay

* OriginalPositionFallacy: Corcoran had no problem employing the Judge to chase after criminals. What's it to him if the Judge is going to the extreme where any of these Arkham criminals could potentially be killed in the process? It's not skin off his nose. ...until the Judge learns Corcoran is a CorruptPolitician no more virtuous than Penguin or Killer Croc. ''Then'' it's skin off his nose, and Corcoran finds himself begging for his life.

** The Judge is also very clumsy and inexperienced using his broadsword, making it clear whoever it is has no experience with melee weapons.

* AllCrimesAreEqual: A vigilante called The Judge (a [[TheBlank faceless]] British judge, complete with a powdered wig atop his cloak), believes that criminals who avoid prosecution must be privately killed for justice to be served. A Gotham City councilman who wants to appear tough on crime likes this attitude, and begins cooperating with the Judge. This alliance [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfires horribly]] when the Judge discovers that the councilman has been keeping a slush fund, and decides ''that'' to be punishable by death. The Judge also attempts to kill The Penguin, Killer Croc, and Two-Face -- even though all Penguin, Croc, and Two-Face had done was participate in a black-market jewel deal and manage to avoid getting caught for it. At the end of the episode, when the Judge is unmasked, he turns out to be Two-Face, who had developed a ''third'' identity that subsequently targeted for death his two other identities (or at least the Big Bad Harv/Two-Face one).

* KnightTemplar / WellIntentionedExtremist: The Judge, who is determined to punish the criminals and corrupt of Gotham City but unlike Batman, is perfectly willing to ''kill'' them to get the job

* KnightTemplar / WellIntentionedExtremist: The Judge, who is determined to punish the criminals and corrupt of Gotham City but unlike Batman, is perfectly willing to ''kill'' them to get the job done.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Corcoran readily enabled the Judge to go after the Arkham criminals and potentially endanger them. Even if they [[AssholeVictim deserve it]], it doesn't change that he also did it with [[SecretlySelfish ulterior motives]] of staying in office, and that's on top of [[CorruptPolitician taking kick-backs from Gothcorp]]. As such, not only does he have a brush with death when the Judge comes after him, but he's left with egg on his face when it's revealed his own 'vigilante' was Two-Face all along.

* DropTheHammer: One weapon used by the Judge is a gavel the size of a sledgehammer. It turns out to be a ChekhovsGun.

** When the Judge prepares to execute Corcoran, he disgustedly condemns him as a corrupt politician stealing from the people he claims to represent. How did the Judge know about Corcoran's confession to Two-Face minutes earlier...unless he was ''already'' in the building, let alone the same courtroom when Corcoran 'fessed up.

** The name J. Carroll Corcoran may have been one to actor J. Carroll Nash, who portrayed the villain Dr. Daka in the Batman serial from 1943.

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: It's the final episode of the main series, barring ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and the occasional film, and Corcoran tells Batman who people are tired of seeing the same villains constantly being back out on the streets and are desperate for closure.

* SaveTheVillain: Batman finds himself with this role. He saves Killer Croc from a deadly fall and narrowly saves Two-Face (and himself) from the gas. During the climax, he saves Corcoran.

* AllCrimesAreEqual: A vigilante called The Judge (a [[TheBlank faceless]] British judge, complete with a powdered wig atop his cloak), believes that criminals who avoid prosecution must be privately killed for justice to be served. A Gotham City councilman who wants to appear tough on crime likes this attitude, and begins cooperating with the Judge. This alliance [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfires horribly]] when the Judge discovers that the councilman has been keeping a slush fund, and decides ''that'' to be punishable by death. The Judge also attempts to kill The Penguin, Killer Croc, and Two-Face -- even though all Penguin, Croc, and Two-Face had done was participate in a black-market jewel deal and manage to avoid getting caught for it. At the end of the episode, when the Judge is unmasked, he turns out to be Two-Face, who had developed a ''third'' identity that subsequently targeted for death his two other identities.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: J. Carroll Corcoran were using the Judge to increase his ratings in political campaign. He was perfectly aware about the Judge's methods and that AllCrimesAreEqual to him. Unfortunately for Corcoran, he doesn't count that Two-Face is coming for him because he helps the Judge, and when he desperately reveals that he '''himself''' is a CorruptPolitician, he didn’t stop to think that the Judge would find out about it and would come for his soul too.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: J. Carroll Corcoran were using the Judge to increase his ratings in political campaign. He was perfectly aware about the Judge's methods and that AllCrimesAreEqual to him. Unfortunately for Corcoran, he doesn't count that Two-Face is coming for him because he helps the Judge, he '''himself''' is a CorruptPolitician and the Judge will come for his soul too.

* ChekhovsGun: The Judge's gavel, which Croc managed to seize during their fight on the bridge before Waylon falls (and which ends up shattering on impact below). [[spoiler: The fragments subsequently end up in the GCPD Evidence Room and are later 'borrowed' by Batman. His analysis reveals the gavel's actually part of a trophy for the Marshall Award -- a honor bestowed upon local Judges and Attorneys for distinguished service. Analyzing the list of past award recipients allows Bruce to discover the Judge's true identity.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Croc ends up being this for the Judge. During their fight on the bridge, Croc manages to grab the Judge's gavel before he plunges over the side. The dropped gavel shatters on impact, but the fragments are collected by the GCPD and end up in the Evidence Room. Analyzing those fragments later allows Batman to figure out the Judge's true identity.]]

* AbsenteeActor: As with "Cult of the Cat" and "Mad Love", Batman is working solo. Robin, Batgirl and Nightwing are all left out of this one.