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-->"You understand now why I could not return to my Nora, my treasure. There's no hope for me, or you, or your city. ''Everyone's'' going to feel my loss!"

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-->"You -->'''Mr. Freeze:''' You understand now why I could not return to my Nora, my treasure. There's no hope for me, or you, or your city. ''Everyone's'' going to feel my loss!"loss!



* YouTaughtMeThat: Bruce chides Tim for failing a civics test. When Bruce accuses him of not knowing the first thing about the american justice system, Tim replies that he knows it's [[TotallyRadical bogus]]. Then Bruce asks whatever gave him that idea, and Tim says "[[VigilanteMan watching you]]". Bruce changes the subject.

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* YouTaughtMeThat: Bruce chides Tim for failing a civics test. When Bruce accuses him of not knowing the first thing about the american American justice system, Tim replies that he knows it's [[TotallyRadical bogus]]. Then Bruce asks whatever gave him that idea, and Tim says "[[VigilanteMan watching you]]". Bruce changes the subject.
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* NotSoStoic: Even Batman is stunned to see what's become of Mr. Freeze.

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* NotSoStoic: Even Batman is stunned to see what's become of Mr. Freeze. The Joker has no problem dashing hope, yet even he does not go out of the way to crush man's dreams.
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* ArtisticLicensePalaeontology: The scientist at the beginning refers to what is clearly a complete skeleton as a “fossil”.
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* VocalEvolution: As of this episode, Kevin Conroy’s Bruce Wayne and Batman voices become indistinguishable from each other.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The episode ends with a closeup of Freeze's body suit, without Freeze's head in it. We see in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' that he did survive. [[FateWorseThanDeath Much to his regret.]]

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* NeverFoundTheBody: The episode ends with a closeup of Freeze's body suit, without Freeze's head in it. [[spoiler: We see in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' that he did survive. [[FateWorseThanDeath Much to his regret.]]]]]]
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* EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims as miserable as he is.

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* EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: EvenEvilHasStandards: As [[{{Pun}} cold-blooded]] as Mr. Freeze has become, he couldn't ''directly'' kill a child, as shown by his decision to target Alfred over Tim.
* EvilIsPetty[=/=]RevengeByProxy:
Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims as miserable as he is.
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* YouTaughtMeThat: Bruce chides Tim for failing a civics test. When Bruce accuses him of not knowing the first thing about the american justice system, Tim replies that he knows it's [[TotallyRadical bogus]]. Then Bruce asks whatever gave him that idea, and Tim says "[[VigilanteMan watching you]]". Bruce changes the subject.

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* DeadpanSnarker: After the doctors are released.
-->'''Batgirl:''' ''[tries walking away]'' Well, I guess we're next.\\
'''Ice maiden:''' ''[stopping her]'' Cute.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The captive doctors talking to Freeze about stabilizing his condition and how they did the best they could. Later, he tells Bruce that it's "much too late" for him to be helped now. Batman and Batgirl also find Freeze's empty suit lying around in the lair; they initially figure it's a spare because it's not cold enough there for Freeze to go without.
* FreudianExcuse: A news report shows Bruce making a sizable donation to an orphanage. He says his father taught him that those who have the most must give the most.



* HopeCrusher: "Search your heart for the thing you value most. Then despair, for I have come to take it from you."
* HypocriticalHumor: Failing a civics test, Tim says he thinks the American justice system is bogus. When Bruce asks how he came to that conclusion, Tim says by watching Batman in action. As Tim points out the lack of due process, Bruce tries to change subjects by asking how he did on a math test.
* LittleNo: A woman when Freeze gets ready to shoot her dog.



* NotSoStoic: Even Batman is stunned to see what's become of Mr. Freeze.



-->'''Mr. Freeze:''' You were just a boy when you lost your parents, but you keep trying to create a surrogate family for yourself. To destroy you, I need only destroy that. Perhaps your beloved surrogate son. ''[points his freeze ray at Tim]'' No. I think the surrogate father. ''[blasts Alfred]''

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-->'''Mr. Freeze:''' You were just a boy when you lost your parents, family, but you keep trying to create a surrogate family for yourself. To destroy you, I need only destroy that. Perhaps your beloved surrogate son. ''[points his freeze ray at Tim]'' No. I think the surrogate father. ''[blasts Alfred]''


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* WhamShot: Freeze's head on robotic spider legs.

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Mr. Freeze returns, but this time, he is focused on destroying everyone's possessions. This is because his wife left him, believing that he died in the events of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''. It's up to Batman and Batgirl to stop his latest scheme: freezing all of Gotham.

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Mr. Freeze returns, but this time, he is focused on destroying everyone's possessions.happiness. This is because his wife left him, believing that he died in the events of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''. It's up to Batman and Batgirl to stop his latest scheme: freezing all of Gotham.


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* PlotArmor: Good thing Freeze's ice blast just ''happened'' to leave Alfred with his head sticking out.
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* CallBack: Two to “[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce Heart of Ice.]]”

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* CallBack: Two to “[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce Heart of Ice.]]”Ice]]”.
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* CallBack: Two to ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce Heart of Ice.]]''

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* CallBack: Two to ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce “[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce Heart of Ice.]]'']]”
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* PaidHarem: Freeze has an all-female gang of "ice maidens" in this episode, all just as cold (metaphorically) as he it.

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* PaidHarem: Freeze has an all-female gang of "ice maidens" in this episode, all just as cold (metaphorically) as he it.is.

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* CallBack: Two to ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce Heart of Ice.]]''
** Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen, just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens [[NoHonorAmongThieves don't even try to help her,]] and neither does Batman.
** Freeze once again say he would be moved if he was still capable of doing so.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen. (Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens [[NoHonorAmongThieves don't even try to help her.]])

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen. (Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens [[NoHonorAmongThieves don't even try to help her.]])\n
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* ParentalSubstitute: Mr. Freeze points out both sides of it for Bruce.
-->'''Mr. Freeze:''' You were just a boy when you lost your parents, but you keep trying to create a surrogate family for yourself. To destroy you, I need only destroy that. Perhaps your beloved surrogate son. ''[points his freeze ray at Tim]'' No. I think the surrogate father. ''[blasts Alfred]''


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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: This episode shows what happens when someone who could already be pretty dangerous goes even further.
-->"You understand now why I could not return to my Nora, my treasure. There's no hope for me, or you, or your city. ''Everyone's'' going to feel my loss!"
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen. (Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens don't even try to help her.)

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen. (Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens [[NoHonorAmongThieves don't even try to help her.)
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The episode ends with a closeup of Freeze's body suit, without Freeze's head in it. We see in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' that he did survive.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: The episode ends with a closeup of Freeze's body suit, without Freeze's head in it. We see in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' that he did survive. [[FateWorseThanDeath Much to his regret.]]
* PaidHarem: Freeze has an all-female gang of "ice maidens" in this episode, all just as cold (metaphorically) as he it.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen.
** Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens don't even try to help her.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Mr. Freeze leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle gets frozen.
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frozen. (Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens don't even try to help her.
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* FridgeHorror: Given Freeze's condition, God only knows how Grant Walker is holding up...



* MoralEventHorizon: In-story, this is the point Batman stops treating Freeze as an AntiVillain. In their previous meeting, Batman went well out of his way to help Freeze and even contributed to saving Nora. By his next appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce has no sympathy for Freeze whatsoever.



* RelationshipVoiceActor: The first time Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/LaurenTom worked together in.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatVoice: Ice Maiden #3 is really [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh 3]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: In-story, this is the point Batman stops treating Freeze as an AntiVillain and more as a CompleteMonster. In their previous meeting, Batman went well out of his way to help Freeze and even contributed to saving Nora. By his next appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce has no sympathy for Freeze whatsoever.

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* MoralEventHorizon: In-story, this is the point Batman stops treating Freeze as an AntiVillain and more as a CompleteMonster.AntiVillain. In their previous meeting, Batman went well out of his way to help Freeze and even contributed to saving Nora. By his next appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce has no sympathy for Freeze whatsoever.
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* FridgeHorror: Given Freeze's condition, God only knows how Grant Walker is holding up...
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* HappyEndingOverride: To ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero'' where Nora was cured and Freeze resigned to live in quiet happiness in the Arctic with his polar bears. Except Freeze's condition has completely destroyed his body and his seperation from Nora has driven him insanely bitter from the rest of the world.


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* MoralEventHorizon: In-story, this is the point Batman stops treating Freeze as an AntiVillain and more as a CompleteMonster. In their previous meeting, Batman went well out of his way to help Freeze and even contributed to saving Nora. By his next appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce has no sympathy for Freeze whatsoever.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The episode ends with a closeup of Freeze's body suit, without Freeze's head in it. We see in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' that he did survive.
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Mr. Freeze returns, but this time, he is focused in destroying everyone's possessions. This is because his wife left him, believed he died ever since the events of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''. It's up to Batman and Batgirl to stop him form his latest scheme: freeze all of Gotham.

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Mr. Freeze returns, but this time, he is focused in on destroying everyone's possessions. This is because his wife left him, believed believing that he died ever since in the events of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''. It's up to Batman and Batgirl to stop him form his latest scheme: freeze freezing all of Gotham.



* EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims miserable as he is.

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* EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims as miserable as he is.



* TrainingFromHell: Batgirl gets this one when Bruce increases her training difficulty level into 10 that he leaves her getting almost shot by the lasers.
* WatchingTroyBurn: Mr. Freeze's plan for revenge on Batman is to hold him captive as he is ForcedToWatch freeze destroy Gotham.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Just how Mr. Freeze left one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle got frozen.

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* TrainingFromHell: Batgirl gets this one when Bruce increases her training difficulty level into 10 that he to 10, which leaves her getting almost shot by the lasers.
* WatchingTroyBurn: Mr. Freeze's plan for revenge on Batman is to hold him captive as he is ForcedToWatch freeze Freeze destroy Gotham.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Just how Mr. Freeze left leaves one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle got gets frozen.
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** Just like in his debut episode. Unlike the henchmen from that episode, the other ice maidens don't even try to help her.
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* EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims miserable.

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* EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims miserable.miserable as he is.



* WatchingTroyBurn: Mr. Freeze's plan for revenge on Batman is to hold him captive as he is ForcedToWatch Freeze destroy Gotham.

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* WatchingTroyBurn: Mr. Freeze's plan for revenge on Batman is to hold him captive as he is ForcedToWatch Freeze freeze destroy Gotham.
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* EvilIsPetty: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims miserable.

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* EvilIsPetty: EvilIsPetty / RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims miserable.

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* EvilIsPetty: Mr. Freeze's M.O. in this episode. He goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] just because it would make the victims miserable.



* RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O.
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Mr. Freeze returns, but this time, he is focused in destroying everyone's possessions. This is because his wife left him, believed he died ever since the events of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''. It's up to Batman and Batgirl to stop him form his latest scheme: freeze all of Gotham.

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* BigOMG: Batgirl says this upon seeing Freeze in a robotic spider body.
* DespairEventHorizon: Mr. Freeze hits this so hard.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Ice Maiden #3 is really [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh 3]].
* RelationshipVoiceActor: The first time Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/LaurenTom worked together in.
* RevengeByProxy: Mr. Freeze's M.O.
* TrainingFromHell: Batgirl gets this one when Bruce increases her training difficulty level into 10 that he leaves her getting almost shot by the lasers.
* WatchingTroyBurn: Mr. Freeze's plan for revenge on Batman is to hold him captive as he is ForcedToWatch Freeze destroy Gotham.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Just how Mr. Freeze left one of his ice maidens behind after her ankle got frozen.

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