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1The Joker has Batman in his maniacal clutches! Wonder Woman and Green Arrow must save him, but they don't have the Dark Knight Detective's deductive abilities.
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3Thankfully, there's another detective in Gotham willing to help. Edward Nigma.
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5Wait, what?
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7The recently reformed Riddler offers the heroes his services. With time running out, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow accept, and learn clue deciphering in the process.
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12* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Riddler hasn't the slightest idea why Joker is angry with him to the point of co-opting his gimmick and causing everyone to jump through hoops. Of course, the reason turns out to be extremely trivial, but the Joker angrily insists Riddler knows what he did.
13* CondescendingCompassion: Riddler, who has been given a clean bill of health by Arkham Asylum and has decided to use his skills to become a private investigator, decides to help Wonder Woman and Green Arrow find where Joker is holding Batman. However, his main motivation for helping them is because he doesn't like Joker using his gimmick and repeatedly belittles the two heroes for not having his skill for figuring out the Joker's clues.
14* DisproportionateRetribution: Joker's entire plot throughout the episode wasn't even about Batman. The real reason behind the clown prince of crime's scheme was out of a desire to get back at Riddler for [[LostFoodGrievance eating a donut from Joker's plate while deep in thought back when they were incarcerated together]].

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