Trivia / Batman: The Animated Series E55 "The Mechanic"

• Creator Backlash: The creators considered the episode dissatisfying, save for some nice action and some of AKOM's better animation.
  Bruce Timm: This was one of those stories in development hell for a long time. We needed scripts. I think it's a stinker, but it has some of AKOM's better animation in it.
  Director Kevin Altieri: It was the first show that AKOM laid out itself. It's not as good as their "The Last Laugh." but had far fewer retakes (almost 80% of "The Last Laugh" needed retakes). I think they were threatened that they might lose the work, so they put their A-Team on it. It actually is a script that is similar to the '60s series, but when you do something like this comedy, you must remember that even though the script may be goofy, you have to show that the characters are living it. When Earl drops the tires on Penguin's henchmen, he thinks Batman's dead and he's crying.