YMMV / Batman: The Animated Series E46 "Almost Got 'Im"

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Since "Killer Croc" is really Batman in disguise, some believe that Batman isn't telling a lame story to quickly move the conversation along; he's admitting what he thinks is the villainous plan that almost got him the closest. And by claiming that Killer Croc's giant rock is the closest, he's secretly mocking his Rogues Gallery on the table for trying to kill their adversary with their Complexity Addiction and elaborate Death Traps rather than relying on simple methods like throwing a rock.
• Accidental Innuendo:
  • Note the tension evident in this conversation:
    [The Joker, The Penguin, Two-Face, and Killer Croc are playing cards.]
    Penguin: So, I hear You-Know-Who nailed the Mad Hatter last week.
    Joker: Yeah, he sure gets around for just one guy.
  • The Penguin was innocent. Joker, on the other hand...
• Best Known for the Fanservice: Poison Ivy's black, strapless one piece swimsuit. It was so memorable it actually received merchandise◊.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • At the conclusion of Poison Ivy's story, Joker mockingly dismisses her attempt to defeat Batman using exploding pumpkins. Mark Hamill would later go on to voice the Hobgoblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, whose supervillain gimmick involves throwing exploding pumpkin bombs.
  • Croc's "almost got 'im" story sounds absurd here, but in the later episode "Sideshow" Croc really did "almost get" Batman this way. Had he not been injured and delirious, he likely would have killed the hero with nothing more than a rock. Then there's his comment in "Trial", where he suggests killing Batman by throwing a rock at him.
  • In Ivy's story, she was barefoot. Nowadays, it's normal to see Poison Ivy going around barefoot in the comics and many adaptations since.
  • Two-Face's theory is that Gordon has a team of Batmen. In The Dark Knight, there's a team of Batman wannabes, and some are policemen, and Two-Face is the villain in the climax.
  • This was the first episode which had both Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn in it, though they didn't share any scenes together. Nobody but nobody could've foreseen the significance of teaming them together later on would become.
    • Also, this was the only episode that included Catwoman along with Ivy and Quinn. The three would be featured teaming up in a web-animation series and later have their own comic together.
• Rewatch Bonus: Watching the episode again knowing that "Killer Croc" is actually Batman draws attention to the fact that Croc subtly steers the conversation throughout. He's the one who first says "You'd think one of us woulda gotten him by now," which kicks off the stories; later, he outright asks Joker what he did with Catwoman, prompting the Clown Prince of Crime to give away her location.

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