History Film / ReturnToTheBatcaveTheMisadventuresOfAdamAndBurt

Thirty-five years after the show's end, Creator/AdamWest and Creator/BurtWard ([[AdamWesting each playing a hyperbolized version of themselves]]) reunite at a gala where the Batmobile is part of a charity exhibit. But surprise, surprise, the lights go out and the Batmobile is stolen! Now it's up to the former dynamic duo to recover the Batmobile and figure out who from their past is holding a decades old grudge.

The movie cuts between this plot line with flashbacks showing the behind-the-scenes chronology of the Batman show as Adam and Burt piece together who's behind the theft.

!!Return to the Batcave contains examples of:

''Return To The Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt'' is a made-for-TV movie that's half tongue-in-cheek parody and half biographical look at the making of the television show, ''Series/Batman1966''.

!! Return to the Batcave contains examples of:

* AscendedMeme: Yep, you guessed it. In flashback, the notorious Shark Repellent Bat Spray shows up as one of the props Past Adam! is showing to Burgess Meredith.
* BadassNormal: Adam West is humorously shown capable of holding his own in a fight, surviving an explosion, flirting up dames and of course, [[spoiler: figuring out the mastermind behind the whole thing]].
* BatDeduction:
* BeserkButton: Do NOT call Adam's butler "Alfred". It's Jerry.

* BondVillainStupidity: Adam's [[GenreSavvy genre savvy]] demand ("Don't touch that red button!") is a pretty transparent attempt to trip up the Big Bad...who falls for it anyway because of their compulsion to rebel.
-->[[spoiler: '''Frank Gorshin''']]: Rat! He knows! He knows whenever he tells me "don't", I have to.
-->[[spoiler: '''Julie Newmar''']]: It's a trick! ''Don't.''
-->[[spoiler: '''Frank Gorshin''']]: I have to. It's a [[FatalFlaw character flaw!]]

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: When Frank Gorshin is introduced he points out how the villains should be the true stars of the show...which is what becomes his motivation for revenge.]]
* Main/HereWeGoAgain: The film ends with the Batmobile being hijacked...again. But with Adam and Burt back at it again.
* Irony: [[spoiler: Frank Gorshin is revealed as the Batmobile thief with his motivation being that the show's villains never got their due...which is ironic considering that for the entire run, he was the only who was ever Emmy nominated for his performance.]]
* ShownTheirWork: In-universe Past Adam! mentions having "watched all the old serials and reading the Scarlet Pimpernel..." in order to prepare for his performance as Batman.
* VanityLicensePlate: Adam's car flashes a plate that reads: "KAPOWWW!"

Thirty-five years after the show's end, Creator/AdamWest and Creator/BurtWard (each playing a hyperbolized version of themselves reunite at a gala where the Batmobile is part of a charity exhibit. But surprise, surprise, the lights go out and the Batmobile is stolen! Now it's up to the former dynamic duo to recover the Batmobile and figure out who from their past is holding a decades old grudge.

* AffectionateParody: While the flashbacks are presented in a fairly straightforward way, the present time storyline is done very much in the 1966 Batman style, with canted angles, over-the-top clues and Adam West doing his best strait-laced performance.
* AscendedMeme: Yep, you guessed it. In flashback, the notorious Shark Repellent Bat Spray shows up as one of the props PastAdam! is showing to Burgess Meredith.

* BondVillainStupidity: Adam's [[GenreSavvy genre savvy]] demand ("Don't push the big red button!") is a pretty transparent attempt to trip up the Big Bad...who falls for it anyway because of their compulsion to rebel.

* DrivingQuestion: Who stole the Batmobile and why?
* ShownTheirWork: PastAdam! mentions having "watched all the old serials and reading the Scarlet Pimpernel..." in order to prepare for his performance as Batman.