History Recap / BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison

''[Batman threatening the crook, who's responds by asking who Batman is]''

''[Batman threatening the crook]''

* AnAesop: Be careful who you date. Don't rush into a relationship with someone you just met and barely know, let alone deciding to [[FourthDateMarriage pop the question to them]]. You might end up making a regrettable mistake. Harvey discovers this the hard way.

* MakeupIsEvil: There were numerous, potential ways of administering Pam's rose poison, but probably none [[EvilIsSexy sexier]] than via [[DruggedLipstick lipstick]].

* WouldHitAGirl: When Poison Ivy gets too close to Batman when taunting him with the antidote to her poison, he manages to kick her, knocking her to the ground.

!!Tropes in this episode include:

* AnAesop: Be careful who you date. Don't rush into a relationship with someone you just met and barely know, let alone deciding to [[FourthDateMarriage pop the question to them]]. You might end up making a regrettable mistake. Harvey discovers this the hard way.

--> '''Pamela Isley:''' (''sits huddled in her prison cell, rocking as her eyes dart side to side, glowering intensely'') They can bury me in the ground, as deep as they like... (''face perks up for a moment before resuming her angry look'') But I'll grow back. (''gets up, starts walking forward'') We always grow back... (''bends down to her potted roses, face contorted into an ominous DeathGlare'') Don't we baby?

-->'''Batman''': Why Isley?
-->'''Pamela Isley''': Oh, please. Call me ''Poison Ivy.''

--->'''Poison Ivy''': Mmmm, a little ''big'' for a ''fly.''

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Harvey's LanternJawOfJustice is massively overpronounced compared to his usual design. It juts a good five or six inches below his mouth.

* {{Fainting}}: Harvey goes dizzy eyed and [[FacePlantingIntoFood takes a nosedive into his chocolate mousse]] following the [[DruggedLipstick lethal kiss]] Isley planted on him just before exiting the restaurant.

* FemmeFatale: Since this episode provides the show's first, true foray into the FilmNoir genre it's fitting Poison Ivy is here, acting as the classic ill intended yet irresistible temptress archetype, albeit filtered through a sadistic, MadScientist and comic book style monster making prism.

* ForTheLulz: Ivy didn't ''necessarily'' have to lock lips with Batman to end him, but, it can't help coming across like her exploiting the opportunity to share a not so chaste kiss with the [[MrFanservice hunky]] masked vigilante who snuck into her lair before he dies.

-->'''Batman''': The bottle for the weed. What's it gonna be?

-->'''Poison Ivy:''' (''slinks behind Batman to flirtatiously trace his shoulders'') You see, Harvey had to pay for his ''crime'' (''walks away'').
-->'''Batman:''' What crime?
-->'''Poison Ivy:''' (''swivels, making an incredulous face and tap of the chin'') Why, ''murder'' of course. (''turns, walking towards work table'') Plowing up a field of beautiful wild flowers (''brief smash cut to the Dent/Wayne headline'') for that silly penitentiary of his. (''Ivy walks up to her Wild Thorny Roses'') This little rose would be extinct today (''sniffs and nuzzles them'') if I hadn't saved my ''precious'' from those (''loving, tender face contorts into a malicious glare'') ''horrible bulldozers''! (''turns to Batman, dramatically raising her hands as she yells'') The blood of those flowers are on his hands! (''grits her teeth, balling her fists while angrily grunting before coming back to her senses, gently sighing as she does a flaunting, pin-up tilt of the hips and fluffs her hair'').

* MythologyGag: Mayor Hill's line "Our new district attorney, Harvey Dent", is identical to Mayor Borg's line in the [[Film/Batman1989 1989 movie]].

** When a scene cuts to Bruce in the middle of telling Pamela a humorous story about Harvey, the first line we get is "You should've seen Harvey's face!"

-->'''Poison Ivy:''' (''as she pulls out her lipstick'') So his fate was sealed... (''applies her lipstick'') With a kiss. (''as she slowly approaches the restrained Batman'') And now, so is ''yours''.

-->'''Escaped convict:''' ''(being taken by the police)'' B-b-big wings!\\

* TakeThatKiss: After Poison Ivy finishes explaining her motive for poisoning Harvey to Batman, she [[ForcefulKiss forces a kiss on Batman after applying the same poisoned lipstick she used on Harvey while he is restrained]] to “seal his fate with a kiss”. After she breaks their kiss, she [[EvilGloating taunts]] Batman when he tries to spit out the poison by mockingly asking him if he is afraid she has cooties.

-->'''Poison Ivy:''' (''aims her crossbow at Batman as he dangles from the cacti pit's ledge'') Enjoy extinction, ''Batman''!

* NothingPersonal: Although this is never stated by Poison Ivy, her trying to murder Batman clearly isn't. It's his alter ego Bruce Wayne whose within her vindicative crosshairs, same as Harvey Dent. Thus, from her POV, Bats just stuck his nose in the wrong place. That said, she still enjoys [[KissOfDeath fatally kissing]] and then [[EvilGloating cruelly teasing]] him over his imminent death, because [[ItsWhatIDo that's just who she is]]. Batman wounding her flytrap and accidentally setting the nursery on fire however ''does'' make it personal in the end.

* UngratefulBitch: As her greenhouse erupts into flames Ivy tries fleeing with her roses in tow only to be blocked by burning debris and then nearly gets struck by a falling tree which'd caught on fire. Batman pushes her out of the way in time, [[SaveTheVillain saving her]]. Unfortunately for him this doesn't quell her murderous rage.

** Poison Ivy after Batman cuts himself free from her flytrap. She stops her teasing and flirting and starts screaming at Batman, calling him a "murderer" and trying to kill him herself with her wrist mounted crossbow.

* BadDate: Another (mostly) one sided example. Batman didn't enjoy himself too much during his and Ivy's "late night rendezvous." Being captured by a [[ManEatingPlant carnivorous, mutant flytrap]] and given a mouthful of [[DruggedLipstick lethal poison]] tends to do that. Poison Ivy on the other hand was ecstatic to have Batman in her sensual yet fatal clutches, her [[TheTease honeyed sweettalk]] making it almost seem like a real date, plus she unambiguously loved their [[BigDamnKiss deep, sexy kiss]]. Only turns [[MomentKiller sour]] for her when Bats leaps up to kick her in the face.
** She also enjoyed her romantic dinner with Harvey, as did he. It goes south for Dent though following Pamela's [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss.]]

* BlatantLies: Played with. Poison Ivy claims she was going to share the antidote for her poison with Batman before he "hurt her feelings" by spitting after her kiss. Although, this is a half truth, since Ivy ''did'' seem legitimately offended by Bats following their kiss [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid036tb7SnPA6ohq6HDBFh8jffkyoYvqQ5HUXBbE8GtdXR7AfjXeG5MWYuZ3NbY2h5fsl&id=100011092186292 as seen here.]] A little spittle got on her, plus she obviously [[BigDamnKiss poured everything]] into the smooch, so it's understandable Ivy probably felt [[ProudBeauty insulted]] Batman wouldn't appreciate, what in her screwed up mind, must've seemed like a CruelMercy. After all, who ''wouldn't'' want to die kissing such a beautiful woman?

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Poison Ivy gets sentenced to Stonegate Penitentiary rather than Arkham Asylum like in the later episodes. Perhaps it's for the irony of Ivy being imprisoned in the place she hated the most.
** Her hyper immune system isn't displayed here. She even requires an antidote for her own [[DruggedLipstick lipstick]] after using it. This is quite jarring because later episodes would refer to said immunity as if Poison Ivy had always possessed such an ability.

* KissDiss: Pamela tries to give Bruce a (disingenuously) friendly kiss on the lips after the latter escorts Isley to her parked car, which he [[ProperlyParanoid quickly deflects]] by turning it into a hug instead. She does, unknowingly, succeed later on when he's suited up as Batman though.

** Seconds from [[VictoriasSecretCompartment retrieving]] her lipstick Ivy briefly gives Bats a [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02e1n6zetYRVAkTjNWcXGNZ4Q3kvNC5j3h9exMSXtjXzCoYhfh1FA5VShripfPVeqQl&id=100011092186292 sick smirk]], as if what's about to happen is that much of a twisted turn on for her.

** Right after their kiss Ivy has the biggest, girliest [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xtpxwF7s9HUJk3MJhYHr7qKxyA4ua6y2qdF4TdLmvakrhE2cHm5vzTq6b3BUZBgyl&id=100011092186292 grin]] on her face as she pulls away from him, obviously satisfied with their passionate snog and giddy over the fact she's gotten away with murder twice now.

* MeaningfulName: Poison Ivy christens her antidote "Rose From The Dead."
** Her chosen villainous alias itself is very fitting, for just like actual poison ivy Pamela is lovely yet intoxicating.

* MsFanservice: Poison Ivy is, as this episode's script described, "a stone-cold knockout. The face, the lips, the eyes, the hair, the figure. A ten on all counts." Her [[TheTease playful flirtiness]], [[SoftSpokenSadist breathy voice]], [[SexyBacklessOutfit racy wardrobe]] and [[HollywoodKiss lip talent]] further drive this point home.

* WaitForYourDate: If we choose to relax the definition of "date" for Batman and Poison Ivy's encounter in her greenhouse, then she takes her time [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable slipping into her sexy costume]], [[VictoriasSecretCompartment storing]] her [[DruggedLipstick special lipstick]] for [[AnticipatoryLipstick later]], hitting the lights and making a sensual, teasing show of revealing herself to Batman, who'd been kept occupied "playing" with a very grabby, very hungry pet flytrap.

* AxCrazy: Poison Ivy during the climax's second half. Shedding off her sensual vampiness and furiously unloading her crossbow arrows at Batman.

* PinkIsErotic: Poison Ivy's [[DruggedLipstick tainted lipstick]] is pink.

* EyelashFluttering: Isley does this at Harvey when he's trying to convince her to stay.

* ExtremeCloseUp: There is a closeup on Ivy's lips as she applies her lipstick and whispers “with a kiss."

* ExpressiveHair: Poison Ivy's hairdo near end. When she's calm/sultry its straight, when she's angry/frightened it becomes wild and unkempt.

* MadonnaWhoreComplex: An interesting spin of this because Isley pretends to be the former while secretly being the latter. Publicly she's Pamela Isley, a sweet, caring woman. Behind closed doors she's Poison Ivy, an unhinged seductress.

* MsFanservice: Poison Ivy is, as this episode's script described, "a stone-cold knockout. The face, the lips, the eyes, the hair, the figure. A ten on all counts." Her [[TheTease playful flirtiness]], [[SexyBacklessOutfit racy wardrobe]] and [[HollywoodKiss lip talent]] further drive this point home.

* MsFanservice: Poison Ivy is, as this episode's script described, "a stone-cold knockout. The face, the lips, the eyes, the hair, the figure. A ten on all counts." Her [[TheTease playful flirtiness]],[[SexyBacklessOutfit racy wardrobe]] and [[HollywoodKiss lip talent]] further drive this point home.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Poison Ivy has a husky, breathy voice befitting a sultry murderess such as herself. It's barely above a whisper when she tauntingly tells Batman that his fate's about to be "sealed with a kiss", sounding both ominous and seductive at once.

* MsFanservice: Poison Ivy is, as this episode's script described, "a stone-cold knockout. The face, the lips, the eyes, the hair, the figure. A ten on all counts." Her [[TheTease playful flirtiness]], [[ContraltoOfDanger breathy voice]], [[SexyBacklessOutfit racy wardrobe]] and [[HollywoodKiss lip talent]] further drive this point home.

* BeautyIsBad: [[TheVamp Poison]] [[DudeMagnet Ivy]] looks and sounds like an Old Hollywood bombshell while keeping a giant, killer flytrap in her greenhouse she's implicitly [[ManEatingPlant fed people to.]] This episode serves as a cautionary tale to those who wholeheartedly believe in the [[BeautyEqualsGoodness opposite]] of this trope.

* MeaningfulLook: The before and after of Batman and Poison Ivy's kiss shows her make several, different faces which serve to wordlessly convey her mood.

-->'''Poison Ivy:''' (''aims her crossbow at Batman as he dangles'') Enjoy extinction, ''Batman''!