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-->'''Batman:''' Expect the unexpected.
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** Averted when Batman notes the Sulfuric Acid would take weeks to melt down the wall. Played straight when Superman suggests he melt the kryptonite instead, and it works almost immediately.
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** Averted when Batman notes the Sulfuric Acid hydrochloric acid would take weeks to melt down the wall. Played straight when Superman suggests he melt the kryptonite instead, and it works almost immediately.
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* CatFight: Mercy and Harley against each other. [[spoiler: It's Mercy who ultimately emerges victorious in the end.]]
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* CatFight: Mercy and Harley against each other. [[spoiler: It's Mercy who ultimately emerges victorious in the end.]]
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** {{Ba|dassNormal}}tman and [[PowerBornOfMadness the Joker]] are both seen as mere mortals against virtual gods like Superman and Lex Luthor. When Luthor laughs at him for being unable to defeat a mere mortal like Batman, the Joker [[BerserkButton gets deadly serious and grabs Luthor by the collar]]:
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** {{Ba|dassNormal}}tman and [[PowerBornOfMadness the Joker]] are both seen as mere mortals against virtual gods like Superman and Lex Luthor. When Luthor laughs at him for thinking he can kill Superman despite being unable to defeat a "a mere mortal in a Halloween costume" like Batman, the Joker [[BerserkButton gets deadly serious and grabs Luthor by the collar]]:
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** Batman winds up scaring Luthor by breaking into his Penthouse in the middle of the night and interrogating him. Suddenly, Luthor shoots up the Joker's lair, infuriated that the Joker brought such a fearful figure into his life.
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** Batman winds up scaring Luthor by breaking into his Penthouse in the middle of the night and interrogating him. Suddenly, Luthor shoots up the Joker's lair, infuriated that immediately contacts the Joker brought such a fearful figure into and agrees to increase his life.fee.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_batman_superman_movie_worlds_finest_1997.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The home video release, titled ''The Batman/Superman Movie''. [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice No relation.]]]]
This episode is the first crossover with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', with{{Franchise/Batman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}}, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and ComicBook/HarleyQuinn appearing in Metropolis.
[[caption-width-right:350:The home video release, titled ''The Batman/Superman Movie''. [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice No relation.]]]]
This episode is the first crossover with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', with
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* BondOneLiner: As Batman and Harley parachute out of the [=LexWing=] 5000, they realize the Joker is stuck on there.
-->'''Harley:''' Puddin'!\\
'''Batman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker At this point, he probably is.]]
-->'''Harley:''' Puddin'!\\
'''Batman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker At this point, he probably is.]]
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* GenreSavvy: After Joker's goons send Bruce Wayne tumbling over a balcony, he tells them make sure that he's dead.
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* GenreSavvy: After Joker's goons send Bruce Wayne tumbling over a balcony, he tells them to make sure that he's dead.
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* PostMortemOneLiner: As Batman and Harley parachute out of the [=LexWing=] 5000, they realize the Joker is stuck on there.
-->'''Harley:''' Puddin'!\\
'''Batman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker At this point, he probably is]].
-->'''Harley:''' Puddin'!\\
'''Batman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker At this point, he probably is]].
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* ShoutOut: A reference to an advertising mascot combined with a joke about Luthor's [[BaldOfEvil baldness]]:
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** [[BadassNormal Batman]] and [[PowerBornOfMadness the Joker]] are both seen as mere mortals against virtual gods like Superman and Lex Luthor. When Luthor laughs at him for being unable to defeat a mere mortal like Batman, the Joker [[BerserkButton gets deadly serious and grabs Luthor by the collar]]:
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** [[BadassNormal Batman]] {{Ba|dassNormal}}tman and [[PowerBornOfMadness the Joker]] are both seen as mere mortals against virtual gods like Superman and Lex Luthor. When Luthor laughs at him for being unable to defeat a mere mortal like Batman, the Joker [[BerserkButton gets deadly serious and grabs Luthor by the collar]]:
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The Joker has recently robbed an antique jeweler in Gotham, and was last seen outside of Metropolis. Curiously, the only thing he stole was a jade dragon statue. Luckily, Bruce Wayne is currently visiting SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor as [=LexCorp=] and Wayne Enterprises are in a joint project, developing robot drones for space travel. Luthor is interested in [[KillerRobot military applications]], which Wayne [[DoesNotLikeGuns disagrees with.]] Bruce Wayne has met and started dating Lois Lane, which Clark Kent does not approve of. Lois has even begun thinking of transferring to the Gotham City branch, and plans to talk about it during their date at a fancy restaurant.
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The Joker has recently robbed an antique jeweler in Gotham, and was last seen outside of Metropolis. Curiously, the only thing he stole was a jade dragon statue. Luckily, Bruce Wayne is currently visiting SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor ComicBook/LexLuthor as [=LexCorp=] and Wayne Enterprises are in a joint project, developing robot drones for space travel. Luthor is interested in [[KillerRobot military applications]], which Wayne [[DoesNotLikeGuns disagrees with.]] Bruce Wayne has met and started dating Lois Lane, which Clark Kent does not approve of. Lois has even begun thinking of transferring to the Gotham City branch, and plans to talk about it during their date at a fancy restaurant.
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** Actually the first time they mostly shot near his feet with the impression being that they ''wanted'' Bruce to fall off the restaurant. Makes sense from a criminal's perspective: 'fell from a great height' is less obviously murder than 'got shot'. They have no excuse for the second time though.
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* CatFight: Mercy and Harley against each other.
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* CatFight: Mercy and Harley against each other. [[spoiler: It's Mercy who ultimately emerges victorious in the end.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Mercy Graves, Luthor's assistant gets hit with this hard. Harley Quinn [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punches her across the parking lot]] using her boxing glove gun and she receives an OffhandBackhand from Batman when he interrogates Luthor. She gives as good as she gets when fighting Harley, knocking her out but breaking her arm. Finally, the Joker knocks her out using a KillerYoYo.
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* ButtMonkey: Mercy Graves, Luthor's assistant gets hit with this hard. Harley Quinn [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punches her across the parking lot]] using her boxing glove gun and she receives an OffhandBackhand from Batman when he interrogates Luthor. She gives as good as she gets when fighting Harley, knocking her out but breaking her arm. Finally, the Joker knocks her out using a KillerYoYo. She gets [[ThrowTheDogABone throne a bone]] at the end when she gets the satisfaction of seeing Harley locked up and [[LaughThemselvesSick laughs herself sick]] about it, though she still has serious arm injuries.
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It turns out the Joker is in Metropolis. After his DarkMistress Harley Quinn knocks out Luthor's NinjaMaid Mercy Graves, the Joker meets up with Luthor and offers him a simple deal: "Pay me 10 Billion Dollars and I'll kill Superman!" Turns out the "Jade" dragon is actually a hunk of kryptonite someone found long ago. Eventually Luthor hires him, and the Joker sets up a trap by kidnapping Lois during her date with Bruce.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks down the remains of the gang Joker overtook and it leads him to a night club. Superman disapproves of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Batman replies by throwing him across the room. Superman quickly pins him against a wall in the blink of an eye, and uses his XRayVision to discover his secret identity. Batman responds with Kryptonite and warns Superman to expect the unexpected. By the time Superman gets home and talks to Lois about her boyfriend, he sees a tracer on his cape, and Batman watching him from across the street. Secret Identities have been swapped.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks down the remains of the gang Joker overtook and it leads him to a night club. Superman disapproves of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Batman replies by throwing him across the room. Superman quickly pins him against a wall in the blink of an eye, and uses his XRayVision to discover his secret identity. Batman responds with Kryptonite and warns Superman to expect the unexpected. By the time Superman gets home and talks to Lois about her boyfriend, he sees a tracer on his cape, and Batman watching him from across the street. Secret Identities have been swapped.
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It turns out the Joker is in Metropolis. After his DarkMistress Harley Quinn knocks out Luthor's NinjaMaid Mercy Graves, the Joker meets up with Luthor and offers him a simple deal: "Pay me 10 Billion Dollars one billion dollars and I'll kill Superman!" Turns out the "Jade" dragon is actually a hunk of kryptonite someone found long ago. Eventually Luthor hires him, and the Joker sets up a trap by kidnapping Lois during her date with Bruce.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks down the remains of the gang Joker overtook and it leads him to a night club. Superman disapproves of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Batman replies by throwing him across the room.Superman quickly pins Superman, in response, [[RealityEnsues shoulder-checks him against into a wall in the blink of an eye, eye]], and uses his XRayVision to discover his secret identity. Batman responds with Kryptonite and warns Superman to expect the unexpected. By the time Superman gets home and talks to Lois about her boyfriend, he sees a tracer on his cape, and Batman watching him from across the street.town. Secret Identities have been swapped.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks down the remains of the gang Joker overtook and it leads him to a night club. Superman disapproves of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Batman replies by throwing him across the room.
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-->'''Mercy:''' Joker stole the [=Lexwing=]! He said he was going to destroy everything Luthor ever built!
-->'''Superman:''' Luthor built half of Metropolis.
-->'''Superman:''' Luthor built half of Metropolis.
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-->'''Mercy:''' Joker stole took [Luthor] in the [=Lexwing=]! He said he was going to destroy he'd make him lose everything Luthor he ever built!
-->'''Superman:''' Luthor -->'''Superman:''' ...Luthor's built half of Metropolis.
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* ShoutOut: A reference to an advertising mascot combined with a joke about Luthor's [[BaldOfEvil baldness]]:
-->'''Luthor:''' You know I can't be connected to this in any way.\\
'''Joker:''' Oh, you'll be [[ProductAsSuperhero Mr. Clean]]!
-->'''Luthor:''' You know I can't be connected to this in any way.\\
'''Joker:''' Oh, you'll be [[ProductAsSuperhero Mr. Clean]]!
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* LaughThemselvesSick: Mercy laughs at a news report of Harley being sent back to Arkham, then winces as the motion aggravates her injuries.
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* HumanShield: The Joker leaves Mercy bound to the side of one of the robots, which turns to interpose her between itself and Superman so he can't just punch it.
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--> '''Joker''': See that he's [[UnusualEuphemism street pizza]]. In this town, [[Frachise/{{Superman}} some flying fool]] may have caught him.
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--> '''Joker''': See that he's [[UnusualEuphemism street pizza]]. In this town, [[Frachise/{{Superman}} [[Franchise/{{Superman}} some flying fool]] may have caught him.
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* GenreSavvy: After Joker's goons send Bruce Wayne tumbling over a balcony, he tells them make sure that he's dead.
--> '''Joker''': See that he's [[UnusualEuphemism street pizza]]. In this town, [[Frachise/{{Superman}} some flying fool]] may have caught him.
--> '''Joker''': See that he's [[UnusualEuphemism street pizza]]. In this town, [[Frachise/{{Superman}} some flying fool]] may have caught him.
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* {{Crossover}}CatFight: Mercy and Harley against each other.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the first of three.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the first of three.
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* ShowSomeLeg: {{Gender Flip}}ped when The Joker pulls this on ''Harley'' (who is kidnapping Lex, sorta).
-->'''Harley:''' Hubba hubba!
-->'''Harley:''' Hubba hubba!
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* ShowSomeLeg: {{Gender Flip}}ped when The Joker pulls this on ''Harley'' (who is kidnapping Lex, sorta).
-->'''Harley:''' Hubba hubba!
-->'''Harley:''' Hubba hubba!
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* SecretIdentityKeeper: Lois, of all people, learns Bruce is Batman. Their relationship falters because Lois realizes Bruce is MarriedToTheJob. She's spent enough time with a superhero to know that Bruce isn't retiring anytime soon.
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* SecretIdentityKeeper: SecretKeeper: Lois, of all people, learns Bruce is Batman. Their relationship falters because Lois realizes Bruce is MarriedToTheJob. She's spent enough time with a superhero to know that Bruce isn't retiring anytime soon.
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* SecretIdentityKeeper: Lois, of all people, learns Bruce is Batman. Their relationship falters because Lois realizes Bruce is MarriedToTheJob. She's spent enough time with a superhero to know that Bruce isn't retiring anytime soon.
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* ShowSomeLeg: {{Gender Flip}}ped when The Joker pulls this on ''Harley'' (who is kidnapping Lex, sorta).
-->'''Harley:''' Hubba hubba!
-->'''Harley:''' Hubba hubba!
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* TheStoic: Bats, for the most part. When Supes uses X-Ray vision to see Batman's identity:
-->'''Superman:''' Bruce Wayne?!
-->'''Batman:''' You peeked.
-->'''Superman:''' Bruce Wayne?!
-->'''Batman:''' You peeked.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Invoked by Mercy.
-->'''Harley:''' ''(on TV, being shoved into a padded wagon)'' I want a lawyer! I want a doctor! I want a cheese sandwich!
-->'''Mercy:''' ''(recovering from injuries in bed)'' Now ''that's'' funny! Ha ha... ow!
-->'''Harley:''' ''(on TV, being shoved into a padded wagon)'' I want a lawyer! I want a doctor! I want a cheese sandwich!
-->'''Mercy:''' ''(recovering from injuries in bed)'' Now ''that's'' funny! Ha ha... ow!
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** An earlier one happens in Part One, when terrorists hijacking Air Force One learn that [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Lois Lane]] is on board.
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--->'''The Joker:''' There's nothing ''mere'' about ''that'' mortal.''bat''mortal.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Luthor and Joker meet each other face to face and sic their henchgirls against each other (Mercy and Harley of course). They eventually get to calmly talking while the girls brawl in the background.
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* MadeForTVMovie: This episode is 3-parts long and was later repackaged as a single movie, filled with obvious pauses for commercial breaks.
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* {{Touche}}: Clark mutters this when he finds a tracker on him and uses his supervision to see that Batman is spying on him and now knows his identity in retaliation for finding out his during the fight at the club.
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* OhCrap: One of the most memorable OhCrap moments in the entire Animated Universe.
-->'''Mercy:''' Joker stole the [=Lexwing=]! He said he was going to destroy everything Luthor ever built!
-->'''Superman:''' Luthor built half of Metropolis.
-->'''Mercy:''' Joker stole the [=Lexwing=]! He said he was going to destroy everything Luthor ever built!
-->'''Superman:''' Luthor built half of Metropolis.
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** Naturally, The Joker soon proves he's much, much more dangerous than you'd ever think a clown to be. Luthor is horrified to find out Joker's just as much a threat to him and every single person in Metropolis as he is to the heroes.
-->'''Batman:''' Expect the unexpected.
-->'''Batman:''' Expect the unexpected.
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This episode is the first crossover with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', with {{Franchise/Batman}} and SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker appearing in Metropolis.
The Joker has recently robbed an antique jeweler in Gotham, and was last seen outside of Metropolis. Curiously, the only thing he stole was a jade dragon statue. Luckily, Bruce Wayne is currently visiting SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor as [=LexCorp=] and Wayne Enterprises are in a joint project, developing robot drones for space travel. Luthor is interested in [[KillerRobot military applications]], which Wayne [[DoesNotLikeGuns disagrees with.]] Bruce Wayne has met and started dating Lois Lane, which Clark Kent does not approve of. Lois has even begun thinking of transferring to the Gotham City branch, and plans to talk about it during their date at a fancy restaurant.
It turns out the Joker is in Metropolis. After his DarkMistress Harley Quinn knocks out Luthor's NinjaMaid Mercy Graves, the Joker meets up with Luthor and offers him a simple deal: "Pay me 10 Billion Dollars and I'll kill Superman!" Turns out the "Jade" dragon is actually a hunk of kryptonite someone found long ago. Eventually Luthor hires him, and the Joker sets up a trap by kidnapping Lois during her date with Bruce.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks down the remains of the gang Joker overtook and it leads him to a night club. Superman disapproves of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Batman replies by throwing him across the room. Superman quickly pins him against a wall in the blink of an eye, and uses his XRayVision to discover his secret identity. Batman responds with Kryptonite and warns Superman to expect the unexpected. By the time Superman gets home and talks to Lois about her boyfriend, he sees a tracer on his cape, and Batman watching him from across the street. Secret Identities have been swapped.
Superman heads off to rescue Lois and moves right into a trap at a [=LexCorp=] warehouse. The Joker presents him with half of the kryptonite dragon, but Superman's KryptoniteProofSuit holds firm... until the Joker splashes his suit with acid from his flower and begins torturing him in front of Lois Lane, leaving him to die with a time bomb. Luckily, Batman had caught up, arrests the gang, and destroys the Kryptonite. Superman is able to get Lois and Batman out of there before the bomb blows.
After Batman scares the crap out of Lex Luthor, and Luthor realizes the Joker left an obvious clue, he goes directly to [[YouHaveFailedMe directly punish the Joker]]. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent While Quinn and Graves]] have a CatFight, the Joker points out that he couldn't anticipate Batman arriving and spoiling his plans. Luthor doubles the price to kill them both, so the Joker hijacks one of Luthor's [[KillerRobot robot drones]] and sends it after Batman after distracting Superman.
Batman and the drone fight across Metropolis, finally arriving at the Daily Planet after hours, where Lois has been up finishing a report. Batman brings her and the drone into the printing press, and gets the drone and his cape stuck in a rolling press. This exposes his face to Lois, who isn't remotely pleased by this development. The drone recovers and is about to skewer Batman when Superman [[BigDamnHeroes returns from saving a sinking ship]] and [[GoombaStomp crushes the drone in a single blow]].
Luthor has invited the Joker to the warehouse where he was building his drones and his CoolShip, the [=LexWing=] 5000. Why? Because Luthor has decided [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the Joker is too much of a liability]] and plans to kill him, then [[VillainWithGoodPublicity make up a story about how he killed a mass murdering thief stealing his technology]]. Instead, the Joker captures Luthor, takes the [=LexWing=] 5000 and prepares to destroy all of Metropolis while Luthor [[ForcedToWatch has a frontrow seat]]. By now, Batman and Superman visit the same warehouse, and are greeted with a fleet of killer drones. Superman fights them off (including the KingMook with the other half of the Kryptonite statue and Mercy Graves as a HumanShield) while Batman flies after the [=LexWing=].
Batman catches up to the plane, breaks into it, and defeats the Joker. Unfortunately, the explosive marbles the Joker carried around start to detonate, blocking off their escape. Superman breaks in and rescues Luthor while Batman bails with Harley. Joker's explosive marbles go off again, and the Joker goes down with the [=LexWing=].
Wayne Enterprises has cancelled the joint project with [=LexCorp=] over ethical concerns and controversy, but Luthor is not directly tied to the events. Harley Quinn is extradited back to Gotham and Mercy Graves has the last laugh (except for her broken arm and the bruises she received). Lois realizes her relationship with Bruce would never work out, but she does consider him a friend. Bruce and Clark note that they work well together, but Bruce will return to Gotham to continue what he does best. Before he boards on a plane, he warns Clark not to upset Lois, because "I know where you live."
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* BigDamnHeroes:
** Batman arrived at the warehouse and was able to destroy the Kryptonite sample to free Superman from his trap.
** When Batman couldn't destroy a robot drone, Superman arrived and crushed it in a single blow.
* BreakTheHaughty: Superman seems in complete control as he bypasses the Joker's trap. Actually, the Joker's real trap is soon sprung, and he laughs in sadistic glee as he tortures Superman right in front of Lois Lane.
* ButtMonkey: Mercy Graves, Luthor's assistant gets hit with this hard. Harley Quinn [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punches her across the parking lot]] using her boxing glove gun and she receives an OffhandBackhand from Batman when he interrogates Luthor. She gives as good as she gets when fighting Harley, knocking her out but breaking her arm. Finally, the Joker knocks her out using a KillerYoYo.
* {{Crossover}}
* FireForgedFriends: Superman and Batman starts off not on good terms and mistrusting each other, but by the end they recognize their effectiveness as a team and their relationship becomes one of respect and trust (well, trust on Superman's side, anyway).
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Joker's explosive marbles make a handy distraction when Batman and Superman escape his warehouse trap and corner him, but they spill out of his bag when he's trying to flee the [=LexWing=] 5000. The explosions prevent him fleeing the ship, and he's trapped as the ship sinks into the ocean.
* HollywoodAcid:
** Averted when Batman notes the Sulfuric Acid would take weeks to melt down the wall. Played straight when Superman suggests he melt the kryptonite instead, and it works almost immediately.
** The Joker's acid flower immediately burns through Superman's suit.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: When Batman leaves for Gotham again, he tells Superman that "[Lois] is all yours, if you can handle her. But you better be good to her, 'cause I know where you live."
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Bruce Wayne was surrounded by a gang, at point-blank range, with no cover. Somehow, they all managed to miss, and Bruce fell off the high-floor restaurant he was in. When Bruce does land, he is immobilized and the gang ''still'' can't hit him (at least he had more distance that time)
* MadeForTVMovie: This episode is 3-parts long and was later repackaged as a single movie, filled with obvious pauses for commercial breaks.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: After falling out of a high rise restaurant, Bruce falls several stories before catching himself on a windowsill several stories down. That kind of sudden stopping force should have destroyed the windowsill or his shoulders.
* PostMortemOneLiner: As Batman and Harley parachute out of the [=LexWing=] 5000, they realize the Joker is stuck on there.
-->'''Harley:''' Puddin'!\\
'''Batman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker At this point, he probably is]].
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Batman takes some hits in this series that should have pulverized him in his series proper.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** [[BadassNormal Batman]] and [[PowerBornOfMadness the Joker]] are both seen as mere mortals against virtual gods like Superman and Lex Luthor. When Luthor laughs at him for being unable to defeat a mere mortal like Batman, the Joker [[BerserkButton gets deadly serious and grabs Luthor by the collar]]:
--->'''The Joker:''' There's nothing ''mere'' about ''that'' mortal.
** Batman winds up scaring Luthor by breaking into his Penthouse in the middle of the night and interrogating him. Suddenly, Luthor shoots up the Joker's lair, infuriated that the Joker brought such a fearful figure into his life.
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The Joker has recently robbed an antique jeweler in Gotham, and was last seen outside of Metropolis. Curiously, the only thing he stole was a jade dragon statue. Luckily, Bruce Wayne is currently visiting SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor as [=LexCorp=] and Wayne Enterprises are in a joint project, developing robot drones for space travel. Luthor is interested in [[KillerRobot military applications]], which Wayne [[DoesNotLikeGuns disagrees with.]] Bruce Wayne has met and started dating Lois Lane, which Clark Kent does not approve of. Lois has even begun thinking of transferring to the Gotham City branch, and plans to talk about it during their date at a fancy restaurant.
It turns out the Joker is in Metropolis. After his DarkMistress Harley Quinn knocks out Luthor's NinjaMaid Mercy Graves, the Joker meets up with Luthor and offers him a simple deal: "Pay me 10 Billion Dollars and I'll kill Superman!" Turns out the "Jade" dragon is actually a hunk of kryptonite someone found long ago. Eventually Luthor hires him, and the Joker sets up a trap by kidnapping Lois during her date with Bruce.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks down the remains of the gang Joker overtook and it leads him to a night club. Superman disapproves of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Batman replies by throwing him across the room. Superman quickly pins him against a wall in the blink of an eye, and uses his XRayVision to discover his secret identity. Batman responds with Kryptonite and warns Superman to expect the unexpected. By the time Superman gets home and talks to Lois about her boyfriend, he sees a tracer on his cape, and Batman watching him from across the street. Secret Identities have been swapped.
Superman heads off to rescue Lois and moves right into a trap at a [=LexCorp=] warehouse. The Joker presents him with half of the kryptonite dragon, but Superman's KryptoniteProofSuit holds firm... until the Joker splashes his suit with acid from his flower and begins torturing him in front of Lois Lane, leaving him to die with a time bomb. Luckily, Batman had caught up, arrests the gang, and destroys the Kryptonite. Superman is able to get Lois and Batman out of there before the bomb blows.
After Batman scares the crap out of Lex Luthor, and Luthor realizes the Joker left an obvious clue, he goes directly to [[YouHaveFailedMe directly punish the Joker]]. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent While Quinn and Graves]] have a CatFight, the Joker points out that he couldn't anticipate Batman arriving and spoiling his plans. Luthor doubles the price to kill them both, so the Joker hijacks one of Luthor's [[KillerRobot robot drones]] and sends it after Batman after distracting Superman.
Batman and the drone fight across Metropolis, finally arriving at the Daily Planet after hours, where Lois has been up finishing a report. Batman brings her and the drone into the printing press, and gets the drone and his cape stuck in a rolling press. This exposes his face to Lois, who isn't remotely pleased by this development. The drone recovers and is about to skewer Batman when Superman [[BigDamnHeroes returns from saving a sinking ship]] and [[GoombaStomp crushes the drone in a single blow]].
Luthor has invited the Joker to the warehouse where he was building his drones and his CoolShip, the [=LexWing=] 5000. Why? Because Luthor has decided [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the Joker is too much of a liability]] and plans to kill him, then [[VillainWithGoodPublicity make up a story about how he killed a mass murdering thief stealing his technology]]. Instead, the Joker captures Luthor, takes the [=LexWing=] 5000 and prepares to destroy all of Metropolis while Luthor [[ForcedToWatch has a frontrow seat]]. By now, Batman and Superman visit the same warehouse, and are greeted with a fleet of killer drones. Superman fights them off (including the KingMook with the other half of the Kryptonite statue and Mercy Graves as a HumanShield) while Batman flies after the [=LexWing=].
Batman catches up to the plane, breaks into it, and defeats the Joker. Unfortunately, the explosive marbles the Joker carried around start to detonate, blocking off their escape. Superman breaks in and rescues Luthor while Batman bails with Harley. Joker's explosive marbles go off again, and the Joker goes down with the [=LexWing=].
Wayne Enterprises has cancelled the joint project with [=LexCorp=] over ethical concerns and controversy, but Luthor is not directly tied to the events. Harley Quinn is extradited back to Gotham and Mercy Graves has the last laugh (except for her broken arm and the bruises she received). Lois realizes her relationship with Bruce would never work out, but she does consider him a friend. Bruce and Clark note that they work well together, but Bruce will return to Gotham to continue what he does best. Before he boards on a plane, he warns Clark not to upset Lois, because "I know where you live."
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!!Tropes:
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Batman arrived at the warehouse and was able to destroy the Kryptonite sample to free Superman from his trap.
** When Batman couldn't destroy a robot drone, Superman arrived and crushed it in a single blow.
* BreakTheHaughty: Superman seems in complete control as he bypasses the Joker's trap. Actually, the Joker's real trap is soon sprung, and he laughs in sadistic glee as he tortures Superman right in front of Lois Lane.
* ButtMonkey: Mercy Graves, Luthor's assistant gets hit with this hard. Harley Quinn [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punches her across the parking lot]] using her boxing glove gun and she receives an OffhandBackhand from Batman when he interrogates Luthor. She gives as good as she gets when fighting Harley, knocking her out but breaking her arm. Finally, the Joker knocks her out using a KillerYoYo.
* {{Crossover}}
* FireForgedFriends: Superman and Batman starts off not on good terms and mistrusting each other, but by the end they recognize their effectiveness as a team and their relationship becomes one of respect and trust (well, trust on Superman's side, anyway).
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Joker's explosive marbles make a handy distraction when Batman and Superman escape his warehouse trap and corner him, but they spill out of his bag when he's trying to flee the [=LexWing=] 5000. The explosions prevent him fleeing the ship, and he's trapped as the ship sinks into the ocean.
* HollywoodAcid:
** Averted when Batman notes the Sulfuric Acid would take weeks to melt down the wall. Played straight when Superman suggests he melt the kryptonite instead, and it works almost immediately.
** The Joker's acid flower immediately burns through Superman's suit.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: When Batman leaves for Gotham again, he tells Superman that "[Lois] is all yours, if you can handle her. But you better be good to her, 'cause I know where you live."
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Bruce Wayne was surrounded by a gang, at point-blank range, with no cover. Somehow, they all managed to miss, and Bruce fell off the high-floor restaurant he was in. When Bruce does land, he is immobilized and the gang ''still'' can't hit him (at least he had more distance that time)
* MadeForTVMovie: This episode is 3-parts long and was later repackaged as a single movie, filled with obvious pauses for commercial breaks.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: After falling out of a high rise restaurant, Bruce falls several stories before catching himself on a windowsill several stories down. That kind of sudden stopping force should have destroyed the windowsill or his shoulders.
* PostMortemOneLiner: As Batman and Harley parachute out of the [=LexWing=] 5000, they realize the Joker is stuck on there.
-->'''Harley:''' Puddin'!\\
'''Batman:''' [[DeadpanSnarker At this point, he probably is]].
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Batman takes some hits in this series that should have pulverized him in his series proper.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** [[BadassNormal Batman]] and [[PowerBornOfMadness the Joker]] are both seen as mere mortals against virtual gods like Superman and Lex Luthor. When Luthor laughs at him for being unable to defeat a mere mortal like Batman, the Joker [[BerserkButton gets deadly serious and grabs Luthor by the collar]]:
--->'''The Joker:''' There's nothing ''mere'' about ''that'' mortal.
** Batman winds up scaring Luthor by breaking into his Penthouse in the middle of the night and interrogating him. Suddenly, Luthor shoots up the Joker's lair, infuriated that the Joker brought such a fearful figure into his life.
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