History Recap / BatmanBeyondS2E3Splicers

* ImAHumanitarian: Cuvier tries to ''eat'' Terry after his overdose. Though it's likely that Cuvier doesn't qualify as human anymore.

* BatPeople: Terry is spliced with a vampire bat syrum, which turns him into a Man-Bat.

* DrugsAreBad: The episode primarily revolved around a body-modification AnAesop, the genetic splicing served as a metaphor for cosmetic surgery, tattoos and piercings, but the process was addictive, mind-altering and administered through injections.

Later in the Batcave, Terry and Bruce watch a newscast, where Dr. Cuvier, head of the Chimera Institute and a splicer himself, insists splicing is "safe, reversible, and more importantly, utterly beautiful." Bruce fears something bad will come of this. [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE1OnLeatherWings And]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE42TygerTyger knowing]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE43MoonOfTheWolf from his]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE45TerrorInTheSky experience of people trying to combine animal and human DNA go horribly, '''HORRIBLY''' wrong]], he has every right to be. Next morning, Terry's brother Matt, wearing a wolf costume, scares him out of bed. As Terry chases him out of his room, Matt asks their mother if he can be spliced; Mary says no. Terry jokingly refers to Mary's tattoo from her "wild teen years" to which she says is different from "having antlers stuck on your head." Matt then says Terry is already a donkey and Terry angrily tells him he is lucky Terry is late for school.

Later in the Batcave, Terry and Bruce watch a newscast, where Dr. Cuvier, head of the Chimera Institute and a splicer himself, insists splicing is "safe, reversible, and more importantly, utterly beautiful." Bruce fears something bad will come of this. [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE1OnLeatherWings And]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE42TygerTyger knowing]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE43MoonOfTheWolf from his]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE45TerrorInTheSky experience of people trying to combine animal and human DNA go horribly wrong]], he has every right to be. Next morning, Terry's brother Matt, wearing a wolf costume, scares him out of bed. As Terry chases him out of his room, Matt asks their mother if he can be spliced; Mary says no. Terry jokingly refers to Mary's tattoo from her "wild teen years" to which she says is different from "having antlers stuck on your head." Matt then says Terry is already a donkey and Terry angrily tells him he is lucky Terry is late for school.

* BodyHorror: Terry involuntarily becomes a Man-Bat until he gets better. However, the ''really'' bad part is when, after splicing becomes illegal since it makes people more aggressive, Batman goes to confront Cuvier, who then turns himself into some weird [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot hawk-tiger-snake thing]] and after knocking away Terry's gun filled with the mutagen cure, Terry starts sticking Cuvier with multiple syringes. Cuvier then transforms into a disgusting creature that is even today one of the most disturbing things ever put into a kid's show rivaled only by certain shonen anime series.

* BodyHorror: Terry involuntarily becomes a Man-Bat until he gets better. However, the ''really'' bad part is when, after splicing becomes illegal since it makes people more aggressive, Batman goes to confront Cuvier, who then turns himself into some weird [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot hawk-tiger-snake thing]] and after knocking away Terry's gun filled with the mutagen cure, Terry starts sticking Cuvier with multiple syringes. Cuvier then transforms into a disgusting creature that is even today one of the most disturbing things ever put into a kid's show rivaled only by certain seinen anime series.

* NoPronunciationGuide: The word ''chimera'' is pronounced as "shi-mera" though the technical pronunciation is actually "kai-mera." While the name for the splicing company may have been called "shi-mera" for fashionable preferences, Cuvier calls himself an actual chimera using the "shi" substitute.

Later in the Batcave, Terry and Bruce watch a newscast, where Dr. Cuvier, head of the Chimera Institute and a splicer himself, insists splicing is "safe, reversible, and more importantly, utterly beautiful." Bruce fears something bad will come of this. [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE1OnLeatherWings And]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE42TygerTyger knowing]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE43MoonOfTheWolf from his]] [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE45TerrorInTheSky experience of people trying to combine animal and human DNA go horribly wrong]], he has every right to be.
Next morning, Terry's brother Matt, wearing a wolf costume, scares him out of bed. As Terry chases him out of his room, Matt asks their mother if he can be spliced; Mary says no. Terry jokingly refers to Mary's tattoo from her "wild teen years" to which she says is different from "having antlers stuck on your head." Matt then says Terry is already a donkey and Terry angrily tells him he is lucky Terry is late for school.

-->'''Dr. Cuvier''': You bring out the ''beast'' in me!

At Sam's house, Barbara tells him he should relax, but he is determined to put Cuvier out of business. Suddenly, Ramrod, King Snake, and Tigress break in and attack. Batman arrives, violently beats the splicers and starts foaming at the mouth. Losing control, he rushes back to the Batcave. Barbara calls up Bruce to warn him of his condition, but Terry arrives, now in the form of a Man-bat. In the struggle, Bruce manages to dart him with an antidote. Terry wakes up to a growling Ace and learns Cuvier spliced him with an overdose of vampire bat serum and that Young survived. The authorities are now after Cuvier, who has gone into hiding. Bruce notices one of Cuvier's claws on Terry. Using the claw's scent, Batman has Ace track Cuvier to Carmine's Taxidermy Studio.

* BatPeople: Terry is spliced with a vampire bat syrum, which turns him into a large humanoid bat.

* AndIMustScream: Poor Terry becomes this after he's been spliced into a Man-Bat.

* DrugsAreBad: The episode primarily revolved around a body-modification {{aesop}}, the genetic splicing served as a metaphor for cosmetic surgery, tattoos and piercings, but the process was addictive, mind-altering and administered through injections.

* BodyHorror: Terry involuntarily becomes a Man-Bat until he gets better. However, the ''really'' bad part is when, after splicing becomes illegal since it makes people more aggressive, Batman goes to confront Cuvier, who then turns himself into some weird [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot hawk-tiger-snake thing]] and after knocking away Terry's gun filled with the mutagen cure, Terry starts sticking Cuvier with multiple syringes. Cuvier then transforms into a disgusting creature that is even today one of the most disturbing things ever put into a kid's show.

Later in the Batcave, Terry and Bruce watch a newscast, where Dr. Cuvier, head of the Chimera Institute and a splicer himself, insists splicing is "safe, reversible, and more importantly, utterly beautiful." Bruce fears something bad will come of this.

* EldritchTransformation: Cuvier's final shape is... definitely a WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids case.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: After being spliced by Cuvier and saving Barbara and DA Young, Terry goes back to the Batcave. First, we see a massive silhouette of Batman...and then Terry throws his mask at Bruce's feet and comes into the light, revealing he's become a Man-Bat.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The episode ended with Batman injecting the BigBad with so much animal DNA that he mutated into a gigantic blob-crab-monster. It's not what kills him, but his thrashing around does end up blowing the place.

* EmergingFromTheShadows: After being spliced by Cuvier and saving Barbara and DA Young, Terry goes back to the Batcave. First, we see a massive silhouette of Batman... and then Terry throws his mask at Bruce's feet and comes into the light, revealing he's become a Man-Bat.
-->'''Terry''': Bruce! Help... me!

* ImAHumanitarian: Cuvier tries to ''eat'' Terry after his overdose. Though it's likely that he doesn't qualify as human anymore.