Batman - Holiday Knights (Episode)

Holiday Knights is the premiere episode of The New Batman Adventures, after the cancelation and subsequent revamping of Batman: The Animated Series. The episode introduces the new animation style and character designs as well as the new character, Robin. Unlike most episodes of this series, Holiday Knights consists of three separate holiday themed vignettes, featuring different villains and unrelated plots.
"Holiday Knights" is the first produced and aired episode of "TNBA".
== Contents ==
* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Notes & Trivia
* 4 Gallery
== Plot ==
On December 24, Barbara Gordon is making some late Christmas shopping when she suddenly notices a small kid shoplifting. When she tries to stop him, the kid's hand dissolves in her hand, leaving her baffled. Meanwhile, Harvey Bullock and Renee Montoya are posing as Santa and his elf, when they are informed of the unusual activities. Several small kids have been shoplifting all over the mall and when they are cornered by Bullock and Montoya, they come together to form Clayface.
Barbara notices this and finds an unseen spot to change into Batgirl. Bullock and Montoya are no match for Clayface, who is then kicked by Batgirl and sent to the outside of the mall, breaking the ice-skating ring below. Clayface recovers soon and Batgirl instructs Bullock and Montoya to shoot the power lines, which drop on Clayface and electrocute him, leaving him unconscious long enough for Bullock to retrieve the stolen items from Clayface's body.
== Cast ==
=== Actor & Role ===
Tara Charendoff - Batgirl
Ron Perlman - Clayface
Robert Costanzo - Detective Harvey Bullock
Liane Schirmer - Detective Renee Montoya
Rachel Davey - Mary McSweeney
Tress MacNeille - Little Boy
Corey Burton - Uniformed Cop
== Notes & Trivia ==
* This episode was adapted from The Batman Adventures Holiday Special, cover date January 1995. The main difference between the episode and the comic is that the book is drawn in the style of Batman: The Animated Series.
** The football game that Joker's message interrupts features a commentator naming one of the players as "Altieri", a reference to Kevin Altieri. In the comic, the player was called Starkings, after penciller Richard Starkings.
* This is Tara Strong's first credit as Batgirl, replacing Melissa Gilbert.
* When not in costume, Barbara's face looks slightly different then how it does in later episodes.
* Although this is Clayface's last-and-first appearance since the episode Mudslide, in which he apparently died, there is no explanation as to his return. This information was later given in the episode Growing Pains.
* The episode has been released as part of the following Home video sets:
** Batman: The Animated Series, Volume Four
** Batman: The Complete Animated Series
== Gallery ==