Riddled

**"Riddled"** is the second episode of the second season of *The Batman* and the fifteenth episode overall.

## Synopsis

Yin and Batman find themselves dealing with a new criminal in the form of Riddler, an individual who sets up deadly traps that require a riddle to be solved to disarm them. Forced to visit various locations in the city that Riddler has rigged with explosives, it quickly becomes clear that Riddler has a far more cunning plan in motion that the pair soon have to stop.

## Plot

The police are stacked up in front of City Hall, with Batman watching. Inside, Yin and a cop try difusing a timer that's connected to multiple bombs, and in order to do so they have to solve a riddle. Rojas tells her to evacuate everyone, and she tells the other cop to leave, she'll be right behind him. However, she stays and Batman appears. Batman solves the riddle and difuses the bombs. Riddler then appears as a hologram and congratulates them.

Riddler opens a mini spotlight and tells his opponent to step in. Yin goes forth and Riddler asks her to introduce herself. Riddler broadcasts the conversation across police feed, and demands that no cop helps Yin, or Gotham loses. Riddler gives her a riddle, and she drives away. Batman follows her with his jetpack. She tells Batman that Riddler isn't supposed to see them working together either, as well as hear them,however, Riddler can't crack Batwave. She then spots a Riddler-themed van. The backdoors open and Riddler appears on a computer screen and tells that the bridge is rigged, and gives her a riddle. The chief and a cop then come, and Riddler makes the car go due to them not following the rules. Batman places a camera inside and flies. Riddler threatens if Rojas follows her, Riddler will remotely detonate the bombs. Yin finally solves the riddle with the secret help of Batman, however the van doesn't stop and jumps off the bridge.

Batman unlocks the van and grabs Yin. Riddler gives her another riddle. At a concert, Riddler placed bombs all over. Yin eventually solves it (with Batman's invisible help). Riddler then places another riddle at a trian, which Yin also solves. In front of the GCPD, Rojas is struggling with a riddle, until a cop informs him that Yin went to a museum. Riddler gives a final riddle, and Yin tries solving it, same with Batman. Batman realises that Riddler quit trying, the riddle has no answer, and the bombs are fake. Batman realises this was all a distraction while Riddler does something else. Riddler turns out to be under City Hall, and is trying to hack the city's database. Riddler realises that Batman has been helping Yin. He and his Riddlemen defeat them both with sleep gas.

Riddler traps them in a dome, and wants to unmask Batman, in the form of a game, a game of yes or no consisting of 20 questions, with which he'll deduce Batman's identity. Riddler uses a lie detector, and if Batman lies, Yin gets shocked. Batman lies to the first question, and Riddler shows him a sample of what happens to Yin, and with every lie, the volt goes up. Rojas then gets informed of the theft that happened to the servers. Yin then lies to Riddler and tells him he's Ethan Bennett. Batman adds to the lie by answering yes to Riddler's current question of whether he's a policeman. A volt gets shot, and Riddler takes it due to being in its way. Batman frees himself and Yin, and Riddler escapes. They follow him. Batman takes on Riddler while Yin takes on his Riddlemen. Yin easily defeats her oponents, but Batman is having a hard time. Batman finally manages to overpower him and the police arrest Riddler. Riddler tells Rojas that Yin works with Batman, but he doesn't buy it.

## Cast/Characters

* Rino Romano as Bruce Wayne/Batman
* Ming-Na as Detective Ellen Yin
* Robert Englund as The Riddler
* Jesse Corti as Chief Rojas
* Joe Lala as Bomb Tech
* Ethan Bennett (mentioned)
* Riddlemen

## Events

- Character debuts:

* Riddler
* Riddlemen

## Trivia

* The Riddler's Riddles and answers are as follows:
	+ *When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I?*
		- **Answer:** *Riddle.*
	+ *To cross the water, I'm the way. For water I'm above. I touch it not, and truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?*
		- **Answer:** *A bridge.*
	+ *Everything in me is ancient. What am I?*
		- **Answer:** *A museum.*

* Yin shows off her skills as a fighter in this episode.
* This is one of the few episodes in which the Batcave and Alfred Pennyworth do not appear at all.
* Riddler's question to Batman "What question can you never answer 'yes' to? Are you asleep?" would later be used again in **Batman: The Enemy Within** albeit 'asleep' is changed to 'dead' and instead of knocking someone with gas, Riddler kills someone.
* Frank Gorshin, best known by the public for his role as the Riddler on the television series Batman (1966) and the movie, passed away 4 days before this episode premiered.
* Batman's finishing riddle to Riddler "What's black, and blue, and green all over?" is said in a similar fashion in *The Batman* 2022 movie. However, it is said by Riddler, and "green" is replaced by "dead".

## Errors

* At the zoom out at the concert riddle, Yin is briefly seen with her protective suit.
* Penguin is in the credits despite not appearing.Suit error.Penguin error.