Fleurs du Mal

"**Fleurs du Mal**" is the ninth episode of the third season of *The Batman* and the thirty-fifth episode overall.

## "Fleurs du Mal"

### Episode

9 (production order)8 (airing order)
35 (overall)

## Synopsis

When Gotham's police and government officials, including Mayor Grange and Commissioner Gordon, enact strange, new laws, Barbara discovers that the cause is a mysterious plant that they all received. Batman and Batgirl soon discover that Poison Ivy is responsible and that she has replaced the officials with plant-based copies, leading the pair to stop her and her clones, while finding where the real officials have been taken to.

## Plot

Mayor Grange is having a call with the councilman and says that as much as he likes it, they need to pave over Gotham Park to make way for a new hospital. Someone then knocks at the door, and when he opens it,he finds a basket full of flowers. One of the flowers then latches onto his face.

At Gotham Park, the Mayor is seen talking to protesters and telling them that the park isn't going anywhere,and this is the first step of his plan to "Green up Gotham". He tells that they'll remove the sidewalks to plant more seeds and flowers. Barbara enters Gotham PD to see her father, who is visited by a delivery guy from Baudelaires who gives him flowers. The flowers turn out to be a gift from the Mayor. At the Batcave, Bruce analyses Penguin's recent theft of chemicals, however, the chemicals are neither toxic nor combustible. The chemicals instead help in precipitation. At Gotham Park, Penguin is seen pouring the chemicals, then Batman arrives. They both spar, as Penguin activates a giant mechanical air balloon. They both then get onto it. As they fight, Penguin falls in the rotors, and the balloon then malfunctions and falls, with Batman escaping. Batman finds Penguin, as he turns into a green plant and breaks down. The police and Gordon arrive, and he arrests Batman for killing plants.

Batman escapes the handcuffs, and the cops turn into plants. Batman fights them then hops into the Batmobile. Batman contacts Alfred, whose hay fever has gotten worse since the flowers from the Mayor arrived. The flowers start moving and Batman tells him to destroy them immediately. Alfred pushes them into the fire. They both realise that both the Mayor and the police have been acting strange recently, which makes Batman realise that Barbara could be in danger. She is seen cooking, then her father arrives with a flower for her. She suspects the situation and dodges the flower, knowing that this isn't her actual father, as he's not too much into flowers. Gordon turns into a plant, then Batman barges in and subdues him. They both then suspect Poison Ivy is behind this, and realise that she's replacing people with plants. The question that remains is: What is she doing with the originals? Barbara suits up, then they go check out Baudelaires. They are greeted by an old lady, who turns out to be a plant that Batman knocks away. They go under the shop and find the originalls contained in plant pods. Ivy then appears, and says that the originals are slowly having plant toxins injected inside them, which will make them appreciate nature much more. She then traps the duo and replicates them. She goes with the clones and declares that she will clone everyone else, and with the amounts of seed and water in Gotham Park, she is excited to watch her garden grow.

Batman and Batgirl are transported into the imaginary garden, then Batman's belt sends a signal that activates the Batwave. It detects Batman's decreasing brain activity, so it sends a simple shock to wake him up. He then frees himself, Batgirl and the commissioner. Ivy repairs the ballon, then the duo arrive, with their clones in the way. They clash, and Batman destroys his clone using a grenade, while Batgirl destroys hers with a lawn mower, The balloon sprays the chemical at the clouds, making them rain, growing Ivy's flowers. Batman shoots a projectile that contains highly concentrated herbicide at the balloon, forcing it to rain weed killer instead, killing the clones. Ivy tries using her plants, but they die quickly from the rain. She then accepts defeat, mourning over "[her] babies".

## Cast/Characters

* Rino Romano as Bruce Wayne/The Batman
* Danielle Judovits as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
* Alastair Duncan as Alfred Pennyworth
* Piera Coppola as Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy
* Tom Kenny as The Penguin
* Mitch Pileggi as James Gordon
* Adam West as Marion Grange
* Plant Clones

## Trivia

* The ID number on the mugshot of Penguin, 71545, is written in a way that it resembles the word fishes.
* The title of this episode translates to "Flowers of Evil" in French.
* Other sources write the episode as Fleurs de Mal.
* It is unknown who voiced the Batcomputer.

## Errors

* When Batman and Batgirl find the originals, many of them are duplicated.
* When Batgirl kills her plant clone using the mower, her belt is purple. Belt error.