Batman: Gotham's Worst

*Batman: Gotham's Worst* is a 2021 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is widely considered the longest film in the *Batman* franchise, reigning in at close to 4 hours long. It is a three-part mini-film series that were joined together to be released theatrically after the three parts were released on TV on a temporary DC channel.

## *Batman: Gotham's Worst*

### Box Office

$1 Billion, USD

The film's plot consists of the supercriminals of Gotham breaking out of Arkham Asylum, under the leadership of The Joker, who unites them all in a plan to overwhelm Batman mentally. Batman and the rest of the Bat-Family split up and circle Gotham in order to re-capture all the criminals. However, after Joker kicks Harley out of the plan, she teams up with Catwoman and Poison Ivy, initiating the true plot: a war between the male criminals and female criminals of Gotham City.

## **Part 1**

At Arkham Asylum, a guard patrols the cells of Harley Quinn and The Joker, however is lured away and knocked out by Clayface, who impersonates the guard. Using security codes provided to him by The Riddler, Clayface relases Joker and Harley, where Quinn is picked up by Catwoman and Joker is picked up by Riddler. When the crooks leave, the guard regains consciousness and sounds the alarm, alerting Jim Gordon.

Gordon arrives, informing the guard that only he is left due to the fact that Scarecrow attacked the GCPD, with Jim being the only one who escaped. He reveals to the guard that when the alarm sounded, it automatically lit the Bat-Signal, which sends an alert to Batman. At the Batcave, Bruce receives the alert, and the rest of the Bat-Family, including Kate Kane, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson and Jason Todd suit up, with Alfred staying in the cave to keep the comms unit up.

Batman goes out into the city while Batwoman, Nightwing and Red Hood arrive at Arkham to investigate. The guard runs off due to mental stress, while Batwoman discovers a strange toxin inside Joker's cell. Red Hood tells Alfred, who cannot confirm what it is due to it's strange structure. Jason leaves in the Whirly-Bat to go out into Gotham while Nightwing and Batwoman travel to where the toxin originated.

Upon arrival, they are attacked by Bane, who easily overpowers them. After a short fight, Batwoman manages to blow Bane away from them, however as she goes to assist Dick, they are poisoned by Scarecrow, who briefly greets them to check to see if the toxin worked. Kate and Dick manage to get up, however are too weak to keep going. Penguin then arrives, beating and torturing them, in an attempt to get them to stop interfering with Joker's plan.

Bruce then notices that his son, Damian Wayne, is missing, and didn't come when the alert was sounded. Batwoman attempts to contact Damian's teacher, as he was on a school trip before the alert was sounded. However, the call is answered by The Joker, who reveals that he had killed Damian's teacher, having figured out his identity. Batman demands the location of Damian, but Joker hangs up before he can tell him. Bruce and Kate take Dick back to the Batcave, and when they arrive, Alfred injects Dick with an antidote he had developed.

Alfred says that he has lost communication with Jason, however, Batman says he'll deal with it later. Bruce and Kate race out to where the school bus was last seen, as Batwoman had figured out what Joker was planning to do. When Bruce and Kate arrive, Batman bursts into the school bus to find Joker, who is holding Damian at gunpoint. Batwoman attempts to sneak up behind him, but Joker figures out she's there, and shoots her. Batman asks him to let Damian go, where Joker reveals that he knows Damian is Batman's son.

Batman gets impatient, and knocks Joker away, rescuing Damian. Batman manages to get Damian out of the school bus, where Batwoman continues to suffer from the shot. Joker reveals that his bullets are coated in the new poison, and shoots her again. Joker then contemplates taking off her cowl, but decides to save it for later. Just as he is about to deliver the final blow, Batgirl saves her from him. Back at the Batcave, Nightwing has fully recovered, but Bruce has a moment of doubt. He is overwhelmed by everything that has happened in the span of the past 3 hours, but Alfred reaffirms him, claiming that he has been through worse.

Bruce regains his confidence, and Alfred injects Kate with the temporary cure. He decides to work on a stronger antidote, with Damian's help, while Dick and Kate recover. Bruce attempts to contact Jason, but his comms are intercepted by The Riddler, who just taunts Batman and reveals a little about Joker's plan before hanging up. Back in Gotham, Jason continues to fly over the city, while he manages to fix his comms inside the Whirly-Bat. Jason contacts Bruce to let him know he's okay, where he reveals that Riddler had hacked into his comms and severed the connection, but he managed to fix it.

After Kate recovers, Bruce and Barbara go back out into the city to round up the remaining supercriminals, while Kate decides to track down Joker and arrest him. Jason comes with her for air support. When Kate gets to Joker's lair, she is ambushed by Harley Quinn and Riddler, who beat her down so much that she cannot get up. Joker arrives and taunts her, before instructing Harley and Riddler to guard Batwoman. Joker leaves, and after a while, Penguin arrives to check on Riddler and Harley. Penguin reveals he came to tell Joker that Black Mask has agreed to join the plan, but Harley and Riddler shew him off after Penguin begins to taunt them.

After he leaves, Riddler and Harley continue to guard Kate. After a few hours, Batgirl sneaks into Joker's lair, where she manages to lure Harley away while Riddler stays behind. Barbara manages to overpower Harley before turning her attention to Riddler, making quick work of him as well. However, as Batgirl begins to get Batwoman away, Riddler and Harley wake up and corner her. Just as they are about to take her back, Jason bursts through the lair with the Whirly-Bat, and Nightwing also comes in. Red Hood gives Harley a beating and manages to get Kate out while Nightwing and Batgirl distract the criminals. They easily overpower them and escape.

Afterwhich, the rest of the Bat-Family reunite in the Batcave to work on the antidote. Back at the lair, Joker scolds Harley and Riddler for letting Batwoman get rescued. Joker gets so angry that he even tortures and gives a beating to Riddler, knocking Ed unconscious. Joker then kicks Harley out of his lair, where Penguin arrives to inform Joker that Black Mask has agreed to join his plan. Joker, still angry, shews Penguin away. Clayface then comes, carrying Harley back in. Joker then kicks Harley out again, telling her to go and find her female friends and start her own plan. Harley takes this into mind, where she goes to find Catwoman and Poison Ivy.