The Cat, the Bat and the Very Ugly

**"The Cat, the Bat and the Very Ugly"** is the first episode of the second season of *The Batman* and the fourteenth episode overall.

## Synopsis

Discovering they are both after the same thing during a museum robbery, Catwoman and Penguin form a partnership to grab hold of two valuable Egyptian relics. Batman attempts to stop both of them, only for Penguin to double-cross Catwoman before she can do the same to him. Put into a forced partnership with Catwoman, Batman finds the relics work with any form of light to create a powerful beam weapon, leading him to stop Penguin before he can use the power of Ra to level an occupied building in Gotham City.

## Plot

Catwoman goes inside an exhibit and tries stealing a cat-themed relic. However, Penguin takes it and she stops resisting when she sees the Kabuki twins. Catwoman flirts with Penguin, which grabs his complete attention. He then thinks they could team up. If she steals for him the object he wants, she gets the relic she wants.

Later, the police come to investigate. However, when Yin sees Batman, she moves the cops to let him investigate. Batman finds a sample, and investigates it at the Batcave. Batman finds out the sample belongs to a raven, no doubt Penguin's. Batman realises they teamed up to steal the other relic of the pair. At Penguin's base, a broken ship, both of them are examining the security systems and how to get past them. Later at an exhibit, 3 crows cut surveillance. One of them then attacks a guard with a small gas pod. They then steal the relic. Before they trade relics, Batman arrives. The duo fights Batman, and eventually defeat him. Catwoman isn't able to betray Penguin and take the relics for herself; he's the one who betrays her, and calls for the twins. They quickly defeat her, and Penguin ties her wrist with Batman's using modified handcuffs, and the key is with Penguin. Before he leaves, he smashes an antique, activating lockdown. Batman tries to uncuff them, but a timer initiates.

He stops at the last second, and realises that only thing that unlocks it is Penguin's key. They escape as the police arrive. They take the Batmobile, and Catwoman drives. Yin calls for Batman. Yin tells that maybe he knows who Catwoman's partner is, since she has no clue. The police then report that Batman and Catwoman were both involved in a crime. Yin then speculates that Batman is the second perp. At Penguin's hideout, Batman and Catwoman find that whoever has the 2 relics can harness the power of the sun. At the GCPD, Penguin sends a threat saying that he takes 1M by dawn, or Gotham faces the wrath of the sun. They find that using the sun in night is bogus, until he uses the power to destroy a memoriam. Penguin demans the money before sunrise, or his next target will be full of civilians. Yin calls Batman and tells him that she knows he's the Catwoman's partner, but Batman tells it's complicated, and says he knows where Penguin is. At a lighthouse, Batman and Catwoman grapple up, but Penguin's birds cut Catwoman's rope, and a twin comes after them. The birds then start cutting Batman's rope as well.

Batman throws Catwoman up and she uses her whip for them to get up. Batman uses sonar to scare away the birds. The twins arrive. The two fight the twins and defeat them. Batman and Catwoman get to Penguin, and he threatens to destroy Gotham children's hospital. Just as they knock him out, Penguin activates it, but Catwoman quickly changes its direction up. Batman takes the key and frees them, and demands the stolen relic. Catwoman tricks him and tries running away, but Penguin grabs her. They fight over the relics, but Batman arrests them and takes back the relics. They both escape using Penguin's umbrella. Batman later calls Yin, and tells her that it's safe. He recommends something shaky, keeping the relics with him for safekeeping. She tells him to do so, as she trusts him.

## Cast/Characters

* Rino Romano as Bruce Wayne/Batman
* Alastair Duncan as Alfred Pennyworth
* Ming-Na as Detective Ellen Yin
* Gina Gershon as Catwoman
* Tom Kenny as The Penguin
* Kabuki Twins

## Trivia

* The idea of Penguin and Catwoman teaming up and Penguin double-crossing Catwoman came from **Batman Returns**.
* The title of the episode is a reference to Sergio Leone's famous Spaghetti Western *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*.
* Batman knows how to read Egyptian.
* The scene where Catwoman replaces the bird relic with a cat prop to avoid trigerring security is most likely a reference to **Indiana Jones**.
* The pose at the end could be a homage to the Batsignal.
* The theme at the end sounds similar to Danny Elfman's Batman theme, which is used in various Batman media such as **Batman TAS** and the **LEGO Batman trilogy.**
* This is the first episode to not feature a suit up sequence.
* This episode features the 1st villain team-up.
* In the old version of the show, the intro changes to feature Yin instead of Ethan.
* Other sources refer to the episode as The Cat, the Bat, and the Ugly.

## Errors

* Catwoman claims that Penguin has blue eyes. They’re more of a greenish-blue.