Night and the City

**"Night and the City"** is the thirteenth and final episode of the second season of *The Batman*. It is also the twenty-sixth episode overall.

## Synopsis

As a way to settle a dispute over who will claim Gotham, Joker, Penguin and Riddler have a contest to see who can capture Batman and discover his true identity. While Batman prepares to stop all three, his ally in the police force is compromised when Rojas discovers that Yin has been helping him. Soon she and Batman find themselves trying to stay ahead of the police while apprehending the three criminals, though help may be on hand in the form of Police Commissioner James Gordon, who believes that only Batman can stop Joker, Penguin and Riddler from bringing mayhem on Gotham's streets. As a result of their heroics, Yin is reinstated to the GCPD, and Batman's charges are dropped, as the police accept his work.

## Plot

Joker, flying in an air balloon, makes Judy and Punch spray Gotham's buildings white. Penguin interrupts and sprays the buildings black. The two argue on who the turf belongs to, and Penguin cuts Joker's balloon. Joker jumps on him, then Joker, Punch and Judy briefly fight Penguin and the Kabuki Twins. They continue arguing, until Riddler interrupts. He proposes a game: whoever captures Batman and discovers his identity wins Gotham. They all accept.

The next morning, the press and the police are investigating the three criminals' recent activity. One of the reporters asks Chief Rojas if he expects Batman to get involved, and he responds saying Batman is the cause of all this, since Gotham never had lunatics like these until he showed, and he vows to bring in the three villains and Batman. New Comissioner James Gordon then makes a speech and says that they need to think outside the box. Later that night at the GCPD, Rojas tells the cops to double their efforts on getting to the criminals before Batman does, and they'll find Batman where the criminals are. Yin silently watches, then quietly disappears. She goes to the rooftops, then calls Batman via the Batwave and warns him that Gotham PD is looking for him. He tells that he can't not with the gruesome threesome running loose. She recommends strategizing, and he tells her to meet him at the abandoned cannery on Alden Street. Rojas catches her and finds out about her alliance with Batman. He then smashes the phone and demands her to give up her badge. Later at the cannery, Batman arrives, with the threesome watching. When Batman goes inside, he gets ambushed by the police.

The cops prepare to stun Batman, but the lights go out. He evades their blind shooting and grapples away with Yin. They then realise the power is cut from all of Gotham as well, due to Riddler hacking Gotham's central grid. The cops arrive, and the duo grapples away and escape to the Batmobile. Batman traces Riddler's location,with the police chasing the Batmobile. Riddler hacks into a train, and the Batmobile passes it before it crosses, but the police cars stay behind. Joker and Penguin then give the Batmobile chase. Riddler hacks into a bridge, which Batman, Yin,Penguin and Joker manage to cross in time, while the minions stay behind. Batman and Yin reach Riddler's presumed location, but it turns out to be a transmitter set by Riddler to mislead them. Penguin and Joker then reach them, and Batman throws a smoke bomb to avoid them. Riddler traps him and Yin in a pod, and sends them flying away.

The pod arrives at a dock, and when it opens, Joker and Penguin are revealed to be inside. Riddler tells the Riddlemen to "eleminate the competition". Now in the Batboat, Batman and Yin trainagulate Riddler's location by solving his riddle: sitting near two things that don't mix; water and oil (the cables are running across the water,and Riddler's base is oil based). The police spot the Batboat and start following it, and Gordon and Rojas have a discussion. When the duo arrives at the dock, Batman goes to find the criminals and tells Yin to keep a lookout. Meanwhile,the Riddlemen corner Joker and Penguin, and the two then declare an alliance. They easily defeat the Riddlemen. Batman arrives and fights the trio. Riddler eventually uses a crane to try to crush Batman, as Yin goes to aid him. Batman breaks an oil pipe which sends Penguin flying, and he then cuffs him. Yin gets to Riddler's remote control system. Batman throws an explosive batarang, making a bunch of pipes fall down on Joker. Riddler uses the crane yet again, but it stops before it can reach Batman, thanks to Yin messing with the system. Batman and Riddler then fight, with Batman eventually knocking him out. The police later arrive at the scene, and they find the criminals tied up. Yin surrenders herself, with Rojas gladly accepting, but Gordon saves her, as she's a hero, and forces Rojas to give her her badge back. Later at the Gotham PD building rooftops (with the newly installed Batsignal), Batman and Gordon form an alliance, finally gaining the cops' trust. Gordon tells Batman that all he wants from him is to keep Gotham safe for his daughter. Batman complies and grapples away.

## Cast/Characters

* Rino Romano as Bruce Wayne/Batman
* Alastair Duncan as Alfred Pennyworth
* Kevin Michael Richardson as the Joker
* Robert Englund as the Riddler
* Tom Kenny as the Penguin
* Jesse Corti as Chief Angel Rojas
* Ming-Na as Detective Ellen Yin
* Mitch Pileggi as Commissioner Gordon
* Neil Ross as Robinson Sprang
* Kabuki Twins
* Punch and Judy
* Barbara Gordon (mentioned)
* Riddlemen
* Melanie's Cameraman

## Events

- Character debuts:

* James Gordon (present)

- The Joker and the Penguin encounter the Riddler for the first time in this episode. The Joker thinks the Riddler is "stealing [his] shtick", to which Riddler corrects Joker, saying he does riddles instead of telling jokes.

- Rojas fires Yin. Luckily however, Gordon give her back her badge.

- This is the final appearance of Ellen Yin and Angel Rojas (although Rojas does make a cameo in *The Apprentice* as a toy and is mentioned by Donnie;Yin continues to appear in the comics), and the last episode to use the intro from the first two seasons of *The Batman* (sans *Strange Minds* and the original version of the show).

- James Gordon becomes Gotham PD's new comissioner.

- The Batsignal is installed, and Batman officialy gains the GCPD's trust.

## Trivia

* The ending of this episode is very similar to the ending of *Batman Begins*.
* Alfred states that Gordon has loomed large over Bruce's life, possibly referring to the flashback in *Traction*. That, or other offscreen interactions.
* At the end of the episode, Gordon says that "the time is finally right to take our alliance to the next step.", even though Gordon never interacted with Bruce before as Batman throughout the show. This implies they interacted offscreen.

## Errors

* When Rojas is pointing to a bulletin with the three criminals' and Batman's pictures on it, Joker's suit is incorrectly colored.
* As Joker was being dragged by the cops, Gordon's eyes were green.Suit error.Eyes error.