A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away

Plot[]

The Riddler returns to disrupt the welcome ceremony for visiting King Boris, who has arrived in Gotham City to present a gift from his country: a miniature replica of the Queen of Freedom Monument. Together with his henchwoman, Mousey, the Riddler presents the King with a bouquet of flowers, which promptly explodes and releases a hidden riddle. Believing the Count of Conundrums to be planning to steal the jewelled crown from the ‘Miss Galaxy Contest’, Batman replaces the headpiece with a fake that contains a miniature transmitter. But when the Dynamic Duo apprehend the Riddler as he steals the crown from the contest, he tells them that he knew it to be a phoney, and throws it at them while making his escape. Batman finds another riddle in the crown that suggests the Riddler is going to kidnap King Boris - but when he and Robin arrive, they are too late to prevent the King’s capture!

The Riddler's riddles lead Batman and Robin to an old water processing plant. The Riddler snares the duo with a sticky web, and then he releases King Boris, who was merely a pawn in the Riddler's scheme. Batman and Robin are tied to emormous processing wheels, and set to spin at a deadly rate.

Cliffhanger Text[]

BATMAN AND ROBIN TO DIE ??!!

THINGS CERTAINLY ARE TURNING THE WRONG WAY FOR THEM !!

IS THIS REALLY THE END ?? UNBELIEVABLE !!

IF YOU CARE FOR BATMAN AND ROBIN, KEEP HOPING 'TIL TOMORROW NIGHT !! SAME BAT-TIME !! SAME BAT-CHANNEL !!

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Riddler's Riddles[]

When is a person like a piece of wood? (When he's a ruler.)
What room can no one enter? (A Mushroom.)
"Look for another royal riddle in this crown." (The Royal Mushroom Club.)
What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and of every race. (Although this riddle is never solved, the answer is the letter E.)
How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep? (None, because it's a hole.)
What won't run long without winding? (A river.)

Batman Episodes

Season 1: Hi Diddle Riddle • Smack In The Middle • Fine Feathered Finks • The Penguin's a Jinx • The Joker Is Wild • Batman Is Riled • Instant Freeze • Rats Like Cheese • Zelda the Great • A Death Worse Than Fate • A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away • When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play • The Thirteenth Hat • Batman Stands Pat • The Joker Goes to School • He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul • True or False Face • Holy Rat Race • The Purr-Fect Crime • Better Luck Next Time • The Penguin Goes Straight • Not Yet, He Ain't • The Ring of Wax • Give 'Em the Axe • The Joker Trumps An Ace • Batman Sets the Pace • The Curse of Tut • The Pharaoh's in a Rut • The Bookworm Turns • While Gotham City Burns • Death In Slow Motion • The Riddler's False Notion • Fine Finny Fiends • Batman Makes the Scenes

Season 2: Shoot A Crooked Arrow • Walk the Straight and Narrow • Hot Off the Griddle • The Cat and the Fiddle • The Minstrel's Shakedown • Barbecued Batman? • The Spell of Tut • Tut's Case is Shut • The Greatest Mother of Them All • Ma Parker • The Clock King's Crazy Crimes • The Clock King Gets Crowned • An Egg Grows In Gotham • The Yegg Foes In Gotham • The Devil's Fingers • The Dead Ringers • Hizzonner the Penguin • Dizzoner the Penguin • Green Ice • Deep Freeze • The Impractical Joker • The Joker's Provokers • Marsha, Queen Of Diamonds • Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds • Come Back, Shame • It's How You Play the Game • The Penguin's Nest • The Bird's Last Jest • The Cat's Meow • The Bat's Kow Tow • The Puzzles Are Coming • The Duo is Slumming • The Sandman Cometh • The Catwoman Goeth (A Stitch in Time) • The Contaminated Cowl • The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul • The Zodiac Crimes • The Joker's Hard Times • The Penguin Declines • That Darn Catwoman • Scat! Darn Catwoman • Penguin is a Girl's Best Friend • Penguin Sets A Trend • Penguin's Disastrous End • Batman's Anniversary • A Riddling Controversy • The Joker's Last Laugh • The Joker's Epitaph • Catwoman Goes to College • Batman Displays His Knowledge • A Piece of the Action • Batman's Satisfaction • King Tut's Coup • Batman's Waterloo • Black Widow Strikes Again • Caught In The Spider's Den • Pop Goes the Joker • Flop Goes the Joker • Ice Spy • The Duo Defy

Season 3: Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin • Ring Around the Riddler • The Wail of the Siren • The Sport of Penguins • A Horse of Another Color • The Unkindest Tut Of All • Louie, the Lilac • The Ogg and I • How To Hatch A Dinosaur • Surf's Up! Joker's Under! • The Londinium Larcenies • The Foggiest Notion • The Bloody Tower • Catwoman's Dressed to Kill • The Ogg Couple • The Funny Feline Felonies • The Joke's on Catwoman • Louie's Lethal Lilac Time • Nora Clavicle And The Ladies' Crime Club • Penguin's Clean Sweep • The Great Escape • The Great Train Robbery • I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle • The Joker's Flying Saucer • The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra • Minerva, Mayhem And Millionaires

Other/Tie-In Media: Batman: The Movie • Batman '66 • Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders • Batman vs. Two-Face