- "It's the car, right? Chicks love the car."
- ―Batman to Dr. Chase Meridian.[src]
The Batmobile was Batman's primary mode of transportation in Batman Forever. After the Riddler broke in to the Batcave and destroyed this car it was replaced with a single-seater, open canopy Batmobile.
History[]
Battling Two-Face[]
After he replaced the previous Batmobile that he used in his battles against Joker and the Penguin, Batman took this model Batmobile out to confront Two-Face as he held up the Second National Bank of Gotham.
While he patrolled Gotham City's streets, Batman was ambushed by Two-Face and his thugs. Batman drove into a viaduct where Dent was waiting in disguise with a rocket launcher. Designed with wheels that allowed the car to move laterally, Batman was easily able to dodge the rocket, which hit one of the cars driven by Harvey's thugs. Two-Face's Thugs resumed the chase in their own cars until Batman turned down an alleyway and, using a grappling system that was built into the nose of the car, ascended the building walls, enabling him to escape while Two-Face's Thugs crashed into the wall below.
Dick Grayson's Joyride[]
Following Dick Grayson's discovery of the Batcave, Alfred was forced to inform Bruce of the theft of the Batmobile as Grayson had taken the car on a joy-ride through Gotham's streets. Dick quickly found himself in a dangerous encounter with a Neon Gang who nearly overwhelmed Grayson after saving a young girl from them. As he was already in Gotham, Batman managed to quickly locate the car and frighten the gang away.
Destruction of the Batcave[]
During Two-Face and the Riddler's attack on Wayne Manor, this Batmobile was destroyed along with a majority of the Batcave. A bag of green bat-shaped bombs were placed in the cockpit, resulting in massive damage to the vehicle.
Appearances[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Tim Flattery illustration
Tim Flattery conceived of the design within the film's "Gigeresque"-inspired biomechanical theme for the vehicles.
Build[]
The Batman Forever Batmobile had a Chevy 350 ZZ3 high-performance motor. It had high compression, 345 horsepower, aluminum heads, angled plugs, and a good valve grind. The body was made from a high-temperature epoxy fiberglass laminate. All of the air was extracted though vacuum bagging.
Deleted Scenes[]
- A deleted scene shows Batman using a map on the cockpit monitor that scanned for "crimes in progress." The Riddler hacks the Batmobile to go to a hair salon where no crimes are happening. Upon entering the salon he is mocked by an Obese Barberette.
- Later Alfred and Bruce inspected the charred remains of the Batmobiles hull after Riddler destroyed the Batcave.
Trivia[]
- In episode 53 of the TV series The Drew Carey Show, Drew Carey won the Batman Forever Batmobile as a prize. Lewis and Oswald took it on a joyride dressed as Batman and Robin without Drew's permission. On a sidenote, Oswald was played by Diedrich Bader who later voiced Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- The Batman Forever Batmobile was seen in the 2011 Warner Bros. film, Arthur
- The pivoting tires can be explained through the use of hyperboloid gears on axles.[1]
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