Changes: Batmobile (Batman Forever)

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"It's the car, right? Chicks love the car."

―Batman to Dr. Chase Meridian.^[src]

The Batmobile was Batman's primary mode of transportation. At first, Batman often simply referred to the Batmobile as "the car", and he later called it the Batmobile. The Batmobile was one of the most daunting components in Batman's vast arsenal, and he kept it stored in the Batcave when it was not in use.

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. While he escaped the initial attack, Two-Face's Thugs gave chase in their own cars until Batman turned down an alleyway and, using a grapple system that was built into the Batmobile, ascended the building walls; that allowed 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. This resulted 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

Flattery batmobile — Tim Flattery illustration

The car was conceived within the film's "Gigeresque"-inspired biomechanical theme for the vehicles by Tim Flattery.

Trivia

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.
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^[1] on axles.

Gallery

References

↑ Connecting Skew Axles with Hyperboloidal Gears

Connecting Skew Axles with Hyperboloidal Gears

[1] Connecting Skew Axles with Hyperboloidal Gears

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+|image=[[Image:Batmobileforever.jpg|270px]]
 |Object name=Batmobile
 |official=  Batmobile
+|designer=[[w:c:batmananthology:Tim_Flattery|Tim Flattery]]
-|designer=Barbara Ling
 |type= Custom automobile
 |appearances=  ''[[Batman Forever]]''
-|user=[[Batman (Val Kilmer)|Batman]]<br>[[Robin (Chris O'Donnell)|Robin]]
+|user=[[Batman (Val Kilmer)|Batman]]<br>[[Robin (Chris O'Donnell)|Dick Grayson]]
+}}{{quote|It's the car, right? Chicks love the car.|Batman to Dr. Chase Meridian.|Batman Forever}}
-}}
+The '''Batmobile''' was [[Batman (Burtonverse)|Batman]]'s primary mode of transportation. At first, Batman often simply referred to the Batmobile as "the car", and he later called it the Batmobile. The Batmobile was one of the most daunting components in Batman's vast arsenal, and he kept it stored in the [[Batcave (Burtonverse)|Batcave]] when it was not in use.
-{{quote|It's the car, right? Chicks dig the car.|[[Batman (Val Kilmer)|Batman]]|Batman Forever}}
-The '''Batmobile''' is the [[Batman (Val Kilmer)|Batman]]'s primary mode of transportation. At first Batman often simply referred to the Batmobile as "the car", he would later come to call it the Batmobile. The vehicle is one of the most daunting components in his vast arsenal, keeping it stored in the [[Batcave (Burton & Schumacher films)|Batcave]] when not in use.
 ==History==
-===''Batman Forever''===
+===Battling Two-Face===
-Replacing the previous model Batmobile that he had used in his battles against [[The Joker (Jack Nicholson)|The Joker]] and [[The Penguin (Danny DeVito)|The Penguin]], [[Batman (Val Kilmer)|Batman]] takes this model Batmobile out to confront [[Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones)|Two-Face]] as he holds up the Second National Bank.
+After he replaced the [[Batmobile (Burton Films)|previous Batmobile]] that he used in his battles against [[The Joker (Jack Nicholson)|Joker]] and the [[The Penguin (Danny DeVito)|Penguin]], Batman took this model Batmobile out to confront [[Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones)|Two-Face]] as he held up the Second National Bank of Gotham.
-While patrolling the [[Gotham City (Schumacher Films)|Gotham]] streets, Batman was ambushed by Two-Face and his thugs. While escaping the initial attack, the thugs gave chase in their own vans until Batman turned down an alleyway and, using a grapple system built into the car, ascended the building walls; allowing him to escape while Two-Face's thugs crashed into the wall below.
+While he patrolled [[Gotham City (Burtonverse)|Gotham City]]'s streets, Batman was ambushed by Two-Face and his thugs. While he escaped the initial attack, [[Two-Face's Thugs]] gave chase in their own cars until Batman turned down an alleyway and, using a grapple system that was built into the Batmobile, ascended the building walls; that allowed him to escape while Two-Face's Thugs crashed into the wall below.
+===Dick Grayson's Joyride===
-Following [[Robin (Chris O'Donnell)|Dick Grayson's]] discovery of the cave, [[Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough)|Alfred]] was forced to inform Bruce Wayne of the theft of the Batmobile as Grayson had taken the car on a joy-ride through the Gotham streets. As he was already in Gotham, Bruce managed to track down Grayson and apprehend both the youth and the Batmobile, taking both back to the [[Batcave (Schumacher Films)|Batcave]].
+Following [[Robin (Chris O'Donnell)|Dick Grayson]]'s discovery of the Batcave, [[Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough)|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. This resulted in a dangerous encounter with a [[Golums|Neon Gang]] who nearly overwhelmed Grayson after saving a [[Teen Girl|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 [[The Riddler (Jim Carrey)|Riddler's]] attack on [[Wayne Manor (Burton/Schumacher Films)|Wayne Manor]], the Batmobile is destroyed along with a majority of the Batcave.
+[[file:BFBatmobile8.jpg|thumb|250px]]
+During Two-Face and the [[The Riddler (Jim Carrey)|Riddler]]'s attack on [[Wayne Manor (Burtonverse)|Wayne Manor]], this Batmobile was destroyed along with a majority of the Batcave. A bag of [[The Riddler's Batbombs|green bat-shaped bombs]] were placed in the cockpit, resulting in massive damage to the vehicle.
+== Appearances ==
+* '''''[[Batman Forever]]'''''
+** [[Batman Forever (Comic Adaptation)]]
+** [[Batman Forever (Novelization)]]
+*[[Batman (2013 arcade game)]]
+== Behind the Scenes ==
-==Technical specifications==
+[[file:Flattery batmobile.jpg|250px|thumb|[[w:c:batmananthology:Tim_Flattery|Tim Flattery]] illustration]]
-[[File:Batmobile 3.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
+The car was conceived within the film's [[H.R. Giger|"Gigeresque"]]-inspired biomechanical theme for the vehicles by [[w:c:batmananthology:Tim_Flattery|Tim Flattery]].
-===Statistics===
+===Trivia===
-*Length: 300.0 in (7.62 m)
+*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.
-*Width: 94.4 in (2.40 m)
+*The body was made from a high-temperature epoxy fiberglass laminate. All of the air was extracted though vacuum bagging.
-*Height: 125.98 in (3.20 m)
+*In episode 53 of the TV series ''[[wikipedia:The Drew Carey Show|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 (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)|Batman]] in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]''.
-*Maximum Speed: 329&nbsp;mph (530&nbsp;km/h) with booster
+*The ''Batman Forever'' Batmobile was seen in the 2011 Warner Bros. film, ''[[wikipedia:Arthur (2011 film)|Arthur]]''
-*Engine: Off-road running engine
+*The pivoting tires can be explained through the use of hyperboloid gears<ref>Connecting Skew Axles with Hyperboloidal Gears</ref> on axles.
-*Wheelbase: 118 in (2.99 m)
-*Tyres: Pivotable
-===Arsenal===
-*Grapple system built into the bonnet for vertical ascent.
-*Rocket thruster under forward chasis to assist grapple system.
-*Wheels capable of forward and sideways driving.
-*Camera system for rear vision.
 ==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Batman_forever_still-1.jpg
-<center><gallery>
+BFBatmobile1.jpg
-File:BFGigerBatmobileconcept.jpg
+BFBatmobile2.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile1.jpg|
+BFBatmobile3.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile2.jpg|
+BFBatmobile4.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile3.jpg|
+BFBatmobile5.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile4.jpg|
+BFBatmobile6.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile5.jpg|
+BFBatmobile7.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile6.jpg|
+BFBatmobile8.jpg
-File:BFBatmobile7.jpg|
+</gallery>
-File:BFBatmobile8.jpg|
+==References==
-</gallery></center>
+<references />[https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ConnectingSkewAxlesWithHyperboloidalGears/ Connecting Skew Axles with Hyperboloidal Gears]
-==Trivia==
-*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 is made from a high-temperature epoxy fiberglass laminate. All of the air was extracted though vacuum bagging.
-*In episode 53 of the TV series ''[[wikipedia:The Drew Carey Show|The Drew Carey Show]]'', Drew Carey won the ''Batman Forever'' Batmobile as a prize. Lewis and Oswald take it on a joyride dressed as [[Batman]] and [[Robin]] without Drew's permission. On a sidenote Oswald was played by [[Diedrich Bader]] who would later voice Batman in ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]''.
-*The ''Batman Forever'' Batmobile was seen in the 2011 Warner Bros. film ''[[wikipedia:Arthur (2011 film)|Arthur]]''
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-[[Category:Batman Forever]]
 [[Category:Vehicles]]