Robin is the deuteragonist of The Adventures of Batman and The New Adventures of Batman. He is the sidekick of Batman.
History[]
The Adventures of Batman[]
Throughout the series, Batman and Robin fought against known villains, Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, the Scarecrow, and the Mad Hatter, and new villains, Simon the Pieman, Doll-Man and The Judge to stop their plans of destroying and robbing Gotham City, and doing away with them, along with the aide of their faithful butler, Alfred, Batgirl, Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara.
In The Joke's on Robin, one of the Joker's henchmen acts as a drowning man and while Robin struggles with him to save him, he switches Robin's utility belt with a replica filled with trick gadgets, but after discovering Joker's ploy, Robin donned his spare utility belt and rescued Batman and Batgirl from being crushed by giant clock gears.
In Will the Real Robin Please Stand Up?, Robin was impersonated by Christopher Collins, a young man who ran away from home, as part of Catwoman's plan to learn Batman's identity, but the fake Robin regained his memory after one of Catwoman's henchmen threw a rock at him.
The New Adventures of Batman[]
Batman and Robin were later joined by Bat-Mite, an interdimensional imp from the planet Ergo, in their fights against their old enemies and new enemies, Clayface, Moonman, Sweet Tooth, Professor Bubbles, Electro, Chameleon and Zarbor
In Dead Ringers, Robin was impersonated by Kit Martin, a reformed circus acrobat, as part of Clayface's plan to kidnap Arab oil minister Basil Oram, and learn of Batman's identity, but Hagen's plan was foiled after forgetting to drink his special formula that gave him his transforming powers at midnight.
Appearances[]
The Adventures of Batman[]
- All episodes
The New Adventures of Batman[]
- All episodes
Trivia[]
- Casey Kasem later reprises his voice role of Robin in the two crossover episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies with Olan Soule, Larry Storch and Ted Knight, and again in Super Friends with Soule.
- Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the Batman TV series and 1966 movie, later reprised his role as the voice of Robin Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face with Adam West and Julie Newmar.