The Purr-Fect Crime

The Purr-Fect Crime
Writer(s)	Stanley Ralph Ross Lee Orgel
Director(s)	James Sheldon
Season	1
Episode No	19
Series Episode No	19
Air Date	March 16, 1966
Special Guest Star Villain(s)	The Catwoman (Julie Newmar)

Plot

Catwoman uses her claws to steal a golden idol from a glass case.

The Catwoman steals one of a pair of Mark Andrews' priceless Golden Cat statuettes from a Gotham museum, knowing that it holds a secret to the lost treasure of Captain Manx. Batman and Robin rush off to safeguard the other statue, coating it with golden radioactive mist and then lying in wait for Catwoman to appear. However, the nefarious feline and her two henchmen, Felix and Leo, manage to drug the Boy Wonder, and in the subsequent battle they manage to escape with the second statue. After Robin comes to, he and Batman use the radioactive mist to track Catwoman to her lair at the Gato and Chat Fur Company warehouse; but when they arrive, the Dynamic Duo fall through a trap door and straight into Catwoman's clutches - and are immediately subjected to a host of deadly and devious distractions…a toy bomb that has a "meow" flag; moving spiked walls that have rubber spikes; a vacuum tube that makes Robin "fly" up...and lastly a deadly challenge before Batman..one door leads to Catwoman and other door leads to her pet "Tiger"! Will Batman choose the right door...???

Cliffhanger Text

WILL BATMAN EVER SEE ROBIN ALIVE AGAIN ?

WILL ROBIN EVER SEE BATMAN ALIVE AGAIN ?

WILL OUR DARING DUO ESCAPE THE CLAWS OF THE WILY CATWOMAN ?

THE ANSWER TO THESE AND MANY OTHER TERRIFYING QUESTIONS TOMORROW NIGHT, SAME CAT TIME, SAME CAT CHANNEL !

Appearances

Individuals

• Batman
• Robin
• Alfred
• Commissioner Gordon
• Chief O'Hara
• Mrs. Cooper
• The Catwoman
• Hecate
• Felix
• Leo
• Bonnie Paterson

Trivia

West recreates a Lewis Wilson cliffhanger moment.

• Only on-screen appearance of Gordon's secretary Bonnie Patterson played by Elisa Ingram.
• Continuity Goof: when the Dynamic duo falls through the trapdoor Robin is on the left and Batman is on the right. But when they fall into Catwoman's lair, Batman is on the left and Robin is on the right.
• The spiked wall death trap from the original Columbia serial is referenced but it turns out to not be the cliffhanger, merely a fakeout while Catwoman toys with the dynamic duo.

References

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