Trial

Gotham’s new DA (Lawyer), Janet Van Dorn, is out to capture Batman, but both end up captured by some of Batman’s main enemies instead. After a prison riot in Arkham, they are soon put on a kangaroo trial by the Joker (the judge), Two-Face (the prosecutor), the Ventriloquist (the bailiff), Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, the Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, the Scarecrow, and the Riddler (the jury), in front of other criminals held at Arkham. If the defense (Batman and the D.A.) can prove that Batman is not the cause of everyone’s turn to crime, they will be set free. When the jury gives the verdict of ’not guilty,’ the villains have little intention of following through on their deal... Notes: Henry Polic II, the Scarecrow’s voice actor, was recuperating from throat surgery during the episode’s production, so his character has no dialogue. Also, Van Dorn mentions in this episode that Harley Quinn was once a doctor at Arkham before the Joker corrupted her mind; backstory which is later shown in The New Batman Adventures episode “Mad Love.“