The first season of Batman: The Brave and the Bold aired on November 14, 2008 and ended on November 6, 2009.
Episodes[]
Episodes are listed in order by production code, for the order by air date, see television order.
| No.
overall |
No. in
season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod.
code |
TV
order |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Rise of the Blue Beetle!" | Ben Jones | Michael Jelenic | November 14, 2008 | 345541 | S01E01 |
| Teaser: Batman and Green Arrow escape from the Clock King's deathtrap.
Main plot: Batman and Blue Beetle go on a mission to destroy an asteroid heading for a space station, only to be transported to another planet. There, the two battle Kanjar Ro, who is harnessing the native Gibble aliens for power. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Terror on Dinosaur Island!" | Brandon Vietti | Steven Melching | November 21, 2008 | 345542 | S01E02 |
| Teaser: Batman and Plastic Man fight Gentleman Ghost during his crime spree in the Day of the Dead festival and get help from Fire.
Main plot: When Gorilla Grodd creates a machine on Dinosaur Island that will turn humans into nonhuman primates, it's up to Batman and Plastic Man to save the day. Note: This episode contains a flashback depicting Plastic Man's origin back when he was Kite Man's henchman. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Evil Under the Sea!" | Michael Chang | Joseph Kuhr | December 5, 2008 | 345543 | S01E03 |
| Teaser: Batman and Atom fight to prevent Felix Faust from opening Pandora's box.
Main plot: Batman investigates seismic activity and pays a visit to Aquaman, who is unaware that his brother Orm is conspiring with Black Manta to conquer Atlantis. Aquaman and Batman team up to battle Black Manta. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Day of the Dark Knight!" | Ben Jones | J.M. DeMatteis | January 2, 2009 | 345544 | S01E04 |
| Teaser: Batman is summoned to keep an eye on Guy Gardner, and must help him and the Green Lantern Corps stop a K'Vellian prisoner that he accidentally turned into a monster.
Main plot: After thwarting a prison break at Iron Heights Prison, Batman and Green Arrow are brought to medieval times by Merlin to help stop Morgaine le Fey when she overthrows King Arthur. It won't be easy when Morgaine has control of Merlin's slave: Etrigan the Demon. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" | Brandon Vietti | Adam Beechen | December 12, 2008 | 345545 | S01E05 |
| Teaser: Batman and Blue Beetle fight the Sportsmaster when he crashes a Christmas bowling tournament.
Main plot: Batman teams up with the Red Tornado to battle Fun Haus, who plans to ruin Christmas for everyone with his army of toys. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Enter the Outsiders!" | Michael Chang | Todd Casey | January 9, 2009 | 345546 | S01E06 |
| Teaser: Batman teams up with B'wana Beast to take on Black Manta when he robs an armored car.
Main plot: Batman joins forces with his old mentor Wildcat to take down three superpowered teenagers known as the Outsiders (Black Lightning, Katana, and Metamorpho) who are being influenced by Slug. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Dawn of the Dead Man!" | Ben Jones | Steven Melching | January 16, 2009 | 345547 | S01E07 |
| Teaser: Batman joins forces with Kamandi and his companion Dr. Canus to secure some antibiotics while evading a group of Rat Men.
Main plot: After being buried alive by Gentleman Ghost, Batman uses a special meditation to leave his body and has an encounter with Deadman. With some tricks learned by Deadman, Batman has Green Arrow and Speedy dig out his body before it runs out of air so they can stop Gentleman Ghost from raising an army of the dead. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Fall of the Blue Beetle!" | Brandon Vietti | Jim Krieg | January 23, 2009 | 345548 | S01E08 |
| Teaser: In flashbacks, Batman and Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) try to regain the scarab from Jarvis Kord.
Main plot: Two years later, Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) researches his roots following Batman's battle with Doctor Polaris. This leads him to Hub City and the lair of the Blue Beetle. Using Ted's Bug vehicle, Jaime finds himself on Science Island where he encounters Jarvis Kord, who is posing as Ted Kord. He asks the Beetle to activate an army of peaceful robots. His true goal is to put an end to wars by conquering the Earth. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Journey to the Center of the Bat!" | Michael Chang | Matt Wayne | January 30, 2009 | 345549 | S01E09 |
| Teaser: Elongated Man and Plastic Man team up with Batman to capture Babyface during a bank heist.
Main plot: When Batman is stricken down by a disease during a fight with Chemo (who is being controlled by Brain), the Atom must miniaturize himself and travel with Aquaman into Batman's body to cure him. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Eyes of Despero!" | Ben Jones | J.M. DeMatteis | February 6, 2009 | 345550 | S01E10 |
| Teaser: Batman and Doctor Fate must stop Wotan from breaking into the Library of Infinity.
Main plot: After defeating Cavalier, Batman teams up with the last members of the Green Lantern Corps (Guy Gardner, G'nort, and Sinestro) when alien dictator Despero plans to mind control Mogo and use him to conquer the universe. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!" | Brandon Vietti | Todd Casey | February 20, 2009 | 345551 | S01E11 |
| Teaser: In the Wild West, Batman teams up with Jonah Hex to stop the Royal Flush Gang.
Main plot: After stopping Top's bank robbery, Batman joins forces with Bronze Tiger to stop the Terrible Trio from stealing a powerful ancient totem from the Wudang Temple in China. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Deep Cover for Batman!" | Michael Chang | Joseph Kuhr | February 27, 2009 | 345552 | S01E12 |
| Teaser: Red Hood tries to escape to a parallel Earth with the Phase Oscillator, but is thwarted by the Injustice Syndicate.
Main plot: To infiltrate the Injustice Syndicate of a parallel Earth, Batman takes the place of his villainous counterpart Owlman (whom Batman defeated and imprisoned in the Batcave's cell). He infiltrates the Injustice Syndicate and gains the unlikely alliance of Red Hood and heroic counterparts of villains. | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Game Over for Owlman!" | Ben Jones | Joseph Kuhr | March 6, 2009 | 345553 | S01E13 |
| Teaser: A recap of the first part is shown, followed by Batman's escape from the police.
Main plot: On Earth, Owlman has broken free from the Batcave's cell and has stolen Batman's original costume and is committing crimes with help from all of the villains (namely Black Manta, Brain, Clock King, Doctor Polaris, Gentleman Ghost, and Gorilla Grodd). Batman, returned from the parallel earth, is now hunted by his friends. When Owlman decides to use the heroes as hostages to regain the Phase Oscillator, Batman must team up with his archnemesis, the Joker and save them before it's too late. | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Mystery in Space!" | Brandon Vietti | Jim Krieg | March 13, 2009 | 345554 | S01E14 |
| Teaser: Batman rescues the Question and Gorilla Grodd from the mysterious Equinox. During the chase, Equinox escapes and promises they will meet again.
Main plot: Aquaman (depressed after being unable to stop a beluga whale hunt in the Bering Sea) accompanies Batman to the planet Rann to help space hero Adam Strange stop the Gordanian general Kreegar from obtaining the Eye of Zared and destroying Rann. | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Trials of the Demon!" | Michael Chang | Todd Casey | March 20, 2009 | 345555 | S01E15 |
| Teaser: Batman and Flash stop the Scarecrow and the Scream Queen on Halloween night.
Main plot: After thwarting Crazy Quilt's art robbery, Batman is summoned to 19th century London by Etrigan's human host Jason Blood, who has been framed for a series of crimes committed by Jim Craddock, who is stealing souls to gain immortality from Astaroth. Etrigan and Batman are aided in their investigations by the legendary Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Night of the Huntress!" | Ben Jones | Adam Beechen | May 8, 2009 | 345556 | S01E16 |
| Teaser: Batman and Black Canary team up to battle Solomon Grundy and his gang at a science lab.
Main plot: With the help of Blue Beetle and Huntress, Batman fights the criminal activities of Babyface and his wife Mrs. Manface when they free their old gang from Blackgate Penitentiary. Meanwhile, Blue Beetle develops a crush on Huntress. | |||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!" | Brandon Vietti | Matt Wayne | May 15, 2009 | 345557 | S01E17 |
| Teaser: Batman and Wildcat work together to stop Bane.
Main plot: Coming from the 25th Century, Booster Gold travels back in time to join Batman and become a celebrity hero. In his quest for fame following Batman stopping Punch and Jewelee's bank robbery, he unwittingly enables the immortal tyrant Kru'll the Eternal to carry out his nefarious plot when Kru'll kidnaps Booster Gold's robot Skeets. | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Color of Revenge!" | Michael Chang | Todd Casey | May 22, 2009 | 345558 | S01E18 |
| Teaser: In the past, Batman and Robin foil Crazy Quilt's plot to rob an art museum.
Main plot: In the present, Batman and Robin once again team up, but it's different since Robin left Batman. When Crazy Quilt gets revenge on Robin for blinding him, it's up to the Dynamic Duo to save the day once again. | |||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Legends of the Dark Mite!" | Ben Jones | Paul Dini | May 29, 2009 | 345559 | S01E19 |
| Teaser: Batman teams up with his dog Ace the Bat-Hound to stop Catman from auctioning a Sumatran Tiger in the jungle.
Main plot: Bat-Mite, Batman's biggest fan from the 5th dimension, pops up and kidnaps him in an attempt to make him a better hero. | |||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!" | Brandon Vietti | J.M. DeMatteis | June 5, 2009 | 345560 | S01E20 |
| Teaser: Batman and Green Arrow work together to thwart the Joker's auto-homicide robbery until it is interrupted by Catwoman.
Main plot: Feeling lonely, Red Tornado builds a son named Tornado Champion that has the one thing he lacks: human emotion. The experiment however goes haywire when Major Disaster appears, and the Champion is reborn as the Tornado Tyrant. | |||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Duel of the Double Crossers!" | Michael Chang | Todd Casey | June 12, 2009 | 345561 | S01E21 |
| Teaser: Batman trains the Outsiders by putting them through a simulation where Despero is attacking the city.
Main plot: Mongul saves Jonah Hex's life but then forces Hex to work as his bounty hunter to recruit soldiers for his Warworld. When he crosses paths with Batman following his fight with Zebra-Man, Hex captures Batman and reveals that he is working off a debt that will allow him to return to his own time. On Warworld, Batman fights Steppenwolf and other aliens in Mongul's gladiator arena. Jonah Hex also has his encounters with Mongul's sister Mongal and her fighters Lashina and Stompa. He and Batman try to free the aliens. | |||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Last Bat on Earth!" | Ben Jones | Steven Melching | June 19, 2009 | 345562 | S01E22 |
| Teaser: Batman teams up with Mister Miracle and Big Barda to help with a daredevil charity event.
Main plot: Batman chases Gorilla Grodd into the future (who used the technology of Professor Carter Nichols) and teams up with Kamandi to stop him. When Grodd takes over leadership of the Gorilla Men from Ramjam, Batman tries to convince Tuftan's father Caesar to help fight him. | |||||||
| 23 | 23 | "When OMAC Attacks!" | Brandon Vietti | Stan Berkowitz | October 16, 2009 | 345563 | S01E23 |
| Teaser: Hawk and Dove assist Batman in stopping an intergalactic war between the Controllers and the Warlords of Okaara.
Main plot: After Batman's mission to stop the villainous Doctor Kafka goes awry, Equinox manipulates the metal man Shrapnel into attacking a city, but Batman and GPA operative OMAC team up to stop him. | |||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Fate of Equinox!" | Michael Chang | Joseph Kuhr | November 13, 2009 | 345564 | S01E24 |
| Teaser: Batman takes on Two-Face only to later team-up with him against his henchmen after Two-Face's coin lands on heads during his coin toss.
Main plot: Equinox tries to remake the universe in his own image using the powers of the Lords of Chaos and Order as Batman and Doctor Fate work together with other heroes to stop him. | |||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" | Ben Jones | Michael Jelenic | October 23, 2009 | 345565 | S01E25 |
| Teaser: The Music Meister and his orchestra introduce the episode in the manner of a real musical.
Main plot: The Music Meister uses his power to control people with music to try to take over the world and it's up to Batman, Black Canary, Aquaman and Green Arrow to stop him. Special Guest Star: Neil Patrick Harris as the Music Meister. | |||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Inside the Outsiders!" | Brandon Vietti | Alexx Van Dyne | November 6, 2009 | 345566 | S01E26 |
| Teaser: Batman and Green Arrow retrieve two golden cat statues from Catwoman. Even though her henchmen are defeated, Catwoman escapes.
Main plot: Upon learning that the Outsiders have gone missing, Batman goes up against Psycho-Pirate to stop him from converting their emotional weaknesses into his strength. | |||||||