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347:, the "pompous, waddling master of fowl play", schemes to get Batman to plan his crimes for him; his first step is to attract Batman's attention. Penguin has his henchmen Hawkeye and Sparrow distribute free umbrellas to patrons outside the House of Ali Baba Jewelry store and a local bank. The men passing them out call it a promotion, but the owners of the jewelry store and bank know that they were not hired by them. 1001: 22: 374:
The umbrella lands in the middle of the street, and the Duo investigate. While they discover nothing special about it beyond its immense size, they do retrieve the normal-sized umbrella that is hanging from the giant's handle. Convinced it's a clue to Penguin's next crime, Batman and Robin take the
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goes off to alert there is a bug being placed in the room. The Penguin, Hawkeye and Sparrow immediately release a net on Bruce and, unaware of his identity but mistaking him for a spy from a rival and competing umbrella store, the Penguin knocks him out with his "gas-umbrella". He then has Hawkeye
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While everyone's inside with the umbrellas, they explode and start spinning and cause a distraction, however even though it was the perfect setup for Hawkeye and Sparrow to commit a robbery, no heist was pulled. When
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This is the first occasion in the television series on which Batman and Bruce Wayne work "together" to foil a criminal's plot. This theme would be very regularly used in future episodes.
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from prison but are able to find out little on his next crime except he has the idea of somehow making Batman help him. Batman and Robin decide to pay a call on
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and Sparrow tie him up and toss him into the furnace. Still entangled in the net, Bruce is placed on a conveyor belt that leads to the 10,000
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In this episode, Burgess Meredith refers to Batman as "The Batman", a title that was used briefly in 1939-40, then revived in 1970.
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inside the umbrella store and, while the Penguin is not looking, he plants a tiny transistor microphone (disguised as a
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to further examine it. Unable to discover the significance of the Batbrella, Batman goes in his true identity as
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Bruce apparently did not count on the Penguin actually installing a
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in to investigate. Along with Warden Crichton, they view Penguin's
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hears of it, he knows Penguin has returned and calls Batman and
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The episode is based on "Partners in Plunder!" from
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