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Read My Lips

Episode aired May 10, 1993
Unrated
22m

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8.4/10

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Hand-Drawn Animation Hard-boiled Detective Superhero Urban Adventure Action Adventure Animation Crime Family Mystery

Batman investigates a series of baffling crimes and discovers that the crime czar is a wooden dummy.Batman investigates a series of baffling crimes and discovers that the crime czar is a wooden dummy.Batman investigates a series of baffling crimes and discovers that the crime czar is a wooden dummy.

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Kevin Conroy

Batman
(voice)
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Bob Hastings

Commissioner James Gordon
(voice)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Alfred Pennyworth
(voice)

George Dzundza

Arnold Wesker
(voice)
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Earl Boen

Rhino
(voice)

Joe Piscopo

Mugsy
(voice)
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Neil Ross

Ratso
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Trivia
DC wanted the Ventriloquist to be a rather poor ventriloquist, mangling his pronunciations when speaking as Scarface, as he is in the comics. Paul Dini felt it would hamper the voice actor's performance and talked them out of it.

Goofs
During the showdown in the warehouse, there are some shots where Scarface talks while The Ventriloquist's hand is merely on his back and not completely inside him, which is impossible.

Quotes
Rhino: I ain't scared of you, but you ain't gonna trick me into taking a swing at you. You got nothing on me.
Batman: You seem to have me confused with the police, Rhino. I want information and I'll get it any way I please. Who's your boss?
Rhino: You want information, watch the news.

Connections
Edited into Bat-May: Read My Lips (2022)

Soundtracks
Cuéntale
Batman Theme
Composed by Danny Elfman

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Featured review

9/10

Whole New Gig

Batman faces off against a variety of villains. Many are familiar to us. This time, however, we meet a new one. At first we believe it is a tough mastermind, an Al Capone type. But soon we find out he is a ventriloquist's dummy, and the source of his voice, is a doddering old man who can't tell that he is supplying the force behind the guy. His three thugs are absolutely convinced that the little guy, held at arm's length, is a real person. Batman does some research into the psychology of all this and ends up with some unique tactics to combat him. We are led to believe along the way that this is not the end of this character.