The Clock King
- Episode aired Sep 21, 1992
- Unrated
- 22m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.2K
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When a maniacally punctilious man faces financial ruin because of attorney Hamilton Hill, he transforms into the devious Clock King.When a maniacally punctilious man faces financial ruin because of attorney Hamilton Hill, he transforms into the devious Clock King.When a maniacally punctilious man faces financial ruin because of attorney Hamilton Hill, he transforms into the devious Clock King.
Kevin Conroy
- Batman
- (voice)
- …
Mari Devon
- Summer Gleeson
- (voice)
- …
Jeff Bennett
- Office Boy
- (voice)
- …
Alan Rachins
- Clock King
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Clock King's real identity is Temple Fugate, whose name is an allusion to the Latin expression "tempus fugit" (time flies).
- GoofsThe big clock at the episode's climax features a flaw: 11 reads as IX (should be XI).
- Quotes
Batman: I'm here to clean your clock, Fugate!
Temple Fugate: Don't count on it, Batman. When it comes to clocks, I am king. En garde!
- ConnectionsEdited into Bat-May: The Clock King (2020)
Featured review
Tick tock Clarice!
So this episode is about a possibility disturbed little man named Temple Fugate who has an obsession with and a deadly skill in the art of perfect timing, yes, and who is causing havoc in Gotham and seeking merciless revenge against the mayor for once committing the terrible act of trying to get Temple to relax and have a break from his never ending work schedule and inadvertently causing him to lose a fortune by making him - late! He's definitely not as striking or beloved as a lot of the other bad guys are, but the Clock King was far from a bad villain in my opinion. The voice actor did a fantastic job of bringing him to life and his lines are delivered in such a straightforward and marvellously officious manner that you just immediately get who he's meant to be as a character and what he's about, and he and his time gimmick were quite memorable for what they were. The whole episode does seem to have a different style and tone to it and because of him it does stand out. Clock King is a very dignified and unflappable sort of fellow with no super powers at all beyond his extraordinary good sense of timing and how to use it to his advantage in all things, but to me he's so much of a wormy creep with such a pompous and superior attitude they he's not at all a sympathetic villain, he's basically an uppity neat freak with a clock for a brain and a smouldering grudge against a man who's well meaning advice he made the decision to follow, he definitely needed taking down a peg or two for his own good! I think the best part and when Clock King shines the most is the tense final battle in the clock tower, a battle which Batman has to finish quickly before the poor captive mayor is squashed like a bug under the giant hands of the clocktower! Overall it's a bit of a thin story and not quite a favourite of the series, but it's sure not what I'd call a bad one either, it's got enough good solid interesting stuff in it that it's very much an episode that's worth a rewatch if you haven't seen it in a while, it might be better than you remembered! You can always make the time 🕰
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- Foreverisacastironmess123
- Sep 12, 2020
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