Catwoman
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Real Identity: Unknown
Appearances (Movies): Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face
Powers/Skills: Armed Combat, Knowledge of Biochemistry, and Master of Disguise
Voiced By: Julie Newmar and Sirena Irwin (Lee Meriwether and Earth Kitt)
Catwoman is the dominatrix of deviltry and princess of plunder. Catwoman believed Batman's skills could be useful to her and they could have a lot of fun together. Catwoman resurfaced in an alliance with the Joker, Penguin, and Riddler. They sneaked into the Gotham Palace, ambushed Hector and the Ho Daddies, and took their place as the musical guests. After the Palace's host, Miranda Monroe, introduced the Ho Daddies, the villains played their instruments in mockery then revealed themselves. The Riddler left a clue as the villains fled the scene. They targeted the Acme Atomic Energy Laboratory and planned to steal the Replica Ray. Batman and Robin figured out the riddle and took on the villains. During the battle, Catwoman retreated to a wall and watched the action. After the Joker socked Batman into her, she implored him to abandon his life of excess do-gooding and join them. Batman countered and asked her to renounce her evil ways.
Penguin had enough of their infernal flirting and knocked Batman on the head with this umbrella. Batman was dazed and saw three Catwomen. The villains ran for the Jokermobile and evaded the Batmobile by using the Replica Ray to create a vast trench in the road. They settled at the abandoned Fitzsimmons Frozen Food Factory. Catwoman interrupted the bickering to point out Batman would stop them like he always did unless he was on their side. Riddler was intrigued. Catwoman presented a serum she called Batnip that would turn Batman to her side. Penguin wasn't impressed since that was attempted before. Catwoman snapped her whip and guaranteed it would work. The others already had an endgame planned behind her back. The Batnip was spiked with Joker's Laughing Gas to increase its potency. Batman and Robin soon arrived. Batman gave Catwoman another chance to turn herself in without a fight and assured her he would handle her gently and personally.
Catwoman agreed to the terms but wanted to fix her hair so she would look good in front of the judge. Batman allowed her. Catwoman reached into her purse and sprayed the heroes with knockout gas. They awoke atop a giant TV dinner on a conveyor belt to a giant oven. Catwoman tried her Batnip on Batman and scratched his cheek. She ordered Batman to kiss her but he refused. Not one to cry over spilled milk, Catwoman deferred to the Joker who turned the conveyor belt on. Catwoman unknowingly hitched a ride on the Belgravian space shuttle with clones of the Joker, Penguin, and Riddler to an abandoned space station constructed by the U.S. and Belgravian governments under the false pretense of a plan to use the Replica Ray to duplicate Earth and give each villain a Gotham City to rule. Citing her soft stance on Batman, the other villains turned on Catwoman and they attempted to vent her out of Airlock 1. Luckily, she was grabbed by Batman at the last second.
Catwoman teamed up with Batman and Robin to stop Joker, Riddler, and Penguin. During the battle, Catwoman sneaked away to an escape pod and returned to Earth. Eventually, Robin realized Catwoman's Batnip worked slowly instead of instantly on Batman and turned him into an egomaniac. Robin went to the Kit Kat Kave. He stopped at the bar and asked Catwoman's henchman Felix he wanted a Sarsaparilla on the rocks. He trigged a trap door underneath him. Robin landed in a giant bird cage in Catwoman's lair. Catwoman finished her saucer of milk and admitted she wanted Batman bad but not that bad. She confirmed she had an antidote and decided to cure him as pay back for saving her life on the space station. They headed to the Catmobile. Robin pointed out he had a learner's permit and could legally drive them to the Batcave. Catwoman agreed to be dosed with Batsleep to protect the cave's location but asked Robin to keep his hands to himself in the meantime. Catwoman awoke in the Batcave but Batman already anticipated their arrival.
Despite Batman's offer to join him and kill Robin, Catwoman took out her compact mirror and blew the antidote onto Batman. Batman anticipated this and doused himself in Bat-Anti-Antidote. Catwoman soon tired of their utility belt battle and attacked with her whip. Batman caught it and threw her into Robin then sprayed them with Bat-Knockout Gas. Batman set them up to be lowered into the cave's atomic pile just as it released radioactive steam. Catwoman asked for a kiss as her last request but Robin ruined it. Catwoman was unable to cut through the special Bat-cable. To make matters worse, Robin noticed the railing was raised three inches to prevent them from swinging over. They survived the steam bath thanks to Robin's diligence and Bat-Anti-Isotope Spray. Robin and Catwoman posed as prison inspectors and conspired to break out several villains from the Gotham State Penitentiary to take down Batman and his clones. Allied with Minstrel, Bookworm, Shame, Mad Hatter, the Archer, Louie the Lilac, King Tut, False Face, Egghead, Sandman, Mr. Freeze, Black Widow, Clock King, and Siren, they headed to Gotham Palace.
Robin and Catwoman's army was defeated. Batman prepared to kill the unlikely duo with his bare hands but Alfred Pennyworth, incognito as a deliveryman, cured him with an antidote housed in a bottle of champagne. Luckily, the clones combusted soon after. Batman credited Robin and Catwoman with saving the day but Commissioner Gordon insisted she still had to serve her time. Batman was pleased that even a vile, depraved and amoral villain was capable of redemption and vowed to be a character witness on her behalf. Catwoman proposed an alternative way for him to express his gratitude and kissed Batman. She left in Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara's custody but gave them the slip for the chance to get back at the real Joker, Penguin, and Riddler. Batman granted her request and they confronted the villains at their museum heist. They took to the Whirly-Bats and caught up to their getaway vehicle, the Pengyblimp. The final battle took place atop the blimp. Despite her better judgment, Catwoman used her whip to rescue Robin after he was tossed over by Penguin.
Catwoman foiled Penguin's escape and whipped away his umbrella. She tried to run away with the villains' stolen artwork but Batman tried again to get her to reconsider. Catwoman admitted a tiger can't change her stripes. Batman begged her. Catwoman proposed she would give up if they ran away to Europe together, sip tea in a cafe and live happily ever after after killing Robin. Batman refused. Sudden turbulence knocked the stolen goods to Robin. Catman declared she wouldn't be put in a cage again and dropped off the blimp down a factory smoke stack. Batman admitted loving her was wrong but he had to do right. She was later captured and imprisoned at Gotham State Penitentiary. Batman made her his "very special criminal rehabilitation project." Catwoman and Batman had their latest date outside the former's prison cell window. Batman told her crime fighting left little time for affairs of the heart but she was never far from his thoughts. Catwoman thought those were the nicest words she heard in a long time.
Batman presented his handy copy of the complete Elizabeth Barrett Browning, citing poetry as a way to open both the mind and the heart. She was more interested in him opening the bars. Batman recalled she only had 37 more reformative months left and she would be a free woman once again. She frowned. Robin became impatient in the Batmobile. Catwoman wanted a kiss to cap things off but Robin got on a megaphone and told Batman they were going be late for the Evil Extractor demonstration. Over six months later, Catwoman paced in her cell and declared no man or Batman stands her up for a date. She reflected light off necklace down to her pet cat Hecate outside. He walked inside the penitentiary under a seated guard and rubbed Lucilee Diamond's leg. She was smitten and picked him up. She went to Catwoman's cell and informed her the parole board denied her request. Hecate purred, prompting Diamond to ask her if he was a friend of hers. Catwoman confirmed he was. Hecate snarled and slashed her left arm. His claws were laced with a drug. She soon lost consciousness. She told Hecate he earned an extra treat. She picked the lock on her cell with a claw and dragged Diamond in.
Diamond woke up in the cell in Catwoman's costume, while Catwoman was outside in Diamond's clothes. She left and waved goodbye. Diamond screamed for help. A female guard banged her cell and told her to pipe down or she was going in solitary. Diamond looked at the mirror and remarked she looked purr-fect. She settled in her underground chamber at the Kit Kat Kave. One of her henchman brought her an invite from Two-Face to attend an auction at The Winning Pair Casino to bid on the secret identities of Batman and Robin. Hecate, her cat, purred as she read it. Riddler countered Joker and Penguin's bids with $2 million. Catwoman swung in and bid $3 million. Penguin called her a larcenous lynx and increased his bid to $4 million. The Evil Extractor started secretly gathering their Evil Essence as they argued. Catwoman had enough and declared Batman was hers alone to undo, when she saw fit and not before. She bid $5 million. Everyone gasped. Joker remarked that was a little rich for his blood and proposed they combine the pot and they could all get a peek.
They all agreed and bid $10 million. They won. Two-Face collected the money and excused himself for another engagement. Batman and Robin triggered the giant coin death trap they were tied to and altered its center of gravity in order to avoid landing on a set of giant spikes. Catwoman slashed the ropes as they rolled by and freed them. The coin crashed into the seating area. Batman thanked her for her help and apologized for standing her up. Catwoman accepted the fact that his first love would always be crime fighting and resolved herself to join his side. Joker called treason. Rather than standby, Catwoman used her fighting style cat-rate and kicked Egghead then roundhouse kicked Joker. Mr. Freeze froze Shame by mistake just as Catwoman got free from his hold. She dodged the freeze blasts and decked Freeze then flip kicked Riddler. Batman realized Two-Face planned to turn all of Gotham into Two-Faces. Catwoman bowed out on account of green not being her color.
Batman told her she had done more than enough but wanted her to promise him she would turn herself in to the nearest authorities. Catwoman promised and crossed her heart. They failed to see she crossed her fingers behind her back. The Gotham City Police Department arrested all the super criminals at the casino but Catwoman was missing. Catwoman resurfaced months later at Wayne Manor during a charity bachelor auction to bid on Batman. Batman was shocked at first then blushed.