Fleurs du Mal

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“Fleurs du Mal”
The Batman episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 34
Guest stars Poison Ivy voiced by Piera Coppola, Commissioner James Gordon voiced by Mitch Pileggi
Written by David Slack
Directed by Anthony Chun
Production no. 308
Original airdate November 26, 2005
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"Fleurs du Mal" is the thirty fourth episode of the television series The Batman. It originally aired in North America on Saturday 26 November 2005 and later in the UK on Cartoon Network UK on Wednesday 2 May 2006

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[edit] Plot synopsis

High-ranking Gotham officials begin to embrace environmental causes after the delivery of mysterious plants, and it becomes clear they're under the influence of ... Poison Ivy.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Mayor Grange is taking a phone call when he is interrupted by an anonymous flower delivery. But one of the flowers comes to life, leaps onto his face, and renders him unconscious.

Later the mayor is speaking enthusiastic about protecting Gotham Park and announces his new “Green Up Gotham” campaign. Barbara goes to her father’s the mayor’s office to look for some cases and sees a flower delivery man dropping off the same strange pink flowers to her father, who is working on a case involving the Penguin and has her leave. Alfred is suffering from hay fever while Bruce tracks down the Penguin’s theft of silver iodide, a non-poisonous substance used for seeding clouds and causing rain.

At Gotham Park, the Penguin delivers the chemicals to the gazebo when Batman arrives, and the Penguin triggers a giant balloon then attacks. The penguin knocks Batman back into a flower bed then leaps aboard his balloon, and Batman goes after him. The two fight aboard the vehicle and the Penguin is knocked into the rotors, and the ship crashes. The Penguin is still alive but…reverts into a mass of vegetable matter. Batman grabs some samples and shows it to a surprisingly uninterested Commissioner, who arrests him…for killing the flowers.

Gordon announces that the city council passed a Vegetation Rights act then leaves. Batman breaks free and the policemen turn into plant clones and attack. Batman escapes and checks in with Alfred, who mentions they’ve received flowers from Mayor Grange. Alfred knocks them into the fireplace and Batman concludes Barbara may be in trouble. Barbara is at home when her father arrives with a gift – a flower, that he insists she smell. It attacks her but she dodges and sends him flying. “Gordon” turns into a plant and attacks, but Batman arrives and knocks it off the building. Batman sees the label on the plant and Barbara changes into Batgirl. The two of them go to the flower store to investigate.

An elderly shopkeeper greets them and Batman slugs her as she reverts into a plant. They go into the basement and find a giant plant with all of the originals sealed away being gassed into advocating the cause of…Poison Ivy. Batgirl tries to attack her but they are ensnared and Poison Ivy puts her special plants on them and seals them in to brainwash them. She then creates two plant clones of them while planning to cause the rain to help her seeds go throughout Gotham.

The real Batman and Batgirl arrive in the shared hallucinatory landscape with the others, but Batman’s utility belt sends out an automatic Batwave signal to the Batcave computer, which sends an electrical pulse to free him. He cuts himself free then frees first Batgirl and then her father. They have him free the others while Batman and Batgirl head to the park, where she’s sending the silver iodide up to unleash the rain.

The two plant clones fight their originals – Batman feeds his an explosive capsule while Batgirl uses a lawnmower versus hers. The balloon iodide-seeder moves up into the clouds and it begins to rain, causing the mind-controlling plants to quickly grow. The rest of the plant clones attack Batman and Batgirl, but Batman fires a missile to destroy the balloon and spread a weed killer to destroy the plants and the clones.

Spoilers end here.

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[edit] Trivia

  • "Fleurs du Mal" is French for "flowers of evil."
  • Batman has some kind of AED build in his suit.
  • Poision Ivy and Penguin return.
  • The bouquet of flowers that are delivered to the mayor, Comissioner Gordon, and Bruce, as well as the flower shop itself, have the name "Baudelaire" on them. This is the same name of the orphans from the Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket. It was also the name of a poet, Charles Baudelaire, who wrote a famous poem sharing the same title as this episode. It is French for "evil flowers". It seems Pamela paid attention in Lit class.

[edit] Quotes

  • Batgirl: (to Batman) Here comes your evil twin. Mine can't be far behind.
    Plant Batgirl: I'm right here, ugly!
  • Plant Gordon: Daddy is mad.
    Barbara: Daddy is green!
  • Penguin: (with a surprised tone) The Batman! (with a happy tone) You'll love it here!
  • Batgirl: (after Batman punches an old woman) You knew she was a plant, right?

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    [edit] See also

    List of The Batman episodes