Mudslide (Batman: The Animated Series)

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“Mudslide”
Batman: The Animated Series episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 52
Written by	Alan Burnett
Directed by	Eric Radomski
Production no.	052
Original airdate	September 15, 1993
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"Mudslide" is an episode of the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. It aired on September 15, 1993 and was written by Alan Burnett and directed by Eric Radomski.

1 Plot synopsis
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot synopsis

Clayface is falling apart -- literally. His clay like body is virtually disintegrating. Fortunately, a woman scientist he knew from his movie star days is working on a remedy. However, Hagen is forced to steal money to pay for the expensive components of the remedy.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Kevin Conroy	Batman
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	Alfred Pennyworth
Robert Clotworthy	Billy
Pat Musick	Stella Bates
Ron Perlman	Clayface
Marcia Wallace	Fiancée

[edit] Trivia

This is the second appearance of Clayface.

Stella's name, Dr. Bates, and past occupation is a homage to the Norman Bates character, played by Anthony Perkins in Psycho. Batman mentions she once owned a motel in the past, akin to the Bates Motel.

Many fans have critized the ending, in which Batman stops the treatment procedure, which would have made Clayface human again.

According to Bruce Timm, the reason they did not use Clayface much is because he was too expensive to animate, as well as come up with a good story for.

Eric Radomski came up with the idea due to the fans demanding another Clayface episode, after the success of Feat of Clay.

When he is placed in the support suit that gives him structure, Clayface looks similar to an Oscar statuette.

Towards the end, Clayface yells "STELLA!" a la Marlon Brando's Stanley Kowalski in the film version of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire.

In the later episode Growing Pains, a flashback explains how Clayface survived.

The laboratory is similar to that of Victor Frankenstein's.

Dark Interlude is the name of the movie that Stella watches. It is an analgamation of later Batman series Batman: Dark Victory and Batman: Interlude, purely coincidental, because both came out years after the episode..