The Laughing Fish

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“The Laughing Fish”
Batman: The Animated Series episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 33
Written by	Paul Dini
Directed by	Bruce Timm
Production no.	33
Original airdate	January 10, 1993
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The Laughing Fish is the 33rd episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series. The story is based on Detective Comics #475 and #476 [1]. It first premiered on January 10, 1993. This episode is greatly considered to be one of the darkest ever as it does show scenes of death and violence.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Notes
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Joker has poisoned every fish in the bay, giving them each "Joker smiles". He then plans to copyright these fish to earn fast money, threatening to murder pencil-pushers until he succeeds.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Kevin Conroy	Batman
Bob Hastings	Commissioner Gordon
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	Alfred Pennyworth
Robert Costanzo	Detective Bullock
George Dzundza	G. Carl Francis
Mark Hamill	The Joker
Arleen Sorkin	Harley Quinn

[edit] Notes

The Joker makes references to three restaurants: Long John Silver's, McDonald's, and Colonel Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken.

George Dzundza, who plays the hapless G. Carl Francis here, later appeared on the series playing the villain Arnold Wesker/Scarface, and he played editor Perry White in Superman: The Animated Series.

Many fans have considered this to be the darkest episode of the series and the scariest.

Eric Radomski, one of the minds behind the show's success, did not work on this episode, as revealed in one of the many DVD commentaries.

Despite the fact that Robert Costanza voiced Harvey Bullock, fans believe that Danny DeVito voiced him, but was uncredited. Incidentally, DeVito played Oswald Cobblepot, aka the Penguin in Batman Returns.