Batman: The Animated Series
Episode 42
Tyger Tyger
The Island of Dr Moreau? Since this episode was made long before the 1996 film, we wonder if it may have inspired the film. Selina Kyle is kidnapped and turned into a cat lady by evil scientist Dr Emil Dorian. He wants a girlfriend for his creation Tygrus. Why he converted Batman’s girlfriend instead of a random runaway makes no sense. Also, why didn’t he just make another girl cat from scratch for Tygrus?
Illogical reasons aside, he’s a total loon and Batman has to beat him up. Tygurs is conflicted but since he’s in love with the cat version of Selina Kyle he opts to embrace the pussy…cat’s side. Dorian gets himself killed by being a douche. Kyle’s given the antidote to her cat transformation by Tygrus because no one normal wants to be a furry. Normal people like to dress up in leather outfits of their favorite animal. It ends all artsy with Batman reciting The Tyger by William Blake.
Not a bad episode but Batman had one too many genetic monster episodes and the redundancy of Selina Kyle infected with something was genetic McGuffin as he races to save her was becoming a trope.
Written by
Joseph Ammendolea
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