Freeze’s bride just as soon as he can lower her body temperature to where she can exist in the same atmosphere as Freeze. His first evil deed is to kidnap Miss Iceland (!!!) from the Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant. Freeze (Otto Preminger) has escaped from prison in an ice cream truck and is bound to Gotham to attempt to get his revenge on Batman for his predicament. Freeze tries to slowly freeze them, but Batman and Robin have been wearing their “super” thermal underwear and Freeze’s plot is foiled. Of course, Robin does anyway and both are captured. Batman goes with Freeze, but tells Robin not to follow. Freeze offers to trade Diamante for Batman. Freeze kidnaps a baseball player, named Paul Diamante (Spanish for “diamond”… the writers never missed a trick for campy humor). But in attempting to stop Freeze they are frozen stiff by Freeze’s ray gun.įor one of the few times during the course of the series, Batman has to rely on outside help to thaw him and his pal. The icy crook’s next endeavor is to steal the fabulous Circle of Ice diamond from a visiting princess. ![]() But Freeze has commandeered five duplicate Batmen and Robins, and during the confusion Freeze escapes. Freeze is going to rob the Gotham City Diamond Exchange and go to try and stop him. As usual, the commissioner and his police force are at odds with how to deal with criminals who have an IQ rating over 50, so they call in Batman and Robin to help. Word reaches police headquarters where, Police Commissioner Gordon deduces that Mr. While being chased by a policeman on a motorcycle, the figure pops out of the back of the van in which he is escaping, and, using a ray gun, ices the road. It turns out the mystery man has melted the ice in the rink. Season 1: “Instant Freeze,” “Rats Like Cheese.”Īt a skating rink, a mysterious figure in a hazmat suit runs from the scene. Zero”, but after the first appearance on the TV series, the comic books renamed him as “Mr. (An interesting side note: In the comic book origin, Mr. Freeze holds a grudge that inspires him to find ways to get revenge on Batman for his predicament. In every one of the episodes in the TV series, Mr. Art Schimmel (no idea why they changed his name), prior to the events that began the TV series. ![]() As stated early on in the first episode, Batman had accidentally spilled some cryogenic fluid on Dr. However, for the Batman TV series, for some reason, the origin was changed. The origin, as played out in the theatrical movie Batman and Robin with Arnold Schwarzenegger, shows this origin pretty accurately. Freeze was a doctor, Victor Fries, who had an accident in a laboratory while trying to discover a cure for his dying wife. Some background info: In the comic book, Mr. The character also made two appearances in season two, once portrayed by Otto Preminger and once by Eli Wallach. No, the only villain to appear in three separate episodes and be played by a different actor in each was Mr. ( Lee Meriweather only appeared as the character in the 1966 movie adaptation). Yes she was played by three different actresses, but she appeared in more than a dozen episodes and most of them were portrayed by Julie Newmar, with Eartha Kitt in second. (Note: I count each two-part episode as one episode.) Not The Riddler, who WAS played by two different actors - but Frank Gorshin played him in nearly every episode except one, in which he was replaced by John Astin. ![]() Only one villain on the Batman TV series (1966-68) was played by different actors in every episode. Here’s Jim Brymer with his take on which Mr.
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