The Adventures of Batman and Robin: Poison Ivy, 1995. Directed by Bruce Timm. Voices: Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester.


Two episodes from the animated television series:

In "Eternal Youth," Alfred wins a vacation to a spa that is being touted as a modern fountain of youth. It turns out to be a front for Poison Ivy, luring in welthy individuals who she believes have done some kind of harm to the ecology. She transforms them into trees. Batman must rush to save his friend from a fate worse than death...

In "House and Garden," Ivy is released from a stint in Arkham Asylum and appears to have gone straight. She marries and settles down and appears to have been cured at last. But Batman doesn't buy it: it's too perfect, and something is just a little bit off. The secret of Ivy's latest activities is palpably grotesque and a little bit tragic...

As they did with Mr. Freeze, the creators of the Batman Animated Series have taken one of Batman's lamer villains and given her menace, pathos, tragedy, and a grotesque fate. This sort of transformation is what sets the animated series apart from the big budget movies. Certainly, their Poison Ivy is sexier and more deranged than Uma Thurman ever dreamed of being.... 



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