It is time to take a look at
Batman the Animated Series Episode 31 the Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy. A
master of death traps named Josiah Wormwood is hired to trap Batman and steal
his cape and cowl for mysterious purposes. Yet, there is more to this situation
that does meet the eye to say the very least. Batman the Animated Series
Episode 31 the Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy aired on October 14th
1992 on FOX.
Batman
the Animated Series Episode 31 the Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy.
I thought this episode really did
have an interesting dynamic and the death traps utilized in this episode was
cool. There was a twist in retrospect that people should have seen coming but
as watching it, it was framed in such a way that the Baron wanted revenge on
Batman, as opposed to Batman posing as the Baron to extort where Wormwood had
stashed some stolen bonds.
The thing is Batman is the
World’s Greatest Detective, and when you’re a detective, you have to use some
deceit to unearth great information to an extent. You have to think like the
criminals and try and bait them into hoisting themselves upon their own petard.
The reveal where Batman hired Wormwood to steal his own cape and cowl and
eventually coaxed the information out of him to solve the mystery of this episode
was great. When Batman revealed that he was posing as Baron Wacklaw Josak was
pretty epic and Wormwood when he realized he had been had big time.
Also this episode was notable for
the first appearance of the Bat Signal in this cartoon. Noted as such, as
Batman comments that Commissioner Gordon has a new toy. So it was kind of cool
to see one of the more famous parts of the Batman mythology.
Batman pretty much trolling
Wormwood at the end, while sending him the Cape and the Cowl while Wormwood was
in prison was great as well.
Is it the best episode? No, but I
do admit, it is one that I do have quite a slight soft spot for. Death traps
are pretty fun. As we look at this episode, let’s give it a nice 6.5/10 rating, which tends to be about
my standard rating for bottom of the top or top of the bottom episodes. You can
watch Batman the Animated Series Episode 31 the Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy on
Batman the Animated Series Volume 2 DVD or Batman the Animated Series the
Complete collection.
