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BARBARA: Hey, me again, Barbara Gordon. "Sidekick hopeful" and commissioner's kid.

Let's get you up to speed...

MAN [OVER RADIO]: Proceed with your mission, Temblor.

Third building Temblor's taken out and we still can't nail a pattern.

He's work for hire.

| just hope you're not out with Pamela Isley again.

Pam's a bad seed.

And don't even get me started...

...on your whole Chloro-Mulch-brand mutated super vegetables.

I'm concerned you're on your way to blowing your shot at the Olympics.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: | have a new target for you.

PAMELA: | want you to destroy...

...the corporate headquarters of Chlorogene.

Barb, law enforcement is dangerous work. | don't want that life for you.

BRUCE: Batwave traced the messages to their source...

...Pamela Isley.

Red, you have to stop this.

And here | thought we were two peas in a pod.

BARBARA: Temblor wasn't too happy to find out his boss was a teenybopper.

BARBARA: The Batman.

He is awesome.

[SCREAMS]

No!

BARBARA: Catch all that?

We'll "pop quiz" you later.

Because right now, things are about to get thorny.

[SIREN WAILING]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[MOANS]

-We must've hit something. DRIVER: | didn't see a thing.

Hmm.

[KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS]

GORDON: Barb, it could have been you in the back of that ambulance tonight.

| know you wanted to help your friend.

But you need to leave police work to the police.

-Is that what you tell the Batman? -The Bat's a special case.

| mean, you can't compare--

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Probably him now. "Hello, commissioner, it's the Batman.

Care to go bowling?"

Gordon. What? You can't find Isley?

I'm on my way.

-The Dark Knight has a green thumb? -This leave-behind is my only lead, Alfred.

And so far, it's definitely not "garden variety."

[STAMMERS, YELLS]

Huh?

What's happening?

[MOANS, GASPS]

[LAUGHING]

[SIGHS]

Pop's never gonna let me work in law enforcement...

...not after what happened tonight.

Guess it's back to gymnastics.

Unless...

...mild-mannered Olympic hero by day, butt-kicking Batwoman by night.

"Who is that masked woman?" the commissioner wonders.

[RUSTLING]

[GASPS]

Whoa.

Sit. Uh-- Uh--

Stay. No, wait, you're a plant.

Don't do anything.

[SCREAMS, GRUNTS]

Prepare to suffer the wrath of Mother Nature.

Destroy her!

[POISON IVY LAUGHS]

Psyched!

What's up, Red?

Pam? What happened to you?

Just a fab makeover: "Green" is the new "Red."

And I'm gonna use my powers to avenge crimes against nature.

We can do it together, Red, the two of us.

And I'm betting Chlorogene will listen to me this time.

Hey, sounds great. Except for the fact that you're a plant.

Ivy, to be exact. Poison Ivy.

Think about it, Red.

[DOOR CLOSES]

| gotta call Dad.

No, wait. She'll just wind up behind bars.

| have to be the one to help Pam. Without Dad knowing.

But | can't do it alone.

BATMAN: The Bat-Signal isn't a toy, Miss Gordon.

Didn't have your cell number. But this is urgent.

Pam Isley came to see me, but she's calling herself Poison Ivy now...

..and, well, how do | put this? She was part-plant.

-It all fits. -It does?

A plant particle | found at the scene contained traces of steroids...

... made by Chlorogene.

When Pamela was contaminated, her biochemistry was altered.

Then come on, let's save Pam!

I'll do everything in my power to help your friend, Barbara.

What? Wait a minute!

But you haven't even seen my costume.

[RUSTLING]

Huh?

[YELLS, GRUNTS]

[SOFTLY] Police.

POISON IVY: Tonight marks the end of an era for Chlorogene.

So get ready, because it's hostile takeover time.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Consider the fate of Chlorogene a warning, Gotham.

Mother Nature just got herself some muscle.

BATMAN: Pamela. You're not well, let me help you.

Batman.

Thanks, but I have all the help | need.

[GROWLS]

BATGIRL: Batman, look out!

Hiya.

POISON IVY: A Batgirl? Hm.

-Who knew you had a sidekick? -| don't.

FY], it's "Batwoman."

Either way, you're "Bat-meat."

-lvy, time to give up. -Tried that. She's not interested.

Maybe she'll be interested in this!

Nice aim.

I'll be practicing that.

Your friend still has lots to learn, Batman. Teach her how to survive a fall yet?

BATGIRL: Whoa!

BATGIRL: Oh.

-You're good at this. -No time to babysit.

[SIGHS]

Gone.

[WHOOSHING]

-Okay. Here goes nothing. -Let me make myself clear.

There's no room for a Batgirl in Gotham.

That's cool, because it's "Batwoman."

As in, I'm a grown woman and don't need to listen to you.

Then for your own safety, if you won't listen to me...

...l'm going to have to tell your father, Miss Gordon.

Uh, you must have me confused with someone else.

Oh, dude, you just broke the superhero secret-identity code.

Evening, commish.

Pamela?

What do you think you're doing?

POISON IVY: Trying to make the world a better place for plants.

[MAN YELLS, GRUNTS]

-Let go of me! -As you command.

Magic spores.

Mother Nature's mind control.

-A little help here? -Of course. Up you go.

Freeze, Pamela! It doesn't have to be this way.

Actually, commish, it does. Ugh!

Because the only law Poison Ivy answers to...

...IS the law of the jungle.

ALFRED [OVER RADIO]: A Batgirl, sir?

Perhaps | should equip the Batcave with a doggy door...

... Should Bat-hound decide to join the gang.

BATMAN: Barbara doesn't know what she's getting into.

I'm gonna have to tell her father.

[BEEPING]

The Batwave reports...

...that James Gordon has just been kidnapped by Poison Ivy.

POISON IVY: Isn't nature fascinating, Jimbo?

[GORDON GRUNTING]

For instance, all that struggling you're doing there...

...that lets this carnivorous plant know it's captured food.

Hm. Let me show you.

Mm. Cool, huh?

BARBARA: Some first day as a sidekick.

| failed to stop Ivy, my aim needs work...

...and | blew my secret identity.

As | wondered whether or not | should quit my crime-fighting career...

...my world got rocked. Again.

WOMAN [ON TV]: Breaking news: Commissioner Gordon was abducted...

..by a new super-villain calling herself "Poison Ivy."

No word on whether or not....

Dad.

I'll quit tomorrow.

Batman, it's a trap! Mm!

POISON IVY: Well, well.

A weed in the garden.

Whack it, boys!

[ROARING]

BARBARA: No, you're not experiencing déja vu. This is where we began.

And if you remember, Ivy used her mind control mojo on Batman...

.../ made my triumphant return as Batgirl so | could rescue Pop...

..and then the big Bat was asked to eliminate his favorite sidekick.

So now that you know how | got into this mess...

...the question becomes, "How do | get out?"

Think | need to knock some sense back into him.

Hello? Remember me? Plucky sidekick?

-Sidekick, huh? -And he's back.

POISON IVY: Back just in time to witness the commissioner become plant food.

Dad.

-I'Il get the commissioner. -No, wait!

Huh?

Amateur.

Come on, focus.

Bull's-eye!

All in the wrist.

BATMAN: Ivy! Catch!

[YELLS]

BATGIRL: Hiya.

[CACKLES]

Mow them down!

Can't ice me if you can't hit me.

Whoa!

[YELLING]

POISON IVY: The thing about plants: love water.

Missed me.

No.

GORDON: |, uh, owe you my thanks, Batgirl.

It's Batwo-- Forget it. Batgirl it is.

Okay, then, gotta go. Uh, you take care now, citizen.

Another Red? Huh. What are the chances?

So still plan on telling my dad?

Not every child gets the opportunity to rescue their parent.

I'm sure he'd be grateful if you decided to tell him.

[SIGHS]

I'll take that as a "no."

BARBARA: As you can see, everything ended quite nicely.

Well, maybe "ended" isn't the right word.

Because this, my friends, is only the beginning.

Whoo!