Batmobile

Batman's second Batmobile.

The Batmobile is Batman's personal automobile and primary mode of land transportation. It has been redesigned several times. It also has a passenger seat for an accomplice, usually his sidekick Robin. It is housed inside the Batcave alongside all of Batman's other selection of vehicles.

See also Batmobile Images

First Batmobile

The first Batmobile in The Mechanic

Little is known about the first Batmobile. Because of mechanical difficulties, Batman was forced to abandon it and had a more robust vehicle designed and built by Earl Cooper, an out-of-work automobile designer with a reputation as a troublemaker in the industry.

Later Batmobiles

Second Batmobile leaving the Batcave.

Earl Cooper designed and built a new Batmobile (inspired by a vehicle of similar design Bruce saw at the Gotham's World's Fair during a date with Andrea Beaumont) that included such items as a turbine jet, grappling hook, ejection seats, on-board navigation and computer with video uplink, oil slick and caltrops. The next was destroyed by the Penguin. The second was built after the Penguin's defeat with several upgrades. This was used, until it was destroyed bare handed by Bane. Another was built after this.

Features

"The Car of the Future" that inspired Bruce's designs.

The Batmobile's features are:

• A jet exhaust for faster start; and for high-speed acceleration.
• Smoke and oil dispensers
• Flare guns
• Wheel slasher hubs

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  Batman deactivating disguise mode on the Batmobile via a voice-activated wrist device

  A missile rack
• Ejection seats with calibration mechanism

• The calibration mechanism consists of automatic binoculars incorporated to the seat.

• Titanium alloy wheels and body panels.
• Shield Mode and reverse boosters
• Auto-Pilot
• Computer/TV screen incorporated
• Access to large databases and information
• A concealing mode that makes the car transform into a large trash container.
• A screen that induces sleep to anyone who watches it.
• Exhaust pipes underneath the engine to eject oil. Used during chases to stop attacks from the rear.
• Grappling hook to turn at great speeds
• Batglider incorporated to the driver's seat and secured with straps
• Small retractable tailfins on the rear end of the car

Episode Appearances

First Batmobile

• The Mechanic

Second Batmobile

• "On Leather Wings"
• "Heart of Ice"
• "Feat of Clay Part II"
• "It's Never Too Late"
• "Joker's Favor"
• "The Cat and the Claw Part II"
• "Pretty Poison"
• "Nothing to Fear"
• "Appointment in Crime Alley"
• "Eternal Youth"
• "Two-Face Part I"
• "Fear of Victory"
• "I've Got Batman in My Basement"
• "Vendetta"
• "Prophecy of Doom"
• "The Forgotten"
• "Mad as a Hatter"
• "The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy"
• "Perchance to Dream"
• "The Underdwellers"
• "Night of the Ninja"
• "Dreams in Darkness"
• "Beware the Gray Ghost"
• "Cat Scratch Fever"
• "I Am the Night"
• "Almost Got 'Im"
• "Moon of the Wolf"
• "Christmas With the Joker"
• "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
• "His Silicon Soul"
• "What Is Reality?"
• "The Laughing Fish"
• "Harley and Ivy"
• "The Mechanic"
• "The Man Who Killed Batman" (mentioned Only)
• "Zatanna"
• "Robin's Reckoning"
• "Read My Lips"
• "Mudslide"
• "House & Garden"
• "Harlequinade"
• "Bane"
• "Second Chance"
• "Baby-Doll"
• "Time Out of Joint"
• "Harley's Holiday"
• "Make 'Em Laugh"
• "Lock-Up"
• "The Terrible Trio"
• "Showdown"
• "A Bullet for Bullock"
• "The Lion and the Unicorn"

Feature films

• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero