we’d all love to have Batman’s utility
belt full of tricks but there’s a few
items that we rather leave behind you’re
right honey there was somebody walking
up the wall
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the
dumbest Batman gadgets I would give him
a bat gasps whoa what’s that vodkas a
harmless anesthetic from movies to
animated series video games and comics
these are hands down the worst most
ridiculous exceedingly silly gadgets to
keep crusader has ever employed in his
crime-fighting career
number ten that flamethrower
these were dark days they not only broke
the bats back but with it his spirit and
confidence in the Nolan vers Gotham fell
under Bane’s control but in a comic book
storyline the mantle of the bat was
taken up by jean-paul Valley who
defeated Bane say hello to the world’s
craziest most hyper violent gadget
obsessed Batman seriously this guy’s
brutality could put Tim Burton’s Batman
to shame we could do a whole list of bad
as real Batman gadgets but his
flamethrower attachment is definitely
the worst for a generally non-lethal
Batman master of stealth how is this
effective also not a great idea with
people shooting at Jeff number nine
Mirrormask
let’s forget how ridiculous this mask
looks for a second and just consider it
from a practical standpoint what purpose
could it serve it was in a convoluted
plot involving mirror man and this was
Batman’s defense against the villains
ability to see through costumes
honestly it’s best not to think about it
too much it’s a cowl made of mirrors and
while we can blame its shoddy appearance
on the fact that the style of art from
the time is clearly not detail-oriented
it looks like Batman went to the closest
public washroom punched the mirror
collecting the shards and hastily glued
them to his face gotta visualize
visualize what the heck does that mean
number eight that poom teehee after so
many decades of Batman stories one thing
has become clear he has a bit of an ego
problem look we love the guy but it’s
bit silly that he insists on attaching
the word back to everything he touches
if your buddy Tom called his skateboards
the Tom board or his sandwich the Tom
which would you let that slide no it’s
absolutely sure we accept it because
he’s Batman and for the most part it
winds up sounding cool bat-arang that
cloth both awesome bat copter not bad
that moon that sounds like the term
alternate-reality misogynist rock star
Batman would use to describe his bat
rubies let’s just call it a harpoon no
matter who’s using it
scat those wonderful toys number seven
Batman’s robot guardian the Caped
Crusader himself was not a fan of this
gadget that an alien Ally gifted to him
it was supposed to help him in his
dangerous self-imposed quest against
crime in Gotham by swooping in and
saving him when things got too
treacherous unfortunately the robot
Guardian was a little overzealous in his
mandate repeatedly getting in Batman’s
way and saving him when he really didn’t
need saving so what did Batman finally
have to do about it
faked his own death making the robot
think it failed it short-circuited and
died on the spot what a piece of crap
number six napalm capsule that’s a bit
no so am I
hey did you catch that it was real quick
so where we’ll show you again that is
apparently the Napalm capsule this is
problematic for a number of reasons
first of all Napalm capsule is a
horribly inaccurate name for this thing
although that’s the only name we’ve been
able to find in our research you see
napalm does two things it sticks to you
and it burns you to death note that
neither of these things happen here so
basically this slip-and-slide glow stick
that Batman uses on Catwoman could have
been called the batch water balloon and
it would have been more accurate but hey
napalm capsule does sound kind of cool
in a war-cry me kind of way forget about
that one and you keep them coming in
you’re doing well son number five
plastic lips disappoint you but rubber
lips are immune to your charms well at
least he didn’t call them bat lips this
gadget isn’t used by Batman himself but
rather his sidekick Robin Robin as
played by Chris O’Donnell is clearly not
the brilliant inventive type Joel
Schumaker on the other hand dumb idea
city population Batman and Robin you get
the ice
did the Ice Man the male members of the
bat family are notorious for their habit
of romancing female villains Batman has
Catwoman so why can’t rob and steal a
kiss from poison I mean one kiss
usually because her litter poisonous but
aha he’s wearing a lip condom joke’s on
you my Thurman you’re not the only one
that set a trap Venus sorry my vines
have a crush on number 4 Batman’s
robotic t-rex this gadget is often
thought of more as a trophy wait how
does Batman have such large trophies in
a secret lair don’t think about it it’s
a rant for another day
the t-rex was explained in Batman number
35 released in 1946 when Batman is
invited to go hunting for charity on
dinosaur island fear not animal
activists is they’re all animatronic
Batman’s big robotic game trophy usually
just stands there but as Alfred proved
in Detective Comics number eight fifty
when hush broke into the Batcave the
t-rex is more than just a keepsake it’s
a fully functional very large gadget
that can be used to defend the Batcave
from silly origins to ridiculous
remote-control guard dog it’s kind of
hard to take it seriously
number three back ice skates
Joel Schumacher strikes again from the
filmmaker who publicly apologized to
fans for his film comes another
appalling gadget we’re not saying they
didn’t come in handy we’re just saying
that a substantial amount of work must
have gone into fitting a set of
retractable skates into the souls of
Batman and Robin’s respective Footwear
we appreciate that the dynamic duo
always come prepared but this was some
real Nostradamus right there freeze
is definitely a villain who takes
creativity in order to take down as the
Batman Arkham City video games proof
brilliantly given me on last order this
is not a time for negotiation in this
film however Batman meets freeze on his
own terms
hockey brawl Batman derp why not I got
mine where’s yours number two shark
repellent bat spray happy now the shark
repellent bat spray
no way were we going to leave out this
classic 60s Batman gadget the show went
for a decidedly more campy light hard to
take on Batman and it made Sunday
mornings fun if you’re looking to
introduce your kids to Batman without
risk of scaring them this is probably
the place to start we need to draw a
line at shark repellent however
holy sardine when a shark latches on to
Batman’s like during a daring high-seas
operation Robin is forced to pull a
pretty badass maneuver to get Batman the
least badass gadget in history contrary
to popular belief the repellant is
actually non-lethal as the shark blowing
up was part of the Penguins sinister
plan number one bat credit card a
utility belt not a money belt six
million seven minutes we all know that
this film was just an excuse to sell
toys but that doesn’t mean they needed
to turn the entire movie into one big
parody of the previous films in the
series why not just title the movie
Batman and Robin can you tell we don’t
care I call this little number hey ain’t
no humanity Batman has a secret identity
the very notion of him having a credit
card is idiotic and the way he just
whips the thing out he thinks he’s being
so fricking cool never leave the cave
without it you two boys aren’t gonna
stop fighting over little old me now are
you are we to believe that the Batcave
has a billing address it’s such a black
mark on the characters history and
Schumaker you will never live this down
and we really hate this movie in as
monkey business
we’ve got work to do do you removed our
list what Batman gadget makes you cringe
at their mere mention
just reversed the polarity for more
notorious top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
absent for future 32,000 rpms increase
angstrom force and vector X vector X up
one notch
belt full of tricks but there’s a few
items that we rather leave behind you’re
right honey there was somebody walking
up the wall
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the
dumbest Batman gadgets I would give him
a bat gasps whoa what’s that vodkas a
harmless anesthetic from movies to
animated series video games and comics
these are hands down the worst most
ridiculous exceedingly silly gadgets to
keep crusader has ever employed in his
crime-fighting career
number ten that flamethrower
these were dark days they not only broke
the bats back but with it his spirit and
confidence in the Nolan vers Gotham fell
under Bane’s control but in a comic book
storyline the mantle of the bat was
taken up by jean-paul Valley who
defeated Bane say hello to the world’s
craziest most hyper violent gadget
obsessed Batman seriously this guy’s
brutality could put Tim Burton’s Batman
to shame we could do a whole list of bad
as real Batman gadgets but his
flamethrower attachment is definitely
the worst for a generally non-lethal
Batman master of stealth how is this
effective also not a great idea with
people shooting at Jeff number nine
Mirrormask
let’s forget how ridiculous this mask
looks for a second and just consider it
from a practical standpoint what purpose
could it serve it was in a convoluted
plot involving mirror man and this was
Batman’s defense against the villains
ability to see through costumes
honestly it’s best not to think about it
too much it’s a cowl made of mirrors and
while we can blame its shoddy appearance
on the fact that the style of art from
the time is clearly not detail-oriented
it looks like Batman went to the closest
public washroom punched the mirror
collecting the shards and hastily glued
them to his face gotta visualize
visualize what the heck does that mean
number eight that poom teehee after so
many decades of Batman stories one thing
has become clear he has a bit of an ego
problem look we love the guy but it’s
bit silly that he insists on attaching
the word back to everything he touches
if your buddy Tom called his skateboards
the Tom board or his sandwich the Tom
which would you let that slide no it’s
absolutely sure we accept it because
he’s Batman and for the most part it
winds up sounding cool bat-arang that
cloth both awesome bat copter not bad
that moon that sounds like the term
alternate-reality misogynist rock star
Batman would use to describe his bat
rubies let’s just call it a harpoon no
matter who’s using it
scat those wonderful toys number seven
Batman’s robot guardian the Caped
Crusader himself was not a fan of this
gadget that an alien Ally gifted to him
it was supposed to help him in his
dangerous self-imposed quest against
crime in Gotham by swooping in and
saving him when things got too
treacherous unfortunately the robot
Guardian was a little overzealous in his
mandate repeatedly getting in Batman’s
way and saving him when he really didn’t
need saving so what did Batman finally
have to do about it
faked his own death making the robot
think it failed it short-circuited and
died on the spot what a piece of crap
number six napalm capsule that’s a bit
no so am I
hey did you catch that it was real quick
so where we’ll show you again that is
apparently the Napalm capsule this is
problematic for a number of reasons
first of all Napalm capsule is a
horribly inaccurate name for this thing
although that’s the only name we’ve been
able to find in our research you see
napalm does two things it sticks to you
and it burns you to death note that
neither of these things happen here so
basically this slip-and-slide glow stick
that Batman uses on Catwoman could have
been called the batch water balloon and
it would have been more accurate but hey
napalm capsule does sound kind of cool
in a war-cry me kind of way forget about
that one and you keep them coming in
you’re doing well son number five
plastic lips disappoint you but rubber
lips are immune to your charms well at
least he didn’t call them bat lips this
gadget isn’t used by Batman himself but
rather his sidekick Robin Robin as
played by Chris O’Donnell is clearly not
the brilliant inventive type Joel
Schumaker on the other hand dumb idea
city population Batman and Robin you get
the ice
did the Ice Man the male members of the
bat family are notorious for their habit
of romancing female villains Batman has
Catwoman so why can’t rob and steal a
kiss from poison I mean one kiss
usually because her litter poisonous but
aha he’s wearing a lip condom joke’s on
you my Thurman you’re not the only one
that set a trap Venus sorry my vines
have a crush on number 4 Batman’s
robotic t-rex this gadget is often
thought of more as a trophy wait how
does Batman have such large trophies in
a secret lair don’t think about it it’s
a rant for another day
the t-rex was explained in Batman number
35 released in 1946 when Batman is
invited to go hunting for charity on
dinosaur island fear not animal
activists is they’re all animatronic
Batman’s big robotic game trophy usually
just stands there but as Alfred proved
in Detective Comics number eight fifty
when hush broke into the Batcave the
t-rex is more than just a keepsake it’s
a fully functional very large gadget
that can be used to defend the Batcave
from silly origins to ridiculous
remote-control guard dog it’s kind of
hard to take it seriously
number three back ice skates
Joel Schumacher strikes again from the
filmmaker who publicly apologized to
fans for his film comes another
appalling gadget we’re not saying they
didn’t come in handy we’re just saying
that a substantial amount of work must
have gone into fitting a set of
retractable skates into the souls of
Batman and Robin’s respective Footwear
we appreciate that the dynamic duo
always come prepared but this was some
real Nostradamus right there freeze
is definitely a villain who takes
creativity in order to take down as the
Batman Arkham City video games proof
brilliantly given me on last order this
is not a time for negotiation in this
film however Batman meets freeze on his
own terms
hockey brawl Batman derp why not I got
mine where’s yours number two shark
repellent bat spray happy now the shark
repellent bat spray
no way were we going to leave out this
classic 60s Batman gadget the show went
for a decidedly more campy light hard to
take on Batman and it made Sunday
mornings fun if you’re looking to
introduce your kids to Batman without
risk of scaring them this is probably
the place to start we need to draw a
line at shark repellent however
holy sardine when a shark latches on to
Batman’s like during a daring high-seas
operation Robin is forced to pull a
pretty badass maneuver to get Batman the
least badass gadget in history contrary
to popular belief the repellant is
actually non-lethal as the shark blowing
up was part of the Penguins sinister
plan number one bat credit card a
utility belt not a money belt six
million seven minutes we all know that
this film was just an excuse to sell
toys but that doesn’t mean they needed
to turn the entire movie into one big
parody of the previous films in the
series why not just title the movie
Batman and Robin can you tell we don’t
care I call this little number hey ain’t
no humanity Batman has a secret identity
the very notion of him having a credit
card is idiotic and the way he just
whips the thing out he thinks he’s being
so fricking cool never leave the cave
without it you two boys aren’t gonna
stop fighting over little old me now are
you are we to believe that the Batcave
has a billing address it’s such a black
mark on the characters history and
Schumaker you will never live this down
and we really hate this movie in as
monkey business
we’ve got work to do do you removed our
list what Batman gadget makes you cringe
at their mere mention
just reversed the polarity for more
notorious top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
absent for future 32,000 rpms increase
angstrom force and vector X vector X up
one notch
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