{"id":1323,"date":"2013-10-16T09:09:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tankhughes.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2013-10-15T23:22:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T06:22:19","slug":"waynesday-16-barbell-swordfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tankhughes.com\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"Waynesday 16: Barbell Swordfight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Batman: The Animated Series: Season 1: Episode 31: The\u00a0Cape and Cowl Conspiracy<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the episode about?<\/strong>\u00a0As mentioned in Waynesday 9<\/a>, this episode features Wormwood, a scheming blackmailer\/evil guy, who is working for a Russian baddie to acquire Batman’s titular cape and cowl.<\/p>\n

When does this frame happen?<\/strong>\u00a0At the end of the episode, after Batman has dramatically revealed that he was disguised as a short fat Russian man, he and Wormwood fight through an office building into a gym room (with a pool) and use barbells as their weapons.<\/p>\n

Why are you sharing it?<\/strong> Barbell bars weigh 40lbs on their own, which is a lot of heft to throw around. The weights on each of them probably weigh another 100, but even if they are just 10lb weights, it’s a bit much to be charge Batman with, or for Batman to pick up defensively. In the first frame, Batman would have to lift the weight of the bad guy + 40-140lbs off of himself just using his arm strength. And the guy he’s fighting isn’t even Bane! How is his opponent managing such a feat? It’s remarkable…y improbable. What makes this a foolish weapon choice for the cartooners to choose is that they are in an office building we’ve never seen before,<\/em>\u00a0with no explanation or reason for a gym, except for the conceit of having the key fall to the bottom of the pool.<\/p>\n

Wormwood is a thin man, and yet he and Batman seem to be equally matched in mental and physical combat for a <\/span>long time<\/em> until Batman regroups and owns him.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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