#// riddler's reform is my least fav ed episode from TAS as well ASHAHHAADHAH

[brokentoys]

Eddie pretends to have turned a leaf in this comic from 1966, I believe?

Riddler's Reform where Eddie was seemingly good but it turned out he was just pretending.

Did this in the comics based on the New Adventures of Batman & Robin.

Did this in the main comics in 2008.

And Villain of the Year was also hinting at doing it, but then he returned with a horrible design and addicted to speed lol. So it went nowhere more than the other examples here.

Now we're doing this again I guess (except now he's a Crypto Leprechaun)

How many times are we gonna let Eddie Get Better... but not really? (Especially how many times are we gonna do the "he's better because he's been CURED of SCARY MENTAL ILLNESS :)"?)

Oh, and in Justice League Action, he was also a good guy. But to give this show credit, I believe he remained a good guy (probz 'cos he was only in one episode, but that's still good!)

I just wish they'd either let Eddie be a good guy (at least for a long, long, long time) or just stop rehashing this trope. I'm tired of getting me hopes up! 😭 It's like they want Eddie to become good (which would be the ideal development for him) but liiike... DC is just afraid of committing to it.

And no, I'm not a believer that all villains deserve or need to be redeemed. However, Eddie is one I do believe should get it. Not because I'm bias, but because for the most part -- Eddie's one of the more tamer / not as evil rogues (unless someone like Mr. King is writing him) It'll help Batman's own belief of not killing anyone / everyone deserves a second chance, and considering how much this trope is repeated, as I said -- it feels like they want to make him good, they just can't go through with it.