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Semi/Finals Match 1:

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Quarter-Finals, Match 2!

In his second appearance, the Joker would rig school vending machines to give out free money to those who used them, hoping to drive up the dropout rate and thus take advantage of the larger hiring pool. This episode would also see some downplayed appearances of some gags that would later become Joker staples, such as a boutenniere which sprayed sneezing powder (acid in later adaptations) and the shocking joybuzzers, although their voltage wouldn’t be as dangerous as in later versions. This episode could also be argued to imply that while this Joker was generally not as lethal as his successors, he definitely wasn’t a force to be trifled with.

The Riddler’s third TV series appearance would show him smuggling a rare universal wax solvent in order to commit capers in low-volume areas where an explosion would be ill-advised, or in situations where an explosive might damage the loot. If you’ve heard him quoted as saying, “Crime is no fun without riddles. I’ll have you know that’s the main reason I took up this crime game,” this is the episode where he said that. This was also one of his more vocal episodes, with the Riddler loudly cheering upon obtaining the riddle book, and just playing with words and vocal tone in general.

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Semi/Finals Match 3:

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Semi/Finals Match 4:

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Semi/Finals Match 5

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Congratulations to our Twice-Crowned Queen!

Congratulations once again, to the Eartha Kitt Catwoman! Now two-time SexyRogue winner and easily one of the highlights of season three!

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Side Poll #1: Battle of the Catwomen!

No trivia for this one, unfortunately. Since this is a side-poll running concurrently with the Quarter-Finals, I would have likely ended up repeating my already-written trivia (especially since I'm coming up a bit short for Meriwether's version at this point) but I did want to do something like what I did with the Freezes in the preliminaries, so here you are!

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Quarter-Finals, Match 4!

With the Lee Meriwhether Catwoman’s single appearance in the 1966 movie and lack of appearances in the comic spinoff, it may be that she was originally intended simply as an actor swap of the Newmar version of the character. The main continuity which subverts this is in the animated spinoff Batman vs. Two-Face, in which she is originally a prison staff person, but is last seen admiring herself in the mirror when she wakes up after the original knocks her out in order to swap their uniforms.

Despite his limited appearances in the series, Bookworm would later enjoy multiple appearances in the spinoffs, with two cameos in Return of the Caped Crusaders (he’s featured in the opening sequence, as well as in the final battle) and a larger role in Batman vs. Two-Face, attempting to steal several books themed around duality. While I sometimes found his characterization in the comic adaptation to be hit-or-miss, one of his most notable appearances would see him committing minor crimes in order to gather intel on Batman in an attempt to deduce his identity. While he came close to determining the correct answer, he was duped by some false hints Batman planted, leading him to conclude that Alfred was Batman, rather than Bruce Wayne.

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Quarter-Finals, Round 1, Match 1:

In one of Penguin’s most notable schemes, he pretended to have reformed, secretly staging several crimes which he would conveniently be around to stop. This two-parter was another showcase of the Penguin’s use of technology, using anti-surveillance tech in a trick umbrella to foil an attempt by the Caped Crusaders to swap his cigarette holder with a bugged one, and later programming umbrellas to cause a diversion while he robs his own wedding. I would argue that, given his attempts to get into Countess Sophia’s good graces, this was also one of the episodes that showcased Penguin’s daytime persona as a dapper socialite.

Although she would only enjoy two appearances in the TV series, Lorelei Circe alias the Siren would return in the third issue of the Batman ’66 comic spinoff, where she would initially pretend to have reformed alongside Chandell (who had genuinely reformed), only to reveal her ruse and use her voice to hypnotize the men into surrendering everyone’s valuables. Although Batman had inoculated himself against her hypnotic high note, Siren revealed that she had obtained a throat spray which would allow her voice to produce hallucinations, a side-effect for which the Caped Crusader was unprepared. Though it isn’t confirmed in the comic, it’s possible that she used another special throat spray to repair her voice after losing it in her TV appearance.

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Semi/Finals Match 6:

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Preliminary Question for the One-Shotters Bracket:

If you want a henchperson or a squad and you voted for one of those options, please comment, reblog, or submit an ask with the one you want. For the sake of keeping contestants as part of the actual show, characters from spinoff materials will not be included as part of the 1966 series canon (though I am not opposed to creating another thing around spinoff characters from the animated films and the comic adaptation if desired.)

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Quarter-Finals, Match 3!

In her first major appearance, Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman didn’t seem as interested in specifically cat-themed fineries as her predecessor, robbing a women’s fashion show and stealing multiple one-of-a-kind garments. In some ways, this Catwoman also seemed to be a bit more playful than her predecessor, creating a bomb that will specifically ruin the women’s hairstyles at the event. While her romance with Batman was downplayed if not entirely absent, she was given a unique dynamic with Batgirl, with the two seeming to share a rivalry as possible archnemeses. This seems to have been largely kept in the comics, with Kitt’s Catwoman taking center stage for many of the Batgirl-centric issues.

In addition to her romance with Batman, the second season appearances of Julie Newmar’s Catwoman would see her making frequent team-ups with some of the one-shot villains, including the Sandman (whom she planned to double-cross afterwards), Ma Parker, and Freddy the Fence. Newmar’s Catwoman was the most frequently-recurring antagonist in the second season, boasting a whopping ten episodes to her name compared to her two episodes from the first season.

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Finals Results!

Congratulations to our now two-time SexyRogue, Catwoman as portrayed by Eartha Kitt!

I wanted to draw some fanart for our now twice-crowned queen, but until I can manage that, here are some nice screenshots of her!

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What happens if they tie? (mentally preparing myself for if Riddler and Penguin have to fight)

My current plan is to have everyone go against everyone, so even if they go against each other, their final results will be based on overall performance against each opponent. In the event that they somehow tie in that, then I guess we just have two winners.

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Regarding Semifinals and Finals

First, my apologies for the delay in posting. I had wanted to hold off until I had drawn some fun doodles around the quarterfinals, but I haven't had time to make those, so I think maybe they will just have to come later.

The Finals and Semifinals are going to be somewhat...I guess condensed for lack of a better word. What I plan to do is have each semifinalist go up against all three of their opponents, which I think would give the best measure of which one is the ultimate 66 SexyRogue.

Running concurrently with that, we'll have the mini-polls among the eliminated quarterfinalists to determine the order of ranks. Following this, among those rogues eliminated in round 2 or later, we'll begin with the one-shots only bracket. I'll have to check the side-poll to see whether people voted for one of the round 1 eliminees to return, or if it was determined that I should enter a henchsquad to fill out the numbers.

Fingers crossed that I don't get hit with another round of back-to-back evening and morning shifts, and I should have this within the next few days:

So tune in next post,

Some Bat-Time

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Quarter-Finals Matched, Polls to Follow

Hello everyone! My apologies for the delay last week. I didn't think I would be able to gather good trivia while recovering from a longer-than-normal work week, and I wanted to give myself some extra time to get some new trivia for our one-shot villains, since it felt a little unfair that I dropped all their trivia in the first two rounds, while the others had enough for probably the entire tournament without my even trying. I've got one more blurb to write, and then probably either this evening or tomorrow morning, the matches will be live.

I did want to make a note that since there are some rogues who weren't matched in this round, if there are any particular match-ups you want to see, drop a comment on this post and I can make some side-brackets for them.

My current plan for after the quarter finals is to run the semifinals, and then to have a separate match for the quarter-finalists who were eliminated in order to determine ranking within that. The semifinals will have multiple rounds so that each semifinalist goes up against the other three. The two who place the highest overall will move on to the finals.