Solicit[]
The Joker and Harley Quinn escape Arkham Asylum and make their way to the TMNT's NYC where they meet none other than the Shredder! Meanwhile, will Batman, Robin, and Batgirl be able to form a truce with the Turtles?
Appearing in The Clown and The Clan[]
Major characters[]
- April O'Neil
- Batgirl
- Batman
- Donatello
- Harley Quinn
- Joker
- Leonardo
- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Robin
- The Shredder
Minor characters[]
Main Locations, Vehicles, and Accessories[]
Synopsis[]
Open inside Arkham Asylum last week. Security guards, including Aaron Cash, march Harley Quinn through the halls. They reach an area where the floor is wet from having been recently mopped. Harley says she’s up to nothing, just minding her own business with no trap to spring. Then she “slips” on the wet floor, making the guards lose their grip on her. She “accidentally” kicks two guards into unconscious and then flips back over onto Cash, her weight driving him to the ground and knocking him out cold.
Joker is in his cell at the Asylum, reading a book. Harley arrives, dressed in her full costume, and tells her Mr. J to get up, it’s time to stop frownin’ and get to clownin’. She has brought him a suit, and as he dresses, he asks if she hasn’t learned anything from him about style and flair when engineering an escape. He says there’s no panache, which Harley thinks to mean a bakery who carries bagels she likes.
The duo step into the hall and Harley comments on how pretty the pair of pink triangles floating in the hallway are. Joker has a light bulb moment and proceeds to drag the unconscious guards across the floor, placing them foot-to-head in order to shape a smile. Then he and Harley step through the pink triangles – which are actually Kraang portals.
New York City. Now. Warehouse 17 on the docks. The Joker and Harley meet with the The Shredder who has become quickly annoyed with them. The Joker pretends not to remember his name, calling him instead Slicer, Grater and The Juicer. Shredder orders Rocksteady and Bebop to get the pair from Gotham out of his sight. When Rocksteady grabs for Joker, he pulls away and then asks if they want to see some magic. A giggling Harley turns away as Joker pulls a rubber chicken from his sleeve. He then tosses it to the pair of mutant henchmen, and it explodes. Shredder immediately orders his Footbots to attack but Joker tells him he should be careful and then points up at the ceiling. Hanging overhead are dozens of exploding chickens.
Back in Gotham City, Batman is on a tall building, perched on a Gargoyle statue hanging over the ledge. Robin arrives along with Batgirl, the pair having been on a team-up when Alfred called. Batman explains that he’s been tracking a series of interdimensional portals. He holds up his arm and his gauntlet display a graph bearing the symbol. He says this is the first to show up on his system, but there will be more. Robin and Batgirl ask “Really?” and as the trio use their Batropes to swing down to another rooftop, Batman responds in the affirmative. He further explains that the portals are how the Joker and others got out of Arkham. He also says that after entering a portal it disappears, then relocates somewhere else in the city. They round a corner an come upon a portal. Batgirl then says that it now begs the question as to what is on the other side.
New York City. Meanwhile, the Turtles and April O'Neil have tracked a portal signal to Central Park. April asks how many portals there are, but Don says he’s not sure because his locator can only find one at a time. Mikey approaches the portal and says that it’s so glowy. He wonders if it’s full of mud dudes. Leo tells the others they don’t know what’s already come through and they need to keep their guard up. However, while he’s not looking, Mikey sticks his arm through the portal. He suddenly calls out that he feels something.
Don rushes over to call a warning, but Mikey says he thinks it’s a gargoyle. What he’s actually grabbing is Batman’s face. Just as Mikey says it seems to be a really angry gargoyle, Batman reaches through the portal and socks him. Batman steps through the portal and demands that the group explain themselves quickly. Mikey screeches that it’s a bat-creature from beyond. Raphael pulls his sai and charges, yelling at Batman to explain this. Batman responds by striking him hard in the chest and throwing him back. Donnie urges caution because they don’t know what they’re dealing with and then Batgirl leaps through the portal. Don becomes immediately infatuated, though Mikey calls her another bat creature from beyond.
Batgirl is quickly followed by Robin, who Mikey addresses as a kid dressed in red. Robin asks the situation and Batman guesses genetic mutation, ninjutsu training and possibly hostile. He then catches a sai thrown at his head and amends that to definitely hostile, especially the "little one". Don holds his hand out and walks up to Batgirl, introducing himself. As he’s in the process of saying they got off on the wrong – she kicks him in the face. This angers April, who yells at Batgirl to leave him alone. Mikey then attacks Robin, calling him a pirate. Robin denies he’s a pirate, but Mikey sweeps his feet from under him. Robin counters by leaping up and delivering an uppercut that sends Mikey flying.
As April fights with Batgirl, she asks why a human is working for the Kraang. Batgirl asks if she’s supposed to know what a Kraang is, but April scoffs, wondering how she’d travel through a portal and not notice any aliens. Batgirl throws a Batarang and knocks the tessen from April’s hand. She then counters by saying that she’s not the one hanging out with little green men.
On the walking bridge, Leonardo fights against Batman, who notes that he’s hesitating, pulling his punches and not going for lethal strikes. Leo says that neither is he – and then realizes that they are on the same side. A loud scream draws their attention and Batman tells him to hold that thought. A woman comes running out of the woods, shouting for help. A vine whips out and wraps around her ankle, but Leo swiftly cuts through the vine with his sword. Batman catches the woman when she falls, getting her away from Snakeweed.
As the rescued woman runs away, Leo informs Batman that they’ve fought Snakeweed before. The two battling groups join forces and Leo says that this is their mess but Batman disagrees as another figure approaches. He says that this isn’t one of yours – it’s one of his as the figure is revealed to be Poison Ivy, who has apparently joined forces with Snakeweed.
To be continued…
Trivia[]
- The Joker was reading a book by M. Hamill. In Batman: The Animated Series, Joker was voiced by Mark Hamill.
- "KE was 'ere '84" is written on a brick.
- Mega Man is on the t-shirt of the screaming woman.