Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series) The Cat and the Claw: Part II (1992) User Reviews

Who Will Win This Three-Way Battle?

[ccthemovieman-1 · 8/10 · 7 August 2007]

The terrorists are robbing a government train carrying chemical warfare "the feds" had capture from the enemy somewhere in Eastern Europe. Who can stop them? Batman? The Gotham City Police Department, under Commissioner Gordon, or Catwoman, who doesn't like these terrorists for other reasons?

To Batman's surprise, the Red Claw is a woman and - of course, has a German accent. Hollywood just won't move on, in that regard: Germans will always be the villains. It was good to hear Adrienne Barbeau as Catwoman. Barbeau had the great body of Catwoman when she was younger.

Anyway, without spoiling anything we also see that Catwoman and Batman have a thing for each other, but both are dedicated more toward their causes, Catwoman for animals; Batman, for justice and that means this may not be a happy ending for one of the parties.

The delayed Part 2

[VetteRanger · 8/10 · 4 February 2023]

Why this didn't air back-to-back with Part One, as the Clay Face episodes did, is a mystery to me. Maybe some die hard series fans know. I'm not that die hard .... I just enjoy what I see.

In Part One Selena Kyle, Catwoman, discovered that land she wanted for a nature preserve was also the target of a powerful land developer ... but even worse ... actually a hideout for the mysterious terrorist Red Claw.

In Part Two Red Claw steals a shipment containing a deadly pathogen, and separated, both Catwoman and Batman move to do something about it .... though Catwoman does know about the pathogen.

When the break into an underground complex and are captured, can they escape the horrible fate Red Claw leaves them to ... the release of the pathogen?!

Not the best conclusion for a two-parter, but satisfying enough for me

[zanghi_james · 8/10 · 17 May 2022]

It's not the best conclusion for a two-part episode. I mean, yes, Batman saves the day and defeats the nefarious Red Claw. But that ending, what the heck?

Also, Red Claw doesn't seem to be a real terrorist by the end of this episode but more of a Hans Gruber-like character. She engages in terrorist acts just to make money off of them, but doesn't really have a real rhetoric. I know, I know, kind of over-thinking it, but still, a little consistency would be nice.

Still, not a bad episode.

The Cat and the Claw Part 2

[rexshard93 · 10/10 · 28 January 2013]

Compared to Part 1, I found Part 2 disappointing due to the poor animation by Akom. Sunrise did the animation for The Cat and the Claw Part 1. But I still give 10 out of 10, because of the wonderful script. I thought Story Editor Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright, Jules Dennis, and Richard Mueller did wonderful jobs with the story and the script for The Cat and the Claw Part 1 and this episode.

I think The Cat and the Claw (Part 1 & 2) has lots of brilliant touches in it. One of the brilliant touches is threatening portrayal of Batman to the criminals of Gotham. Let me give some examples.

In the beginning of this episode, We see the sudden appearance of Batman and Mob boss sweating due to the sudden and threatening appearance of Batman. When Mob boss tells Batman to lay off the Southside, Batman lifts Mob boss and says "Keep this up and I will be on you from all sides - NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST." In Part 1, We see Batman lifting up the same mob boss and says "If you think, I have been bad news before." These are some great moments of how threatening Batman really is to the criminals of Gotham.

In this episode, we see that Bruce Wayne is also willing to take risks like Batman. But only in extreme danger. It is the scene where Bruce Waynes turns his car at the Red Claw's men after they tried to crash his car. Another interesting touch in The Cat and the Claw (Part 1 and Part 2) is the mission of one villain (Catwoman) is Preservation (Preserving the land for Mountain Lions) and the mission of the other villain (The Red Claw) is to cause destruction. Batman has to handle 2 female villains with opposite missions.

I also love how the dialogue is written in The Cat and the Claw Part 1 and Part 2. One of my favorite parts is the last scene where Catwoman says "So you do care." We see handcuffs on her hands and Batman says "More than you will ever know." Batman does care about Catwoman. But there is one thing that separates them - the law. I also love the conversations between Commissioner Gordon and Batman. It was very different compared to other episodes. Another interesting thing is the threatening side of The Red Claw is present in Part 1 (from the moment she appears) and throughout Part 2, because her thugs are causing danger to Bruce Wayne, Selena Kyle, and Maven. Red Claw's Virus is also causing trouble to Commission Gordon and the entire city of Gotham. Compared to other episodes, there is a feeling that lots of people are in danger at the same time through this episode.

Although this episode has a weak animation, still I rate the episode 10 out of 10 due to efforts of all the writers (Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright, Jules Dennis, and Richard Mueller) who worked on this episode.

Meeting the First Anti-Villain of our Story.

[David_del_Real_Reviews_in_IMDb · 9/10 · 8 November 2017]

Meeting the First Anti-Villain of our Story.

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Even when this whole story could have been told in one episode, I don't think that having done it in two parts was a mistake. The main virtue of the story (IMO) is to have presented us the first really complex character of Catwoman. As this merit should in theory be divided among the two episodes, I decided to give that full merit to this second episode and give it NINE out of ten stars, as I want to compensate a little for so many "bad reviews" that I consider to be mostly undeserved.

Mostly all former Catwomen including the one performed by Michelle Pfeiffer for "Batman Returns" who is still a favorite to many were just villains, contrary to the Selina Kyle of this story that works both as a villain and as a hero (She steals for profit or for fun but she also has her good side). I am not saying that there's anything wrong with the former incarnations of Catwoman like the already mentioned Michelle Pfeiffer or Julie Newmar, I'm just saying that we are dealing here with a different kind of character. Actually, the word anti-villain would be the most descriptive as it portrays someone who plays as a villain but has some heroic characteristics.

So, maybe the most important part of the story was to introduce us this new kind of character: ----The Anti-villains.---- Actually, more than one third of all Batman's villains could be considered anti-villains depending on the story we are referring to. One of my favorite examples is the character of Ultra-Humanite which in the "Justice League" episodes works much as an anti-villain. Also, some people sometimes consider Mr. Freeze as an anti-villain.

Now, talking about the story at hand, we have, if we follow the continuity of the story, which should take in consideration the events narrated in "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" movie , that maybe Bruce hasn't really cared for any woman since the events described in it. Now, in "The Cat and The Claw" we have a Bruce that begins to get really interested in an elegant woman with a sincere concern about wildlife (specially cats) whose name is Selina Kyle only to discover that she is Catwoman, a not so important thief, that nonetheless seems to be in love , not with Bruce Wayne, but with Batman... ...Later, having the terrorist leader know as "Red Claw" and her henchmen defeated by the unlikely team of Catwoman and Batman wasn't really a surprise as we already knew that they wouldn't be a match... ...nevertheless the way in which Red Claw found her end was indeed a surprise...

Thanks for reading.

IMDb Review by David del Real.

November 7th.

2017.

Part 2 is a Satisfying Conclusion

[panagiotis1993 · 7/10 · 23 February 2023]

This is part 2 of ''The Cat and the Claw'' which is kind of weird because part 1 was the first episode. Lol, love the line ''im an equal opportunity crime fighter''. I just noticed that Bruce has dark eye color. Since it is an animated show I would expect him to have blue, not that this is a huge problem but just saying. This episode was very fun. Red Claw was a likable villain and I really enjoyed watching Batman trying to destroy a deadly virus. The fight scenes were good, the music was epic, the chemistry between Batman and Catwoman is intriguing and also what was that cliffhanger in the end with Batman putting handcuffs on Catwoman? Will she go to jail or something? Interesting. My rating is 7.7/10.

pretty good

[orioncharwood · 8/10 · 21 January 2022]

I think this episode's animation is really underrated. The action is very exciting and surprisingly violent for a usual btas episode and the train heist scene is one of the best action sequences in the entire show. One dissapointing aspect is the last 3 minutes or so of the episode it just devolves into a bunch of mindless explosions, poorly animated ones at that. So in conclusion the episode has terrific action scenes and a pretty smart and witty script which is let down by subpar animation in the last few minutes.

Review: The Cat and the Claw Part II

[The-Social-Introvert · 6 October 2016]

Part II of TCATC is a visual disappointment. The animation is noticeably poorer than Part I due to the animation being done by Akom. The Japanese company Sunrise did the animation for the first part, and they did some of the best animation for this show. But here characters look weird, they move awkwardly, and there is a lack of flow in the quality of the picture.

Still, the story itself is a serviceable follow up. Batman fends off a baddie from killing Catwoman/Selina's assistant while she is away, and then sends her into hiding, but not before the assistant enlightens Batman with the fact that Catwoman is deeply in love with him. But more importantly, Bruce Wayne has a date! And on said date, whilst both Bruce and Selina are in the car, they are attacked by a vehicle with one of Red Claw's thugs at the wheel. This car chase, though entertaining and a showcase of Bruce's willingness to take risks when not dressed in the Batsuit, is probably where the animation is at its poorest. The cars move peculiarly and the skid that eventually sends the villain's car off of a bridge seems to defy the laws of physics.

After this, Red Claw and her crew perform a train heist where they successfully manage to steal the virus that they've been looking for. Batman is unable to stop them and also surprised that Red Claw is a female, to which she replies you've finally met your match", "not surprising it's a woman!" I thought this was interesting as it's more of a reference to how Catwoman is ultimately Batman's weakness. And she is of course a woman.

The climax of the episode takes place in the military base, where Batman and Catwoman are captured and hogtied and Red Claw reveals she has threatened Gotham by blackmailing them with a placebo virus in exchange for billions and, in typical Bond villain fashion, decides to leave the virus with Batman and Catwoman before pissing off, without shooting them. Naturally, the Bat and the Cat work together to free themselves and Batman, in spectacular fashion, ends up blowing the entire base up with a conveniently-parked fuel truck and a hand grenade.

After the cops arrive on the scene and all the hullabaloo is over, Catwoman makes her way back to her apartment. She is greeted by Batman, who mentions he has not reported her to the police, "yet." In a rather touching exchange, Catwoman remarks "So you do care (about me)?" after which we hear a click and the camera (do we still call it a camera in animation?) moves down to show us that Bat's has cuffed Catwoman.

Before we fade out and the epic closing theme starts, Batman remarks "More than you'll ever know." Touching stuff.

Overall this is a fine episode but rather let down by some dodgy animation.

My rating: 7.5/10

Ok...maybe the show did peak too early

[lbramson · 7/10 · 19 August 2023]

I'm not a fan of Part II at all. It's alright, but given how great Part I was, it's disappointing. On the positive note, the chemistry between the cat and the bat is still wonderful. Also, the ending shook me to the core. The animation is also, obviously stunning. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't kinda bored. Part I was a thrilling, perfect pilot, but this one felt kinda tired, bland, and a bit of a mess. For example, our main characters get kidnapped, but so much other stuff is going on and conflicting with this moment, to the point where you don't care. Some action sequences are really cool, but others are forgettable and uninteresting. I pray that this isn't a sign of things to come and is just a one off dud. I must admit, the climax of them destroying the plague is cool tho.

A fine enough finisher to a two-parter.

[madelynmcfly-20274 · 7/10 · 3 August 2023]

A fine enough finisher to a two-parter. I, again, don't think this episode is anywhere near the best stuff of this series, but for the first few episodes, it shows remarkable promise. The atmosphere presented in this show is delectable, hooking the viewer into a dark city, with hints of art deco in the architecture. It's nice to see the layers of Batman in this episode, as he tries to understand his feelings, and the balance that comes from being a vigilante. Admittedly, Red Claw is not a very intriguing villain to me, so that sows drag the episode down a bit. I think the character dynamics will continue to flourish as the show goes on, and so will the animation, but for now... I can't wait to see it only get better.

Two-parter limps toward conclusion

[Mr-Fusion · 5/10 · 21 December 2016]

I don't remember disliking 'The Cat and the Claw Part II' when I was younger, but it's certainly not my favorite now. It's got action, and that undoubtedly helps with the teenage crowd But it also ends in Batman using explosives to get right of the virus.

Do what now?

And then there's the noticeable downgrade in animation quality.

But shortcomings aside, it does show Bruce's empathy for Selina and very much leaves the door open for her return. But as the back half of a double episode, this is the forgettable sibling.

5/10