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17. Vacation Batgirl
As much as I love Batgirl, this entry isn’t gonna be specifically about her, because it’s gonna be about that surfboard. Batman on a surfboard is a classic piece of media iconography, so we have to look at where that comes from!
In an episode of the ’66 Batman TV show titled Surf’s Up! Joker’s Under!, set in the middle of the explosion of surfing culture, Batman wanted to cash in. So did The Joker, it seems, and he went to mess around on Gotham’s Beaches. He kidnapped a teen surfing whiz so he could use his brain-swapping machine and…be really good at surfing.
It seems like there must be an easier way to do that. So Batman and The Joker had a surfing competition as Robin and Batgirl just sorta watched. Then there was a fight scene, and the episode ended. But it will live on through gifs for all of history and time.
Cockroaches may one day rule the earth, but they’ll still be entertained by Adam West ruling the waves.
