The Mark II Batmobile
The Mark II Batmobile is Batman's second Batmobile.
Features
- Camera recorder
- Controller switches
- Shifter
- Grapple
History
After he replaced the previous Batmobile that he used in his battles against the Joker and Penguin, Batman took that model Batmobile out to confront Two-Face as he held up the Second National Bank of Gotham.
While he patrolled Gotham City's streets, Batman was ambushed by Two-Face and his thugs. While he escaped the initial attack, Two-Face's Thugs gave chase in their own cars until Batman turned down an alleyway and, using a grapple system that was built into the Batmobile, ascended the building walls; that allowed him to escape while Two-Face's Thugs crashed into the wall below.
Following Dick Grayson's discovery of the Batcave, Alfred was forced to inform Bruce of the theft of the Batmobile as Grayson had taken the car on a joy-ride through Gotham's streets. As he was already in Gotham, Bruce managed to track down Grayson and apprehended both the youth and the Batmobile, and took both back to the Batcave.
During Two-Face and the Riddler's attack on Wayne Manor, this Batmobile was destroyed along with a majority of the Batcave.
Trivia
- This Batmobile is seen in the Riddle Me This: What Is Batman Forever? special with Chris O'Donnell coming out of the vehicle after being revealed to have driven it.
- In episode 53 of the TV series The Drew Carey Show, Drew Carey won the Mark II Batmobile as a prize. Lewis and Oswald take it on a joyride dressed as Batman and Robin without Drew's permission. Oswald was played by Diedrich Bader (Batman's voice in Batman: The Brave and the Bold).
- In The New Batman Adventures episode "Legends of the Dark Knight", three teenagers discuss their ideas about what Batman is really like. They briefly meet an effeminate youth named Joel in front of a shoemaker's shop, whose idea of Batman consists mainly of a fascination with the tight rubber suits and a Batmobile that can drive up walls (as seen in Batman Forever). The other three children treat Joel's ideas with utter disdain.
- In the 2011 remake of the comedy film Arthur, Arthur (played by Russell Brand) drives the Mark II while wearing the OnStar suit, a modified version of the 4th Generation Batsuit.
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