As Bruce is leaving, Boyle comments that he is to be presented with a humanitarian award. When Bruce expresses mild surprise, Boyle states that when employees get out of line, it's time to "pull the plug", so to speak, and admits that his "People's Company" speeches are just an act for the sake of the Public Relations. Boyle says the only person he can think of is dead: a former research scientist who used the company's funding for his own benefit, and who apparently died in a laboratory accident. Batman manages to shatter the ice on himself and is forced to take care of the thug, who is dying of hypothermia, rather than pursue Freeze.Īfter using a special bath to revive the man and melt the ice sheet on his legs, Batman, who has himself developed a cold from the encounter, visits Gothcorp as Bruce Wayne, hoping to learn who might have a grudge against it. Freeze orders his men to leave his comrade behind, and they escape. He fires his freeze gun at Batman, but misses and accidentally hits one of his own men in the legs, before managing to freeze Batman. Their ringleader appears, a man in a strange suit of armor calling himself Mr. Batman exits the car and engages the thieves. When the Batmobile arrives, a freeze ray from the van creates a sheet of ice that causes the car to spin out of control and crash. That night, an armored vehicle attacks the GothCorp installation in question. However, the machine is still missing one more component, meaning Batman knows where the thieves will strike next. In the Batcave, Batman examines a list of the stolen devices and finds that, when combined, they form a larger version of the freeze gun, large enough to become a fully-operational freezing cannon to the extent of being a city-wide threat. Ferris Boyle, GothCorp's CEO, says he doesn't know what the mysterious perpetrator has against GothCorp, but hopes any differences can be patched up. Later on, Summer Gleeson gives a report on a series of mysterious heists pulled at various offices of GothCorp, all with the same M.O.: a " freeze gun" that creates a cold wave capable of generating thick sheets of ice and snow, according to eyewitnesses. Using high-technology equipment and motivated by the only thought of revenge, Freeze is able to overpower the vigilante and soon he makes way for his ultimate target, the CEO of GothCorp, Ferris Boyle.Īs a ballerina effigy dances in her glass dome, a strange, armored man talks to the small dancer, promising a "best served cold" revenge against the "monster" for taking her from him. Unusual cold-related crimes have been targetting GothCorp industries and Batman is forced to intervene against the mastermind criminal who calls himself Mister Freeze. Heart of Ice was the 14th produced episode and the third episode aired. This is also the first episode of the show to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. It introduces the iconic villain Mister Freeze and revamps the origins of the character completely, giving him a dark and tragic background, which was later adapted into the comic book versions of the character. Heart of Ice is an episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series.
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