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Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt is 2003 TV movie reuniting the cast of the Batman TV show. It stars, of course, Adam West and Burt Ward and also Jack Brewer and Jason Marsden, who play the young Adam West/Batman and Burt Ward/Robin in flashbacks.

Plot

Adam West and Burt Ward (who appear as themselves) are taken on a crazy adventure when the Batmobile is stolen from a car museum during one of their public appearances and they must track down the thief and return it. After solving a puzzle, they realize that the clues to finding the fiend who stole the Batmobile are hidden in their past. During the search, they flashback to their three seasons in tights, including their many sexual escapades. Ultimately they find the Batmobile, but get caught in the villain's lair. Tied to dynamite, will Adam and Burt get out in time? Tune in next time...same bat time...same bat channel!!

Trivia

  • The movie also stars Frank Gorshin who played the Riddler, Julie Newmar who played Catwoman for the first two seasons of the show and Lee Meriwether who played Catwoman in Batman (1966). Gorshin and Newmar appear as themselves, while Meriwether appears as a waitress.
  • Betty White and Lyle Waggoner both have cameos in the movie.
  • Lyle Waggoner originally auditioned for the part of Batman in the series but eventually lost out to Adam West. Some of his actual audition tape footage can be seen in the movie.
  • The most noticeable surviving cast member not to appear in the movie is Yvonne Craig who played Batgirl in the third season of the show. When asked by a fan at a convention why she didn't appear in it she replied that she didn't like the script and politely turned it down.
  • Jason Marsden who plays the young Burt Ward/Robin has done a few voice roles in the recent DC Warner Bros Cartoons such as Justice League and Batman Beyond.
  • Due to licensing problems involving the original TV series (see the article Batman (TV series)), the makers of this film were only allowed to use footage from the 1966 Batman feature film. As a result, Lee Meriwether's rendition of Catwoman is the only one seen in archive footage in this film. Zambia-born actress Julia Rose plays the young Julie Newmar and gets to briefly don the Catwoman costume.
  • Adam West's daughter, Nina West, has a cameo as a psychotic actress who tries to kill Burt Ward after a one-night stand.
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