Gotham Girls
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| Genre | Animated comedy/drama with film noir elements. |
| Created by | Noodle Soup Productions |
| Starring | Adrienne Barbeau Arleen Sorkin Diane Pershing Tara Strong Jennifer Hale Bob Hastings Tom Kenny |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 30 (3 series of 10) |
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| Producer(s) | Jeremy Rosenberg Ben Stein |
| Running time | 3–5 minutes per episode (more with interactive elements) |
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| Original channel | Internet (gothamgirls.com / www2.warnerbros.com) |
| Original run | 2000 – 2002 |
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Gotham Girls is an American animated Flash cartoon series about the females of Gotham City, created and produced jointly by Warner Brothers and Noodle Soup Productions. Episodes starred Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Batgirl, Catwoman and Zatanna in short stories of varying length about the daily lives of the characters (from the DC Comics universe).
It is also the name of a related comic book series.
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[edit] Flash animation series
Gotham Girls is one of the few series of Flash animations made by a professional publisher of mainstream cartoons, and features professional voice-acting by the same actresses and actors as those who voiced the television series. Its use of Flash (and also vector graphics) enables the animation to appear undistorted and unpixellated at any size/resolution.
Each episode features a mini-game or puzzle which can be played while the clip downloads, as well as an interactive feature which allows viewers to help a character make a certain decision.
Other features of the website include downloadable trailers (1, 2), screensavers, desktop backgrounds, internet chat buddy icons, as well as biographies of the characters (additional bios can be viewed by clicking on the occasional flapping bat image appearing in the bottom-right corner while watching the show itself at certain points) and an online version of the classic game Othello (aka Reversi) featuring the Gotham Girls.
The series lasted for three seasons (10 episodes each), with each episode released month-by-month. While the first two seasons featured primarily comedic episodes, the third season attempted to make the show more serious. These episodes linked directly to Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero. Dropping the magician Zatanna from its lineup and adding a host of new characters to the cast, including Detective Renee Montoya, each episode from this series tied into the next, forming a collective thirty-minute whodunit. The storyline also dealt with issues not seen since Batman: The Animated Series, such as the corruption of the Gotham Police Force, Poison Ivy's environmental crusade and Commissioner Gordon's wavering faith in costumed superheroes.
The series finale, "Cold Hands, Cold Heart" aired in 2002, wrapping up the mystery and ending the website. GothamGirls.com remains online as an archive of the series, however the visible website only links to the animations for Series 3; to see Seasons 1 and 2, you have to click on the below links.
[edit] Season 1
- "The Vault"
- "Lap Bat"
- "Trick or Trick (Part one)"
"Trick or Trick (Part two)" - "A Little Night Magic"
- "More Than One Way"
- "Precious Birthstones"
- "Pave Paradise"
- "The Three Babes"
- "The Gardener's Apprentice"
- "Lady - X"
[edit] Season 2
- "Hold That Tiger"
- "Miss Un-Congeniality"
- "Strategery"
- "Baby Boom"
- "Cat -n- Mouse"
- "Bat'ing Cleanup"
- "Catsitter"
- "Gotham Noir"
- "Scout's Dis-Honor"
- "I'm Badgirl"
[edit] Season 3
- "Ms.-ing in Action"
- "Gotham in Pink"
- "Hear Me Roar"
- "Gotham in Blue"
- "A Cat in the Hand"
- "Jailhouse Wreck"
- "Honor Among Thieves"
- "No, I'm Batgirl"
- "Signal Fires"
- "Cold Hands, Cold Heart"
[edit] Season 3 bios
This is a list of bios which can be viewed by clicking on the occasional flapping bat image appearing in the bottom right corner of the screen during Season 3 episodes.
- "Ms.-ing in Action" - this episode shows a dedication to the people who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001.
- "Gotham in Pink" - this episode shows the bios of Acting Commissioner Caroline Greenway & Acting Mayor Elizabeth Styles.
- "Hear Me Roar" - this episode shows Harley taking objects out of a shopping cart, such as Mad Hatter's hat, Joker's chomping teeth, a sample of Clayface's mud, & Killer Croc's rock, until she finally reaches a Mr. Freeze weapon.
- "Gotham in Blue" - this episode shows Dora opening the secret compartment in Commissioner Gordon's desk, & it has a pocket watch in it, with a picture of him & Barbara. The time is 6:39 & 10 seconds, & the glass appears to be broken. There is also a magazine, & a key ring which opens all doors in Police Headquarters, along with his ID card.
- "A Cat in the Hand" - this episode shows the device which made the men disappear with labels on it. It has a DNA Slot, a Depth Level Input, a Target Zone Volume, & a Reverse Polarity.
- "Jailhouse Wreck" - this episode shows an article in the newspaper.
- "Honor Among Thieves" - this episode allows you to see through Renee's binoculars. Pointing forward will show the Jewelry store, pointing right will show an alley, pointing down will show Renee's feet, & pointing left will show graffiti.
- "No, I'm Batgirl!" - this episode has no bio.
- "Signal Fires" - this episode shows the contents of the lockers in the Special Crimes Dangerous Evidence Vault. In the Two Face locker there is a statue with one face on the front of the head & another on the back, along with half black half white balls which multiply when thrown. There is also a coin with two scratches on it. In the Penguin locker there are umbrellas. In the Riddler locker there is a hat, exploding underwear, a gun & a spray bottle. In the Mr. Freeze locker there is a WANTED poster, a mirror, a snowglobe with a girl inside it, (resembling the glass case he kept Nora in) & the post for the stolen device.
- "Cold Hands, Cold Heart" - this episode allows you to cast your vote for who was behind the crime. You can choose from Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Montoya, Dora, Selma Reesdale, Caroline Greenway, Batgirl & Elizabeth Styles.
[edit] Voice cast
- Adrienne Barbeau – Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Renee Montoya
- Arleen Sorkin – Dr. Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn)
- Diane Pershing – Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley (Poison Ivy)
- Tara Strong – Barbara Gordon (Batgirl)
- Jennifer Hale – Dora Smithy, Acting Commissioner Caroline Greenway
- Bob Hastings – Commissioner James Gordon
- Tom Kenny – WGBS Anchor, Rogue Cop, Additional Voices
[edit] Comic series
A highly successful five-issue Gotham Girls comic book mini-series was produced by DC Comics in 2002 written by Paul Storrie, riding on the popularity of the online animated series and providing more mainstream publicity for its internet-based predecessor. It starred Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Batgirl and Renee Montoya, and each issue spotlighted one of these characters to a certain degree. The story, which took place in the DC animated universe, involved a vial of chemicals that the three villainesses fought over, as they also tried to avoid capture by Batgirl and Detective Montoya.
[edit] Batman: Harley and Ivy
There was also a sequel mini-series of sorts to the Gotham Girls comic mini-series, titled Batman: Harley and Ivy. This 3 issue mini-series followed the continued misadventures of Harley and Ivy.
[edit] DVD release
Warner Bros. Home Video has announced that the complete Gotham Girls series will be included as a bonus feature on the upcoming DVD release of the 'Birds of Prey TV series, with a scheduled North American release date of July 15, 2008.[1][2]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Gotham Girls official site,
- Gotham Girls @ The World's Finest
- Gotham Girls at the Internet Movie Database
- Anination
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