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* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]: Whatever other flaws the movie may have, it used the ''bombing-awesome'' theme song introduced in ''Forever''.
** Plus, the pop soundtrack is really good (even if the vastly superior remix to R. Kelly's "Gotham City" is left out) in a "Why tie this music to this movie?" sense.
*** So much that [[
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* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: ''Poison Ivy'', of course.
* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: All of them.
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** Or a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Bat-Brain Bleach]].
** Also, the dead, open eyed face Poison Ivy always makes when she kisses her victims is a notable turn-off when it should be the opposite (before the guy dies anyway).
** Ivy's
** Also, Poison Ivy's first evil entrance has her dancing erotically in a gorilla suit before revealing herself.
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*** This may be a [[Shout
* [[Fight Scene Failure]]: Batman uses the Force Kick technique on one of Mr. Freeze's henchman in the fight for the Wayne Diamonds.
* [[Ham and Cheese]] / [[Large Ham]] / [[Ham
* [[Hate Dumb]]: While it's widely accepted as a pretty bad movie, it's not uncommon to see people overreact with childish anger at its mere mention. It may have its flaws, but it's not like it killed anyone.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: When Ivy, in her guise as Pamela Isley, is about to kiss (and kill) Commissioner Gordon, she stops and tells him "On second thought, you're way too old for me." At one point in her life, Uma Thurman was married to Gary Oldman, who portrays the ''younger'' Gordon during his early career in [[The Dark Knight Saga|Christopher Nolan's Batman series]].
** In the movie, Batgirl defeats Poison Ivy. In reality, Poison Ivy got the last laugh: Uma Thurman was able to salvage her career after this, but Alicia Silverstone...was not. And it wasn't even by choice like Chris O'Donnell, her career just ''died.'' See [[Never Live It Down]].
** In this film, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] tries to kill Batman. In [[Terminator Salvation]], he gets a second chance to kill Batman again.
* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Pamela Isley is "ugly" before becoming Poison Ivy because [[Hollywood Nerd|she has glasses, a ponytail and frumpy clothes]]. All of which disappears when she is turned into Poison Ivy, who looks and sounds more like a reject from a drag show than a "hot chick." This is all the more remarkable considering she is played by ''[[Uma Thurman]]''.
* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: While the ''film'' averts this by never pointing it out, Alicia Silverstone had noticeably put on weight since her fame peaked, and the press had a field day with it at the time of the film's release.
** The costume department didn't find it so funny. Silverstone apparently refused to diet or keep up a workout regimen while filming, meaning they had to redo the form-fitting (and very expensive) Batgirl costume repeatedly.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Undertones of it are pretty much undeniable between the title characters. Supposedly, George Clooney retroactively claims he played Batman as gay (although it seems more of a [[Take That]] against said undertones than anything with truth in it).
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'''Bruce Wayne''': Listen, Dick, it's a poisonous kiss.
'''Dick Grayson''': A poisonous kiss? You don't understand. She understands how I feel.
'''Bruce Wayne''': She has clouded your mind and you're not thinking straight.
'''Dick Grayson''': I ''am'' thinking straight. For the first time in a long time. }}
* [[Ink Stain Adaptation]]
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "YOU LIE!!!"
** Pretty much anything that Schwarzenegger says, due to the sheer lameness of his puns.
* [[Never Live It Down]]: Joel Schumacher has been forever associated with this film and while he's still working (his biggest effort since is the movie version of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' musical), despite his strong resume before the ''[[Batman]]'' franchise he's more a B-list than A-list director now. He's also frequently [[
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** The combination of this film and the equally disastrous ''[[The Avengers (1998
*** Alicia Silverstone and Chris O' Donnell both seemed to drop off the A-list soon after this movie.
*** O'Donnell's work slowed down by personal choice; he said he had plenty of offers on notable projects, but turned down just about all of them so he could focus on raising his children.
* [[The Problem
* [[Snark Bait]]: Ripping on this film is pretty popular. Many snark sites have dedicated time to it. The film was also nominated for a whopping eleven Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, though it only won for Worst Supporting Actress (Alicia Silverstone).
** Its presence is all but guaranteed on a "worst [[Superhero]] film ever" list, and makes more occasional cameos on generic "Worst Films Ever" lists as well. Cracked.com, however, used this movie's reputation to create a list of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17118_5-comic-book-movies-way-worse-than-batman-robin.html "five comic book movies way worse than Batman and Robin"]-- most of which are waaay more obscure than ''Batman and Robin''.
** Bane especially seems to be a good source of snark, especially when compared to the one played by Tom Hardy in ''The Dark Knight Rises''.
* [[So Bad
* [[Special Effect Failure]]: There are several obvious bluescreen shots and lots of rubber icicles.
** NONE of those effects compare to the fact that there are certain scenes in the movie that are just played backwards AND forwards.
* [[Squick]]: Alfred had a Batsuit made for Barbara... in her exact, form-fitting measurements.
* [[Took the Bad Film Seriously]]: Michael Gough, despite a very [[One
* [[Villain Decay]]: This movie takes Bane, one of Batman's most strategically successful enemies in the comics, and turns him into a [[Pokémon
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* [[Wall Banger]]: Enough for [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}/Wall Banger|a page of their own]].
* [[Wangst]]: Robin seems to spend a good chunk of the movie complaining about something or other.
* [[
** Most folks just assumed he was cast because he had a slightly similar accent to the character's portrayals in the Adam West TV series.
* [[WTH Costuming Department]]: The Batnipples are this trope's poster child.
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