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Old 10-27-2010, 07:54 PM
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What's your favorite "Holy ___________, Batman!" line? (60s TV show)

I was just reading this thread about the 60s "Batman" TV show, and it made me think about all the times Robin said "Holy (insert word or phrase here), Batman!" There must have been a bunch of them during the show's run.

What's your favorite one? Please limit yourself to ones that Burt Ward actually said, rather than ones you WISH he'd said.

Here's my favorite, for the sheer absurdity of it:

"Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods, Batman!"
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Old 10-27-2010, 08:02 PM
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No specific examples come to mind, but can we also include the 1977 animated "The New Adventures of Batman", in which Ward and Adam West reprise their roles?
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Old 10-27-2010, 08:08 PM
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"Holy 'Wizard of Oz' Batman! That twister's...gonna somethin somethin"
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Old 10-27-2010, 08:20 PM
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For some ideas.
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Old 10-27-2010, 08:37 PM
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Without Looking at the athelas's link:

When Batman and Robin are about to get broiled in the sun, Robin says:

"Holy Oleo"

and Catwoman responds:

"I didn't know you could yodel".

Off to see if it is in the link.

Nope. Darn
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Old 10-27-2010, 08:41 PM
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Without Looking at the athelas's link:

When Batman and Robin are about to get broiled in the sun, Robin says:

"Holy Oleo"

and Catwoman responds:

"I didn't know you could yodel".

Off to see if it is in the link.

Nope. Darn
You left out a piece. Catwoman explains how the reflector that is about to fry the dynamic duo is coated in margerine. To which Robin exclaims "Holy Oleo !"
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Old 10-27-2010, 10:49 PM
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There was an episode where Robin fell off a building and Batman threw him a Batarang on a rope, saying:

"Robin! Catch this in your teeth!"

Of course, Robin did and was rescued. He then said:

"Holy molars, Batman! It's a good thing I brush my teeth!"

Then, Batman said, with a completely straight face:

"Yes, Robin. You owe your life... to dental hygiene."

I think it took me at least 2 minutes to stop laughing at that line.
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Old 10-27-2010, 11:16 PM
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"Holy rusted metal, Batman!" Whoops, wrong Batman.
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Old 10-27-2010, 11:22 PM
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On the other hand, that WAS my favourite.

'There's rusted metal...and it's full of holes...'
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Old 10-28-2010, 05:29 AM
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I love that show.

No examples come to mind at the moment, I'll have to get back to you...

Holy amesia, Batman!
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Old 10-28-2010, 06:03 AM
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Not necessarily my favorite, but a memoral one nonetheless was when Batman saved Catwoman and they had a tender moment. As the two walked away, Robin yelled "Holy mush."
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Old 10-28-2010, 07:58 AM
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I doubt they ever risked offending a religion in the show, but I've fantasized about the Dynamic Duo investigating thefts from the Vatican, and Robin finding a stolen statue of the Virgin:

"Holy Mary, Mother of God, Batman!"
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Old 10-28-2010, 09:21 AM
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I doubt they ever risked offending a religion in the show, but I've fantasized about the Dynamic Duo investigating thefts from the Vatican, and Robin finding a stolen statue of the Virgin:

"Holy Mary, Mother of God, Batman!"



Or one of the crooks hideouts is in a bakery, and he screams "Holy Donuts"
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Old 10-28-2010, 09:24 AM
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Or one of the crooks hideouts is in a bakery, and he screams "Holy Donuts"
Or they bust up a Rastafarian gathering: "Holy Smoke!"
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:55 AM
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Or if Robin spotted Storm of the X-Men on a beach in Honolulu:

"Holy Halle haole!"
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:04 AM
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I still have, somewhere (I think it's in the rag box now) an ancient T-shirt from the 80's with Robin on it with the one caption he never said -- "Holy shit, Batman!".
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:17 AM
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My favourite was always "Holy interplanetary yardstick!"
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:49 AM
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My favorite is "Holy contributing to the delinquency of minors".
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:00 PM
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My fake one is a scenerio where the Dynamic Duo are chasing the Joker through a warehouse, and he escapes by dumping a crateful of condoms on them- leading to the remark "Holy prophylactic Batman!"
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Old 11-06-2010, 08:23 PM
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Great ones, everybody!

"Holy mucilage" is a new one on me and takes second place, but nothing will replace "Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods" in my heart.
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Old 11-06-2010, 11:07 PM
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Or if Robin spotted Storm of the X-Men on a beach in Honolulu:

"Holy Halle haole!"
I bow before your exalted trifecta.
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Old 11-06-2010, 11:11 PM
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"Holy shit, Batman!"

"Robin! Whatever possessed you to use such profanity?"

(Cut to Robin standing in front of a huge steaming pile, with Circus Elephants in the background.)

Oh wait, that never happened.
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Old 11-06-2010, 11:16 PM
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Sorry, I have to do that one better.

(Batman and Robin walking through the woods)

"Holy Shit, Batman!"
"Heroes do not use profanity, Robin"

(cut to a shot of Robin picking up his foot, with shit all over it.
Then cut to a shot of the Pope running away.)

"I guess the Pope really does defecate in the woods, Robin!"
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Old 11-07-2010, 12:09 AM
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Or they bust up a Rastafarian gathering: "Holy Smoke!"
Robin actually did yell "Holy smoke!" in the episode "Smack in the Middle" when Batman blew a hole into the Riddler's hideout to rescue him.
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Old 11-07-2010, 12:28 AM
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...but nothing will replace "Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods" in my heart.
Same here, and it was right in the OP. The rest of the thread could only be a letdown.

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"Holy Halle haole!"
Olé!
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Old 11-07-2010, 05:14 AM
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"Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch ! Is that a killer rabbit, Batman !?!"

"No Robin. It's just a harmless little bunny..."
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Old 11-07-2010, 06:20 AM
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Hermes on Futurama is obviously a decendant of Burt Ward.
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Old 11-07-2010, 02:30 PM
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Too bad there was never an opportunity to for Robin to say Holy Guacamole.
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Old 11-07-2010, 04:22 PM
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"Holy radioactive pussies Batman!"

I don't know if that made it into the actual episode. But Adam West likes to tell the story about what I assume was a Catwoman episode since it involves cat statues, and how everyone would crack up when Robin tried to say that line.
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Old 11-10-2010, 11:54 AM
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I know he never said it on the show, but "Holy Underwear, Batman!" was always a favorite on my block when I was growing up.
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Old 11-10-2010, 12:18 PM
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The only one I remember was when the Dynamic Duo was about to get crushed by a giant rock.

"Holy mashed potatoes, Batman!"
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Old 11-10-2010, 12:57 PM
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"Holy radioactive pussies Batman!"

I don't know if that made it into the actual episode. But Adam West likes to tell the story about what I assume was a Catwoman episode since it involves cat statues, and how everyone would crack up when Robin tried to say that line.
I think that episode is on next Monday/Tuesday night on HUB.

Please don't ask me why I know this.
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Old 11-10-2010, 01:49 PM
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Batman: Robin, I just heard catwoman is pregnant.

Robin: Holy rubbers, Batman!

Batman: Right again Robin.
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