# Jingle Bells, Batman smells... fill in the rest

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 24, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells-fill-in-the-rest/928845 "2020-12-24T21:23:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells-fill-in-the-rest/928845/21 "2020-12-25T22:28:01Z")

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> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#):
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> These are the exact lines Mark Hamill sang in the cartoon per him on Twitter.

That was the point I realized Batman TAS was the best Batman show. Ever.

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**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells-fill-in-the-rest/928845/22 "2020-12-25T23:33:12Z")

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For me It is the same as your first response. And of course, as a fan of Tom Scott, I recall he recently did a video of this very research question to excess:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V5u9JSnAAU4/maxresdefault.jpg "I Asked 64,182 People About “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here's What I Found Out.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5u9JSnAAU4)

Cheers,  
-DF

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells-fill-in-the-rest/928845/23 "2020-12-26T01:24:30Z")

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Or Spongebob’s version:

Jingle bells  
Mermaidman smells  
Barnacleboy laid an egg  
Invisibleboatmobile lost its wheel  
And the Joker ran away

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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells-fill-in-the-rest/928845/24 "2020-12-26T20:48:32Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> That was the point I realized Batman TAS was the best Batman show. Ever.

Mark is cool… and as the case may be… talented.

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**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells-fill-in-the-rest/928845/25 "2020-12-27T19:26:02Z")

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Late 60s early 70s in Minnesota was the same Batman smells lyrics but ended with “and the joker broke his leg”.

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