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| runtime = 26 min. (approx. 6 min. per short)
| creator = [[Hal Seeger]]
| starring = [[Frank Buxton]]<br />[[Len Maxwell]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=60}}</ref>
| narrated = Len Maxwell
| writer = [[Dennis Marks (screenwriter)|Dennis Marks]]<br />[[Heywood Kling]]
| company = [[Hal Seeger|Hal Seeger Productions]]<br />[[Golden West Broadcasters]]
| country = United States
| network = [[KTLA]] & [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
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'''''Batfink & Karate''''' is an American animated television series, consisting of five-minute shorts, that first aired in April 1966.<ref name=Mackay>{{efn|David Mackay published a filmography of Batfink in the Sept. 1993 issues of Frames per Second magazine,<ref>[http://www.fpsmagazine.com/blog/index.php FarmesFrames per Second] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623013502/http://www.fpsmagazine.com/blog/index.php |date=23 June 2014}} magazine,</ref> and also provided a complete listing of episodes, plot summaries and air dates on his [website<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/index.html website] {{Webarchive|urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305191137/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/index.html |dateurl-status=dead|title=website|archivedate=5 March 5, 2005}} As of June 2014, the website is down an only available via the Internet Archive.</ref>}} The 100-episode series was quickly created by [[Hal Seeger]], starting in 1966, to send up the popular ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' and ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|Green Hornet]]'' television series, which had premiered the same year.<ref>{{cite news|title= Another Caped Crusader, Super Tongue in Cheek |work=The New York Times |date=5 August 2007|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/arts/television/05deca.html|access-date=10 January 2011|first=Frank|last=Decaro|archive-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728140642/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/arts/television/05deca.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Ed |title=50 Saturday Morning Cartoons From The 1960s, THE FINTSTONES to SUPERHEROES and SCOOBY-DOO |url=https://toonado.com/cartoons/50-saturday-morning-cartoons-from-the-1960s-the-fintstones-to-superheroes-and-scooby-doo-a4356 |access-date=27 April 2022 |publisher=toonado.com |date=18 February 2022 |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424041539/https://toonado.com/cartoons/50-saturday-morning-cartoons-from-the-1960s-the-fintstones-to-superheroes-and-scooby-doo-a4356 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Plot==
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==Characters==
===Batfink===
Hot Sir B. Batfink (voiced by [[Frank Buxton]]) is a superpowered [[anthropomorphic]] grey [[cyborg]] [[bat]] in a yellow costume with a big red "B" on the chest and red [[Gauntlet (glove)|gauntlet]]s and boots.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Markstein |first1=Don |title=Batfink |url=http://www.toonopedia.com/batfink.htm |website=Don Markstein's Toonopedia |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> He uses his supersonic sonar radar and black metallic wings to fight crime. When not fighting crime, Batfink lives in a [[Split-level home|split-level]] cave, though he also has a direct video link to the Chief's office in case his help is needed.
 
Batfink's "supersonic sonar radar" is a super-powered version of a bat's [[Animal echolocation|echolocation]], used to locate prey. Batfink's power takes the form of the letters of the word "BEEP", either once or twice emanating from his mouth. The lettersradar areis anthropomorphic and sentient and can fly wherever Batfink needs them to go – accompanied by a distinctive beeping noise. His catchphrase during that time is "My supersonic sonar radar will help me!" Whenever Batfink said those words, he would say it through the open sun roof of the Battilac car, while it was not in motion. The lettersradar can see;, feel fear;, evade capture; and report back to Batfink on what theyit havehas seen. In one episode, the "BEEP"radar is ambushed and beaten up. The "BEEP"radar also gets confused, misdirected, and lost, leaving Batfink to rely on other means to spy upon the episode's villain. Once, when the "BEEP"radar is sent to investigate Queenie Bee and her swarm of villainous bees, it returns with the letters "EEP" swollen with bee stings. When Karate asks Batfink: "How come they just stung the EEPE-E-P?", Batfinkhe replies: "Because a bee would never harm another 'Bbee.' But a 'B'bee will tell on another bee – Queenie Bee is in THERE!.". The literal spelled-out appearance of an [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopœia]] was a [[running gag]] not limited to the supersonic sonar radar; in one episode, Hugo A-Go-Go invented a tickling stick that tickles its adversaries into submission, which sent out the words "Kitchy Koo" to do the deed on Batfink (the episode ended with Batfink slicing the K's off to create the far more irritating, but less distracting, "Itchy Oo").
 
Batfink's main defense are his metallic wings, which he is able to fold around himself as a protective shield against most attacks, thereby spawning the most famous catchphrase of the show: "Your bullets cannot harm me – my wings are like a shield of steel!" He claims in some episodes that his wings are [[stainless steel]], but in other episodes he explicitly states that they are not – since he always carries a can of spot remover to keep them polished. Batfink can also use his wings as offensive weapons. In one episode, he uses one of them as a [[sword]] during a duel. His wings can also help him fly at incredible speeds. They are often used to help him escape certain death or cut through bonds when he has been captured (he can break out of regular ropes, but not [[rubber]] ones). In the episode "Ebenezer the Freezer", Batfink has automatic [[retrorocket]]s built into his wings, but not in any other episode. Sometimes, his wings hinder him. When in water, he will sink because of the weight of his metal wings. Powerful [[magnet]]smagnets are also a problem for him. [[Plutonium]], for reasons unexplained (but possibly relating to his birth in a plutonium mine), also renders the wings useless. Batfink's life and wings are explained in the final episode, "Batfink: This Is Your Life", which depicts his boyhood and how his real wings were replaced.
 
Batfink rides in a customized pink car resembling a [[Volkswagen Beetle]] with [[scallop]]ed rear [[fins]] and bat-winged red "B" emblems on the doors and hood. Called the "Battillac" (rhymes with "[[Cadillac]]"), the car is outfitted with a [[sun roof]] and many defensive devices, and is resistant to collision damage and energy weapons. Batfink often says something like "It's a good thing the Battillac is equipped with a [[Nuclear fusion|thermonuclear]] [[plutonium]]-insulated blast shield!" and Karate replies, "It's also good it was a small bomb". As soon as a crime is acknowledged, Batfink says "Karate, the Battillac!"
 
In the last episode of the series, titled "Batfink: This Is Your Life", it is revealed that Batfink was born in an abandoned [[plutonium]] mine, which is where he obtained his powers, and that he lost his natural wings as a child while saving his mother's life, after escaped convicts blew up their mountain-top cave (plutonium in real life is too scarce in the Earth's crust to be mined, it must be synthesized, usually from [[uranium]]). This incident is what motivated him to become a crime-fighter.
 
===Karate===
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===The Chief===
The [[Chief of police|Chief of Police]] (voiced by [[Len Maxwell]]) is Batfink's contact on the local police force and informs Batfink of all the latest crimes via a direct video link to Batfink's Split-Level Cave; Batfink answers "The hotline — Batfink here". The Chief also has a wife and children, who never appear onscreen, but are mentioned by Karate as having seen them in the episode "Tough MacDuff."
 
===The Mayor===
The [[Mayor]] is the unnamed mayor of the city that Batfink protects.
 
===The Narrator===
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===Other villains===
Other villains that are Batfink's enemies are:
 
* '''Ebeneezer the Freezer''' is a villain who collaborated with Hugo A-Go-Go in a plot to freeze the city.
* '''Mr. Boomer''' is the owner of Boomer Glass Works who has been using the sonic booms caused by his jets to improve his business.
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* '''Bony Mahoney, Diet Wyatt and Scrawny Arnie the Narrow Knaves''' are the henchmen of Skinny Minnie.
* '''Fatman''' is a criminal with an inflatable suit who steals fat items.
* '''Gluey Louie''' is a villain who uses [[glue]] in his capers.
* '''Brother Goose''' is a supervillain who always leaves taunting clues based on [[nursery rhyme]]s.
* '''Myron the Magician''' is a criminal [[Magic (illusion)|magician]].
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* '''Swami Salami''' is a criminal snake charmer.
* '''The Human Pretzel''' is a criminal contortionist.
* '''Professor Hopper''' is a criminal [[flea circus]] owner who uses his trained [[flea]]sfleas to commit crimes.
* '''Roz the Schnozz''' is a criminal with a [[bloodhound]]-like nose.
* '''Lucky Chuck''' is a lucky criminal.
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* '''Professor Flippo''' is a mad scientist who invented a machine that turns things upside down.
* '''The Rotten Rainmaker''' is a villain with a weather-controlling machine.
* '''Gypsy James''' is a parking-meter thief and [[Fortune-telling|fortune teller]] who makes voodoo dolls of Batfink and Karate to try to seal their fate.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9RoSx7-NPU |title=Batfink – "Gypsy James" – 1967 – YouTube]|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
* '''The Chameleon''' is an art thief who uses portable camouflage screens.
* '''Beanstalk Jack''' is a [[farmer]] who uses instant beanstalks in his crimes.
* '''Curly the Human Cannonball''' is a criminal [[human cannonball]].
* '''Robber Hood''' is an archery-themed criminal.
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* '''The Great Escapo''' is an escape artist.
* '''Daniel Boom''' is a criminal who uses explosives in his crimes.
* '''Queenie Bee''' is a female supervillain with her army of [[bee]]sbees. Batfink sends Queenie Bee to [[Sing Sing]] and her bees to "Sting Sting".
* '''Sabubu''' is a thief from [[Baghdad]].
* '''The Mean Green Midget''' is a short criminal who grows fruits and vegetables to help in his crimes.
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* '''Mike the Mimic''' is an impersonator.
* '''Cinderobber''' is a criminal cleaning lady.
* '''Mr. BouncyBouncey''' is a former [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]] who uses a special spray to turn anything into rubber.
* '''Old King Cruel'''
* '''Victor the Predictor''' is a criminal who uses a prediction motif.
* '''Goldyunlocks''' is a female villain with an obsession of unlocking every lock she sees. Batfink finally defeats her by putting her in a cell with no lock.
* '''Phillip "Phil", Billiam "Bill" and Sylvester "Syl" the Three Baers''' are the henchmen of Goldyunlocks.
* '''Bowl Brummel''' is a criminal [[Ten-pin bowling|bowler]].
* '''Harold Hamboné''' is an opera understudy.
* '''Mr.Adam Blankenstein''' is a green-skinned criminal whose gun shoots out "blanks" that give people amnesia.
* '''Whip Van Winkle''' is a criminal who uses whips in his crimes.
* '''Tough MacDuff''' is Batfink's oldest enemy. After being released from prison, he gathered Hugo A-Go-Go and other villains in a plot to get Batfink to leave town.
* '''Judy "Jujitsu" Jitsu''' is a martial artist, whose name is derived from [[jujutsu]], and on whom Karate has a crush.
* '''Father Time Bomb''' is a criminal who uses time bombs in his crimes.
 
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|ShortSummary=Mr. M. Flick, the Mad [[film|Movie]] Maker, uses a projected image of a [[meteor]] to scare everyone out of the city, leaving him free to loot it.
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|ShortSummary=Gluey Louie, who immobilizes people with puddles of [[glue]], steals [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s [[kite]] just as it is being donated to a university.
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
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|ShortSummary=Hugo uses a cap that shoots [[lightning]] bolts to steal a gold idol; later, he flies the unconscious Batfink like a [[kite]] during a lightning storm.
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|3|1}}
|ShortSummary=The Ringading Brothers use [[Acrobatics|acrobatic]] skills to steal valuable [[Ring (jewellery)|ring]]srings from people's homes. Their name is a takeoff of both "[[Ringling Brothers]]" and the [[Frank Sinatra]] song "[[Ring-A-Ding-Ding]]".
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|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go's mechanical [[soldier]]ssoldiers have declared war on law and order. The title is a takeoff of ''[[The Rat Patrol]]''.
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|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|2|6}}
|ShortSummary=A junk dealer is using a machine to create artificial [[tornado]]estornadoes, which steal money and [[Scrap|junk]] for him. This episode contains the first half of a [[Batfink#Hidden political message|hidden political message]]; the second half is in "Bride and Doom".
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|ShortSummary=A [[contortion]]ist called the Human [[Pretzel]] has stolen a box of diamonds and is hiding out at a carnival.
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|ShortSummary=Professor Hopper, owner of a [[flea circus]], uses his trained [[flea]]sfleas to steal jewelry.
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|Aux3=Bob Owens
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|5|1}}
|ShortSummary=Lucky Chuck, the luckiest crook in town, has stolen a [[dinosaur]] [[Furcula|wishbone]].
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|Aux3=Bob Owen,<br />John Zago
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|3|23}}
|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go is using an Indian (i.e., [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]) motif for his latest crime spree "because I don't look good as a [[cowboy]]!" The title is a parody of the term "[[Indian giver]]".
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|4|18}}
|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go's machine has brought his [[shadow]] to life so that it can commit crimes and fight Batfink for him.
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|Aux3=Bill Focht
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|3|1}}
|ShortSummary=Party Marty, who uses [[party favor]]s to commit crimes, steals [[Cleopatra]]'s love letters from a [[library]]. A reader in the library keeps shushing people throughout this cartoon.
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|5|12}}
|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go's electronic jamming device is turning all the machines in the Split-Level Cave against the heroes, including a trap of Batfink's devising that even Batfink cannot escape from. Note: This is the only episode in which Batfink and Karate do not leave the Bat Cave.
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|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go has invented a mechanical [[bride]] to help him commit crimes; the climax of the action takes place at [[Niagara Falls]]. This episode contains the second half of a [[Batfink#Hidden political message|hidden political message]]; the first half is in "Spin the Batfink".
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|6|8}}
|ShortSummary=The Rotten Rainmaker's [[weather]]-controlling device is raining out a planned [[rocket]] launch and he demands $1 million to make it stop.
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|5|19}}
|ShortSummary=The Chameleon ([[Chameleon (comicscharacter)|no relation to the Marvel Comics supervillain]]) is an art thief from [[France]] who uses portable [[camouflage]] screens to hide from his pursuers.
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|Aux3=Bob Owen
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|ShortSummary=Beanstalk Jack (a parody of "[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]") is a [[farmer]] who uses instant giant beanstalks to commit crimes; he traps the heroes in a [[Rube Goldberg machine|Rube Goldberg]]-style death trap involving a beanstalk.
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|Aux3=Bill Focht
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|5|29}}
|ShortSummary=Queenie Bee's trained [[bee]]sbees scare away a museum guard so that she can steal a valuable painting.
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|Aux3=Bill Focht
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|6|14}}
|ShortSummary=In this pun-loaded episode, a lunatic called Napoleon Blownapart (a parody of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]) is using hand grenades to blow up [[statue]]sstatues in the park.
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|Aux3=Bill Focht
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|7|26}}
|ShortSummary=Magneto the Magnificent ([[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|no relation to the Marvel Comics supervillain]]) is a crook whose [[Magnetism|magnetic]] [[Gauntlet (glove)|gauntlet]]s help him to steal things. His voice is modeled after [[Cary Grant]]'s.
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|Aux3=Bill Focht
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|1967|9|12}}
|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go builds a "[[flying saucer]]" and fools everyone into thinking he is an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]].
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|ShortSummary=On Batfink's birthday, Hugo A-Go-Go tries a number of ways to destroy him, from a [[grenade]] in a gift box to a giant [[cake]] with a stick of [[dynamite]] for a [[candle]].
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|ShortSummary=Buster the Ruster uses a spray gun loaded with "[[rust]] dust" to disintegrate safes and policemen's guns.
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|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go has built a giant mechanical [[pigeon]] that drops explosive eggs.
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|ShortSummary=Green-skinned Mr. Blankenstein (whose name is a parody of "[[Frankenstein]]") has a gun that shoots "blanks" that [[Amnesia|blank out people's memories]].
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|ShortSummary=When he is not napping, Whip Van Winkle (whose name is a play on "[[Rip Van Winkle]]") uses [[whip]]swhips to rob people.
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|ShortSummary=Hugo A-Go-Go has sprayed Batfink with a chemical called Ego A-Go-Go that has turned him into a [[Narcissism|narcissist]], thus making him easier to fight.
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==Hidden political message==
According to Dave Mackey's ''Batfink'' site, a two-part political message is concealed in two episodes, disguised as sped-up gibberish. Mackey translates the message as follows:
* '''Part 1 (in "Spin the Batfink"):''' "The most dangerous force in America today is [[Walter Reuther]] and [[United Auto Workers|his political machine]]. It's time we realized that they intend to run this country. When the smut publishers put a..."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/episodes21-40.html#32|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009095353/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/episodes21-40.html#32|url-status=dead|title="Spin the Batfink" at Dave Mackey's site|archivedate=October 9, 2008}}</ref>
 
* '''Part 12 (in "SpinBride theand BatfinkDoom"):''' "The...dirty mostcover dangerouson forcea inclean Americabook, todaylet's istake [[Walterit Reuther]]at andface [[Unitedvalue Autoand Workers|hiscall politicalit machine]].trash It’sand timedump weit realized that they intend to run this country. Whenin the smut publishers put ariver"..."<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/episodes21episodes41-4060.html#32 "Spin the Batfink"] {{Webarchive49|urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2008100909535320081007104852/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/episodes21episodes41-4060.html#32 49|dateurl-status=9dead|title="Bride Octoberand 2008}}Doom" at Dave Mackey's site|archivedate=October 7, 2008}}</ref>
* '''Part 2 (in "Bride and Doom"):''' "...dirty cover on a clean book, let’s take it at face value and call it trash and dump it in the river".<ref>[http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/episodes41-60.html#49 "Bride and Doom"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007104852/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/seeger/batfink/episodes41-60.html#49 |date=7 October 2008}} at Dave Mackey's site</ref>
 
==Production and syndication==
The cartoon was produced at Hal Seeger Studios, in New York City, and at Bill Ackerman Productions in Midland Park, New Jersey. It was syndicated by [[Screen Gems]] and continued to air on local stations throughout the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|title= Batfink |publisher=[[DVD Talk]]|url= http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/29088/batfink-the-complete-series/|access-date=10 January 2011|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014201004/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/29088/batfink-the-complete-series/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nickelodeon]] briefly aired episodes of ''Batfink'' on ''[[Weinerville]]'' as well as its ''[[Nick in the Afternoon]]'' block in 1995 and 1997. In September 2006, it returned to the U.S. as part of "Cartoons Without a Clue", [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]]'s mystery lineup on weekends.
 
The ''Batfink'' series was very popular in the UK, becoming a [[Cult following|cult series]] like the later ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', and from 1967 onwards, it was shown at least once every year on UK terrestrial television until 1983, initially on the BBC network, where it was allocated an early evening slot just before the [[BBC News]], and latterly as part of [[CITV|Children's ITV]]; it subsequently reappeared in 1986 on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] Saturday morning magazine show ''[[Get Fresh]]''. In the early 1990s, it was repeated again as part of [[TV-am]]'s ''[[Wide Awake Club (TV-am)|Wide Awake Club]]/[[Wacaday]]'' series; after ''Wacaday'' finished in 1992, ''Batfink'' was consigned to the vaults in the UK for the next twelve years. It was introduced to a new audience in 2004,on the . itIt first aired on 6th6 January 1994 on [[BBC One]] during its [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] Block at the exact time of 16;00, was included in a number of episodes of the [[BBC]]'s Saturday morning show ''[[Dick and Dom in da Bungalow]]'', and since April 2006, it has been enjoying an extended, if somewhat irregular, repeat run on [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]. This run finished in the 2010s.
 
''Batfink'' was made quickly and cheaply by re-using stock sequences. Although most serial animations do this to some extent, ''Batfink'' did it more than most. Commonly repeated scenes include the intro to the initial briefings by the Chief (the TV screen hotline buzzing into life), Batfink and Karate getting into the Battillac, the Battillac going round mountain bends, the Battillac going over a bridge, Batfink's supersonic sonar radar, and others. Sometimes, the repeated scenes would be cut short, so that sections could be re-used to fit the storyline more closely.
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==DVD release==
* Cinema Club released the complete series on [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]] DVD on 6 December 2004.
* [[Shout! Factory]] released ''Batfink: The Complete Series'' on DVD in [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]] on 3 July 2007.<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=3094764 ''|title=Batfink: The Complete Series''] {{webarchive |urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522152746/http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=3094764 |datearchivedate=22 May 2007}} at the |website=[[Shout! Factory]] store}}</ref>
** Both DVD boxsets run over four DVDs and contain all 100 episodes of the series.
* In January 2007, A-Design released a single ''Batfink'' DVD in [[Bulgaria]], which includes 26 5-minute segments.
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==See also==
* [[List of local children's television series (United States)]]
 
==Note==
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==References==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0781511|name=Hal Seeger}} (with links to each ''Batfink'' episode)
* {{IMDb title|id=11425960|title=Batfink}}
* [{{cite web|url=http://toonopedia.com/batfink.htm |title=''Batfink''] at |website=[[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]] [|archiveurl=https://www.webcitationarchive.orgtoday/20140321180046/6b6ZkE8zZ?url=http://toonopedia.com/batfink.htm Archived] from the original on 27 August 2015.|archivedate=2014-03-21}}
 
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