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The (supposed) plot: scientist builds atomic hearing aid - Rat Fink and his agents steal it - Batwoman and her clan of scantily clad Batgirls save the day. Trashy? Yes. Awful? Yes. Entertaining? Absolutely.

Coupled with the "Cheating" short, this is one of the best episodes of MST3K I've seen. The typically unpredictable combination of obscure cultural references and Ye Olde Scatological Humour can cater to all of your comic sensibilities and leave you exhausted and begging for more.

"And it will pad the film immensely!"
I think this may be the best MST3K I've seen yet. It had a neat short with an actual plot, continuing skits (and an interesting character bit during the opening credits; "You can't have popcorn in the theater!"), and a movie that almost transcends the definition of MST3K fodder. What's amazing is that, if treated seriously, the scenarios might have worked! Mike complains about Ratfink's lack of focus, but what's better than a super-villain with RANGE, as seen in Ratfink's multi-tasking: steal the atomic hearing aid, perfect the duplication process, spike your enemies with dancing serum, breed your mole-monsters with your archenemy's aides and exploit the ancient city. And check out Batwoman's variety, too: high-tech, seances, AND a go-go girl squad? What was going through the filmmaker's mind when he threw all this together? It's too bad he didn't have MORE stuff to splice in! And who IS Batwoman and what's her history with Ratfink? What's the secret of her quasi-vampire secret society of super-girls? And what WAS the deal with the horseshoe? En media res is always nice, but this movie demands a prequel. Mike and the Bots keep up with this zaniness quite well with an above-average collection of quips ("Sir, are you sure you have the right office?" "Simpson, eh?" "I will BRING YOU DOWN, Johnny!" "What's the story, morning glory..." "You don't care about my lunch at all, do you? You know it's there and you deliberately sit on it!" "Jello shot, ma'am?" "What about the hearing aid, am I crazy, wasn't that the plot! "). The only thing I couldn't understand is why no one commented on Professor Neon's remarkable resemblance to Dr. Forrester!

"You've made some powerful enemies, son."

"You're Speaking in Chinese Again!"
This is the original uncut version of 'The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman', as director Jerry Warren wanted it seen. The world was not ready for it when it was made and it still isn't. Most people know this film from Mystery Science Theatre 3000, where it was one of their most diabolical experiments ever. This is the un-MST version, so you are on your own. Good luck.

This is one of my favorite MST episodes because this movie is so unbelievably bad. Rarely has a film been so badly conceptualized, scripted, acted and directed. For lack of viability, I think that the only movie to top this is Warren's own "Frankenstein Island", where Katherine Victor plays Shelia Frankenstein. Here she plays Batwoman. Batwoman and her Batgirls spend the movie fighting crime against a dizzying array of bad guys (including the Mole People) but in the end are able to save the atomic powered hearing aid and, thus, civilization. If this sounds like a mess, that's not the half of it. This movie must be seen to be appreciated.

Five stars for staggering ineptitude on the part of every single person involved with this film. It is a work of grade Z genius!