Episode #10 - Torch Song Original Airdate - June 13th, 1998
Pyrotechnics expert Garfield Lynns seeks to gain revenge against his
former girlfriend, Pop singing star "Cassidy." Lynns dons the garb of
"Firefly" and reaks havoc on Gotham.
Media by Bird Boy
Review by Robin III
Credits
Written by Rich Fogel
Directed by Curt Geda
Music by Shirley Walker
Animation by Koko/Dong Yang
Voices
Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Tara Charendoff as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Alfred
Mark Rolston as Garfield Lynns/Firefly
Karla DeVito as Cassidy
Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock
David Paymer as Frank
Tom Wilson as Howlin' Jake
Jane Wiedlin as Shannon
John Mariano as Vincenzo
Screen Grabs
Pans
Quotes
CASSIDY: Let it go, Garfield. Whatever you thought we had is as
cold as a burnt out fuse!
GARFIELD: Hey! You're the expert on burning people, you little tramp!
--
BULLOCK LOOKS AT GARFIELD'S SHRINE TO CASSIDY.
BULLOCK: Ooh! This guy's got it bad! Vincenzo, get some pictures. I'm
gonna check the fridge.
VINCENZO: Yeah, there's a lot of evidence in there, Detective!
BULLOCK: Shut up.
--
BATGIRL: Three muggers. . . Two armed robberies. . . It's been a quiet
evening.
BATGIRL AND BATMAN SEE PEOPLE AND SMOKE POURING OUT OF 'ROCK CITY'.
BATMAN: The night's still young.
--
BRUCE: What are you doing tonight?
BARBARA: The same thing we do every night, Pinky.
BRUCE: What?
BARBARA: Never mind.
--
ALFRED: *ahem!* Forgive me for being so forward, sir, but do you really
want to go out in public like that? I was think something more. . .
Durable.
--
FRANK: If you were hot before, this Firefly things has shot you through
the roof!
CASSIDY JUST GLARES BACK.
FRANK: Of course, I'm sorry it happened! I know it was a terrible
ordeal! Review: I had always liked the
Firefly, and was anticipating this episode, but was not that thrilled
with the results. Firefly was truly insane in the comics, loving fire
because he thought he could see exotic dances in the flames. That is why
he set fire, to watch the women -- Lynns was truly a loony. Now, he is
just out for revenge, and for a tone-deaf singer.
The animation lacked in the way of characters, but the fire and
explosions were nice. The only thing that took away from this is the
haze that was trying to achieve a real fire look. It did look good, but
you could hardly see what was going on with all of the smoke, flames and
haze. After the episode you have to rub your eyes to get them back in
focus which is very annoying.
The one complaint that most people have is that Firefly said he could
burn ice. Most thought that this was stupid, but ice doesn't burn, it
melts. Hence, if he can burn ice, then that means the stuff was so
powerful it could actually burn water molecules and that's pretty damn
good!
