6. The Bat Nipples (Batman & Robin)
I could just as easily have suggested the Bat Credit Card in this position, but there are easy targets, and then there are Bat Credit Cards... So instead, I'm looking at something as equally ridiculed, which was symptomatic of Joel Schumacher's complete lack of creative restraint, coupled with his horrifying sense of humour that almost completely ruined Mr Freeze (more of which soon), and which slapped some nipples on the Batman suit. Because it isn't just that the sight of the nipples on the suit was downright ludicrous (what purpose were they to serve exactly?), it's that Schumacher took a cool, sleek and functional batsuit design used in the first two movies (with admittedly very little neck movement), and turned it first into a shiny, showy but still reasonably cool new version in Forever, and then into a ridiculous silver-embellished monstrosity in Batman & Robin. Why would any caped crusader taken with hiding in the shadows to inspire fear among his enemies have big silver ornamental pieces on his uniform exactly? And equally, why the hell would Schumacher want to draw so much attention to his cod-piece area? Without making crude accusations, at the very least the preoccupation with Batman's vulnerable human parts (his nipples and genitals) would made him seem a fallible opponent. And that's just plain wrong for the whole Batman image.