10 Times We Saw Behind Batman's Mask In The DCAU

8. Baby-Doll

First appearing in the same-named episode, Baby-Doll, aka Mary Dahl, is an actress living with a condition that prevents her body from growing to adulthood. After finding tremendous success on a Brady Bunch-like sitcom, Mary struggled to find serious parts, forever being thought of only as the catchphrase-spouting Baby-Doll.

The lack of recognition for her talents finally causes her to snap and she kidnaps her former TV family, intending to recreate a birthday party episode that was ruined by the addition of another obnoxious child star.

Baby-Doll eludes Bruce for the entire episode, which ends at a carnival. He chases the gun-toting Mary into a house of mirrors, causing her to stop in her tracks as she sees her reflection in a mirror that makes her look like a regular adult woman.

As Mary breaks down, Bruce recognizes that she is in fact traumatized and broken from her life and exploitation as a child star. After emptying her gun of bullets in a daze, Bruce gently takes it from her, letting Mary hug his legs as she says her catchphrase, 'I didn't mean to.'

Knowing what it's like to have a lost childhood, he lays an understanding hand on her head, comforting her as she ponders both her unhappy life as a child and her present as a criminal.

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