Batman: The Animated Series: 10 Most Disturbing Episodes

There's something inherently disturbing about plant-human hybrids that has made them a body-horror staple for decades. It makes sense then that BTAS incorporated this into several of Poison Ivy's appearances. Eternal Youth for example features some horrifying imagery of people being turned into trees. However, House & Garden is the episode that takes it to the extreme.

Batman learns that Pamela Isley has been released from Arkham, supposedly reformed. On top of that, she's married her psychiatrist, Dr. Carlyle, and become a step-mother to his two boys. Batman's not convinced though and believes she is behind a series of crimes involving wealthy men being poisoned.

Naturally, he's right and Ivy's happy new family life is just a façade, with her "family" actually being plant-based clones of Dr. Carlyle. Growing from creepy pod-babies, they rapidly develop into children, then fully-formed clones, before mutating into hulking plant monsters that carry out her bidding. Due to their accelerated growth rate though, they expire after a few days.

The scene in which Batman and Robin discover the babies growing in Ivy's greenhouse is sickening beyond belief and the plant-human hybrids are monstrous. However, the most disturbing moment comes when it's revealed that Ivy has actually created a plant clone of herself, which Batman only discovers as he watches "Ivy" dissolve into a disgusting puddle of plant matter.