Batman: Every Adaptation Of Robin, Ranked Worst To Best

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5. BURT WARD – 1960S BATMAN

Burt Ward is the preeminent live-action Robin. By channeling all of the nuances Bill Finger instilled in Dick Grayson, Ward struck the balance between being Batman’s sidekick and still functioning as a smart, independent agent. While he wasn’t much for a helicopter pilot, nearly feeding the Caped Crusader to a famished shark, this mid-century Robin was a master of campy humor and a (relatively) sharp mind.

Beyond being the backup to Batman’s brawn (holy alliteration!), Robin brings his mental acuity to the battlefield. Quick on his feet and full of ideas, Robin responds with panache to each of Batman’s questions. “What’s yellow and writes?” asks Adam West’s Dark Knight. Robin exclaims, “A ballpoint banana!” Five points to Gryffindor.

At a later point in the 1966 Batman movie, Robin set up one of the best lines in the action-comedy romp. Impressed by Batman’s heroics, he asks, “You risked your life to save that riffraff in the bar?” Looking out into the ocean, as he is wont to do, Batman demurs, “They may be drinkers, Robin, but they’re also human beings and may be salvaged. I had to do it.”