Gotham Girls

infobox Television
show_name = Gotham Girls


caption =
genre = Animated comedy/drama with film noir elements.
runtime = 3–5 minutes per episode (more with interactive elements)
creator = Noodle Soup Productions
writers = Paul Dini [http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0405/28/]
starring = Adrienne Barbeau
Arleen Sorkin
Diane Pershing
Tara Strong
Jennifer Hale
Bob Hastings
Tom Kenny
producer = Jeremy Rosenberg
Ben Stein
artwork = Mike Foran
Miguel Martinez-Joffre
Nick DeMayo
Marina Dominis-Dunnigan
country = USA
network = Internet ( [http://www.gothamgirls.com gothamgirls.com] / [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/index.jsp www2.warnerbros.com] )
first_aired = 2000
last_aired = 2002
num_episodes = 30 (3 series of 10)
imdb_id = 0337763

"Gotham Girls" is an American animated Flash cartoon series about the females of Gotham City, created and produced jointly by Warner Brothers and Noodle Soup Productions. Episodes starred Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Batgirl, Catwoman and Zatanna in short stories of varying length about the daily lives of the characters (from the DC Comics universe).

It is also the name of a related comic book series.

Flash animation series

Gotham Girls is one of the few series of Flash animations made by a professional publisher of mainstream cartoons, and features professional voice-acting by the same actresses and actors as those who voiced the television series. Its use of Flash (and also vector graphics) enables the animation to appear undistorted and unpixellated at any size/resolution.

Each episode features a mini-game or puzzle which can be played while the clip downloads, as well as an interactive feature which allows viewers to help a character make a certain decision.

Other features of the website include downloadable trailers ( [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/loot/med/trailers/trailer_short.swf 1] , [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/loot/med/trailers/trailer_long.swf 2] ), [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/screensavers.jsp screensavers] , [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/desktopimages.jsp desktop backgrounds] , [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/buddyicons.jsp internet chat buddy icons] , as well as [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/unmasked.jsp biographies of the characters] (additional bios can be viewed by clicking on the occasional flapping bat image appearing in the bottom-right corner while watching the show itself at certain points) and [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/mpg/reversi/index.jsp an online version of the classic game Othello (aka Reversi) featuring the Gotham Girls] .

The series lasted for three seasons (10 episodes each), with each episode released month-by-month. While the first two seasons featured primarily comedic episodes, the third season attempted to make the show more serious. These episodes linked directly to '. Dropping the magician Zatanna from its lineup and adding a host of new characters to the cast, including Detective Renee Montoya, each episode from this series tied into the next, forming a collective thirty-minute whodunit. The storyline also dealt with issues not seen since ', such as the corruption of the Gotham Police Force, Poison Ivy's environmental crusade and Commissioner Gordon's wavering faith in costumed superheroes.

The series finale, "Cold Hands, Cold Heart" aired in 2002, wrapping up the mystery and ending the website. GothamGirls.com remains online as an archive of the series; "however", the visible website only links to the animations for Series 3. To access Seasons 1 and 2, see the links below.

Season 1

#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_01.swf The Vault] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_02.swf Lap Bat] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_03_pt1.swf Trick or Trick (Part one)] "
" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_03_pt2.swf Trick or Trick (Part two)] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_04.swf A Little Night Magic] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_05.swf More Than One Way] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_06.swf Precious Birthstones] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_07.swf Pave Paradise] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_08.swf The Three Babes] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_09.swf The Gardener's Apprentice] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/GG_10.swf Lady - X] "

Season 2

#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode01.swf Hold That Tiger] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode02.swf Miss Un-Congeniality] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode03.swf Strategery] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode04.swf Baby Boom] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode05.swf Cat -n- Mouse] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode06.swf Bat'ing Cleanup] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode07.swf Catsitter] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode08.swf Gotham Noir] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode09.swf Scout's Dis-Honor] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/play/files/sc2/Episode10.swf I'm Badgirl] "

Season 3

#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep01/GG301/GG301.swf Ms.-ing in Action] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep02/GG302/GG302.swf Gotham in Pink] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep03/GG303/GG303.swf Hear Me Roar] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep04/gg304/gg304.swf Gotham in Blue] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep05/gg305/gg305.swf A Cat in the Hand] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep06/gg306/gg306.swf Jailhouse Wreck] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep07/gg307/gg307.swf Honor Among Thieves] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep08/gg308/gg308.swf No, I'm Batgirl] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep09/gg309/gg309.swf Signal Fires] "
#" [http://www2.warnerbros.com/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep10/gg310/gg310.swf?gLOADER_BASE_URL=/gothamgirls/episodes/med/ep10/gg310/Common_Loader_Files/&gLOADER_URL=GGLoader.swf&gWTE_URL=heist.swf&gAd_URL=NO_AD&gENDCARD_URL=GGEndCard.swf Cold Hands, Cold Heart] "

Voice cast

* Adrienne Barbeau – Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Renee Montoya
* Arleen Sorkin – Dr. Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn)
* Diane Pershing – Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley (Poison Ivy)
* Tara Strong – Barbara Gordon (Batgirl)
* Jennifer Hale – Zatanna, Dora Smithy, Acting Commissioner Caroline Greenway
* Bob Hastings – Commissioner James Gordon
* Tom Kenny – WGBS Anchor, Rogue Cop, Additional Voices
* Dee Bradley Baker - Additional Voices

Comic series

A highly successful five-issue "Gotham Girls" comic book mini-series was produced by DC Comics in 2002 written by Paul Storrie, riding on the popularity of the online animated series and providing more mainstream publicity for its internet-based predecessor. It starred Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Batgirl and Renee Montoya, and each issue spotlighted one of these characters to a certain degree. The story, which took place in the DC animated universe, involved a vial of chemicals that the three villainesses fought over, as they also tried to avoid capture by Batgirl and Detective Montoya.

"Batman: Harley and Ivy"

There was also a sequel mini-series of sorts to the Gotham Girls comic mini-series, titled "Batman: Harley and Ivy". This 3 issue mini-series followed the continued misadventures of Harley and Ivy.

DVD release

Warner Bros. Home Video has announced that the complete "Gotham Girls" series was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of the "Birds of Prey" TV series, on July 15, 2008. [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Birds-Prey-The-Complete-Series/9302] [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Birds-Prey-The-Complete-Series/9320]

See also

* Catwoman
* Harley Quinn
* Poison Ivy (comics)
* Batgirl
* Renee Montoya
* Zatanna

External links

* [http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/gothamgirls/episodes.jsp?eid=ep01/GG301/GG301.swf Gotham Girls official site,]
* [http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/gothamgirls/ Gotham Girls @ The World's Finest]
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* [http://www.freewebs.com/harlequinade/gothamgirls.htm Anination]