The Joker's Gender Bender
a story by batmanfanil
In the swinging Gotham City of 1966, the Joker unveils his most diabolical caper yet! While the Dynamic Duo are busy foiling a bank heist involving exploding whoopee cushions, the Clown Prince of Crime activates his latest invention: the Jokerâs Jolly Gender-Groove Ray (complete with spinning pinwheels, neon lights, and a giant lipstick-shaped antenna). ZAP! A beam of swirling purple and pink energy hits Batman square in the utility belt. Batman staggers, his cape fluttering dramatically. âHoly metamorphosis, Robin!â he exclaims as his chiseled jaw softens, his broad shoulders curve, and his iconic gray-and-blue suit ripples and reshapes into a glittering, sequined evening gown with bat-ears still attached (because even the machine respects the brand). His voice rises an octave. Bruce Wayne is gone. In his place stands Bat-Gal â a curvaceous, pouty-lipped vixen with smoky eyes, fishnet tights under a scandalously short bat-skirt, and an insatiable new hunger.The machine doesnât just change the body. It rewires the mind. The stoic, justice-obsessed crimefighter is overwritten with the personality of a sex-starved, man-hungry bombshell who flirts with every thug, goon, and passing policeman in Gotham. âOhhh, you big, strong criminal,â she purrs, batting enormous lashes, âIâve been such a naughty bat tonightâŚâ Robin is horrified. âBatman â I mean, Bat-Gal! Snap out of it!â But the new Bat-Gal is too busy blowing kisses at Penguinâs henchmen and suggestively twirling her bat-lasso while cooing, âWho wants to play with my utility belt?â The Joker, cackling from his hideout (a funhouse brothel decorated with giant spinning bow ties), broadcasts his demands on every TV in Gotham: âCitizens of Gotham! Your precious Bat-man is now my favorite party girl! Pay me one billion dollars in laughable loot, or Bat-Gal will work the streets of Gotham forever â and I do mean work them!âKey Scenes:Bat-Gal prowling the red-light district in stiletto boots, propositioning Commissioner Gordon (âHello, big boy... want to see my Bat-cave?â). Gordon nearly swallows his mustache. A psychedelic fight sequence where Bat-Gal uses her new âassetsâ as weapons â distracting goons with sultry dances before clobbering them with a powder-puff batarang. Robin desperately trying to reverse the ray while dodging Bat-Galâs aggressive advances (âCâmon, Boy Wonder... donât you want to be a Man Wonder?â). The Jokerâs taunting video messages featuring Bat-Gal lounging on a chaise in his lair, purring into the camera about how much she loves her new life. In the Jokerâs Funhouse of Sin, Bat-Gal (temporarily breaking through the mental fog) teams up with Robin for one last campy brawl. She uses the machineâs own lipstick antenna against the Joker, reversing the beam just in time. The final shot: Batman, restored but visibly rattled, adjusting his utility belt with a gruff âNever speak of this again, Robin.â As they slide down the Bat-poles, Batman mutters, âHoly identity crisisâŚâ Robin replies, âAt least you made a killer pair of legs,















