"This never happens to me in Vegas!"
This is a real first for the animated series- an appearance by another DC superhero, in this case Zatanna, whom I must confess I don't know very well. I understand that, in the comics, she has real magical powers, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. But the character is fun and engaging, and this is a fun little tale.
The story- Zatanna being framed for a bank heist, Batman helping to exonerate her and grab the real culprit- is quick and simple, as the twenty minute run time demands, although the set pieces are particularly fun, with a couple of splendidly cliched death traps. It's also nice how Zatanna is inserted into Bruce's backstory, her dad teaching him escapology.
It's not a particularly pivotal episode, perhaps, but there's nowt wrong with that. Good fun, and Zatanna herself is extremely likeable.
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