Batman: All 5 Batboats ranked from worst to best

2. The original Batboat (Batman: The Movie)

The classic Batman TV series had some of the coolest gadgetry in all of Batman’s adaptations, so you can bet damn sure that that Batboat was going to look every bit as cool as the Batmobile. When it finally made its debut in the 1966 movie spinoff, it got all of our attention.

The boat was one of the many additions to the show continuity that came about because of the film’s bigger budget. It was designed from a Glastron V-174 by Mel Whitley and Robert Hammond before it was subsequently Bat-ified, with plenty of the iconic accessories we’d recognize from the Batmobile.

The main body of the boat took a great deal of inspiration from its land counterpart, with the center console featuring twin windscreens and a red overhead light exactly like the ones seen in the Batmobile. Its front also featured that odd-but-cool looking nostril-like design seen on the front of the Batmobile.

Now this is the Batboat so you can bet there was a large tailfin on its back, and this one even had the classic 1966 Batman emblem on it. The boat also had flames painted onto each side of it; perhaps a nod to how fast the Batboat was on the water.

Batman: The Movie wanted to go bigger and better, and that’s exactly the impression that the Batboat gave off. And whenever it was on-screen, you couldn’t help but appreciate the grandeur of seeing it in live-action for the very first time (as well as that catchy theme music that would play every time the Dynamic Duo made their way onto the water).