Batman vs ..... the Spanish Inquisition?

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-03-05 10:07am

Ok, i know some comic plots are far out but:

How did they manage to explain that one, please someone tell me!

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2006-03-05 10:14am

The look on Robin's face is priceless!

Publius · Post by **Publius** » 2006-03-05 01:31pm

Is there a particular reason that the inquisitors are dressed like crimson members of the Ku Klux Klan? Considering that all inquisitors were (without exception) clerics and would have worn habits, and furthermore relaxed defendants to the civil authorities for 'meet punishment,' because they adamantly insisted that 'the Church does not shed blood.'

Sharpshooter · Post by **Sharpshooter** » 2006-03-05 02:14pm

Aww, someone already made it into a YTMND...

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2006-03-05 03:37pm

Is time travel involved?

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-03-05 03:40pm

I wonder if Monty Python sued them for the "Surprise comment"

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2006-03-05 03:43pm

Publius wrote:Is there a particular reason that the inquisitors are dressed like crimson members of the Ku Klux Klan? Considering that all inquisitors were (without exception) clerics and would have worn habits, and furthermore relaxed defendants to the civil authorities for 'meet punishment,' because they adamantly insisted that 'the Church does not shed blood.'

Watch the Monty Python "Spanish Inquisition" sketch, and you will see that the dialogue for panels 2, 3 and a bit of 4 are almost identical to parts of it. In the sketch, I remember the Spanish Inquisition wearing some red (I haven't watched it in years, so I can't remember exactly what they wore. I may be wrong)

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-03-05 03:52pm

Prep time would be irrelevant here for Batman, since obviously nobody expects them.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-03-05 05:17pm

bilateralrope wrote:In the sketch, I remember the Spanish Inquisition wearing some red (I haven't watched it in years, so I can't remember exactly what they wore. I may be wrong)

They were dressed as Catholic Cardinals. Which means a red robe.

They didn't wear masks though.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-03-05 07:51pm

Is this from the infamous "batman had a sex change" arc? It's about as blatant a send up to Monty Python as is possible in this universe.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2006-03-05 09:54pm

Rye wrote:Is this from the infamous "batman had a sex change" arc? It's about as blatant a send up to Monty Python as is possible in this universe.

...wait, wha?

Bruce Wayne --> Brooke Wayne?

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-03-05 10:53pm

2000AD, you got this from the Super-Dickery forums, didn't you?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-06 04:22am

Publius wrote:Is there a particular reason that the inquisitors are dressed like crimson members of the Ku Klux Klan? Considering that all inquisitors were (without exception) clerics and would have worn habits, and furthermore relaxed defendants to the civil authorities for 'meet punishment,' because they adamantly insisted that 'the Church does not shed blood.'

Because it's visually dramatic.

I think the only comics that had even remote historical accuracy were Donald Duck comics.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2006-03-06 11:36am

Can someone explain to me why Batman's a woman?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-06 01:01pm

Praxis wrote:Can someone explain to me why Batman's a woman?

Ha ha. Verrrry funny.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-03-06 01:03pm

Ghetto edit: On the off chance that Praxis really doesn't know, that's not me, but Barbara Gordon, the first Batgirl.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-03-06 01:06pm

I assumed the fact that she was, you know, a girl would have made it obvious that it was Batgirl.

Seriously...

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-03-06 01:16pm

Elheru Aran wrote:2000AD, you got this from the Super-Dickery forums, didn't you?

Actually i was reading the Wiki on monty pythons spanish inquisition and it mentioned it so i googled for the image.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2006-03-06 05:12pm

There was also Mel Brooks take on the Spanish Inquisition

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2006-03-06 05:45pm

Publius wrote:Is there a particular reason that the inquisitors are dressed like crimson members of the Ku Klux Klan? Considering that all inquisitors were (without exception) clerics and would have worn habits, and furthermore relaxed defendants to the civil authorities for 'meet punishment,' because they adamantly insisted that 'the Church does not shed blood.'

The Klan stole the hats from ancient Catholic costume for some such ceremony.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-03-07 12:14am

SyntaxVorlon wrote:
Publius wrote:Is there a particular reason that the inquisitors are dressed like crimson members of the Ku Klux Klan? Considering that all inquisitors were (without exception) clerics and would have worn habits, and furthermore relaxed defendants to the civil authorities for 'meet punishment,' because they adamantly insisted that 'the Church does not shed blood.'
The Klan stole the hats from ancient Catholic costume for some such ceremony.

Doubtful, as the Klan was founded by Protestants.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2006-03-07 12:46am

Batman wrote:Ghetto edit: On the off chance that Praxis really doesn't know, that's not me, but Barbara Gordon, the first Batgirl.

Suuuuureeee it is

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-03-07 12:47am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
SyntaxVorlon wrote:
Publius wrote:Is there a particular reason that the inquisitors are dressed like crimson members of the Ku Klux Klan? Considering that all inquisitors were (without exception) clerics and would have worn habits, and furthermore relaxed defendants to the civil authorities for 'meet punishment,' because they adamantly insisted that 'the Church does not shed blood.'
The Klan stole the hats from ancient Catholic costume for some such ceremony.
Doubtful, as the Klan was founded by Protestants.

Speculation: Mockery of Catholic tradition then?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-03-07 12:56am

LongVin wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:
SyntaxVorlon wrote: The Klan stole the hats from ancient Catholic costume for some such ceremony.
Doubtful, as the Klan was founded by Protestants.
Speculation: Mockery of Catholic tradition then?

Speculation: More likely it was done to be more physicially imposing, and to have members appear more uniform. Also, I'm not even sure if the Catholics wore hats like that.

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2006-03-07 03:05am

The outfits closely resemble the the outfits worn by many monastic orders during important religious cerimonies in very Catholic Countries. Watch a documentary on Spain and the Catholic church in modern times, and you can see the mighty purple KKK. Its actually quite amusing to see that the KKK, a vehemently anti-papist group, looks exactly like many different groups of Catholic Monks.