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CLAYFACE AND THE DC ANIMATED UNIVERSE

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Feat of Clay is the first of at least another 3 or 4 Batman adventures that feature one or many persons from the show business at the center of the plot. In this case we have the case of actor Matt Hagen using his abilities to incriminate an innocent Bruce Wayne of a lot of crimes he didn't commit.

Between those other Batman animated episodes having one or more persons from the Showbiz either if they are movie actors, models, stage comedians or make some other kind of performance work at the nucleus of the plot, we have the acclaimed "Baby Doll" also "Mean Seasons" (this one from The New Batman Adventures) and of course "Made 'Em Laugh".

Talking about the adventure in hand, Clayface's story may be a metaphor for a lot of things that people do to try to hide a flaw of character and sometimes in the end, they just make it much bigger like Matt Hagen when he uses that dangerous substance to hide the imperfections of his face and only ends up damaging his entire body, thus turning himself into CLAYFACE!

Talking now about Clayface as a villain, he may not be normally considered one of the top ten Batman opponents of all time, but taking in consideration that he can impersonate the figure and voice of so many characters from Bruce Wayne to the Flash we have to give him credit..As a villain... ...he is a hell of an actor!!! And also, we doubtlessly enjoyed some pretty good episodes featuring him; in my opinion one of the most startling among the Batman and Robin adventures had Clayface involved, in this last case I rather not revealing the episode in which that happens for you to enjoy the surprise.

We will also see him teaming up with other villains in one of the series that span-off from Batman Animated: "Justice League".

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IMDb Review written by David del Real.

November 2017.

This is an amazing follow up to Part 1. I thought this was the superior part of the two.

The bodily transformations that Clayface goes through are creative and look spectacular. It becomes borderline disturbing the way his flesh mutates.

I love the final reveal, it really ties together what we know about this character and his career as a successful actor. It's a beautifully theatrical way to leave the episode & also to outsmart Batman.

I'm so glad the character is still around. I hope he returns to the show. There are so many ways his powers of shapeshifting could be used.

My only criticism is that the episode opens with him discussing his malady with his friend. This guy doesn't seem at all fazed about his friend's transformation into a hideous goopy clay beast. He's very matter-of-fact about it, which doesn't seem realistic. Surely they should have shown some kind of transition of him learning to accept the deformities & that this is still his friend underneath the clay. His unquestionable loyalty and stalwartness doesn't seem earned.

Bruce got out of jail pretty fast. Daggett wants to take control of Wayne Enterprises, I think the real villain here is Daggett. Nice to see a bit more of Clayface's story in this episode. After what Daggett's people did to him now Hagen has the ability to shapeshift without using Daggett's cream but he can't keep it up for long, interesting. You have to feel bad for him just like Mr. Freeze. I have to say that this episode is more intriguing than Part 1. Clayface is losing it, turning against his only friend. Hagen has lost his mind and identity, consumed by rage and feelings of vengeance, he is now Clayface!!! Epic. Love the design for Clayface. This episode also has more delicious action. Wow what an epic episode, full of thrilling moments and action. My rating is 9.0/10!

(Fun Fact: The subplot of Roland Daggett trying to manipulate events to take over Wayne Enterprises is also used in The Dark Knight Rises with Daggett working with Bane.)

This was a great two-parter. Much better than 'Cat and Claw'.

Matt Hagen's transformations throughout these two episodes are almost on the same level as David Cronenberg's nightmarish body-morphing horror, especially when you realize he is morphing his skin and using it as weapons, including projectiles. His character is fascinating, though, and I love the fact that he also exposes Daggett at the climax, showing he is a bit of an anti-hero, at least in this episode.

Much like 'The Cat and the Claw' two-parter, Bruce/Batman is basically a secondary character in order to give more exposition to Clayface and Daggett. It works, though.

I really enjoyed this episode, even though some of Clayface's body-morphings are stomach-churning. The twist at the end was quite satisfying, also.

Clayface is truly an over-powered and compelling character! This amazing episode of the show gives us a great close-up to Clayface's tragic backstory. It's nice to see this conclude, even though the ending of this episode is very trippy. Matt Hagen is a great character, and the idea of an actor becoming someone like Clayface, and you can even feel a little bad for him, he even states he's no longer a man. The animation here was also amazing, Clayface's fluid character movements are represented here so well, and I'm quite happy that I got so invested in this episode. This two-parter was great, filled with suspense and tragedy, which is what this series is best at.