"Holy..."

Exclamation of surprise Holy (disambiguation) Holy cow (expression) "Holy...!" (for example "Holy shit!", "Holy mackerel!" or "Holy smoke!", and perhaps most commonly "Holy cow!") is an exclamation of surprise used mostly in English-speaking countries. Robin of the Batman TV series is noted for his many catchphrase "Holy..." exclamations. The lines in the 1960s TV series were uttered by Robin actor Burt Ward and were directly related to the plot; for example, "Holy Graf Zeppelin!" is uttered by Robin upon seeing an aerial balloon.http://holysmokesbatman.com/tracks/holy-graf-zeppelin.html Holy Graf Zeppelin Holysmokesbatman.com 10 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130909091548/http://holysmokesbatman.com/tracks/holy-graf-zeppelin.html 9 September 2013 dead dmy-all https://www.thoughtco.com/robins-oddest-holy-exclamations-from-the-batman-tv-series-3896999 Robin's 20 Oddest "Holy" Exclamations From the Batman TV Series ThoughtCo 2018-09-10 In his cameo on the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Burt Ward exclaims, "Holy crimson skies of death!" while Earth-66 experiences red skies due to the incoming antimatter wave.https://www.ew.com/recap/supergirl-season-5-episode-9/amp/ 'Supergirl' recap: Holy crimson skies of death! Entertainment Weekly 9 December 2019 Analysis Bradley J. Ricca, comic book scholar at Case Western Reserve University, suggests that: "Robin exists as a media entity inextricably linked with Batman and shares nearly as much ubiquity in American culture".Duncan Randy Smith Matthew J. Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman https://books.google.com/books?id=M_bRZ_et8BIC&pg=PA612 29 January 2013 ABC-CLIO 978-0-313-39924-4 612 He considers Robin's famous "Holy..." catchphrases to have been grossly overused in the series, popularizing it in the American vernacular. Cartoons such as Super Friends continued to make use of Robin and his catchphrases, "spouting 'Holy' in front of every noun imaginable" and Robin's exclamations still remain closely associated with his character in popular culture. American author David Shields notes how much in contrast Robin's "Holy..." outbursts, his alliteration and assonance, his fast riffs were to the laconic Batman.Shields David Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity https://books.google.com/books?id=SCdih1A7l40C&pg=PA95 30 October 2003 University of Wisconsin Press 978-0-299-19363-8 95 According to film critics Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan, Robin's quip "Holey Rusted Metal!" in Batman Forever was an "explicit in-joke".Cartmell Deborah Whelehan Imelda Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text https://books.google.com/books?id=OU5cpcFqMgkC&pg=PA196 17 June 2013 Routledge 978-1-136-21959-7 196 Camp humour,Misiroglu Gina The Superhero Book https://books.google.com/books?id=q0zLRBmMZk0C&pg=PA434 1 October 2004 Visible Ink Press 978-1-57859-370-5 434 through Robin's exclamations and other circumstances in the Batman series, have led some commentators to speculate on homosexual undertones in the relationship between Batman and Robin.Halfyard Janet K. Danny Elfman's Batman: A Film Score Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=OGOYqpxsyRgC&pg=PA42 1 January 2004 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-5126-9 42 Image Entertainment paid homage to Robin's quips with the title "Batman: Holy Batmania" in a 2004 2-disc DVD release containing four documentaries discussing the sixties TV series. The DVD title is the name of one of the documentaries itself.The Batman Filmography 31 July 2013 https://books.google.com/books?id=jWAsAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 McFarland 978-0-7864-6891-1 77 See also Captain Haddock References External links Directory of exclamations and audio clips Category:Batman (TV series) Category:Catchphrases Category:Cultural anthropology Category:Snowclones Category:Robin (character) in other media Category:1966 quotations Category:Quotations from television Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title