for the oil rig, Barbara realizes Fries and Belson have been lying to her and escapes with the help of Koonak, who Fries had falsely promised that Barbara would not be harmed. Batman and Robin arrive in the Batwing and they confront Fries and Belson, who accidentally starts a fire by shooting at the fuel tanks. Fries traps Batman and Robin and orders Belson to perform the operation despite the fire spreading rapidly across the rig, but Belson pushes Fries under some falling debris and attempts to escape. Fries survives with a broken leg, while Belson himself is crushed by the falling helipad while escaping in a speedboat. Batman and Robin escape and free Fries with Barbara's help. He begs them to save Nora and Koonak first, who Barbara helps safely get on board the Batwing. Despite his efforts, Batman is unable to save Fries, who plummets to his apparent death. Batman makes it back to the Batwing and they fly away just as the rig finally explodes. Fries, however, is revealed to have survived, and swims to safety with the bears. Sometime later, Fries has returned to the arctic with the bears. He sees on a television in a research station that while the world believes him dead, Nora has been revived after an organ transplant funded by Wayne Enterprises, moving him to tears of joy. Voice cast Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman Michael Ansara as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze Loren Lester as Dick Grayson / Robin Mary Kay Bergman as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock Mari Devon as Summer Gleeson George Dzundza as Dr. Gregory Belson Bob Hastings as Commissioner James Gordon Marilu Henner as Veronica Vreeland Dean Jones as Dean Arbagast Liane Schirmer as Lieutenant Renee Montoya James Smith as Detective Galpern Frank Welker as Hotchka and Shaka (uncredited) Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth Lauren Tom as Mariko Production The film was completed in 1997 as a tie-in to Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin (which also featured Mr. Freeze as the main villain and Batgirl as one of the protagonists). Its release date, however, was pushed back to 1998 after the poor reception of Schumacher's film. According to Bruce Timm, Boyd Kirkland and Randy Rogel wrote the film's story without informing him, so when he discovered that Nora Fries was to be brought to life in the