▁One ▁Year ▁Later ▁event , ▁when ▁she ▁is ▁re int rodu ced ▁as ▁a ▁villa in . ▁The ▁ab rupt ▁shift ▁in ▁her ▁character ▁brought ▁about ▁negative ▁criticism ▁from ▁read ership . ▁When ▁question ed ▁about ▁the ▁change ▁in ▁character ization , ▁writer ▁Adam ▁Be e chen ▁stated : ▁" They ▁didn ' t ▁present ▁me ▁with ▁a ▁r ationale ▁as ▁to ▁why ▁Cass andra ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁change , ▁or ▁a ▁motiv ating ▁factor . ▁That ▁was ▁left ▁for ▁me ▁to ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁and ▁them ▁to ▁appro ve . ▁And ▁we ▁did ▁that . ▁But ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁to ▁why ▁the ▁edit ors ▁and ▁writers ▁and ▁who ever ▁else ▁made ▁the ▁decision ▁decided ▁that ▁was ▁a ▁good ▁direction , ▁I ▁honest ly ▁couldn ' t ▁answer ." ▁ ▁In ▁other ▁media ▁ ▁Port rayed ▁by ▁Y v onne ▁Craig , ▁the ▁character ' s ▁first ▁adaptation ▁outside ▁of ▁com ic ▁books ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁season ▁of ▁Bat man ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁Barbara ▁Gordon ▁having ▁been ▁discussed ▁months ▁earlier ▁by ▁her ▁father ▁and ▁Bat man ▁in ▁the ▁second - season ▁episodes , ▁" B at man ' s ▁Water lo o " ▁and ▁" The ▁Du o ▁Def y ". ▁Les ▁Daniel s , ▁in ▁Bat man : ▁The ▁Complete ▁History ▁( 2 0 0 4 ) ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁ABC ▁was ▁to ▁" att ract ▁new ▁audience ▁members , ▁especially ▁ideal istic ▁young ▁girls ▁and ▁less ▁high - mind ed ▁older ▁men ." ▁According