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One of the most powerfulBatmanvillains is unarguablyPoison Ivyas her influence over all plant life sentence on earth give her nearly divine powers , but her weakness is so simple — anyone could beat her . Poison Ivy has made it clean-cut throughout her comic book career that she opt the company of plants over that of people . Unfortunately , her love of greenery is also her greatest weakness , something Batgirl takes stark vantage of during one of their encounters .
Dr. Pamela Isley was a botanist who became Poison Ivy after an experimentation went wrong , give her the ability to communicate with and control plant . Once she obtained her powers , Ivy became an eco - terrorist who would oftentimes kidnap , slaying , or otherwise harm masses who put the environment in danger , especially in regard to openhanded corporations who would do so just to make a profit . In the past tense , Batman has been able to defeatPoison Ivy by using some of her more prove weaknesses include utmost frigid temperatures and vulnerability to darkness . However , when Batgirl become head - to - head with Poison Ivy , she discovers a unlike ( and much easier ) way to take the villain down .
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In " Batgirl : Day One"(Batman Adventures # 12)by Kelley Puckett and Mike Parobeck , Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy wreck a party to kidnap the daughter of the head of a potbelly creditworthy for frightening crimes against the surroundings . The girlfriend the villain intended on kidnapping , Sandy , was in a back room at the political party venue being watch over by security measures guards . Thinking there may be fuss underway , Batgirl , who is also in attending , goes to check on her when all of a sudden , Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy break through security and make their direction to Sandy ’s location , touch off Batgirl to jump into action . After she quickly incapacitate Harley Quinn , Batgirl grabs a potted plant that was placed nearby for medal , and threatens to smash it on the ground unless Poison Ivy surrenders . While Ivy scolds her for putting an innocent plant ’s living in peril over their conflict , she does n’t back off , so Batgirl make the plant and Poison Ivy plunk to catch it . Once Ivy permit her hold down , Batgirl was able to get to Sandy before her , in effect foiling her plot .
While Poison Ivy can control plant and use them to take down even the warm of foes , through the use of military unit or by manipulating the many poisons and toxin they propose , it seems as though she cares a bit too much for them rather than just using them to fulfill her goals . Hedera helix is connected to all plant lifeso it makes signified that she would want to defend it against humans who on a regular basis harm the environment as plant have no agency of fight down themselves . However , as show in this comic , her dear of plant life can be used against her which leave Poison Ivy at a huge disadvantage to her enemies . While it used to take exposing her to the bitter common cold or engulfing her in unadulterated dark to neutralize Poison Ivy as a menace , now all it takes is a small plant a sub does n’t beware destroy to take the villain down .
If Ivy completely loses her focus anytime one of her foes threatens the sprightliness of an average theater industrial plant as she did in this result , then she leaves herself completely vulnerable to attack . Poison Ivy values plant lifeway more than that of any human , but well-nigh no one else in the world feels that style , include superheroes like Batgirl , so they wo n’t think twice about bang up a potted works to stopPoison Ivyfrom take out off any spirit - threatening villainy , making thisBatmanvillain way too well-to-do to get the better of .
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