Continuity mistake: Batgirl's cape changes length throughout the episode. It goes from reaching her ankles to her hips.
Other mistake: When Catwoman scratches Batman's face in the flashback, her fingers and claws stretch comically.
Continuity mistake: During the flashback, Catwoman's whip disappears and reappears on her belt in a couple of scenes.
Continuity mistake: When she was pulling Daggett up, Batgirl briefly gains pupils when she says "Catwoman, wait."
Continuity mistake: Harley's shoes are poorly drawn when she dances in Dr. Leland's office.
Continuity mistake: Catwoman/Selina gains and loses her pupils throughout the episode.
Continuity mistake: Batgirl and Catwoman briefly gain pupils in one shot of them during the Stacked Deck fight, despite not having any throughout the episode. (04:00:39 - 04:41:24)
Continuity mistake: When Riddler burns his costume, he's wearing his purple gloves, but after throwing his green jacket into the fireplace, his gloves disappear entirely. (04:25:03 - 04:29:59)
Other mistake: When Alfred serves Bruce coffee at the end, there's no steam coming from the coffee pot or Bruce's mug when Alfred pours the coffee into mug.
Continuity mistake: The 10/6's on the Mad Hatter's mind control cards come and go throughout the episode.
Continuity mistake: Riddler's gloves disappear briefly after Batman confronts him at his party.
Other mistake: Melissa Manchester and Neil Ross voice minor characters in this episode. The end credits list them like this though; "Additional Voices - Melissa Manchester as Neil Ross." It should have been "And", of course. (00:21:55)
Character mistake: Despite being a Greek mythology buff Maxie Zeus says "Vulcan" when he meant "Hephaestus" the Greek god of fire and the forge when he first spoke with Batman.
Continuity mistake: The soles of Batgirl's boots change from light to dark blue throughout the episode.
Continuity mistake: Batgirl's boots gain and lose heels throughout the climax of the episode.
Continuity mistake: When we first meet Harley Quinn, her gloves are white before becoming their normal colors of black and red in the next shot.
Continuity mistake: Both of Harley's shoes are red as Batman holds her after rescuing her from falling.
Continuity mistake: During his introduction Scarface's scleras go from light yellow to white then back to light yellow.
Continuity mistake: When Poison Ivy is introduced in her trademark green costume, she's bare legged. Yet a few shots later, she's suddenly wearing green tights. While she's offscreen for a brief period, there's not enough time between the shots for her to have put them on.
Continuity mistake: The 10/6th on the Mad Hatter's mind control cards come and go throughout the episode. An example is when he first is shown holding them they're blank. Then when he decides to use them on his date with Alice they've suddenly got the 10/6th.
Answer: Because he stole a chemical from his lab.
But Batman knew that with it, Clayface could permanently retain his shape and Clayface desperately wanted to be Matt Hagen again. In a sense, Batman stopped Clayface from becoming human.