Christmas With the Joker - S1-E38
Other mistake: Batman and Robin are walking from the elevator to the Batmobile. Due to a coloring error, Robin's whole chest is green instead of red. (00:02:15)
Christmas With the Joker - S1-E38
Other mistake: The train falls off the cliff, explodes, but during the explosion we see bounce off the flames...the train, perfectly intact, even with the lights on. (00:11:20)
Christmas With the Joker - S1-E38
Other mistake: Joker hosts the show in front of an audience of plywood mock-up figurines. In the wider views we see next to Gordon... Alfred. That would require Joker to know Batman's secret identity. (00:06:45)
Christmas With the Joker - S1-E38
Other mistake: Once Joker's back in his Arkham cell he should be wearing prison pants again like he was at the beginning of the episode. Yet he's still in his purple pants.
Christmas With the Joker - S1-E38
Other mistake: Robin is trying to change channel but is unsuccessful, because the Joker hijacked all transmissions. Perhaps also because the remote control he has in hand has just one button. (00:04:40)
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.