Usually applies to a gift as in "that's a rubber batman!" If it's a "rubber batman" no matter what the gift really is, it means the giver expects to receive amazing and great pleasure from the gift, even if the recipient also likes it. The real point of gift "bounces back" like a rubber batman.
"You got me new undies?! That's a rubber batman for sure!" or "I love this new cookware....but that's a total rubber batman, fool."
This occurs in online gaming when latency is relatively high. Players (or yourself) will appear to move in one direction, and then suddenly be teleported back several feet where they once were a few seconds ago.
This can be extremely annoying in twitch-based online games such as first person shooters, as it will hinder one's aiming and shooting. Rubberbanding also plagues MMOs, particularily in extremely filled servers with poor hardware configurations. While it isn't as damaging in an MMO environment, rubberbanding still takes away from the overall gaming experience and if at all possible, should be avoided.
CS-Sniper: WTF!!! server is rubberbanding pPLaYERS I cANT SHOOT SH*T... OMfg I JUST GOt HEADSHOTTED WTF OMG11!!!
A tax refund from H & R Block, where one pays the penalty fees and forgoes the full amount of their tax refund in exchange for an
instaneous pile of cash.