Artifacts is very sad. 

Greg Weisman liked the "mission isn't over/comes first" line so much he made it the main theme for Young Justice Also I liked how in this version they flipped Bruce being all in for the Justice League and Superman being more reluctant to join

I really love The Batman. That show while not quite as good as Batman the Animated Series, some characters like Catwoman, Hugo Strange, Batgirl and surprisingly Firefly, where much better handled than in the Animated Series. It also has one one of the best alternate versions of Clayface.

Finally someone talks about this version!! Gotta be my fav Batman series

Eyyy, it's nice to see some 2005 Batman appreciation. I feel that series is super underrated, and I'd love to see some content concerning its unique take on the Batman mythos

I love this version of Batman. Some of my favorite designs of Batman’s rouges gallery, not to mention the man himself

The Dick Grayson intro episodes were pretty good but one of my faves is the Green Arrow ep. It shows Ollie as someone who cares both in and out of his costume. It really does the character justice.

"the mission is not over" is my go to quote from now on

Batman as a kind of enduring spirit of justice that can never fully die is a really interesting and cool idea. It reminds me of that one episode of Justice League where the team gets flung into Future Gotham to meet Old Bruce and Terry, and there’s that one exchange between the Batmen of different generations. Terry: “Things have changed.” Young Bruce: “Are criminals still superstitious and cowardly?” Old Bruce: “Yep.” Young Bruce: “Good enough.”

Man, I just gotta say that The Batman easily had one of my favorite Rogues of all time with its Ragdoll interpretation, it’s just a lot of fun to see a Rogue who isn’t as popular get a lot more spotlight

I love this show, especially how when they couldn't do Two-Face they used elements of the character in their version of Clayface and made an otherwise somewhat uninteresting villain fascinating.

Of all the versions of Batman on the TV and movies, this one has to be the most “pure” Batman to date He has that drive yet he’s not completely paranoid or distrusting everyone He truly believes and inspires the people he meets in a positive way. Sometimes I wish we can see more of this kind of Batman

The more attention my fav Batman show from my childhood gets the better. So criminally underrated

I remember The Batman. Good show, I was lucky enough to see it and TAS as a kid and I think TAS wins out just a bit, but I appreciate how The Batman tried to be its own thing. For instance The Batman's Joker is awesome, as was Firefly. Wasn't as big of a fan of Freeze, but that's cuz its *really* hard to beat the one from TAS.

I think this show was the last depiction of Batman being.. ya know, a person?

I’m glad there’s someone else that watched the Batman, other than me

my fave batman series is this one for sure. i love how bruce is written so much

Can you do an video on Batman: The Brave and the Bold? It would be interesting to explore how that interpretation presents Batman as the ultimate figure of justice, often presenting the morals of the story through his actions then any lessons he learns. If you want more individual episodes to look at instead of watching an entire show (because who truly has the time?), I would recommend "Chill of the Night", or any of the generation focused episodes like "The Golden Age of Justice" and "Sidekicks Assemble". The show is just in love with the early satellite era of League and heroes as symbols that, while they are important for everyone, mean the world to children.

I'm so glad someone is giving love to The Batman (2005). It's not popular to say but I loved this show even more than TAS. THANK YOU!

The Batman series deserves so much more attention, and you absolutely did it justice. Thanks for making this!!

Kudos on not mentioning the Oracle confirmation. I wouldn’t have been able to resist the reference.

Grew up watching The Batman as I was too late for BTAS. I do have a special love for that show. It Has its moments for sure and it definitely is underrated solely because it is NOT BTAS. Another fun thing to remember when watching it was how they tried to merge the golden age, almost goofy Batman with the Dark Knight that he had become at that point. I think the writers were mostly successful in that. It has an edge but still lighthearted enough to be a hero for the younger generation.

And this is The Batman that fought Dracula. Man i love this show and its movie.

Neat! You don’t see this type of analysis for non-DCAU Batman shows. Artifacts is also a personal favorite of mine.

This batman and his series was a perfect update to the classic while putting its own spin on things, theres a reason why this show is remembered for having the healthiest Batman and the Scariest Joker

This show is quite literally my childhood, also, I'm pretty sure the show came out in 2004

The Batman 2005 has my favorite Batman design

You know thats really interesting. That show was my favorite because of this unhinged joker. But the show as a whole was a completely different formula from typical batmen. This feels like a guy trying to living up to his name and succeed. You actually see him smile and it wouldn't be a rare thing. I hope future batman writers take notes of this in case they want to shake it up. Sorry i just can't put into the right words to explain how this show just makes you feel at home. Is that just me?

I loved this version of Batman, I get that it was (arguably) meant for a younger audience than BTAS but it still managed great stories. Absolutely loved the Batman vs Dracula movie!

This is probably my FAVOURITE version of Batman, sure there's the OG animated Series, Christopher Nolan's trilogy, but this was my childhood, this was an amazing modernisation of the DC universe and starting with Batman. The right amount of style, comedy, seriousness and originality!!!

This is the show that I grew up with. Very underrated. You gotta talk about the awesome The Batman vs Dracula movie!

Wooooo, we’re getting The Batman (2004) analyses!

The DC Animated Universe's telling of Batman's story will always be my favorite, but I think 2004's "The Batman" is very underrated.

"And it turned out to be Irn Bru" That was delivered to smoothly that, as someone who has not watched this episode of The Batman, I wasn't sure you were joking. Given that Mr. Freeze was once defeated by chicken soup in B:TAS, it's not beyond plausibility.

Please do a "Riddler's Revenge is very sad."

I’m glad you got around to this version, this Bruce Wayne is exactly what I’m looking for out of “the brave and the bold”

One of the best channels on RU-vid. Love the content.

MY FAVIORTE BATMAN SHOW ever and this episode is a good reason why

The Batman is the show I caught as a kid, (also that one where he would team up with various heroes), and yeah it doesn't have the greatest batman story sure, but it was good, very good

I need..no demand more The Batman videos because THIS one was my first Batman before TAS

Artifacts was always my favorite episode in The Batman Just felt so unique and special

Something I think is interesting about Batman, and this is more overt in some of the Else World stories, is Bruce, as Batman and Bruce, is a crystallization of the concept of Noblesse Oblige; which literally translates to Noble Obligation, it's a philosophy, mindset, and code of principles that states that those in positions of power are under the obligation to help protect and assist those in less-fortunate positions than themselves. The Noblesse Oblige is expressed in plenty of fictional characters, Batman being among the best examples, in my opinion, but you hardly hear about how people in the real world have also taken to this philosophy.

This series rocks

The first time I watched an episode of The Batman, I had a hard time getting into it. Maybe I was still clinging onto the TAS version. But I went back several years later to watch it, and I began to really like this version of Batman.

This show was so sick to catch on Saturdays after Sonic X

Never stop breaking down the thought process behind each video/script. Love those parts.

This batman was actually the very first I was introduced to and I still love him so much.

I love this, as always your work is excellent - I'd like to suggest that the music during the main section was a little too loud, it was a bit harder to understand your voice than normal. Fantasic work!

The Batman did a lot of good for Bruce Wayne. There was an episode that crowned him the White night. While also acknowledging that Batman was The dark Knight. Titles well-earned.

This is one of the best The Batman episodes next to the story about Riddlers origins which i would love to see you cover

This was one of my favourite Batman shows

This is one of my favorite versions of the Batman. I wanted to make my own DC universe where my Version of Batman is inspired by this one.

This has always been my favorite episode of this show

This version of Bruce Wayne is probably the happiest one

That episode from 2005 Batman is one of the best, save for the silly detail that he somehow etched all the computer code in 0s and 1s on the walls of the Batcave.

daam mr.freeze really had the balls to call batman "irrelevant"

Oh nice, this is about The Batman. Easily my favorite batman show, I really liked how it handled Barbara, Dick and the rest of the supporting cast.

I grew up watching The Batman its super underrated, great video man

I was hoping you would get around to The Bat-Man and Beware the Batman. I think there’s a lot of essay content in Beware The Batman especially.

I hated this show as a kid but this episode, the Firefly arms race episode and the Ethan Bennett acid attack Clayface episodes were great.

How did I Not realize you made a video about this!!?;?;!??;?!!?? This is probably single-handedly one of my favorite Batman things ever. The Mission is never over.

I don't get how you do this so well and to this extent! Your video essays are so good! They inspire me! Thank you for all these insightful and great videos! It really is some great content!

One of the only shows that did Hawkman Justice. Unlike in Justice League Unlimited show where it seemed like they really hated the character.

Bruce becomes Raz Al Ghul. Creates a League of Shadows that doesn't kill. And I still want Selina Kyle more than anyone else. Even 70 yr old from DKReturns.

Dude thanks for talking about this show this made my day hearing about it

This isn't the best Batman series by a long shot, but it might be my favorite because of how optimistic it is

Your reverance for dcau is on par with that of some of the greatest works of all time. I've been a young man, also a young parent and I raised my nephew for 8 years since the day he was born aw my sister dealt with illness and then later a neice as well, I always encouraged the kids to follow these shows asa I felt they were important for a well rounded mindset and taught morales.

I really like the character arc for Batman going from vengeance driven to being driven by a sense of moral duty. Less a man broken by the world trying to control the uncontrollable, more a man trying to make a world where nobody ever has to suffer like he did

Hey, Implicitly Pretentious. Great video and awesome that you just reaffirmed my personal favorite Batman despite not seeming much of the show. This version of the character I feel is the closest to my personality, bit more cheery and bubbly at times without fully loosing himself to the darkness so to speak. Helps me come to grips with the emotions I feel and how it seems like they prevent me from being more "serious", professional or to actually get the job done. Helps me feel like I don't need to lose myself in the darkness that I often face... But for the love of gods the music that comes in around the later half of case study 2 (around the 4:58 mark) REALLY fucks with me man. Possibly keep it lower or use something different? I apologize if I sound really rude but it was like taking mental or psychic damage. Still proud of what you did for the rest of the video and wish you well! 😊

These videos are so good man, always great ❤️

This is really good. I love this show and am very glad you've given it more attention.

I find it funny that not only is it the dark knight returns suit but the new batman adventures suit and his arc is the same in this show. From likable to cold.

The Batman doesn’t get the respect it deserves

The Batman 05 is one of my favorite versions of the character. A truly underrated series.

Grew up with this show and Spectacular Spider-Man.

Narration quality held up great Leo. Keep up the good work

I had a recurring nightmare for years after watching the dracula movie for this series. But i still loved this series beyond any other version. This Bruce is the first one i truly understood when i watched it. I may have seen the original cartoon but this was the one i watched when i could understand what was going on. To the four year old me this was Batman.

It's cool to see The Dark Knight Returns suit in this series.

I loved this episode since it has some elements of TDKR. The ending is kinda cool tho.

Another excellent video about things I care deeply about.... I thank you, LD.

"Even a Thousand Years into the future he refused to leave Gotham unprotected"

5:13 - Thomas Wayne looks like Rourke from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

I Loved & Still Love This Show As A Kid & An Adult❤. Right Up There With BTAS/Beyond & Justice League The Animated Series/Unlimited As Some Of DC'S Greatest Cartoons

The Batman is my answer to the edglords who go: "Bruce Wayne is just as guilty for Gotham's problems because he only uses his money to buy gadgets designed to put people into a coma rather than actually helping people by donating his vast fortune to help eliminate the cause of all the crime to begin with- poverty." Very few iterations of Batman- at least in animation and film, have put any emphasis on Bruce's charity work and focused mainly on the "play boy" persona, but out of them all, The Batman is the only one I know of where Bruce takes a strong interest in donating back to the community and to focus on charity work- even BTAS didn't have episodes where Bruce was focused on donating to charity or raising money even as a background plot point. Don't get me wrong, there were episodes in BTAS or films like The Dark Knight trilogy where he would talk about Wayne Industries working on some "revolutionary" product but it was always a commodity or a technological advancement that would benefit the private sector and not the actual people of Gotham. The Batman is the only irritation of Batman in animation and film where Bruce goes through character growth within the series that causes him to drop the "play boy" top 1% persona and really emphasize how his money and company could benefit the people of Gotham- not JUST the Batman. That was one of things that always peaked my interest with the series- that and the banging theme song in the early seasons (the new theme song in the later seasons sucked ass).

We need more Batman 2004 especially on storage world

This is the Batman I grew up with. Love this show

Batman doesnt lust for vengeance. Except for that one time which we dont need to talk about RIP to the goat sidekick

I forgot that Dick wanted to succeed Bruce here. I’m so used to that not being the case

No worries about what you were shooting for. This is yet another fantastic video!

It's so weird to see a version of Batman who's usually very slim and sleek design wise be bulked up so much especially when he still has the youthful voice.

Christ bless you, this is so cool thank you for making one of my favorite hero even cooler

I get anybody I can, just to sit down and watch this episode with me.

oh god this version of batman is nearly 20 years old

There are Four types of Batman and what differential them is how Batman psyche is defined: Type 1: Bruce Wayne is the Mask and Batman is who he really is -BTAS/Timmverse Batman -DCEU Batman -The Dark Knight Returns -Batman:Brave and the Bold -Gotham -Batman unlimited -Injustice Batman -DCAMU Batman Type 2:Batman is the Mask and Bruce Wayne is who he really is -Telltale Batman Type 3: Both Bruce Wayne and Batman are masks worn by the broken little boy still stuck in that alley way -Nolan Batman -Arkham Batman -The Batman 2022 Type 4: Bruce Wayne and Batman are the same, the only difference being what name they use and what they wear, there is no mask or differing personality. -This(The Batman: 2004) -Schumacher Batman -Burton Batman -Batman 1966 -Lego Batman(Lego Movie universe) -Jensen Ackles/Long Halloween Batman

Gotta watch this version

Thank you for making this

I think what Artifacts tells us is how no matter we change, there will be some things that remain the same. The battle between good and evil is eternal, there can never be a true victor. Mr Freeze is the physical manifestation of Evil while Batman is the spiritual side of Good. While Mr Freeze is physically present but Batman is everywhere even when he's long dead.

Loved this. The Batman is very underrated

When I think The Dark Knight Returns I think of this look for him

great video. sound mixing was a bit off, music a tad too loud for how quiet you speak.

This batman and the battison movie are opposite ends of the same sliding scale