Every Batman Animated Series Ranked 

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I think both Brave and The Bold and The Batman are really underrated, they both had the misfortune of following up what is almost universally considered the definitive take on the character.

I really like how the Brave and the Bold gave so much spotlight to lesser-known DC heroes. It’s what introduced me to Plastic Man, Blue Beetle, Red Tornado, Wildcat, and Guy Gardner as a kid, and to this day, I still like these characters.

My favourite episode of Brave and the Bold is the one where he meets Joe Chill (the man who killed his parents). Adam West and Julie Newmar as Thomas and Martha Wayne, Kevin Conroy as the Phantom Stranger and Mark Hamill as the Spectre.

I grew up with The Batman (2004) and loved it. I decided to watch it through in college and loved it even more and I’m glad to see the show getting more recognition the last couple of years

The 2000s Batman series was definitely a fascinating experience with how it handled the character.

The Brave and The Bold is a severely underrated series. While TAS is brilliant, I have a much larger soft spot for TBATB

I grew up watching The Batman show from the mid-2000’s so to see it get a lot of respect is really nice. I always felt it was super underrated but to be second to the Animated Series shows how good it really was

Can we just accept that The Batman’s first two seasons has the most underrated theme song ever? Same for it’s really good movie tie-in, The Batman vs. Dracula.

I've always liked Batman Beyond the most. It's just so stylish and refreshing. I hope to see its adaption on the big screen one day.

The Brave and The Bold will always have a special place in my heart, it the was the show I watched as a kid and was my first introduction to not only Batman, but the whole DC universe. Also I absolutely adore its take on Elastic Man and Aquaman

Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will always be my Batman and Joker, every time I read a comic I hear their voices in my head

The Batman was my first introduction to the character. It’s almost up there with Spectacular Spider-Man, but Spectacular is so high because most of the other Spider-Man shows don’t come close in quality.

I remember watching Batman The Animated Series on Jetix along with Superman TAS, Static Shock, and Pinky and the Brain. Apparently there was even a Direct-to-video Superman movie that aired on Toon Disney too. Looking back during a time where Disney owns Marvel, it’s wild to remember seeing DC cartoons air on a Disney owned channel.

Lol. I auditioned for that Batman Beyond Commercial as a kid.

Brave and the Bold was underrated because it came out around the same time as The Dark Knight did and many fans only cared about that one iteration of Batman. While I absolutely enjoyed both for different reasons, I was mocked for liking BatB and it's silliness. It made me understand how 1960s Batman fans felt. The Silver age is such an underappreciated era of a fun Batman and the show being a love letter to it was eye opening. As the series had jokingly mentioned, it doesn't take away from the core values of Batman and is still about a tortured superhero coming from the depths of darkness and tragedy.

I’m so glad to see that the Batman(2004) is getting the respect it deserves. It’s just as good as Batman the animated series in my opinion.

The thing about Batman is that ALL of the animated series that came out after and including BTAS are very good shows. They all contribute something different. BTAS- The noir/rogues gallery side. Brave and the Bold- The campy, fun side. Beware the Batman- the detective and fighting side. Batman Beyond- the young/old side. And the reason I think The Batman is the best one is because it's the one that balances all of these aspects while having the best audiovisual presentation. It could get dark, it could be campy and fun, it had a young Batman, it had a seasoned Batman, it had Batman alone, it had Batman with allies, and it's got the most well rounded portrayal of the character in that it showed an emotionally healthy Bruce Wayne who could crack a joke but also the stoic caped crusader. Rather than focusing on the villains like BTAS, it focused on Batman. It had some villains with depth, and others who were just plain fun, and unlike BTAS, all of them could actually go against Batman in a fight.

I loved Brave and the Bold and how it spotlighted basically even the most d-list heroes. Like, they actually made Bwana Beast cool. Insane

I grew up with "the Batman (2004)" and it was basically my introduction to the character. And I remember loving it a lot.

I’m so glad The Batman is getting the love it deserves in recent years. I love how they did their own unique takes on the characters, that still felt true to them while still being fresh.

The Brave and the Bold is a love letter to the golden age.

i always thought the batman was highly underrated so it's good to see it finally getting some love

Batman the animated series is one of the cornerstones of my childhood. It warms my heart just thinking of it and i know nothing will ever be able to give me that same feeling.

The Batman (2004) was my all time favorite since it gave a new design to the characters and it feels more gritty and dark. Overall it was great for me.

So glad to see The Batman (2004) getting the respect it deserves, 'twas my childhood and will always love it

1.TAS 2. Beyond 3. Brave and Bold 4. New adventures 5. The Batmn 6. Beware The Batman

As a character designer I love The Batman (2004) to death. Growing up with it probabaly influences my tastes, but I’m just obsessed with how weird, cool, and UNIQUE every villain looks, from Rasta straight jacket joker, to Red Hulk Bane, to other sick redesigns like firefly, mr freeze. Catwoman, poison Ivy, etc.

I’m so glad that brave and the bold got some love and attention. That was one of the shows that got me obsessed with dc

I agree with this list, man... The Batman was one of my favourite shows as a kid and like to revisit it a lot

Gotta love growing up early 2000s with TAS, BB, and The Batman. It felt like a cohesive story and progression for the character. I never gave a chance to Brave and the Bold, but I like the art style

As much as I love "Batman: The Animated Series," the 2004 "The Batman" series really has grown on me. I feel that show's version of the Joker (voiced _excellently_ by Kevin Michael Richardson) is just such as stand-out version when compared to other versions.

I'm amazed we still haven't seen any kind of further adaptation of Batman Beyond. We have a million different ideas of Barbara Gordon, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd and even Damian Wayne, but it doesn't feel like we've seen a whole lot of Terry ever since. Would make an awesome Arkham style game, if nothing else.

Batman Beyond is AWESOME. The Batman is very underrated as well, it’s really cool

Im suprised you put The Batman so high I greatly enjoyed it and think it is generally underrated, so I am happy you mentioned it all given that it has some of the worst SEO and goes unnoticed a lot

The Batman is the definitive animated version for me He feels more dark and sharp rather than beefy and heroic that makes most versions of Batman feel a little too similar to other heroes

The opening sequence alone for BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES ('92) is amazing!

I grew up on Batman TAS. I actually started to rewatch it recently and it's amazing to hear Conroy figure out the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne as it goes along.

That entire title can be translated as “Batman TAS number 1, followed by your choice of series order.” Brave and the Bold and Beyond are my numbers 2 and 3.

The Batman was such a great series. I really liked Riddler's origin in that show. "When is the villain not the villain" was honestly such a great line that really helped to make Riddler feel more morally grey.

The Batman vs Dracula is what introduced me to The Batman series. It's one of my favourite series alongside Batman: The animated series.

I rarely see or hear people talk about The Batman (2004) when it comes to the animated shows. It's usually TAS/Beyond and/or Brave-Bold. So I'm overjoyed that you have it at #2. I think it's definitely an underrated series that deserves more recognition. When I was growing up, this was my Batman and still is to this day.

Beyond is my favorite but yes, I agree the villains are frequently a weak spot. I wish they had been able to create ones that were more compelling.

I love The Batman (2004). I rewatch the show on a yearly basis if I’m being honest. Was my childhood Batman beside Batman Beyond.

The Batman had the best action scenes to me. As a kid, the fast paced hand to hand combat scene with he and joker were the best at times. I’m not used to seeing Joker do flying ninja spin kicks but here he was throwing hands with Batman and doing it like it was nothing.

So glad to see the 2004 The Batman series having it's love. It was the series I more grew up with considering I was born in 1990 and so was too young to really remember the Animated Series when it was originally on air. I was 14 when The Batman came out and I loved that show, and it has my favorite version of the Batmobile being the one he gets after Gearhead destroys his first one.

Thank you for shining a light on the Batman. It was amazing and so refreshing. It was my childhood and I’m glad it went so many seasons

brave and the bold isnt meant to be a good batman show its meant to be a dc show that popularises unpopular heroes while having a lighter hearted batman and its amazing at what it does

I forgot about The Batman, I used to like it, although I think Batman Beyond is the better of the two! that said, I feel the way you ranked them makes perfect sense. I also found that DC animated movies about Batman are usually excellent at portraying the character in a way fans can appreciate.

1:43 The Adventures of Batman (1968) 2:30 Beware the Batman (2013) 3:49 The New Adventures of Batman (1977) 5:08 Batman: The Brave and The Bold (2008) 6:23 Batman Beyond (1999) 7:52 The Batman (2004) 9:20 Batman The Animated Series (1992)

Batman Brave and the Bold and The Batman were both underrated for their time, even I admit I didn't watch them until much later. But over time they've gained a lot more appreciation by fans that they're just as good as Batman TAS.

I remember watching Batman brave and the bold! It’s a fun one! (Especially the musical episode!;)

Been watching The Batman recently and I am absolutely loving it! And no better time to watch it with "The Batman" in theaters.

I was lucky enough to have been 13/14 when The Batman (2004) came out, and enjoyed it a lot. Strategically waking up early on Saturday mornings to watch it alongside Xiaolin Showdown and other gems from that era was routine for me. That being said, it’s definitely #2 following closely behind BTAS, which felt epic and grander than any other cartoon to me as a kid

Kevin Conroy brought Bats to life like no other

I gotta say, BatB is my favorite and a damn fine showing. What I think tends to be forgotten about dc comics (and superheroes as a whole) is that this is a silly world with silly characters. There's a guy called mister pig for crying out loud. But that silliness means there's an honesty and hernestness to it. When the show doesn't pretend it's anything but campy fun, you know it can show some dark, heart breaking stuff well because it will treat that darkness and heartbreak with the same honesty and dedication as the silly stuff. When Behwanabeast died (spoiler alert for a 14 year old show) I carried

I loved batman the animated series as a kid and had the box set. I still rewatch some of my favorite episodes to this day

I grew up on brave and the bold. It will always have a really soft spot in my heart and really helped foster my love for Golden and silver age comics

I used to LOVE Brave and the Bold when I was younger. I'd probably still love it even now! Seeing it get ranked somewhat highly and getting all that praise feels so vindicating.

The Batman is definitely my favorite, I remember finding it on Netflix and loving it

Dude...you just unlocked a key memory with that "Batman video collection" commercial. Like I was legit a little kid there for a few seconds.

1. TAS 2. Beyond 3. The Batman 4. Brave and Bold 5. 60s Batman 6. Beware the Batman

This is the first of these kind of ranking videos that actually matches 1:1 with my personal tastes (minus the 60's and 70's shows which I haven't watched and thus can't rank). The Batman really aged well and deserves more credit than it is given. Its Ridler introduction episode is still my quintessential Ridler story.

I had that video collection you showed right before the list. I'll never forget this, but one of them had a commercial for DVD technology at the beginning. Those little featurettes for old toys and stuff (many of which I had as a kid) are one of the things I love about your channel. So cool.

Spot on list! Great video!

Excellent list, Batman: The Animated Series deserves the top spot. I felt the same way about The Batman Series, I never really get it a chance until several years ago. I retrospect The Batman Series from the early 2000's is quite good.

Nice video! I like how you said that you gave the Batman (2004) a second chance. As far as I'm concerned the only bad thing they ever did on that cartoon was removing Ellen Yin! She and Bruce had great chemistry in my opinion. I also really like Batman Beyond. I'm very glad these were in your top set. By the way, with al the current Bat-mania going on, would you also consider doing a retrospective on Gotham and going over all five seasons, I think that would make for another great discussion video. Think about it, please!

Dude I was waiting for you to make a video like this!

It still surprises me The Dark Knight was made in 2008 and still holds its reputation and ages really well till this day.

The Batman was the one I grew up with and I love how action packed it was, and man that season finale episodes were really good. Also, the plug and play game was really, really good

The Batman and even Beware the Batman are incredibly underrated imo. Beware takes a bit to get goin, and Batman gets a bit fuller in it's later seasons, but they do such great unique things with it's villains and stories that are truly fantastic and live up to the Bat himself.

I've seen beware the batman twice now and I still really like the vibe of it and most of it is entertaining

Always love your content, Cap! Hoping this vid blows up your channel.

I remember one episode of the Brave and the Bold where Joker accidentally gained god like powers. This episode gave a really interesting and well done look at what exactly goes on in Jokers head and what motivates him

Batman beyond all the way. The more batman stuff I watch, the more I appreciate it's uniqueness and greatness.

Amazing video! The Batman (2004) is my fave for sure and lvoe that you gave it some love. Would totally watch a DCEU animated Batman tier list! Also, you've convinced me to give Brave and the Bold a chance.

Thank's for the post love those classic TV shows

Brave and Bold is severely Underrated. I have a unhealthy amount of nostalgia for that show(ahhh the intro) and its still immensely enjoyable to this day. It introduced to a lot if new heroes and things about comics I had never known. This was my first introduction to characters such as Blue Beetle, Aquaman, Huntress, Black Canary and Bat Mite. Its like the Tom And Jerry of the Batman universe in its nostalgic and universal appeal for me.

The best animated version of Batman is by far the one from Teen Titans Go. He's just a chill dude who wants to hang out and watch Tv with Commissioner Gordon. A very relatable character if you ask me.

TAS and Beyond are some of the best and my favorites but the 2004 one holds a special place in my heart. that show is pretty much what made me love and become a batman fan, i would wake up early saturday mornings just to make sure i didnt miss an episode.

Wow, a ranking list I like and agree with. Great video👌

Better put some respect on The Batman and Brave & The Bold

It's kinda incredible to me that despite how great Batman's animated history is, there's still room for new takes on the character. For example, I think a (slightly) more mature oriented series (or at least one allowed to match the PG-13 tone of the main universe Batman comic) could do a great job depicting the long history of the Batfamily, which is by far my favorite part of the Batman mythos and probably the only way to see a decent adaptations of my favorite Batman characters (Cassadra Cain, Stephanie Brown, and Tim Drake) I think the main hurdles would be getting an animated series that aims to eventually depict the murder of Jason Todd and the Joker shooting Barbara Gordon (both vital moments relatively early to the modern history of Batman and which happen back-to-back) off the ground, since most pitches for a more "mature" Batman seem to ditch his family altogether.

Never 100% agreed to a ranking list video until today. Well done my guy

many batman iterations will come and go but no one has and will top batman the animated show. that show and arkham gamers is peak batman

Hey CaptainMidnight, excellent video! I agree with your placement of Beware the Batman, it is the weakest, however! It get’s much better in the second half of season one. It becomes far more serialized with each episode ending in a cliffhanger & recap next time. This allowed them to explore some interesting stuff especially in the character of Harvey Dent and his transformation to Two-Face. Have you completed the series? If not, I would recommend watching the second half to really get a true sense of what they were going for.

Nice list, though I don't think you were fair to Bruce in Beware the Batman lol. He had an ongoing character arc where he had to struggle to control the Batman and Bruce Wayne aspects of himself, especially whenever Alfred was not around to keep him grounded. He started off stable, but arrogant, and then went on a downward spiral until he finally valued partnership with others. Even when he does the "I work alone" schtick in the season finale, he does it more out of concern for his partners than arrogance like when the show started. Two steps forward, one step back. The serialized nature also had his relationships to others change throughout the season, such as Katana and Gordon, and I think the show's quick cancellation robbed it of the growth other Batman shows enjoyed.

While all four of the top four shows are great, my personal favorite has to be The Brave and the Bold. Not only did it expose me to heroes and villains I had never heard of before, but it also did a phenomenal job of blending comedy and action. I cannot express how much I love that a show that was geared for kids was unafraid to openly use words like death or kill, that they never talked down to their audience.

Great video, concise and well thought out. Thought the random ps2 hit and run games was cool too

I grew up on BTAS in the 90s. But it's nice seeing the other comments from younger people that grew up with The Batman and Brave and the Bold. Those aren't MY batman but I respected both those shows and I'm glad they left an impact on their intended audience.

The 2004 Batman was a bit rough in the first season, but then they brought on Alan Burnett, one of the main DCAU producers, to work on the show and smooth things out. I love Batman: TAS not just for its quality but also for how influential it is. So many people grew up with it. And all those people are starting to tell great stories on their own. Without B:TAS, we wouldn't have the Arkham games, we might not even have the new Reeves Batman or maybe even the Nolan Batman movies.

Really like videos like this, can just switch off and listen to it. Very nice job

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

I loved The Batman movie where he fought Dracula. I thought it was the coolest thing when I was a kid. And while BTAS is the definitive best Batman cartoon, mine will always be Brave and the Bold. I rewatched it recently and was surprised how much I laughed and how excited I was to see pretty old characters I knew about show up. It's definitely my favorite dc superhero cartoon

what a coincidence, just watched your animated spiderman TV show ranking from 3 years ago last night! I'm excited for this new batman movie!

I really enjoyed The Brave and the Bold as a young adult. Just yesterday I started watching Beyond for the first time and it's absolute fire!

I've been watching Brave and the Bold recently and I am surprised by how much I like its campiness. The decision to play the show straight was a really good idea. The capers are weird, but not too weird. One complaint I have is Green Arrow. Not a fan of the beardless design.

It's interesting you mention Beware The Batman being held back by target audience given how it's the only Batman show to be rated PG.

Now we need a "Every Batman Animated Movie Ranked"

Brave and bold was my childhood