The AMAZING Batman Show No One Talks About | The Batman (2004) 

You should talk about Gotham tv show

@Browntable I'm getting sick of hearing people talk about this show... It's a good show, and it doesn't deserve to be forgotten, but the amount of youtubers giving it praise these days is a bit too much for me... It's a good show, but not THAT good. It has way more in common with series like the Flash or Gotham, than with Batman TAS or Batman Beyond. At least in my opinion.

Great video. This show was my biggest intro into batman. It got me to realize how cool he was and got me to check out everything else batman related. I would be the same nerd I am today with out this show. Thanks for talking about it

You should do the dark knight returns animated movies next

Justice League Unlimited

Had no idea, that's awesome!

U sure that's not batman tas?

To quote: The Batman received Annie Award nominations for Best Animated Television Production in 2005 and 2006, and for Best Music in a Television Production in 2006. The Batman was nominated for 12 Daytime Emmy Awards during its five-year run, with a total of six wins. In 2005, it was nominated for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program, an Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (Kevin Michael Richardson as the Joker), Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition, and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation (for which it won). In 2006, it was nominated and won Outstanding Special Class Animated Program and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation. In 2007, it was nominated for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program and won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation. In 2008, it was nominated for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program and Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (Kevin Michael Richardson as the Joker), and won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Live Action and Animation, and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation. The Batman was also nominated for Motion Picture Sound Editors "Golden Reel Awards" for Sound Effects Editing in 2005, 2008, and 2009, winning in 2008.

@@mr.j410 Batman the animated series was nowhere as great as this one.

I did not know this. I am now extremely validated.

Also the Titan Joker from Arkham Asylum came from this series and the freeze granades that Batman used to take down Clayface in Arkham City

That episode was genuinely hilarious

Remembering this show makes me a little sad I don’t see as many action shows nowadays, but finally I know the name of this Batman show. I thought it was just a fever dream like MTV spider man I used to watch on DVD on car rides back in the day... Good thing I was wrong about that.

Batjoker vs Penguin and Batman was legendary!!!

Arkham knight did the same thing.

Yup, I remember that was connection

What was robins issue with Batman then? They seems to get along in this series if I'm not mistaken?

The art style doesn’t look different

@@purplefingers8186 It’s slightly different with Teen Titans looking more anime-ish like for example look at the eyes

What's the name of the comic

Facts! The intro is very nostalgic too

The movie was great as well with how they had dracula as the big bad and how bats beat him.

Batman Beyond sucks, atleast after season 1

@@jaypat7894 Gotta love the guitar.

@@grimreaper99937bro it traumatised me and my cousins 😂 my cousin had that box tv and we lives in an area which is famous for being a lil paranormal I was staying over at his house when we watched the movie a vat passed by the window and it was 2 am at night oh man the memories this show was so good

YES OH MY GOD, IT WAS SO GOOOOOOD

YESSSSS

@@Browntable THAT JUST BROUGHT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES MAN. THE LEVEL WHERE YOU FIGHT THE KABUKI TWINS WAS THE BEST SHIT EVER.

Banger

The Nostalgia

Max Alain's Meme Stash yeah it's ok for Bruce Wayne to smile and batman when he's with friends, as long as the batman doesn't break in front of the criminals

Today's writers need to take a page from this Batman, if you ask me.

If you compare this bruce wayne and batman design look to BTAS's Bruce wayne and batman You'll see how younger he looks and feels...in this show he looks like he's in his 20s or atleast mid20s where in the BTAS he looks 30+...this Bat felt so close to spider-man and I'm not complaing for I am a Spidey fan...

@@patrickripleyiii134 I dunno, do you remember that episode of BTAS when Harley was trying to prove herself to the Joker? Batman unnerved her by smiling/laughing.

@@realjoemavro does The Batman hold up well and accessible for adults?

I actually really loved that, I use that idea in my fanfics (😅)

Right? I actually think that this series fits very well with Reeves’ take on Gotham, and would be a potent source of inspiration.

​@@phoebesekine4783did you see the Dark Knight Returns episode with bulky bruce and robin is nightwing. Literally like Batfleck too

whats up with bruce having asian face vibe

​@@batofkrypton9765 it is but he's also much older in TDKR. Literally one of my favorite all time comics desecrated by the live-action.

@@RU-vidsaysimCyberbully Don't be racist. (Also his nose is HUGE, I like his nose but asians definitely don't have huge noses.)

Same. Excluding justice league

Same here and the movie with Dracula oh man talk about awesome it's truly a shame WB kids shut down they really had some good stuff spectacular Spider-Man, the Batman, Static, legion of superheroes, and some non superhero stuff as well

Ditto I'm pretty sure I watched this show before Batman: TAS.

Same

Same bro, such a good show

I love the long cape! We need more of it!

It kept in line with the theme of the show pretty well too. Implying that the cape and cowl was something he still had to grow into.

Thank god someone else understands for some reason I love the cape draping over edges

well he actually glided in this one so that’s why

And how he repeatedly uses it to block fires and to confuse his enemies during the fights.....so cool...

100% agree. To me they are unmatched in this area. Did you ever see the drawings they had for Scarecrow if he were to appear in the series? Just awesome.

They turned the Joker in Gene Simmons from Kiss. They turned the Riddler into Marilyn Manson. And they gave Batman Claws.

I really like the whole "villain appears, kicks batman's ass, batman learns from the ass-kicking and kicks their ass in return" formula. It's a lot less boring than "batman can do anything because he's batman".

@@OriginalAkivara yes

They need to give it a chance I come from the tas era and I didn’t think this show would be good but I love it as much as tas 😎

BUT is very in line with how this sort of thing usually goes. Happens like 7/10 times someone follows up on a masterpiece.

The Batman is just way better than Batman The Animated series imo

It’s because of People being Nostalgic for the 1990s and everything about it. “This was better in the 90s.”

@@DougieYT I'm rewatching TAS, and while it's a great series I do think some people forgot how hokey season 1 starts.

This batman really gave us the type of Batman/Robin/Batgirl relationship you see on tumblr and other places online. That episode The Breakout when them having to go against Black Mask and his gang? Perfect :)

It went from a weird gothic/tim burton style in S1 and 2, to joel shumacher-esque with sidekicks with S3 and 4, to batman brave and the bold-ish with S5. It was still a good show, but it struggled to stick with a path. I wasnt a fan when I first saw it, but it grew on me

I had no idea night wing was in this show

Lmao that intro better be canon😂😂

Agreed! Barbra is fun to be around and shes a quirky teenager while Richards more comical.

The only thing is, she became commissioner in the future.

Thats what I'm saying she definitely had potential to become something more like maybe this universe batwoman

It was because they thought it was going to become a Batman and friends kind of show where Yin was going to be in every episode working along or againist Batman and they didn't want to keep doing that. Especially when they started introducing Dick Grayson.

@@vTxTobi It was because the voice actress started a new show and had scheduling conflicts. Don't spread lies.

Yin should've been Officer Renee Montoya. But I guess they'd rather have an Asian instead of a Hispanic on the Show.

Yeah true

This and the dark knight trilogy batman are my favorites

And justice league animated as well!

This is my favorite batman series

Every Batman should aspire to be like this one.

And his sick ass dreads dude, love this joker

At first I disliked it but now I appreciate it for being unique. I think people just expect the standard joker in Batman shows.

I was scared of that joker when I was younger.

@@Luca08Luca same. he was pretty damn scary especially with his laughing gas. But I remember other villains scaring me too. Those assassins the penguin hired....manbat... Creepy stuff.

@@whitehairedbadass3475 also the riddler was very creepy.

fun fact, terry McGuinness was directly inspired by spiderman. complete with most of his villains being reskinned spiderman villains. think shriek and shocker, ink was venom, and so on and so forth. you can find behind the scenes stuff and directors commentary talking about it.

@@zackv4850 I'm pretty sure ink was just terry's clayface.

@@projekttaku1 while that is the role they filled the creators went on record saying they were inspired from venom. the black inky goop was a direct decision from that

theres a episode with sandman from spectacular spiderman and rhino, his name LITERALLY was rhino, i recognized his voice instantly 😂 i rlly get heavy spectacular spiderman vibes from this show

Bruh the cliffhanger when his face melted at the end of the episode that shit was terrifying as a kid

@@JazzStation95 That meme movie line from TDK spoke true to some individuals in Gotham: "You Either Die a Hero, or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become the Villain"

Ethan's story was so heartwrenching

Ngl I wonder If Ethan Bennett will ever become canon?

@@t4d0W Harley Quinn's "Society is to blame!" line from BTAS also applies to most Batman villains.

True it was suprisingly good

That guitar man!

Mad Facts. The way they say, "The Batmaaan" at the end was so chilling and hype

You damn right beat into every it was so Batman

Amen! I lived how quiet and understate it was for the most part...and so damn stylish!!

I think it was common knowledge on the internet

Someone in another comment says it’s basically canon. Something about a comic?

Exactly. This and Batman Arkham Origins

Agree

Diego Pansini nah, Bruce in origins was still jacked. This version of Batman was the leanest I’ve seen.

​@A.A. V I love your argument

A.A. V I hope not. We’ve never really gotten a good live action Batman

After revealing someone (don't want to spoil for anyone who happened to not see it) lived and got away the next season would've been golden

They were both an excellent reimagining of each character and especially their villains.

Sadly The Spectacular Spider-man probably won't return with Marvel under Disney

@@error_404.69 yeah now we got that new crappy Spider-Man cartoon where they put practically EVERY Spider-Man/woman in the 1st 5 episodes COMPLETELY ruining what made Peter spacial in the 1st place

@@futureflash6331 not to mention the crime war between silvermane, doc ock and tombstone /hammerhead

no way, it was just a poor man's justice league. Keep the focus on batman tyvm.

At One Point Even They Became Bored With Batman.

@@OriginalAkivara Batman brave and the bold would like to have a word

He even quoted the Saw villain once, didn't he?

Plus he's the most dope looking Riddler ever. Fight me.

I think I *saw* the connection.

Funny I hear the voice actor more as Scarecrow.

yeah the artstyles go really well together

I thought so too, the art style is prettt similar, especially with how they make things look shiny n stuff

I think this is the headcanon for a lot of people.

I thought the same thing man

Oh my god I had the same exact thought when I was a kid. God I wish I can turn back time

Yeah it was a good different twist on joker. It added a new layer to him

I loved how animalistic Joker looked

Yeah I also loved this version of the Joker but Mark Hamil’s Joker is also amazing

Every Batman/Bruce Wayne is capable of being social. The big difference between this one and most of them is that THIS one is sociable without having to put on an act, tries to hold onto his personal relationships and doesn't view most of them as a means to an end. He was scarred by his parents death, and it inspired him to be do whatever he can to clean up Gotham both as Batman and Bruce Wayne, but it didn't break this Batman like it did with the other versions to the point where he seems as crazy as almost anyone in his rogues gallery. This Bruce Wayne isn't a mask for Batman, he's actually the charming guy that can enjoy going out for a night on the town with a friend.

Nah it would've been through DCAU reruns

@@Idunnoyouguessit I remember seeing reruns of Batman TAS but I never paid much attention to it as I was more into Spider-Man as a kid. However what got me hooked was Justice League and Batman Beyond on Toonami. Strangely enough The Batman never aired in my country as far as I can remember.

I’m a 2010 kid

Anybody else watch the forgotten gem Xiaolin Showdown?

You're not the only one. I remember watching this show during my childhood.

I actually picked up the Blu Ray set and it's WAY better than I remember it. I really liked its unique take on Batman. I felt like it came out at the wrong time.

@@isaiahyinko7182 does The Batman hold up well and accessible for adults?

I never thought about that, it would make sense since they both basically have the same animation.

Bruh...

When I found out there wasn't any proof the 2 series were related I was genuinely shocked I legit always thought as a kid they were in the same universe

@@futureflash6331 actually there is a comic where the Batman from the Batman spies on robin from teen titans and mentions training him, I think there's a watchtower database episode on it

@@-Teague- I saw that later but too and that just confused me more

Didn't u know Mark hamill, Kevin Conroy, and Adam west are in the cast

@@desmondlovas8042 yes. Yes I did dude

@@bofadeez8480 In in the episode where Batman went into Joker’s mind, Joker before he became the Joker was shown to be white.

@Jayden Cruz Mark gave Kevin blessing to voice joker because he was auditioning and try to refuse but Mark helped.

To add onto this, Kevin Michael Richardson has said during interviews and panels that he was having a bad day when he went in to audition for Joker. He pretty much let out all his frustrations into that audition, and the casting crew loved it so much, they called him the very next day telling him he got the part. Kinda fitting that he wound up getting the role of Joker because of “one bad day”. 😉

Same

Same

Agreed!

Same

Same just found it on HBO max even tho I had the DVDs since I was young

From what I recall, the exclusion went both ways: They couldn't use a lot of Batman-related characters in JLU and TT because of the "Bat Embargo".

Magitek1112 I remember hearing about that too. Teen Titans was still being aired at the time during season 3 before season 4 started which is why they had Batman’s first partner be Batgirl instead of Robin

Welp on hbo max now

Don't forget Static Shock. :p

Not all villains are supposed to be able to physically challenge him. Otherwise Batman doesn’t need to be a genius

The one who kept repeating time because he had to "predict" his movement

Mine is the Firefly episode in Season 1

My favorite is the Clayface two-parter.

There was an episode where Batman fights zeus lolol

He actually didn't outsmart him. The Clock King wound up killing his son and eventually undid everything that happened in the episode

He wrote for those shows, but he wasn’t a showrunner for this one like he was for those others. He also wrote for Brave and the Bold and Beware the Batman.

I would love Guillermo del Toro to make a Gargoyles movie!

@@GamerSlyRatchet1 beware the batman does not hold up well for me

@@danielmoore9209 - Greg Weisman wrote 7 episodes of "The Batman"... or did you mean another show?

@@coltongates7397 - Yeah, the graphics were ambitious, but really didn't hold up well. Reminds me of the cutscenes of an early PS2 Batman game ^^' Some weird choices when it came to some designs as well, and characterizations, but it had potential... wish we saw less of Harvey and more of Two-Face, but he was kept for a season 2 (nice) that never came.

They walked so tynion could run with clayface in rebirths detective comics

Unfortunately, The Batman riled up fans with its take on the Joker in Season 1. I know they tried to correct course in later seasons, but that was a rough first impression. People just weren't ready for that version, not immediately after Batman: TAS' definitive version.

BTAS takes all the credit from every animated batman show

They flipflopped on it and basically just did the harvey dent thing. Plus they just dropped Ying. That was an erupt change. Also her design made her look too much like a little girl. I really don't think it was very good and had no weight to it.

I only have the first season on dvd

Yeah love that movie and this show

Same here

Same on everything u just said

I actually got rid of the movie cuz I tried watching it when I was younger and I got terrified of it 😂 I’d love to see it now tho. I also once was scared of that episode where Batman slowly becomes Joker but it’s now one of my favorites

I loved Yin, and was very sad to see her completely disappear in the third season. Ethan still gets some attention in later seasons, but not as much as the first two.

@@warioourgod6945 Yeah, that's the one thing I actually hated about this show. Yin was awesome, and throwing her away without explanation was crap!

It was hinted in season 4 that Yin still existed in the universe but she was just ultimately scrapped from the show.

@@iceman1287 It's still crap.

@@kamentrainerhorn2073 My theory is that since the police started to become more trusting of Batman in season 3 Batman no longer needed an inside person in the GCPD, as I said earlier it was hinted in season 4 that they started working together again sometime after the show ended. But yeah, it's a bummer she was scrapped from the show entirely.

It was one of the best.

which episode?

@@BungardBooce season 3, episode 5 “strange new world “

@@BungardBooce if you’ve seen Young Justice, it’s similar to the “Failsafe” episode in season 1, ep. 16.

That episode is awesome. It really shows Hugo Strange as a master manipulator in a ways that’s not shown in other shows. The way he gets into Batman’s head and almost makes him poison all of Gotham in an attempt to save it is horrifying, since you’re in Batman’s shoes the entire time. It’s one of my favorite episodes. It’s right behind Gearhead episode, because there’s just so much nostalgia from loving that one in particular as a kid

The Batman Joker is sort of very dark I kind of love it.

Lol what about beware the batman? Where does that place in your comment?

That one batman beyond episode was really good from the series. With the older Bruce and the new batman forgot his name

@@TheEnigmaticBM39 The one step-sibling no one likes to acknowledge

@@HM-wn2in terry mcginnis

it humanizes clayface. he wasn't only a madman with shapeshifting powers but a sympathetic character that you can relate to.

Could not stand his niece lol feel like cartoons ruin stuff pushing those characters like Gwen getting powers in Ben 10

@@DensilGrant never watched a single second of Ben 10, but when this guy brought up Jackie Chan Adventures I honestly got a little giddy with nostalgia. That show was a banger.

Yesss have you seen the movie Batman v Dracula it was awesome

I know right!

SAME I SKIPPED IT EVERY TIME

-Hey, what are you watching? -ThE BaTmAaAN..................

I was scared how it started with the bats and it saying “the Batman”

Maybe except for Mr Freeze, but I'm kinda glad there's a change for Freeze's origin for once, even it do the original no justice.

@@passbyicecube you can't beat heart of ice from tbas, so I'm glad they tried something different.

One of my top 5 favorite Joker adaptations

@@glassofwater281 well I mean, that doesn't mean much since there's only really been five good ones: This one Mark Hamill Heath Ledger Joaquin Phoenix And Jack Nicholson

@@joshevans3421 that's true, but I mainly said that because I'm not really an expert on DC, so I'm probably missing some really good jokers from the comics or something

I loved how in this series it was Joker after Harley. She ran a dating show and Joker would call in as a guest and when they asked who was on the line he would say "mr. J"

YES!! I completely agree! I've always preffered this batman design over the others because I to loved the cape and the claws on the gloves and with how his body didn't look like he-man's and was more athletic l. Don't get me started on evryone else. I just God I love the designs so much that I can't even put my words into comprehensive sentences.

yeah, the character design reminded me of Jackie Chan adventures character design which I love also

Exactly. The theme song hits too

Beautiful observation

It’s on the dc universe app

I don't think Netflix chose to remove the show, I think DC removed the show from Netflix

@@stevensanchez2032 really? Sweet

@@timnoskill Agreed.

@@timnoskill I doubt it. It's in Netflix's nature to remove old and awesome shows and movies

Yee it was definitely an homage to the Adam West Batman, I found that really cool

Dude, when I was growing up and the show came on, I would turn the volume up to the max when that theme song came on. When I was a kid, I loved that second theme song so much, and now I love both equally.

You're mistaken. Smallville had green arrow do it. The comics had them all come together. JL/JLU had them all come together. The new movies had Batman do it. Plus I saw that show, and the league was already formed when batman was brought into essentially. They had all gathered before hand.

@@DSan-kl2yc he did say almost

the best super powered universe is "Wild Cards" It is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, and mostly edited by George R. R. Martin. why ? 1) because this universe is exactly what would happen if everyday people got super powers. 2)when people become super powered THEIR super powers follow some of the laws of physics. Example, if you become 100% invisible, the back of your retinas would become invisible as well, basically you would become blind when you used your invisible powers. This is exactly what happens to a character in the series. To over come his limitation, he learns a ZEN awareness technique that allows him to memorize his surroundings. my other favorite powered individual has almost instantaneous healing. so once they broke their arm, it healed crooked. they had to re-break it to get it to heal correctly. he wasnt immune to pain. 3)You basically only get one power AND sometimes a limitation or weakness(that makes sense). Everyone in the series, isn't like Superman and has a billions superpowers and all powers at god-like levels. if you want to immerse yourselves in a "real life" universe of believable super powered beings "wild cards is the place to start. Warning, its for mature audiences with adult situations. the series(Wild Cards) is nothing like DC or MARVEL.

@@DSan-kl2yc beforehand*

this is one of the least that gets that. For one thing, everything is so cartoony that it totally loses any darkness or gothic. Its bright. Penguin is such a joke(all the villains are). Imagine saying that about the 60s series because that's how you sound to me. The problem with this show isn't that it's badly done. But that it's a sort of generic cartoon. It's a very straight forward superhero cartoon. It felt like a step backwards. Like most cartoons in the 00s as that decade went on and even now.

This and Batman Forever

@@DSan-kl2yc Big Agree, after Batman TAS and Batman Beyond, the art direction they went with this one just didn't sit with me...

@Максим Бугаенко so it is real...not my child dream...

Dude...they took Mr. Freeze from a tragic, sympathetic character to a diamond thief...

That episode was brilliantttt yess

The games had to of took inspiration from that

I love the episode where joker decides he needs a sidekick so he finds that random prankster kid at the local high school.

I LOVE THAT EPISODE, but I can’t find it anywhere😒

Thus inspiring Scott Snyder to create the Batman Who Laughs.

Yeeeee

Oh really I never knew that

WHAT!? Why did we never get a crossover!?

And teen titans

Same

YOOOOOO UNLOCKED DEEP MEMORIES

Agreed (also if mean Starwars prequels, they do have a charm/charisma to it

That makes sense. This was the Batman cartoon I watched as a kid, and I loved it as a kid. I didn't see B:TAS until my high school years (and it's around this point that I really got into anime, mind you), and while I think the acting, score, atmosphere and especially the writing (which, as a writer, I value the most), the animation didn't stick with me, at least until it was redesigned for the New Adventures. The designs felt too "fleshy" and the action felt too "chuggy" for my liking (though I can forgive it due to when and how it was made). The Batman just felt cleaner to me, and especially now that I've grown, I found myself liking simpler stories, though I can respect more complex tales that are woven.

Batman vs Dracula was godly

Im with you there

They do,they are simialr they don't have to be exactly the same

@@absoluteecho6152 Bruh, the Bane in this show looks nothing like the Bane from the comics. Heck, even Tom Hardy's Bane somewhat resembled the comic Bane

@@Drums_of_Liberation i actually really liked the red bane it made me think that the venom also made blood rush throughout his body and heat up the body a ton, making him red

Love how they made them look distinct. They made them look unique

This show introduced me to Clayface and I always thought Ethan was the original until I found out it was the actor guy that came first in the comics. I thought he was the second since the show introduced him later.

Unique, yeah. Take a look at the Riddler and tell me that that is one of his best designs.

Facts! Joker with dreads was superior!!!

Barf

@@NickAtNight02 clearly you were dropped on your head

I loved the Joker design from this show.

Same

Ye nice

I watched Young Justice

Holy crap I forgot about Legion of Superheroes, all I remember from that show was Superman X coming through a portal and saying "I am Superman"

@Joey Pastrana same. I was born in 95 and also watched both along with Batman Beyond.

Me too.

You don't know how much I missed this show.

@@michaelaguilera6946 actually, I do.

Yeah me and my brother saw it the other day and have been binging it sense lol. So awesome to see it again

Facts, just rewatched it for feels

It’s genuinely amazing without it feeling gratuitous

That’s on HBO Max!

Redli697 nice

Dracula: your Bruce Wayne Batman: and the Batman And your dust!

I love how they reveal early on that Wayne Enterprises has like a cannon that can shoot light with the same intensity as the sun and you can't help but wonder "What actual purpose would this thing serve if not exclusively for killing vampires?"

@@somerandolad Do you think Matt Reeves was inspired by the show?

@@eh5718 it follows the same idea of a younger batman so it could be