The Top 10 Episodes: Batman The Animated Series 

That heart-wrenching scream that Two-Face gives... Just wow

"I had a bad day too, once." That for me, sums up in one line of dialogue what makes TAS's version of Batman the best version of Batman. I honestly don't even think I need to elaborate; if you've seen the episode, you already know what I'm going to say.

I also like the Two Face episode, and for an additional reason. I watched Night Court as a teen, and really grew to like Richard Moll and his character, Bull. So that alone was good enough to get my attention on Two Face. His voice acting is really superb; he knocks it out of the park.

One of my favorite episodes is with the Riddler and Batman gets trapped to the point that he has to hide in a safe to survive. I love it for that moment of the scene where we hear the Riddler scream “I have to know!” In Arkham when he realizes Batman outsmarted him.

I'd add "Dreams in Darkness" to this list. It is truly one of the most underrated episodes of the series and features Scarecrow at his most sinister (at least before his re-imagining in 1999). It features some FANASTIC, gobsmacking animation (especially where Batman is hallucinating the rogues gallery and forced to flashback in the night his parents were murdered). It's well written, well paced and has some good rock-em, sock-em action. "Dreams in Darkness" *definitely* deserves some love from this channel and fans in particular.

RIP Kevin Conroy Arleen Sorkin and Richard Moll Batman, Harley Quinn and Two-Face

I’d probably favor “Perchance to Dream “ over one of the Harley episodes. A good character analysis of Bruce Wayne.

"We used to date." "Ah!" is SUCH a hilarious line, and one I forgot. Also... Croc DID throw a rock at Batman at least once... and it DID almost kill Batman. As for Trial, my favorite part of that episode is the end, where Batman says that he wants a city that doesn't need him anymore too.

House and Garden, Mudslide, Second Chance, Beware the Grey Ghost and Read My Lips are also some of my favourites

Very good choices! In my case, my top 10 would be 10 Over the Edge 9 The Demon's Quest 8 Feat of Clay 7 Perchance to dream 6 Birds of Feather 5 Robin's Reckoning/ Old Wounds 4 Heart of Ice 3 Almost Got Im 2 Trial 1 Two Face Obs: I'm also counting TNBA episodes as well (for me, that was BTAS last season, regardless of the change in character design)

Touche. Phenomenal list. A couple of sleepers I like are Home and Garden, Appointment in Crime Alley, Tyger-Tyger.

My top 10 are: 10.I am the night 9.Beware the gray ghost 8.The man who killed Batman 7.Joker‘s favor 6.Dreams in darkness 5.Trial 4.Two face pt 1 3.Heart of ice 2.Perchance to dream 1.Almost got im

This list is VERY hard to disagree with, I think that Heart of Ice and Feat of Clay II should have been higher than Trial, but overall you really nailed it

Excellent list, all killer episodes, every single one of them could easily make it to my list, though my #1 favorite is probably A bullet for Bullock.

I love that both my favorite episode and my dad's favorite episode made the list.

I always wished as a kid that Silicon Soul could have been expanded upon. We never really had any episodes in the DCAU that corresponded to someone taking over the mantel; no one has ever covered the idea of the robot Batman doing it either. Certainly felt like untapped potential.

Never formally ranked my favourite episodes but at lot of the ones I remember best and remember enjoying the most are in here. Lots of Two-Face stuff because he's my favourite Batman villain.

Top 10? This is tough. But if I had to pick 10 episodes, it would be these ones: 10. Clock King 9. Riddler Reform 8. Mad as a hatter 7. Never too late 6. House and Garden 5. See no Evil 4. Read my Lips 3. Heart of Ice 2. Second Chance 1. Baby Dahl

1. Robins Reckoning 2. Mad Love 3. Perchance to Dream 4. Almost Got Him 5. I am the Night 6. Night of the Ninja 7. Feat of Clay 8. Heart of Ice 9. Dreams in Darkness 10. Two Face 11. His Silicon Soul 12. The Man Who Killed Batman 13. Old Wounds 14. Jokers Favor 15. Demons Quest 16. Over The Edge 17. Harleys Holiday 18. Bane 19. Day of the Samurai 20. House and Garden 21. Trial 22. Blind as a Bat

I like the list on the whole. Would have liked a little more in depth on each episode. I would give an honorable mention to "Baby Doll" just for the ending alone.

To throw my hat into my top 10 favorite episodes let me set a few rules first. I am going not going to include any of the crossover episodes, so no worlds finest, no girls night out, etc. Also I won’t include Batman beyond as that’s its own thing and deserves its own list. Though I will include the new Batman adventures just because I feel it’s on point for the best of the animated series original run and it still uses the original opening. That said here we go! Before I start here’s some honorable mentions that almost made it: birds of a feather, Harley’s holiday, jokers millions, beware the creeper,and Showdown. 10. The man who killed Batman. 9. A bullet for Bullock 8. Beware the grey ghost 7. The demons quest parts 1 and 2 6. Robin’s reckoning parts 1 and 2 5. Mad love 4. Over the edge 3. Legends of the dark knight 2. Trial 1. Heart of Ice

This show is one of a kind Anytime I look up a top ten There is almost always a variety in choices So many of my personal favorite aren't on this list for example That just goes to show how amazing this show was Almost every episode is a contender for a top 10

I love the Harley Quinn origin story, Mad Love. It is certainly one of my favorites.

5:03 Raymond Bell force feeding Hagen the Renuyu was freaky.

It's amazing what became canon because of the BTAS, especially Harley Quinn as well Mr Freeze's revised back story.

Some of my favorite Epidoes that weren't on this list: The Clock King Christmas with the Joker The Last Laugh If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? What Is Reality? Baby-Doll The Demon's Quest (My absolute favorite) I would add Mask of the Phantasm, but that's a movie.

Let’s see…my top ten (I kind of cheat because I count two parters as one episode) are: 1. Second Chance 2. Robin’s Reckoning 3. Almost Got ‘Em 4. Catwalk 5. Harley’s Holiday 6. House and Garden 7. Paging the Crime Doctor 8. Two-Face 9. Harlequinade 10. Joker’s Wild 10

I would have added the Grey Ghost to this list. Let's be honest a character that inspired batman played by an old actor. One could say it was how the old 1960's batman played by Adam West inspired Kevin. To me this episode will always be one of the greatest. Because it's Batman through the generations.

I feel like Perchance to Dream and Over the Edge kinda got snubbed here, but can't really complain cuz these are all good picks

Two-Face Part 1 is also my favorite episode of the series! Nice to see someone else agreeing with this. Great list overall.

Perchance to Dream needs to be on here, but I'm conflicted on what I would bump off.

you just had a busy day! all this running around! all this excitement with BAAAAAAAATMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!

Perchance to Dream is the best episode.

the moral of the story is, the ones that feature known villains were the best. i liked the one where he figured out that he was in a dream

My Top 11 (only counting BTAS episodes without including TNBA, Beyond, JL, etc) are: 11. Terror in the Sky 10. Baby-Doll 9. Feat of Clay 8. Riddler's Reform 7. Fear of Victory 6. Harlequinade 5. Trial 4. Beware the Grey Ghost 3. Birds of a Feather 2. On Leather Wings 1. Almost Got 'Im

Pretty strong list, I hope to see you do more detailed looks at more of these like you’ve just done with Two-Face part 1

Totally agree with your choices, I also consider Two Face part 1 the best of the series

You know, I've been a Batman Fan for so long! He's one of my favorite DC Superheroes, he's just so cool to me and I really do miss Kevin Conroy as Batman and I sometimes cry whenever I think about him along with Arleen Sorkin. Other than that, Batman: The Animated Series had a special place in my heart plus I love The Joker and Harley Quinn as well even though they had an abusive relationship. Oh heck, everything about Batman: The Animated Series is amazing!😁😥😎🤡🌃🦇

It's a great list! I'm actually really happy to see not the norm pitch for the top 10 but something actually different but also really excited! I'm also happy that two Harley episodes on this list cuz they are really that damn good! Another thought provoking one I'm surprised didn't make it was perchance to dream as it's been on many other people's lists but it's fine!❤

10. Bane. 9. Pretty Poison. 8. Mad as a Hatter. 7. Heart of Ice. 6. Blind as a Bat. 5. Nothing to Fear. 4. Shadow of the Bat part 1. 3.Shadow of the Bat part 2. 2. On Leather Wings. 1. Sideshow.

5:36 OH WOW I never realized that was Ron Perlman

My top five is pretty consistent, but the bottom 6-10 are in a bit more of a flux. But having just finished re-watching the series, my top 10 right now would be; 10. Over the Edge As far as alternate reality episodes goes, this one tops Perchance to Dream for me. While PtD is more interesting to discuss, OtE is simply more entertaining. And it has a very sweet ending for such a dark story. 9. The Gray Ghost Okay, one of the things that elevates this episode is the fact that it Adam West playing The Gray Ghost which gives it a real-world subtext it would lack otherwise. But it is a sweet and nice story. 8. Read My Lips Really a a perfect exxample of what made Batman TAS so great. The way they took villains who were seen as goofy or bad or d-tier and did their best to make them sympathetic and scary at the same time. Mr Freeze is the biggest success, but I also love Read My Lips and, hell, the whole Ventriloquist/Scarface trilogy (RML, Catwalk, Double Talk) is great and I love the fact since it's an animated adaptation and not a never-ending comic book they managed to give Wesker a happy ending. But RML is still my favourite. A great detective and Noir story at the same time as the psychological horrors with the abusive relationship Wesker has with Scarface/himself. 7. Harlequinade When it comes to Harley-centric episodes, this one is my fave (yes, above Mad Love. ML is a great story, but Harlequinade is just more entertaining to me). 6. Growing Pains My favourite New Batman Adventures episode. Tragic and bittersweet. Poor, poor Annie. 5. The Man Who Killed Batman Kind of reminds me of "Blink" from Doctor Who in that it is a Doctor/Batman Light episode that still shows the consequences of the normal people living in the BAtman/Doctor world and done well. 4. Robin's Reckoning Parts 1&2 The rope swinging back into frame. Need I say more? 3. The Joker Trilogy By which I mean Joker's Favor, Joker's Wild and The Laughing Fish. All written by Paul Dini, these three to me are the best Joker-centric episodes in all of Batman TAS, and since he is Batmans #1 Villain, when Joker is at his best, Batman is at his best. 2. Heart of Ice Was for a long time my favourite. It is the one that perfected the TAS formula of introducing a new villain, giving them a sympathetic if twisted motivation and showing us their human side. And Dinis perfect blend of dark psychological drama with just the right amount of cartoon humour and flavour makes this a great watch. 1. Almost Got'im. Yeah, Trial is bigger, but I think Almost is tighter. With honourable mentions to Two-Face parts 1&2 (great epsiodes, love the tragedy of Harvey Dent), Feat of Clay (especially part 2. The ending transformation is top notch animation, and Batmans interogation of Germs is just gold), Christmas With The Joker (not the greatest, but still enough fun and a Christmas staple at my home), Trial (for all the reasons you said), Perchance to Dream, Mad Love, Catwalk (my favourite Catwoman episode. She is, next to Joker, my favourite Batman-villain) and POV (just love Batman vs Gangsters. And it's Montoyas finest hour).

Had a lol when she said they used to date - hits better as an adult

Hello Serum Lake just discover you recnetly this week loved your extend content of BTAS keep up awesome work and here my Overall, My Top 10 Favorite Episodes of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES-1. Beware of the Gray Ghost, 2. Trial, 3. Appointment in Crime Alley, 4. Second Chance, 5. Perchance to Dream, 6. Deep Freeze, 7. Heart of Ice, 8. Harlequinade, 9. Zatanna, and 10. House & Garden

If this list was a top 20 i would say beware the grey ghost should also be on the list. Having Adam West voice the character was a great choice.

Just doing catch-up on vids like this. Anyways, will instead just mention flaws (and if there are none to find, then there's none) for each ep in my opinion, because the greats are, at most, well spoken here (plus some chatty asides) 10 - Wish they were more sympathetic to the duplicant, even when he was H.A.R.D.A.C.'d against his will. Yes, I don't call the robotic Batman a dehumanizing "it". (See, Fox Kids, it's not murder if the victim is neither Batman nor human.) 9 - Harley should have killed him then and there. The no-kill rule is benevolent, but even it prevents better worlds from ever happening. (We're gonna miss you lots, Arleen...) 8 - If only Batman's kindness was enough to prevent the horrible flashback events of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker set in, what, 2007? (Man, Sherman tanks, I think, are still used in the early 1990s in the DCAU. Why must Gotham City be using such old tech for their cheapskate tricks?) 7 - (Bet the people who owned that stolen car from the ep's flashback start were coldly murdered by the Joker offscreen.) 6 - (Funny how, in the alternate future of Justice League's "Hereafter", it's implied that Deadshot became the one who got the titular title.) 5 - Wish Teddy Lupus returned afterwards, in a manner similar to Two-Face's beloved Grace in the tie-in comics. (To think the maligned Catwoman movie and The Dark Knight Rises seemed to have taken notes on this two-parter. Anyways, kudos, TMS for Part II, and AKOM... at least you did good in Part I.) 4 - I now think of the ep as overrated. Still great and entertaining, of course, but otherwise way too familiar. (Kudos, Spectrum Animation! If only AKOM left the animation industry in tatters, not you guys.) 3 - I think the Catwoman rescue endgame was a bit unnecessary. The time for it would have sufficed for another anthology tale by another villain, like the Mad Hatter or the Riddler had they been there. Plus, sucks that Killer Croc falsely became a memetic loser because of this ep, even when it wasn't him. 2 - In my opinion, I prefer the Arkham Asylum and City video games more when it comes to the concept. Plus, District Attorney Janet shouldn't have been able to successfully throw that acquired Batarang. (I wonder if the Riddler there was still catatonic, or was sane enough to not join the chaotic fray. Anyways, at least the episode didn't become that planned B: TAS movie which then became Mask of the Phantasm.) 1 - Karma houdinis, Candice and Rupert Thorne. Oh, how I hope they got their dues afterward. (Oh, what any meddling Multiversal operative/chrono trooper would do so to save Harvey from that horrid scarring fate...) If I have a personal random pick of a favorite, there's Robin's Reckoning, and if I have a criticism of it, they should have made the second part slightly longer so to have included that "young Robin is finally sworn in by candlelight" sequence.

The ending of Heart of Ice really showed that Batman is nothing but a status quo guardian. Not letting Mr. Frieze finish off that rich guy was 100% harmful to society and he knew it.

"Arguably the show at its very best." I see nothing arguable about that. It is *easily* the show at its very best.

Although I agree with most of your choices, I can't believe _Almost Got 'Im_ made the list, and _The Laughing Fish_ didn't. I suppose _Almost Got 'Im_ has some clever dialogue and good directing. But though I was only 10 when it first aired, I already felt cheated by its flashback anthology trope. You've got just 22 minutes, so why not tell a proper story? I recognized the framing device as the kind of thing every hackneyed American sitcom used to do when the writers were running out of ideas. Like the obligatory _shrink-the-protagonist_ episode that found its way into every Saturday morning cartoon. Whereas _The Laughing Fish_ is one of the only Joker episodes (with the possible exception of _The Joker's Favor_ ) where the character is being exactly who he's meant to be - the savant mob enforcer gone psycho - rather than the wise-cracking slapstick baddie, mugging to the audience at every opportunity. I'll even forgive this episode's ill-conceived shark-battle set piece. And I'll do that for 2 reasons: 1. The series has never felt more _film noir,_ with the drizzling rain and grim countdown. And... 2. Because of the spine-chilling Bernard Herman-èsque score by Shirley Walker.

Nice list indeed. I tend to struggle with coming up with my own cuz honestly a Top 10 list doesn't do Batman TAS justice for me. There's just too many great ones to pick from, even without including the New Adventures episodes. I'm a little surprised you didn't include "Perchance to Dream" (Kevin Conroy's favorite, RIP). Would that be in your Top 20 list perhaps?

Heart of ice only at 4 is kinda insane

Robins reckoning

Perchance To Dream isn't even on the list??? I was honestly expecting it to be #1 or #2!

1:41 That episode also shows that Harley cares about the other rogues while Joker doesn't give a shit about killing them by blowing Gotham up.

What do you use for your outro music?

Apparently Netflix doesn’t have all the episodes.

Too many Joker's episode. Bullet for Bullock, Dreams in Darkness & Perchance to Dream are better than Harley's Holiday.

How can you leave out the Grey Ghost episode?!?

I didn’t know that was Two Faces original origin lmao he went crazy cause he wasn’t good looking anymore?

You messed up big time! Saying holiday knights is at end of the series is flawed because Robin clearly shows signs of inexperience. He walks slowly on side of building tip toeing to maintain balance and not landing on bus when swinging into city. It’s right after episode of tim drakes episode or right after clay face episode. Also jokers favor was the first broadcaster joker episode so it set the tone first regardless, but how you gonna say Christmas with the joker is lacking? That’s a top tier joker making jokes out of the worst situations and also hosts a holiday special broadcasting kidnapping commissioner Gordon and peers. Absolute gold.

7:20 will you do a video on this bankruptcy? I find it hard to understand how that could have happened as a key partner to an important show with a high budget? Then again, capitalism

No Ras Al Ghul part 1 & 2????

To me personally, 9 8 and 1 should never made the list