That episode where Superman is ensnared by the Black Mercy plant and "loses" his son is heartwrenching. I get the feeling Superman's not holding back his power as he does in other episodes.
season premiere called "for the man who has everything" Superman Annual #11 (1985). based on a comic story by the same name written by Alan Moore . (Yes that guy) the only change on the show was that robin was in the comic, Amazing stuff.
Superman: Do you have ANY idea what you did to me?! Mongol: I placed you in a prison from which you could not escape unless you gave up your own hearts deepest desire. It must have been like ripping off your own arm. How cruel do you gotta be?
As someone who has been more of a Marvel fan since childhood, & who grew up with the more "light-hearted" versions of the DCU & it's characters, I'd always presumed for the longest time that Marvel was the edgier of the two. It wasn't 'til the '89 Batman movie came out, & then read back issues of the comics; that I began to realize what a dark brooding character Batman really was, as well as the Justice League. I missed out on a lot of the 90s & 00s DCU animation stories. Im going to have to do the same & revisit those.
By 1985 DC was beset by two major problems. 1. DC was convoluted by so many multiverses so Crisis was created to streamline DC into 1 universe. 2. Marvel overtook DC in teens and young adults. DC wasn't taken serious anymore and Superman was overpowered and Batman was considered a joke because of Batman 66 and the Superfriends. The following years all the heroes was revamped into the modern era where Superman was less powerful and thanks to Frank Miller The Dark Knight Batman was darker and taken more seriously. Thanks to Batman 1989 WB created Batman TAS and ushered the birth of the DCAU.
The episode where Superman got sent to the future is my favorite history about him so far, I just love to see how he is not dependent of his powers and overall has a very round set of skills
@@tiagodagostini I mean, he developed. He became a master of all sciences Earth had to offer, as well as a fair amount of Kryptonian science. The guy also got martial arts training from: Batman, Wonder Woman, Mongul, and Muhammad Ali. He definitely wasn't lacking in any regard. He developed a large amount of skills and trades. The guy is insanely intelligent. It's more an issue of the writers forgetting that fact.
In that episode, after Superman's funeral, Batman visits his grave, and thanks him for showing him that justice doesn't need to be cloaked in darkness. He then hears an alarm go off, and says, "Back to the... what did you call it? The never-ending battle?"
That scene where Flash of all the heroes saves the universe is honestly one of the best animated scenes I've ever seen. It gives me goosebumps every time.
It was also more that just 'Flash punches Luthoriac and rips off his armor'. He was dipping into his comic power-levels there, running at near lightspeed to land the hits, and then vibrating to reach INSIDE Luthor and pick out every single particle of nanotech in him, vibrating it to dust but leaving Luthor alive. Even SUPERMAN has never destroyed Braniac so thoroughly. Up until then, Flash was just the 'Funny kid who runs fast and quips all the time', as opposed to 'This is the Leaguer you need to be afraid of. He will mess you up in ways that break physics.' Even Braniac didn't see it coming. When the funny ones stop telling jokes, RUN.
Even now I got tears in my eyes over Grundy. It's worse than the vid explains, Grundy had died when the heroes and villians teamed up, he and hawkgirl had become friends, and it was she who comforted him as he died asking if his soul would be waiting for him, hawk girl skips over her own nonbelief to comfort him and Grundy dies with the words "then Grundy gets his reward"....it was a peaceful beautiful moment of death. Only for him to be resurrected here and hawkgirls mace was made 'special' in that it could disrupt magic so basically tailor made to handle Grundy reborn. So that mercy killing at her hands was just.......oof, hits harder than anything else.
I grew up on this show and I can say I learned a lot about morals from this series, but it was also enjoyable, intellectual, and whimsical. JLTAS has such a special place in my memory
The Death of Ace is one of if not the sadest moment in justice leauge and justice leauge ultimate, and its also realy good at showing a side of Batman (And bruce) that is for the majority of the time buried quite deep
In the first season, there was a two-part episode called Heroes. Even though some of the dialogue and action was supposed to be kind of campy and be from the 1950s and 1960s style, the other parts of the episode were pretty dark and intense. Especially finding out that everyone had died from a nuclear war and all the survivors were living in a holocaust like world. Definitely very dark stuff there.
Heroes is fantastic. It's simultaneously a tribute to early days of comics(complete with campy villains and stilted dialogue) and a dark, sad story. The end, where you find out the heroes of that world are just psychic recreations of the heroes who died in a nuclear war, and their realization that they will all die again if they defeat the villain...then go on to defeat him anyway is just great stuff. Then what you mention about the survivors living in a holocaust like world, it's actually worse than that. They've been playing the same "roles" the villain gave for them perpetually. Remember the ice cream truck driver who thanks the heroes, and when Jon says something like "but we've destroyed your world" and the guy says "no, we did that ourselves...and this world is a relief after spending 40 years driving this truck". The dude has literally been forced to drive an ice cream truck around for decades.
Ace's death still fucking gets me. It was one of the saddest moments in tv cartoon history. The poor girl never got to live like a normal human being up until her last breath.
@@Auron1Roxas2 Marvel had success in Spider-Man and X-Men in animation and minor success in Hulk, Fantastic Four and Iron Man which was great too but didn't get the support.
People have already pointed this out probably but you forgot to mention Static Shock which IMO REALLY dove into some dark matterial concidering racism, gang violence, and so much more. I'd love to see this type of list for Static and a great episode to start on for the dark stuff is "Sons of the Father"
I watched all of the DC animated series when I was a kid, I bought the collection for my son so we could watch it together, he is in love with it. When I came across the episode where Superman realized he was in a dream and had to give up his son I almost lost it, I couldn't even imagine it. They had some incredibly deep episodes that are so much better to watch as an adult.
Superman's birthday. This is a heartbreaking episode and really humanizes Superman. His fights I don't give a damn about really except this one. He really needs to blow off some steam.
The death of ace will always tug at my heart no matter how many times i watch it. Hits close to home as ive lost friends to disease and was there for one as they died.
Ngl, this animated series was my first introduction to the Green Lantern, I always thought the original GL was John Stewart until one of my friends told me that Hal Jordan was. This also where I first saw Martian Manhunter and for a long time I didn't know what his real name was and just called him Manhunter, I loved his name so much that I called every toy I had with an M logo as "Manhunter". This animated series was awesome and you can imagine my frustration when I found out that WonderBat never happened when my friend told me to watch B: Beyond because he said it's the future version of the series.
Original and Unlimited seasons were the best ones to be ever created. Nothing will ever be better than this, and im sad it ended. Everything we got these days have horrible stories. Young Justice started good with the first 2 seasons. Then they mostly covered their personal lives instead of going full hero mode and have a separate story each episode.
Give the man a goddamn break. He had to endured the extinction of his people twice, the second time including his son. There is no need to remind him about it.
The second one adds onto the first, by making it clear his happy ending was (temporarily) ripped away from him and Hawkgirl has to watch her friend die a second time, this time by her own hand
One of my favorite characters in this show was when Wonder Woman grabs Toy Man and he asks "What are you going to do to me?" and Wonder Woman says "I'm going to punch a hole through your head." AWESOME!!!!
Let's not forget that the assassin sent to kill Terry's parents was actually the woman Bruce almost abandoned becoming Batman for before her own father's death sent her down the road to vengeance. I like to think that was her love for Bruce at play when showing mercy to Terry
DC actually began dark. Film noir inspired detective stories, hence it's called DC. Detective comics. Then it got campy. Then serious. Then campy. Then serious. Then campy, then serious, then campy, then-
Hereafter has to be one of my favorite episodes, Superman proves to be heroic even without his powers, and it has Lobo who is easily one of my favorite side charcters in the DCAU.
"The assassin couldn't bring herself to kill them"* Fixed that for you, the assassin is Andrea Beaumont, Bruce's former fiance and murderous masked vigilante "the Phantasm".
It's been my understanding that comics, including DC, actually started out darker and were not aimed at young audiences per se. They were popular with kids. A forensic psychiatrist named Dr. Fredric Wertham wrote a book attacking comics as dangerous for children and contributing to juvenile delinquency. The actually led to a Senate subcommittee holding hearings. The industry developed the Comics Code Authority to censor content. This led to comics becoming very campy. Gradually the comics industry worked their way back to being more serious and to tackling tougher and more controversial issues. The really campy stuff started in the between 60 and 70 years ago. I believe in Batman's early days he actually didn't have a problem with killing criminals. Superman wasn't exactly the "Boy Scout" he was later portrayed to be either. I think there was one story in which Superman attacked a prison to break out a wrongly convicted man just before he got the electric chair. To say they started out safe and only got darker later seems inaccurate, or at least over simplified. I apologize if I am getting this wrong.
The thing that never made any sense to me about the Dr. Destiny episode is that J'ohn couldn't enter Hawkgirl's mind. If she was truly that telepathy resistant, than how did the doc attack her? He is a telepath, just got his powers, and needs his victims to be asleep - the most vulnerable state of mind - to attack them. Yet J'ohn who has much more experience with these, could not enter her mind at all?
@@apimpnamedslickback1276 Yes, like the lanterns. If you know how strong these characters are supposed to be you'd know just how depowered they all are.
@@Auron1Roxas2 if (you) actually understand what ur talking about you'd know this conversation between the both of us doesn't need to happen with a B's excuse of "oh, well, everybody's underpowered!" No shit my guy. But it's clear you don't know the full extent of the lanterns power if you think this low ball is 'fitting'. For the corps.
I love the DCAU and ty for covering it. Please keep the awesome content coming. May I suggest darkest content from Smallville? I think all of you could get some good moments from that topic along with best Smallville moments and characters. Thanks again!
The dark episode I always remember is when the original Justice League members find themselves in another dimension where their own fictional heroes exist. All seems well until they discover that the world they're in is an illusion. Apparently that world had been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust, during which the other team's kid sidekick, now alone, mutated and gained psychic powers strong enough to create a facsimile of the world how it used to be. In the end, his team of heroes had to defeat him, thus ensuring their own destruction, so the Justice League could get home
I really need to rewatch this series, I didn’t remember Martian man hunter getting all big to fight dr Destiny, and Superman Unironically driving a car is hilarious to me
I have too admit that I have the complete collection and some of the episodes were very emotional tear jerkers, to say the least!!! If only, Hollywood would produce the movies and use the animated series as a platform!!!
@@puterboy2 I agree jake,and I am definitely not taking anything away from DC Comics, as well!!! I just wish that they would correct their lack luster movie production!!!
The black mercy episode hit deep wish u actually showed batman's perfect world that one imo was way deeper though it wasn't able to go on as long that smile on batman's face how many times can I say you've seen batman smile so genuinely so kid like. As if he's opening a Christmas present on Christmas morning surrounded by his family but as the BM is removed his sad reality sets back in
28:42 Huntress does like 700 situps a day. No costume can contain those abs. It's canon. 29:03 notice it's her carrying a guy around like he's nothing. Leaving Superman unencumbered to defend them. She's basically darker Batgirl.
This was the League everyone wanted: John Stewart GL, Thanagarian HawkGirl, wiseass Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter... No Cyborg (he's in Titans) & Aquaman as ringer.
the whole DC animated universe movies and shows are just the best . there's nothing Marvel has done that comes close to been as good as this is . live action movies included the DCAU just knocks it clean out of the park . like Superman was batting. has the justice lords Superman ever met Injustice Superman ?
Dr Destiny: "I can't beat Batman with my superpowers, what should I do? Ah yes! I shall resort to hand-to-hand combat! Against the fricking Batman! Brilliant!"
Doctor Destiney, in the the two part Justice League episode, " Only A Dream" reminds me of Skeletor from He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe because I grew up watching the 2002 reboot as a child. The one thing missing was the dream stone that he wears on his costume that belonged to Dream, or The Sandman.
hey, DC, got an idea for you guys. use these script for live action films, cast good actors and actresses, you might beat MCU. these stories were amazing... I cried when I was a kid watching that superman episode when he lost his dream life and son...
Justice league unlimited had it's own charm unlike any other. I'm glad I was a kid when all these shows came out. As an adult with so much responsibility, work and other family matters, I just don't have as much time to enjoy the things I did when I was a kid.
I've never gotten the chance to leave this comment on the clip of Flash punching the hell out of Justice Lord Batman (timestamp - 4:46), but I just want to say that the scene preceding it is one of my favorite parts of that episode - unintentionally, I might add. I'll try to keep it short, but basically that version of Batman sees Flash "die", and his face is one of pure shock as he literally leaps out of the room he's in and jumps a good 20+ feet from a staired balcony to get to Flash's cell, only to then get his face pummeled and the Flash to reveal that he made his heart beat so fast that it sounded like he flatlined (that, or he just stopped it momentarily - either way, both are impressive.) I guess I just find this scene really funny because how often do you see Batman freak out like that? If you know the reason why he'd be shocked, then that too is one other reason why I liked that scene. Overall though, I always think to myself that Batman is thinking at that very moment "OH NO, NOT AGAIN!" when he sees Flash "die", making me smirk because it's funny.
Dude I watched “Watchmen” for the first time a few days ago. It’s so heavy and dark it’s insane. It made feel uncomfortable watching it. Seeing how everything pans out after WW2 it just felt so real and valid it created a sense of uneasiness of how easy it would’ve been for WW3 to start with both countries essentially having a full nuclear arsenal
Ace being so sad and scared before dying always makes me tear up.
That episode where Superman is ensnared by the Black Mercy plant and "loses" his son is heartwrenching. I get the feeling Superman's not holding back his power as he does in other episodes.
Yeah Superman was beating Mongul at first but after he realized what was happening to him he pulled back and Mongul got the upperhand.
season premiere called "for the man who has everything" Superman Annual #11 (1985). based on a comic story by the same name written by Alan
Moore . (Yes that guy) the only change on the show was that robin was in the comic, Amazing stuff.
Superman: Do you have ANY idea what you did to me?!
Mongol: I placed you in a prison from which you could not escape unless you gave up your own hearts deepest desire.
It must have been like ripping off your own arm.
How cruel do you gotta be?
@@digitaladventurer2142 he saw the statue of his parents and then realized that he was better than that.
@@gutshtuff its like the only adaptation of his work that he likes
As someone who has been more of a Marvel fan since childhood, & who grew up with the more "light-hearted" versions of the DCU & it's characters, I'd always presumed for the longest time that Marvel was the edgier of the two. It wasn't 'til the '89 Batman movie came out, & then read back issues of the comics; that I began to realize what a dark brooding character Batman really was, as well as the Justice League. I missed out on a lot of the 90s & 00s DCU animation stories. Im going to have to do the same & revisit those.
Man how time's change.
I maintain that both Marvel and DC can be dark, serious, adult, and awesome all around
O you are so lucky. I wish I could revisit it all with fresh eyes. I’m telling you it’s a hell of a ride.
By 1985 DC was beset by two major problems.
1. DC was convoluted by so many multiverses so Crisis was created to streamline DC into 1 universe.
2. Marvel overtook DC in teens and young adults. DC wasn't taken serious anymore and Superman was overpowered and Batman was considered a joke because of Batman 66 and the Superfriends. The following years all the heroes was revamped into the modern era where Superman was less powerful and thanks to Frank Miller The Dark Knight Batman was darker and taken more seriously.
Thanks to Batman 1989 WB created Batman TAS and ushered the birth of the DCAU.
You should read some of the Spawn comics
One of the better animated super hero animation. Glad you all covered it and spotlighted the better episodes. Happy 2022 to all
THE Best DC Cartoon ever and NO Other Cartoon will be the BEST for me...
@@emalmohsenzada3887 Ben 10 the original one.
@@Anti_Social_Bean also a great one, but this isen't a dc Cartoon.
@@emalmohsenzada3887 but you did say no other cartoon
@@Anti_Social_Bean ah ok. right.
The episode where Superman got sent to the future is my favorite history about him so far, I just love to see how he is not dependent of his powers and overall has a very round set of skills
Well he is a Kryptonian, in theory the most intelligent species of all. He never developed much of that because well... punching is easier .
@@tiagodagostini superman character is about holding back and being the better person. To show the best of humanity.
@@tiagodagostini I mean, he developed. He became a master of all sciences Earth had to offer, as well as a fair amount of Kryptonian science. The guy also got martial arts training from: Batman, Wonder Woman, Mongul, and Muhammad Ali. He definitely wasn't lacking in any regard. He developed a large amount of skills and trades. The guy is insanely intelligent. It's more an issue of the writers forgetting that fact.
Me too
In that episode, after Superman's funeral, Batman visits his grave, and thanks him for showing him that justice doesn't need to be cloaked in darkness. He then hears an alarm go off, and says, "Back to the... what did you call it? The never-ending battle?"
One thing I like about Justice League and Unlimited was that the episodes were written for an hour long format and made every episode a two parter.
That scene where Flash of all the heroes saves the universe is honestly one of the best animated scenes I've ever seen. It gives me goosebumps every time.
It was also more that just 'Flash punches Luthoriac and rips off his armor'. He was dipping into his comic power-levels there, running at near lightspeed to land the hits, and then vibrating to reach INSIDE Luthor and pick out every single particle of nanotech in him, vibrating it to dust but leaving Luthor alive. Even SUPERMAN has never destroyed Braniac so thoroughly.
Up until then, Flash was just the 'Funny kid who runs fast and quips all the time', as opposed to 'This is the Leaguer you need to be afraid of. He will mess you up in ways that break physics.' Even Braniac didn't see it coming.
When the funny ones stop telling jokes, RUN.
Even now I got tears in my eyes over Grundy. It's worse than the vid explains, Grundy had died when the heroes and villians teamed up, he and hawkgirl had become friends, and it was she who comforted him as he died asking if his soul would be waiting for him, hawk girl skips over her own nonbelief to comfort him and Grundy dies with the words "then Grundy gets his reward"....it was a peaceful beautiful moment of death. Only for him to be resurrected here and hawkgirls mace was made 'special' in that it could disrupt magic so basically tailor made to handle Grundy reborn. So that mercy killing at her hands was just.......oof, hits harder than anything else.
remembering his death scene is making me tear up now. That was always one of the most emotional parts of JL/JLU to me.
"Batman tries to find D, but a lack of sleep hinders his function" - Bruce beats his demons so hard his worst demon is being too tired
I grew up on this show and I can say I learned a lot about morals from this series, but it was also enjoyable, intellectual, and whimsical. JLTAS has such a special place in my memory
The Death of Ace is one of if not the sadest moment in justice leauge and justice leauge ultimate, and its also realy good at showing a side of Batman (And bruce) that is for the majority of the time buried quite deep
This should've been the blueprint for the Snyderverse
They didn't want to take the time to set up the universe with individual movies before putting everyone together.
Snyder was cool they fired snyder and released terrible movies for justice league
Yeah, but that would never happen
In the first season, there was a two-part episode called Heroes. Even though some of the dialogue and action was supposed to be kind of campy and be from the 1950s and 1960s style, the other parts of the episode were pretty dark and intense. Especially finding out that everyone had died from a nuclear war and all the survivors were living in a holocaust like world. Definitely very dark stuff there.
Is this the one where they get trapped within a comic book like story within an imagination or something like that?
Yes and they met the justice society
Heroes is fantastic. It's simultaneously a tribute to early days of comics(complete with campy villains and stilted dialogue) and a dark, sad story. The end, where you find out the heroes of that world are just psychic recreations of the heroes who died in a nuclear war, and their realization that they will all die again if they defeat the villain...then go on to defeat him anyway is just great stuff. Then what you mention about the survivors living in a holocaust like world, it's actually worse than that. They've been playing the same "roles" the villain gave for them perpetually. Remember the ice cream truck driver who thanks the heroes, and when Jon says something like "but we've destroyed your world" and the guy says "no, we did that ourselves...and this world is a relief after spending 40 years driving this truck". The dude has literally been forced to drive an ice cream truck around for decades.
Ace's death still fucking gets me. It was one of the saddest moments in tv cartoon history. The poor girl never got to live like a normal human being up until her last breath.
DC animation has always been amazing because they stayed true to the comics and characters.
Marvel barely dabbles in animation.
Lol no they didn't XD
Go to 14:31 and tell me that animation looks amazing
@CK_City we don’t talk about the movies cause DCEU’s are worse. lol.
@@Auron1Roxas2 Marvel had success in Spider-Man and X-Men in animation and minor success in Hulk, Fantastic Four and Iron Man which was great too but didn't get the support.
People have already pointed this out probably but you forgot to mention Static Shock which IMO REALLY dove into some dark matterial concidering racism, gang violence, and so much more. I'd love to see this type of list for Static and a great episode to start on for the dark stuff is "Sons of the Father"
i hope the come out with a blu ray set of Static Shock
Read the last words “Sins of the Father”.
I watched all of the DC animated series when I was a kid, I bought the collection for my son so we could watch it together, he is in love with it. When I came across the episode where Superman realized he was in a dream and had to give up his son I almost lost it, I couldn't even imagine it. They had some incredibly deep episodes that are so much better to watch as an adult.
Superman's birthday. This is a heartbreaking episode and really humanizes Superman. His fights I don't give a damn about really except this one. He really needs to blow off some steam.
Happy 2022 everyone
You too bro
The death of ace will always tug at my heart no matter how many times i watch it. Hits close to home as ive lost friends to disease and was there for one as they died.
The Dcau had a lot of iconic moments
This was wayyyy ahead of its time
That makes no sense. It was just right for its time. A lot of the episodes were based off of Comic books that go back decades ago.
Ngl, this animated series was my first introduction to the Green Lantern, I always thought the original GL was John Stewart until one of my friends told me that Hal Jordan was. This also where I first saw Martian Manhunter and for a long time I didn't know what his real name was and just called him Manhunter, I loved his name so much that I called every toy I had with an M logo as "Manhunter". This animated series was awesome and you can imagine my frustration when I found out that WonderBat never happened when my friend told me to watch B: Beyond because he said it's the future version of the series.
Ackchyually, Alan Scott was the original Green Lantern.
Original and Unlimited seasons were the best ones to be ever created.
Nothing will ever be better than this, and im sad it ended.
Everything we got these days have horrible stories.
Young Justice started good with the first 2 seasons. Then they mostly covered their personal lives instead of going full hero mode and have a separate story each episode.
Superman: I will never forget you.
And he was never referenced again
Give the man a goddamn break. He had to endured the extinction of his people twice, the second time including his son. There is no need to remind him about it.
@@RichterBelmont2235 the character is fine. The writers are at fault.
He probably would think about him now and again, but obviously on the show he wasn't verbally mentioned again though.
Hello :)
Well it doesn't seem like topic worth talking about.
"Epilogue" by far man. Bruce really showing off his humanity and just sitting with Ace
20:05
Doesn’t that also mean Terry’s little brother is ALSO biologically Bruce’s son?
Exactly.
Of course
Yup. Only he'll never have to be a part of the bat family... hopefully.
@@silverhawkscape2677 I’m sure in the comics he becomes robin
Yes. AMANDA Waller stated this as well
34:13 “that restraints their power”
Batman : oh no,whatever shall i do...
Death of ace was sad like it will bring a tear to a mans eye
The one episode the Superman series when Darkseid kills the one detective was pretty dark.
As a tribute to Jack Kirby, when originally broadcast, the mourners at the funeral included the Fantastic Four, Nick Fury, and even Stan Lee.
@@tomkerruish2982 remembered it like it was yesterday
Grundies other death was more heartwrenching, "Do you think Grundies soul is waiting for him?
The second one adds onto the first, by making it clear his happy ending was (temporarily) ripped away from him and Hawkgirl has to watch her friend die a second time, this time by her own hand
You forgot Static Shock, and to a lesser extent, The Zeta Project.
One of my favorite characters in this show was when Wonder Woman grabs Toy Man and he asks "What are you going to do to me?" and Wonder Woman says "I'm going to punch a hole through your head." AWESOME!!!!
Me too
Let's not forget that the assassin sent to kill Terry's parents was actually the woman Bruce almost abandoned becoming Batman for before her own father's death sent her down the road to vengeance. I like to think that was her love for Bruce at play when showing mercy to Terry
DC actually began dark. Film noir inspired detective stories, hence it's called DC. Detective comics.
Then it got campy.
Then serious.
Then campy.
Then serious.
Then campy, then serious, then campy, then-
What the DCEU should've been. Seriously sad to see how amazing stories like these have been overshadowed by WB's reputation.
And Snyders ego.
@@vineetdesai6396 Blame the fans. They think Snyder's edglord Justice League is godsend.
This why Wally West Flash is the best and fastest Flash
Hereafter has to be one of my favorite episodes, Superman proves to be heroic even without his powers, and it has Lobo who is easily one of my favorite side charcters in the DCAU.
You've got to praise the show for tackling these subjects.
"The assassin couldn't bring herself to kill them"* Fixed that for you, the assassin is Andrea Beaumont, Bruce's former fiance and murderous masked vigilante "the Phantasm".
Nice to know that the movie got mentioned
I loved Batman the Animated series
Same
It's been my understanding that comics, including DC, actually started out darker and were not aimed at young audiences per se. They were popular with kids. A forensic psychiatrist named Dr. Fredric Wertham wrote a book attacking comics as dangerous for children and contributing to juvenile delinquency. The actually led to a Senate subcommittee holding hearings. The industry developed the Comics Code Authority to censor content. This led to comics becoming very campy. Gradually the comics industry worked their way back to being more serious and to tackling tougher and more controversial issues. The really campy stuff started in the between 60 and 70 years ago. I believe in Batman's early days he actually didn't have a problem with killing criminals. Superman wasn't exactly the "Boy Scout" he was later portrayed to be either. I think there was one story in which Superman attacked a prison to break out a wrongly convicted man just before he got the electric chair. To say they started out safe and only got darker later seems inaccurate, or at least over simplified. I apologize if I am getting this wrong.
Thus was awesome! Thanks for the memories 😁👏🏾
the evil superman was nice enought to not lobotomize scarface´s puppetier and only "lobotomize" scarface itself
I always found that funny. Like they knew that Lobotomizing the puppet was enough.
Watching this version of the justice league get their asses handed to them every other episode.
The assassin was a she, not a he. Watch Mask of the Phantasm!
I KNEW that was her!
The thing that never made any sense to me about the Dr. Destiny episode is that J'ohn couldn't enter Hawkgirl's mind. If she was truly that telepathy resistant, than how did the doc attack her? He is a telepath, just got his powers, and needs his victims to be asleep - the most vulnerable state of mind - to attack them. Yet J'ohn who has much more experience with these, could not enter her mind at all?
Those were all excellent story lines which kept me coming back for more
It just seems that the post Hal Jordan Lanterns are underpowered.
As always sadly.
Everyone is underpowered in DC animation movies and shows.
@@Auron1Roxas2 not like the lanterns.
@@apimpnamedslickback1276 Yes, like the lanterns. If you know how strong these characters are supposed to be you'd know just how depowered they all are.
@@Auron1Roxas2 if (you) actually understand what ur talking about you'd know this conversation between the both of us doesn't need to happen with a B's excuse of "oh, well, everybody's underpowered!"
No shit my guy. But it's clear you don't know the full extent of the lanterns power if you think this low ball is 'fitting'. For the corps.
Aquaman became a bad ass long before Jason Mamoa took the mantle
I love the DCAU and ty for covering it. Please keep the awesome content coming. May I suggest darkest content from Smallville? I think all of you could get some good moments from that topic along with best Smallville moments and characters. Thanks again!
The dark episode I always remember is when the original Justice League members find themselves in another dimension where their own fictional heroes exist. All seems well until they discover that the world they're in is an illusion. Apparently that world had been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust, during which the other team's kid sidekick, now alone, mutated and gained psychic powers strong enough to create a facsimile of the world how it used to be. In the end, his team of heroes had to defeat him, thus ensuring their own destruction, so the Justice League could get home
Hey this was a great kick back to my childhood, makes me want to rewatch the justice league.
I really need to rewatch this series, I didn’t remember Martian man hunter getting all big to fight dr Destiny, and Superman Unironically driving a car is hilarious to me
I have too admit that I have the complete collection and some of the episodes were very emotional tear jerkers, to say the least!!! If only, Hollywood would produce the movies and use the animated series as a platform!!!
Well, the comics are a lot more edgier, sooooo.
@@puterboy2 I agree jake,and I am definitely not taking anything away from DC Comics, as well!!! I just wish that they would correct their lack luster movie production!!!
Amazing video my dude 😎🤠
Why this show was one of the greatest shows made
I just got an ad for Rick Astley and i couldnt be happier that I got rick roller by UA-cam.
One moment that still gives me chills is the conclusion of episode of Batman beyond. The one with a gang of criminals with enhanced prosthetics.
The thumbnail got me, I forgot about that he had a son even though he was imaginary, the pain was all too real.
I was obsessed with Batman the animated series as a kid. I knew every episode by heart lol.
The dcau has to have the best vandal savage
Yup.
This is one of my favourite vids you've done, could you consider doing DC animated movies, that would be amazing!!
This guy is good at summing up these episodes but you need to watch them.
Also in Mongul's dreamscape you can hear screams. While he's laughing to himself, ensnared by the black mercy .
Rest in peace neal adams
Awesome video
"i will never forget you" - never mentions him ever again - thus forgetting about him
flashpoint was great we need a live movie for that
The black mercy episode hit deep wish u actually showed batman's perfect world that one imo was way deeper though it wasn't able to go on as long that smile on batman's face how many times can I say you've seen batman smile so genuinely so kid like. As if he's opening a Christmas present on Christmas morning surrounded by his family but as the BM is removed his sad reality sets back in
20:15 herself. Excellent video
28:42 Huntress does like 700 situps a day. No costume can contain those abs. It's canon. 29:03 notice it's her carrying a guy around like he's nothing. Leaving Superman unencumbered to defend them.
She's basically darker Batgirl.
the way Future Savage just closes his eyes at seeing it worked is great
Brainiac’s eyes glow is mostly in sync with the narrating
This was the League everyone wanted: John Stewart GL, Thanagarian HawkGirl, wiseass Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter... No Cyborg (he's in Titans) & Aquaman as ringer.
the whole DC animated universe movies and shows are just the best . there's nothing Marvel has done that comes close to been as good as this is . live action movies included the DCAU just knocks it clean out of the park . like Superman was batting. has the justice lords Superman ever met Injustice Superman ?
Dawg I’m not gonna front that episode for Supes’ Birthday got me sooooo mad at Mongul, almost as bad as his beef with Darkseid (Dan Turpin)
Dr Destiny: "I can't beat Batman with my superpowers, what should I do? Ah yes! I shall resort to hand-to-hand combat! Against the fricking Batman! Brilliant!"
Are you sleeping brother John? Genius character dev.
Loved all the JL episodes
Doctor Destiney, in the the two part Justice League episode, " Only A Dream" reminds me of Skeletor from He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe because I grew up watching the 2002 reboot as a child. The one thing missing was the dream stone that he wears on his costume that belonged to Dream, or The Sandman.
hey, DC, got an idea for you guys. use these script for live action films, cast good actors and actresses, you might beat MCU.
these stories were amazing... I cried when I was a kid watching that superman episode when he lost his dream life and son...
One of my favorite tv shows as a child
20:22 The Assassin is a former girlfriend and friend of Bruce Wayne who do know Batman and Bruce is the same person.
When Terry got killed in a JLU episode. I was a huge fan of Batman Beyond, so that shocked and disgusted me simultaneously.
Will have to watch Batman Beyond again because I must have missed how Amanda Waller dying is what turned Terry into Batman!
Amanda never died as far as I could tell
Death of ace is definitely number 1.
Justice league unlimited had it's own charm unlike any other. I'm glad I was a kid when all these shows came out. As an adult with so much responsibility, work and other family matters, I just don't have as much time to enjoy the things I did when I was a kid.
I think that version of savage was erased when the league stopped savage in the present .
The Christmas episode I think is one of the best, also you forgot the one about the Flash Museum.
Modern-day cartoons could never....
It's a lesson most heroes never learn
Sometimes doing the right thing can be worthless while doing the wrong thing can be priceless
I've never gotten the chance to leave this comment on the clip of Flash punching the hell out of Justice Lord Batman (timestamp - 4:46), but I just want to say that the scene preceding it is one of my favorite parts of that episode - unintentionally, I might add.
I'll try to keep it short, but basically that version of Batman sees Flash "die", and his face is one of pure shock as he literally leaps out of the room he's in and jumps a good 20+ feet from a staired balcony to get to Flash's cell, only to then get his face pummeled and the Flash to reveal that he made his heart beat so fast that it sounded like he flatlined (that, or he just stopped it momentarily - either way, both are impressive.)
I guess I just find this scene really funny because how often do you see Batman freak out like that? If you know the reason why he'd be shocked, then that too is one other reason why I liked that scene. Overall though, I always think to myself that Batman is thinking at that very moment "OH NO, NOT AGAIN!" when he sees Flash "die", making me smirk because it's funny.
I will always be a DC comic book fan
As a hardcore DC and Superman fan,gotta say I absolutely love it.
This show WAS EVERYTHING TO MEEEEEEEE THIS SHOW WAS PEAK ANIMATION
Batman sitting with Ace gets me every time.
Dude I watched “Watchmen” for the first time a few days ago. It’s so heavy and dark it’s insane. It made feel uncomfortable watching it. Seeing how everything pans out after WW2 it just felt so real and valid it created a sense of uneasiness of how easy it would’ve been for WW3 to start with both countries essentially having a full nuclear arsenal
Happy and prosperous New Year 2022 to everyone!☝😊👆
Best animated show of all time !!!