Even though I'm a bigger fan of Bruce Timm DCAU shows , I still appreciate The Batman for what it was and enjoyed it for how it reworked & tried out different/new things while still being faithful to the essence/spirit of the source material. But what I mostly enjoyed was the earlier seasons of the show & the dynamic of a rookie Batman with Detective Ethan & Yin. I wished they did more between these original characters because they really had something special & just like how BTAS success made Harley Quinn part of Batman's rogue gallery, I think both Ethan (before his transformation as CF) & Detective Yin as Batman allies in GPD could have become an interesting part of the Batman continuity. With them being the ones involved (with Commissioner Gordon assistance in later seasons) in changing GPD & removing the corruption from the inside because of Gotham's crime families influence. Like part of the reason Bruce became Batman was to help Gotham's people fight against the corruption that has taken hold of the city.
D.A.V.E. talking about how it figured Batman's identity "[Whole breakdown w/ public knowledge, statistics, and emotional motivation]... IT WAS OBVIOUS", I loved the condescension in both the voice-acting and even inflection in it's face (somehow).
Only villain who figured it out in THIS show. An oft overlooked fact about Bane was that in his debut story, he not only broke the bat, but did so by deducing Batman's identity and sending pawns forward to weaken the bat for the coup de grace.
@@bthsr7113 Yeah so many adaptations of Bane just have him be a hired goon. When in the comics, he was a mastermind. Bruce Timm thought him breaking his back was dumb even though the way he did was weaken by manipulating events so he becomes weakened so he can strike.
It's worth mentioning part of the reason Ethan was made Clayface is because due to the Dark Knight Trilogy having the rights to certain villains, they weren't allowed to be used in the show, hence the reason we never see Scarecrow, Two-Face, or Ra's Al Ghul, thus they gave Ethan/Clayface a similar backstory to Two Face as a compromise. Joker was the one exception since it's basically impossible to do a batman show without the joker.
I miss this version of The Batman... i grew up with this version alongside Teen Titans that after one season of Teen Titans end, they play next season of The Batman. So when Robin appear in The Batman series, i was like "oh... this is Robin before he move to Jump City!" I like how they change the origin story for a lot of character, like how Batgirl came first before Robin, Joker having Prank as his sidekick before Harley Quinn and dont get me started on the rest of the villains... i also like how many original villain that this show make like D.A.V.E, Gearhead, Wrath and Srocth, etc... the story is amazing with how this show have The Laughing Joke and Joker use Bane's Venom to become buff, and so many amazing storyline in this show for each season...
Ive been rewatching The Batman on Netflix and what ive noticed is, this is about when DC started making batman less of a dark brooding vigilante detective and more of DC's Tony Stark relaying more and more on his technology and gagits then his investigation skills
This show‘s penguin was like the original Flintheart Glomgold(the rebooted version of 2017 to be exact) -They both have a childish hatred towards another rich person( Bruce wayne and Scrooge mcduck) -They both are extremely comedic and fun to watch -They both see themself as the hero‘s greatest enemy, even though someone else has that title(The joker and Magica de spell) -And they both tried to take the hero down once and for all by forming a team of many of the hero‘s other villains( in team penguin and glomtales) I feel like the writers of ducktales took inspiration from the Batman’s penguin to make their glomgold.
Can Penguin's hench ladies get more recognition..? I always found them to be some of the most unnerving enemies and it felt like he narrowly escaped death every time...
Sad that we didn't got more of them, and them stop showing up after a time. Also I bet those girls would probably be related to the league of assassin, if wasn't for the fact they couldn't show ra's al ghul
Those two episode were my top fav... the Zombie Apocalypse one feel like someone just hire M.Night to make a Zombie/Batman movie while the Future episode really feel not just like they to bring back Batman Beyond but also show how learning from history can teach us to be prepare for the future
I _loved_ this show. Hell, this version of Joker is still one of my favorites. I do agree with Vee Infuso that he should've stayed more distinct from the other Jokers, as his early design was honestly pretty great. My favorite moment from him still has to be from the Dracula movie, where he's dangling over the ledge, and when Batman tries to help him, he proceeds to lash out with his electric buzzer, then falls laughing... only to pause, look down at the water, and then at his still active buzzer, and then coming to the realization of how badly he just goofed before getting shocked. I also wish they didn't drop Yin from the show after she had just started warming up to Batman. Batgirl was nice, but I found myself engaged in Yin's character more.
VAMPIRE! Very cool of you to tackle this show that I just watched months ago which holds up for me after all these years & yeah it's one of the greatest for being a new take by the same people that did Jackie Chan Adventures alongside giving me my favorite iterations of Riddler & Penguin alongside introducing me to Firefly who was a cool one off & glad he returned when he reluctantly teamed up with Mr. Freeze, really glad that this alongside Teen Titans showed you don't have to be part of the DCAU & still be considered great
I love this iteration of batmman, happy to see it getting some love lately. I loved Rino Romano as bruce/bats he did a uniquely good job of seperating the two that no other batman live or animated achieved.
i love this one, it has my favorite version of the joker, both in voice and design(well, BEFORE they put him in the purple suit), the only thing i didn't like was mr freeze's story, they made him a dimexa dozen thief that ended up with powers, but i liked his design, the voice for batman is really good also, he could be a replacement for Kevin Conroy
That scene from the movie of Joker taking in all the blood as it rains on him is so creepy I love it, would love to see you review the movie for Halloween. vampire.
Hugo strange is my favorite character in this show, since he’s a very intelligent man that’s obsessed in understanding the minds of the insane and is willing to go any length to get the answers he’s seek.😺
This was my first introduction to Batman as a kid and was what got me into Batman growing up, even before I ever watched Batman The Animated Series or Batman: Brave and the Bold in my teen years. This show was my first introduction to Batman as a kid, and honestly, it's my favourite Batman show, and its hard to believe the show is already 20 years old. I absolutely LOVE the animation, art style and redesigns of the characters, especially Joker (one of my favourite takes on Joker), Batman, Batgirl, Robin, Mr Freeze, Firefly, Catwoman, Riddler, Killer Croc, Clayface, Man-Bat, etc... all of them had such cool, sleek and creative designs that truly made this show stand out as its own thing and that's one of the many reasons I love it so much. I really love this shows take on Batman as more laid back and mentally stable Batman that hasn't let the darkness completely overtake him as its such a refreshing change from the status quo. I also love Bruce and Alfred's relationship and how much Bruce grows as a character accepting Batgirl and adopting Robin and rheir dynamic together is truly fun to watch as this might be my favourite take on the Bat-Family in an adaptation as they all had great chemistry with each other.
2:54 Yeah the fights in this show were pretty epic, especially since they let both the Joker and Penguin be hyper competent fighters, though apparently the writers toned down their fighting abilities due to many people complaining that it didn't fit the characters, especially Joker to be a Kung Fu expert.
Eh, Joker's main schtick is that he's crazy and he wants to make the world laugh along with him, whether they want to or not. Give him a fighting style built around strange unpredictable movements and add in some gag weapons every now and then, and it's a fair interpretation of the character, while also being a good counter to Batman's cold methodical approach.
@@nadrewod999 completely agree! I can't understand why people where whining about it, it makes completely sense for joker to have experience in hand to hand combat, not only it fits the whole circus acrobat-clown thing but it's also a lot cooler to see Batman engaging in actual fights with his enemies, like seriously 😒 people expect a villain to just always hide behind a freaking gadget instead of having the balls to fight themselves?? If anything it's BTAS that got joker wrong in some aspects.
Bruh the clayface best friends them boys was cooking this how u do reimagining and still play respect to the franchise this is my favorite version of Bruce and I agree with kamen this series does fantastic job with bruce
the cooked with the start of the arc, but the second part just threw me off completely they didn’t have Batman looking around for Clayface in some arcs, and by the time he found him in that episode, Clayface gets pardoned and get his life back, only to turn evil again. they dropped that arc down a drain and it deserved better.
Actually what you said about, Freeze may have been the intent at some point. Looking back at the flashback where he was in a car chase, you can see a photo strip of him and some woman most likely the series version of Nora. I can only assume the idea was dropped since it's never brought up in any episode featuring him.
It was likely homage to the BTAS storyline; in the behind the scenes, they do explain their thought process behind their Mr. Freeze, and they describe it as "we didn't want to copy BTAS so we'll do our own thing," so it was more, so they wanted to be original.
I can see it but personally I feel like the homage may have been a leftover from an early draft of the episode. Like I can understand them wanting to do an original version of the character but I can also see during the early days of production they were just gonna do another take on btas freeze before changing their minds. The photo strip being the last demands of that idea they didn't bother taking out. I agree with what you said but I just don't think they'd use the photo strip as a homage due to how much it implies in the show.
Actually the thing with Victor's backstory... it's actually very close to his ORIGINAL backstory. The Nora one from TAS was basicially invented in TAS. People loved it so much it became his defacto backstory from that point
I definitely feel like Batman and Spiderman exist on opposite sides of the same coin. The big difference is that Batman has confidence, and was directly involved with his trauma, while Spiderman keeps his mouth running due to a lack of confidence, and wasn't there for his loss, and I think that's a huge difference maker in their characters.
I really liked this cartoon as well. I personally liked what they did with the Joker, where at times his voice would be high pitch when he was joking and laughing but gets deep and intimidating when he got angry and serious. Also yes make that BvD video *Vampire*
I grew up with both this show and B:TAS and I liked it even then, though I was disappointed with season 5. Still, five seasons and a movie isn’t too shabby. I feel like if there’s any Batman show that genuinely deserved better, it was Beware the Batman.
Vampire. As for my opinion on Dracula's design from this DC Earth I suspect he was supposed to originally Ras Al Ghul based on his appearance if you gave him a darker complexion along with green clothing with gold accents see he the Demon's head.
Man, you made my day today, i am surprised your brought up this series but honestly its the Batman series i grew up so its has a lot of good memories. Glad to see someone else talk about it. Best of luck in the future and have a good day.
Vampire... Also I had enjoyed the penguin a bit more in this series and had enjoyed some of the one shot forgettable villains. Like Ragdoll. The main thing that really colored this series was it being made during the Bat Embargo. Essentially in an attempt to keep everything in order this show wasn't allowed to use characters or elements of the other Batman products. So no Robin until Teen Titans ended. No Batman movie villains. It did start to get lifted as that was why we had Gordon appear and we lost Batman's former police department ally. Still the restrictions and what they made from it was interesting.
That intro was UNHINGED XD. I can’t really say I like many of this show’s specific versions of Batman villains but I did like some created for the show, such as Rumor, Ragdoll, and Wrath/Scorn, tho sadly underutilized. I cannot say I really like this show, it’s decent, and there’s some storylines that are engaging. But rather than rewatching the entire show I would only rewatch certain episodes I thought were great.
I remember this, a lot of people actively avoided it because of the dramatic changes to the character design. It just reaked of "To Sell Toys!" to fans, it didn't help that a lot of the character changes are questionable, like Joker seemingly slowly mutating into a hyena or Riddler looking like a heroin addict. Still the only thing I've actually seen of the show is the Vs. Dracula movie which is set in this continuity, thrown it on as a "I wanna watch something Halloweenie, but not in the mood for a straight up horror." and.. it's a pretty good time.
While I did grow up watching Justice League, this was the Batman Solo-series of my childhood. It's a little depressing that a cartoon from 20 years ago has better animation and fight choreography than a lot of what comes out today.
Good to see you upload mate, I just started binging BTAS again so i was really curious about this video and I've always been curious about the The Batman (2004) but damn i'll have to wait if there's gonna be spoilers, left a like though :)
Awesome! Another video talking about The Batman! Loved this adaptation of his early days and eventual connection to the Justice League. Glad to see more videos talking about it.
One of my favorite episodes of this show is the City Council one. His playboy reputation and crime fighting directly interfere with his philanthropy, and it shows a side of Bruce (especially young Bruce) that often gets overlooked. This show in general did a great job exploring Bruce, and made it more of a focus than a lot of the other animated versions.
I have vague memories of this show and I don’t remember watching it much as a kid. I can’t recall why, it could have been the art style but again I can’t remember. Now that I see it now I really wish I watched it, it’s so unique from the rest. The the thing I like the most is the characters look awesome, it’s like all his villains where mutated or reborn as humanoid monsters, striping away what human traits they had and there villains traits took there place.
This was my childhood Batman show. I love how this one was more combat heavy, especially with villains like Joker and Penguin. This also has my favorite version of Joker, design and all. The story of Ethan/Clayface, amazing stuff. And detective Yin. Hooooh Detective Yin.
I never watched this series but I watched a few videos on it and what the studio made them do to this iteration of the joker is criminal. Making it more in line with a regular joker even though kungfu clown is such a cool idea.
So this is mangakamen watching a better show then rwby great he should do that more (jokes aside i only recently started getting into watching the batman cartoons so i don't have much to say about this)
Vampire! This is the show I actually grew up as a kid. While I did manage to watch BTAS later I still like this show a lot. I actually loved a lot of the interpretations of the villains. It's nice to hear someone else enjoy the shoe while acknowledging it's flaws. Great video Kamen!
I really loved The Batman. While it didn't have the fame that Batman TAS had, some characters and plotlines I thought were handled significantly better than in BTAS. Characters like Catwoman, Hugo Strange, Penguin, Batgirl, Killer Croc and surprisingly Firefly I thought were handled in a vastly superior way than in the DCAU. Also the Riddler voiced by Robert Englund was a standout. It also had one of the most unique depictions of Clayface ever.
This is my favorite Batman show, loved the futuristic stuff. I like all of the Batman’s (except the obvious stuff) but I love this one. Especially the penguin in this one.
The Batman was my introduction to Batman as a kid! Even now every so often I re-binge the series because I love it so much! I actually remember being turned off by Joker's more neat design in other series for a while when I saw him in other cartoons because I was so used to how he looks in The Batman XD Also the intro will forever live rent-free in my head! It's such a good theme! This show also has my favourite Killer croc design.
As someone who discovered this animation (I think I watched it as young, but do not remember) before 2-3 years ago the style and writing was impressive
I could be wrong but I think this series, especially a clip you showed and something you touched on that might have been a prototype or an inspiration for The Batman who Laughs. #Vampire
Batman versus Vampires? I seem to recall something to that effect in Batman Beyond, a show I really adored as a kid. Beyond's Batman is a great foil to TAS's Batman. So is Beyond's Bruce to his former selfe, loved it
Some of the greater innovations of this show are gems made from the pressures of restriction. Without the rights to so many characters, they made do with what they could, and it's a crying shame they threw that work away when embargoes were lifted.
I always found the theme songs going from being this electronic, serious mood piece in the early seasons to set a more serious tone as Bruce face off against the strange foes for the first time. To a bouncy remix of the Adam West series' theme with the introduction of Robin and Bat Girl in his mission as a neat detail.
This show was honestly so good and cool, and I didn't mind at all that it was so different from the source material. In fact it was this show and Batman Beyond that got me into DC animated shows. Also this Bruce Wayne was one I certainly have a crush on, unlike the earlier DC cartoons, the muscles are more detailed and the way they're drawn is just so good, especially with clothes not fully showing them, since you wouldn't see abs on a shirt unless it was tight enough. And despite Batman's size, he looked natural when posing like a VAMPIRE. As more and more Batman stuff comes out where they keep either trying to be like the 90s animated series, the shows that stand out, tend to the more memorable ones. The Batman, Brave and the Bold.
Oh I loved this version of the Batman growing up as a kid. Sure it wasn't as deep as TAS but it still was a lot of fun, had some awesome style and some of the redesigns were actually kind of neat, Riddler voiced by Freddy Kruger, a Joker who knows Kung Fu, Clayface is an older friend of Bruce's we see turn evil gradually over time, Ellen Yin being a pretty awesome secondary character and he fights Dracula. This show was aces in my book.
My introduction to this show was through the Batman vs Dracula movie. While that film was way darker than anything in the show, I still loved how stylized the world of Gotham was, and I think Kevin Michael Richardson is a super underrated Joker. Might be my second favorite VA for the character behind Mark Hamill obviously.
God, this show was so good! It deserved better than it got! Wow the early 2000s had so many good tv shows. This, BTAS, SMTAS, Justice League/Unlimited, Teen Titans, Static Shock, Jackie Chan Adventures, Yugioh, heck, even Loonatics Unleashed.
Glad to see people talk about this show. I absolutely loved this show growing up. The artsyle, the designs, the action, pretty much everything. I especially loved to see Bruce crack jokes, both in and out of costume. I think that's something that a few iterations of the character do wrong. They make Bruce this stoic no-nonsense figure when even in BTAS, Bruce had a sense of humor.
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Even though I'm a bigger fan of Bruce Timm DCAU shows , I still appreciate The Batman for what it was and enjoyed it for how it reworked & tried out different/new things while still being faithful to the essence/spirit of the source material.
But what I mostly enjoyed was the earlier seasons of the show & the dynamic of a rookie Batman with Detective Ethan & Yin. I wished they did more between these original characters because they really had something special & just like how BTAS success made Harley Quinn part of Batman's rogue gallery, I think both Ethan (before his transformation as CF) & Detective Yin as Batman allies in GPD could have become an interesting part of the Batman continuity.
With them being the ones involved (with Commissioner Gordon assistance in later seasons) in changing GPD & removing the corruption from the inside because of Gotham's crime families influence.
Like part of the reason Bruce became Batman was to help Gotham's people fight against the corruption that has taken hold of the city.
Bro how could u not talk about that amazing intro
Also I would like a video about the movie please
Vampire.
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This was the Batman cartoon I grew up with instead of the more popular Animated Series and I'm glad this version is getting more recognition.
Me too
Same
Me too. I remember watching this cartoon
After 20 years, it better be getting recognition
Same!
The Animated Series didn't even air where I live at the time, so this series was my introduction to Batman and his roster!
My favorite villain was D.A.V.E, the only villain who ever figured out who Batman was and kept beating him. He almost won, too…plus I love his design.
So D.A.V.E is like the Sir Crocodile of The Batman, right?
And his method makes a lot of sense of figuring it out. I'm shocked more haven't.
D.A.V.E. talking about how it figured Batman's identity "[Whole breakdown w/ public knowledge, statistics, and emotional motivation]... IT WAS OBVIOUS", I loved the condescension in both the voice-acting and even inflection in it's face (somehow).
Only villain who figured it out in THIS show.
An oft overlooked fact about Bane was that in his debut story, he not only broke the bat, but did so by deducing Batman's identity and sending pawns forward to weaken the bat for the coup de grace.
@@bthsr7113 Yeah so many adaptations of Bane just have him be a hired goon. When in the comics, he was a mastermind. Bruce Timm thought him breaking his back was dumb even though the way he did was weaken by manipulating events so he becomes weakened so he can strike.
It's worth mentioning part of the reason Ethan was made Clayface is because due to the Dark Knight Trilogy having the rights to certain villains, they weren't allowed to be used in the show, hence the reason we never see Scarecrow, Two-Face, or Ra's Al Ghul, thus they gave Ethan/Clayface a similar backstory to Two Face as a compromise. Joker was the one exception since it's basically impossible to do a batman show without the joker.
Dracula I heard was originally Ra’s Al Ghul but modified him to be Dracula cause they weren’t allowed to use him at the time
Yep, this is commonly known to fans as the Bat-Embargo
Even then Joker has a wildly different design and voice than he does in other things.
Yeah, the only reason they used Bane was because he was originally not intended to be in the Nolan trilogy.
Oh I didn't know that.
Immediate like for the Batman punching the old lady pod-person in the face. 🤣
Batgirl: You KNEW she was a plant, right?…
@@terraventusaqua123Batman: 😎
“What if that had been a real lady?”
“Sometimes it is”
I miss this version of The Batman... i grew up with this version alongside Teen Titans that after one season of Teen Titans end, they play next season of The Batman. So when Robin appear in The Batman series, i was like "oh... this is Robin before he move to Jump City!" I like how they change the origin story for a lot of character, like how Batgirl came first before Robin, Joker having Prank as his sidekick before Harley Quinn and dont get me started on the rest of the villains... i also like how many original villain that this show make like D.A.V.E, Gearhead, Wrath and Srocth, etc... the story is amazing with how this show have The Laughing Joke and Joker use Bane's Venom to become buff, and so many amazing storyline in this show for each season...
Gearhead isn't a series-original.
Ive been rewatching The Batman on Netflix and what ive noticed is, this is about when DC started making batman less of a dark brooding vigilante detective and more of DC's Tony Stark relaying more and more on his technology and gagits then his investigation skills
“Gadgets”
@@burntgrahamcracker2866"relying"
If we remember nothing else of this show, we gotta call out the peak Firefly design
Next up, ‘Why Batman: The Brave and the Bold was stronger, smarter, better… *IT WAS BETTER!’*
Dude was peak batman in brave and the bold.
Homelander: IS this one of my people?
It was LESSER
@@bthsr7113 THAT'S WHAT IM SAYING
Definitely underrated
16:33 funny enough Armstrong’s VA voices Alfred in this show
"Don't fuck with this butler!"
@@nadrewod999 Alfred says loading a shotgun
@@John-Stark*high-tech energy blaster
Can't have the kiddos thinkin' guns are toys, now can we? 🥴
This show‘s penguin was like the original Flintheart Glomgold(the rebooted version of 2017 to be exact)
-They both have a childish hatred towards another rich person( Bruce wayne and Scrooge mcduck)
-They both are extremely comedic and fun to watch
-They both see themself as the hero‘s greatest enemy, even though someone else has that title(The joker and Magica de spell)
-And they both tried to take the hero down once and for all by forming a team of many of the hero‘s other villains( in team penguin and glomtales)
I feel like the writers of ducktales took inspiration from the Batman’s penguin to make their glomgold.
Can Penguin's hench ladies get more recognition..? I always found them to be some of the most unnerving enemies and it felt like he narrowly escaped death every time...
Sad that we didn't got more of them, and them stop showing up after a time. Also I bet those girls would probably be related to the league of assassin, if wasn't for the fact they couldn't show ra's al ghul
I still remember that Zombie Apocalypse and Future Mister Freeze episodes, this show is very underrated.
Those two episode were my top fav... the Zombie Apocalypse one feel like someone just hire M.Night to make a Zombie/Batman movie while the Future episode really feel not just like they to bring back Batman Beyond but also show how learning from history can teach us to be prepare for the future
I _loved_ this show. Hell, this version of Joker is still one of my favorites. I do agree with Vee Infuso that he should've stayed more distinct from the other Jokers, as his early design was honestly pretty great. My favorite moment from him still has to be from the Dracula movie, where he's dangling over the ledge, and when Batman tries to help him, he proceeds to lash out with his electric buzzer, then falls laughing... only to pause, look down at the water, and then at his still active buzzer, and then coming to the realization of how badly he just goofed before getting shocked.
I also wish they didn't drop Yin from the show after she had just started warming up to Batman. Batgirl was nice, but I found myself engaged in Yin's character more.
That Batman's art style also reminds me of spectacular Spider-Man
If I could change one thing about this show, it would be Detective Yin *not* disappearing when Batgirl and Robin were lifted from embargo
VAMPIRE!
Very cool of you to tackle this show that I just watched months ago which holds up for me after all these years & yeah it's one of the greatest for being a new take by the same people that did Jackie Chan Adventures alongside giving me my favorite iterations of Riddler & Penguin alongside introducing me to Firefly who was a cool one off & glad he returned when he reluctantly teamed up with Mr. Freeze, really glad that this alongside Teen Titans showed you don't have to be part of the DCAU & still be considered great
I love this iteration of batmman, happy to see it getting some love lately. I loved Rino Romano as bruce/bats he did a uniquely good job of seperating the two that no other batman live or animated achieved.
Grew up with this. Glad you’re reviewing it.
i love this one, it has my favorite version of the joker, both in voice and design(well, BEFORE they put him in the purple suit), the only thing i didn't like was mr freeze's story, they made him a dimexa dozen thief that ended up with powers, but i liked his design, the voice for batman is really good also, he could be a replacement for Kevin Conroy
Ironically, that's exactly how Freeza started out before the animated series changed him into a tragic figure.
That scene from the movie of Joker taking in all the blood as it rains on him is so creepy I love it, would love to see you review the movie for Halloween. vampire.
And of course he cracks a joke about the situation "you're the second bat man I seen tonight, and you're both pains in the neck"
Hugo strange is my favorite character in this show, since he’s a very intelligent man that’s obsessed in understanding the minds of the insane and is willing to go any length to get the answers he’s seek.😺
An actually well done Hugo Strange compared to that insignificant incarnation in old the animated serie.
And i absolutely LOVE his voice in that show, it's so unique and enthralling, I swear I could listen to him talk for hours
Oh yeah, need the Halloween special VAMPIRE BOYYYYYYS
This was my first introduction to Batman as a kid and was what got me into Batman growing up, even before I ever watched Batman The Animated Series or Batman: Brave and the Bold in my teen years. This show was my first introduction to Batman as a kid, and honestly, it's my favourite Batman show, and its hard to believe the show is already 20 years old.
I absolutely LOVE the animation, art style and redesigns of the characters, especially Joker (one of my favourite takes on Joker), Batman, Batgirl, Robin, Mr Freeze, Firefly, Catwoman, Riddler, Killer Croc, Clayface, Man-Bat, etc... all of them had such cool, sleek and creative designs that truly made this show stand out as its own thing and that's one of the many reasons I love it so much.
I really love this shows take on Batman as more laid back and mentally stable Batman that hasn't let the darkness completely overtake him as its such a refreshing change from the status quo. I also love Bruce and Alfred's relationship and how much Bruce grows as a character accepting Batgirl and adopting Robin and rheir dynamic together is truly fun to watch as this might be my favourite take on the Bat-Family in an adaptation as they all had great chemistry with each other.
2:54 Yeah the fights in this show were pretty epic, especially since they let both the Joker and Penguin be hyper competent fighters, though apparently the writers toned down their fighting abilities due to many people complaining that it didn't fit the characters, especially Joker to be a Kung Fu expert.
Eh, Joker's main schtick is that he's crazy and he wants to make the world laugh along with him, whether they want to or not. Give him a fighting style built around strange unpredictable movements and add in some gag weapons every now and then, and it's a fair interpretation of the character, while also being a good counter to Batman's cold methodical approach.
@@nadrewod999 completely agree! I can't understand why people where whining about it, it makes completely sense for joker to have experience in hand to hand combat, not only it fits the whole circus acrobat-clown thing but it's also a lot cooler to see Batman engaging in actual fights with his enemies, like seriously 😒 people expect a villain to just always hide behind a freaking gadget instead of having the balls to fight themselves?? If anything it's BTAS that got joker wrong in some aspects.
Joker would totally master like, four different classes of martial arts just to fuck with Batman lmao
I grew up with BTAS, but was far more fascinated with The Batman. The animation & Halloween vibes were just on point. Seriously, that cape...🤤
Bruh the clayface best friends them boys was cooking this how u do reimagining and still play respect to the franchise this is my favorite version of Bruce and I agree with kamen this series does fantastic job with bruce
the cooked with the start of the arc, but the second part just threw me off completely
they didn’t have Batman looking around for Clayface in some arcs, and by the time he found him in that episode, Clayface gets pardoned and get his life back, only to turn evil again.
they dropped that arc down a drain and it deserved better.
Actually what you said about, Freeze may have been the intent at some point. Looking back at the flashback where he was in a car chase, you can see a photo strip of him and some woman most likely the series version of Nora. I can only assume the idea was dropped since it's never brought up in any episode featuring him.
It was likely homage to the BTAS storyline; in the behind the scenes, they do explain their thought process behind their Mr. Freeze, and they describe it as "we didn't want to copy BTAS so we'll do our own thing," so it was more, so they wanted to be original.
I can see it but personally I feel like the homage may have been a leftover from an early draft of the episode. Like I can understand them wanting to do an original version of the character but I can also see during the early days of production they were just gonna do another take on btas freeze before changing their minds. The photo strip being the last demands of that idea they didn't bother taking out. I agree with what you said but I just don't think they'd use the photo strip as a homage due to how much it implies in the show.
This show had the misfortune of being wedged between BTAS and brave and the bold being way overshadowed by its two siblings
Actually the thing with Victor's backstory... it's actually very close to his ORIGINAL backstory. The Nora one from TAS was basicially invented in TAS. People loved it so much it became his defacto backstory from that point
The Batman vs. Dracula's Vampire Joker is such a badass design.
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the batman vs Dracula was a big part of my childhood, it was glorious
The Batman vs Dracula being covered on this channel would be so good! Vampire, baby!
vampire! really sweet analysis. this was a pretty lovely animated series from my childhood. always loved the designs.
I enjoyed The Batman, but I always thought Joker's design was weird, and I still miss Detective Yin.
I definitely feel like Batman and Spiderman exist on opposite sides of the same coin. The big difference is that Batman has confidence, and was directly involved with his trauma, while Spiderman keeps his mouth running due to a lack of confidence, and wasn't there for his loss, and I think that's a huge difference maker in their characters.
“The Batman” Was my favorite version of Batman. I love it more then any version of Batman
now shits getting real,
this was MY Batman back then, i LOVED this show!
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Great video! This version of Batman is very near and dear to my heart, so I appreciate your thorough analysis!
I grew up with this, some of BTAS, Batman Beyond, the Brave and the Bokd and Beware the Batman
Man some Batman shows be cooking
I honestly like Joker's design in The Batman that I thought this was this go-to look until I found out that he's usually in a full suit.
This one felt like at first it respected how much Bruce did as Bruce as much as batman.
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Personally my favorite Solo Batman animated series
Agreed
The is my second favorite iteration of the Batman mythos! I’m so glad this show is getting the recognition it deserves! VAMPIRE
Don’t forget Tom also voiced the mayor of Townsville lol
I really liked this cartoon as well. I personally liked what they did with the Joker, where at times his voice would be high pitch when he was joking and laughing but gets deep and intimidating when he got angry and serious.
Also yes make that BvD video
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One of my favorite shows to watch after school. Wow 20 years ago I was in the 5th grade.
This was the batman that i grew up with. Great to see it talked about. I hope you talk about the brave and the bold next.
it annoys me to no end that a cinematic version of Batman Beyond in the vein of the Spiderverse films got cancelled for the Minecraft film.
Are you serious?!
@@MrSpartan993 yep
I grew up with both this show and B:TAS and I liked it even then, though I was disappointed with season 5. Still, five seasons and a movie isn’t too shabby. I feel like if there’s any Batman show that genuinely deserved better, it was Beware the Batman.
Besides the bat embargo thing,i feel the show is underrated
Frank Gorshin's performance as Dr. Strange is a highlight of the series for me
Vampire. As for my opinion on Dracula's design from this DC Earth I suspect he was supposed to originally Ras Al Ghul based on his appearance if you gave him a darker complexion along with green clothing with gold accents see he the Demon's head.
This is my favorite version of Batman and what my version of Batman is like in my own DC Universe
Man, you made my day today, i am surprised your brought up this series but honestly its the Batman series i grew up so its has a lot of good memories. Glad to see someone else talk about it. Best of luck in the future and have a good day.
so that´s why this joker version was a acrobate like the batman. it was the same that made jackie chan adventures.
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Also I had enjoyed the penguin a bit more in this series and had enjoyed some of the one shot forgettable villains.
Like Ragdoll.
The main thing that really colored this series was it being made during the Bat Embargo.
Essentially in an attempt to keep everything in order this show wasn't allowed to use characters or elements of the other Batman products.
So no Robin until Teen Titans ended.
No Batman movie villains.
It did start to get lifted as that was why we had Gordon appear and we lost Batman's former police department ally.
Still the restrictions and what they made from it was interesting.
That intro was UNHINGED XD.
I can’t really say I like many of this show’s specific versions of Batman villains but I did like some created for the show, such as Rumor, Ragdoll, and Wrath/Scorn, tho sadly underutilized.
I cannot say I really like this show, it’s decent, and there’s some storylines that are engaging. But rather than rewatching the entire show I would only rewatch certain episodes I thought were great.
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The Batman vs Dracula is criminally underrated!
I remember this, a lot of people actively avoided it because of the dramatic changes to the character design. It just reaked of "To Sell Toys!" to fans, it didn't help that a lot of the character changes are questionable, like Joker seemingly slowly mutating into a hyena or Riddler looking like a heroin addict.
Still the only thing I've actually seen of the show is the Vs. Dracula movie which is set in this continuity, thrown it on as a "I wanna watch something Halloweenie, but not in the mood for a straight up horror." and.. it's a pretty good time.
While I did grow up watching Justice League, this was the Batman Solo-series of my childhood.
It's a little depressing that a cartoon from 20 years ago has better animation and fight choreography than a lot of what comes out today.
Good to see you upload mate, I just started binging BTAS again so i was really curious about this video and I've always been curious about the The Batman (2004) but damn i'll have to wait if there's gonna be spoilers, left a like though :)
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Nothing to add, well put MK
Awesome! Another video talking about The Batman! Loved this adaptation of his early days and eventual connection to the Justice League. Glad to see more videos talking about it.
One of my favorite episodes of this show is the City Council one. His playboy reputation and crime fighting directly interfere with his philanthropy, and it shows a side of Bruce (especially young Bruce) that often gets overlooked. This show in general did a great job exploring Bruce, and made it more of a focus than a lot of the other animated versions.
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I have vague memories of this show and I don’t remember watching it much as a kid. I can’t recall why, it could have been the art style but again I can’t remember.
Now that I see it now I really wish I watched it, it’s so unique from the rest.
The the thing I like the most is the characters look awesome, it’s like all his villains where mutated or reborn as humanoid monsters, striping away what human traits they had and there villains traits took there place.
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I'm so happy to see someone speaking about it, it was a nice introduction for me to Batman
This was my childhood Batman show. I love how this one was more combat heavy, especially with villains like Joker and Penguin. This also has my favorite version of Joker, design and all. The story of Ethan/Clayface, amazing stuff. And detective Yin. Hooooh Detective Yin.
The Batman is hands down my favorite batman cartoon, and it's nice to see one of my favorite UA-camrs talk about it.
I never watched this series but I watched a few videos on it and what the studio made them do to this iteration of the joker is criminal. Making it more in line with a regular joker even though kungfu clown is such a cool idea.
So this is mangakamen watching a better show then rwby great he should do that more (jokes aside i only recently started getting into watching the batman cartoons so i don't have much to say about this)
Vampire. I think of all the Batman movies, Batman vs Dracula is my favorite.
Vampire! This is the show I actually grew up as a kid. While I did manage to watch BTAS later I still like this show a lot. I actually loved a lot of the interpretations of the villains. It's nice to hear someone else enjoy the shoe while acknowledging it's flaws. Great video Kamen!
*My* GOAT Batman.
This show was my childhood and it what introduced me to batman franchise and it had the best clayface ethan bennett.
I really loved The Batman. While it didn't have the fame that Batman TAS had, some characters and plotlines I thought were handled significantly better than in BTAS. Characters like Catwoman, Hugo Strange, Penguin, Batgirl, Killer Croc and surprisingly Firefly I thought were handled in a vastly superior way than in the DCAU. Also the Riddler voiced by Robert Englund was a standout. It also had one of the most unique depictions of Clayface ever.
This is my favorite Batman show, loved the futuristic stuff. I like all of the Batman’s (except the obvious stuff) but I love this one. Especially the penguin in this one.
This was my literal childhood and first ever introduction to Batman and I’m happy that it’s getting the recognition it deserves-slowly but surely.
The Batman was my introduction to Batman as a kid!
Even now every so often I re-binge the series because I love it so much!
I actually remember being turned off by Joker's more neat design in other series for a while when I saw him in other cartoons because I was so used to how he looks in The Batman XD
Also the intro will forever live rent-free in my head! It's such a good theme!
This show also has my favourite Killer croc design.
Batman, and his arch-nemesis, Dracula, the Manbat.
I did grow up on the animated series, but this version is what I consider my definitive version.
As someone who discovered this animation (I think I watched it as young, but do not remember) before 2-3 years ago the style and writing was impressive
One thing I remember about this series is how it made Firefly look cool. Right up there with Mr. Freeze in terms of redesigns.
I could be wrong but I think this series, especially a clip you showed and something you touched on that might have been a prototype or an inspiration for The Batman who Laughs. #Vampire
Batman versus Vampires? I seem to recall something to that effect in Batman Beyond, a show I really adored as a kid. Beyond's Batman is a great foil to TAS's Batman. So is Beyond's Bruce to his former selfe, loved it
Some of the greater innovations of this show are gems made from the pressures of restriction. Without the rights to so many characters, they made do with what they could, and it's a crying shame they threw that work away when embargoes were lifted.
Good job on covering this underrated series. Also... Vampire!
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This show actually shapes my writing for heroes a bit.
I always found the theme songs going from being this electronic, serious mood piece in the early seasons to set a more serious tone as Bruce face off against the strange foes for the first time. To a bouncy remix of the Adam West series' theme with the introduction of Robin and Bat Girl in his mission as a neat detail.
this was MY Batman. it was my definitive Batman experience.
Next to the animated series and Batman Beyond this was my all time favorite batman cartoon. These 3 cartoons are my holy grail of batman cartoons
This show was honestly so good and cool, and I didn't mind at all that it was so different from the source material. In fact it was this show and Batman Beyond that got me into DC animated shows.
Also this Bruce Wayne was one I certainly have a crush on, unlike the earlier DC cartoons, the muscles are more detailed and the way they're drawn is just so good, especially with clothes not fully showing them, since you wouldn't see abs on a shirt unless it was tight enough. And despite Batman's size, he looked natural when posing like a VAMPIRE.
As more and more Batman stuff comes out where they keep either trying to be like the 90s animated series, the shows that stand out, tend to the more memorable ones. The Batman, Brave and the Bold.
I love animated series for its peak writing but this series had peak visuals, peak opening, and peak design.
Oh I loved this version of the Batman growing up as a kid. Sure it wasn't as deep as TAS but it still was a lot of fun, had some awesome style and some of the redesigns were actually kind of neat, Riddler voiced by Freddy Kruger, a Joker who knows Kung Fu, Clayface is an older friend of Bruce's we see turn evil gradually over time, Ellen Yin being a pretty awesome secondary character and he fights Dracula. This show was aces in my book.
My introduction to this show was through the Batman vs Dracula movie. While that film was way darker than anything in the show, I still loved how stylized the world of Gotham was, and I think Kevin Michael Richardson is a super underrated Joker. Might be my second favorite VA for the character behind Mark Hamill obviously.
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God, this show was so good! It deserved better than it got!
Wow the early 2000s had so many good tv shows. This, BTAS, SMTAS, Justice League/Unlimited, Teen Titans, Static Shock, Jackie Chan Adventures, Yugioh, heck, even Loonatics Unleashed.
Glad to see people talk about this show. I absolutely loved this show growing up. The artsyle, the designs, the action, pretty much everything. I especially loved to see Bruce crack jokes, both in and out of costume. I think that's something that a few iterations of the character do wrong. They make Bruce this stoic no-nonsense figure when even in BTAS, Bruce had a sense of humor.