@@theangelbelow88 And one of the greatest turn arounds. He was a legit joke when he was first thought up. His name was Mr. Zero for starters. Just a gimmick villain. This cartoon came around and turned him into a sympathetic character that has stuck around since.
What about when Tim drake is turned into a mini Joker, kills the joker, slowly starts turning into the Joker via Cadmus tech and is only saved when the microchip on his neck was destroyed? He’s gonna have ptsd for the rest of his life.
@@ahmedansari759 yeah but the list is just about ends of characters in general in that universe. The title doesn't specify tv or movie. So in that universe, that was how Joker and Tim were wrapped up.
Batman Beyond was consistently dark throughout its entire run. Nearly every single member of Terry's rogues gallery went out in an ironic and often disturbing manner.
I was surprised to not see a mention of that guy with the intangibility device, that by the end of the episode becomes permanently phased out and falls through the ground, and according to Bruce he most likely will keep falling until he reaches the center of the earth and stay there until... whatever happens to a guy who doesn't have any matter on his body. Can he die in that state? Will he keep living in the center of the earth for millions and millions of years? Many questions, and all of them equally horrible.
The Justice League episode where they get transported in to the “perfect comic book world” and it turns out it was all a reality projected by an irradiated kid in a world ravaged by a nuclear war. So sad.
While that was tragic, there was a glimmer of hope as the people in that world were ready to rebuild. Still hurt when you saw how hurt Green Lantern was at the revelation though.
I was a kid when I last seen the show but imma definitely gonna rewatch the entire series. God damn that’s cold tho (no pun intended) he cured her and she left him?!?!
While that part *definitely* sucked for Mr. Freeze, I vaguely remember that he effectively gave them his blessing when the two left Gotham as his own body was basically gone by that point. So it's not like he saved Nora only for her turn to around and cheat on him. Sad as it is, it shows that Mr. Freeze had more integrity than most characters since he always stayed true to his ultimate goal of wanting to save his wife and have her be happy. He just didn't get to be happy with her (or anyone else) in the end.
@@amanzeihedioha This is dark endings, not dark episodes. The ending was pretty uplifting, with Barbara getting ready to tell her father the truth, but he stops her...suggesting he already knows and is trying to avoid confirmation.
Let's not forget that in Batman Beyond, Mr Freeze didn't question or hesitate when confronted by a new Batman. He immediately called him 'Batman' even though it was obvious this was a different guy. He accepted it without question. I always thought that was a nice little touch to his character, considering the Joker kept telling Terry he WASN'T Batman.
Spoiler Warning, but I think both are great touches. Tim Drake, who became Joker, knows that Bruce Wayne is the Batman, and all the other adoptees become part of the Bat Family. Therefore, such a psyche would see Terry as a second Nightwing more than a second Batman.
For me one of the darkest endings would be 'Sneak Peak', an episode of Batman Beyond where a guy with intangibility powers loses control of them and falls to the center of the earth.
I'm surprised the Baby Doll episode of BTAS wasn't mentioned. One of the scenes that hits hardest with that episode is Baby Doll crying in the house of mirrors because she was a grown woman trapped in the body of a child who just wanted to be treated like an adult.
I have mentioned this in a previous comment elsewhere; when Batman told Fries he'd die and Victor flatly replied, "Believe me, you're the only one that cares," he was including himself in not caring if he lived or died.
@@danielseelye6005 Fun fact. They got a real Rabbi to record the chant. Originally folks like Stan Lee were going to be among the mourners, but it was decided that it was too much of a legal hassle.
@@Bluesit32 That's what I loved about the DCAU: their attention to details and the impactfull stories that didn't talk down to the viewer, no matter their age; physical or mental. There are things you didn't get as a kid that scream out to you watching them again 20 years later and make it still feel fresh and relevant to you.
@@aaronleverton4221 Yeah, Static Shock is still part of the DCAU. The openers for seasons 2 and 3 were BTAS crossovers, switching things up for season 4 with Batman Beyond, as well as other crossovers with STAS and Justice League. Even JLU's "Once and Future Thing" had Old Guy Static as a Leaguer. And hey, say what you will about STAS being underrated, but at least it wasn't internally sabotaged like Static was.
"The old days back then cartoons were not afraid to cross the the line". Meanwhile, Disney got away with this in one of their more recent cartoons - ua-cam.com/video/8morve2tH1Y/v-deo.html
I mean, Batman The Animated Series was notable in that most superhero cartoons that went before it were super tame and often wouldn't even mention the word 'kill' or 'die', much less include genuinely dark themes. It's not 'the old days'. 'The old days' were worse.
Agreed. I miss the old school cartoons that pushed ideas, boundaries, emotions, etc.... I was happy to see some of the newer cartoons sneak in some adult humor/jokes, but those are becoming a thing of the past now with these helicopter parents and SJWs watching cartoons like hawks then squawking when something is "wrong" to them.
It wasn't revealed in any of the shows, but in a justice league comic set in the DCAU, mad hatter's drugs have permanently damaged his brain and drove him insane. It's especially sad because this retcons the original idea Paul Dini had for hatter, that he retired and opened a clothing store with Riddler.
Oh, no, no, no. It was an alien flower. A "Black Mercy". The alien starfish is Starro. It showed up in that episode of Batman Beyond where Superman comes to invite Terry to join the new Justice League.
Nothing can ever beat what the DCAU was able to accomplish. I just wish some of these characters' stories were continued and didn't have an abrupt end. Annie was easily one of the most interesting characters in the DCAU.
Look into Justice League Unlimited. You will love it (if not initially, you will eventually) just as much. Unlike the DCEU, like Batman Beyond, that loves the DC canon.
Yeah really, Bisexual Ichigo. Batman Beyond is one of my most favorite cartoon series of all time. I have read at least once somewhere on the Internet long ago where alot of people hated the fact Batman Beyond did not simply resume Bruce Wayne's Batman. I was like "What?! You fools do know that Terry is a completely different dude, right? That he is in his high school years attending his high school. It makes perfect sense for him to "level up" his Batman Experiences as it were starting with his own set of villains and super villains. He will eventually become as bitter and dark as Bruce Wayne. Until the animated series abruptly ended he was shaping up to become as great of a man as Bruce Wayne had become.".
everyone was quick to jump on the hate train for robert pattinson being batman but I thought he would kill it if he played as terry mcginnis in a batman beyond movie @_@
The episode “Deep Freeze” went for a Bond-type storyline with the villain ending in a block of ice - with frozen immortality. There was the Batman Beyond episode “Sneak Peek” where a journalist used technology to spy on people until the effect became permanent. And the “Epilogue” story where Amanda Waller confessions to Terry she plotted to murder his parents and Batman once had to decide whether or not to murders little girl. And so on. Loads of dark episodes with chilling implications.
Yeah the origin of Terry McGinnis... yikes... that was dark to be sure. You left out how Terry is biologically Bruce's son because the McGinnis couple were chosen because they went to a fertility clinic. So Waller created a cloned embryo that's biologically the son of Bruce and Mrs. McGinnis!
@@alissa6 jackie chan adventures would like to have a word. not to mention the long line of good cartoons that have come around. you should go explore some more. not saying by any stretch these shows are anything below awesome, but, there is so much more up here.
These days people are too weak to make serious kids shows like these. These were brilliant and perfectly child friendly while still being real. These days they’re trying to hide children from reality and it weakens children to the point where they grow up wheezy when they see a paper cut.
@@AndreNitroX Yes. If it were Joker, the response would be "Finally!" Ace did Nothing to Deserve what she Got. She Knew why the Batman was Coming, and if he Intended to Use the Device, she could have Stopped him in a Literal Thought! She had No Choices, No Way Out.
Straight up screamed at my TV when Annie charged at Clayface to save Tim. The next few seconds were nightmare fuel, because we are Tim: we want with all our hearts to help but there's not a damn thing we can do.
They revisited that recently when they decided to continue the series in comics. A guy that I'm fairly certain is Jason Todd pays Clayface to approached Batgirl and Robin as Annie. This Jason Todd is clearly more like his pre New 52 self, wanting to inflict pain on his replacement.
The Earth Mover episode is genuinely amazing. I wish you had mentioned how Jackie’s father originally wanted her to remain underground with his mutant corpse, until ultimately allowing her, Bill, and Batman to escape the cave after saying her name one last time. The art of the father is pretty incredible too.
That was sad, but it wasn't dark. If anything, it was uplifting. He wasn't able to save her, nothing could, but he was able to help her by letting himself be vulnerable, by showing his humanity and empathy. That's not a dark ending, just a very tragic one.
#3 is the only one that really affected me as a child. It was kind of Tim Drake's first experience with dealing with love and then losing it. When Bruce discovers Annie is part of Clayface, I remember the very chilling and serious tone in which Bruce says "oh my God" and runs out the bat cave to save Tim. It truly gave you a sense that Tim's life was in real danger. And then after Annie gets absorbed and Bruce tries to console Tim with reassuring words and a hand on his shoulder, Tim doesn't want to hear it, brushing Bruce's hand off and simply walking off alone leaving Bruce in the distance. He's become hardened and more mature from the traumatic loss. Great shit man. They just dont make this stuff anymore
Mr Freeze had a particularly hard one, but number one on this list actually got a chill from me. So well done. You made a hardened horror fan react to number 1
I always though a brutal death in Batman Beyond was when Mr. Freeze kills that doctor, repeating her words from earlier in the episode, ‘Remember, there may be some momentary discomfort’ and then turns her to ice.
I still can’t watch the reveal of brainiac living inside lex without cringing. Also that gas chamber episode still shocks me that they had the balls to use that in a cartoon, a great cartoon but none the less
@@FutureMan420Blazer Oh, I don't know. It was a brilliant piece of storytelling in regards to how it went all the way back to the Superman Animated Series. It answered a question some (including myself) didn't think to ask. How did Lex survive getting blasted? Years later, the answer is revealed. I wonder who came up with it?
Many people think all Superman is dumb and only good at punching things, that's why I liked that episode showed how clever he was letting the killer think the assassination attempt was successful.
Wow you missed two of the darkest episodes 1. When Ace from the full flush gang was effecting the world and Batman was sent in to kill her, just to find out she was dying and he sat with her until she died. 2. The return of the Joker on Batman Beyond, Joker did some twisted things to poor Tim Drake that him nor Bruce ever fully recovered from.
Nobody ever mentions what she's dying from or what killed her. Which I think waters down how tragic it is, the causes of death in the shows and comics add a lot to a character's arc. So can anyone actually talk about what was wrong with Ace?
Baby Doll’s first appearance in BTAS is out right thought-provoking and tragic at the same time. Joker being shot by Robin was quite surprising, but the original ending where he is electrocuted is far darker if you think about what electricity does to the human body.
The DCAU is the best. The new DC animated stuff are all flash and gore, exercises for the people behind to see how horribly they can disfigured and dismember DC's characters. But even when the Dini/Timm-verse got dark, it was done for the purpose of crafting a brilliant story. It was ultimately respectful of the source material and celebrated the history of DC Comics.
You underestimate how awful that Dan Turpin kill is to be hit by Darkseid's Omega beams is worse than death its eternal torment in an infinite series of ever worsening personnel hell pocket dimensions where in his life will play out worse and worse always ending increasing drawn out and torturous deaths. That is his reward for saving the world.
@@Terminalsanity Raven has created a pocket dimension that's where she imprisons trigon there in she created dimensions within her soulself that her father even darkseid have no knowledge in fact she was able to hide from the anti monitor who's above trigon and darkseid couldn't find her during his rampage Raven is omniscient she has awareness of each souls in every dimension and existence in the DC multiverse both known and unknown that's why she's called the nexus of all souls in DC, she even can break the 4th wall she is aware of what other alternative versions of herself do.
Excellent list! I'm really happy you picked the Riddler episode too, it's one of my absolute favorites. And you nailed my feelings on Batman Beyond, it really did play with horror a lot. I think that's why I loved it so much. Another one of my favorite dark endings was "April Moon".... extremely chilling!
I remember an episode in the DCAU where some villain became an insubstantial "ghost" which, due to no being able to touch anything, slowly sunk through the floor. Since no-one can grab his hand or anything, he sinks through floor after floor of a building until finally he slips through the bottom-most sub-basement floor...beginning an irretrievable long trip to Earth's molten core.
Oh my god, Superman and the Gas Chamber, the nuking of whole cities in Justice League unlimited, those moments were heavy, thanks for rehabilitating Superman The animated series, it's a truly great watch.
I never see Batman Beyond as horror. It's more sci fi and underrated . The #1 the Superman episode is great because the villain is realistic and human unlike monsters and body horror villains on the list. This human is a crooked cop and a murderer and he gets the death penalty by the law at the end. The way it ended, he figure out that Clerk is Superman and dies from the gas chamber makes you say wow.
@@-Teague- super and Batman the TAS series are great. Batman Beyond is kind of underwhelming because the villains used sci fi tech and bio mutations. Super man villains and the original Batman TAS villains are humanize and we learn more about them. Superman rarely had human villains that are just humans and his cases involves murders and clearing a death row inmate's name is what made it so amazing for a superman cartoon.
So glad Inque was mentioned in this list. That storyline left a lasting impression on me and cemented the idea that Batman Beyond is a severely underrated series.
Few Things: 1. This has to be one of my favorite episodes of Whatculture ever. Nostalgia set aside, being able to look at these episodes as an adult with more perspective really lends to the horrors I was exposed to but didn’t pick up on as a kid. 2. Never noticed DC had an extended universe. Or rather, I never thought of that. I thought it just made sense that all the heroes under DC had some kind of inkling about each other. 3. Big ups to the brother making a whole episode for whatculture! Not gonna lie, I felt that there was little to minority representation at a place called whatCULTURE.
2:45 My personal headcanon says that Batman was so moved by witnessing the death of the Royal Flush Gang's Ace that years later he named his dog after her.
Oh that one where a paparazzi uses some machine to turn himself in to a wall-phasing ghost, but it ends up making him permanently insubstantial and he falls into the core of the earth. I forget what April Moon was all about.
@@BronyNumber4096 April Moon was about a doctor who was forced to give 4 young hooligans prosthetic upgrades because they kidnapped his fiance and were holding her hostage to make him work for them.
I saved the whole DC animated universe in a hard drive .I hope that if I ever have kids I going to watch all these series again with them ,for me and my childhood they were pure treasure to watch,listen and think about,they are so well made,so smart dialogues ,good action ,memorable voiceovers ,great sound effects,very good picture quality ,a whole lot of quotes and things to think about from those series even as an adult ,it's crazy. Doesn't matter how old you get ,especially Justice League worth it for the replay every time,some of the best memories as a kid.
There was an episode of Batman Beyond with this guy who was committing crimes using a device that could make him intangible and he later becomes able to use that ability without it, though I can't remember how. Anyway, he eventually loses control of it and can't make himself solid anymore. The last couple minutes of the episode involve Batman trying to save him as he's falling through a building, then starts slowly phasing through the ground begging Batman to help him but Batman literally can't touch him. So the poor bastard is eventually going to suffocate while his body will keep falling until it hits a point in the Earth's crust where it will just burn up. That's a fucked up way to go.
Absolutely. The ending was really dark with the doctor extracting revenge by torturing and killing the gang leader, but the moment I found particularly horrific was when Terry defeated the chainsaw cyborg. Imagine your arms and legs just popping off, leaving you a flopping limbless torso on the ground. That's nightmare material right there.
A bit of a shame they didn't. They focussed a lot on the body horror episodes and while they all were dark and grim, they are pretty much dark in the same way. "April Moon" 's ending to me was more surprising in its darkness without coming out of nowhere. It is just not something you expect to see in a kid's show.
Batman Beyond was extremely dark, it should tell you something when the ending of the Joker isn't even considered extreme for the show. And he was shot through the heart by a brainwashed Robin, with one of his own guns that shoot BANG flags.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Actually, in some releases they figured that ending was TOO dark and replaced it with one where Tim throws away the gun and pushes Joker so he slips on a puddle into some wires and accidentally electrocutes himself.
Was really hoping the Gas Chamber one was the top spot. I remember that scene more than any other scene from that series. It just stuck with me forever.
@@ebany2244 In fairness, she had never laid eyes on her mother until that day. Why would she feel anything for the woman who abandoned her? Besides, this video is about dark endings. The ending to that episode is...a bit grim, since it's implied Inque is going to have her revenge, but given who she's going to have her revenge on...not quite "dark" enough for a top ten.
Ace's death with Batman of all people to comfort her in "Wild Cards" should have easily made a top ten in the darkest endings, forcing Bruce to watch a child die and knowing he can't retaliate against Cadmus.
It’s nice to see two of the episodes I loved on this list. Dan Turpin’s death Apokolips...Now was shocking, horrifying and sad. The music that played just added to that horror. Couldn’t believe they did that in that show when I first saw it. Then there’s Batman Beyond’s Earth Mover episode...MAN! I remember when the reveal happened it seriously was startling. The animation in the show was fantastic overall, but that scene was terrifying. The episode itself was amazing too. One of my favorites in fact.
I didn’t even know about the episode “the late Mr. Kent.” That’s probably the most macabre TV episode meant for kids to watch. I am so glad I did not know about that episode until now. That would’ve scared the bloody crap out of me.
If they included that universe, Apokolips War would be #1. That movie was a bloodbath. Also, love the guy narrating this video, he’s quite funny and actually made me chuckle a few times. So thanks for that.
That was a brilliant watch, thank you for posting. I'm a big DC animated fam and keep rewatching them. Could you do a Young Justice top 10 anything? It almost rivals Justice League Unlimited
Great video! Ive always thought there were some very dark elements to this universe. It was so well done. There is one big omission thought Batman Beyond Return of the Joker was REALLY dark. Now it was a stand alone movie but was connected to this universe.
One of my favorites: there is an episode in *Batman Beyond*, where a gang forces a surgeon to modify them and implant cybernetics that make them stronger, the gang had kidnapped the doctor’s supposed girlfriend. During the episode Batman and the doctor discover that the girlfriend was not only part of the gang, but was the girlfriend of the gang leader. The episode continues and the gang members are arrested, with the exception of the leader and the girl, Terry is then worried if the leader comes back someday, but Bruce then says: "Does the leader know that the doctor had spied on him with the girl?" "No " "... so don't worry, he will never come back" And then, cut to a scene of the leader lying on the operating table, telling the doctor that this would be the last time he would change his body, and then he would have the girl back. Then we have the last scene, the leader is anesthetized, and the doctor turns on a drill. The scene goes dark while a background jazz plays. *End.*
One of the best for me was in beyond the doctor who is forced to do implants then finds his supposed kidnapped wife is behind it and performs one last implant surgery, that was a great episode always stuck out in my mind!!
Ace's death was pretty dark as well. The writers basically tell you, in no uncertain terms, that a little girl is dying and all of the superheroes but Bats want to kill her. Bats was the only one who showed her any compassion. An entire group of adults wanting to off a little girl is pretty dark and messed up s**t right there.
I didn't see it as "dark" more like Batman got overconfident and Clayface got away. Clayface wasn't into random murder. At that point he didn't really care about being a villain anymore. Or was the guy actually a former friend turned enemy? I suddenly have an itch telling me Clayface was laughing because he knew his friend set him up.
I agree that Superman the Animated Series is wildly under-appreciated. The way series ended was truly tragic especially if you didn't know that it leads into the Justice League TV show. If you just watched it on it's own it's a really heartbreaking ending to a series.
"Believe me, you are the only one who cares" Damm Mister Freeze hit hard.
Without a doubt one of the most tragic characters of all time 😔
David Agudelo yeah
@@theangelbelow88 And one of the greatest turn arounds. He was a legit joke when he was first thought up. His name was Mr. Zero for starters. Just a gimmick villain. This cartoon came around and turned him into a sympathetic character that has stuck around since.
and the woman was like dating him but like "you want him autopsied now? cool"
TheBlues32 yeah a mad scientist who just robbing banks back then
What about when Tim drake is turned into a mini Joker, kills the joker, slowly starts turning into the Joker via Cadmus tech and is only saved when the microchip on his neck was destroyed? He’s gonna have ptsd for the rest of his life.
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. Definitely thought this would make it in the top 3.
But that was a movie and not an episode
@@ahmedansari759 yeah but the list is just about ends of characters in general in that universe. The title doesn't specify tv or movie. So in that universe, that was how Joker and Tim were wrapped up.
But doesn't it make it a happy ending? As this ended with Terry saving Tim Drake from the Joker by destroying the DNA tech
My thoughts exactly I was young when I watched it and I was so happy they'd took a step forward on mystery. There not even blood in it.
Batman Beyond was consistently dark throughout its entire run. Nearly every single member of Terry's rogues gallery went out in an ironic and often disturbing manner.
It was kind of like watching a combo of Grimms fairytales and Tales from the Crypt. So many villains taken by their own tools.
I was surprised to not see a mention of that guy with the intangibility device, that by the end of the episode becomes permanently phased out and falls through the ground, and according to Bruce he most likely will keep falling until he reaches the center of the earth and stay there until... whatever happens to a guy who doesn't have any matter on his body. Can he die in that state? Will he keep living in the center of the earth for millions and millions of years? Many questions, and all of them equally horrible.
Great series
The Justice League episode where they get transported in to the “perfect comic book world” and it turns out it was all a reality projected by an irradiated kid in a world ravaged by a nuclear war. So sad.
While that was tragic, there was a glimmer of hope as the people in that world were ready to rebuild. Still hurt when you saw how hurt Green Lantern was at the revelation though.
Tse Shaun it’s quite the ending when they phase out of existence.
@@tokyosmash yeah and even if they were just projections, their heroic ideals stood strong. Damn, Justice League was something special.
My favorite episode, also consider how it was a dedicated to one of their first writers
@@esteecarrasco2216 oh it was? I didn't know that!
You left out of the Mr Freeze one of the most tragic parts. That he actually cured Nora and she left him for her physical therapist.
I was a kid when I last seen the show but imma definitely gonna rewatch the entire series. God damn that’s cold tho (no pun intended) he cured her and she left him?!?!
@@issicbahena828 yep
While that part *definitely* sucked for Mr. Freeze, I vaguely remember that he effectively gave them his blessing when the two left Gotham as his own body was basically gone by that point. So it's not like he saved Nora only for her turn to around and cheat on him. Sad as it is, it shows that Mr. Freeze had more integrity than most characters since he always stayed true to his ultimate goal of wanting to save his wife and have her be happy. He just didn't get to be happy with her (or anyone else) in the end.
@@MusicoftheDamned yes but it's still a shitty thing to do
The Damned damn that sucks for mister freeze man.
The Batman:TAS episode where Batgirl dies and Detective Gordon declares war on Batman was a pretty dark episode.
Walter Lucero Good thing it was all just a dream.
Wait that's not here?!
Well, it had a good ending though
"Over the Edge", one of the first files I got from Limewire.....
@@amanzeihedioha This is dark endings, not dark episodes. The ending was pretty uplifting, with Barbara getting ready to tell her father the truth, but he stops her...suggesting he already knows and is trying to avoid confirmation.
Let's not forget that in Batman Beyond, Mr Freeze didn't question or hesitate when confronted by a new Batman. He immediately called him 'Batman' even though it was obvious this was a different guy. He accepted it without question.
I always thought that was a nice little touch to his character, considering the Joker kept telling Terry he WASN'T Batman.
Spoiler Warning, but I think both are great touches. Tim Drake, who became Joker, knows that Bruce Wayne is the Batman, and all the other adoptees become part of the Bat Family. Therefore, such a psyche would see Terry as a second Nightwing more than a second Batman.
For me one of the darkest endings would be 'Sneak Peak', an episode of Batman Beyond where a guy with intangibility powers loses control of them and falls to the center of the earth.
Yeah I just mentioned that good one
That was a very dark ending to that episode
Now THAT was dark. The way he starts laughing and crying at the end, his mind just breaking under the strain of his fate.
Yeah that one was fucked up, condemned to die of thirst and hunger while slowly sinking all the way down to the center of the Earth.
What episode was that?
I'm surprised the Baby Doll episode of BTAS wasn't mentioned. One of the scenes that hits hardest with that episode is Baby Doll crying in the house of mirrors because she was a grown woman trapped in the body of a child who just wanted to be treated like an adult.
Yeah that was really heart rending. :/
I have mentioned this in a previous comment elsewhere; when Batman told Fries he'd die and Victor flatly replied, "Believe me, you're the only one that cares," he was including himself in not caring if he lived or died.
I felt genuine sadness when Mr. Freeze died.
Yeah, his last words to Terry really hit you.
Freeze wasn't like the Riddler or the Penguin. He really did deserve a successful "retirement", so his death really was tragic.
@@johnburt7935 Heck Riddler and Penguin have both put their talents to good use on occasion. They just need the right motivation.
Same ):
The worse part is in the shows he actually managed to cure Nora and she left him.
Hawkgirl putting Solomon Grundy out of his misery
Whoa, yeah that was tragically dark😕
That shit still hits 😭
Yeah that one should have made the list.
That was more really sad than dark.
Or Solomon Grundy's original death. "Grundy thinks he is going away now..." AND JUST LIKE THAT YEARS LATER I'M BLUBBING LIKE A DAMN BABY AGAIN
Dan Turpin's death was rough as. No one saw that coming.
Don't forget Superman's cry of anguish and taking his rage out on an Apokaliptian tank. "MURDERER!"
He was a real Mensch. Hearing the Rabbi chant in Hebrew at the end really hit me, even more so the next time I saw it knowing the ties to Jack Kirby.
Broke my heart!
@@danielseelye6005 Fun fact. They got a real Rabbi to record the chant. Originally folks like Stan Lee were going to be among the mourners, but it was decided that it was too much of a legal hassle.
@@Bluesit32 That's what I loved about the DCAU: their attention to details and the impactfull stories that didn't talk down to the viewer, no matter their age; physical or mental.
There are things you didn't get as a kid that scream out to you watching them again 20 years later and make it still feel fresh and relevant to you.
3:54 -- "'Superman: The Animated Series' definitely seems like the most underrated DCAU show."
"Static Shock" would like a word with you, Aurie.
Milestone Media.
Aaron Leverton it's still a part of the full universe, and one that's often forgotten.
@@aaronleverton4221 Yeah, Static Shock is still part of the DCAU. The openers for seasons 2 and 3 were BTAS crossovers, switching things up for season 4 with Batman Beyond, as well as other crossovers with STAS and Justice League. Even JLU's "Once and Future Thing" had Old Guy Static as a Leaguer. And hey, say what you will about STAS being underrated, but at least it wasn't internally sabotaged like Static was.
What about the Zeta project?
Only thing static had going was a couple of racial references
Annie was really heartbreaking for Tim...and for me seeing it as a kid
I had dreams about it
poor Annie poor Tim, I liked Little Annie
Annie are you ok, are you ok Annie? (Couldn't help myself)
broke my heart even as an adult viewing it
Yeah, you can't help but feel bad for Tim in that episode, especially when he loses it after she "dies"
Did they take this storyline for Harley Quinn ? The episode where clay faces hand and Jim Gordon become friends?
The old days back then cartoons were not afraid to cross the the line of them and bring you good entertainment .
Tbh
Your comment is so true lol
"The old days back then cartoons were not afraid to cross the the line".
Meanwhile, Disney got away with this in one of their more recent cartoons - ua-cam.com/video/8morve2tH1Y/v-deo.html
I mean, Batman The Animated Series was notable in that most superhero cartoons that went before it were super tame and often wouldn't even mention the word 'kill' or 'die', much less include genuinely dark themes. It's not 'the old days'. 'The old days' were worse.
Agreed. I miss the old school cartoons that pushed ideas, boundaries, emotions, etc.... I was happy to see some of the newer cartoons sneak in some adult humor/jokes, but those are becoming a thing of the past now with these helicopter parents and SJWs watching cartoons like hawks then squawking when something is "wrong" to them.
It wasn't revealed in any of the shows, but in a justice league comic set in the DCAU, mad hatter's drugs have permanently damaged his brain and drove him insane. It's especially sad because this retcons the original idea Paul Dini had for hatter, that he retired and opened a clothing store with Riddler.
Oh, that sounds nice. Hm, The Riddler as a tailor. Neat.
Drugs? I thought it was a device slipped into the brim of the hats.
@@Bluesit32 yeah I was thinking of other versions.
Very surprised Talia's death from "Out of the Past" didn't make the list.
Yeah that was a good one
She is only the daughter Ras al Ghul and wife of Batman and Mother of Damian Wayne
@@syedshehbazjilani4486 yeah and Ra's sacrificed her to save his own skin without hesitation, the bastard.
Well to be honest Ra is a type of guy that would pretend to be your friend and then transfer yourconsience into him if that makes sense lol
@@syedshehbazjilani4486 I'd say you got that backwards but yeah he's a monster.
Oh!! How about when Static traveled back to the past and meet his mother again and tried to save her life.
Yeah, that was sad. He tried but some things can't be changed.
Amanze Ihedioha plus, the metahuman that gave him that opportunity essentially commits suicide at the end of the episode.
That one hit hard, but it also gave Virgil some closure after his Dad told him what his mother had told her colleagues. He was her hero that night.
@@nicholasfarrell5981Didn't she just go back to the big bang and make sure she didn't get powers? That's not necessarily suicide
@@pekularity8690 stopping herself from getting powers erased that version of her from existence. So yeah, I'd call it suicide by temporal paradox.
Can’t forget the Unlimited episode where the star fish alien attaches it self to Superman n Batman
For the Man Who Has Everything.
A very tragic episode. Superman saying good bye to his fake son is beyond tragic but Batman’s fantasy left me in tears
I feel that it wasn't mentioned since it was a cartoon adaption of a popular Alan Moore comic.
Yh that episode was sad
Oh, no, no, no. It was an alien flower. A "Black Mercy". The alien starfish is Starro. It showed up in that episode of Batman Beyond where Superman comes to invite Terry to join the new Justice League.
Nothing can ever beat what the DCAU was able to accomplish. I just wish some of these characters' stories were continued and didn't have an abrupt end. Annie was easily one of the most interesting characters in the DCAU.
They are still being continued to this day via comics
*Batman Beyond* is one of the best DC animated shows I’ve ever seen.
And that's facts
Look into Justice League Unlimited. You will love it (if not initially, you will eventually) just as much. Unlike the DCEU, like Batman Beyond, that loves the DC canon.
Agreed
Yeah really, Bisexual Ichigo. Batman Beyond is one of my most favorite cartoon series of all time. I have read at least once somewhere on the Internet long ago where alot of people hated the fact Batman Beyond did not simply resume Bruce Wayne's Batman. I was like "What?! You fools do know that Terry is a completely different dude, right? That he is in his high school years attending his high school. It makes perfect sense for him to "level up" his Batman Experiences as it were starting with his own set of villains and super villains. He will eventually become as bitter and dark as Bruce Wayne. Until the animated series abruptly ended he was shaping up to become as great of a man as Bruce Wayne had become.".
everyone was quick to jump on the hate train for robert pattinson being batman but I thought he would kill it if he played as terry mcginnis in a batman beyond movie @_@
Imo the JL Episode where batman comforts a diying Ace. That was a powerful episode and I wished for more moments like this in the Movies.
It's a shame Ace's death, with Batman comforting her didn't make this list.
While tragic, that episode did have an uplifting, hopeful ending.
It showed a side we already knew existed in Batman, but was very rarely seen.
There's another list of the saddest moments. Ace and Grundy belong on that one.
Devillin you have the same profile picture as the guy above you
Nothing shameful about it. The fact you remember that story is what counts.
The episode “Deep Freeze” went for a Bond-type storyline with the villain ending in a block of ice - with frozen immortality. There was the Batman Beyond episode “Sneak Peek” where a journalist used technology to spy on people until the effect became permanent. And the “Epilogue” story where Amanda Waller confessions to Terry she plotted to murder his parents and Batman once had to decide whether or not to murders little girl. And so on. Loads of dark episodes with chilling implications.
Yeah the origin of Terry McGinnis... yikes... that was dark to be sure. You left out how Terry is biologically Bruce's son because the McGinnis couple were chosen because they went to a fertility clinic. So Waller created a cloned embryo that's biologically the son of Bruce and Mrs. McGinnis!
These were good ones nice comment
@@marhawkman303 yeah it’s seems kinda strange
Batman: The Animated Series & Justice League Unlimited are among the best cartoon shows of the 1990s- 2000s.
Add Xmen TAS and Xmen Evolution. And you got yourself the top 4 cartoon shows of all time.
@@alissa6 static shock? Xiaolin showdown. Lol. Top 6 right there.
Agreed
@@alissa6 jackie chan adventures would like to have a word.
not to mention the long line of good cartoons that have come around. you should go explore some more. not saying by any stretch these shows are anything below awesome, but, there is so much more up here.
This Animated Series maybe Dark and sometimes Scare me but they were still Great those were the good old days 👌
That was one of the things that made it great
Because unlike the DCEU they have good writing
better than now 100 times
These days people are too weak to make serious kids shows like these. These were brilliant and perfectly child friendly while still being real. These days they’re trying to hide children from reality and it weakens children to the point where they grow up wheezy when they see a paper cut.
meelis juhkam Exactly!!! 👏👏👏
Thought it was gonna be with ace death or joker's
Or the Return of the Joker, Robin's "transformation"
@ULGROTHA It is Both, being her Loss of Childhood, and they Expected the Batman to Execute her.
I was stunned by the absence of Ace's death. One of the most heartbreaking scenes in all of animation, but so beautifully executed.
I agree with you 100% despite ace only being in 1 episode and a half I felt more for her than most cinematic deaths
@@AndreNitroX Yes. If it were Joker, the response would be "Finally!" Ace did Nothing to Deserve what she Got. She Knew why the Batman was Coming, and if he Intended to Use the Device, she could have Stopped him in a Literal Thought! She had No Choices, No Way Out.
I wonder if they'll mention-
*"Know what's worse? GROWING PAINS!"*
Oh, here we go! My favorite episode~
Straight up screamed at my TV when Annie charged at Clayface to save Tim. The next few seconds were nightmare fuel, because we are Tim: we want with all our hearts to help but there's not a damn thing we can do.
Same! Me watching this list, "Wait, what about that one time when that girl that came from Clayface...Ah, there it is."
They revisited that recently when they decided to continue the series in comics. A guy that I'm fairly certain is Jason Todd pays Clayface to approached Batgirl and Robin as Annie. This Jason Todd is clearly more like his pre New 52 self, wanting to inflict pain on his replacement.
Don't forget about static shock. I feel some people forget that it's technically part of the universe
The Earth Mover episode is genuinely amazing. I wish you had mentioned how Jackie’s father originally wanted her to remain underground with his mutant corpse, until ultimately allowing her, Bill, and Batman to escape the cave after saying her name one last time. The art of the father is pretty incredible too.
I thought you were going to talk about baby doll, or ace ending... But now I realize that those things are soooo much darker than mine 😅
Ace's ending wasn't dark it just sad AF
The Baby Doll episode ending is just goddamn tragic.
I came specifically to the comments to see if anyone mentioned Babydoll.
Yeah baby doll was dark
"What's gonna happen to him?"
"My guess, he'll keep right on falling till he reaches the center of the Earth. It's about as 'inside' as you can get."
Definitely should have had Ace dying and Batman staying with her, just saw it again recently and it made me tear up
He even showed a bit of it in the video, but NOOOO.
That was sad, but it wasn't dark. If anything, it was uplifting. He wasn't able to save her, nothing could, but he was able to help her by letting himself be vulnerable, by showing his humanity and empathy. That's not a dark ending, just a very tragic one.
#3 is the only one that really affected me as a child. It was kind of Tim Drake's first experience with dealing with love and then losing it. When Bruce discovers Annie is part of Clayface, I remember the very chilling and serious tone in which Bruce says "oh my God" and runs out the bat cave to save Tim. It truly gave you a sense that Tim's life was in real danger. And then after Annie gets absorbed and Bruce tries to console Tim with reassuring words and a hand on his shoulder, Tim doesn't want to hear it, brushing Bruce's hand off and simply walking off alone leaving Bruce in the distance. He's become hardened and more mature from the traumatic loss. Great shit man. They just dont make this stuff anymore
Wow I remember each and everyone of those episodes....one more that royal flush gang episode in jlu with ACE AS a little girl
I totally expected that episode to be the top one. But I guess that was more depressingly sad than dark.
New stargirl episode in 2 hours and it has her dad in it sam kurtis who is part of the royal flush gang
@@yotsuya67 Well there's the fact that Ace was scared that her powers would go nuts when she died and well... kill the city.
@@marhawkman303 and the government wanting to kill her before that happened. Also dark.
Mr Freeze had a particularly hard one, but number one on this list actually got a chill from me. So well done. You made a hardened horror fan react to number 1
#3 still kinda haunts after all these years.. . Annie wasn't okay, ..
They don't make masterpieces like this anymore 😔
Agreed. Now it's just Batman getting owned by all the villains and rescued by Catwoman. SMH.
I always though a brutal death in Batman Beyond was when Mr. Freeze kills that doctor, repeating her words from earlier in the episode, ‘Remember, there may be some momentary discomfort’ and then turns her to ice.
That TNBA episode with Mr. Freeze, where at the end they froze him in a Iceberg and only to find his body was frozen and his head escaped. Creepy.
I still can’t watch the reveal of brainiac living inside lex without cringing. Also that gas chamber episode still shocks me that they had the balls to use that in a cartoon, a great cartoon but none the less
@Profit Glutton Second That. It was a little deus ex machina but it explained why luthor healed from his cancer.
Yep, those two cartoons were back in a time when cartoons were not afraid to take risks when it comes to such content.
@Profit Glutton I think they meant it as being disturbing. I mean, his flesh basically moves around and a metal skull forms on his abdomen.
@@FutureMan420Blazer Oh, I don't know. It was a brilliant piece of storytelling in regards to how it went all the way back to the Superman Animated Series. It answered a question some (including myself) didn't think to ask. How did Lex survive getting blasted? Years later, the answer is revealed. I wonder who came up with it?
Many people think all Superman is dumb and only good at punching things, that's why I liked that episode showed how clever he was letting the killer think the assassination attempt was successful.
Wow you missed two of the darkest episodes 1. When Ace from the full flush gang was effecting the world and Batman was sent in to kill her, just to find out she was dying and he sat with her until she died. 2. The return of the Joker on Batman Beyond, Joker did some twisted things to poor Tim Drake that him nor Bruce ever fully recovered from.
I've seen a few people mention Return of the Joker.....I'm assuming this guy didn't mention that cuz its not an episode but a movie
@@Tony-fq5bn even so the title is the 10 darkest endings in the dc animated universe, it didn’t say it was limited to non movies in the title.
This is just me being pedantic but it the royal flush gang
Nobody ever mentions what she's dying from or what killed her. Which I think waters down how tragic it is, the causes of death in the shows and comics add a lot to a character's arc.
So can anyone actually talk about what was wrong with Ace?
@@alecdickens1042 Yeah they do, it's an aneurism. That's what she died from.
Baby Doll’s first appearance in BTAS is out right thought-provoking and tragic at the same time. Joker being shot by Robin was quite surprising, but the original ending where he is electrocuted is far darker if you think about what electricity does to the human body.
"In DC's history" or "in DCAU's history"?
Because Apokolips War exists
The DCAU is the best. The new DC animated stuff are all flash and gore, exercises for the people behind to see how horribly they can disfigured and dismember DC's characters. But even when the Dini/Timm-verse got dark, it was done for the purpose of crafting a brilliant story. It was ultimately respectful of the source material and celebrated the history of DC Comics.
This is pure facts dude
Javier Patag all flash?
Can’t tell you how many nightmares that Clayface arc gave me as a kid.
Which one?
Mark Molino oh, Feat of Clay for sure.
@@normandale1987 ,Yeah ,that's my favorite as well.
I don't blame you.
Superman’s darkest moment was when he sent someone to be executed in the gas chamber...
Zack Snyder: “Hold my energy drink.”
Oh, you think this is traumatizing?
*Laughs in Apokolips War*
You underestimate how awful that Dan Turpin kill is to be hit by Darkseid's Omega beams is worse than death its eternal torment in an infinite series of ever worsening personnel hell pocket dimensions where in his life will play out worse and worse always ending increasing drawn out and torturous deaths. That is his reward for saving the world.
@@Terminalsanity Raven has created a pocket dimension that's where she imprisons trigon there in she created dimensions within her soulself that her father even darkseid have no knowledge in fact she was able to hide from the anti monitor who's above trigon and darkseid couldn't find her during his rampage
Raven is omniscient she has awareness of each souls in every dimension and existence in the DC multiverse both known and unknown that's why she's called the nexus of all souls in DC, she even can break the 4th wall she is aware of what other alternative versions of herself do.
@@Terminalsanity she can actually free his soul the soulself is a pretty broken ability more than the omega beams in fact she herself created it
@@eivor3975 Didn't bring that up as flex for Darksied and his Omega Beams, I that brought up because of how f_cked the fate of Dan Turpin was...
It’s interesting to how they remastered the brainiac scene and changed a few things around from stas to jLA
Batman:TAS episode where that guy uses Mr. Freeze tech to live forever; then is seen screaming at the bottom of Gotham bay.
Excellent list! I'm really happy you picked the Riddler episode too, it's one of my absolute favorites. And you nailed my feelings on Batman Beyond, it really did play with horror a lot. I think that's why I loved it so much. Another one of my favorite dark endings was "April Moon".... extremely chilling!
I remember an episode in the DCAU where some villain became an insubstantial "ghost" which, due to no being able to touch anything, slowly sunk through the floor. Since no-one can grab his hand or anything, he sinks through floor after floor of a building until finally he slips through the bottom-most sub-basement floor...beginning an irretrievable long trip to Earth's molten core.
Oh my god, Superman and the Gas Chamber, the nuking of whole cities in Justice League unlimited, those moments were heavy, thanks for rehabilitating Superman The animated series, it's a truly great watch.
I never see Batman Beyond as horror. It's more sci fi and underrated .
The #1 the Superman episode is great because the villain is realistic and human unlike monsters and body horror villains on the list. This human is a crooked cop and a murderer and he gets the death penalty by the law at the end. The way it ended, he figure out that Clerk is Superman and dies from the gas chamber makes you say wow.
what about robot batman scary to think your an android....when did i last have a good steak...I DON'T REMEMBER
lol
Dude I love that episode
@@-Teague- the superman episode?
@@AH-is5yg yeah it's my favorite in the superman show tbh
@@-Teague- super and Batman the TAS series are great. Batman Beyond is kind of underwhelming because the villains used sci fi tech and bio mutations.
Super man villains and the original Batman TAS villains are humanize and we learn more about them. Superman rarely had human villains that are just humans and his cases involves murders and clearing a death row inmate's name is what made it so amazing for a superman cartoon.
So glad Inque was mentioned in this list. That storyline left a lasting impression on me and cemented the idea that Batman Beyond is a severely underrated series.
i didnt like how they brought mr freeze back they shouldve had him last in that movie walking away.
Few Things:
1. This has to be one of my favorite episodes of Whatculture ever. Nostalgia set aside, being able to look at these episodes as an adult with more perspective really lends to the horrors I was exposed to but didn’t pick up on as a kid.
2. Never noticed DC had an extended universe. Or rather, I never thought of that. I thought it just made sense that all the heroes under DC had some kind of inkling about each other.
3. Big ups to the brother making a whole episode for whatculture! Not gonna lie, I felt that there was little to minority representation at a place called whatCULTURE.
The Clayface Daughter episode literally threw a repressed memory out of my subconscious mind, that episode seriously irked me
The new design of scarecrow during the last season of BTAS is the stuff nightmare are made off.
" Believe me. You are the only one that cares. " That still gets me to this day.
No lie, I think this is my favorite video from this channel so far. Given my love for the DCAU, however, that shouldn't surprise me.
You should do "Saddest DCAU Moments" now, and include Ace's death and Batgirl's dream where she dies in front of her father.
2:45 My personal headcanon says that Batman was so moved by witnessing the death of the Royal Flush Gang's Ace that years later he named his dog after her.
What about the endings for the Batman Beyond episodes, 'Sneak Peek' and 'April Moon'?
Oh that one where a paparazzi uses some machine to turn himself in to a wall-phasing ghost, but it ends up making him permanently insubstantial and he falls into the core of the earth.
I forget what April Moon was all about.
Yes Sneak Peek has a dark and chilling ending. April Moon too
@@BronyNumber4096 April Moon was about a doctor who was forced to give 4 young hooligans prosthetic upgrades because they kidnapped his fiance and were holding her hostage to make him work for them.
@@BronyNumber4096 And the ending for April Moon has some pretty dark implications, but I won't spoil it for you. It's good. 👍
Yeah, April Moon fucked my head up too. 👀
you forgot to mention the forever falling guy that episode had me on edge for 5 years
okay but can we give a shoutout to Aurie? For real love his presenting style; super chill, super informative, bit cheeky. Keep it up bro 👍
I saved the whole DC animated universe in a hard drive .I hope that if I ever have kids I going to watch all these series again with them ,for me and my childhood they were pure treasure to watch,listen and think about,they are so well made,so smart dialogues ,good action ,memorable voiceovers ,great sound effects,very good picture quality ,a whole lot of quotes and things to think about from those series even as an adult ,it's crazy. Doesn't matter how old you get ,especially Justice League worth it for the replay every time,some of the best memories as a kid.
I feel that the ending scene of "April Moon" from Batman Beyond is a pretty strong contender for this list.
"No holding back."
3:54 He says, forgetting that Static Shock was a thing. (SO GOOD)
"Stone cold shi... justice!"
There was an episode of Batman Beyond with this guy who was committing crimes using a device that could make him intangible and he later becomes able to use that ability without it, though I can't remember how. Anyway, he eventually loses control of it and can't make himself solid anymore. The last couple minutes of the episode involve Batman trying to save him as he's falling through a building, then starts slowly phasing through the ground begging Batman to help him but Batman literally can't touch him. So the poor bastard is eventually going to suffocate while his body will keep falling until it hits a point in the Earth's crust where it will just burn up. That's a fucked up way to go.
Static Shcok was also part of the DCAU. That had some dark episodes too.
Well researched. Well written. Well delivered.
The ending to Batman Beyond's "April Moon" should've be part of this list
Absolutely. The ending was really dark with the doctor extracting revenge by torturing and killing the gang leader, but the moment I found particularly horrific was when Terry defeated the chainsaw cyborg. Imagine your arms and legs just popping off, leaving you a flopping limbless torso on the ground. That's nightmare material right there.
A bit of a shame they didn't. They focussed a lot on the body horror episodes and while they all were dark and grim, they are pretty much dark in the same way. "April Moon" 's ending to me was more surprising in its darkness without coming out of nowhere. It is just not something you expect to see in a kid's show.
Batman Beyond was extremely dark, it should tell you something when the ending of the Joker isn't even considered extreme for the show. And he was shot through the heart by a brainwashed Robin, with one of his own guns that shoot BANG flags.
@@javierpatag3609 Yeah, the chainsaw guy losing his chainsaws and limbs creeped me out too the first time
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Actually, in some releases they figured that ending was TOO dark and replaced it with one where Tim throws away the gun and pushes Joker so he slips on a puddle into some wires and accidentally electrocutes himself.
Was really hoping the Gas Chamber one was the top spot. I remember that scene more than any other scene from that series. It just stuck with me forever.
What about when Inque’s own daughter dissolved her?
Ehh...the end shows she is very much alive, just as Terry predicted.
TheBlues32 yeah, but she was dissolved by HER OWN DAUGHTER. Her own kid killed her
@@ebany2244 In fairness, she had never laid eyes on her mother until that day. Why would she feel anything for the woman who abandoned her?
Besides, this video is about dark endings. The ending to that episode is...a bit grim, since it's implied Inque is going to have her revenge, but given who she's going to have her revenge on...not quite "dark" enough for a top ten.
TheBlues32 Very good point.
Ace's death with Batman of all people to comfort her in "Wild Cards" should have easily made a top ten in the darkest endings, forcing Bruce to watch a child die and knowing he can't retaliate against Cadmus.
Alright, WhatCulture, you're okay with me! Giving props to the DCAU and having this Aurie gentleman discuss it? You've won this day.
It’s nice to see two of the episodes I loved on this list.
Dan Turpin’s death Apokolips...Now was shocking, horrifying and sad. The music that played just added to that horror. Couldn’t believe they did that in that show when I first saw it.
Then there’s Batman Beyond’s Earth Mover episode...MAN! I remember when the reveal happened it seriously was startling. The animation in the show was fantastic overall, but that scene was terrifying. The episode itself was amazing too. One of my favorites in fact.
Missing the Batman Beyond episode where the reporter dude loses all tangibility and falls through to the center of the Earth.
I just watched that one. Fucking nightmarish.
I didn’t even know about the episode “the late Mr. Kent.” That’s probably the most macabre TV episode meant for kids to watch. I am so glad I did not know about that episode until now. That would’ve scared the bloody crap out of me.
Payback/Kenny's ending (Batman Beyond) was pretty gutting when you learn about what became of him in the comics :(
Huh?
If they included that universe, Apokolips War would be #1. That movie was a bloodbath. Also, love the guy narrating this video, he’s quite funny and actually made me chuckle a few times. So thanks for that.
I see dark and dc and immediatly think of deadpool saying: "so dark, sure your not from the dc universe?"
When I see the scene with freeze, I immediately flashed back to meatwad explaining to the store clerk he had to donate his body and I lol
you missed 2 of my favorites, Ace's death next to Batman and Solomon Grundy's death
Both of these episodes had me in tears 😭
That was a brilliant watch, thank you for posting. I'm a big DC animated fam and keep rewatching them. Could you do a Young Justice top 10 anything? It almost rivals Justice League Unlimited
I suppose we’re not including movies here otherwise I’d definitely see Robin back story from the Beyond movie.
RIGHT!?
Oh yeah. First time I watched it I went, "You gotta be kidding me. Damn."
Great video! Ive always thought there were some very dark elements to this universe. It was so well done. There is one big omission thought Batman Beyond Return of the Joker was REALLY dark. Now it was a stand alone movie but was connected to this universe.
I like your work Aurie. Got a great vibe to you
Good enough research too....not like the other lists WCC spits outs
Yeah I really like him
One of my favorites: there is an episode in *Batman Beyond*, where a gang forces a surgeon to modify them and implant cybernetics that make them stronger, the gang had kidnapped the doctor’s supposed girlfriend.
During the episode Batman and the doctor discover that the girlfriend was not only part of the gang, but was the girlfriend of the gang leader.
The episode continues and the gang members are arrested, with the exception of the leader and the girl, Terry is then worried if the leader comes back someday, but Bruce then says:
"Does the leader know that the doctor had spied on him with the girl?"
"No "
"... so don't worry, he will never come back"
And then, cut to a scene of the leader lying on the operating table, telling the doctor that this would be the last time he would change his body, and then he would have the girl back.
Then we have the last scene, the leader is anesthetized, and the doctor turns on a drill. The scene goes dark while a background jazz plays. *End.*
What happened to when The child Ace was dying and asked Batman to stay with her. We need a part 2 to this please
Static Shock ep with Permafrost. Static had to deal with with really sad and real-life problems
One of the best for me was in beyond the doctor who is forced to do implants then finds his supposed kidnapped wife is behind it and performs one last implant surgery, that was a great episode always stuck out in my mind!!
Completely forgot that episode. I had to rewatch it. It is creepy!
Ace's death was pretty dark as well. The writers basically tell you, in no uncertain terms, that a little girl is dying and all of the superheroes but Bats want to kill her. Bats was the only one who showed her any compassion. An entire group of adults wanting to off a little girl is pretty dark and messed up s**t right there.
The BTAS episode with the little actress girl who is actually a woman who doesn’t age who kept saying “I didn’t mean to”. That was dark.
The episode is called Baby Doll.
That ending to Feat of Clay was pretty unnerving when i watched it as a kid. Good stuff.
I didn't see it as "dark" more like Batman got overconfident and Clayface got away. Clayface wasn't into random murder. At that point he didn't really care about being a villain anymore. Or was the guy actually a former friend turned enemy? I suddenly have an itch telling me Clayface was laughing because he knew his friend set him up.
Gave a list to watch this nice Sunday thx guys! Loved this list
I agree that Superman the Animated Series is wildly under-appreciated. The way series ended was truly tragic especially if you didn't know that it leads into the Justice League TV show. If you just watched it on it's own it's a really heartbreaking ending to a series.