Topic: Batman: The Animated Series

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Batman: The Animated Series

I recently got these volume sets and can't wait to try them!! It took a while to get all the screen caps together (in fact I still need to resize them) but I'll be doing this for a couple months or so as school permits. Note: I'm watching in the order on the DVDs and not production order, so some things I think may be out of sync with the time line. For me, its a little annoying, but I figure it's the easiest way.

Volume 1:

- On Leather Wings
- Christmas with the Joker
- Nothing to Fear
- The Last Laugh
- Pretty Poison
- The Underdwellers
- P.O.V.
- Forgotton
- Be A Clown
- Two-Face: Part 1
- Two-Face: Part 2
- It's Never Too Late
- I've Got Batman In My Basement
- Heart of Ice
- The Cat and the Claw: Part 1
- The Cat and the Claw: Part 2
- See No Evil
- Beware of the Gray Ghost
- Prophecy of Doom
- Feat of Clay: Part 1
- Feat of Clay: Part 2
- The Joker's Favor
- Vendetta
- Fear of Victory
- The Clock King
- Appointment in Crime Alley
- Mad as a Hatter
- Dreams in Darkness

Volume 2:

- Eternal Youth
- Perchance to Dream
- The Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy
- Robin's Reckoning: Part 1
- Robin's Reckoning: Part 2
- The Laughing Fish
- Night of the Ninja
- Cat Scratch Fever
- The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne
- Heart of Steel: Part 1
- Heart of Steel: Part 2
- If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
- Joker's Wild
- Tyger, Tyger
- Moon of the Wolf
- Day of the Samurai
- Terror in the Sky
- Almost Got'im
- Birds of a Feather
- What is Reality?
- I Am The Night
- Off Balance
- The Man Who Killed Batman
- Mudslide
- Paging the Crime Doctor
- Zatanna
- The Mechanic
- Harley and Ivy

Volume 3:

- Shadow of the Bat: Part 1
- Shadow of the Bat: Part 2
- Blind as a Bat
- The Demon's Quest: Part 1
- The Demon's Quest: Part 2
- His Silicon Soul
- Fire From Olympus
- Read My Lips
- The Worry Men
- Sideshow
- A Bullet For Bullock
- Trial
- Avatar
- House and Garden
- The Terrible Trio
- Harlequinade
- Time Out of Joint
- Catwalk
- Bane
- Baby-Doll
- The Lion and the Unicorn
- Showdown
- Riddler's Reform
- Second Chance
- Harley's Holiday
- Lock-Up
- Make 'Em Laugh
- Deep Freeze
- Batgirl Returns

Volume 4:

- Holiday Knights
- Sins of the Father
- Cold Comfort
- Double Talk
- You Scratch My Back
- Never Fear
- Joker's Millions
- Growing Pains
- Love is a Croc
- Torch Song
- The Ultimate Thrill
- Over the Edge
- Mean Seasons
- Critters
- Cult of the Cat
- Animal Act
- Old Wounds
- The Demon Within
- Legends of the Dark Knight
- Girls' Nite Out
- Mad Love
- Chemistry
- Beware the Creeper
- Judgment Day

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I always liked this show! 

[Rogmeister]

When the series was originally on, at the end of each episode they had a prevuew for the next day's episode.  I always thought those were kind of exciting but those previews unfortunately are not on the DVDs.  I think my favorite episode is "Almost Got 'Im" which uses a game of poker where several villains show up and during the game they each tell how they almost did in Batman.  In that episode are Two-Face, The Joker, Catwoman, The Penguin and some guy who looks like he's made of rock.  Oh yeah, Harley Quinn is there, too.

From what I gather they stopped making them for a bit...then they made one more batch of them that I think were billed in advertising as The New Adventures of Batman and Robin or some such.  Those are the episodes in volume 4, though they used the same opening.

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actually, I had to skim through the episodes to take my screen caps. I may be wrong, but from what I could tell the opening changed. At the least they had the "New Adventures of Batman and Robin" title in there, but that makes no sense to me if its just resuming a series.

Also, I think the guy "made of rock" was supposed to be the reptilian Killer Croc.

[Rogmeister]

Well, I watched one episode from volume 4 recently and they still had the old opening...but maybe some other episodes had another opening?  I don't know.  You're right...Killer Croc was the guy.  I guess his "scales" made him look craggy and rock-like to me. 

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I know. I didn't figure it out until I hit the "Love is a Croc" episode. It took a play on words to make me realize.

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I watched the first episode yesterday, commemorating Kevin Conroy (Batman)'s birthday, but I still hadn't set the pics how I wanted. Fiurst review will be up in a few minutes.

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1. On Leather Wings
When a horrifying bat creature terrorizes Gotham City, the authorities conclude it must be Batman and put out an all-points bulletin on the Dark Knight. Meanwhile, Batman's investigation leads him to the laboratory of Kirk Langstrom, a prominent zoologist, who has been experimenting with a formula that turns him into the ManBat creature. Not only does Batman have to capture Man-Bat in order to save Langstrom, but also to set the police straight and clear his name.

My Thoughts:

A good starting episode. You see aspects of Wayne Industries, the Batcave and Batmobile. A nice opening joke with the butler, but it really was a pretty basic episode. You have a villain, a fight, and everything is ok in the end. Decent, but ordinary.

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2. Christmas with the Joker
The Joker takes over Gotham's airwaves and terrorizes the city during Christmas. He's hiding in a TV studio, holding Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock, and Summer Gleason hostage. He challenges Batman to find him before midnight, or else the hostages will have a very un-merry Christmas

My Thoughts:

Now this was entertaining! Dick kept trying to get Batman to watch "It's a Wonderful Life", the old "Batman Smells" tune is here, all in all a fun, wacky, episode. Don't get me wrong, it was full of action too. Machine gun fires, chasing a train. I just think this was a very good mix of the two. 

Right now, I am having a very hard time getting to image of Batman with pie on his face out of my head. 

[Rogmeister]

Hey, Brit, do you evere check the voice credits?  You should...lots of famous people did guest spots on this and other DC animated series.  The Joker, for instance (in case you didn't know), was voiced by Mark Hamill.  Of course, you may already know that, in which case...never mind! 

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  Is it bad idk who that is? ........

Every so often, Roger, I do check the voice credits, but I rarely ever see anyone I know. I'm not an expert like dear ol' dad. 

[Dragonfire]

Is it bad idk who that is? ........

Every so often, Roger, I do check the voice credits, but I rarely ever see anyone I know. I'm not an expert like dear ol' dad. 

You don't know who Mark Hamil is??   

Ok...now I officially feel old.

[Tom]

Is it bad idk who that is? ........

Pete, it is time that you finally watch the classic Star Wars trilogy with your daughter

[Dragonfire]

Yes Pete...you must do something about this immediately. 

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I think you are right!

But Britt... even if you don't know the name... you know who he is. He also played The Trickster (much like his Joker character here)... on the live action TV Series The Flash. If you remember right... we even talked about him voicing The Joker at the time of watching The Flash.