The animated series still remains as one of the most iconic takes on the dark knight years after it graced our screens. The character was originally created by bob kane, bill finger, and jerry robinson, to serve as a junior counterpart to the superhero batman. The team of batman and robin is commonly referred to as the dynamic duo or the caped crusaders. The episodes originally aired on february 7 and 14, 1993, and were written by randy rogel and directed by dick sebast. The robin signal is activated and batman reaffirms his bond with robin. Batman the animated series is often considered to be one of the best versions of batman ever to be animated. Sep 06, 2017 incidentally, the mad hatter was voiced by roddy mcdowall, making him the only actor to play a villain on both batman.
Old magazine articles, video segments, vintage newspaper clippings, and a large focus on movie merchandise especially the kenner toy lines. The animated series episode if youre so smart why arent you rich. As usual, twofaces plan was thwarted by batman and robin, only this time, they also had help from their new ally, batgirl. Tas or btas is a fourtime emmy awardwinning american animated series adaptation of the comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero, batman. The seven batman skins can be used in storyline mode upon completion of main story and all challenge maps. Welcome to adventures times thirtyninth installment, an examination of classic animated series and their tiein comics. Jack napier batman the animated series wiki fandom. The animated series, and justice leaguejustice league unlimited. The animated series episode robins reckoning part 1 note. From here on, the remainder of the episodes intersperse scenes from the past showing robins origin adapted from detective comics 38 and. The animated series episode robin s reckoning part 1 note. To their credit, the producers dont pull their punches here, with the murder of the flying graysons portrayed in a fashion thats all the more.
Robins reckoning won an emmy and provided robin with an origin story via flashback, allowing a collegeaged dick grayson to previously. Robin is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. The excellent mask of the phantasm took the critically acclaimed batman. It has been a long hard journey to mainstream media for comic book characters, but finally batman made it with time to spare in batman. The animated series to the cinema, while nearly a quarter of a century later, the lego batman movie made life in gotham. Batman refuses to allow dick grayson to use the persona of robin to apprehend him. The animated series adaptation of robin s origin story. The episode is notable for revealing the origins of robin, based on. Highly detailed, each figure can be posed and bent any way you like giving you endless possibilities. The animated series, but it manages to not only be a fun installment in the series but a plot that.
The visual style of the series is based on the artwork of producer bruce timm. Animation and aired on kids wb from september, 1997 to january 16, 1999. Arkham city game of the year edition for pc origin. It is the fourth and final installment of warner bros. One of the few series that has successfully kicked the origin habit, and is widely considered to be one of the best characterizations of batman, is. The twoparter is simply put wonderfully done from the acting, the story and the. The boy wonder is featured in his red and green outfit along with black cape. See more ideas about batman the animated series, batman and animation series. The best take on batman kicked the origin story habit. Some of you may remember when i made that episode timeline for batman. Batman and robin are both captured by poison ivy but barbara, now batgirl, beats poison ivy and frees the two. The animated series lasted 85 episodes and four seasons before giving way to the new batman adventures.
The sequel batman returns was released on june 19th, 1992, which featured danny devito as the penguin and michelle pfeiffer as catwoman. Conceived as a vehicle to attract young readership, robin garnered overwhelmingly positive critical reception, doubling the sales of the batman related comic books. The original episodes, produced by bruce timm and eric radomski, were first aired on the fox network from 1992. Apr 01, 20 a site dedicated to the 1989 batman film and its sequel batman returns.
The new batman adventures often shortened as tnba is an american animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman, and is a continuation of the 1990s batman. Dick grayson is a fictional character, and superhero in the dc comics universe. Jan, 2018 welcome to adventures times thirtyninth installment, an examination of classic animated series and their tiein comics. The animated series and the adam west batman tv series, where he appeared as. Tas, which originally aired on the fox kids block from 1992 to 1995, is one of the most popular and groundbreaking series in western animation. Batman sends robin home when he discovers the kingpin they hunt is tony zucco. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series.
Beginning her career as a doctor in arkham asylum, she changed. The story is based on the origin of robin dick grayson from detective. The animated series which, to my surprise, was quite popular. Animation and aired on kids wb from september, 1997 to. Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5, 1992, to september 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. Let us know in the comments which episodes were your favorites. It is perfectly fine to watch the series in the official release order, although a few of them would be out of chronological order. Incidentally, the mad hatter was voiced by roddy mcdowall, making him the only actor to play a villain on both batman.
The animated series and the new batman adventures rejoice. Beginning her career as a doctor in arkham asylum, she changed and became jokers girlfriend and henchwoman. It earned the series a primetime emmy award for outstanding animated. Knight time is the second episode of the third season of superman. Batman returns in his animated incarnation for a new comic by dc comics out wednesday, the first of april. Then, an obscure issue of the gotham adventures series that continues the narrative.
Robin, as seen in the batman dick then meets bruce, who has paid for the graysons funeral costs and has decided to adopt dick as a foster son. The animated series shown below, right first aired on september 5th, 1992 and ran 85 episodes before ending on september 15, 1995. It displays nearly all of batmans enemies throughout the show, including the joker, twoface, the penguin, poison ivy, the riddler, catwoman, etc. The animated series be arranged in such a way that it tells an ongoing story more in the line of a standard serialized comic or. Harleen frances quinzel, also known as harley quinn is a character who first featured in the show batman. In 1980, theneditor paul levitz commissioned the untold legend of the batman limited series to thoroughly chronicle batmans origin and history. For example episode 2 has robin in it while robins origin is much later in the season. Robins reckoning, part i is an episode of the first season of batman. Robin has long been a fixture in the batman comic books as batman s partner. Batman meets and regularly works with other heroes during the silver age, most notably superman, whom he began regularly working alongside in a series of teamups in worlds finest comics, starting in.
Robins reckoning introduced new tension into batman and robins relationship, and night of the ninja furthers explores the two characters differing perspectives, foreshadowing dicks renouncement of the robin name in favor of the independent nightwing persona. The animated series adaptation of robins origin story. Robin joked and batman grunted in response, all in a way that showed familiarity and affection. Tas or btas is a fourtime emmy awardwinning american animated television series adaptation of the comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero, batman. She first appeared in the episode jokers favor and has commonly appeared in all batman media since. Robins reckoning is a twopart episode of the critically acclaimed batman. Based on the designs of bruce timm, comes batman the animated series robin action figure as he stands 6inches tall. After learning that batman is missing, superman goes to gotham and disguises himself to be batman in order to prevent.
As usual, twofaces plan was thwarted by batman and robin. And, despite being familiar with the boy wonders origin story, watching the frayed rope of the. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of batman. The animated series 14inch batmobile with batman and. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. A site dedicated to the 1989 batman film and its sequel batman returns. The show also introduced harley quinn, renee montoya, and the phantasm to batman canon. The episodes depict the origin of robin dick grayson.
The animated series is an american animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. The best take on batman kicked the origin story habit polygon. Tas, an episode that won the show an emmy for outstanding writing in an animated program. The visual style of the series, dubbed dark deco, was based on the film noir artwork of producer. The animated series be arranged in such a way that it tells an ongoing story more in the line of a standard serialized comic or modern television show. Rogel, who worked on the nearflawless twoface, earns b. Starting in 2006, grant morrison and paul dini the writer responsible for many of the mostmemorable episodes of the animated series reinvigorated the various batman comic books with a series of highconcept story lines. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your. A mobster named tony zucco, who killed robins parents, returns. This episode was adapted from a twopart comic book series to become a single episode of batman. The animated series 14inch batmobile with batman and robin 3inch bendable figures. So after taking another look at the series, i decided to. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman.
Robins reckoning is the twopart fiftyfirst and fiftythird episodes of batman. Jul 26, 2012 some of you may remember when i made that episode timeline for batman. Tas its second emmy award for robins origin story technically only part one. Chronological order of batman animated moviesseries.
Jan 11, 2017 the origin was so moving that it was copied shotforshot in the 1997 movie, batman and robin. Conceived as a vehicle to attract young readership, robin garnered. This series is effectively the beginning of the dc animated universe that includes, among others, the two justice league series, superman the animated series and batman beyond. A mobster named tony zucco, who killed robins parents. Animation and originally aired on the fox network from september 5, 1992 to september 15, 1995. Alfred, when dick notices his guardians constant absences, lectures batman who obsessively searches for zucco on being a better father to the boy. But to get there, the team behind the show needed to lay out their. The shows visual style is based on the artwork of producer bruce timm. Jul 14, 2015 one of the few series that has successfully kicked the origin habit, and is widely considered to be one of the best characterizations of batman, is the original batman. Robin has long been a fixture in the batman comic books as batmans partner. Robins origin gets the animated treatment here, in this emmywinning episode from scripter randy rogel and director dick sebast. Robin has been a fixture in batman media as batman s partner. The animated series tv series 19921995 trivia imdb. Oct 31, 2016 this episode was adapted from a twopart comic book series to become a single episode of batman.
She loves the joker despite being abused by him and she. Afterwards, twoface struck a deal with deputy police commissioner gil mason and together, they managed to frame commissioner gordon and have him arrested, to clear the way for their crimes. Walkers batman theme became the dc animated universes batmans music, and was eventually used as the shows theme in the last twenty fox shows, when the. The adventures continue, a sixissue miniseries written by paul dini and alan burnett with art by ty templeton batman adventures, will carry on the continuity of the show. All three hear from poison ivy that freeze is going to turn gotham into ice. He started out as a chauffeur and hitman for the mob triad of salvatore valestra, buzz bronski and chuckie sol. Here youll find loads of content related to the movies. One of morrisons mostenduring contributions to the batman franchise was the creation of damian wayne, the son of bruce. The animated series, and the 43rd of the overall series. The obnoxious little street urchin depicted in this episode is closer in character to jason todd. Twice on separate occasions, jack saw bruce wayne and exchanged mean glances at one another years before they would clash as the joker and batman.
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