Over the Edge ruined my life

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    || CONTENTS ||
    0:00 - childhood heart attack
    0:31 - over the edge
    2:13 - inside a mind
    3:43 - a story of 2 fathers
    4:51 - poor dick
    5:22 - falling off the edge
    6:49 - the ending
    8:33 - credits
    || mystery song of the day ||
    I'm sitting alone, nobody to hold
    The people in here are crazy
    Faking a smile now, been here for a while now
    I'm fed up with this, I just wanna go home
    But damn, that girl
    Set me up with her
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, baby
    Let's get lost right here
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, bae
    Under the chandelier
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, baby
    Don't turn me down for him
    What does he have that I can't give to you, girl?
    I can't understand this, this guy's just a douchebag
    I'm so disappointed in myself
    The look on her face says, "I hope we go places"
    I'm left alone
    Should've stayed at home
    And searched, "How to date" on Chrome
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, baby
    Let's get lost right here
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, bae
    Under the chandelier
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, baby
    Don't turn me down for him
    What does he have that I can't give to you, girl?
    I'm sitting alone
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, baby
    Let's get lost right here
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, bae
    Under the chandelier
    Dance with me, baby, dance with me, baby
    What does he have that I don't?
    I could give the world to you if you turned him down for me
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  • @bgt2848
    @bgt2848 ปีที่แล้ว +2084

    I remember watching this episode as a kid and honestly before even realizing it was a fear tocsin thinking to myself “God if the police pursuit criminals half as Effectively as they are hunting Batman…”

    • @RamChop451
      @RamChop451 ปีที่แล้ว +322

      This is an amazing comment
      Maybe that's also something that Barbara cooked up in her dream as something she's idealized. She believes her father and the police are actually effective

    • @Luk3us
      @Luk3us ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah its a dead giveaway this is a fantasy. Gotham cops are utterly useless. 😆

    • @mrrodriguezHLP
      @mrrodriguezHLP ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Weird things that make sense: Why do the police have tanks and rocket launchers?...Oh yeah super villains...for sure they got a nice federal grant.

    • @mandalorianhunter1
      @mandalorianhunter1 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@RamChop451 it's also funny that she ended up doing this to Terry in Batman Beyond when she got tricked by Spell binder.

    • @natanoj16
      @natanoj16 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@mrrodriguezHLP i mean... some american police forces literally have access to a tank or two :P

  • @solblackguy
    @solblackguy ปีที่แล้ว +843

    One of my favorite things in this episode is that it confirmed something I always suspected over the years: Commissioner Gordon knows Bruce Wayne is Batman.

    • @milkiassamuel780
      @milkiassamuel780 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      I always thought the same thing after watching the show and reading countless Batman stories, especially Batman: Year One where Bruce saves Jim's son frrom the mob and they confront each other.
      I always thought Jim kept it under raps and hid his suspicions because he knew Batman meant something to Gotham and perhaps there was more to Bruce being Batman, and even Barbara being Batgirl.

    • @InReserveProductions
      @InReserveProductions ปีที่แล้ว +119

      @@milkiassamuel780 "You know I can't see a thing without my glasses" a greater lie has never been told.

    • @thewerewolff7248
      @thewerewolff7248 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@milkiassamuel780
      From towards the end of no man’s land:
      Batman: actions speak Louder than words.
      Batman begins to take his mask off, Jim turns around to look away from him.
      Batman, now fully unmasked: “Jim”
      Jim: Put it… put it back. If I wanted to know who you were I could have discovered it 10 years ago. And for all you know, maybe I did. Maybe I do. But that’s not the point. Put it back on”.
      Jim pauses, glances over his shoulder and then fully turns around. Batman is wearing the mask again.

    • @GreyhawkTheAngry
      @GreyhawkTheAngry ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Does it confirm that though? Confirming that Barb is Batgirl is one thing, but to connect to Batman is a bit of another. Sure an inference could be made, but probably not anything definitive, especially if you take into consideration that fact that Barb developed a relationship with Dick and familiarity with Bruce to some degree before she knows their secret identities, and visa versa on Dick's part at least.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think Even Bullocks knew.

  • @Spongebrain97
    @Spongebrain97 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    "I want him alive to rot away in Arkham surrounded by the monsters he's created" is a pretty bad ass line from Gordon

  • @thewalrus45
    @thewalrus45 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    It might be a hallucination but the Batman vs Bane fight in that episode is probably the best one put to screen. Just both combatants going all out, Bane actually being presented as a really smart dude.

    • @tobiogunyemi7631
      @tobiogunyemi7631 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      "I'm pleased you remember me, Mister Wayne."

    • @danieljohn8294
      @danieljohn8294 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You cannot believe how much I have been looking forward to this.

    • @guilhermehank4938
      @guilhermehank4938 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The only weird thing was Gordon ever accepting to work with Bane at all. He may hate Batman at that moment but he would never go along with Bane.
      I guess you can hand wave it as a fear toxin thing

  • @toganium4175
    @toganium4175 ปีที่แล้ว +1030

    Scarecrow needs to be used more. He has so much potential.

    • @RegularJ.Studios
      @RegularJ.Studios ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed...

    • @mitrikgaduk347
      @mitrikgaduk347 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Four words: Arkham Knight.

    • @Gsus2Retardado
      @Gsus2Retardado ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Completely agree, he's my favorite batman villain, the fact he's a psychologist and the fear toxin could make for an awesome story (the old batman animated series made an episode that shows some potencial, i just wish they would give Scarecrow his own movie and focus on him using Bruce's trauma as his weapon, some writers tried something similar with Joker but it's not the same, everytime i see people using the trauma against Bruce is pretty much just accidental, imagine if Scarecrow knew about it and used that on purpose, a story like that would have so much potential as long as they have a good reason for Bruce to come to terms with his trauma and not power of friendship bullshit)

    • @srstriker6420
      @srstriker6420 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes and I thought the idea of We are all Scarecrows where Scarecrow has a massive followers all over the world even some members of Military believe in him where one of them gave him the launch codes for the nuclear missiles but replacing the nuclear material for the fear gas so it’s up to the Justice league for this and it would be pre-Starcrossed also I never like this scarecrow design because it doesn’t look like a scarecrow and just like the Joker in the Justice league series who got redesign I think that the Scarecrow should look like the killer in the movie Nightbreed.

    • @InReserveProductions
      @InReserveProductions ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@mitrikgaduk347 You mean the game where he does nothing and is sidelined for the worst version of Red Hood and ghost Joker from his blood transfusion that he already cured?

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga ปีที่แล้ว +736

    It definitely all adds up when you find out it’s Barbara’s worst fear .

    • @jamesharding322
      @jamesharding322 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And considering what happened in Return Of The Joker......

    • @bigkirbyhj666
      @bigkirbyhj666 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or the killing joke.

  • @M4TCH3SM4L0N3
    @M4TCH3SM4L0N3 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    Gordon really was a great father in the show, and I really appreciate the way you highlight the fact that it's precisely because of the way that he gives Barbara the space and trust to make her own decisions. It's a tragedy of the Batverse that people (Bruce, Barbara, Dick, etc.) constantly underestimate how much he perceives simply because he doesn't directly address it, but that tragedy is exactly what gives space for excellent pay-offs like this one. It reminds me of the comic No Man's Land, where Gordon calls out Batman for never trusting him enough to let him in on the plan; Bruce attempts to demonstrate that he does trust Jim by removing his cowl, but Gordon rebukes him and refuses to look, because that was never the point. He strongly implies that he knows and has known for a long time, but Batman doesn't seem to countenance that Jim has his own motivations and reasons for trusting Batman for so long. It's so easy to take the people we most rely upon in life for granted.

    • @byronrush9802
      @byronrush9802 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agreed Jim has always known he figured it out years ago when Batman first started appearing and never said anything because Batman's actions so far have benefited Gotham with the cape and without the cape

    • @coldeed
      @coldeed ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "good dad's" let their kids do horribly dangerous shit lmfao. That's a pretty silly take all things considered.

    • @matthewbibby8921
      @matthewbibby8921 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@coldeed Right… Because if she wanted to be a firefighter, the right thing to do as a “good dad” would be to forbid her? Lock her up in her room to keep her safe?
      The point is not that she’s JUST doing dangerous shit, it’s that she’s doing it for a good and noble cause - there’s a difference between being an adrenaline junky and a hero, and while it takes a lot of strength to not only accept those risks but accept your child for being the good person they are, it IS the good thing to do as a parent, to let go and lets them live their own life in the best way they can.

    • @coldeed
      @coldeed ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewbibby8921 there is a difference between telling someone not to do dangerous shit and locking them in a room.
      When you have to make up something that stupid to be "right" you're arguing from a point of ignorance and stupidity, not me.
      It's bad parenting to teach your kid to embrace martyrdom just like it's bad to attempt to imprison them. I don't know why you think these are the only 2 things you could do, use your head next time before you say something that dumb.

  • @k9feline2
    @k9feline2 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Such a dark, grim episode.
    Such a happy, heartwarming ending.

    • @user-zl6ps4rp9g
      @user-zl6ps4rp9g ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, especially since it was just a nightmare that never came to pass.

  • @thepanelbiter9915
    @thepanelbiter9915 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    7:12 I know we are supposed to assume Jim knows she’s Batgirl, but comedically you could also read it as an old stuffy dad not wanting to hear about his daughter’s “adult job”, but still supporting her

    • @manuxx3543
      @manuxx3543 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      And thus not wanting annnyyyy details or confirmation lol

    • @Lobomutante
      @Lobomutante 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Aaaand thus, the scene is ruined. Thanks, I hate it.

    • @ShahidAljoker
      @ShahidAljoker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I say that too and I just got to say yes

  • @titleinworkingprogress8867
    @titleinworkingprogress8867 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    "Over the edge "got the audience on the edge of their seats. My first impression seeing the ending of the episode gave me the impression that Barbara's dad didn't know about her super hero identity.
    Nonetheless, Barbara and, her father have an endearing moment in the end.

    • @mrrodriguezHLP
      @mrrodriguezHLP ปีที่แล้ว +22

      As a kid: Oh yeah he doesn't know.
      As an adult raising a girl: How the hell does he not know? I know it's my kid when she is wearing a sheet over their head. You know what they smell like and can pick out their voice in a crowded room. Of course he knows.

  • @passarovoador6662
    @passarovoador6662 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    I always found funny the way that Barbara's mind portraits Dick, but i guess it is a "Fear toxin" might be using her insecurities about him, thoughts about if he did really love her

    • @PeachesandCream225
      @PeachesandCream225 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      thats a great way to justify it

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      this is the saddest part of the batman series. seeing how everyone grew up, and they don't . Worse Barbara doesnt talk about DIck but rather than Batman that way. I did love Batman Beyond, but it's sad.

  • @TheInfiniteAmo
    @TheInfiniteAmo ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The "I love you... *all* of you" line is so good because it calls back to the fact that Bruce is essentially Gordon's son or nephew too, since he was the first person to take him in after his parents were killed.

  • @Raideortega
    @Raideortega ปีที่แล้ว +1193

    "...And possibly some of his DNA in her bedroom."
    Fuck, man. The Batman/Batgirl shit will never stop being relentlessly abhorrent

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Im about to end the third season (New Batman Adventures) and I havent seen any sexual tension between Bruce and Barbara. More like at the beginning Barbara in the second season was kind of had a crush with Batman, but Bruce never seemed to care or do anything. The Batman Beyond and DCAU comics are not cannon according to Bruce Timm himself, so that Bruce and Barbara's baby shit is not a real thing.

    • @Raideortega
      @Raideortega ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@madden7732 if I remember correctly, Bruce Timm was the main proponent of the Bruce/Barbara "ship"

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@Raideortega yeah but sincerely, if you re watch the second and third season could you actually see some sexual tension between them? He was more of showing that Barbara felt something for Bruce at some point (for example that dream she had about him and her kissing) but Bruce never seemed to care lol the scene shown in Mistery of the Batwoman just shows Bruce trying to avoid Barbara from her trying to go further. I remember hearing a lot about that story where Bruce left Barbara pregnant and was like holy hell thats fucked up, but after watching the show its safe to say the comics are an Elseworld to the DCAU, because there's literally zero love scenes or tension between both.

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Raideortega Just to clarify, with second season I mean the adventures of batman and robin and 3rd season is New Batman Adventures, the way they appear in HBO Max.

    • @spartanq7781
      @spartanq7781 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I freaking hate that pairing so much. Especially when it's when Dick was or has dated her. It makes Bruce become a unlikable dick to Dick. Wow I really just typed that.

  • @neilshrestha4995
    @neilshrestha4995 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    DCAU is so beautifully made you could probably make 100 videos on it

  • @Eli_Guy
    @Eli_Guy ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I know this is mostly about Barbara, but damn I love Jim
    Always the underrared but critical part of Batman's "family"

    • @thelocustgod9098
      @thelocustgod9098 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Gordon has always been my favorite Batman character. His scenes always feel so raw and emotional.

  • @simbriant
    @simbriant ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I don't know if episode inspired it, but I like how in the Injustice series it is revealed Gordon has known Barbara was Batgirl the entire time. And when she asks in surprise, 'How?" Gordon's response is, "I'm a detective/cop! It's my job!"

    • @solblackguy
      @solblackguy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gordon doesn't help Batman fight crime in Gotham, he lets him

  • @Stiffman1
    @Stiffman1 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    To this day, seeing many horror movies, I rarely have reacted to a jump scare as I did when Barbara hit the car. I never saw it coming and it truly scared me.

    • @gregsthrottle
      @gregsthrottle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yup. That was a moment, watching as a kid, that I’ll still never forget. Traumatizing.

    • @ThatGuy-vi6cj
      @ThatGuy-vi6cj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here I was expecting the old Batman saves the day last minute grabbling hook but she just kept falling 😢😢

  • @Nightman221k
    @Nightman221k ปีที่แล้ว +75

    This episode has a strong memory for me. When I watched it on Kids WB when I was little my mom made me do something right after the scene of Barbara’s funeral and I told my younger sister (she was 4 and I was 7) to let me know what happened to Batgirl cause I was genuinely shocked by what happened and I ended up missing the ending by the time I finished doing what kept me from seeing it and I asked my little sister and she was like, “Batgirl woke up.” And I was so confused and I remember thinking “…she must have woke up in the coffin?” I didn’t see the actual events till I bought the DVD cause this particular episode didn’t seem to get rerun much at all and I never saw it on Cartoon Network despite often seeing classic BTAS episodes. Kudos, to my sister for telling me the exact truth about the ending though cause as hard to believe as it was, she was right Batgirl did wake up after dying.

  • @ThePonderer
    @ThePonderer ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I wish the description for this episode on HBOMax didn’t spoil that it was a dream.

    • @BlueBlazeKing
      @BlueBlazeKing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know the twist is definitely the best part

  • @juliiju0484
    @juliiju0484 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I remember how sad it was to watch the episode already having been spoiled for the final plot twist and being like: "man, watching this like a normal episode would have been great"

  • @XiaoFury
    @XiaoFury ปีที่แล้ว +21

    That scene of Barbara's body crashing on the car is still disturbing to me to this day.

  • @Sayajin3321
    @Sayajin3321 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I read this video as "Over the Hedge is scary".

  • @VforVisitor
    @VforVisitor ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Probably my favorite episode. They didn't treat us kids like total idiots. This was brutal, raw and real.

  • @spencerthompson9091
    @spencerthompson9091 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love the running joke of batman sleeping with Barbara. It was messed up and not something I think Bruce would honestly do even in the "Heat of the moment" but the constant call backs to that moment I find hilarious

    • @howdoyoudo5949
      @howdoyoudo5949 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruce Timm however thinks its a totally valid ship

    • @imed-ha77
      @imed-ha77 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bruce, there's no way he could do that. But Bruce Timm told you to hold my beer

  • @juliandacosta6841
    @juliandacosta6841 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Gotta love framing batman as a father figure. Making them an item is gross and wrong in this continuity.

    • @slewone4905
      @slewone4905 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Freudian.

    • @MALICEM12
      @MALICEM12 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slewone4905 no one gives a fuck about Freud

  • @shoresean1237
    @shoresean1237 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    It could be argued that, with the focus of Babs' vision being on Bruce and Jim, Dick just offering support instead of grieving was where she saw him. My number 1 clue that this scenario was not what it seemed: Sadly, the focus and competence of the GCPD as they pursued Bruce. Montoya, and maybe even Bullock, would have in 'real life' tried to pull Jim back a bit, and Bruce would have given them a much tougher time - and sorry, no way the GCPD's boats would have intercepted Jack as they came out of the cave. That was nightmare logic at work, where the threat/monster spots you from a far distance, and is then right on top of you.

  • @tysondennis1016
    @tysondennis1016 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Barbara's greatest fear was her father going rogue upon learning her identity in the worst way possible. Thankfully, he already knew and approved.

    • @petercelano7057
      @petercelano7057 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet in the Batman Beyond episode, "Eyewitness", she ends up doing the same thing she feared her father would do to Terry. To be honest, her past relationship with Bruce may have clouded her judgement.

    • @MalleySimpson
      @MalleySimpson ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly but she come to her senses near the end of the episode.

    • @petercelano7057
      @petercelano7057 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MalleySimpson Before that episode, why did she harbor bias against him? Not Bruce, Terry?

    • @GokuBlackRose978
      @GokuBlackRose978 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@petercelano7057she was a vigilante for a bit when batman was first introduced, she knows of the horror that happens on the job, she didn’t want terry to suffer a similar fate, but ever since the end of the series and movie, she has faith, terry will do well. Hell, he does. Especially when u watch the Batman beyond episode in justice league unlimited season 2

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Someone's worst fear is the consequences of their death. You've got to be at a _very_ strange point in life for that to happen.

  • @TevyaSmolka
    @TevyaSmolka ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Yeah this episode was really sad and depressing and freaking insane.

  • @TwilightLynk
    @TwilightLynk ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bloody hell. Putting the story aside for a second, the animation I'm seeing is BRILLIANT. They don't make them like they use to.

  • @soccer4207
    @soccer4207 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    3:38 I thought we agreed to never talk about this romance. NEVER!

    • @dearheroine9280
      @dearheroine9280 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For real. My only hang-up about the series.

  • @ashleytuchin7693
    @ashleytuchin7693 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Without a doubt, one of the greatest Batman stories ever told! The opening is intense, Babs' death is horrifying and that final scene between Babs and Jim gets me right in the heart.

  • @theManuScript
    @theManuScript ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Quickly becoming my favorite Batman channel

  • @ATKL2k12
    @ATKL2k12 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Another superb essay by one of, if not the, best in the game. Adoring all the DCAU content, hope it doesn’t dry up too soon

  • @Morlock19
    @Morlock19 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    i always thought that jim didn't know at the end, he just didn't care. he trusts his daughter as an adult, and whatever job shes got its fine. she's clearly struggling with if she should tell him or not, so he gives her an out - if she wants to tell him about her new night job as a dominatrix then she can when shes ready.

    • @TakarieZan
      @TakarieZan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why does he say all of you then?

  • @MalleySimpson
    @MalleySimpson ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just have issues of Gordon and Gotham PD going trigger happy on the Bat Family until I found out it was all Barbara’s fear coming to life via Scarecrow’s fear toxin. It must have taken place at least hours after Scarecrow was captured.

  • @peregry
    @peregry ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It really says something about the quality of the writing, acting, and animating of this show that we're still talking about it 30 years later and that in many respects it is still the standard to which all Batman media is measured...

  • @nukelex
    @nukelex ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It was tough watching everything get progressively worse throughout the episode as a kid

  • @briansilva3344
    @briansilva3344 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Censors tell WB they couldn't show Barbara getting hit by the car, but the POV shot from inside the police car is SOO MUCH WORSE!!!

  • @jamesverhoeven8769
    @jamesverhoeven8769 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This episode deserves so much praise

  • @joshwilliams8264
    @joshwilliams8264 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bro you do not need to go THIS hard on these videos honestly you’re the best TH-camr an I’m so glad I found your channel

  • @Shadowkiller-dq2ju
    @Shadowkiller-dq2ju ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Funny how GCPD goes all out trying to kill Batman but let’s their city be destroyed by a clown

    • @Shadowkiller-dq2ju
      @Shadowkiller-dq2ju ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I know it’s a dream but still it’s happened before

  • @YophiGames
    @YophiGames ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Besides “Old Wounds” this is my favorite episode. This was brilliantly written, and pushed the bounds of what was allowed in a cartoon tv show. From start to finish, it NEVER felt like the climax was over. How many felt like it was a genuine scary movie when Batgirl’s body ACTUALLY hit the car? So Batgirl’s fear is her death. Her fear about her father is nonacceptance of her lifestyle and even rage with the bat family that she loves. Her fear with Dick was him not caring enough about her death to quit. Tim Drake became an orphan and a fugitive at like 13 so his life is ruined. And in the end, the two men she values most, in spite of all their anger, reconcile…only for it to be too late as they plummet to their deaths. Fear toxin never hit so hard. In a way, WE were the ones the fear toxin hit because everything we had grown to love about the Batman animated series was crushed beneath one bad day. And they did it in 30 minutes WITH commercials!
    Then, when Batgirl wakes up, we finally settle down from our climactic adrenaline rush, ending with the Commissioner either admitting that he knows and respects her choices or he doesn’t know and respects her choices. In under 60 seconds, they show us through Commissioner Gordon the powerful message: Love is more powerful than fear.

  • @sodaalan
    @sodaalan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Despite only appearing in a few minutes in a flashback this was one of the Scarecrow's most finest moments and depicted his fear toxin super well. Sometimes his fear toxin shows visions of spiders and snakes which are really cheap, it's meant to show people of their greatest fears and this episode managed to do it well.

  • @ShinySephiroth1
    @ShinySephiroth1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Has always been one of my favorite episodes! Thank you for bringing this up!

  • @wizard_of_poz4413
    @wizard_of_poz4413 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man the massive difference in animation quality between both series

  • @t.e.6415
    @t.e.6415 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can we talk about how amazing the scarecrow's character design looks

  • @PronounHisMajesty
    @PronounHisMajesty ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He pumps videos out faster than Batman can knockout convicts

  • @GaryTheNeutral
    @GaryTheNeutral ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aw sweet! New Implicitly Pretentious video six days before my birthday! Great stuff as always! Been watching your channel for 10 months and looking forward to more! Keep up the great work! Definitely one of my favorite channels! 👍

  • @justarandomdude.9285
    @justarandomdude.9285 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was just watching the 2nd eps of TNBA, you're channel always surprises me how relatable it feels. keep the awesome work fella!

  • @senjulegend1056
    @senjulegend1056 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bro your videos are so well written , the amount of dedication is definitely visible 🤟🏽

  • @AnferneeMyers
    @AnferneeMyers ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic episode by you. I look forward to these every week

  • @mandalorianhunter1
    @mandalorianhunter1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's funny that Barbara did to this to Terry in Batman Beyond. She didn't put much effort into her duties but got on Terry about his. Crazy stuff

    • @mandalorianhunter1
      @mandalorianhunter1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Will N What? That wouldn't make any sense since Barbara and Bruce didn't have a kid, which is good.

    • @petercelano7057
      @petercelano7057 ปีที่แล้ว

      Her poor past relationship with Bruce may have clouded her judgement.

  • @17jacoyne
    @17jacoyne 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    almost makes you wonder why this episode is such a fan favorite!

  • @alextorres8635
    @alextorres8635 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for making this video Leo. I've always wanted to see this episode discussed in this way. When I first saw it as a kid I was freaked out by it. It was dark man. The consequences seemed very real and permanent until the reveal of the fear gas.

  • @zyaicob
    @zyaicob ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Trauma Man- another amazing video on another amazing episode

  • @MichaelWilliams-xs1cf
    @MichaelWilliams-xs1cf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing. I am glad you make these.

  • @tjjordan4207
    @tjjordan4207 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This episode actually proves how wrong Barbara is to blame Bruce for her being Batgirl. She choose this life to be a crime fighter and even got the blessing of her father to be so.

  • @mrrodriguezHLP
    @mrrodriguezHLP ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That episode created a huge dent in the mythos of Batman, for me, when I was a kid. He had zero contingency plan for the distinct possibility of any member of the Family getting seriously hurt or killed. Also, if you want to do a Me Too episode about Bruce and Barbara please do so. There is enough ammunition with TAS/New Adventures/Batwomen/Beyond to ask some tough questions. It is obvious that by Beyond, Barbara and Bruce are not in a good place and nothing can be said or done to fully heal that wound. Terry mends the bridge but only for the sake of crime fighting pragmatism, if not she would've gone to the funeral and that's about it.

    • @jackroyaltea5034
      @jackroyaltea5034 ปีที่แล้ว

      Barbra is an adult. She can make her own choices on who she sleeps with…
      To say she can’t infantilizes women.
      Once you’re an adult you get to choose weather or not you sleep with a Batman twice your age.

    • @ScapeVEVO
      @ScapeVEVO ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruce and Barb aren't in a good place by the time Beyond starts because Barb could never get Bruce to settle down fully, and commit to living life instead of dedicating himself to being Batman. It got old, they wanted different things, and she moved on. She says this to Terry directly. I don't agree with their relationship. But Barb is not a victim, has never claimed to be, and while that relationship did put them on bad terms by Beyond, it's not for the reasons you're implying.

    • @mrrodriguezHLP
      @mrrodriguezHLP ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jackroyaltea5034 Bruce slept with his son's ex-girlfriend, who he is mentoring, who is his best friend's daughter. He's also the third or fourth most powerful person on earth depending on who you ask. Boundaries and trust were 100% broken. She doesn't have to be underage for the whole thing to be objectively wrong.

    • @garenthal9638
      @garenthal9638 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackroyaltea5034 the Batman gets whoever he wants period. So yes babs isn’t responsible

    • @fellinuxvi3541
      @fellinuxvi3541 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jackroyaltea5034 bad take, Barbara in no way stands as a normal woman, and more importantly, Bruce has more power over her than any big man in Hollywood had over any actress, stuff with Timm's fetish got really grossed and messed up. Ruined killing joke too.

  • @Carstuff111
    @Carstuff111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This episode, it was such a gut punch! I was shocked and shaking....and I do not, and did not see that as a bad thing! Because by the end of the episode, the relief of seeing her alive was mind blowing! I am SO very glad that we got shows like this when I was a kid!!!

  • @MilMo-6
    @MilMo-6 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love that this came up on my feed, glad someone else realizes what a work of art this episode is....I remember starting the episode as a kid and being like, "The cops are chasing Batman!? And Gordon knows!? What the heck is going on!?"

  • @broomhilder
    @broomhilder ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swear these past couple of months I’ve just been randomly clicking on your vids just because of the title alone. Obscure enough for me to say “hmmmmmm…I’m intrigued”
    Just subscribed 🤘🏻

  • @elleofthewilds
    @elleofthewilds ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is my new favorite rabbit hole

  • @Maikigai
    @Maikigai ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m perfectly fine with you doing nothing but DCAU stuff. I’m loving this content.

  • @jabinator2717
    @jabinator2717 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Yo man I really love your in-depth analysis videos. They make my day.
    I reckon you’ll like bojack horseman .its one of the most complex and character based piece of writing you’ll see
    Please give it a shot

  • @GregHamblin
    @GregHamblin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watched this in college. Turned it on but missed the first 5 minutes so didn't see the scarecrow setup. Made for a very shocking watch experience until the end.

  • @kdean_art1066
    @kdean_art1066 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great (as per usual)!!
    I’d genuinely love to see your take on Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated one day!

  • @Trinin
    @Trinin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was like 4 when this episode originally aired on Fox kids after school. And let me tell you, I was NOT ready for this fake out. I was terrified and in the edge of my seat the whole time.

  • @masterbetty2806
    @masterbetty2806 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found your channel recently, I love your videos & intro song👍🏾 subbed.

  • @haterade3.029
    @haterade3.029 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a great episode

  • @MarkDemeo
    @MarkDemeo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I get why the ending is done the way it is. However how cool could it have been to see a whole season of the Bat family on the run, trying to somehow get in Gordon's good graces. Talk about some dark gritty stories they could do.

  • @RejectedHeroesMedia
    @RejectedHeroesMedia ปีที่แล้ว

    this video has earned you a subscriber I can't wait to see more

  • @d-maproductions9175
    @d-maproductions9175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when i was watching the series i heard that batgirl died in an episode a while before i got up to it so for months i genuinely thought that she would die until i finally watched it

  • @gregsthrottle
    @gregsthrottle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, Over the Edge has always been one of -if not- my favorite episodes … I watched it live when it first aired, and was obviously DEVASTATED, confused, finally relieved, and ultimately incredibly moved at the ripe age of 9 years old. As a day-one Barbara stan it shaped me and touched me in ways I couldn’t even express at the time. But tell me why I STILL cried watching your video just now when you talk about how the episode ends without her being an interruption in Bruce/Dick/Commish’s story. Wow. I guess there are always tears left to shed over something as brilliant & beautiful as this^. Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @gameboy2176
    @gameboy2176 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This episode reminds me of that injustice issue where in Jim’s last moments alive he calls Batman and Barbara and has a super emotional scene

  • @jamilp2869
    @jamilp2869 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff. You're doing the lord's work.

  • @tigeroats913
    @tigeroats913 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the way u narrate

  • @RejectedHeroesMedia
    @RejectedHeroesMedia ปีที่แล้ว

    one of my favorite episodes. that raid on the Bat cave is amazing

  • @TheGr0nch
    @TheGr0nch ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is something special.

  • @thelocustgod9098
    @thelocustgod9098 ปีที่แล้ว

    God I love Batman TAS. And honestly I love this channel now.

  • @thearmchairgamer2668
    @thearmchairgamer2668 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only thing I would have changed about this episode is change Barbara's Killer from Scarecrow to the Joker as a reference to the Killing Joke minus the getting shot in the spine part and she'd become Oracle by the end of the episode

  • @jimperry6463
    @jimperry6463 ปีที่แล้ว

    That opening of the episode was fantastic.

  • @Cragmortis
    @Cragmortis ปีที่แล้ว

    This series is full of amazing stories full of real narrative. Nothing will ever touch close to this.

  • @loonytunescrazy
    @loonytunescrazy ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my fave episodes

  • @richmcgee434
    @richmcgee434 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not what I expected. Over the Edge is also a tabletop RPG from Atlas Games, and apparently the search algorithm thinks they're the same thing.

  • @pennysanchez7656
    @pennysanchez7656 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I misread the title as "Over the Hedge"...
    *BEN FOLDS SOUNDTRACK INTENSIFIES*

  • @Dixonhill36
    @Dixonhill36 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Over the Edge is definitely my FAVORITE BTAS episode. It smashes the conventional story of Batman and makes you consider what would happen if EVERYTHING WENT WRONG. I still remember watching it for the first time. Through the first half of the episode I was wondering how conventionally everything could get fixed (at least where Gordon wasn't relentlessly hunting Batman down). At about the halfway mark I realized that there wasn't going to be any resolution and that this HAD TO BE a dream sequence. But it's still an awesome episode and really makes you think.

  • @TheScrubExpress
    @TheScrubExpress ปีที่แล้ว

    My dude's been on a DCAU kick lately and I'm here for it.

  • @ADez100
    @ADez100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched this episode recently for the first time. When they actually show Barbara hit the car I genuinely jumped. It actually scared me

  • @LmtdShady
    @LmtdShady ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Weren’t never going to have a show like this ever again, are we?

  • @xlro8f853
    @xlro8f853 ปีที่แล้ว

    Something about Paper Twins as an intro hits every freaking time.

  • @GHNight
    @GHNight ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My fav episode of all time

  • @Net.NobodyStu
    @Net.NobodyStu ปีที่แล้ว

    The scarecrow’s redesign was truly terrifying

  • @madnessarcade7447
    @madnessarcade7447 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I rewatched ur AOS video recently and since then I’ve learned new information the show has actually contributed to the movies a couple of times
    Also when’s the next part

  • @DEATHxTHExKIDx1
    @DEATHxTHExKIDx1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maaaaaaan this was insane to watch as a kid.

  • @VariableZero
    @VariableZero ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember the first time I saw this episode as a kid, I would just rewind Barbara’s death scene over and over again. Watching it again just over a month ago really had me thinking “Jesus Christ” the entire way through. It’s just escalation after escalation, and you breathe a sigh of relief when in finally ends.

  • @Dr-Zoid-Berserk
    @Dr-Zoid-Berserk ปีที่แล้ว

    This caught me off guard as a kid before I learned about what if stories.

  • @TheLithp
    @TheLithp ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Dreams can't simulate things that haven't happened/you can't die in a dream" is an Old Wives Tail. You can't really "die" in the sense that you can't perceive what happens after death because, well, then you would actually be dead & likely perceive nothing, but it is entirely possible to "hit the ground." It's happened to me before. It's just that the instinctive fear response usually wakes you up before it happens. If you're wondering what it's like, I imagine not that different from what you expect. It didn't really "hurt" because you didn't actually fall, & a healthy brain has a limited ability to "imagine" pain. I basically saw myself, in the third person, bounce from the impact & become a crumpled heap. It was disturbing, but in the end, it was just a nightmare. Point being, those things you hear that "can't happen in dreams" are usually nothing more than things people repeat so often that they're taken as true when they're actually baseless.
    Now, that was my case, but dreams certainly CAN have a more profound effect on someone. In Barbara's case, she saw her worst fears realized, & it caused her to decide she needed to tell her father. In that regard, I agree with the rest of your take. The only thing I could add is that "in this case, I can't" is meant to say that Jim wanted to retain plausible deniability. As long as Barbara didn't technically tell him she was Batgirl, he could act as though there's no conflict of interest. The idea that the episode shows how important Jim is to Batman's operation, & how easily he could defeat Batman if he wanted to, is a good point that I hadn't thought of.

  • @robertrogers074
    @robertrogers074 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old wounds is my all time Batman episode.
    So relatable.

  • @kinggarou_317
    @kinggarou_317 ปีที่แล้ว

    a batman story has no business being this poetic 🥲🥲