I forgot all about condiment King. He even makes an appearance in Young Justice if only by mentioning. Beast Boy couldn't cut the mustard against him as I recall
No. I mean the condiment King. And Batman the Animated Series he was one of the judges in the comedy show that The Joker crashed. The Joker took control of his mind by using one of the Mad Hatter's ship card things and turned him into a joke of a villain called the condiment King. In Young Justice you don't see the condiment King but The Outsiders had to fight the condiment King and Beast Boy sprains his arm
When you look at the BTAS origin of Mr. Freeze, you can't help but feel sorry for him. If anything, he was the one that could have been rehabilitated if Bruce would have just bankrolled his research to cure his wife. I mean really. That should have happened.
I was still sad about how anne was gone in the end of the Batman episode. I loved how she bonded with Robin and how he did all he could to protect her.
I remember feeling sad for Robin back when that episode aired. I actually forgot about that episode along with many other episodes. Looking back at the animated series now made me appreciate and realized how great it was
That's why we love this show. It made sure to have some risk. Any character can go away and not everything works out. It is an important life lesson that seems to be missing with this new generation of bubble wrapped storytelling.
They should have found a way to save her. That was so...creepy. Just think a part of your body, like your arm, is unattached and becomes sentient where it can become a person and think for itself. Talk about body snatching!
This cartoon treated us like adults instead of kids it dealt with alot of adult themes but also hypnotize something child-like in all of us best cartoon of all-time🦇
It was was written on two levels. one for teens, and one for adults. You never picked up on the adult themes completely and when you rewatch it, you totally get it.
Yes. It brought home real life and what it was really about. No more sugar coating for us...unlike now with that hot mess they have on Adult Swim and Boomerang. Can't even watch the real Scooby Doos unless you go online to the website and pay for it by the month. Ugh! No way would we have watched Sponge Bob! They have just dumbed these kids way down!
"The big bad Bat-guy. I knew you'd ketchup to me sooner or later. How I relished this meeting. You, the dynamic Dark Knight, versus me, the conceptual Condiment King! Come, Batman. Let's see if you can cut the mustard."
Believe it or not Condiment King’s appearance in the show was a throwback to the old comics. He’s one of those forgotten villains because their design just kinda sucks nowadays lol.
My favorite character is Gray Ghost , the story of Simon feel so realistic , make me feel bad for his life. It's Sad that DC comics forgot this great character. I think he died with the series. Rest in peace Adam West , a hero who never died
wasn't there a tribute to him in JLU epilogue whereby terry and his parents was watching his movie and phantasm was tasked to kill them to create a new batman by giving terry his tragedy
@@s4xtt the one ep where Inque gets into the Batcave, Bruce throws on the Gray Ghost hat and goggles to hit her with the Freeze Ray while maintaining his secret identity
@@s4xtt it did show that Terry was at the theater for a grey ghost movie, but I wouldn't call it a tribute seeing as Adam West was still alive at that point
@@LegoReader12345hello It is really good and a great character, also Mark Hamill at his best for Joker. Although this video ruined a big part of the movie for you....
Whoa. This is crazy. I was just thinking about this today. About how a part of Batman TAS's greatness was not limiting itself solely to comics or source material and actually creating their own original characters and succeeding greatly. Some of these characters were really good. Tyger was probably my favorite original character. There were alot of originals Harley ( most notable character created for the show. resonated so well that she ended up in the comics and a house hold name and a face that's everywhere you turn) Red Claw The Invisible guy was original I think. The Ninja(very generic design wise and name wise but had a good backstory and rivalry with Bruce)
I was in my twenties then and he scared me, too! He really creeped me out. No super powers but knew how to use fear well. He even made Scarface scared and the rest of the inmates. And some of them put a lot of fear into a lot of people.
@@lynjs Yeah at the start of the episode when Batman and Robin are returning Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow to Arkham the villain goes "You got to believe me I wasn't escaping to cause trouble honest I was escaping to get away from him. I mean I'm scared senseless of him me the master of fear scared of of an ordinary guard. So I'm begging you take me to another prison I'll stay just don't take me back to him." That's saying something when Lock-Up a villain with no powers was able to scare the crap out of Scarecrow the villain whose whole thing was being the master of fear and terror.
@@derrickhaggard When you have scared Scarecrow, you're good. He can put the fear of all you hold dear in your head! Lock-up is unpredictable. You can't gauge him. There is no telling what he'll do. Almost like Harvey Dent and that darn coin.
Yeah, she was really awesome, especially with Poison Ivy. It was an exploration on how a clean pressed highly intelligent woman throws her life away to be in an abusive relationship. For many kids growing up around that, that kind of character was intriguing.
Waaay better and even more enjoyable and complex as the original version. So what if she was technically a “sidekick” to Joker. Even then, she came across as a main character. It didn’t take away from her.
I'll add to this blessed thread, it's nice to see people that know she originated from the show and not "the comics" which had no idea what to do with her aside from weird fetish ideas The new Harley Quinn solo show is probably the strongest I've seen Harley written since she was born imo Animated Harley is best Harley
I really love the 40s aesthetic the cartoon has because it pays homage to the era Batman was created and the pulpish noir crime drama vibes are incredibly fitting for the character and Gotham. Also love how Timm took inspiration of the style from the Max Fleishcher's superman cartoons for this show since he loved it. But it's very fitting for Batman and Superman that 40s cartoon vibe.
Batman The Animated Series is a great series! It has that neo noir style and the artstyle is good. I'm glad that I already subscribed to this channel because I'm a huge comic book fan.
What was that new Harley Quinn that they showed with the mohawk and everything? I mean, I've started watching BTAS thanks to this, and I've seen old Harley in comparison to new Harley,. It's not even close. BTAS Harley all the way. I'm 100% sure DC could have made her break up with Joker while still keeping her soul and what makes her special in tact. But whetever
I agree. I love the old Harley and the the new one. Yea I get that they didn’t want her to to look like she was only reliant on the Joker, etc, but that’s what gave her charm. She had plenty of escapades without Joker and was still amazing in the show. Like the new Lara Croft, Harley Quinn doesn’t resemble herself anymore.
I almost thought you weren't going to mention Adam West when talking about grey ghost (which would have been a crime), and even when you did mention him it was only to say that he voiced the character. The Grey Ghost IS Adam West Grey Ghost was the story of an actor(Adam West) who played an iconic character, and though the actor could never get free of his old role he inspired new generations That entire episode and that entire character was dedicated to Adam West who many remember as THE Batman
Growing Pains was such am amazing episode An interesting character for me was Paige Monroe I don't know how original she was given that there was a Calendar Man in The Long Halloween.. But I thought she was a pretty cool character in the 4th season
I don´t like the newer version of Harley Quinn at all, so tired that they so damn often tries to make female supervillains into heroes nowadays. I want the old Harley back, the way the was in The Animated Series.
I like her in Harley Quinn. It gives her character progression that we rarely saw in the animated shows outside the one episode where she is on parole and just trying to live her life. She's no longer this head over heals twisted person that bends to Joker's will. She starts to remember who she was before him and meshes both parts of herself.
I don't like this new Harley either. I call her Streetwalker Harley because that is what she looks like. The Original Harley had depth. You didn't know if you were going to get a simple pie in your face or a pie with acid in the face. Everyone saw her as harmless. They often underestimated her. World's Finest when she and Mercy Graves were fighting while Lex and Mr. J were talking that was classic. Bruce Timm and his crew knew how to do those animated shows well.
The new Harley Quinn also, mostly thanks to suicide squad, has made some fan girls think of Harley and Joker as a happy, functional couple which, of course is completely the opposite. I think the abusive relationship between them has been severely downplayed in later years, even though that's what makes Harley a much more sympathetic villain than the rest of the rouges gallery. At best Harley should be in a relationship with Ivy with Joker constantly trying to kill her for leaving him
@@wilhelmtheconquerer6214 I've never liked the thing about Poison Ivy falling in love with Harley. We're talking about a supervillain who wants to take the brunt of all of humanity (why would she care about a mentally unstable girl with a fetish for a specific green-haired clown in a purple suit). That Harley and Poison Ivy would be a cute love couple just feels like a tiring way to satisfy snowflakes who do not even read the comics as well as teenage boys who just want masturbation substitutes.
Thank you for uploading this on my Birthday! I love Batman and BTAS!! I also got the complete series of Batman Beyond on Blu-Ray today as a gift! So much Batman in one day lol.
What is actually interesting is how television developed the character of the Riddler. Originally, he was little more than a poor man's version of the Joker, and then we got Frank Gorshin's parody of Kirk Douglas in the 60s TV series, which marked his personality for the next 20 years. But when the Bat Villains got more nasty in the 80s, the Riddler got left behind. No one seemed to know what to do with him until the animated series recreated him in the episode "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich," which turned him into the guy who has to be the smartest man in the room and needs to prove it every time. That gave him an edge he never really had, and the additional virtual reality interests they added in later episodes established him as a true villain in his own right. If it wasn't for the TV shows, Riddler would have been abandoned years ago.
THANK YOU! I am 42 years old and still remember the line of "if you are so smart, why aren't you rich?" line. That is a very powerful commentary on society. The whole concept that you can be smart or hardworking and end up valued less than other people because they know the right people. He to me really was very similar to the Joker. While the Joker is an agent of Chaos trying to break society free in his own messed up way, The Riddler was trying to prove to the world that intellect should be respected rather than many mindless things we worship.
Out of all of the Comic related channels, I enjoy yours the most!! I was wondering what kind of lav mic do you use, your sound is always so good and pleasing. What is your audio set-up like?
I personally think Andrea Beaumont/The Phastasm is a pretty great character and underrated, I just wish she would appear in more Batman related media often. Plus she’s also a far better love interest for Batman than Cat Woman and Talia.
I was gonna be mad if you didn't say "Mr. Freeze" as, even though he wasn't actually INVENTED in the series, his character as we know it now was. But you're right, Nora is the reason he's that way now.
Fantastic list as always! I also agree with your number one as Arleen Sorkins is Harley Quinn! Heck, if you were being babysat like me back in the day, you knew Arlene from soap operas such as 'Days of our Lives' and more! Her acting was known remembered all too well with us and knew that Harley is just another extension of her characters! I just think it's so cool and funny that Paul dini grabbed a good friend of his and literally turned her into a icon we all love today!
Great video! I just wanted to say that Nora _is_ alive in BTAS. She even gets revived later on and goes on to get remarried off-screen! Edit: 7:09 I thought the New 52 started in 2011?
JLU comes in ahead of ATLA. Great character interactions, great stories and themes, and brought lots of less-known heroes into the limelight. If you picked the top animated show solely based on dialogue, JLU wins hands-down.
I am a huge batman fan and I always say I have an "almost encyclopedia knowledge of him but not quite" learning Renée Montoya first appearance was BTAS proves i still gotta learn
Phantasm should have been number one. Quick mention in a letter in batman video game. I believe it was Arkham city or origin? She is also making her way into batman and catwoman life with the mini series coming out this year. But also Harvey's dents third persona the judge was a good one too.
Not only does the cast of BTAS voice all their characters in the arkham series but also the grey ghost poster is plastered all over panessa studios in knight. Now i really get why its such a beloved series.
I can't get over the fact that Renee Montoya was created on the show. I thought she was a classic character. Now why, havn't she and Bullock worked together on the big screen?
That episode with Anne... I still remember it to this day. it starts off being a great spinoff episode for Tim Drake with the final twisted-end reveal being movie worthy.
what ever happened to the old intro where you would say "welcome to variant comics, where we love comics more than..." you should bring that intro back, arris :D
I am all for updates, you don't want to end up repeating your self like Jimmy fucking Fallon all the time, I think he is actually a living episode of black mirror lol
I remember Annie, that episode broke my heart as a kid and left me depressed for the rest of the week. I really miss writing like this in animated shows.th-cam.com/video/SoqhDHte1Y8/w-d-xo.html
I'll never understand why people just want Harley to stay in the old position forever. She's one of the few comic characters that has actually been allowed to actively evolve.
@@thegillmanedits Harleens character was tragic and therefore perfect. It is tragic that she would always go back to Joker. Tragedy is sad, infuriating, comedic, conflicting, engaging and entertaining. All that is degraded with what they have been trying to recently do with her: this is of course my own personal opinion.
@@FoolishPrince Her always going back is tragic and sad, you're right, but you can only do it so many times before everyone gets tired of it. Before she stopped going back to Joker, she wasn't viewed as this sad and tragic character like she used to be, she was viewed as annoying. Her character was stuck in a never ending cycle and people got bored of it.
I don't like the modern day harley, she is very similar to deadpool. I prefer the batman animated series version or the batman arkham games. I feel like people tend to forget about her origin story and who she was originally.
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Original Harley to me is more deadly than the now Streetwalker Harley as I call her. No one would give her a second thought until they felt that mallet. Love the Original Harley from BTAS!
Bullock is one of my favorite Batman characters EVER because of this show. I feel he had one of the best arcs in the show, starting off reluctantly working with Batman & concluding whilst not liking him, trusting him.
Whenever I hear, "Batman: The Animated Series." I think of "The Batman" Kids WB version from 2005. Why does nobody ever talk about that show? I LOOOOVED it. Dreadlock monkey looking Joker was so crazy. Lol
Just watched the mask of the phantasm couple nights ago on Netflix and holy shit it was amazing!! Def in the top two best Batman movies ever. Now i gotta watch the animated series lol
What's I liked about Mr Freeze in the animated series was how tragic his motivations were. Although a villain, I believe he and Batman had a mutual respect for each other but also knew mutually that an alliance was truly impossible.
You should have checked out the IDW BtAS board game when it was on Kickstarter a little while ago. Should be for sale at retail, but the KS pledge let you get pretty much all of these characters as playable minis.
Listen here I would've took Me Freeze's wife? Toss her into the Lazarus pits.Then we have one villain less .No wonder Rah Zal Guh & Mr Freeze never met DC never had that encounter.Be safe be blessed take care everyone.
They did that in the comics, look up Lazara. It didn't end well. In fact, reviving Nora outside TAS continuity always seems to come with some dopey edgelord writer making her a villain. They did it again recently, now she's just Mr. Freeze with boobs.
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A good mention was the movie base of the show, Batman mystery of batwoman. Had a grey bat woman wearing a pink bat symbol. I really the idea and costume. Funny there wasn’t one bat woman hint if no one see the movie.
Would've loved to see Kyodai Ken from the night of ninja episode and also day of the samurai episode on this list. Imo the character had potential. When the Batman Arkham Knight game was released I was so hoping the Arkham Knight was Kyodai Ken(though the Arkham Knight's identity was so predictable) Good list though
Renee Montoya first appeared in Pretty Poison, but actually debuted in comics first as comics take less time to produce than episodes do. However she wasn’t named until the episode P.O.V. in which herself, a rookie, and Harvey Bullock had tell a police lieutenant their sides of why a bust went wrong. That show really created a lot of great characters.
I’m pretty sure the design of the Karl Rossum character who created HARDAC was based on William Sanderson who voiced the role. He played a similar role in Blade Runner as JF Sebastian.
So happy baby doll finally gets a recognition by a TH-camr. She’s just a great and original villain, and ‘Baby doll’ is one of my favorite BTAS episodes. I’m alaways dissapointed that this episode doesn’t appear in any of the ‘Top 10 BTAS’ lists
Honorable mentions to Calendar Girl from the episode Mean Seasons. Yes, she's a variant of Calendar Man but her one episode appearance made her an interesting character that was distinct from Calendar Man, especially when it was revealed how psychologically damaged she is.
Honorable mention “the judge” the third personality of Harvey Dent
@TREE HOUSE there's an executioner character in Batman's rogue gallery. Him and the judge should work together if they ever bring the Judge back.
TWO FACE WAS AN ALLEGORY FOE THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE ATTORNEY
Hell yeah!
I forgot all about condiment King. He even makes an appearance in Young Justice if only by mentioning. Beast Boy couldn't cut the mustard against him as I recall
No. I mean the condiment King. And Batman the Animated Series he was one of the judges in the comedy show that The Joker crashed. The Joker took control of his mind by using one of the Mad Hatter's ship card things and turned him into a joke of a villain called the condiment King. In Young Justice you don't see the condiment King but The Outsiders had to fight the condiment King and Beast Boy sprains his arm
You missed the condiment King. Arguably one of the most dangerous Batman foes of all time.
Yeah, if u hate or are allergic to what he offers
@LegoReader12345 hello are you disrespecting the Prince of Pickles?
Literally the most iconic villan
Most people (especially casual watchers of the Lego Batman movie) would think I was joking, but a villain this great actually exists!
@@lucinae8512, *except
Besides Harley Quinn, I never realized how many characters originated on BTAS.
8:19 In "Batman Beyond's" third episode, "Black Out," Bruce uses the Gray Ghost's suit to disguise himself in battle against Inque.
I had totally forgotten about i! Great nod by the Batman Beyond people.
I believe there’s a gray ghost poster in the Batman Arkham knight game too
I mean they practically made mr freeze
Real talk, when he said they created that origin. That slapped me in the face. And I’m a comic fan, like a lot. I’ve always only known that origin.
When you look at the BTAS origin of Mr. Freeze, you can't help but feel sorry for him. If anything, he was the one that could have been rehabilitated if Bruce would have just bankrolled his research to cure his wife. I mean really. That should have happened.
Lewis, that’s true I was shocked when I figured it out from a few years ago.
lynjs yeah
Ah no.
I was still sad about how anne was gone in the end of the Batman episode. I loved how she bonded with Robin and how he did all he could to protect her.
I wish it ended differently or made a sequel
Probably one of the best episodes of the series. It was such a great twist.
I remember feeling sad for Robin back when that episode aired. I actually forgot about that episode along with many other episodes. Looking back at the animated series now made me appreciate and realized how great it was
That's why we love this show. It made sure to have some risk. Any character can go away and not everything works out. It is an important life lesson that seems to be missing with this new generation of bubble wrapped storytelling.
They should have found a way to save her. That was so...creepy. Just think a part of your body, like your arm, is unattached and becomes sentient where it can become a person and think for itself. Talk about body snatching!
This cartoon treated us like adults instead of kids it dealt with alot of adult themes but also hypnotize something child-like in all of us best cartoon of all-time🦇
It sure did! I feel as if it's still treated us a bit hard even now.
It was was written on two levels. one for teens, and one for adults. You never picked up on the adult themes completely and when you rewatch it, you totally get it.
Yes. It brought home real life and what it was really about. No more sugar coating for us...unlike now with that hot mess they have on Adult Swim and Boomerang. Can't even watch the real Scooby Doos unless you go online to the website and pay for it by the month. Ugh!
No way would we have watched Sponge Bob! They have just dumbed these kids way down!
@Enoch Duah they do constantly. You just can't pick up on it aperantly.
Hands down my favorite show to watch after school. I think I’ve seen every TV episode
Phantasm is an extremely underrated character
Nah
Terrifying
She’s got her own movie
one of the most underrated batman's lover
@@kriscurkovic9265 Agreed
Condiment King didn’t make this list? I’m disappointed...
No enough sauce material
I wish he was a recurring character.
"The big bad Bat-guy. I knew you'd ketchup to me sooner or later. How I relished this meeting. You, the dynamic Dark Knight, versus me, the conceptual Condiment King! Come, Batman. Let's see if you can cut the mustard."
Would’ve been better to have him instead of babydoll
Believe it or not Condiment King’s appearance in the show was a throwback to the old comics. He’s one of those forgotten villains because their design just kinda sucks nowadays lol.
These creators are so good at making these characters.
So true
Warm Lillie Paul Dini was great!
@@DIANAS5657 thank you
My favorite was the Clock King. It was my favorite episode as a kid and it is one that stands out to my now whenever I think of the animated series.
He originated in the comics though. Originally a Green Arrow villain. But one of my favourite episodes too.
Brendan Quinn interesting
Yeah like his whole bussiness, money and all vent to hell, due to fact that solely someone told him to take it easy.
Came to the comments to say this exact thing!
Annie was and is one of the most incredible character ideas ever. Definitely one of the darkest episodes on NBA
Facts, we used to joke about her technically being a grown man kissing robin😂, however it was a brilliant kharacter idea and execution
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Annie makes me very uncomfortable
@Pierre Buie II But she isn't a robot...
My favorite character is Gray Ghost , the story of Simon feel so realistic , make me feel bad for his life.
It's Sad that DC comics forgot this great character. I think he died with the series.
Rest in peace Adam West , a hero who never died
wasn't there a tribute to him in JLU epilogue whereby terry and his parents was watching his movie and phantasm was tasked to kill them to create a new batman by giving terry his tragedy
@@s4xtt the one ep where Inque gets into the Batcave, Bruce throws on the Gray Ghost hat and goggles to hit her with the Freeze Ray while maintaining his secret identity
@@s4xtt it did show that Terry was at the theater for a grey ghost movie, but I wouldn't call it a tribute seeing as Adam West was still alive at that point
A few years ago Batman: The Animated Series was ranked the 2nd best cartoon of all time (behind only The Simpsons). Pretty cool, and well deserved
By who ?
I mean I agree of course, but I'm just curious
Daniel Fleming im gonna say ign I feel like I saw that somewhere.
@@amateurcinematics IGN.com and Wizard Magazine
It should be number one. The Simpsons died for most of us around Season 10. Both BTAS and TNBA knew when to bow out.
Just too bad Wonder Woman, Daredevil, Moon Knight,Ghost Rider And The Flash(Barry Allen) never got animated series in the 90s!
Ghost and DD were in the hulk and spiderman if you wanna see some 90s versions
yeah flash would’ve been cool but they would’ve had to kill him off in the last episode if they wanted to make Justice leaugue work out
Ghost Rider and Moon Knight's shows could have been like the Spawn 90s show.
Better yet, at all!
DareDevil was on Spider-Man the Animated series brotha! You should check it out!
I was on Netflix yesterday and Mask of the Phantasm popped up and I hit play without even thinking about it.
I never seen it before, I will watch it for the first time
Is it that good?
The musical score alone is worth a watch
@@LegoReader12345hello
It is really good and a great character,
also Mark Hamill at his best for Joker.
Although this video ruined a big part of the movie for you....
they have it on Netflix now?
Whoa. This is crazy. I was just thinking about this today. About how a part of Batman TAS's greatness was not limiting itself solely to comics or source material and actually creating their own original characters and succeeding greatly. Some of these characters were really good. Tyger was probably my favorite original character. There were alot of originals
Harley ( most notable character created for the show. resonated so well that she ended up in the comics and a house hold name and a face that's everywhere you turn)
Red Claw
The Invisible guy was original I think.
The Ninja(very generic design wise and name wise but had a good backstory and rivalry with Bruce)
The show was kinda based off of the Tim Burton films but ended up being so much better.
Lock-Up was a villain who scared me as a kid due to how realistic he was.
I was in my twenties then and he scared me, too! He really creeped me out. No super powers but knew how to use fear well. He even made Scarface scared and the rest of the inmates. And some of them put a lot of fear into a lot of people.
@@lynjs Yeah at the start of the episode when Batman and Robin are returning Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow to Arkham the villain goes "You got to believe me I wasn't escaping to cause trouble honest I was escaping to get away from him. I mean I'm scared senseless of him me the master of fear scared of of an ordinary guard. So I'm begging you take me to another prison I'll stay just don't take me back to him." That's saying something when Lock-Up a villain with no powers was able to scare the crap out of Scarecrow the villain whose whole thing was being the master of fear and terror.
@@derrickhaggard When you have scared Scarecrow, you're good. He can put the fear of all you hold dear in your head! Lock-up is unpredictable. You can't gauge him. There is no telling what he'll do. Almost like Harvey Dent and that darn coin.
@@lynjs Agreed.
He reminded me of the Punisher.
I’m glad someone else doesn’t like the new versions of Harley. OG Harley is best.
Yeah, she was really awesome, especially with Poison Ivy. It was an exploration on how a clean pressed highly intelligent woman throws her life away to be in an abusive relationship. For many kids growing up around that, that kind of character was intriguing.
Waaay better and even more enjoyable and complex as the original version. So what if she was technically a “sidekick” to Joker. Even then, she came across as a main character. It didn’t take away from her.
I'll add to this blessed thread, it's nice to see people that know she originated from the show and not "the comics" which had no idea what to do with her aside from weird fetish ideas
The new Harley Quinn solo show is probably the strongest I've seen Harley written since she was born imo
Animated Harley is best Harley
I liked old harley, new Harley is still cool but i prefer old Harley
Thank You
I really love the 40s aesthetic the cartoon has because it pays homage to the era Batman was created and the pulpish noir crime drama vibes are incredibly fitting for the character and Gotham. Also love how Timm took inspiration of the style from the Max Fleishcher's superman cartoons for this show since he loved it. But it's very fitting for Batman and Superman that 40s cartoon vibe.
Yeah really love the timeless, classic style. They even had a name for the art design.. 'Dark Deco'
I really like the Judge, a 3rd personality in Two Face whos mission is to take down Two Face
I'm a simple man. I see Batman: The Animated Series, I click.
I see these unoriginal comments I cringe
@@Lite727 I see people who complain that a comment is "unoriginal" (Even though it's not) I facepalm.
@@TBaker_HighlineDesigns yes they are because every one says this and its fucking annoying
@@TBaker_HighlineDesigns Its a stupid meme and its cringey and old.
😂😂😂
Adam West voicing Gray Ghost was perfect
"Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
The ending of that episode was perfect and poetic.
Warner Bro's: This guy will only appear once. Don't work too much on him
Bruce Timm and Paul Dini:
Batman The Animated Series is a great series! It has that neo noir style and the artstyle is good.
I'm glad that I already subscribed to this channel because I'm a huge comic book fan.
What was that new Harley Quinn that they showed with the mohawk and everything? I mean, I've started watching BTAS thanks to this, and I've seen old Harley in comparison to new Harley,. It's not even close. BTAS Harley all the way. I'm 100% sure DC could have made her break up with Joker while still keeping her soul and what makes her special in tact. But whetever
I agree. I love the old Harley and the the new one. Yea I get that they didn’t want her to to look like she was only reliant on the Joker, etc, but that’s what gave her charm. She had plenty of escapades without Joker and was still amazing in the show. Like the new Lara Croft, Harley Quinn doesn’t resemble herself anymore.
I almost thought you weren't going to mention Adam West when talking about grey ghost (which would have been a crime), and even when you did mention him it was only to say that he voiced the character.
The Grey Ghost IS Adam West
Grey Ghost was the story of an actor(Adam West) who played an iconic character, and though the actor could never get free of his old role he inspired new generations
That entire episode and that entire character was dedicated to Adam West who many remember as THE Batman
Growing Pains was such am amazing episode
An interesting character for me was Paige Monroe
I don't know how original she was given that there was a Calendar Man in The Long Halloween.. But I thought she was a pretty cool character in the 4th season
I don´t like the newer version of Harley Quinn at all, so tired that they so damn often tries to make female supervillains into heroes nowadays.
I want the old Harley back, the way the was in The Animated Series.
I like her in Harley Quinn. It gives her character progression that we rarely saw in the animated shows outside the one episode where she is on parole and just trying to live her life. She's no longer this head over heals twisted person that bends to Joker's will. She starts to remember who she was before him and meshes both parts of herself.
I don't like this new Harley either. I call her Streetwalker Harley because that is what she looks like. The Original Harley had depth. You didn't know if you were going to get a simple pie in your face or a pie with acid in the face. Everyone saw her as harmless. They often underestimated her. World's Finest when she and Mercy Graves were fighting while Lex and Mr. J were talking that was classic. Bruce Timm and his crew knew how to do those animated shows well.
Jared Shaw yeah
The new Harley Quinn also, mostly thanks to suicide squad, has made some fan girls think of Harley and Joker as a happy, functional couple which, of course is completely the opposite. I think the abusive relationship between them has been severely downplayed in later years, even though that's what makes Harley a much more sympathetic villain than the rest of the rouges gallery. At best Harley should be in a relationship with Ivy with Joker constantly trying to kill her for leaving him
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I've never liked the thing about Poison Ivy falling in love with Harley. We're talking about a supervillain who wants to take the brunt of all of humanity (why would she care about a mentally unstable girl with a fetish for a specific green-haired clown in a purple suit).
That Harley and Poison Ivy would be a cute love couple just feels like a tiring way to satisfy snowflakes who do not even read the comics as well as teenage boys who just want masturbation substitutes.
Thank you for uploading this on my Birthday! I love Batman and BTAS!! I also got the complete series of Batman Beyond on Blu-Ray today as a gift! So much Batman in one day lol.
Abput The Grey Ghost episode, when Bruce is getting the autograph, you can see the shadow of bat ears.
2:27
No shit... It was the first episode that EVERY character in that episode debuted in Batman the Animated Series.
It's amazing how all this stuff comes from a kid's cartoon.
I've never really seen the show as a kids cartoon but I can see what you're saying.
Her new animated series was nice tho
It's a kids cartoon??
@theQUEST ok but this show was directed towards kids
@theQUEST I never said this was for adults in the first place.
What is actually interesting is how television developed the character of the Riddler. Originally, he was little more than a poor man's version of the Joker, and then we got Frank Gorshin's parody of Kirk Douglas in the 60s TV series, which marked his personality for the next 20 years.
But when the Bat Villains got more nasty in the 80s, the Riddler got left behind. No one seemed to know what to do with him until the animated series recreated him in the episode "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich," which turned him into the guy who has to be the smartest man in the room and needs to prove it every time. That gave him an edge he never really had, and the additional virtual reality interests they added in later episodes established him as a true villain in his own right.
If it wasn't for the TV shows, Riddler would have been abandoned years ago.
THANK YOU! I am 42 years old and still remember the line of "if you are so smart, why aren't you rich?" line. That is a very powerful commentary on society. The whole concept that you can be smart or hardworking and end up valued less than other people because they know the right people. He to me really was very similar to the Joker. While the Joker is an agent of Chaos trying to break society free in his own messed up way, The Riddler was trying to prove to the world that intellect should be respected rather than many mindless things we worship.
Why haven’t clay face been in a live action Batman movie yet easy slam dunk 🤦🏽♂️
He's a plot twist waiting to happen
That would be a lotta cgi
Carlos Santana must be like cmon lol
@@TheCalcMan or they could have that with a little bit of practical
They could make him using stop motion to really get across the feeling that he’s living clay
Out of all of the Comic related channels, I enjoy yours the most!! I was wondering what kind of lav mic do you use, your sound is always so good and pleasing. What is your audio set-up like?
Credit to Raf Grassetti for the thumbnail art. He did a whole series of BTAS renders on his Insta and they're all incredible
I was looking for this.
Was wondering why he didn't credit him for it.
Harley has to be 1. Clock King and Lock Up were awesome. But thank God for Nora Fries, without her we don't have the Mr Freeze we know and love today!
There was a character called “The Phantasm” in a few Teen Titan comic books.
I personally think Andrea Beaumont/The Phastasm is a pretty great character and underrated, I just wish she would appear in more Batman related media often. Plus she’s also a far better love interest for Batman than Cat Woman and Talia.
Why Not Andrea vs Selina vs Talia?
I was gonna be mad if you didn't say "Mr. Freeze" as, even though he wasn't actually INVENTED in the series, his character as we know it now was. But you're right, Nora is the reason he's that way now.
Red Claw was voiced by Kate Mulgrew who played Captain Janeway on Star Trek Voyager. I wish Red Claw made more appearances in the DCAU.
Anne in Growing Pains was so sad and disturbing watching it when I was younger, hell it still is now.
Fantastic list as always! I also agree with your number one as Arleen Sorkins is Harley Quinn! Heck, if you were being babysat like me back in the day, you knew Arlene from soap operas such as 'Days of our Lives' and more! Her acting was known remembered all too well with us and knew that Harley is just another extension of her characters! I just think it's so cool and funny that Paul dini grabbed a good friend of his and literally turned her into a icon we all love today!
It’s so crazy to see how big of an actor and Gina Carano is come after being one of the best mma fighters (Till cyborg smashed her like everyone else)
Great video! I just wanted to say that Nora _is_ alive in BTAS. She even gets revived later on and goes on to get remarried off-screen!
Edit: 7:09 I thought the New 52 started in 2011?
BTAS and ATLA are the two best cartoons shows of all time change my mind
JLU comes in ahead of ATLA. Great character interactions, great stories and themes, and brought lots of less-known heroes into the limelight. If you picked the top animated show solely based on dialogue, JLU wins hands-down.
I am a huge batman fan and I always say I have an "almost encyclopedia knowledge of him but not quite" learning Renée Montoya first appearance was BTAS proves i still gotta learn
Wasn’t Montoya one of the detectives in the Dark Knight?
@@lewis3853 her name was "ramirez" in the dark knight
Red claw is Nyssa raatko?
Yes?
Phantasm should have been number one. Quick mention in a letter in batman video game. I believe it was Arkham city or origin? She is also making her way into batman and catwoman life with the mini series coming out this year.
But also Harvey's dents third persona the judge was a good one too.
The diversity in Batman villains really is breathtaking.
Real diversity. No just token stuff but actual diversity of thought and motives and individuality.
@@SSingh-nr8qz agreed.
@@SSingh-nr8qz yes, mostly white. Very diverse
Jasper Scargost Why do you have to bring up race into everything?
Not only does the cast of BTAS voice all their characters in the arkham series but also the grey ghost poster is plastered all over panessa studios in knight. Now i really get why its such a beloved series.
Also i can’t get my head around the fact BTAS created harley quinn
I can't get over the fact that Renee Montoya was created on the show. I thought she was a classic character. Now why, havn't she and Bullock worked together on the big screen?
My gf and I own Mask of the Phantasm. We love that movie! And are currently watching it with our 2 year old!
Such awesome show, I still get goosebumps talking about today.
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My favorite character that was created from the animated series was Harley Quinn.
I think it's the greatest supervillain orgin of all time.
Who?
I had no idea Lockup was a Batman TAS creation, he was later used in No man's land quite well and.as a villain to Tim Drake prior to that.
I wish they would have done more with H.A.R.D.A.C. and Red Claw.
That episode with Anne... I still remember it to this day. it starts off being a great spinoff episode for Tim Drake with the final twisted-end reveal being movie worthy.
what ever happened to the old intro where you would say "welcome to variant comics, where we love comics more than..." you should bring that intro back, arris :D
I am all for updates, you don't want to end up repeating your self like Jimmy fucking Fallon all the time, I think he is actually a living episode of black mirror lol
Ye
Raf Grassetti's drawings and renditions of these characters (2 are in the cover art) are fantastic
Can you do History of Bat_Wing, Damian Wayne, Flame Bird, Batwoman, Azrael, Stephanie Brown and Carrie Kelly?
Finally Flamebird's getting some attention
They should make a new Batman spinoff movie called baby doll starring Kiruna Stamell
I remember Annie, that episode broke my heart as a kid and left me depressed for the rest of the week.
I really miss writing like this in animated shows.th-cam.com/video/SoqhDHte1Y8/w-d-xo.html
Excellent list. Phantasm, Lock-Up, and the Bat-Duplicate are some of my favorites. The list is missing an important character though, Kyodai Ken!
Sadly Harley has downgraded as a character, at least for me.
Still the only character to out smart and almost kill batman b 4 the joker bungled it
I'll never understand why people just want Harley to stay in the old position forever. She's one of the few comic characters that has actually been allowed to actively evolve.
@@thegillmanedits Harleens character was tragic and therefore perfect. It is tragic that she would always go back to Joker.
Tragedy is sad, infuriating, comedic, conflicting, engaging and entertaining.
All that is degraded with what they have been trying to recently do with her: this is of course my own personal opinion.
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Her always going back is tragic and sad, you're right, but you can only do it so many times before everyone gets tired of it. Before she stopped going back to Joker, she wasn't viewed as this sad and tragic character like she used to be, she was viewed as annoying. Her character was stuck in a never ending cycle and people got bored of it.
Agree. I wish classic Harley was more relevant. Don't like her as a 'hero' at all
I still feel that episode with Annie. That stuff rocked me as a kid. Now that I'm an adult, i feel it and marvel at how well it was done
I don't like the modern day harley, she is very similar to deadpool. I prefer the batman animated series version or the batman arkham games. I feel like people tend to forget about her origin story and who she was originally.
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We need more Annie in DC comics and animated movies or shows.
Original Harley to me is more deadly than the now Streetwalker Harley as I call her. No one would give her a second thought until they felt that mallet. Love the Original Harley from BTAS!
Grey Ghost is to Batman as Batman to us
Hmm... I hope that I become batgirl. Lol
Montoya has always been a character in the Batman Mythos, Year one includes mentions of her, and a bulletin with her name.
Batman is a goat but my personal favorite is “The Flash”
Nah boo I gots to disagree
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Robii J.R. Who’s yours?!
I agree my favorite super hero was always the flash as a kid I remember reading all the flash comics back in the day.
For me its top 5 in DC is
1. Batman
2. Flash
3. Green Lantern
4. Superman
5. Nightwing
Bullock is one of my favorite Batman characters EVER because of this show. I feel he had one of the best arcs in the show, starting off reluctantly working with Batman & concluding whilst not liking him, trusting him.
Whenever I hear, "Batman: The Animated Series." I think of "The Batman" Kids WB version from 2005. Why does nobody ever talk about that show? I LOOOOVED it.
Dreadlock monkey looking Joker was so crazy. Lol
I saw a few episodes and I enjoyed it. Not as much BTAS.
@Marko Botic Thank you!!!
@@calebgroves6526 I gotta check that show out myself.
Lock Up was featured in an earlier episode as Lyle Bolton before he became Lock Up. It was either Christmas With The Joker or Joker's Wild
Just watched the mask of the phantasm couple nights ago on Netflix and holy shit it was amazing!! Def in the top two best Batman movies ever. Now i gotta watch the animated series lol
I didn't know it was on Netflix until I saw your comment.
Thank you! My life is complete.
Cool man thanks for letting us know, it sounds awesome to watch.
@@josephlowry4320 I've watched it now and it's soooo good!!!! You have to check it out!
What's I liked about Mr Freeze in the animated series was how tragic his motivations were. Although a villain, I believe he and Batman had a mutual respect for each other but also knew mutually that an alliance was truly impossible.
The Harley Quinn TV SHOW is hilarious
Nobody is aware how BRILLIANT it is.
It's gone COMPLETELY under the rador
You should have checked out the IDW BtAS board game when it was on Kickstarter a little while ago. Should be for sale at retail, but the KS pledge let you get pretty much all of these characters as playable minis.
Did anyone realise that whoever "viewed" this vid couldn't have watched the whole vid
🤔why’s that
Earlier releases, that only financial supporters can watch for a few days. IDK. Probably BotBoosting.
That episode with Anne was soul-crushing
Batman TAS > all marvel animation
🤦♂️
There are many good animated series in both DC and Marvel
Spectacular Spider-Man >>
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited as well.
100%
Variant is really helping me cope with quarantine
I’m supersede the Mask of Phantom hasn’t been added into continuity
Roxy Rocket!
I thought Harley quinn’s debut was “Mad love”
No, that had flashbacks of her origin.
No, that was her Orgin story
Batman is and will always be the greatest dc character ever
Listen here I would've took Me Freeze's wife? Toss her into the Lazarus pits.Then we have one villain less .No wonder Rah Zal Guh & Mr Freeze never met DC never had that encounter.Be safe be blessed take care everyone.
What?
They did that in the comics, look up Lazara. It didn't end well. In fact, reviving Nora outside TAS continuity always seems to come with some dopey edgelord writer making her a villain. They did it again recently, now she's just Mr. Freeze with boobs.
Ra's Al Ghul
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Finally!!! this felt like the old variant comics have returned at last
A good mention was the movie base of the show, Batman mystery of batwoman. Had a grey bat woman wearing a pink bat symbol. I really the idea and costume. Funny there wasn’t one bat woman hint if no one see the movie.
Would've loved to see Kyodai Ken from the night of ninja episode and also day of the samurai episode on this list. Imo the character had potential. When the Batman Arkham Knight game was released I was so hoping the Arkham Knight was Kyodai Ken(though the Arkham Knight's identity was so predictable)
Good list though
Renee Montoya first appeared in Pretty Poison, but actually debuted in comics first as comics take less time to produce than episodes do. However she wasn’t named until the episode P.O.V. in which herself, a rookie, and Harvey Bullock had tell a police lieutenant their sides of why a bust went wrong. That show really created a lot of great characters.
I’m pretty sure the design of the Karl Rossum character who created HARDAC was based on William Sanderson who voiced the role. He played a similar role in Blade Runner as JF Sebastian.
So happy baby doll finally gets a recognition by a TH-camr. She’s just a great and original villain, and ‘Baby doll’ is one of my favorite BTAS episodes. I’m alaways dissapointed that this episode doesn’t appear in any of the ‘Top 10 BTAS’ lists
Honorable mentions to Calendar Girl from the episode Mean Seasons. Yes, she's a variant of Calendar Man but her one episode appearance made her an interesting character that was distinct from Calendar Man, especially when it was revealed how psychologically damaged she is.