Didn't show the best line Blight ever said, though. Blight: "Who are you?!" Terry: "You killed my father." Blight: "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"
@@fluffernutters5876 he recognizes himself as batman in that moment, but honestly i dont think he becomes a full fledged batman until he faces joker. Before ROTJ he was more like "bat-robin" who was handheld by bruce. But ROTJ makes you realize he will be able to go on as batman on his own, which is what Batman is.
@@birdiec not really. He showed he was fit to be Batman since the beginning but Bruce giving him advice showed how Terry lacked the tactical side of the job as well as not being as witty but he held his own even without Bruce’s help at times
Ink was probably my favorite of the new villians. She was a very good homage to Clayface; who was creepy af in BTAS. She also was very much unique and original.
To me Inque was like a cross between Clayface and Catwoman. She had Basil Karlo's shape-shifting and Selina Kyle's elegance and skilled infiltration, especially how she seemed to almost "flirt" with Terry and Bruce during the encounters
@@qdeezy5011 agree thank you. these villains weren't original and we seen these types of villains before. It's like Spiderman villains became Batman Villains.
"The Joker, the *real* Joker, was unlike any foe you've ever fought; and for your sake, I hope you never do." As much as I love Batman Beyond's own unique rogues' gallery, I love how they brought the Joker back; not only in a way that truly tested Terry to see if he was indeed worthy of the mantle of Batman, but doing so in such a dark way that Bruce and Barbara were scarred and traumatized for the rest of their lives, leaving old wounds that never healed. We view Joker from BTAS as a comedic prankster, but this allowed us to take a peek into the reason why Bruce viewed him as a psychopath and a monster. Throughout most of the movie, Terry didn't really view Joker as a threat, even when others warned him. So the look of horror on his face when Joker played the simulation of him raining down destruction on the city from the satellite was extremely satisfying. He was finally understanding how his own foes truly didn't hold a candle to the wanton destruction that the Joker would call a Tuesday.
and after all that, terry finally "clicks" into who he is, not bruce wayne batman, but terry mcginnis batman. I still love the crap out of the hellbat suit
They also brought back Mr. Freeze for an episode where the finally kill off hus character as well. Mr. Freeze actually goes out as the complex man he is, trying to kill his enemies but also giving his life so Batman can escape, knowing that his own time had passed and wanting to be reunited at last with his beloved Nora and repent of many, if not all of his crimes.
@@patrioticjustice9040 ahhh I see what you're saying. I thought you were talking about the batmobile chase where he tries to kill Terry using the laser and chases him through downtown with it. That part wasn't a simulation
I love how they were given such a terrible concept- a “teenage batman,” but they took it and made it something new and cool that still respected the source material. At no point do you watch the show and think “that’s not Bruce,” or “they did Bruce dirty,” without feeling that the changes to him are justified. You never think “wow Terry is too good at this,” without there being some justification for Terry being as capable as he is. Also yeah, the villains do be banging.
The tragic thing about Batman Beyond’s villains is that, some of them were victims with a tragic past. The saddest thing being some of them had potential to be heroes if things had played out differently. But, whether by there own actions or other reasons, they didn’t get a happy ending.
They really gave older Bruce Wayne his due credit and mad respect, unlike today's shows. He successfully passed the torch to a worthy successor, shared his expertise and advice when needed, plus they showed that he could still hold his own when he had to get his hands dirty from time to time.
It gave us an interesting continuation of Bruce Wayne's life and story even though they introduced a new young Batman. Would've liked to have seen more of the old school villains though. It was never shown in the series but according to Timm and company Harvey Dent/Two-Face eventually got cured of his insanity and moved away from Gotham to rebuild his life. It would've been great to see an episode where Terry got falsely framed for a crime (like he did in "Eyewitness") and have Bruce call Harvey as his lawyer. Oh well...
@@chazblank2717 I should've been more specific and ask:"Which episode." The answering being Ink's debut episode. The clip of which was shown 9:15 Dunno how I missed that as a kid.
Batman Beyond is unique, it combined the world of batman and the new world of Terry McGinnis seamlessly, for me it was amazing seeing Terry grow into his own as the tomorrow Dark knight, plus's the father and son relationship between Bruce and Terry was pretty cool too.
The royal flush gang was also in the final season of justice league unlimited where the youngest daughter was dying from a rare genetic disorder and Batman stayed with her till she passed away.
Nope. That the different royal flush gang. There’re so far 3 royal flush gang in DCAU. The first one was taken down by the Justice League, then the youngest gang members, Ace, used her power to manipulate people and turn them into her version of the royal flush gang. However, Ace’s power was getting out of control the more she using it which also killing her too. Amanda Waller gave Justice League a weapon to “properly “ kill her without causing any destructive backlash. Batman( Bruce Wayne) volunteer to “finish the job” but instead of using the weapon to kill the poor child, he sat with her to her last moment, convinced her to undo her power before she die. The royal flush gang in Batman Beyond is a completely different one from the one from justice league unlimited series.
Well I learnt something. Thanks Ana 😊 Guess you're the smart one in school. And no doubt you'll use it to make that big money later. @Nobody. Don't you have a hero as your avatar, while Ana has just a pink face? So who's the nerd exactly, the nobody? 😆 You is funny!
@@anastasiaphan4202 The scene in which Batman talks to Ace and comforts her in her final minutes was beautifully done. Still chokes me up whenever I think about it, let alone see it
Oh my god, I'd be so hyped if this ever happened!!! I'd want it as a TV show though because let's be honest, Most DC live action movies are mediocre at best
This was the last good Batman show we got until Beware the Batman. The Batman had its moments, but I didn't care for the campier tone of Brave and The Bold. Yeah I know it was supposed to an homage to/amalgamation of the "dark" Batman and the campy 60s Batman but I don't like my Batman stories to be campy. The basis of the Arkham game series though would've been an awesome concept of a Netflix show, but then we might not haven gotten one of the best vid game series of all time had that happened.
I Really hated how the story was copied in Spiderman Homecoming without actually paying tribute to this. Or I may be wrong and both are inspired by something even older, can't say.
@@AndreNitroX i don't, i grew up on shows like Spider-man the animated series and Spectacular Spiderman. Spiderman deserves to be his own hero, he always work alone. He isn't a Robin/Nightwing type sidekick. He deserve his place among the top heroes.
The nostalgia hits hard with this show. I’ll never forget when they aired the first episode and how creepy and exciting the show was to 12 year old me. The villains with their dark back stories really set the tone. Also Inque deep throating Terry with her body always horrified me 😂😂😂
probably is because his role in the show was less of being the villain to Terry and more a tragic character trying to reform and enjoy his second chance, only to see it taken away from him, leading him to a justified revenge that just got out of control
@@nate6898 it felt like a very good way to handle his character in the setting of Batman Beyond. It leaves an impact on Terry for his growth and is one more item on the list of why Blight and his close associates are pieces of shit. All while going in line with how he was characterized back in Batman TAS
As a Batman Beyond fan and a Kids' WB! this video made my day! Great job and ty for the videos. Hope we will see more videos like this maybe ones for Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope we see some more Kids' WB! related vids in the future!
I'd like to imagine this as an alternative future. Because i still want Bruce to have a happy retirement in a crimeless gotham.(And maybe have a cat woman, a bat woman, a magician or a wonder woman by his side)
Same here versions comic shows that despite his from dark exterior he is not alone and he knows that. While crime won't ever desapear batman will be there. Bruce will be there. And Bruce friends and family will be right behind him.
I honestly thought they were setting up blight to be Terry's main bad guy the same way the joker was the original Batman's nemesis, and I was so disappointed the way they killed him off.
I don’t think they intended to kill him off that’s the thing, Terry clearly dosen’t believe Blight is really gone at the end of the episode as he warns Paxton about how he “made an enemy tonight”
Mr Fixx could be considered the Joe Chill of Batman Beyond: like Joe, he "killed a guy for a job" and "now his son is back for revenge...his son is Batman!"
This channel should have 20 million subscribers at lllleeeaasssttttt. From comics, to horror to sci Fi, this channel has everything I want and need. The editing and narrating is always perfect. And 10/10 for nostalgia.
One thing I like about the beyond villains is that they didn’t just do the Beyond version of the original Batman. Like Poison Ivy Beyond, Clayface Beyond or Black Mask Beyond. They used Freeze, Ra’s and the Joker back, we saw Bane but they weren’t the main villains of the series.
I love they brought back some of the old villains. Mr. Freeze and Ra's were great choices due to their immortality for instance. I wish we could've seen an elderly Penguin and some more old villains but I presume most of them would've passed away years ago by old Bruce's time.
@@r.a.c.5754 well, the most we got was an old Harley Queen, who came to pick up the Jokerz twin at the end of Return of the Joker. Nice to see she was able to move on from the abusive relationship and settled nicely
This show was so damn good. I want to watch all the episodes one day. I’m so glad I was 8 when this came out. That’s the perfect age to watch this as a kid. We didn’t even have cable at key moms house, and I didn’t even get to watch much tv anyways. I always had to do work om our orchard. So every other weekend when I went to my dads house I got to watch all the tv I wanted to and he had cable too.
To me, some of the most disturbing villains of this show, albeit one-off's were Robert Vance, a tech mogul that transferred his brain and consciousness into a computer and then when awoken by his grandson wanted to transfer his mind into a living body, his voice was super creepy. Then the splicer guy, Abel Cuvier in his final "chimera" form, the stuff of nightmares really. And as others have mentioned, the Earth Mover creature. One of the best shows I've ever seen and it's been such a delight growing up with it.
There are many Royal Flush Gangs around the DC Univese. The RFG of Beyond Gimmick was that they were a "aristocratic" family, the JLU RFG were all Metas, and both RFGs were not related. Also they come with a Deck theme - RFG Beyond was Spades & RFG JLU was Clubs. In one panel in Infinite Crisis it was suggested that there were (are) four sets of Royal Flush Gangs (+ Numbered cards henchmen) active at any given time.
Can't believe you didn't mention Robert Vance. Everything was beatiful in that episode. Cyberpunk shenanigans, Terry's character development, idea that heroism is not about your suit, Robert's chilling demise, great and intense music
“And behold, I shall become a BLIGHT upon the land…and EVERYTHING I touch, shall WITHER and DIE.” Blight was truly an amazing villain with some of the greatest and scariest quotes ever.
The eye tower was always in the back of my mind rent free and I never knew what it was from until I revisited this series. Awesome nostalgia and the intro rocks
The Mr. Freeze episode was the epitome of a tragic villain whose time had come and said tragic villain seized the opportunity the best they could. The Splicers episode is practically real life nowadays with mRNA nanomachine gene therapy shots.
Spellbinder actually seems like a mix of Scarecrow and Mad Hatter to me, since like Scarecrow he induces terrifying hallucinations, and Mad Hatter forced people to do his bidding in a similar way to Spellbinder (mind control). Inque is a great next-generation Clayface-type villain, and she was my favorite villain of the series. For some reason, I always wanted to see her reform, even though I knew that was not likely to happen. It's interesting how Magma's design resembles Clayface.
These are great villains from such a great show. Also the Stalker would have been a good antihero or ally. Spellbinder seemed more like a mix of Riddler and Scarecrow put together. Inque to me seemed to be a very sexy metahuman and well fleshed out villain with a tragic backstory.
Spellbinder was a blend of Mad Hatter and Scarecrow. Inque was a new version of Clayface. The Terrific Trio was a DC version of the Fantastic Four. They were more victims than anything. Golem (Willie Watt) is a more kid friendly version of Carrie White. He was a victim turned villain.
Imo Spellbinder is better because he can tap into both people's fears,pleasures. Making it easier for him to enslave people by their thoughts and emotions. Scarecrow though formidable,can only tap into people's fears but if his victims harbor no fear than he's essentially weak.
I still love this show. It would be unreasonable to expect better villains than what the original batman fought, but they still managed to come up with villains that were memorable and cool. It's impressive how after Batman TAS being one of the best superhero cartoons, many different Batman shows are different enough from TAS, but all still manage to kick ass on their own. Batman Beyond The Batman Beware the Batman Batman The Brave and the Bold (though I haven't seen this one yet, I've heared it's good)
Lol as much as I’ve always loved this show and still do I never thought about how Batman could’ve just made a new robo heart or awesome pacemaker given he made a nanotechnology based bat suit lol
He could have restored his health and youth with the Lazarus pit, actually that did happen one episode, but then the next episode it was like that never happened and he was an old man with heart problems again.
@@postshift19 he got traumatized when his old flame was actually her dad and still went for him no Lazarus pit is worth that. Plus if batman was gonna empower himself he’d give himself like omega kryptonian strength but he wouldn’t the pit or any other enhancement is the same as a gun or whatever
@@postshift19 He saw the Lazerus pool as a crutch that was established in the episode itself, As for Bruce not going out back into the suit, it had more to do with the finality of it, that last sequence where he was forced to use a gun to defend himself showed him that it was his time and he was done, knowing he was that weak he had to use a Gun The horror broke him mentally I dont agree with it but it is reason
I don't think Batman Beyond is underrated only because it always got alot of love. My friends always liked it. It has been a staple of my childhood and even my brother rewatched it recently which is rare. I would say its beloved with good reason.
23:55 The royal flush gang also appear in a two part episode, episode 21 and 22, of Justice League season 2 Wild cards (voiced by the cast of Teen Titans from 2003 series)
That's how you continue a really good show like batman the animated series,batman beyond was really good made respecting also the source material of the original series!
This show is a testament to Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and company's writing talents. They were given less than a year to come up with a new idea for a new and previously un heard of Batman show, and, according to them, the show itself was made mostly to sell toys. Explains the over the top character designs, especially the villains. Nothing, except maybe JLU, outdoes Batman TAS, but they still gave it their all and made a good show out of what was basically a 30 minute merchandise commercial. That's impressive to me.
This has me thinking about a fan fic I got planning. It's basically a combination of Blight and Magma, in the sense the guy had Blights powers but had Magma's dilemma. It's just set in a Fallout setting. Has to stay in a armored hazmat suit he customized for durability, mobility and combat effectiveness. Really likes using a plasma flamer, like grabbing a guy by the hair, putting the barrel in his mouth and melting a hole through the back of his head to hit the other raider slavers behind him. Also REALLY likes booby trapping dead bodies with mines and prerecorded holo tapes to lure enemies in for a nice big boom, then picking them off with a lever action rifle. The slaves are then set free and handed some food and purified water. Then he's off to go do something else heroic until it kills him. He genuinely wants to die but he can't turn his back on people, so he sees his immortality as an obligation to serve those in need. If he dies, he still gets what he wants, but if he does get killed, his body will react like a nuke and all that armor is just shrapnel, if it even matters at that point.
A terrible idea from an executive turns out to be a PHENOMENAL addition to the mythology Love Terry, love the costume and love the baddies. Also Return Of The Joker is OUTSTANDING Although there are more than a few similarities between the villains and Spider-Man villains
Freeze vs blight was such a awesome episode. It really ramped up blight as a character...only to do little more with him until he was unceremoniously killed off. The show was good, it just needed more.
One thing I never understood: Spellbinder created VR technology so realistic it even fools the senses. The "spells" he puts on people so air tight that no one questions the scenarios he puts them in until something snaps them out of it, or Spellbinder gets what he wants from them. Later on he upgrades his tech to the point where it basically reads minds and puts the target in a simulation so perfect that it creates a physiological dependency on it. My question is this: If Billings was able to create this kind of technology, why not patent and sell that to make all the legitimate wealth he could ever want? He seems to do his crimes due to resentment, revenge, and a desire for wealth; but you'd think he'd just quit and either make more money in the private sector with his tech, or as a child psychologist/psychiatrist. I mean, is the guy just that petty? Far as I know; any time he's caught he's sent to prison instead of an asylum ala Arkham, so he's not insane. Always wished the show or the comic would clear that up.
My guess is either no one would patent tech from a petty school teacher unless he somehow got Lex Luthor money and influence or they would screw him out of the money he would make by justifying it as not funding criminal activities. And that's on top of the PR nightmare and lawsuits from the parents of the kids he used that tech on. Frankly better question would be why didn't he just patent the stuff, get rich, and not resort to crime?
@@ugan2 Far as I know, the guy's PH.D is legitimate until he goes to jail the first time; so he'd have some level of legitimacy backing his pitch to sell the tech. I agree about going legit instead of going into crime; that's what I don't understand. The technology the man created is basically a superpower; sell it or partner up with a reputable tech company with him maintaining control over the inventions and he gets rich off the royalties alone, to say nothing of selling future inventions. Only thig I can think of is that he was going to pull a Batman Forever and use the money he stole originally to finance his own company like Nygma did with his "Box". That or he really is that petty or sadistic and cared more about revenge and ruining lives and the money is just a side benefit
@@DragonmanX90 I mean yeah I thought he got the money and he got the satisifaction of having the rich work for him instead of it being the other way around.
There's a kind of running theme with BB's villains that I kind of wish they'd done more with - Terry's enemies frequently become debased shadows of their former selves even as they gain power. Blight loses his sanity, Inque becomes genetically unstable, the revived Joker is a former Robin, Shriek deafens himself, and Dr. Cuvier goes full Akira.
I'm a middle aged guy born in November in 1981 that graduated in 2000. Which means I grew up watching the great "Batman the Animated Series". I saw Batman Beyond for the 1st time on Netflix or Hulu in 2015 so not too long ago. I don't remember which but my son and I watched the whole series together and despite being an adult I got really into it. (Probably because we were also playing the Arkham Batman series at the time. Which if you haven't played any of the 4 games counting Arkham Origins that basically shows the beginning of the Joker and just a little over a year of Batman's run. You are missing out on hands down the best Batman games made and also tons of information and lore about Batman, his villains and their origins and the overall universe that DC it's characters and such reside in. However I thought it did Batman Justice and I told my son that even though most (Not All) the villain's were new and original with the exception of the New Riddler and the Joker gang which paid homage to the originals and at one point found a way to get the original into the episode with it making sense. This channel made a awesome comparison with Spellbinder and The Scarecrow. So that got my son and I thinking and we went and made a list and noticed that almost all of the new villains are just "new" and for the most part "improved" versions of the old villains from the late 1990s early 2000s. Great job by the creators. I don't know if it was intentional or not but either way I say awesome job. 😎
As an 11 years old kid, Batman Beyond was so dark and cool. > take a DC hero, or a parody of it. > add some (very) dark sci-fi/magic element in the backstory. > shake it hard. You get dark heroes, monsters, clones, mutants and hybrids. So Batman and so mature at the same time.
Didn't show the best line Blight ever said, though.
Blight: "Who are you?!"
Terry: "You killed my father."
Blight: "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"
Blight was a maniac, loved it
Omg, best scene.
Just shows you what a maniacal sociopath he was
It's a galatic crime that that exchange isn't more well known in pop culture. He was more savage than the MCU's Thanos.
classy
Batman Beyond was a perfect mixture of batman and Spiderman elements. Always enjoyed Terry as the new batman
You know, I never thought of Batman Beyond having Spiderman vibes before. That explains why I enjoyed it
they should do spiderman 2099 with bb's elements
It’s why I enjoyed it so much. Batman and Spider-Man my 2 fave superheroes.
@@halkras broo that would be pretty good
@@knightxgamplay7682 I would like his fight with damien animated
One of Mr Fixx's best lines in the series was: "You're pretty strong for some kid who thinks he's Batman", to which Terry replies "I AM BATMAN!".
That's where Terry does become Batman
@@fluffernutters5876 he recognizes himself as batman in that moment, but honestly i dont think he becomes a full fledged batman until he faces joker. Before ROTJ he was more like "bat-robin" who was handheld by bruce. But ROTJ makes you realize he will be able to go on as batman on his own, which is what Batman is.
@@birdiec not really. He showed he was fit to be Batman since the beginning but Bruce giving him advice showed how Terry lacked the tactical side of the job as well as not being as witty but he held his own even without Bruce’s help at times
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Batman beyond one of my all time favorite versions of Batman.
Indeed, following is the Batman of BTAS imo
Exactly, @@NguyenPham-bl6qm. I love Batman Beyond due to it being a direct sequel to BTAS and following the established lore as logically as it could.
I agree wholeheartedly
@@adamgray1753 yes you said it all perfectly here I like Batman beyond for all the same reasons as you.
@@tatalsaba yeah me too.
Ink was probably my favorite of the new villians. She was a very good homage to Clayface; who was creepy af in BTAS. She also was very much unique and original.
Ink and Blight were great, as were the new version of the Royal Flush Gang
Inque is superbly well done imo, oh and her obesessive stalker dude also.
To me Inque was like a cross between Clayface and Catwoman. She had Basil Karlo's shape-shifting and Selina Kyle's elegance and skilled infiltration, especially how she seemed to almost "flirt" with Terry and Bruce during the encounters
I'd say Inque was more akin to Catwoman with Clayface's powerset.
@@andrewmalinowski6673 I think her flirting was more akin to a cat playing with its food before going in for the kill.
Batman beyonds villains are so underrated .
Their lame knock offs of marvel and dc villains
@@qdeezy5011 agree thank you. these villains weren't original and we seen these types of villains before. It's like Spiderman villains became Batman Villains.
@@qdeezy5011 nobody asked you two for your shit opinions . Marvel and dc copy eachother all the time . I dont see you calling them lame rippoffs
Some of them died some fucked up deaths
@@Elgreasyburrito650 even their death scenes were underrated
"The Joker, the *real* Joker, was unlike any foe you've ever fought; and for your sake, I hope you never do."
As much as I love Batman Beyond's own unique rogues' gallery, I love how they brought the Joker back; not only in a way that truly tested Terry to see if he was indeed worthy of the mantle of Batman, but doing so in such a dark way that Bruce and Barbara were scarred and traumatized for the rest of their lives, leaving old wounds that never healed. We view Joker from BTAS as a comedic prankster, but this allowed us to take a peek into the reason why Bruce viewed him as a psychopath and a monster.
Throughout most of the movie, Terry didn't really view Joker as a threat, even when others warned him. So the look of horror on his face when Joker played the simulation of him raining down destruction on the city from the satellite was extremely satisfying. He was finally understanding how his own foes truly didn't hold a candle to the wanton destruction that the Joker would call a Tuesday.
and after all that, terry finally "clicks" into who he is, not bruce wayne batman, but terry mcginnis batman. I still love the crap out of the hellbat suit
They also brought back Mr. Freeze for an episode where the finally kill off hus character as well. Mr. Freeze actually goes out as the complex man he is, trying to kill his enemies but also giving his life so Batman can escape, knowing that his own time had passed and wanting to be reunited at last with his beloved Nora and repent of many, if not all of his crimes.
That was a simulation? I thought he really did just rip a giant satellite laser through downtown Gotham
@@maxwellschmid588 In Drake's lab, the screen reads simulation before showing Gotham getting nuked. "Think of it as urban tagging on a grand scale."
@@patrioticjustice9040 ahhh I see what you're saying. I thought you were talking about the batmobile chase where he tries to kill Terry using the laser and chases him through downtown with it. That part wasn't a simulation
I love how they were given such a terrible concept- a “teenage batman,” but they took it and made it something new and cool that still respected the source material. At no point do you watch the show and think “that’s not Bruce,” or “they did Bruce dirty,” without feeling that the changes to him are justified. You never think “wow Terry is too good at this,” without there being some justification for Terry being as capable as he is.
Also yeah, the villains do be banging.
I like the new one they made night wing a politician
The tragic thing about Batman Beyond’s villains is that, some of them were victims with a tragic past. The saddest thing being some of them had potential to be heroes if things had played out differently. But, whether by there own actions or other reasons, they didn’t get a happy ending.
@@garrettviewegh677 Mr Freeze 😔
They really gave older Bruce Wayne his due credit and mad respect, unlike today's shows. He successfully passed the torch to a worthy successor, shared his expertise and advice when needed, plus they showed that he could still hold his own when he had to get his hands dirty from time to time.
@@gilbertotoledo1421 I don't need the suit Terry
-Damien
Batman Beyond was one of the best cartoon shows too watch
Shame they didn't make the sequel ...
Where can I watch it for free
I also liked the underrated 'The Batman'
@@dariusgordon2266 You mean the 2005 series? Oh yeah that show was a blast too. The characters' design looks great imo especially mr freeze's.
Batman Beyond was an amazing sequel to an amazing show, and it deserves more recognition
For sure, one of the best shows ever
3 R's
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It gave us an interesting continuation of Bruce Wayne's life and story even though they introduced a new young Batman. Would've liked to have seen more of the old school villains though. It was never shown in the series but according to Timm and company Harvey Dent/Two-Face eventually got cured of his insanity and moved away from Gotham to rebuild his life. It would've been great to see an episode where Terry got falsely framed for a crime (like he did in "Eyewitness") and have Bruce call Harvey as his lawyer. Oh well...
Oh man I totally forgot Old Man Bruce wears the Grey Ghost costume to fight Inque.
I didn't realize that at first
This is why WB animation Studio was the best.
@Carl Stockman
When did that happen?
@@DemonicRemption I dunno man, like 20 years ago? 😆
@@chazblank2717
I should've been more specific and ask:"Which episode." The answering being Ink's debut episode. The clip of which was shown 9:15
Dunno how I missed that as a kid.
Batman Beyond is unique, it combined the world of batman and the new world of Terry McGinnis seamlessly, for me it was amazing seeing Terry grow into his own as the tomorrow Dark knight, plus's the father and son relationship between Bruce and Terry was pretty cool too.
This cartoon had very good timing and research into future concepts was so well handled that it really relates to modern audiences.
It translates well to this day I can watch it now and still think this could be the future.
Loved this show, Batman TAS was one of the greatest shows of the 90's and Beyond is just as worthy. So much nostalgia from watching this video aha
The royal flush gang was also in the final season of justice league unlimited where the youngest daughter was dying from a rare genetic disorder and Batman stayed with her till she passed away.
Nope. That the different royal flush gang. There’re so far 3 royal flush gang in DCAU. The first one was taken down by the Justice League, then the youngest gang members, Ace, used her power to manipulate people and turn them into her version of the royal flush gang. However, Ace’s power was getting out of control the more she using it which also killing her too. Amanda Waller gave Justice League a weapon to “properly “ kill her without causing any destructive backlash. Batman( Bruce Wayne) volunteer to “finish the job” but instead of using the weapon to kill the poor child, he sat with her to her last moment, convinced her to undo her power before she die.
The royal flush gang in Batman Beyond is a completely different one from the one from justice league unlimited series.
@@anastasiaphan4202 Nerd!!!!
Also Bruce named his dog, Ace, after her
Well I learnt something.
Thanks Ana 😊
Guess you're the smart one in school. And no doubt you'll use it to make that big money later.
@Nobody. Don't you have a hero as your avatar, while Ana has just a pink face? So who's the nerd exactly, the nobody?
😆
You is funny!
@@anastasiaphan4202 The scene in which Batman talks to Ace and comforts her in her final minutes was beautifully done. Still chokes me up whenever I think about it, let alone see it
11 Adult Animated cartoons that weren't ready for Prime Time
the zeta project and avengers united they stand
I really want to see a live action adaptation of the series.
Oh my god, I'd be so hyped if this ever happened!!! I'd want it as a TV show though because let's be honest, Most DC live action movies are mediocre at best
There are talks about an live action series, but not with Terry.
That is what Nolan intended at first. But having a chance to do Batman trumps doing Batman Beyond.
They'd butcher it.
Directed by denis villeneuve
An absolute animated gem!
I wish they could make a movie of this. I would be afraid of what it would turn into nowadays. Batman Beyond was excellent.
I rather a cartoon movie with the original creators on board and the same voice cast as well
There was gonna be a live action movie in the 90s
@@markmagician2471 I would love to see a live action movie, and the beyond suit should be a mix of the one in arkham knight and the one in the show
This was the last good Batman show we got until Beware the Batman. The Batman had its moments, but I didn't care for the campier tone of Brave and The Bold. Yeah I know it was supposed to an homage to/amalgamation of the "dark" Batman and the campy 60s Batman but I don't like my Batman stories to be campy. The basis of the Arkham game series though would've been an awesome concept of a Netflix show, but then we might not haven gotten one of the best vid game series of all time had that happened.
I'll take a live action movie version over the recent one anytime.
My favorite villain wasnt really a villain. It was "Armory" I loved how he was a non lethal Punisher/Deathstroke esque character.
Just a man trying to pay the bills
I Really hated how the story was copied in Spiderman Homecoming without actually paying tribute to this. Or I may be wrong and both are inspired by something even older, can't say.
@@angeldogx im not a fan of iron man being spidermans mentor, since iron man overshadows spiderman, and he cant be his own hero.
@@AndreNitroX Spider-Man 1962
Iron Man 1963
@@AndreNitroX i don't, i grew up on shows like Spider-man the animated series and Spectacular Spiderman.
Spiderman deserves to be his own hero, he always work alone.
He isn't a Robin/Nightwing type sidekick.
He deserve his place among the top heroes.
The nostalgia hits hard with this show. I’ll never forget when they aired the first episode and how creepy and exciting the show was to 12 year old me. The villains with their dark back stories really set the tone. Also Inque deep throating Terry with her body always horrified me 😂😂😂
Was expecting Mr Freeze to be on the list.
"But You'll Die!"
"Believe me you are the only one who cares."
probably is because his role in the show was less of being the villain to Terry and more a tragic character trying to reform and enjoy his second chance, only to see it taken away from him, leading him to a justified revenge that just got out of control
@@granmastersword I think Willie watt is a white supremacist
@@granmastersword what do you think about that
@@nate6898 it felt like a very good way to handle his character in the setting of Batman Beyond. It leaves an impact on Terry for his growth and is one more item on the list of why Blight and his close associates are pieces of shit. All while going in line with how he was characterized back in Batman TAS
@@granmastersword I think Willie watt is a white supremacist
As a Batman Beyond fan and a Kids' WB! this video made my day! Great job and ty for the videos. Hope we will see more videos like this maybe ones for Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope we see some more Kids' WB! related vids in the future!
I'd like to imagine this as an alternative future. Because i still want Bruce to have a happy retirement in a crimeless gotham.(And maybe have a cat woman, a bat woman, a magician or a wonder woman by his side)
Same here versions comic shows that despite his from dark exterior he is not alone and he knows that. While crime won't ever desapear batman will be there. Bruce will be there. And Bruce friends and family will be right behind him.
@@Orsonfoe he's been surrounded with all his kids in the batman beyond comics including damien
Harem ending is always the best. 😏👍
@@lonewolf8102 most superheroes have a lot in common with harem protagonists
Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as their respective voice roles of Batman and the Joker was just the double cherry on top.
Another good idea for a video ..Batman Beyond is so many peoples favorite Batman ..the show was ahead of its time ..💀👍
I honestly thought they were setting up blight to be Terry's main bad guy the same way the joker was the original Batman's nemesis, and I was so disappointed the way they killed him off.
Spoiler.....read the comics he didn't die and they left his death pretty ambiguous in the animated series they never showed him actually die.
Yes also he ends up being a wimp, being tricked by his son and having a pathetic ending
Especially how they hint that he might be back. Shame this show got canceled too early.
@@jarlbalgruuf7701
Seems like most good shows get canceled
I don’t think they intended to kill him off that’s the thing, Terry clearly dosen’t believe Blight is really gone at the end of the episode as he warns Paxton about how he “made an enemy tonight”
So glad I got the DVD of this series this is an underrated batman series this is.
Mr Fixx could be considered the Joe Chill of Batman Beyond: like Joe, he "killed a guy for a job" and "now his son is back for revenge...his son is Batman!"
Joe died of cancer and Bruce forgave him I don't know if it's canon
@@johnlawful2272 I think Willie watt is a white supremacist
@@johnlawful2272 Willie watt hates wp
Both characters are also obscure villains with no special abilities who rarely show up after offing the parent(s).
This channel should have 20 million subscribers at lllleeeaasssttttt. From comics, to horror to sci Fi, this channel has everything I want and need. The editing and narrating is always perfect. And 10/10 for nostalgia.
Batman Beyond what a fantastic cartoon show that was I really wish they would bring it back.
Just rewatch it. You can’t recreate magic
@@AndreNitroX you can with Bruce other kids
One thing I like about the beyond villains is that they didn’t just do the Beyond version of the original Batman. Like Poison Ivy Beyond, Clayface Beyond or Black Mask Beyond. They used Freeze, Ra’s and the Joker back, we saw Bane but they weren’t the main villains of the series.
I love they brought back some of the old villains. Mr. Freeze and Ra's were great choices due to their immortality for instance. I wish we could've seen an elderly Penguin and some more old villains but I presume most of them would've passed away years ago by old Bruce's time.
@@r.a.c.5754 well, the most we got was an old Harley Queen, who came to pick up the Jokerz twin at the end of Return of the Joker. Nice to see she was able to move on from the abusive relationship and settled nicely
Well you say that, but Spellbinder might as well be a scarecrow beyond and Inque a clayface beyond
They could bring back Clay face. He never ages and could be immortal.
Ooh, stumbled onto this one... Can't wait.
Same
This show was so damn good. I want to watch all the episodes one day. I’m so glad I was 8 when this came out. That’s the perfect age to watch this as a kid. We didn’t even have cable at key moms house, and I didn’t even get to watch much tv anyways. I always had to do work om our orchard. So every other weekend when I went to my dads house I got to watch all the tv I wanted to and he had cable too.
To me, some of the most disturbing villains of this show, albeit one-off's were Robert Vance, a tech mogul that transferred his brain and consciousness into a computer and then when awoken by his grandson wanted to transfer his mind into a living body, his voice was super creepy. Then the splicer guy, Abel Cuvier in his final "chimera" form, the stuff of nightmares really. And as others have mentioned, the Earth Mover creature. One of the best shows I've ever seen and it's been such a delight growing up with it.
There are many Royal Flush Gangs around the DC Univese. The RFG of Beyond Gimmick was that they were a "aristocratic" family, the JLU RFG were all Metas, and both RFGs were not related. Also they come with a Deck theme - RFG Beyond was Spades & RFG JLU was Clubs. In one panel in Infinite Crisis it was suggested that there were (are) four sets of Royal Flush Gangs (+ Numbered cards henchmen) active at any given time.
There was also a Rat Pack-themed RFG in Las Vegas during Zatanna's brief series.
One of the best ever cartoons, imo
What a great series.
I absolutely loved this series. I wish they would make more.
No you dont, it would a woke piece of crap. Batman would be a gay black chick.
@@Rschr101 lol, don't forget Trans.
I kinda felt bad for most of the guys on this list. Even the really bad ones. The villain in BB were excellent...
This is going to be awesome can't wait for this to start.
Forgot Mr Freeze.. such a sad, but satisfying ending to his character
Can't believe you didn't mention Robert Vance. Everything was beatiful in that episode. Cyberpunk shenanigans, Terry's character development, idea that heroism is not about your suit, Robert's chilling demise, great and intense music
I absolutely love Batman Beyond! What a truly outstanding breakdown on these awesome Batman Beyond villains!
“And behold, I shall become a BLIGHT upon the land…and EVERYTHING I touch, shall WITHER and DIE.”
Blight was truly an amazing villain with some of the greatest and scariest quotes ever.
This is such a great video.
This was one of my favorite superheros TV series of the 90s...
Thanks for the upload!
Out of Batman Beyond's villains Inque was my favorite one.
The eye tower was always in the back of my mind rent free and I never knew what it was from until I revisited this series. Awesome nostalgia and the intro rocks
Nice. You didn't mention the appearance of Mr. Freeze (the final tragedy), the Splicers (a famous episode), or Starro (Future JL)
Terry fights the entire team!
The Mr. Freeze episode was the epitome of a tragic villain whose time had come and said tragic villain seized the opportunity the best they could. The Splicers episode is practically real life nowadays with mRNA nanomachine gene therapy shots.
Spellbinder actually seems like a mix of Scarecrow and Mad Hatter to me, since like Scarecrow he induces terrifying hallucinations, and Mad Hatter forced people to do his bidding in a similar way to Spellbinder (mind control).
Inque is a great next-generation Clayface-type villain, and she was my favorite villain of the series. For some reason, I always wanted to see her reform, even though I knew that was not likely to happen.
It's interesting how Magma's design resembles Clayface.
Blight Inque Shriek Mad Stan just a few names I expect to see on this list
Imo Blight is the poster boy for the whole Batman Beyond's Rogues Gallery
Mad Stan was a crackup
Yeah really, @@SantaPorter420. Mad Stan is my favorite villain from Batman Beyond.
@@SantaPorter420 "Blow it up!!"
Never seen BB explained so well and concisely. Great stuff.
These are great villains from such a great show. Also the Stalker would have been a good antihero or ally. Spellbinder seemed more like a mix of Riddler and Scarecrow put together. Inque to me seemed to be a very sexy metahuman and well fleshed out villain with a tragic backstory.
Friday nights watching this, justice league, xmen evolution, and teen titans made my childhood. Always looked forward to fridays after school
Spellbinder was a blend of Mad Hatter and Scarecrow.
Inque was a new version of Clayface.
The Terrific Trio was a DC version of the Fantastic Four. They were more victims than anything.
Golem (Willie Watt) is a more kid friendly version of Carrie White. He was a victim turned villain.
I always thought inque was a DC version of venom.
I had a crush on her in my younger years, always had a thing for dangerous women
@@dionjaywoollaston1349 I think Willie watt is a white supremacist
@@nate6898 maybe but i was talking about Inc
@@dionjaywoollaston1349 what is Willie
@@nate6898 a villain as well as a slang term for male genitalia
All of his villens have a interesting background just like the 90s batman show .
18:50
Audio glitch. You might want to consider fixing that
I peeped it too, but it’s a bit late to fix now lol
This show is such a throwback! I loved this version.
The villains of this series were amazing and just dark enough for a kids show. Some villains were forever spliced up.
Today's video was awesome good job @marvelous videos
It just occurred to me. The Spellbinder is a futuristic version of the Scarecrow.
Not far off it, same goes with Inque essentially being Clayface
Spellbinder was a villain in the comics first; multiple villains, in fact.
@@nicholasfarrell5981 , and they also fought various members of the JLA as well.
@@SantaPorter420 Inque was more like Clayface by way of Catwoman.
Imo Spellbinder is better because he can tap into both people's fears,pleasures. Making it easier for him to enslave people by their thoughts and emotions. Scarecrow though formidable,can only tap into people's fears but if his victims harbor no fear than he's essentially weak.
I still love this show.
It would be unreasonable to expect better villains than what the original batman fought,
but they still managed to come up with villains that were memorable and cool.
It's impressive how after Batman TAS being one of the best superhero cartoons, many different Batman shows are different enough from TAS, but all still manage to kick ass on their own.
Batman Beyond
The Batman
Beware the Batman
Batman The Brave and the Bold (though I haven't seen this one yet, I've heared it's good)
Embarssing how attracted young me was to Inque ...
@Jackoftrades Bruh Inque and Shego from Kim Possible
Awesome cartoon!Excellent video!😎👍
Lol as much as I’ve always loved this show and still do I never thought about how Batman could’ve just made a new robo heart or awesome pacemaker given he made a nanotechnology based bat suit lol
He’s Batman not... I don’t have a good comparison... oh well.... carry on other people replying to this comment
@@dyldev0320 he wouldn’t train young impressionable kids to do his...oh nvm you’re right lol
He could have restored his health and youth with the Lazarus pit, actually that did happen one episode, but then the next episode it was like that never happened and he was an old man with heart problems again.
@@postshift19 he got traumatized when his old flame was actually her dad and still went for him no Lazarus pit is worth that. Plus if batman was gonna empower himself he’d give himself like omega kryptonian strength but he wouldn’t the pit or any other enhancement is the same as a gun or whatever
@@postshift19 He saw the Lazerus pool as a crutch that was established in the episode itself,
As for Bruce not going out back into the suit, it had more to do with the finality of it, that last sequence where he was forced to use a gun to defend himself showed him that it was his time and he was done, knowing he was that weak he had to use a Gun The horror broke him mentally
I dont agree with it but it is reason
You got my sub. This channel is solid
"An all new Batman for a all new era"
This'll be really cool. Awesome
I don't think Batman Beyond is underrated only because it always got alot of love. My friends always liked it. It has been a staple of my childhood and even my brother rewatched it recently which is rare. I would say its beloved with good reason.
Nice vid!
its soo amazing of how realistic these villains are adapted into modern era crimes in the 2020s
I can see that some villains can be real
very good video 👍😊
23:55 The royal flush gang also appear in a two part episode, episode 21 and 22, of Justice League season 2 Wild cards (voiced by the cast of Teen Titans from 2003 series)
Good vid !
Ace in justice league unlimited: epilogue
Just sad. Always makes me cry
That's how you continue a really good show like batman the animated series,batman beyond was really good made respecting also the source material of the original series!
You forgot Mad Stan.
“BLOW IT ALL UP.”
This show is a testament to Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and company's writing talents. They were given less than a year to come up with a new idea for a new and previously un heard of Batman show, and, according to them, the show itself was made mostly to sell toys. Explains the over the top character designs, especially the villains. Nothing, except maybe JLU, outdoes Batman TAS, but they still gave it their all and made a good show out of what was basically a 30 minute merchandise commercial. That's impressive to me.
The stalker remains me of kraven the hunter
18:52 Whats with the audio interruption? You cut yourself off mid-sentence to announce the next spot in the line up...
This has me thinking about a fan fic I got planning. It's basically a combination of Blight and Magma, in the sense the guy had Blights powers but had Magma's dilemma. It's just set in a Fallout setting. Has to stay in a armored hazmat suit he customized for durability, mobility and combat effectiveness. Really likes using a plasma flamer, like grabbing a guy by the hair, putting the barrel in his mouth and melting a hole through the back of his head to hit the other raider slavers behind him. Also REALLY likes booby trapping dead bodies with mines and prerecorded holo tapes to lure enemies in for a nice big boom, then picking them off with a lever action rifle. The slaves are then set free and handed some food and purified water. Then he's off to go do something else heroic until it kills him. He genuinely wants to die but he can't turn his back on people, so he sees his immortality as an obligation to serve those in need. If he dies, he still gets what he wants, but if he does get killed, his body will react like a nuke and all that armor is just shrapnel, if it even matters at that point.
I _love_ Stalker's idea of what the Batman "really" is.
Wee need a Batman Beyond movie NOW!
I feel like it would suck.
*Batman Beyond: The Return of The Joker* (2000) =
_"Am I A JOKE to You?!!?"_
Mad Stan my man! Blow it all up!
A terrible idea from an executive turns out to be a PHENOMENAL addition to the mythology
Love Terry, love the costume and love the baddies. Also Return Of The Joker is OUTSTANDING
Although there are more than a few similarities between the villains and Spider-Man villains
Freeze vs blight was such a awesome episode. It really ramped up blight as a character...only to do little more with him until he was unceremoniously killed off. The show was good, it just needed more.
One thing I never understood: Spellbinder created VR technology so realistic it even fools the senses. The "spells" he puts on people so air tight that no one questions the scenarios he puts them in until something snaps them out of it, or Spellbinder gets what he wants from them. Later on he upgrades his tech to the point where it basically reads minds and puts the target in a simulation so perfect that it creates a physiological dependency on it. My question is this: If Billings was able to create this kind of technology, why not patent and sell that to make all the legitimate wealth he could ever want? He seems to do his crimes due to resentment, revenge, and a desire for wealth; but you'd think he'd just quit and either make more money in the private sector with his tech, or as a child psychologist/psychiatrist. I mean, is the guy just that petty? Far as I know; any time he's caught he's sent to prison instead of an asylum ala Arkham, so he's not insane. Always wished the show or the comic would clear that up.
My guess is either no one would patent tech from a petty school teacher unless he somehow got Lex Luthor money and influence or they would screw him out of the money he would make by justifying it as not funding criminal activities. And that's on top of the PR nightmare and lawsuits from the parents of the kids he used that tech on.
Frankly better question would be why didn't he just patent the stuff, get rich, and not resort to crime?
@@ugan2 Far as I know, the guy's PH.D is legitimate until he goes to jail the first time; so he'd have some level of legitimacy backing his pitch to sell the tech. I agree about going legit instead of going into crime; that's what I don't understand. The technology the man created is basically a superpower; sell it or partner up with a reputable tech company with him maintaining control over the inventions and he gets rich off the royalties alone, to say nothing of selling future inventions.
Only thig I can think of is that he was going to pull a Batman Forever and use the money he stole originally to finance his own company like Nygma did with his "Box". That or he really is that petty or sadistic and cared more about revenge and ruining lives and the money is just a side benefit
@@DragonmanX90 I mean yeah I thought he got the money and he got the satisifaction of having the rich work for him instead of it being the other way around.
The Royal Flush gang are a typical case of Aristotle´s quote "The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want."
Stalker's voice is clearly Isaiah Bradley, played by M.A.N.T.I.S. himself...Carl Lumbly
Sounded similar to J'onn, however.
And Martian Manhunter
@@markmagician2471 My point, exactly.
@@markmagician2471 In *Justice League* and *Justice League Unlimited*
That show was ahead of its time. Literally
I freaking love Blight he design looks a green ghost rider
There's a kind of running theme with BB's villains that I kind of wish they'd done more with - Terry's enemies frequently become debased shadows of their former selves even as they gain power. Blight loses his sanity, Inque becomes genetically unstable, the revived Joker is a former Robin, Shriek deafens himself, and Dr. Cuvier goes full Akira.
I love it when channels get all of their information from wikis. Royal Flush Gang has been different characters throughout the years.
I'm a middle aged guy born in November in 1981 that graduated in 2000. Which means I grew up watching the great "Batman the Animated Series". I saw Batman Beyond for the 1st time on Netflix or Hulu in 2015 so not too long ago. I don't remember which but my son and I watched the whole series together and despite being an adult I got really into it. (Probably because we were also playing the Arkham Batman series at the time. Which if you haven't played any of the 4 games counting Arkham Origins that basically shows the beginning of the Joker and just a little over a year of Batman's run. You are missing out on hands down the best Batman games made and also tons of information and lore about Batman, his villains and their origins and the overall universe that DC it's characters and such reside in. However I thought it did Batman Justice and I told my son that even though most (Not All) the villain's were new and original with the exception of the New Riddler and the Joker gang which paid homage to the originals and at one point found a way to get the original into the episode with it making sense. This channel made a awesome comparison with Spellbinder and The Scarecrow. So that got my son and I thinking and we went and made a list and noticed that almost all of the new villains are just "new" and for the most part "improved" versions of the old villains from the late 1990s early 2000s. Great job by the creators. I don't know if it was intentional or not but either way I say awesome job. 😎
Still can't believe it only got 3 seasons
As an 11 years old kid, Batman Beyond was so dark and cool.
> take a DC hero, or a parody of it.
> add some (very) dark sci-fi/magic element in the backstory.
> shake it hard.
You get dark heroes, monsters, clones, mutants and hybrids. So Batman and so mature at the same time.
I forgot how cool the stalker was, I fucking love the dcau
Love this!
BATMAN AND ROBIN of THE FUTURE!