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BTAS #1: Ep. 1 + 3 (Patreon)

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2026-05-14 19:00:21
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It’s time to begin our journey through Batman: The Animated Series, and we’re doing things a little differently this time around. Instead of watching in airing or production order, we’ll be following a chronological order guide put together by one of our Patreon members.

These first two episodes did an excellent job of setting the tone for the series, and I’m already excited to dive deeper. I caught a handful of episodes growing up, but I never had the chance to experience the series from start to finish.

Now that I finally get to watch it all the way through, I’m looking forward to seeing why this show is still held in such high regard.

Drop your thoughts below and enjoy the ride!

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J Man

The classic! RIP to the legend Kevin Conroy too!

KrakenKing

Regarding when Bruce became Batman and how old he is: Bruce donned the Batman identity soon after turning 20 in Autumn of 1983 (his birthday is in late Summer). The first three episodes are set in autumn through Christmas 1992 and so he is currently 29. Bruce was born in 1963 and left Gotham for training on the cuff of 17. Cool art direction fact: this entire show was drawn and animated over black paper, which allowed for all the dark backgrounds and brighter contrasting colors. Man-Bat made for an excellent first villain imo, with the whole episode having an old school sort of Universal monsters theme to it (even the inspiration for the title card design). He was chosen as the villain for the series debut because he fell perfectly on the line of old enough as a character to have lore to pull from, but obscure enough to feel fresh and untapped. Aside from that, ‘On Leather Wings’ and Langstrom’s Man-Bat obsession are really a clear cut message regarding addiction. ‘On Leather Wings’ also used up most of the series’ blood budget with that one battle. 😂 Man-Bat had been around for a good 20 years by 1992, but his lore was so complex and convoluted by that point that the writers decided to simply strip back everything about Kirk Langstrom as a character and simply give him his classic origin, which worked a treat. You’ll see this with a lot of characters, particularly villains, in this series. There had been so much convoluted, even rubbish, lore built up over the past 50 years, that the writers simply chose to take what worked from all comics, scrap the rest, and create what many consider to now be the definitive versions of these characters. Scarecrow, likewise, was adapted the same way, although to a much less severe degree than Man-Bat. Jonathan Crane is just a sick man through and through. His goons were funny though. Really, ‘Nothing to Fear’ is a good early look into Bruce’s psyche and his fears of being a disappointment, and of course, it’s where we get the infamous “I am vengeance, I am the night, I am Batman!” line.

Progrise16

The DCAU is considered one of the greatest adaptations of the comics of all time, and it started with BTAS. People considered Kevin Conroy as the definitive Batman, with Mark Hamill as the definitive Joker.

JD Dumas

You can tell right away that for Bruce Timm and his crew, this was a passion project. And wouldn't have been possible without the help of one person, Avery Coburn. See, Avery was the head of standards and practices during the show's production, basically the network censor. And fortunately for the Btas crew, she was a Batman fan too and appreciated what they were trying to achieve. So she gave them tips on how to get around the rules to tell the kinds of stories they wanted to. Sure, they still couldn't do everything they wanted. Many episodes had to be rewritten or scrapped, but the end result became what many consider the definitive version of Batman. God bless that woman. This series draws a lot of influence from the post-Silver Age era of the late 70s early 80s, when the rules on comics were eased up and Batman was ready for serious stories again. Mayor Hamilton Hill and Detective Harvey Bullock were frequently recurring side characters during this period.

Ashhab Imran

Was always a bigger fan of the animated stuff for DC

KrakenKing

It should also be noted that BTAS in particular was strong armed into slightly synergizing with Tim Burton’s Batman ‘89 and Batman Returns. Thankfully, the show managed to mostly get around it, but you can see certain aspects of said synergy in Joker, Catwoman, and most unfortunately, Penguin. It’s a big reason why Penguin really got the short end of the stick in this show, the writers didn’t want to use him because of what the network wanted him to be.

JD Dumas

Are you sure about that? Mayors can be referred to as "Your Honor" too.

Anriku

So he's been a crime fighter for around 9 years. That's pretty cool. So he's been active and known for a bit. That's a very cool art fact, too. I definitely like how it sets the mood. The characterization has been on point so far, too.

Anriku

Sounds like she was the lynchpin to this project. Thank you to her!

JD Dumas

Indeed. And they gave her little shoutouts in the show whenever they could. Usually by putting her name on signs and stuff like that.

Anriku

That's awesome. Sounds like she deserves the recognition.

JD Dumas

Her most notable shoutout was on a billboard for the "Coburn Calamari Company" in the episode, "The Man Who Killed Batman". Not my favorite episode, but definitely in my Top 10.

Anriku

I'll try to remember that and keep an eye out for it.