Hey everyone, it's Renash30 and today I've gone through the evolution of Batman in all of his
appearances in Bruce Timm's dc animated universe timeline, so, without any further ado let's begin.
Okay, so starting off with his first appearance, in Batman: The Animated Series,
the show to start the DCAU, we find a darker take on batman. While by day he's the charming
billionaire CEO of Wayne enterprises, by night he becomes the world's greatest detective.
On his everlasting crusade to stop crime in Gotham, he battles supervillains from his
rouge's gallery like the joker, two-face, Mr. Freeze, Ra's al Ghul and a lot more,
but also has various adventures where his past catches up with him. To aid him in his pursuit,
he uses a variety of gadgets and vehicles and has many allies
like Alfred, Robin, Batgirl and Commissioner Gordon
You are a disgrace.
No. You are not my father, I am not a disgrace I am vengeance I am the knight I am batman
Now taking place during the series, in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm,
Batman investigates a mysterious vigilante who's murdering crime bosses in Gotham. As
he reconciles losing his first love Andrea, he remembers beginning a relationship with her while
starting his career in crime-fighting. Though he proposes to her and decides to leave his
career behind, Andrea accepts but later ends it when she's goes into hiding with her father,
forcing bruce to become batman. Back in the present, he discovers afterwards that
Andrea is the phantasm who seeks revenge on the joker for killing her father.
They took everything bruce, my dad, my life,
you. So either help me or get out of the way you know I can't do that they had to pay
but andy what will vengeance solve if anyone knows the answer to that bruce it's you
With a continuation of the animated series, in The New Batman Adventures,
batman returns to his classic routine, but he among all characters and vehicles
are seen with a revamped look. Now having allies like batgirl, tim drake's robin,
nightwing and others, they battle classic supervillains but are
also introduced to new ones. We also discover the fallout between batman and robin,
because of lies and putting the mission first, this led to robin leaving to become Nightwing
Unless I miss my guess that's him now how's that on better than the jokers close one this time
they're all close ones well here's to survival
hopefully we'll be doing this again next new year's eve hopefully
Crossing over a couple of times in Superman: The Animated Series,
we first find him in Metropolis when joker makes a deal with lex luthor, and while he's initially
reluctant, Batman teams up with Superman to stop their plot. In a later episode, superman
impersonates batman when he goes missing and works with robin to find that he was kidnapped
by Brainiac. In his final appearance when superman is kidnapped, batman discovers that
an old Ra's al ghul wanted to steal his powers, so he rescues and teams up with superman to stop him.
What do you want information regarding a mutual acquaintance what are you talking about I don't
know any you know exactly who I mean where is he what kind of deal have you made with him
Returning to the animated series art style in Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, we find batman
continuing to stop criminals until Mr. Freeze returns to gotham to find a cure for his wife
Nora. As an organ transplant is required, he kidnaps barbara gordon as her rare blood type is
a perfect match. When Batman and Robin investigate and discover her location, they take the batwing,
rescue her and nora, and later bruce funds nora's organ transplant which lands up being a success.
Where's Belson I wish I knew ah I'm telling you the truth Belson had inside information on a new
drug that was going public he leveraged futures with everything he had then some
side effects were discovered and the FDA put everything on hold I want to see his portfolio
Decades following the new batman adventures, in Batman Beyond, batman uses a high-tech black and
red suit but later gets a heart attack mid-fight. As he's forced to use a gun to threaten a thug,
he decides never to be batman again. When 20 years pass and Bruce is a shareholder of
the Wayne-Powers merger, terry finds the batcave and takes his suit to avenge his father's death.
When Bruce realizes that gotham needs batman, he asks Terry to take up the mantle.
As he coordinates from the cave, provides advice and helps investigate for clues,
he later uses the lazarus pit and uses an exosuit to become batman again.
I always wondered what you were like at your peak now I have some idea not quite
at my peak but certainly better than I've been capable of in years it's all coming back to me.
Hey it's unnatural a cheat but you're strong again no if I stay here I'll be weaker than ever
Now following the end of the series in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker,
bruce retakes ownership of his company where after announcing it, the joker returns to gotham.
As bruce refuses to speak about him, he asks for the batsuit back to protect terry but gets
attacked later by the joker. Barbara then reveals the tragic story where the joker
kidnapped robin, turned him into joker junior and batman almost beat him to death in anger.
Now while still recovering, Bruce helps terry, and they both discover that tim is the joker,
but after terry frees him from the nightmare, bruce returns to reconcile with Tim.
I know about all your other major enemies but you never mentioned him
he was the biggest wasn't he he was a psychopath a monster so how is it possible he could still be
around, after all, this time it's not possible he died years ago you're sure I was there
In the spin-off series, The Zeta Project, an infiltration unit is sent after the non-violent
android, Zeta, and begins attacking him when he finds him in a mall. After hearing the report in
the Batcave, Bruce and terry view the security footage and, believe that Zeta is responsible
for the chaos and is returning to his assassin programming. As Bruce helps terry
investigate, they discover zeta isn't responsible and terry helps him defeat the infiltration unit.
Wayne-powers owns an interest in the mall I was given this vid as a heads up before
it even leaks to the news it won't be long before agent Bennett sees what we're seeing
he swore he wouldn't kill anymore it's in his programming he was built to kill
With a few added blue highlights, in Justice League, batman feels outmatched when attempting
to defeat alien invaders, so he teams up with superman, wonder woman, martian manhunter,
the flash, green lantern, and hawkgirl. Eventually, they defeat the aliens,
form the justice league, except batman who becomes a part-timer and assemble on their orbiting hq,
the watchtower. While batman has many adventures, alternate versions of him
appear in the series like a resistance leader, when vandal savage changed the
timeline and a justice lord, when superman kills lex luthor in an alternate universe.
i'll take it from here. You can't scare me, batman. Let me give you one word of advice.
Okay, I'll tell I'll tell. What did he say you don't want to know
Appearing multiple times in Static Shock, he is first seen in Dakota and teams up
with static to stop the joker. Then, he teams up again with static in gotham
to stop poison ivy and harley quinn who are offering fake cures for bang babies.
Later, he asks static and gear for help on the watchtower while
the league deals with another issue until they all team up to stop brainiac. Finally,
when bruce meets a young static in the future, he and terry work with him to rescue his future self.
How are you feeling Virgil you know I guess you really are the world's greatest detective
it fell out of your pocket you probably shouldn't carry that while you're in uniform
right so where's robin with the titans the who you'll meet him someday
When a new female bat vigilante appears in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman,
and targets a weapons operation, Batman is back in his new adventure's look.
While working with Robin, he investigates Kathy and Rocky as they both have motives for targeting
thorne's and the penguin's operation. Frustrated that they both have alibi's, he later discovers
Sonia is the third woman to connect them all as the same batwoman. After rescuing kathy,
he battles bane and later helps set free rocky's fiance who was framed by the penguin.
each of you brought something to the party Kathy had the money
rocky had the genius and you you had the scheme and the will to make it happen three bat women
it was just a matter of disguising your voices and taking turns and you know what it almost worked
With the new adventures art style in Chase me, this short film was released as a bonus
feature on DVD. As Bruce gazes out a window, he's taken to the dance floor until he uses alfred as
a distraction to escape to an elevator. As he finds catwoman looting his office safe,
he chases her across gotham and stops her at the zoo. As she tries
to give a kiss, batman initially leans away but gives her one and handcuffs her for the police.
He then gazes out the window again but in remorse and is taken back to the dance floor.
Following justice league, in Justice League Unlimited, Batman has many
in-depth adventures. He almost sacrifices himself to save heroes and civilians,
hides his feelings for wonder woman but decides not to pursue a relationship, becomes batkid when
morgan le fey's son banishes all adults, briefly glimpses if his parents weren't murdered and
battles darkseid in the finale. In a critical episode 65 years later,
terry discovers that amanda waller overwrote his DNA to make bruce is his biological father and
as bruce is older in his final appearance in the timeline, terry helps him out while being batman.
No dating for the batman one dating within the team always leads to disaster
two you're a princess from a society of immortal warriors I'm a rich kid with issues
lots of issues and three if my enemies knew I had someone special
they wouldn't rest until they'd gotten to me through her
Returning to the future, in Darwyn Cooke's Batman Beyond, to celebrate 75 years of the dark knight,
terry arrives in the Batcave to find bruce injured and that batman's responsible. Batman, in his new
adventures look, then battles terry, but when he discovers it's an android, like Hardac's from the
animated series, bruce uses the batmobile's voice command to incinerate it. As bruce recovers his
belt, he and terry prepare to battle more androids of batman through the decades.
Who sent that thing it didn't say
whoever it was they didn't stop at one. Seven against two pretty bad odds, for them.
Back in his new adventures look, in Batman and Harley Quinn, he teams up with nightwing when
poison ivy and jason woodrue plan to turn people into plants. Believing that harley
knows Ivy's whereabouts, nightwing finds her off the grid and she joins batman in stopping them,
but while harley convinces ivy to stop her plans,
batman and nightwing battle jason. Out of options when jason's about to unleash the chemical,
harley reveals that jason's leafy and asks for a match, so batman strikes one and gives her a kiss.
What is it have you ever seen a leaf like this can't say that I have that's because it isn't from
our planet not even from our dimension this is bad your forensic people are bad this is catastrophic
Following justice league unlimited, in Justice League vs. The Fatal Five,
batman arrests starboy as he causes trouble when he arrives in the 21st century. After miss martian
fails to impress batman to get in the league, he checks in on starboy, who remembers his mission
and breaks out of arkham to save jessica cruz. Wanting more info,
with miss martian's telepathy, Batman enters starboy's mind and learns more about him.
He and the league then aid starboy in protecting jessica against the fatal five,
but after starboy sacrifices himself to save the sun, batman tells miss martian that they
voted for her to become a member
You gave away our presence let him get to you failed to take him out and almost got
the hostages killed maybe this was a teachable moment you want to be part of the justice league
there are better teachers than me I'm not doing this with a teenager point taken don't push it
Now with the end of his evolution till he makes another appearance,
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