whoa a shockingly weird ending video featuring shockingly weird moments that may get pretty meta
about an ending of a show that does the same yeah it's definitely gonna be one of those days luckily
i'm feeling pretty brave and somewhat bold because today we're looking at batman the
brave and the bald you get it you see what i did there i thought my jokes were corny godly
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matrix thing going on like why is it why is it just your head yeah good point why are you here
well i don't want to be rude would you like to join me in this video uh nah i'm good bro like i
i don't really care about batman so i feel like i wouldn't be any use being a part of it great
that'll make perfect sense for this video yeah how so come with me my friend we're going on a journey
of finding that balance within the madness of making what you want to make as a creator versus
creating content that your audience wants but uh i kind of have this other thing that i had to go do
no time for that now quick to the fringe copter this animation is awful look i spent
all the budget on getting you here didn't leave me with much so this is what you get
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to me lovely yes batman the brave and the bold is another animated outing for the stories of
batman and his friends as he teams up with others from the dc universe to fight crime what's nice
is the show doesn't just focus on the big cameos and team ups for batman but the lesser known and
frankly more interesting characters there was a comic book run in the 1970s for the brave and the
bold in which of course this show borrows heavily from whether it's the campiness of the era or the
charm of the golden and silver age but this is just another show about batman how could it end
in a shockingly weird way this iteration of the cape crusader while being out during the darker
narrative dark knight era surprisingly had a lighter tone and approach to its storytelling
rather than big storylines with plot points that would pay off way later a lot of the show was
solely based around stand-alone episodes giving the audience the option to jump on at any time
without the worry of feeling lost i feel like you're trying to say something with that i am
you see what's beautiful about the videos you or i make since there isn't a through-line narrative
between every video people can find them and join in on any point aside from the inside jokes
from the longer lasting viewers of the content it's open and not closed off to the new viewers
that wasn't really that meta i really hope you got something to relate to all this i don't know just
might this finale episode of the show might fall starts off with batman saving abraham lincoln from
john wilkes booth and then abraham lincoln saving batman intro aside after the opening credits
batman and aquaman fight gorilla grodd who is riding sharks but here is where the episode goes
off the rails the fourth wall is broken thanks to batmite a critical fifth dimensional being who is
an ultra fan of batman just not the brave and the bold batman at least not anymore he wants that
dark and gritty pounding in the city do you bleed you will batman similar to the art form of content
creators who talk about and review cartoons we tend to be critical about what we talk about
and here he lists off his grievances with the show he claims the show not only metaphorically jumped
the shark but literally is doing that in this episode it's predictable it's been seen before and
the fans of the show don't want this so batmite being the mischievous little bat dude that he is
starts making some changes to the 2d world batman lives in in order to get people to turn off the
show or change the channel which will cause the executives to cancel batman the brave and the bold
yeah it's a weird level of meta that only continues to get even more meta er wanna
see what else is on no let's keep watching dad coming up next it's batman the brave and the bold
batman the brain and the bold new episodes fridays at seven i know batman's not really your thing
tariq but come on even you have to admit this is pretty fun and wacky i saw you crack a smile
all right fine you're right some of these changes are pretty funny i'm not gonna lie the whole bit
about ted mcginley who even comes in the voice aquaman as batman takes the john dimaggio voice
away aquaman will now be voiced by ted mcginney the whole ted mcginley joke throughout the episode
just kind of plays into that whole jumping and shark thing as ted is known as the patron saint
of jumping the shark based on him joining the cast of a show later on in their run like way past the
show's prime a joke that would most likely go over the target demographics head but a pretty
fun one just based on the entire theme of jumping a shark anyway it didn't really hit for me until
buddy started talking about how married with children ran for seven years after he joined
it's hilarious to be honest married with children was on the air seven years after i came on then
there's this new character ambush bug a very obscure dc superhero who could just appear
anywhere like batmite's house or the streets of gotham you know aside from his character
just being a welcome addition and being pretty funny the whole ted mckinley joke continues as
the voice of ambush bug is henry winkler or better known as fonzie from happy days
which is a show that ted joined during their final seasons after they had been running for six years
beforehand and fonzie also literally jumped over a shark you know that's where the term comes from
i still can't believe it i'm talking to the real ted mcginley the joke has so many like unnecessary
layers to it which you know god it makes it even funnier the more you look into it ambush bug
tries to get batman and aquaman to understand that people are getting bored and changing the channel
because what's going on in the story is not what they want to see from batman they want to see
pointless fighting which they learn is actually what keeps and grabs the audience's attention
but it all gets dragged down by random gimmicks anything from laugh tracks to pointless
accessories and gadgets and the worst scene of them all they gave bro a scrappy dude buddy not
even trying to get the show canceled at this point he trying to get a tax write off yeah all of that
up until we see gotham turned into malibu and batman given the one thing he'd never have guns
it wasn't your fault once he figures out that these things are weird and not how they should
be he struggles with the realization that his world is not real ambush bug has been trying to
tell him that he is aware of not existing outside of the cartoon and him knowing that there was no
other way to end things off since the show was going to come to an end soon they go out in
style by giving the viewers of the show what they always wanted while they themselves are having a
good time getting their saving the day job done after the fight we zoom out from the screen to a
bunch of executives discussing the show itself planning the next batman show and officially
canceling batman the brave and the bold batmite technically wins and celebrates by getting rid of
his collectibles pertaining to the brave and the bold while slightly reminiscing on a few of the
good moments from the show he did like but that is quickly forgotten once he sees the trailer for the
new batman show that's all cgi and it's not even about batman it's about batgirl so he gets sad at
that for a second until we see batman get featured as a friend of batgirl in the show but ambush
bug speaks with batman one last time as he is confronted about him only existing within a realm
of the show and without this show existing he no longer will exist he then gets erased from the
world and we cut to a cast wrap-up party filled with cameos from a ton of superheroes and villains
in the background the cars and buildings turn out to be set pieces and are moved away we get a final
message from batman before we get a final goodbye from the show and thus batman the brave and
the bold is over it's just pretty wild that the rest of the series really isn't like this at all
it's campy and it has its moments for sure but it was meant to be weekly batman adventures making
references and paying homage to some comic book classic eras it really seems like the writers of
this episode really just kind of wanted to have some fun on the show's deathbed so to speak if
you have one last chance to make something right and it's over because of like i don't know network
treatment or behind the scenes issues or even because of rating sometimes like why not just
go out with a bang and directly poke fun at some of the criticisms but at the same time
embrace them it kind of reads as a final this is what we've been trying to do for the past
three years and we really hope it shines through thanks for watching wow also kind of feels like
they're just giving themselves a well-deserved pat on the back i don't know i might not be
a batman super fan and i definitely didn't watch this show crazy often when it was on
but this episode not taking itself seriously with so many jokes and pointless silly action and
this bat luge i ain't going online still really kind of made me smile i really love this last
moment and again not even coming from a batman fan sure was a fun ending if that were the end what do
you mean if that was the end well it was the end but not the end end what does that even mean you
heard a scooby-doo oh sick come on up wait come on please don't scooby-doo and batman the brave
and the bold yeah that's the title was a 2018 standalone movie that teams up the brave and the
bold iteration of batman with the iconic mystery solvers from scooby-doo this is back to the campy
non-self-aware batman mainly a throwback to those who are big fans of the brave and the bold who are
feeling nostalgic for it it's less shocking and just more scooby-doo and there's nothing in it
that i would really consider shocking so that ending isn't shocking which makes you a liar
and your videos alive and you're a little liar baby who goes to live school and lies down all the
lie time what isn't it shocking that like a little over six years after the show ended that we get a
random scooby-doo movie crossover i mean come on that's shockingly weird man just cuts a commercial
break this could be deeply disturbing coming up on cartoon network next batman the brave and the bold
you're watching batman the brave and the bold when it comes to batman the brave and the bold the
ending clearly showcases the balancing act or an overcompensation of a balancing act of doing what
you want to do versus what the audience or in the show's example the viewers and the executive board
want in fact we can personally interpret this for what i've been trying to say let's picture
the viewers of this show as the viewers of this youtube video and the executive board is youtube
sure you can create whatever you want but if you don't also give time to your audience and what
they want to see as well as what youtube wants to see rather than your show being cancelled you just
end up losing those viewers and any algorithmic pushing from the network aka youtube here i mean
it's sad though as a creator that you essentially had to become a drone for what others want
rather than what you yourself the creator wants all that broadcast yourself stuff went out the
window the very second that any of us made this a business but the thing that always made these
videos so cool was that intimacy is something that we lost as the expectation of certain types
of quality just kind of went up but we got to look at these things as face value though right
this is a youtube video we make youtube videos not movies not tv shows but youtube videos
like love to batman or whatever but if i have no interest in the topic why on earth would i cover
it my heart my passion those things that people watch our videos for it just wouldn't be there
so why would i even bother what's stopping it from sounding like i'm just reading off a buzzfeed
article with some trap beats in the back you're totally right this is youtube it's hyperbolic
to treat it as if it's the exact same thing as a tv show or a movie but the parallels are there in
some aspects like let's look at all of this you may not be interested by batman or this topic
but let's say the audience wants to see what you'd think about it or in this video's example
the weird ending it had but you don't have the drive to talk about batman or spend time
making a video on it so look at how we got here in order to talk about something that you initially
didn't have any interest in we are at the same time comparing and contrasting how we
operate as content creators juxtaposed to the show needing to find a way to deliver what the
show wanted to deliver and what the network and the viewers wanted to see you can make something
you at first didn't want to make you just need to find the fun in it for yourself break out of
that comfort zone and try something different for example let's look at one of my past videos
randy cunningham 9th grade ninja i was asked over a million times to cover that show but i had never
seen it nor had it on the top of my list to do so the fun part for me when i decided to take
a look at the show was exploring something new which made watching it talking about it in the
whole process of that video really fun for me hero 108 i took one look and said what in the
mid-2000s gamestop commercial is this but what got my interest was the deeper lore that the show had
set up causing me to have a lot of fun making a video on something i initially didn't think i
wanted to make still though batman got cancelled anyway after season three they tried to balance
that mix and they literally don't exist anymore well that is sadly true as content creators we
have the luxury to continue on so we do have the time to find whatever that mix is so a little for
them a little for me yeah make sure you find your fun while giving the audience theirs you
can review or talk about things you really don't care for like you discussing batman with me today
and still have a good time doing so you may even surprise yourself and truly enjoy something you
didn't expect to you know i was actually pretty fun not saying i'm a batman fan now or nothing
like that but after seeing how this episode played out and having to find that balance it was
interesting i'm sure not only just spoke to me but a lot of different creatives it spoke to me too
and i'm glad you joined me today i'm glad i did too it's okay to give people what they're looking
for just make sure that you can find a way to have fun doing it and everyone wins exactly well
that was the shockingly weird way batman the brave and the bold ended if boys wha what did you do you
said great you broke the 39th dash second rule of the fringe lopedia which rule was that no cursing
sorry actually no i'm not i really don't care it'll be all right though gang you
tough though right cubics and all that i remember that well until we can find our
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thanks so much for joining me on this journey whether something was gained or lost i still
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