Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992, to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the on-screen title The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which was also used for reruns of earlier episodes. The series eventually spawned two continuation shows, The New Batman Adventures and Batman Beyond. The series was praised for its intricate themes, film noir aesthetics, darker tone, artistic presentation, and modernization of its title character's crime-fighting origins. IGN.com listed Batman: The Animated Series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book television show of all time and the second best animated series of all time (after The Simpsons). Wizard magazine also ranked it #2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time (again after The Simpsons). TV Guide ranked it the seventh Greatest Cartoon of All Time. The widespread acclaim led the series to win four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program. The series was also the first in the continuity of the shared DC animated universe, spawning further animated TV series, comic books and video games with most of the same creative talent. Its ratings success and critical acclaim led the series to spawn two feature films: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (released to theaters in 1993) and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (a direct-to-video release in 1998).

Year:
1992
10,962 Views

Charlie Collins:
Hold it!

The Joker:
Oh, come on.

Charlie Collins:
I said hold it! [slugs Joker in the face, knocking him to the ground]

The Joker:
You miserable little nobody! If I get caught, your wife and son are history!

Charlie Collins:
Your not getting caught. Not this time. I found this blown out of the van. [reveals a Joker bomb]

Charlie Collins:
This is how it ends, Joker. No big schemes. No grand fight to the finish with the Dark Knight. Tomorrow all the papers will say is it the great Joker who was found blown to bits in an alley alongside a miserable little nobody?" Kinda funny. Ironic really. See, I can destroy a man's dreams too and that's really the only dream you've got? Isn't it?

The Joker:
Look, Charlie, you've been having a bad day. All this running around, all this excitement with... [Yells] BATMAN!

The Joker:
[to Charlie] Stop! Y-you're crazy!

Charlie Collins:
I had a good teacher. [Chuckles] Say goodnight, Gracie!

The Joker:
No! Batman! Batman! [Gasps with relief to see Batman appear] How long have you been there?

Batman:
Long enough. Put it down, Charlie.

Charlie Collins:
You know he'll just escape again. This is the only way my family stays safe.

The Joker:
All right, you win, take it easy. [Empties pockets] Here's everything on his blasted family. Names, addresses, it's all there.

[Gets grabbed by Batman]

The Joker:
You're no fun anymore, Charlie.

Charlie Collins:
Hey, Joker!

[Charlie tosses the bomb to Joker. Joker screams and hides himself behind Batman. It turns out the bomb is a dud. Trembling, the Joker looks out from behind Batman's shoulder]

Charlie Collins:
Gotcha!

Batman:
[Chuckles]

The Joker:
Oh, very funny. A million laughs.

Batman:
Go home, Mr. Collins.

Charlie Collins:
Home. I never thought that could sound so good. I wonder what Bonnie's making for dinner. Right now, anything would taste great. Even meat loaf.

Ubu:
[Batman, in disguise, fights Ubu and knocks him to the ground, keeping him there with multiple punches. Batman is then restrained by several of Ra's Al Ghul's henchmen. Ubu grunts as he stands back up] For this indignity I will see you suffer!

[Raises hand to strike Batman]

Ra's Al Ghul:
Enough! What is the meaning of this disturbance, Ubu?

Ubu:
Forgive me, master. But I discovered this most unworthy one spying.

Ra's Al Ghul:
Oh. I believe I would have a closer look at one so foolish... or so brave.

Ubu:
[Ra's Al Ghul unmasks Batman's disguise revealing his cowl] You?

Ra's Al Ghul:
My admiration for you was well-founded, detective.

Batman:
Too bad I can't say the same.

Ubu:
[Batman is relived of the rest of his disguise] Shall I dispatch him, master?

Ra's Al Ghul:
No. For now, just relive him of that cumbersome belt.

[Belt is removed]

Ra's Al Ghul:
Oh, and search him. Make certain that he conceals no surprises which might enable him to escape.

Batman:
You have nothing to lose by telling me what you're doing here!

Ra's Al Ghul:
[Batman is stripped of his gloves, cape, and shirt by the henchmen] Yes, I suppose I do owe you that much, detective, since in many ways you are responsible for it. You see, I had hoped to achieve my vision of an earthly utopia gradually over time, with my heir carrying on my work after I was gone. But your refusal to become my heir has left me no other choice.

Ubu:
[Ubu reaches for Batman's cowl] His mask, master?

Ra's Al Ghul:
No, leave it. It is a mark of honor. Even though because of him I must now use what I call the 'Lazarus Effect' to achieve my utopia in one bold stroke.

Batman:
[is escorted to Ra's Al Ghul's command center] How?

Ra's Al Ghul:
The material of the pit is an unknown chemical stew that bubbles to the earth's surface only at certain key places. Even now my people are placing bombs such as that one over the various Lazarus pits around the world. These bombs are electronically linked to a private satellite already in Earth orbit.

Batman:
Morpheus!

Ra's Al Ghul:
Precisely! And at the moment when sun and moon are in proper alignment to cause the greatest upheaval in earth's geomagnetic field, I shall send a signal to that satellite beginning a countdown. Precisely! And at the moment when sun and moon are in proper alignment to cause the greatest upheaval in earth's geomagnetic field, I shall send a signal to that satellite beginning a countdown.

[Collage of images showing what will happen]

Ra's Al Ghul:
Five minutes thereafter one bomb will be lowered deep into the heart of each pit. The satellite will in turn relay a microwave signal that will detonate all the bombs simultaneously. The multiple explosions will result in a global chain reaction. All the Lazarus pits throughout the world will overflow. The globe will be saturated with their chemical solution and when the resultant cataclysm has abated there will come a blessed peace. And this poor defiled planet shall find itself restored to its former pristine glory.

Batman:
But that will cost countless lives!

Ra's Al Ghul:
Actually, detective, we have counted. 2,56,986,000. A most impressing plan, would you not agree?


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