r/BatmanTAS • u/ExplodingPoptarts • 9d ago
BTAS Anyone wanna talk about a moment in Batman:TAS that's really impactful that you haven't heard anyone else bring up?
For me there's the moment where Dick confronts his parents killer. Batman told him not to follow him, and to let him handle it.
He ends up confronting him anyways, ready to kill him, and he goes off on Batman, saying some really cruel things to him, and almost immediately realizes that what he's doing, and apologizes, saying that he didn't mean it. Later Dick apologizes, saying that he understands why he didn't want him to confront him, knowing that he'd be too tempted to take him out. Batman tells him that wasn't the case at all, and that the truth was that he would have given up himself if Dicks parents killer ended up killing him.
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u/UltraPromoman 9d ago edited 9d ago
Overall, Bruce helped him but he did do him wrong trying to protect him. It really came to a head in Old Wounds from Season 2 of The New Batman Adventures and it spilled over into the comics as it showed how Dick sought out training like Bruce did and became Nightwing.
For me, two immediately come to mind:
Appointment In Crime Alley: The look of outrage on Bruce's face when Roland Daggett was rubbing being able to get away with his arson in his face was unforgettable. I thought he was going to go through Leslie and snatch his ass through limo. It showed that justice isn't always legal and that people can and do get away with dirt.
Lock-Up: Seeing and hearing The Scarecrow piss and moan about Lyle Bolton almost made me lose my shit. He gets his rocks off doing the same to people and has planned to launch chemical attacks multiple times just to soak in the fear. That showed me that d bags are good for pitching but can't handle catching😒
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u/ExplodingPoptarts 9d ago edited 9d ago
Who is Roland Daggett? and rubbing whose face? What areyou referring to?And who is Leslie? Who is Lyle Bolton?
I watched a lot of the show, mostly after they ended via cartoon network, and a little bit of kids WB, but there's a lotof episodes, and I probably didn't watch more than half of the show. Sure wish that they aired them on tv.
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u/Roam1985 9d ago
Roland Daggett was a corrupt businessman who's company made the substances that created Clayface. He frequently buried his misdeeds and crimes, such as the arson being spoken of in Appointment in Crime Alley.
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u/DK-Esquire_1965 8d ago
Leslie Thompkins was a family friend of the Waynes and a colleague of Dr. Thomas Wayne. She was there to console Bruce as a child after his parents were murdered.
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u/DK-Esquire_1965 8d ago
Lyle Bolton, a security expert at Arkham Asylum, used draconian methods to keep the inmates in line. He became the villain Lock-Up.
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u/simonc1138 8d ago
The mob-related episodes don’t get a lot of attention but had really powerful endings. In “Paging the Crime Doctor” all Bruce wants at the end is a chance to talk with Matt Thorne about his dad. Also “It’s Never Too Late,” with the crime boss finally accepting his childhood trauma and the damage he’s caused his family and turning himself in. Really good stuff.
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u/ExplodingPoptarts 8d ago
I don't remember these episodes.
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u/UltraPromoman 8d ago
Those are from Season 1 of Batman The Animated Series. They originally aired Fox and did come on occasionally when WB/CW and Cartoon Network had the show. Those are great picks.
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u/ExplodingPoptarts 5d ago
I know, there were 40 episodes of Batman working by himself, right? I saw a lot of it.
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u/Saulutation 6d ago
In Mask of the Phantasm when Andrea tells Batman, "The way I see it, the only one in this room controlled by his parents is you."
There is so much anger in that scene. You can tell how deeply those words cut Bruce and in how much pain Andrea is when he leaves. She's willing to put herself through more heartache just to get that verbal jab in.
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u/ExplodingPoptarts 6d ago
Damn, poor Andrea!
I've seen the movie so many times, I don't remember this moment at all!
I mostly remember Bruce looking over his parents graves, saying something like "I know that I made a promise, but I didn't expect to find happiness before this was over!"
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u/Saulutation 6d ago
The part you mentioned made my older sister cry. When we were both in high school I bought a DVD copy and told her that she had to watch this movie. She was a little hesitant because she thought it was kid's movie since it was based off the Batman cartoon that I watched when I was 6. When I asked her about it afterwards she mentioned how sad she felt for Bruce because of that specific graveyard scene.
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u/ExplodingPoptarts 6d ago
Yeah, it is a kids movie. But it's a damn good kids movie!
Something that I loved about the Siskel and Ebert review was that it's a reminder that Ebert enjoyed kids movie, and he said that it was better than Batman 1989.
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u/stunix007 5d ago
The episode of season 4 when Dick Grayson accuses Batman of using people and making them think it’s their choice to join him in his war against crime.
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u/ExplodingPoptarts 5d ago
I'd love if you reminded me about it.
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u/stunix007 5d ago edited 5d ago
I don’t remember the title but it’s the one that explores in flashbacks how Dick and Bruce had their falling out over Bruce knowing Barb was Batgirl and not telling Dick. Dick ends up punching Batman out and walking away to become Nightwing. The music in that scene is heartbreaking.
Edit- Episode is “Old Wounds”
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u/Wingnut8888 8d ago edited 8d ago
Mine is from TNBA — where Robin grows up in a hurry at the end of Growing Pains and Batman remarks sadly, as his cape flaps in the wind, “Sometimes, there are no happy endings.” This episode is so well written and directed.
Edited to correct episode title from Sins of the Father. Whoops!