re: Batman: The Animated Series from 1992

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The series went downhill after they introduced Robin. The studio execs wanted Robin in the series, they felt that kids would relate better to him, and they would refuse any story that did not include Robin

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Robin was in less than half the episodes and debuted in the first season (episode 19)... so I'm not sure I follow you on this. The series went downhill after episode 18?

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He's delirious. Most of the best episodes were after Robin was introduced, and the series only got better when they introduced the second Robin.

Over the Edge is one of the best episodes, and includes Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing.

Growing Pains is astonishingly good, and is a Robin-centric episode (don't give away the ending).

And Knight Time is one of the best episodes of Superman: The Animated Series (and co-stars Robin).

The first Mr. Freeze episode is so good it actually became canon and changed his backstory.

I never really was into superheroes as a kid, Batman was the lone exception. TAS was what got me into it.

What's great is I rewatched them all a couple of years ago and it holds up far better than any other cartoon or show I watched as a kid.

Looking back, the only thing I really don't like is their interpretation of Two-Face. Everything else is stellar.

OP, check out Batman:Mask of the Phantasm, it's a full length-animated movie set in the TAS universe. It is up there with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Like everyone else, it tripped me out years later when I found out Luke Skywalker was the Joker

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The transformation of Harvey Dent to Two Face was great.

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As good as The Long Halloween,imo

Does anyone here like The Batman ? from 2006?

Wish Netflix had it I'd watch it again

I'll go one better than greatest animated series of all time. This cartoon is the single greatest version of the character of Batman, and his world, that has ever existed, comics included. Every major important character (Jason Todd excluded) was not only included but represented perfectly. It also introduced characters such as Renee Montoya and, more importantly, Harley Quinn. My only criticism of the series is in the character design of a few characters. During the Fox Kids run, Penguin and Catwoman were designed to look like their Batman Returns counterparts, and in the Kids WB version, the Joker and Riddler designs were far inferior to the earlier ones, especially compared with how great the Scarecrow redesign was.

To this day, I still hear Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as Joker, Bob Hastings as Gordon and Robert Costanza as Bullock. The series is nearly perfect and still is cited as a Batman high point over 20 years after it debuted.

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ll go one better than greatest animated series of all time. This cartoon is the single greatest version of the character of Batman, and his world, that has ever existed, comics included

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It's right up there, although the Arkham City game (which of course has Conroy/Hamill-in his final performance) is close.

One thing BTAS really didn't nail,imo, was Ra's.

It is so rare to see any show, cartoon or live action, get so many things dead on perfect. And then keep that quality going as the series goes on. They even kept the mojo going into the Justice League series. B:TAS is a fantastic series to watch.