What's the best episode of BTAS and why?

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why was robin in the first episode then MIA for like the next 100

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lets get his out of the way.

>>85582100
dubs of truth

/thread

>>85581272

All episodes with Killer Croc are god-tier.

The one where Harley and Ivy have a girls night out.

>>85583146
fuck you /co/mblrina

this guy >>85582100 got it right.

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>>85582100
Always a popular choice, but this is my personal favorite.

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>>85581272
Fight me.

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>>85583733
No, fight me?

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>>85581272

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Speaking of BTAS, I'm about to watch pic related for the first time. What am I in for /co/?

>>85584010
Overrated mediocrity.

>>85584010
The true and authentic origin of the Batman.

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>>85581272
My personal Favorite is Baby Doll

The one where Scarecrow traps Bruce (I think it was Bruce) it a nightmare where Babs dies, Gordon learns she's Batgirl, and the police go on a manhunt for Bruce.

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>>85584028
>>85584040

>>85584010
It's ok but just feels like a long episode, and not one of the GOAT ones

Baby Doll's episode. It's just so emotional and amazing. Too bad they ruined Baby Doll by having her reappear again later.

Mad Love is also great.

>>85584028
This. It's not as good as everyone says it is.

>>85584010
The best Batman movie.

>>85584090
I think the former kinda, honestly.

There's good bits, but it's also revered as this perfect Batman story and I don't really think it's that, just a good one.

It throws in this character that's played up to be the love of batman's life and super important to his character, but this is the only time she ever shows up (aside from her appearance in Terry's origin story which I have to admit is a really good reference)

Christmas with the Joker

I'm not sure there was an episode I didn't like in Batman TAS.

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fite me irl fgt

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Posting the correct answer. Because it's a Batman version of The Spirit.

I'm pretty fond of Harlequinade Harley Quinn's Holiday.

>>85584010
The Phantasm's true identity is Taskmaster

>>85584415
oh look I agree

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>>85584619
No, it's the Reaper.

>>85584645
Are you one of those people who doesn't get jokes?

>>85583694
thats ok its a really good homage to adam west
he might have been silly and campy to modern audiences, but he introduced a whole generation to batman, it laid the foundation for future installments of batman from a legion of fans inspired by the original run

it even made an effort to show his detective side, even though they were forced into "bat deduction" due to time and budget

>>85584700
Maybe. Post a joke.

>>85584781
You don't actually need me to tell you that I wasn't being serious when I said that the true identity of Phantasm, a DC character, was actually Taskmaster, a Marvel character, do I?

>>85584829
So that is a joke?

>>85584871
Okay, you're clearly pretending to be retarded at this point, but just so you know, you don't need to.

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My personal goat episode.

Though Jokers Favor and The Man Who Killed Batman are pretty high up there, along with Heart of Ice and Two Face.

I liked the one where the badguys are playing cards sharing stories abot batman and then Killer Croc is batman in a Croc suit.

so wheres the stream

1 Beware the Gray Ghost
2 The Man Who Killed Batman
3 Joker's Millions

Mask of the phantasm was great until the joker got involved. Like they had all this build up and then dump it. I'm still wondering how that spear went right through it

I love Joker's Wild and Heart of Steel part 1 and 2

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>>85582700
underrated

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>>85584952

Two face is absolutely my favorite. I love that it's a two part episode.

>>85584087

Over the Edge

>>85583859
Out of the bad episodes, this is the only one I'd call so-bad-it's-great. The concept is so off-the-wall, it feels like the writers were in an anything-goes, "why the hell not" kind of mood.

>>85586590
Except I don't think it's comedically abd, it's just kinda boring and "what?"

It's an episode that doesn't matter to anyone or anything, it's just fucking weird. Selina turns into a cat, but then she's back to normal so it's okay. It's just a big "well that fucking happened" moment with no real consequences, since Dorian never escapes prison and Tygrus is never like "fuck this nerd island"

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I fucking love this one.

TMS animation with good action, really entertaining villain and clever use of his gimmick. That ending is my favorite in this whole show. I think it's objectively one of the best. From the moment Batman tricks Scarface till Joe Piscopo PUMPS HIM FULL OF BULLETS and then the final scene where Arnold is making a New Scarface and makes the scar in such a violent way. Powerful stuff. And then they put him in the one good episode with Catwoman in the whole show, written by Dini.

It should be very silly and hard to take seriously, and he kind of is in some of the comics, but they sold the Ventriloquist in this show.

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>>85582700
I like how in his episodes Waylon's this cunning and tough motherfucker and when he's a guest villain he's just a mouth breathing moron. I'm talking about Trial, I do remember he's not actually in Almost Got 'Im.

>>85582100
>>85583694
>>85583910
>>85584277
>>85584536
>>85584952
All good choices. This show's highs were high.

>>85581272
I know it's not BM:TAS, but the last episode of the brave and the bold really moved me.

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>>85586903

This show had an unique way of turning villains that were jokes in the comics in interesting and compelling characters. Mad Hatter, Freeze and Ventriloquist had their best incarnations there. Though they weren't able to do the same with Maxie Zeus.

As for OP's question, either this one or the second episode with The Riddler.

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Mad Hatter episodes were always my favorites

just loved his /r9k/ feels persona in this show

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>>85584536
This, or Joker's Wild.

The latter is a really fun story with Joker as the main character basically, and feels like it can fit in any canon.

>>85586590
Which are typically considered the bad ones? Are there any STAS or JL/JLU episodes that people generally agree as being bad?

>>85583694
Same, it takes me back to when I was a kid watching batman in the living room.

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>>85588983
That, >>85583733 and this are consistently the regarded as worst in the series.

>>85590584
Wasn't that the one where Batman saved some homeless people?

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>>85588136
>just loved his /r9k/ feels persona in this show
Would not, could not...could not join the dance
The Mad Hatter always inspired the most monstrous of feels.

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>>85581272
i was oging to say Heart of Ice, but thats always the go to choice.

instead i'll say that i had been planing on catching up with Arrow tonight, but will instead watch a few episodes of this.

>>85590584
The forgotten isn't bad, it's just fucking weird.

Batman gets taken to a slave camp somewhere in the desert FAR outside of gotham and forgets he's batman and leads a prison break. It's ridiculous.

>>85581272
It's Never Too Late, because it was about people and the mistakes they make.

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>>85590584
I would rather watch either of those episodes than this one. It's fucking trash in every regard.

>>85590724
> You of all people have the gall to ask me that! You ruined my life! I was willing to give whatever life you wanted, JUST TO KEEP YOU OUT OF MINE!

I really also liked the one where it's just Ra's telling Batman about that time he ran into Jonah Hex in the 1800's.
The one where Bats goes to Japan was good too.

>>85590887
I actually don't remember this one at all. Batman met the Wolfman?

Fuck man, thinking about it and reading this thread, it would be way easier to say what everyone thinks is the worst episode.

>>85590948
There was an athlete who took steroids mixed with wolf adrenaline glands or something.

>>85590724
>>85590911
I genuinely felt bad for BTAS villains.

>>85590971
He starts taking wolf estrogen which turns him into a wolf. And Batman won't shut the fuck up for five seconds with his wolf puns. And Bruce Timm put electric guitar over Shirley Walker's score.

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>>85591014
Jesus Christ.

>>85587886
To be fair Maxie Zeus is a hard fucking sell no matter how you dress it up.

>>85591037
There is not one redeeming quality for this episode. Even the animation is ass.

This thread has reminded me just how miserable BTAS was. It even ends on such a dark note.
Guilty, guilty, guilty.

>>85591055
This. He'd be more at home on Batman '66 with Egghead and King Tut.

>>85591010
>It's a "Poison Ivy tries to have a normal life with her plant family but Batman kills them all" episode
>It's a "Penguin falls in love and tries to adapt back into society but the girl was just leading him on for shits and giggles" episode
Ayup.

>>85590887

Man every episode that had Milo in it was just garbage. At least he is dead now.

>>85591102
>Mad hatter just wanted money to leave Gotham after his first fight with Batman

>>85591075
And didn't STAS end with "but here I am god"?

>>85590584
What about the other DCAU shows? Any outstandingly bad episodes in those? I seem to recall JL/JLU being pretty stellar in general.

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Why was Christmas Batman so comfy?

>>85591188
>that episode of BTAS with Charlie Manson in it
https://youtu.be/Veju4PxhuGc

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>>85591075
I'm lost. Wasn't the last episode a Bat-girl Cat-woman team up?

>>85591178
That and Dan Turpin's death. Both shows had pretty rough endings.

>>85591229
Last episode of season 2, yes.

>>85591229
The last one in Season 4 was the episode when Two face becomes a Judge Vigilante

>>85591229
Depends on if you count the New Batman Adventures as a continuation.

>>85591253
>all hope is lost
>things only get worse,instead of overcoming Two Face he literally gets a third personality that condemns them all
>children's cartoon

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>>85582100
It falls apart near the end. the set up is great, the reworked Mr. Freeze origin is a modern classic. But Mr. Freeze is defeated by chicken soup. That said, I still love it, and the closing scene is near perfect.

>>85584952
I came here to post this, but goddamn were there a lot of contenders.

>>85591300
This is why It's Never Too Late is my favorite episode, it's not something you'd expect in a kid's show.
>Batman wants mobster to testify against his boss
>takes him to a clinic where his own son is being treated for being addicted to his product
>that scene at the rail-yard where he starts getting flashbacks to how his brother lost his leg there

>>85591300
>>children's cartoon
>Episode where Batgirl dies, Gordon discovers it was Barbra and swears revenge to catch Batman. Hires Bane to take him down, everyone dies. Luckily it was a dream

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This one is a really great episode. You can call it from the beginning, but the characterization is fantastic, and Bruce's relationship to Harvey Dent is heartbreaking.

>>85591176

That was after his second.

After his first he created the perfect dream world so Batman could be happy.

>>85590584

I hated this episode as a kid but grew to appreciate it as I got older.

>>85590887

This episode is trash. Worst part is it was right after Cat and the Claw and Batman was adamant that creatures like Werewolves could not exist despite just fighting cat creatures.

Plus there were two Man-Bat episodes at that point too.

>>85591365
Speaking of Bane, I love it how he was handled in this. Strong enough to wreck Killer Croc, and still smart, most of the time keeping calm and collected.
>>85591366
>HOW CAN I CHOOSE?

>>85584044
It was really good, but her other episode, the TNBA one with Killer Croc, was terrible.

>>85591393
I seriously have no idea how the hell Batman TAS' whipping boy is I've Got Batman in My Basement when Moon of the Wolf exists.

Basically any episode with Riddler was top tier
>that labyrinth episode
>that virtual reality episode

The one with Etrigan also deserves special mention imo just for being different.

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>>85591307
Actual if Mr.Freeze was as cold as he stated something as warm as 110 degrees Fahrenheit could damage his glass due to cold absorbing heat faster while it is still cold. Glass is rather unstable so shattering it with such a sudden change in temperature is believable and Freeze out right states that he can't live in normal temperatures so once that glass is off and he is surrounded by 80 degrees Fahrenheit... so yes hot chicken soup could kick his shit in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avzyhROCCSI

>>85591539
I doubt his helmet was made out of plain glass.

>>85591461

I've Got Batman in My Basement is pretty bad.

It's remembered because even as kids it was really lame.

>>85590584
Yeah but the sequence where Batman takes out the goons in the mine is great.

>>85591669
I'm actually assuming it's tempered glass the way it shattered in the episode which is actually much weaker to heat swelling because glass is most susceptible to breakage due to damage to the edge of the glass, where the tensile stress is the greatest.

Also- it's glass- we can make some tough stuff but sudden changes in temperature will still have a good chance to fuck it up.

Also I don't think Freeze expected to have near boiling temperatures thrown at him from a can

>>85591669
plain glass would be his safest beat anon
Most other glass types would get wreak even easier

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Not TAS but...

>>85591307
Anon most glass can't take such sudden changes in temperature
Let's assume Freeze was right at 32F/0C a temperature of say 150F/65C (Warm/Hot water) splashed on something like would easily break it. Most things can't take such a sudden change in temperature like that.

>>85591461
The absurd title and premise of the episode. Also add in things like a kid driving the batmobile, Batman crashing on a couch for most of the episode, and he fights off Penguin in some basement with a screwdriver.

>>85591461
Because it has Batman getting beat/showing weakness and needing help

>>85591956

I really like the episode with the farmer and the bugs.

>>85592026

Nah it's because it has shitty kids.

The Forgotten though is certainly disliked for its lack of Batman.

>>85583694
Really good but the villain was weak

>>85583859
I unironically enjoy this episode

>>85590584
The Forgotten honestly isn't that bad. Moon of the Wolf and Cat Scratch Fever are the absolute worse imo

>>85592419
What's wrong with Cat Scratch Fever?
>You're hot!
>Now you notice

>>85591237
Dan Turpin's death wasn't the end of the series, Legends was

>>85591974
>thermal shock shatters glass
Cheap glass. Borocated glass, like the kind used in laboratory glassware, doesn't have that problem. It doesn't make any sense that Freeze would use temperature-sensitive glass when his whole schtick is that he needs a constant, frigidly cold environment to survive.

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>>85592447
For starters, its Akom's worst work on the series, which is saying A LOT

>>85592837

Even Timm rejected this episode openly stating that they really didn't know what to do with Selina after her debut until TNBA. They were too fixated on giving her the ecoterroist gimmick.

>>85592931
Sometimes a femme fatale is just a femme fatale. Selina works best when she's a professional thief, she doesn't need a gimmick.

>>85583146

There was two episodes where Harley and Ivy go together one of them is Holiday Knight in the 4th season.

>>85592961

There are three.

Harley and Ivy, Girl's Night Out, and Holiday Knight.

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>>85591307
It wasn't just any chicken soup. It was soup Alfred lovingly made out of care and loyalty.
It's a symbol that Batman is stronger because he has friendship & trust on his side, while Freeze had let his vengeful anger overshadow his love. It's sappy, but it's still kind of a sweet message.

>>85591073
I'm with you there. At least in "Tyger Tyger" and especially in "Batman in My Basement" the wonky animation looked pretty funny some of the time.
Like this shot where the two bullies lean on Batman on the couch, looking vaguely like something out of a religious image.

>>85582100
Pretty much. Thread over any other answer is wrong.

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>>85592596
> like the kind used in laboratory glassware, doesn't have that problem.

>google laboratory glassware

>Heating reagents or samples

>Heating or cooling of most glassware must be done carefully because thermal expansion in one portion of the glass but not an adjacent portion may put too much mechanical stress on the surface and cause it to fracture. Fracturing is a concern when students new to laboratory become impatient and heat glassware, especially the larger pieces, too fast. Heating of glassware should be slowed using an insulating material, such as metal foil or wool, or specialized equipment such as heated baths, heating mantles or laboratory grade hot plates to avoid fracturing.

>Hot glass also looks exactly like cold glass, so care must be taken to avoid grabbing hot glassware.[2]

>>85581318
His VA was in college. Hell, they even wrote that in the show.

>>85592596
As someone who works at a lab everyday I can tell I hate undergrads that think like you and just assume you can't shatter lab glass. It breaks like anything else.
Even car windshields that can take decent about of abuse can't handle that.

>>85592596
Fun fact most lab glass is weaker than the glass on your car
How about next cold day when you windshield is covered in frost you go boil some water and pour it over the windshield.

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>>85584010
A surprisingly complex graveyard monologue, a fantastic Year One scene and a brilliant villain finale setpiece.

>>85581318
>>85596550
For the longest time I always assumed that it was simple an out of order episode because of that. Wouldn't be till I reach college I would take the time to read up on it.

>>85592596
>Borocated glass
Borosilicate glass like Pyrex is not 100% resistant to sudden changes like any glass it has randomness to it and while one could handle it another would shatter
Soda-lime glass would work better (still not perfect) but has new risks such as poor vision as the helmet everything would be seen in swirls of green, chemicals that don't react well in the sun and the fact that if it crack or break Victor would get several cuts or worse out of the glass shards.

Also it's worth noting that Batman hit him with thermos, I'm pretty sure there was a cracking sound, pretty much a strong impact and the sudden change of temperature would break/shattered almost any glass

>>85592931
I don't understand why she couldn't just be a thief. Not every villain needs to be sympathetic, and it would go greater to her character if she was just a white collar thief. It's not like her gimmick was so ridiculous that we needed more to go on then she's a jewel thief for the rush

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>>85592931
Did he? She was amazing in "Catwalk". I think they struck a nice balance between her agenda and her kleptomania there. Scarface was also in it and he was 10/10 as always. It's a good Catwoman story, it's a good Ventriloquist story, it's got cool action and it's even funny. It's just a great episode. Didn't Dini write that one?

Still, that's her only good appearance along with her role in "Almost got 'im", so I guess I get why Timm thought that.

>>85597063
apparently a thief with a heart of gold doesn't work for a villain

>>85584277
Good taste anon.