"Believe me, you're the only one who cares." That hit me so hard. What a character.

Batman "You killed my father!" Powers "you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"

The censored Joker death has another layer of poetry as well: the Clown Prince of Crime dies by a variation on the banana peel gag.

Can you imagine that uncomfortable moment when Bruce began suspecting of Talia? They'd be in bed having all the fun and such, and suddenly he hears: Harder *DETECTIVE!*

DC managed to make a D level villain, Mister Freeze, into one of the most emotionally devastating origins and storylines for a villain. Hats off to 'em

"Believe me....You're the only one who cares...." No pun intended, give me chills every time.

"Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down" - The most memeable line in the entire series.

"That's... not... funny..." Fitting last words for the Joker

I did love how Mr Freeze got revenge on that doctor "Remember, there will be some momentary discomfort."

"He actually wants to be batman to protect people and not for selfish reasons" If only the writers of Batwoman would do this

“Do you have the slightest idea of how little that narrows it down?” What a legend.

"Why isn't Mr Freeze in prison?" Keep in mind, he technically _was_ in prison. He was a goddamn head in a glorified snow globe stored in a dimly lit room with hardly any interaction for 40-50 years. I'd say that's sufficient "prison" time for the crimes he committed in Batman: TAS. What I find impressive is that he managed to not go insane during that time. EDIT: Thanks to the peeps in the replies for explaining why he wouldn't go insane.

i’d say mr. freeze suffered enough being only a head for around 50 years.

I always thought that Tim being brainwashed into Joker's "son" would've broken Batman if it had been permanent because when you realize it, this is after Jason has been killed by joker. This meant that at that time, Jason hadn't come back yet and it would've been the second child Bruce had lost. Just imagine that, losing the second person you loved after losing one just before him.

I legit cried when Freeze died. "Believe me, you're the only one who cares." 😭😭😭

For whatever its worth, I like how Mr. Freezes last actual actions, despite everything between them, was to save Batman's life twice. Between that and his quote, he realizes that, at the end of everything, Batman may very well have been his only "friend", the only one who ever cared enough to try and help him, and, even if it wasn't "his" Batman, he didn't want to that one person to die with him.

Damn so Mr. Freeze gave up his whole life just for Nora trying to cure her only for her to leave him all alone like that? Damn wtf that really is sad D:

I actually liked the more graphic/less tame versions of the Joker’s death better. Drake points the gun at Batman, pulls the trigger and the bang flag comes out. While he’s standing there laughing with the gun, Joker yells something like “What are you waiting for?!”. Drake then points it at the Joker and pulls the trigger, shooting the Joker through the heart with the bang flag. Joker gasps, falls back, looks down at the bang flag and says “That’s not funny!”, then dies. It was pretty amusing to see that the Joker didn’t get the final punchline. If you can find it, watch the entire movie all the way through. Definitely worth seeing.

"Remember, there might be some momentary discomfort!" (Freezes the scientist who used that line against him earlier) One of the best one-liners before a kill ever IMO

Actually, Bruce’s decision was explained by the man himself. Terry: “But you’re strong again!” Bruce: “No! If I stay here I’ll be even weaker. I was paraphrasing, but you get the idea. His options are pretty clear. He can either be weak; becoming addicted to the Lazarus Pit for all eternity, or he can be strong; use what time he has to the best of his abilities. Which is by helping Terry evolve into Batman.

18:40 That's actually really sad for a kid's show "Leave me, you're the only one who cares" sheesh

"Believe me, you're the only one who cares." Those words just break my heart. I felt so sorry for him. Freeze couldn't shed any tears, so I shed some for him.

I personally found Ace's death to be the saddest, even though it's technically an episode of JLU, it was still the most heartbreaking thing in a cartoon I've seen in a long time

I gotta say, the Mr.Freeze was a better death. Though both deaths were the end of an era, Mr.freeze's death had much more emotion in comparison. While the Joker's death was more shocking to see, Mr.freeze's death was truly heart breaking, especially with his last words being, "believe me...you're the only one who cares."

I saw the uncensored death of the Joker in Batman Beyond, and it was amazing, just like you said, but Mr. Freeze's story is the best from start to finish.

Oh man this show was the best and blew my young mind

Post-Freeze's death with Terry and Bruce is so sad. Terry: "I guess you were right about him." Bruce: "We both were."

Its crazy how nobody talks about the way Ian Peek died in season 2 episode 18 "Sneak Peek". Gravity caused the guy to fall endlessly through the earth into the earth's core. Jesus!! The thought of that always stayed with me.

Each death made far beyond expectations. Funny how Bruce kissed Ra's who possessed Talia's body.

I wish the Batman Beyond suit in Arkham Knight was the same as in Arkham City. It's a good looking suit but it lost the nostalgic essence from the show.

Note: Blight's fate is left ambiguous in the show. He ends up coming back in an issue of the comics, where he does indeed die after Stalker encases him in molten lead.

"You have to kill Mr Freeze to biopsy his organs" I refuse to believe that in a series set in the future they couldn't do something we can already do: take organ biopsies without killing a patient.

I wonder how long Bruce Wayne wore the Batman Beyond suit before retiring.

*Darkest Batman show ever!* It's beyond dark to be honest.

“But fortunately, he is Batman.”

“Believe me your the only one who cares” I felt that😔😔😢😢😢😢😢😢

There's two deaths that stick with me, when Ian Peek sinks through the ground while he's screaming for help, and in Static Shock when Omnifarious overdoses on quantum vapor gas and becomes a statue only for his father to finally care about him.

Joker's electrocution death is his best death to me. He actually died like a clown. And that scream with the power fluctuation is absolutely haunting.

#1 choice was my favorite episode. When Freeze finally went back to being rogue and actually killed people that sent chills down my spine. And the first person he took out was the scientist for the whole operation. It was off screen but I was shocked they went there in a show that has younger viewers. But that last part he said, was like the last bit of humanity he had. His respect for Batman.

The tragic villains are my favorite because you empathize with them and want to help them rather than defeat them. It also makes for a good redemption arc in some cases. Hence why I love Mr. Freeze as an anti-villain and character.

I think the tamer version works more: he died in a way he would have been proud of....slipping and falling! It also works by giving him a death that he would never get....electrocution

In the wise words of a great man... "There's only one sane solution: BLOW IT UP!!!" - Stanley "Mad Stan" Labowski

Mr. Freeze death holds a great value if you think about it as a character. That's why we see him pop in Injustice 2, not because he is a very famous character (which I heavily doubt it) but because of his back story his main reason for existence... *Revenge.*

That music that plays when Freeze says “Believe me, your the only one who cares” gets me choked up every time.

How about the death of that guy that got buried alive with radioactive materials and later came back as radioactive mud monsters?

It is shown in the comics that Blight lives, unknown if he survived the next encounter though.

NeedleMouseProductions:mr. Freeze is the saddest batman villain Baby doll:am I a joke to you?

Freeze’s story would bring me to tears if I had any tears left to shed

*Batman Beyond is **#schway**!*

"But fortunatly *HE'S BATMAN*"

Wasn't there one bad guy who could become intangible like a ghost, but he lost control of his power and died when he fell through the Earth's surface (meaning he would keep falling until he ran out of air or his power wore off and he turned solid in the magma)?

1:21 I love how clever the show was written back in the day... Powers states a file is missing, but Terry's dad's reaction is not like: "File? What kind of file are you talking about?" no, he instantly denies he knows where it is, which instantly gave away that he knew about it... XD

It would've been cool if The Zeta Project had been as good as Batman Beyond. Saying this just made me realize how much I want an animated feature-length crossover between Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, and Static Shock.

I loved Batman beyond it’s so awesome

4:50 It actually makes perfect sense! Bruce Wayne is a warrior, and like any warrior they'd want to go out with a warrior's death in combat or in the battlefield with honor! Something like a Lazarus Pit or supernaturally extended life is dishonorable and cheating in a way and goes against everything a warrior is about!

I think Mr. Freeze kind of redeemed himself somewhat in that he tried to make amends for his past wrongdoings after being given another chance at life. And even in his final moments, he stopped Blight from killing Terry and even appeared to express gratitude that Terry had believed in him and tried to save him. Conversely, Blight (Derek Powers) had lived and died as an irredeemable monster.

You should named it "The top 7 best deaths in Batman Beyond" with bullwhip and the terrific 3 Bullwhip and his gang kidnap a doctor's wife and forced him to give him and his gang upgrades, when the doctor and Batman followed them to their hideout they discovered that his wife, April was in league with the gang all along and after Batman defeated the gang and Bullwhip escaped, he went back to the doctor for another upgrade unknowing that the doctor saw him with his wife early and the doctor put him under and give him the drill. He may not have killed him right away but he probably did some fucked up shit to him first. The terrific 3 is a group of three scientists who became superheroes after a lab accident but after awhile they learned that their friend, Dr. Higgins who suppose to be at the lab with them knew about the accident but didn't show up because he was jealous of Dr. Morgan aka Magma. They attempt to blow up the city but Batman stopped them by turning on the lab air conditioner that sucked 2-d man and Frioza, Magma's wife in the vents, killing them and spraying Magma with a water hose killing him as well. What sad about their deaths is that after everything that happen Dr. Higgins still claims to be they friend and Magma who last words was "with heroes, they make a choice, I never did" meaning that he never did fall in as a hero. In my opinion those two are the best deaths in the show including those you have named. And RIP Stan Lee

#1 is Joker. Calling it before the video starts Still think Joker should have been #1, but yeah Freeze death was pretty tragic

1:42 Man, you just made me flash back to so many Toonami interstitials.

I definitely feel like Freeze's death was one of the most impactful. As a man who has lost his memories from trauma several times over and regained them, that overwhelming sense of loss can drive a man to lose the will to live, and when I was a child, Freeze's demise struck a chord with me that the Joker's deaths both by Tim Drake and Terry McGinnis simply didn't. You could feel that overwhelming sense of resignation to one's fate during that scene. "Believe me: you're the only one who cares." Those eight words carried so much weight with them. As a child, I truly felt pity and empathy for the poor guy. His whole life was tragedy. It was the most impactful and sad death in the series proper. In contrast, there was more of a sense of finality when Terry killed the Joker by frying the chip on Drake's neck. It was more like an affirmation of Terry's worth as the next incarnation of the Dark Knight, as he managed to bring down Bruce's most elusive and dangerous enemy, which Batman classic could never accomplish, showing how Terry had, in his own right, surpassed his mentor, and thus claimed the mantle of Batman for his own. It was a true passing-of-the-torch moment. This differs from the death of Derek Powers in that while Terry had conquered his own personal nemesis, and thus gave him a sense of peace, his victory over The Joker proved Terry's worth as a different kind of Batman from Bruce. Both of their deaths served as powerful moments in Bruce's and Terry's lives, but they were impactful for completely different reasons. Freeze was an enemy that proved Terry's ability to see the best in people despite his tragedies and Bruce's doubts as to Victor's ability or resolve to live a peaceful life when granted the freedom from his own bodily prison. Joker was a final obstacle in Terry's path to proving his worthiness of the cowl; a dark specter of Bruce's past that continued to haunt him. It was the final proof that Bruce had found the rightful heir to the title of the Batman.

Joker technically had three deaths in Batman Beyond When Batman (Terry) electrocutes the DNA mind thing on Older Tim Drake So the Joker in a way dies

Mr Freezes death made me cry seriously it actually did

I'm surprised you didn't also mention Joker's secondary death when Terry burned out the microchip housing his consciousness.

In the episode Sneak Peek, the villain was a reporter who was using a suit that allowed him to pass through walls in order to get scoops. He ended up finding both Terry and Bruce and it was going to be his biggest story yet. But the suit was effecting his body and he ended up not being able to control the intangibility. Ultimately, he fell through the ground to die trapped by gravity at the center of the Earth. I'd say that death deserved to be on this list.

The Freeze episode was legit one of the best, so I'm not too mad about Joker not being #1.

freeze's was literally one of my favorite batman characters and he had such an in-depth story with myria and being stuck in a jar as a head. Like if you read the comics and understood mr.freeze and his isolation you would feel remorse and sympathy for him because those diamonds that he stole, he was using them either for villainy or for research on how to fix himself and myria.

The villains in Batman The Animated Series are on a whole new level of amazing and brilliant!

I've never watched the full Batman Beyond series but the scene where Tim Drake shoots The Joker is one I will always remember.

Meltdown was a great episode and R.I.P. Stan Lee.

bring batman beyond back

Great list. "Meltdown" is one of my fave episodes.

10:33 uh Blight doesn't die. In the tie in comics he's actually shown to still be alive and kicking for a decent while.

It get's to me every time when Freeze says, "Believe me, you're the only one who cares."

Guy who fell to his death in the earth's core underrated episode😊

One theory why Freeze never went to prison: the prosecutor and/or judge decided being a head for all eternity was more than punishment enough and let it go at that.

it's that line, "Believe me, you're the only one who cares." that kills me every time.

Sup needlemouse been waiting on a another one and love your videos dude

As for him not wanting to be young again, he realised all the shit he'd have to go through as batman again and was like "naw son, I've done my time"

Meltdown was an amazing episode and a fantastic conclusion to this Mr. Freeze's story. RIP Michael Ansara.

I really liked batman beyond

Technically, the ending of the episode made Blight's death ambiguous, and one of the tie-in comics had him return, though I don't know how his story ended in that corner of the canon. When you said "two versions of the Joker's death", I thought you were going to follow it up with Terry defeating Joker and destroying the mind chip, turning Tim Drake back to normal for good and vanquishing the Joker forever. I would probably put Mr. Freeze's death at a close second, although I never actually saw the full series beyond the season 1 finale. His story was just so tragic. But the Joker's death? Truly one for the ages.

i remember seeing robin as the joker scared the shit outta me as a kid and still does ngl

Hi Needlemouse I Totally Agree With You.Mr.Freeze's Death Was Definately The Saddest.I Shed So Many Tears.

R.I.P Stan Lee.

I do think that the death of joker and freeze should be switched, but I recognize the validity in the reason why you put freeze at number one.

Mr. Freeze death was heart aching. He was a man who was never truly evil or insane, just desperate to save the one person he loves the most. In the end, he felt Terry would be the only one to care and Terry desperately tried to save him even against the wishes of Bruce.

Quick shoutout to the death of Ian Peak. He lost control of his intangibility and fell to the center of the Earth, even as Batman tried to save him.

So did bruce get it on with talia even though it was actually Ras????? Wtf

Im really liking this quality content

“Im taking you in for the murder o- *Gets hit by what ever hit him*”

You completely forgot about sneak peek's death. Losing control of his powers and phasing though the ground to fall until he reaches the center of the earth.

I liked the fight between Blight and Freeze myself. Blight was winning that thin too

Uncensored death is the best cuz of what Tim says alter about the gunshot. Which wouldn’t make sense if he didn’t even shoot a gun.

4:58 || you either die as a hero or live long enough to see yourself becoming villain

9:05 the fucking meme

I really wish we Got A Gotham Central Animated show in the DCAU...Is it just me?

The jokers gunshot death was cut and replaced with an offscreen death

The one thing about the Freeze death that I thought made the story interesting wasn't the whole thing about Freeze getting revenge. It was that Terry tried to see the good in Freeze, and tried to convince him that he could turn his life around and start anew, while Bruce was convinced that Freeze was still the same villain he was before. The whole story that hits hard for me isn't Freeze fighting Blight, or even Batman, it's that Terry tries to redeem Freeze even though Bruce told him it was pointless. But yeah, that ending "Believe me, you're the only one who cares" was just heart-breaking. This is why I think Terry is such a good Batman. His story isn't just about trying to get revenge or become fear. He's trying to do good in the world, and tried to see the good in Freeze when almost no one else wanted to, even Bruce. It even hits you at the end when Terry says Bruce was right, but Bruce admits they were both right in their own way.

I honestly clicked on video saying that Mr Freeze better be on the list at least. He was the first death I thought of that had an impact. I agree with the list. I never saw the movie but I saw most of the show. Keep it up. Thanks for your work. Have a great day.

I 100% agree with ya on #1 Needlemouse.