“Could you picture this Batman comforting a scared child? If yes, you have a bona fide Batman. If not, you have the Punisher in a silly hat.” -Red from OSP

Theres no way Bob should be down on his luck he's the Jokers number 1 guy

I like how in the flashbacks, Batman and Catwoman are shown in their silver age outfits. That's a nice touch, even if I think Silver Age Catwoman looks stupid.

"So the three ghosts were just cholesterol?" Ah, they're more of gravy than of grave!

There is a line in The New Frontier where Batman states he adopted Robin and a new costume, specifically because he realizes he was scaring kids. He says something to the effect of "I set out to scare criminals, not little kids". Its an interesting parallel between that book and this.

*taking a risk no one else pointed it out* I'm sure the reason the Police station are celebrating is that they finally got the Joker behind bars JUST in time for the festivities to begin and are taking a HUGE sigh of relief

Damn, Mr. Lovhaug. I didn't expect to get hit by the feels train. That part with Harvey was handled very well.

Wow Linkara as Harvey. Great acting, its a fully formed character not a one joke gimmick

I think it would’ve been better if the “final ghost“ was scarecrow rather than the joker. Have joker be still the final villain, but have scarecrow and joker somehow working together. That way, those visions that Batman sees make more sense. And it would work better thematically.

23:35 Yeah but you see, that explosion was _over there_ and _over there_ has to take care of itself

I like the idea that Alfred was narrating.

The Harvey seen was brilliant. Describing how when Linkara left and felt the same as when his son died. And how he just couldn't let go. He saw a Son Figure in Linkara and when he left it was like losing his son again.

You can have nothing but respect and admiration for somebody and still be insulting towards them in the heat of an anger filled moment.

Again this to me not only shows why Linkara is the master of storylines but why this one is by far the best he's done because of character moments like this: seriously Harvey at his grave is by far one of the most emotional moments outside of a Pixar movie I've ever expierence and always gives me a sense of sadness and then joy seeing it play out. Really excellent acting from Linkara here and honestly the simplicity of the scene makes it work way more. You don't need a bunch of people playing out: all you need is Harvey and the person Harvey feels represents what he no longer has, and finally coming more to terms with that. Just great great stuff man and really wanted to sa ythat here.

I'd have imagined Pollo could have been a Ghost of Christmas Future. He's somewhat faceless, have a chance to outlive the whole cast and is a futuristic element in and of himself.

My personal favorite versions: Scrooged Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol The Real Ghostbusters: Xmas Marks the Spot The Disney one (the Jim Carrey version) The Muppet version

Linkara, this is one of my favorite episodes in the Atop the Fourth Wall series. So thoughtful and potent...

I think it makes sense that, as Bruce's parents were killed by a desperate messed up criminal degenerate, he SHOULD have a problem with all criminals, big or small. He SHOULD be unsympathetic, regardless of the situation, as he's out there every night obsessing over his one unhealing scar. Every one of them would remind him of the single criminal who robbed two people in an alley; The quote: "One that got away".

Hey "A Muppet Christmas Carol" was my first too! Who else on here was introduced to the story through the Muppets?

This Finevoice Arc was really well written and acted by the standarts of internet reviewers, specially back then. I think it was around here I stopped following your videos when they came out. In the following year I started working in a school to pay for a night college after spending a year doing nothing with my life and didnt have time anymore and just caught a video or another sometimes. From now on there will a lot of videos I didnt watch and I'm loving it! Thanks for always being awesome, Linkara.

I tear up every time I watch the Harvey Finevoice Carol. It's an incredible story and in my opinion an excellent take on the formula. This time after watching it I had the completely obvious but beautiful insight that "Just because he can't be your son doesn't mean he can't be your family". In the words of Harry Dresden: "When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family."

I never considered Harvey having a back story. I always figured he was just kinda there. But I really like how this is done. Seriously, I was welling up a little bit at the end there. This comic book looks good. I might just get it if I see it.

Underrated moment; "I got you a SNUGGIE!" "You really are a monster."

While my feelings on Harvey are normally neutral, that last scene made me want to give him a big hug and a shoulder to cry on.

I really like what Linkara did with Harvey that year...I especially love how he fights against the trope of the Christmas Future angle; very Whoovian in my opinion. I even like that Harvey sort of has had the existential revelation, but it's not what he's afraid of. He's not afraid of his own death; he's afraid of the death's of others. Truth be told, I especially like the dialogue, because I'm the guy who really sympathizes with Scrooge all the way through. Scrooge knows his past; it MADE him who he is - so throwing it in his face just seemed kind of cruel. Having to face every single mistake you've ever made, or worse, every happy-memory of a bygone age that can never be reclaimed. In fact, I'm almost certain that "The Past" angle was invented purely for the audience - it's how WE learn about Scrooge as a character and grow to sympathize with him. But imagining actually have to live through the experience; remembering your childhood with a hateful father, losing the love of your life by a simple mistake, and the death of his sister...

This episode is what made Harvey my favourite character. Before seeing this one I was torn between Harvey, Linksano and the Ninja-Style Dancer, but the truly fantastic acting of both Lewis and Mr. Lovhaug combined with the emotional powerhouse that is Harvey's backstory pushed Harvey straight to the top.

@24:11-24:18 Linkara: AND WHO E-L-S-E BETTER PERSONIFIES DEATH IN THE BATMAN UNIVERSE THAN THE JOKER (PICTURE OF LORD DEATH MAN) Linkara: THAT DOESN'T COUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I personally would've gone with: Now this is the story, all about how, my life got flipped turned upside down, and I'd like to take a minute, just to sit right there, and tell you all about how I became the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

I'll be your friend, Snowflame.

Linkara should make a series where snowflame reviews drug psa's it would be funny as hell

Love Lewis man, he's such a great guy you can just tell by how much love and care he puts into everything he does. Love his acting yes it's cheesy as hell most of the time purposefully may I add, but in this episode along with others he shows he can genuinely act, guys a triple threat. Videos no matter new or old, they always bring me so much joy wether I've seen them before once, twice or ten times. Just amazes me that I find myself coming back to this channel more than any other on all of youtube.

No better way to end the week than crying over a fictional character on an internet review show. (Also great Snowflame cameo)

Still in awe at this Harvey storyline. The best acting and the best emotion I've seen in years from a review storyline

26:02 to be fair, Scrooge himself said “You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”

This is one of your best acted story episodes and will always be one of my favorites. It's impressive how hard hitting your acting and writing can be in the middle of a shoe string budget sci-fi series that serves as a frame work for your reviews. I mean none of this as an insult as it's truly great work, and the emotion in this scene puts to shame 90% of what we're getting in movies and TV now at days.

The first version of A Christmas Carol I grew up to was Mickey's Christmas Carol, and I was later introduced to a lot of other adaptations, like the one from 1951, the musical from 1970, The George C. Scott version (one of my favorites), The Muppet version, the Flintstones version, the Patrick Stewart version (another one of my favorites, because I watched it over and over again to the point where I memorized the dialogue), and the Disney version starring Jim Carrey. Also, I year after Linkara first posted this video, I was able to get my own copy of Batman Noel on Amazon, and I'm damn glad I did. Thanks for the recommendation, Lewis.

maybe this could be a christmas movie one day

4:34 Well... Christmas Carol is a horror story (if you take away all christmas and jolly part) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come can give a run for Pyramide Heads money. 13:58 Hell, Batman even tried several times to reason with Joker and to help him. And not only Joker. BTW, that's why I really like B:TAS, he was so... humane there. But starting with TNBA he became more and more gruesome (but still retain some of his humanity) and ended up as an old grumpy Bruce of Batman Beyond, who lost all his friends and didn't bother about anyone. 17:47 You should have mention my favorite B:TAS episode, "I Am the Night", where Gordon was shot because Batman was late for police assault on some goons and Bruce just simply lost it. He tear down his whole Batcave and questioned the entire point of his mission.

Big “You exist here.” Vibes, very well done

27:52 "I'M BATMAN, I'M BATMAN, KICKIN' IN YOUR WINDOWS!" I don't know why that's so funny - it just is! **collapses in hysterical laughter**

This was a really creative version of a christmas carol batman style. I love the "roles" that the characters play in this. If I ever see this comic book, I'm definitely getting it.

You can get flagged for *covering* a song? That's madness. I can name a dozen people who cover songs regularly and at least two who got mainstream fame for it.

I must say, I enjoyed seeing Harvey come to terms with himself. Very heartfelt and very emotional. To this day, I have not found a copy of Batman Noel, maybe I'll ask my parents for it during the Christmas Season.

My family has a tradition of watching Muppets Christmas Carol every year! It never really feels like Christmas till we do

I can barely believe it. Atop the Fourth Wall made me cry. Kudos, Linkara.

If I made a movie I'd offer Lewis a chance to act in it

Grayson would have been a better ghost of the Christmas Past.

I love this review and when I first saw it in 2013 I got batman noel for my 14th birthday in December and it's one of my favorite batman books. :)

Such a great Batman story and Christmas story

I think that "taking the bull by the horns" may have something to do with the fact that the horns give you a leverage point. I do know that's why you rope a steer by it's horns rather than it's neck.

too bad every video server other than KZfaq is gone because now we can never hear Harvey's song in this episode.

I got the comic last December and I absolutely loved it. It's one of the darkest and at the same time one of the most uplifting Batman stories ever written, which is very welcome for a character like Batman who is surrounded by so much death and tragedy. I really hope that one day DC Animated adapts it into a movie.

Linkara, you are criminally underrated. Thank you for all your hard work and giving comic fans a place to laugh and learn. All the best. I'm looking forward to the movie.

I'm so glad you re-uploaded this when you did. Now "I know traps, they're my flirting" comes to mind when I see Catwoman talking about "playing."

I'm here revisiting this take on a Christmas Carol, and even now, I still get teary-eyed. I lost my mother to what was essentially an accident, when throughout the day on December 27, 2014, she kept drinking alcohol and forgetting that she took her doses of medicine that staved off her alcoholic cravings, which she was diagnosed as a recovering alcoholic (She wasn't an abusive kind of alcoholic, she'd be more likely to sit in the corner and sip from a glass than get angry). I was the last person to talk to her, in which she said I was her favorite of 5 kids. That night, when she fell asleep on the couch, her heart slowed to a stop. Her brain cells died within 10 minutes after that, due to a lack of circulation. The next morning, which was my little brother's birthday, I was the first to see her body. I still remember getting an eerie feeling when I saw her gaping mouth, thinking it was like some black hole. I didn't realize she was dead, and just wanted to get on the computer that was next to the couch she was sitting on. After waiting a while, I got on anyway. When my little brother got up, he was initially mad that I was on the computer while she was asleep, then started to freak out when she realized she was dead. After that, it's all a blur of talking to police officers, a funeral, the burial, being with extended family that I've never met before, and all the while sitting around in a numb haze, only actually breaking down when my hardass dad, who was tough and had a tour in the marines before my oldest brother was born, broke down and hugged me and my little brother, openly and loudly sobbing at his loss.

I love this review, really drives home why I like Harvey so much. And a good example of A Christmas Carol, (PS: My favorite versions are The Muppet's version, the Mickey Mouse version, and Doctor Who. The while it wouldn't be a top contender I enjoy the version with Mr Magoo)

I always love this mini storyline. It's a great version of A Christmas Carol.

I have to admit, watching the actual Atop the Fourth Wall videos from the start and really for the first time, the storyline stuff is actually pretty interesting. And it's nice to see that it just keeps getting better, and better.

The one thing I least believe here is that the joker didn’t take the opportunity to rattle off his whole routine, or that bats would believe it was him if he didn’t.

It's hilarious to see Linkara having trouble keeping a straight face with the end... Past, present or future?

Plot twist: This is actually the redemption story of Crazy Steve!

10 years of Batman Noel

this ending always makes me feel the feels

Thank you for making the world a better place, Content ID. ugh....

How to tell real re-runs: .Holiday episodes at a completely different time.

I love this comic. It is easily is one of my favorites.

My top favorite version of the Christmas Carol.... 3. Scrooged (with Bill Murray) for its metacommentary not only commercialism but on the Christmas Carol's ability to be endlessly interpreted and still be creative 2. The Muppet Christmas Carol for a lot of the same reasons you said. 1. A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott and David Warner.

So many feels... i feel like i wanna give Harvey a hug Q.Q

The ending part of this video is amazing. The music is atmospheric and the acting is very believable.

4:39 now this is the story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down

I highly recommend you checking out the film “the man who invented Christmas”, it tells the story on HOW the book was written and it works really well!

22:40 Bats looks like he just took some Buckley’s

It's moments like how Batman describes Bob in the batcave that makes me think Bruce has some mental issues that stem from his relationship with the Joker he isn't being treated for

Johnny test did an earth day themed Christmas carol parody. Just putting it out there.

I know I've said it before but the music at the end is absolutely perfect. Sad and beautiful at the same time.

Damn, that ending nearly made me cry!

I dunno how this couldn't be in cannon. If could have been since nothing is a contradiction.

Kinda surprised Linkara didn't point out Superman's suggestion that Batman should actually show his face to the people of Gotham, only for Batman to retort his face isn't bullet proof like Superman's (also the line bugs me as it seems to ignore Superman has a civilian identity & most tend to view Clark Kent as his true identity & Superman is just his public superhero persona! Sure, Superman doesn't hide his face as Superman & Clark Kent may seem like flimsy disguise, but compared to Bruce Wayne, a mild-mannered newspaper reporter isn't as recognizable as Bruce Wayne is whom most people would recognize if he ever revealed his identity)! Additionally, Bruce could face legal liability for his vigilante activities (a perfect example can be seen in the Batman Brave & the Bold cartoon where the show's incarnation of Batwoman was forced to quit her vigilante career when she was unmasked by a villain, so Bruce Wayne runs the risk of getting arrested should his identity be revealed (such as in The Dark Knight Returns)! Sure, Batman can do good as Bruce Wayne, but as Noel shows, he doesn't have to reveal he's Batman to do it (just as Clark doesn't have to reveal he's Superman & let's be real, Clark probably wouldn't face anything beyond presumably being fired from his job (as his secret identity as Superman could be seen as a violation of journalistic ethics), but it is unlikely he would face jail time given I doubt Metropolis' taxpayers would want their city's savior imprisoned (even if Lex Luthor and/or Lex Corp would be glad to foot the bill to construct a facility to hold him, or their happens to be a Phantom Zone projector that authorities have access to deal with any surviving Kryptonians (including Superman & any his Kryptonian relatives should they go rogue)! Bruce Wayne's wealth makes him a target for lawsuits & there are likely plenty of crooked lawyers willing to sue him & Wayne Enterprises (as they could be held liable due to most of Batman's gadgets & tech originating from Wayne Enterprises R&D)! Also, Bruce Wayne is mostly viewed by Gotham as a playboy billionaire & though he is philanthropic & charitable, some might view his crime fighting as someone wealthy beating up the downtrodden or a rich person just playing hero! Others might also question his sanity if they realize the murder of his parents is what drives him to become Batman! There are many ways Batman revealing his identity could backfire & there are plenty of criminals in Gotham who would likely lose their fear of Bats if they knew he was Bruce Wayne as they would know he is mortal & would likely lose their fear if they knew Batman was Gotham's billionaire playboy! Heck, some such as the Penguin would take advantage of the situation as Penguin would likely take advantage of the feud between the Wayne & Cobblepot families to paint Bruce in a negative light! Ultimately, Bruce Wayne wearing a mask as Batman makes sense as Batman is meant to be a symbol & like Batman pointed out, his face isn't bulletproof & despite all his tech, gadgets, intelligence, & years of training, Batman is still a mortal human & a bullet to the head is more than capable of taking out Bruce Wayne!

26:06 There was more gravy than grave to the Joker...

7:06 If someone dares you to jump off a cliff, jump off of fifty... (looks to the left) at the same time!

Little shameless plug here: For another good Christmas themed story revolving around Batman, check out the itsjustsomerandomguy video "Twas the Dark Knight Before Christmas." Very touching stuff.

1:14 thank you someone needed to say it, my favourite versions is the muppet Christmas carol with Michael Cain.

im freaking sob

13:47 i used to watch that episode on tape when i was a kid, i know batman did right by the guy he interegated in front of his family, but honestly, he still kinda lashed out at the kid for trying to defend his dad, isn't batmans motive to make sure no other kid would go through what he went through? sure he didn't kill the kids parents right in front of him, but he still probably made the kid a little scared when he shouldn't be doing that, in fact one of my favorite DC stories ever he said this "lets just say i set out to scare criminals not children" honestly batman needs to admit he's a damn hypocrate at times

Oh man oh jeez oh man, is it December already?!!

Hey Lewis, when your dad plays Future You, does he wear your costume or does he have his own?

Thanks. A good word when I needed it the most. Thank you.

Holy crap man, Your three favourite versions of A Christmas Carol are the exact same as mine for the exact same reasons you said here.

Ooh, it's the year this show gave everyone heartbreak for Christmas! Hold on, I need to get some popcorn and an entire box of Kleenex.

since i watch this episode 2 years ago, i try everyday to say to my family who much i love them, no matter what

So glad you're putting these up here. Lets me make a playlist and binge watch. This was just a great episode and the adaptation was well done. Loved seeing some backstory for harvey and why he sticks with linkara and all. Just a great character and psudeo 'father figure/big brother' for linkara. Seen it before on ya site a year or so back, and had go back and listen to the song cause youtube's easily exploited copyright system. Tnx again for the uploading here and keep up the great work. =^.^=

A comedy review show got me to cry, that's a first.

Anyone else shed a small tear :n: poor Harvey

Anyone else want a full cover version of linkara doing his Batman voice to Noel?

This storyarc is brilliant writing. Follows the basic story of Christmas Tale, but with twists that makes the story unpredictable

Holy crap that joker impersonation, that shit is as good as the Hamill version.

I think overall I prefer the Haunted Knight story which features Tim Sale's artwork and gets the same point across.

Why am I getting choked up watching a Comic Book Review 😢

Man, even the internet is starting to celebrate Christmas early...

My first Christmas Carlo was The Disney creepy Christmas Carlo