Joker being dead isn't a failure of Batman, it's a failure of the justice system. The onus is not on Batman to kill the Joker, it's the government's job to give death sentences to serial mass murderers, and they keep just slapping him in Arkham. Saying Batman should kill villains is like saying a firefighter should go round killing arsonists.

To make it clear, Nightwing (NPH's character) is Dick Grayson, the Robin in Teen Titans

"Why don't the hero's just kill the villains?" I don't know? If they're that dangerous in the first place, then why doesn't the city, let alone state, not sentence them to the death penalty? Batman isn't the jury, judge, and executioner. Neither does he want to be. If anyone's to blame, it's the justice system and the governing body not doing what needs to be done.

The craziest part about Jason’s death in the comics is that it happened because of the fans. He wasn’t very popular during his time as Robin, so DC made a poll for whether or not to kill him off, and the kill option barely won, so they had the Joker kill him the same way he did in the movie. The story of him coming back as the Red Hood that this movie was adapting didn’t happen until years later

DC animation is better than 90% of their live action material

"is the MOST BRUTAL DC MOVIE we've seen!" That's just tip of the iceberg.

Keep watching the DC animated movies! There's roughly 70 of them and most of them are available on HBO. Lots of them are dark and violent like this movie! Also *FUN FACT:* There's 4 Robins in this order: -Dick Grayson: Grows up and becomes Nightwing -Jason Todd: Gets beat the shit out of by the Joker and becomes Red Hood -Tim Drake: Grows up and becomes Red Robin (yum!) -Damian Wayne: Biological Son of Bruce Wayne

The reason that Robins don't have full body protection is so they don't become used to being armored as they get older. That way they learn to never let themselves be hit in the first place as opposed to relying on armor to cushion a blow. I am not going to say it is a good thing to put children into battle without armor though or at all.

This is actually mostly canon. Back in the day Dick Grayson got fed up with Bruce and left, so they introduced a new Robin named Jason Todd. He was more violent than Dick and readers weren’t as much of a fan of him. So they had him captured and then had a poll that people could call int and vote for weather Jason lives or dies, in the end it was dies (there a theory someone hooked up his computer to his phone to vote numerous times to kill him). Jason then was later brought back as the Red Hood just like in this movie. The next Robin was named Tim Drake. The 4th Robin is Bruce’s son Damien Wayne who was raised by Ras and the assassins of his guild.

"Teen Titans hasn't been doing this right". Teen Titans is family joy mostly for kids. What you're watching was not aimed exclusively for kids. Trust me, DC has some animation at PG-13 that people question if it should have been Rated R. EDIT: It does amaze me of how people replying really are slow and can't tell what I meant and really are trying to hint that Teen Titans is hardly any different from this movie or any of the DC Animated Movies.

Dunno if someone's already said it, but "Crime Alley" is one of the most infamous landmarks in Gotham. It's where Thomas & Martha Wayne were gunned down.

"This is the best day of my life" This was the emotional pay off at the end of the movie. Bruce has been tormenting himself over his mistakes and this line is the conclusion to that in my mind. So I'm really sad it didn't make it into the edit.

Speaking of Batman, watch the Animated series. It's totally worth it 👌.

Fun fact: the episode that red x returned on teen titans Jason Todd was one of beat boys suspects on his board

A few things. 1. The way Batman operates, he makes himself the main target, and Robin operates more on agility/hit and run. 2. Batman doesn't believe vigilantes have the right to choose who lives or dies. It's also a slippery slope. It always starts with an understandable motive. Killing Joker makes sense. But where does it end? Once he kills Joker, it becomes "Well, you killed Joker, why not this person too?" If vigilantes won't obey the law, why should they expect everyone else to? 3. There are Batmen who kill. And every single one of them has gone too far. They start with the rational kills, then it eventually just becomes "You broke the law, die." Also, you guys should really watch the DCAMU. It's a huge continuity of animated films that were really damned good, and it even brings in all the Titans from the animated series, though closer to comic accuracy. As for Robins, here's the order it usually goes in: Dick Grayson, who is Robin in Teen Titans and becomes Nightwing. Jason Todd, the Robin who died here and became Red Hood. Tim Drake, the third Robin who goes on to become Red Robin. Sometimes Stephanie Brown is a Robin, and later on becomes a hero called Spoiler. Then it typically goes to Damian, Bruce's son. You can tell it's him because he carries a sword most of the time. Finally, a fun little trivia bit about Nightwing: his name is sometimes stated to come from a Kryptonian bird. So he goes from honoring Batman to honoring Superman.

I would like to point out, that Jason did all this at the age of around 18-19. This boy killed so many people and got Black Mask to get the Joker involved just so Jason could use Joker in his revenge. I love him, Jason is my favorite and man he don't need any fixing. I also have the "What hurts more" line stuck in my head and I want to cry every time I hear it. Also the reason Jason told the drug dealers not to sell to kids is, when he was a child his mother OD and his father was in prison so he was on the streets and as a Crime Alley child, he's seen how the streets are for kids, he was one of the kids who had to survive. So as the Red Hood he wants to make sure that no kid has to deal with what his mother went through.

You guys will be surprised to know Nightwing is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris

I actually want them to react to "Young Justice " now

Here's some important history on this storyline. Way back when Jason Todd was first introduced in the comics, fans were incredibly pissed at this new kid replacing Dick Grayson, especially since Jason was younger than when Dick usually operated as Robin, to the point where they put it to a fan vote whether or not Jason would live or die in the next issue after being taken by the Joker, and die got the majority. People were genuinely annoyed by the new Robin, that they wanted him to die. It's crazy to think about, honestly.

The fact that they didn't know anything about Red Hood made this 10x better

Yeah, so for quick clarification the 1st Robin, Grayson, is the same Robin in Teen Titans but younger. These two things aren't canon but just general timeline wise the first Robin is the Robin of the Teen Titans show.

For a darker DC teen cartoon, greatly recommend Young Justice after Teen Titans. Or during Teen Titans. Whatever works for you guys.

I love that Jason's knife is half of a batarang he turned into a knife, and that's why it's so effective

In most comic continuities, Ra's and Batman meet long after Batman has been trained and Ra's goal in most cases was to make Batman his successor, but of course his methods are too extreme and the Lazarus Pit's side effects can be deadly, so Batman is always at odds with Ra's. Also fun fact: When the Under the Red Hood comic came out, Ra's had nothing to do with Jason's death or resurrection. Jason is resurrected during the events of Infinite Crisis, Superboy Prime decides to punch a hole into reality, causing events to shatter and change. One of those events is Jason's death, and he literally digs himself out of his own grave and becomes Red Hood. This has since been retconned and the general consensus is that Jason was brought back by the Lazarus Pit

If this is the start of a DCAU movie journey, I'M 100% ALL IN! 💜

This was when DC's animated films were much better than they currently are. I always looked forward to which film they planned to do next. Jason Todd was also originally not liked by readers so the comics did a call in poll for his fate. Thus the death in the family.

Ra’s training Bruce is something that only happens in the Nolan films, the League is typically a foe Batman faces when he’s established himself for a while depending on the version.

You gotta watch: -Son of Batman -Batman vs. Robin - Batman: Bad Blood - Justice League vs. Teen Titans A lot more amazing DC movies to watch, but these all go together in this order.

John Dimaggio as Joker is amazing, and I wish the DCU got more attention (and Tim being part of it outside of BTAS-related content).

Time for The Flashpoint Paradox lol

A part of me misses that Superboy punching the walls of reality was how Jason was brought back to life.

“Them saying this is dark” (the flashpoint paradox and apocalypse war) *demonic screeching

Under the Red Hood was a great adaptation for the Jason Todd story, Joe DiMaggio did quite well as Joker too. So Jason Todd - the edgy Robin before Damian, designed as such to make him distinguished compared to Dick - was the first Robin to 'die', beaten brutally by Joker with a crowbar until he had a collapsed lung and then left in an exploding building, Joker had lured Jason there by using his mother as a hostage too but Jason died in the blast, per a controversial fan vote which is assumed to have been tampered by people making multiple votes. The 'Red Hood' is also a riff on one of Joker's many origins, supposedly a mantle he took before he fell into the chemicals, Jason - revived by the Lazarus Pit, a pool Ra's al Ghul has access to that can restore people at a price and usually loss of sanity - took on the mantle and became the gun-toting no prisoners taking antihero he is here. Red Hood is popular though, because his logic is sound most of Gotham would be safer if Joker was dead. Amazo is from the comics as well, he's mainly a cyborg with a pool of the Justice League's powers, Justice League Unlimited's show did Amazo pretty well. Black Mask is another canon villain too, more a classic rich guy being a mob boss. Ra's knows that Bruce is Batman but not because he trained him, he deduced it himself given how he's very smart and ancient, he did like in the Nolan Trilogy want Bruce to succeed him though. DC animated movies are often top tier, though it's rough for Nightwing fans because he's usually the Vegeta of the movie, designed to get beaten up for someone else to get the W. but also 'laughs in Apokolips War'

Jason is my favorite Wayne child and Red Hood is very fun the severed heads in a duffle bag is honestly dope and one hell of a way to make a point

Y'all NEED to watch Dark Knight Returns Parts I and II.

Having Jake, the Dog voice Joker is so goddamn genius because he does such a good job

In the Joker vs Pennywise Epic Rap Battle, Joker says “ask Robin if I drop bars” while he’s holding a crowbar and in the background you see him hitting something on the ground. Or in this one fan video he picks up a crowbar and says “oh the memories”

Some of the most interesting things about villians is their relationship with the hero. Ra's among probably Bane and Joker highly respect Batman's capabilties as a opponent. One of the little things I like from the animated series is he would always refer to Batman as detective.

15:47 Jensen actually voices Batman in the Tomorrowverse movies

This and Superman Elite is one of my favorite DC comic animated movies

Batman the Animated Series is definitely a must for this channel

Aside from Mask of the Phantasm, this is definitely one of the best animated Batman movies.

41:52 This is my reference point whenever someone complains about Batman not killing instead of them making a sound argument.

The movie did a good reason why jason todd come back to life, because in the comics is a crazy reason, he come back in Crisis of Infinites Earths saga when the Superboy prime punch the wall of Reality and this affects all the multiverse changes things in everywhere, one of those things is the corpse of Jason todd literally get out of the tomb, but in the movie Ras al ghul use the Lazaro pond

Ah yes, the PEAK of DC Comics movies

Okay, no intention of rushing you guys, but maybe one day in the future you have to check out the DCAMU films. It's a sixteen film arc (with one little short film in between) that's pretty solid.

To the question of why doesn't Batman kill the Joker? My personal response is: why is that Batman's responsibility? Why hasn't a court sentenced the Joker to death? Why has some cop just shot Joker in the head once Batman hands the Joker over to them?

Before diving into the animated movie universes here’s some fun one-shot DC films - Crisis on Two Earths (Justice League vs evil counterparts) - Justice League: The New Frontier (JL origin if they were in the 50s, wonderful tribute to silver age of comics) - Justice League Doom (The JL is defeated by a league of villains) - Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons (origin/about Deathstroke’s family) - Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox (technically kicks off the DCAMU but it works as a solo Flash film too)

YES YES YES UNDER THE RED HOOD this is my favorite dc animated movie jason is my favorite dc character his story is fantastic imo and this move does Jason correctly I also love how they added multiple new routes the story could go

You guys should watch Kaiserneko’s video of Batman’s Bad Plan of what would happen if Jason still shot Joker after Batman walked away, it’s hilarious.

I really like how Batman and Alfred leave the costume in the cave at the end and say it changes nothing, that Jason died, even though it seemed like his body wasn't in the rubble, because it doesn't matter if Red Hood comes back, that's not the Jason they knew. That's something that always stuck with me.

What makes the storyline even more twisted, is in the comics when Jason Todd was first captured by the Joker there was a number you could call in the back as to whether or not, you wanted him to live or to die. People chose for him to die, because they particularly didn’t like that adaptation of Robin I believe, they were more used to Grayson who was a little bit more happy go lucky.

Why does Batman wear dark colors? So he doesn't get shot. Why does Robin wear bright colors? So Batman doesn't get shot

It's great that you've started seeing DC animated films!

The sound design in that opening scene of the Joker beating Robin with a crowbar (which, holy balls that's a dark opening), is absolutely incredible. The 'crunch' sound added in with each hit just makes it seem like there is so much weight to the crowbar and each impact.

44:30 Batman said, "I need to hide in the shadows. So let me put these kids in colorful outfits to distract bad guys while I'm in the shadows."

The animated movies do go way darker then the tv shows

One of my favorite movies, period. I rewatch this at least once a year.

The sad part is that, while this movie only portrays it as a few hours alone with the Joker, the comics show that Jason was tortured WITH HIS MOTHER by Joker before Batman finally found them, and by then...

“This is the best day of my life.” Will always hit hard.

there's 2 teen titans movies in the animated universe btw! Teen Titans VS Justice League and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract! u should def check them out

Yo cool, I didn't expect that the animated DC movies are super fun. Some even have their own continuity between each one. Also the cruelest part about Jason's death is that it was the reader's choice; the original comic had a cliffhanger ending, and the fans could vote by calling an 0800 number on whether or not they wanted Robin to die, and the majority said yes.

The dude at the beginning with blue is Dick Grayson aka Nightwing, the first robin from the teen titans show. Jason Todd was the second Robin who was killed by Joker back in the 80s i think and what's messed up is it was a call in survey and the fans decided jason should die. It wasn't until 2000s or so when he was brought back to life in comics. The Big reason batman doesn't kill is what he said. It'd be too easy and once he did it he fears that he will keep killing.. there have been a few stories out there that he let himself go and he just kept killing the villains to the point he even killed clark/superman because he could be a threat. He doesn't kill because he knows he would lose himself if he did.

Jason's final line "this is the best day of my life!" made me hurt in the gut everytime I rewatch this movie.

Still one of the most underrated versions of Joker ever

So... y'all judged all of DC animation on freakin Teen Titans? WTF bro... Watch Mask of the Phantasm next. The fandom agrees that its tied with this one as the best animated Batman movie.

jason Todd's origin story both as Robin and the Red hood are absolutely tragic but goddamn, he'll always be my favourite DC character

I HIGHLY recommend The Flashpoint Paradox movie

Thanks for reacting to this guys! My favorite DC movie about my favorite DC character!!!!

Sometimes when I think about Batman, I kind of feel bad for him. I mean, he is trying so hard not to become a monster like the one who killed his parents. xf The reason why the suit of Robin is because Dick Grayson; his parents were in the circus like him before they got killed. After, it was kind of symbolic, the suit and the name. Good reaction👍👍

Dick Grayson, the first Robin now Nightwing, originally made the robin costume based on his costume as a circus acrobat before his parents died. He's a much more agile fighter so a full suit would just hinder him (comic book logic). Jason Todd wore the same outfit and never changed it before he died. Tim Drake, the third Robin, was the one to change the suit to what we usually see including pants and more protection. DC has later gone and retconned a lot of stuff so in shows or comics so you will see Dick or Jason wearing pants.

Yes please go down a DC animation rabbit hole there are so many gems.

YES!!! You're finally reacting to one of the best Batman stories ever! No joke, Red Hood will always be one of my favorite DC/CB characters ever, not only because his design is RIDICULOUSLY badass, but because of how deep of a character he is & how right he is regarding Batman's "No Killing" rule.

It’s not zombies 💀 it’s called the Lazarus pit and it provides youth and life but it’s very dangerous

The funniest part is that it was the fans who voted to kill the 2nd Robin

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch Superman vs the elite, it's the single best Superman movie period

Fun fact: the joker is voiced by the same dude who voices Jake the dog from Adventure time

Yes, Ra's Al Ghul knows who Batman is. They have a weird, complicated history. It's almost a friendship, as in, they're on speaking terms. And every time Batman beats him, Ra's just gets happier...because he sees Batman as an heir, and he wants a strong, intelligent heir

This was an amazing reaction. You guys kill it.

You guys should defenitly watch other DC animations, young justice would be awesome.

Its always fun watching someone react to these iconic stories in some way or form when they arent familiar with the Character and story elements very well. Even if its not shocking to me anymore because ive seen it so many times in so many forms, its still nice to see people reacting to it/learning from it for the first time and genuinely being shocked or surprised by it.

“Those are the heads of all your lieutenants, that took me *two hours.* You wanna see what I can get done in a whole evening?” One of my favorite lines in this movie

I’m glad you enjoyed this! I’d recommend The Long Halloween Parts 1 and 2 after liking this, but all of the animated Batman films are worth a watch.

1:05 😆 was thinking about Teen Titans Robin and this Robin now lol

The story you're talking about there at the end is from the "Injustice" storyline which is an alternate universe for the DC/Mortal Kombat fighting game series "injustice". In it Joker kidnapped Lois Lane who was pregnant with Supermans baby, connected a heartrate monitor between her and a nuke hidden in metropolis, doused Superman in a combination of Scarecrows fear gas and kryptonite which made him see lois lane as "Doomsday" so that he would murder his own wife and unborn child which would trigger the nuke. Joker is apprehended and while Batman is interrogating him a grief-stricken Superman crashes in and punches his arm straight through Jokers chest. This leads to Superman taking over earth as a self-deluding dictator who thinks he's doing the right thing protecting everyone from themselves and the Justice League is split between Batman's resistance faction and Superman and Wonder womans regime. Another notable difference is that Lex Luthor is a good guy. There are far worse exampled of mass murders in the main continuity of comics with "The batman who laughs" who's basically "Jokers insanity takes over Batman after he kills him" That guy murdered countless universes.

about a minute into this I realized y'all didn't know much about what you were in for and went OH BOY. This is the softer version too - in the comics Jason's birth mom, who abandoned him as a baby and who he spent the arc leading up to this event tracking down, actually sold him to the Joker just prior to this scene only to be tied up watching all this happen. He still tries to get her out instead of escaping on his own. She survives long enough for Batman to get there because Jason covered her with his body after everything she did. Keep in mind too, Jason was in the original Robin outfit the little shorts in the comics, and more clearly a kid - the uniform he's wearing here is Tim Drake's second costume, which he switched to while mourning the deaths of Superboy and Kid Flash. Every live action Batman movie cuts Robin out because they think he's silly but anybody who actually reads the comics knows that actually having Robin on the table in a Batman story makes everything wilder and darker. Jason got beat and blown up, sure, but Stephanie (fourth Robin) got tortured to death with a power drill in an upsettingly sexualized way. Dick Grayson's been raped at least twice. I don't know why Tim Drake (third Robin) isn't in this adaptation of Under the Red Hood but one of the first things Jason does when he makes his presence known is slit Tim's throat, and he kept on trying to kill him on and off, nearly succeeding twice. There have been five Robins in the main comic continuity. People have noticed, too, within universe - there's an in-universe conspiracy theory in Gotham that Batman has a secret orphan farm and goes through several Robins a year. In the comics it was Talia (Ra's daughter) who healed, groomed, and bankrolled Jason, so Jason and Bruce have an ex in common. Ra's and his family know Bruce's identity. Ra's's whole thing has always been that he wants Bruce (or Tim) to father his grandkids. Which! Is how we got Robin #5. DC does WILD shit to their kid and teen heroes. They can't ever kill off the big legacy heroes like Batman or Superman for real or for long so instead when they want a death they murder a kid. Also, in the comics, Bruce almost did kill the Joker right after but Superman stopped him. And later, when Nightwing ran up against the Joker, he DID beat him to death, but panicked and resuccitated him. Blame Dick for most of the bad Robin costuming decisions. Jason just wore Dick's design, which was basically a lightly armored version of his circus costume. When Tim did his first redesign he's the one who added pants and neck protection. Dick and Jason were really just running around in leotards with a bulletproof vest and cape on top. Bruce's explicit stance in the comics is that if the state of New Jersey wants the Joker dead they'll vote back in the death penalty - it's not up to him. He puts people like him into the hands of the state, and the state (theoretically the people) decide what happens to him.

Please you must watch these animated movies: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns part 1 and part 2 Batman: Year One Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Superman vs The Elite And the universe of movies that started with Flashpoint and ended with Apokolips War

Another great set of animated Batman movies is The Dark Knight Returns Parts 1&2!!!

In canon Jason’s (Robin who ‘dies’) mom helped Joker kill him. Crazy dark.

Batman death of bat family Jason because,red hood,hush,Red Robin

The opening scene is based off the comic a death in a family and the rest of the movie is based off the comic under the red hood And his called red hood because that’s the jokers old Moniker before he became the joker And last thing theirs be 5 canon robins(Ik theirs more but I’m talking about pre-52) Dick Grayson the 1st robin he’s the one that y’all are watching in teen titans Jason Todd Tim drake Stephanie brown And Damian Wayne the last robin son of Batman

Would absolutely love to see yall react to Avengers Earth's Mightest Heros. That show is incredible, and I know you guys would love it

There’s a whole DC animated movie universe that starts with “the flashpoint paradox” I highly recommend checking them out

Watching DC Showcase: Death in the Family after this is a must. I gives you the total mindset of Batman, there is no Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is the mask, Batman is the man.

Awesome one of my favorite DC movies, really hoping you check out ''Crisis on Two Earth'' soon.

Jason Todd, the robin killed by the fans. Seriously, Fans initially hated Jason Todd for replacing Dick Grayson (Robin #1) and his edgy attitude. DC set up a phone line to decide weather Jason would live or die in that first scene, and the end result was "kill him"

Welcome to your DC history lesson! All of this happened in the comics just a different degrees. These animated movies go hard!

It's crazy that Jason had just turned 18 and was tortured for 6 months where Jason broke and after around a year he died, But the endurance is crazy to last that long AND JOKER HAD THE CRAZY IDEA TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY AS WELL

I was hoping you'd do more DC content

Batman stories have been Dark but this story was the darkest of the Bat's tales