Genuinely curious as to what you guys thought of this series. To you was it a creative direction to take batman and his rogues or was it a miss fire, not understanding the core of the characters. Let me know what you think !!

This was the batman show I grew up with and loved it

The two things i liked about this series was the art/design it really clean imo and the Batman voice whoever did the voice; i really like that younger Batman voice.

I loved Kevin Michael Richardson's Joker, it was certainly a refreshing change tbh

This was my introduction to batman...loved this series.

I really liked this show despite the fact that it didn't stand up to the animated series (but come on how could it out-do that show).

I feel like I'm honestly the only one who enjoys the first two seasons more than the rest of the series. I feel like this show suffered from identity crisis. It couldn't decide if it wanted to dark or action orientated. The first season finale where joker twists Bennett into clayface is intense and really great. I feel like they just weren't sure about pushing the envelope and trying to hard to be different from btas

This series stands out to me as an interesting look at Batman's evolution as crimefighter: He starts off as a lone vigilante, starts getting supports from Gotham PD, takes sidekicks under his wing, and eventually becomes a founding member Justice League. It's not best but I do enjoy the gradually growth shown in each season.

This show introduced me to Batman. I remember fondly waking up early every Saturday morning so I can catch this show. Absolutely loved this show.

The thing is....this show was made to be a saturday cartoon version. Hence the cartoony looks. i like it a lot. just a light hearted sit back and watch.

I loved this show when I was a kid because of how young Bruce was,the art and the fact that the action figures were amazing . Also I actually REALLY enjoyed this take on the joker.

This was a great show. The comedy hit in the right way with only quippy characters like alfred or penguin delivering one liners, great animation and action and it wasn't afraid to go a bit dark like Bruce Wayne getting paralyzed when Bane came to town. It was the perfect Batman cartoon to come after the one from the 90s and it did creative things with the villains so that they were part of the shows identity but still stayed to to the character.

HOW DID YOU NOT REFERENCE JOKER BECOMING A VAMPIRE

This is my second favorite of the animated versions of Batman. It was different from TAS but it was a good take on most characters. Also, I like the Batman design more than TAS.

The Zombie/Hugo Strange episode was one that stood out for me. Especially seeing it the 2nd time around.

This was my childhood Batman show. Having rewatched it recently made me enjoy it more than I did back in the day. I enjoyed the portrayal of Batman’s villains, though they didn’t have much depth to them in this version (excluding Ethan’s version of Clayface), they were fun to watch the interactions they had with each other and the world around them. That said, I honestly preferred the earlier seasons as Yin and Ethan were much more interesting than Jim and Barbara, despite the latter being the more “iconic characters.” I honestly just wished Yin and Ethan weren’t cut from the show entirely.

This show sold me on the idea of a 20-Something Batman/Bruce Wayne, and to this day, that’s my favorite type of Batman/Bruce Wayne. Like Beware the Batman and TellTale Batman. Otherwise, the show was....okay. I remember being hyped for the promo for Robin (when I was in peak Teen Titans hype), and I enjoyed the fight choreography. It was the first time I really saw Batman as a fast paced fighter as well as a slower paced, patient, countering one like I was used to in the animated series and the movies. The show could’ve benefitted with more substance. Never really felt like there was much to the characters outside of the moment that was the episode. And the music was pretty unbearable for me. Yet it was a decent show to watch passively on a Saturday morning.

One of the parts I didn't like is the fact that they introduced the whole justice league except Wonder Woman

I went back to watch the show and I actually enjoyed it, but it was like you said, it had no real depth to it like young justice or JLU. I can understand why the show got some hate back then, but sometimes I just want to relax my muscles and watch something entertaining, which this show accomplishes.

If someone says the word “Batman” this is what i see, loved this series.

I love this show. I really enjoy how the characters interact with each other, it leads to some pretty comedic moments. I do hate that they left out the Scarecrow and Two-Face and even discarded some of the tragic backstories of characters like Mr. Freeze. That cutaway sound effect is weird, but it seems like every Batman cartoon has at least one weird sound effect. At first, I thought it was weird that Robin and Batgirl were the same age, at least I think they're the same age, but I got used to it. Also, Tom Kenny (The Ice King) as the Penguin...brilliant.

I know this wasn’t peak Batman-storytelling, but this was the introduction to his character that stuck with me and made me love all iterations that followed.

The only rememberable thing about Beware the Batman, is its tittle.

The first 2 seasons of this series was a masterpiece no cap. It was the perfect mix of dark and gritty but still cartoony and over the top and a little zany. Such an accurate representation of what Gotham is like but as the show progressed it just leaned a little too far on the “zany over the top” and basically became a Justice League show.

I miss this Show.

I grew up with this and re watched it only a year ago, I still love it especially the earlier seasons I also love that transition noise, your missing out

God the amount of nostalgia that flooded back when I heard that intro. I remember as a kid waking up at 7 in the morning every Saturday just to be able to watch this show, The Batman and Legion of superheroes was my first introduction into superheroes and to DC as a whole. This was hands down my favorite Batman design ever. I wish this show got more recognition then it did bc it will forever hold a special place in my heart.

My all-time favourite Batman show. It was the best. Loved the lean look for a young Batman. The villains looked exaggerated, but appropriate. The colours were vibrant. The gothic look to the city. The eerie atmosphere in the colours of the sky. There were stories that touched dark themes, family themes, etc. I loved it.

See, I actually think that The Batman's greatest strength *was* the fact that it was willing to take the characters in new and unexpected directions, while still making them recognizable, like with the Joker and Mr. Freeze. With most animated series based on comic books, they follow the usual canon enough that you can end up predicting a lot of what's going to happen, but with The Batman you could never be sure exactly what was coming next.

The one villain I think this show did really well (even better than BTAS in my opinion) was the Riddler. He's intimidating, he's smart, and his backstory and reasons for doing what he's doing although being similar to BTAS and explored much more emotionally.

I will say that the Firefly/Phosphorus episode is great and is the best depiction of Firefly in media; besides the comic.

This show has my second favorite Robin portrayal in animation. My favorite is still Batman TAS but this did get the Boy Wonder aspect down really good

Its sad how this show is so underrated, it was actually pretty good

Another awesome review!

“The batman” was the “Spectacular Spider-Man” of DC animated shows

This was the first Batman series I got to watch on boomerang

I loved this show. I mean it's no BTAS, but it was good enough to be my top 2 Batman show. I love and like almost anything Batman (yes, Shumacher films included hahaha) I kinda think its underrated. Yes, it made changes that are kinda weird for the some characters, like Penguin and Joker being karate/kung-fu masters and Freeze's new origin. But I think the voice acting was good, stories they told were enjoyable enough. Again, not as good or complex as BTAS but still a fun watch if you wanna see something different and something that has Batman in it.

Honestly loved the show but whenever I hear batmobile my first thought goes to his neon blue turboed Lamborghini. First batmobile I ever saw, to this day still has a place in my hearts garage lol

i really enjoyed this show and adored the character designs and art style. I thought the Batman voice actor and character was done well but could have used more development and i enjoyed the villains even if they were a bit 1 dimensional. I do still have fond memories of this show I will always love the clayface arc too, what they did with that was incredible. 100% my favourite villain on the show

This was and honestly still is my favorite Batman tv show, I grew up watching it when I was like 5 or 6 and would watch it every night. I loved everything about this show, like his gadgets and the way they were designed and the sounds they would make, I also loved the robin in this and they all had great voice actors, especially Batman, robin, and Alfred. 😄😁

It's slower than I remember, but then again, everything on tv seems faster when you're young. Looking back on it, I actually like how they made all the villains not only more dangerous, but also more competent. Joker's a god-damned monkey; Penguin's athletic as all hell, with a weapons to match; Killer Croc is an actual crocodile; Mr. Freeze, instead of using a cryo-gun, is an actual cryomancer; and even the lesser villains are a serious threat. I was actually surprised when I saw newer versions of these characters and saw how much weaker and how incompetent they all were. 'These aren't threats,' I thought, 'they're idiots.'

I have a love for this series. Reminds me of my college days

I loved this show when I was a kid. Don’t know if I’d love it as much if I were to watch it again but one thing is for sure I will forever love that intro. :D (artstyle is pretty cool as well)

This show was ok , I liked it a lot for certain reasons but few things were kinda dumb Visually it was decent and I did like the high tech Batman Batman TAS is retro high tech

I find this film series to be criminally underrated. I do think that it's change of pace in design and tone was refreshing and I rather enjoy all of the characters. I'm also a big fan of the Batman VS Dracula film that's tied into this series.

It’s just really, really fun. Nothing complex and gives you exactly what you want for a action cartoon

This was my childhood and i don't regret loving this show still binge watch it to this day

Great vid, super exited for more of your sires review to come in the future.

I had a fun time with this Batman series the only one that I was bored with was beware of the batman

This was the show I grew up with and I absolutely love it

Wow I just discovered an incredible hidden gem channel 💎 amazing keep it up looking forward to watching more

This legit brings back so many good memories. Say whatchu want but this will always be my favorite.

I still have all my DVDs to this show

I remember having to paint the entire front fence of the house so i could buy it on dvd when i was a kid. Definitely worth it. Still have it to this day.

I remember loving this when I was little, like kindergarten in 2006. I don't remember any of bat girl, commissioner gordon, or robin. I didn't really stop watching cartoon network and I remember the show going off the air to be replaced by Batman: Brave and the Bold (which I loved too). Did it switch channels, get some kinda scheduling change, or did it just go under my radar somehow? I did watch a lot of it on a dvd case, but I definitely remember some CN bumper for it. P.S. Do Krypto the superdog next.

This show had one thing which worked really well: simplicity. This show was no Batman Beyond, but it had real heart. It something that I yearned to watch just to unwind from a long school day, or frantic exams. I still do. The problems became more complex, but this series always had ita charm waiting for me. There was no complex moralities and delimmas, just a young Batman going about in Gotham. That was it, and that was what was needed. Shows like Young Justice are great, but at times, I feel they're too overpowering with their meta-social commentary on sexuality, race and global conflicts. This show, was just what you needed at the end of the day: a Batman who always came out on top and always kept going. Just the simple things such as the night stay being colored differently everytime made me feel this show always knew it was light and entertaining. This was one of the shows I truely loved, and still love, to this day.

This was my introduction to The caped crusader so if it weren't for the show I wouldn't have played the Lego games, watched the Lego Batman Movie, Dark Knight, the animated series and later watched the Tim Burton movie, and watched the Robert Paterson film and loved it. Now here I am playing the Arkham Trilogy for the first time in memory of Kevin Conroy.

I enjoyed the show but one thing I didn't like was in season 4 when they got Robin after the stupid Bat embargo lifted how they just stopped using Batgirl. She showed up in like 5 episodes in seasons 4 and 5 and I enjoyed her take. With that said, as someone who grew up on DCAU, Batman TAS, and all that the show was fine Saturday morning cartoon to me but never great. They had moments like Ethan, Bruce's friend being Clayface With that said, my favorite aspect of the show was the fight scenes. I loved how he moved in action it was a lot of fun

I love Batman:TAS for the mature and melodrama take and making Mr. Freeze from a gimmick villain to a tragic one but I liked that this Batman series was action based with some dark tones here and there. Not every adaption of the characters will be the same or similar. I was upset when Ming-Na decided to stop voicing the character of Ellen Yin but found it interesting to see Batgirl before Robin debut. Also Penguin knowing how to fight made him interesting and more of a foe than other versions of him.

I grew up with this show but still love it while watching to this day it was one of my favourite Batman shows

This show was too dark for me as a kid. I saw commercials for it all the time but I always had to tap out when it came on TV. I had to wait until the last seasons before I could handle it and even then I had to psych myself up before each episode.

I love this show I'm so happy you talked about it!!!

Oooh that intro is so nostalgic

I honestly really loved this show!😄

I recently introduced this show along with Batman TAS and Batman Beyond to one of my friends who was just getting into DC animated series

This was my first Batman show it still holds up

That theme song still gets me to this day

It's true that the series lacks the great characterization that TAS was known for and is overall more kid friendly, with Batman uncharacteristically telling cheesy one liners like in the Brave and the Bold. However, I think it's great for a different reason- that is, the superb design, animation, and action sequences. The hand to hand combat is actually choreographed and is more fluid than most cartoons/anime I've seen, even the more modern ones. The acrobatics, car chases, and flights have a kinetic quality to them that elevates the show above its relatively thin characters and plot lines. The design is slick, and though it's obvious Batman's wide array of gadgets were to sell toys, to this day I still find them cool, especially since they're incorporated into interesting interactions between Batman and the various villains' gimmicks.

This was one of the series I used to watch when I was younger and I genuinely loved it. I just had a good time watching it, I liked the characters and seeing them fight villains and interacting, doing their thing. That actually was enough for me back then, it's not anymore now that I got older, but I feel like it did what it was trying to do right. A fun show about superheroes fighting supervillains, the character designs, character personalities and episodic stories were enough to keep me engaged :)

I like to think that The Batman, Teen Titans, and Legion of superheroes take place in the same universe

Cool you reviewed this. I like it and think it underratted.

This brought back memories I didn’t know that I had.

I watched this show a lot as a child. I could be mistaken but I believe it was the first Batman entertainment I ever saw. Looking back at it now I recognize how flawed it really is but I still can't help but feel a little bit indebted to it. This was in a way my gateway into superheros and comic books and there are a lot of other excellent versions of the character I probably wouldn't have seen or appreciated as much without starting out here. On top of that my earliest memories of myself drawing pictures stem from me at the age of 5 or 6 attempting to imitate Jeff Matsuda's featured art design. To this day I can still see his influence on my art style whenever I sketch out a picture and for that I can never give him my full thanks. Unlike some childhood entertainment I viewed as kid like Land Before Time or The Charlie Brown Holiday Specials, where on rewatching I am filled with joy to recognize how they are as good for children as they are for adults. I return to this show and realize that maybe some stuff for kids really is just for kids. With all that it still had a big impact on my youth and I will always hold it in it's own special place personally.

I LOVED the look of the Batman in this show. Loved what he did with his cape by wrapping his whole body in it and covering everything up in all black/blue. I thought it was so clean

This version of Batman was my childhood and I still think of it fondly. I have all five seasons on DVD and enjoy it. While, I understand that this wasn't everyone's favorite iteration our Dark Knight, it was mine. I adored the characters, stories, and the design.

I've seen them all, and honestly, I loved this take on it!

I do enjoy this series although it definitely has "Saturday morning cartoon" syndrome at times. Like Francis Gray can turn back time because he went crazy. That's all it took. A good chunk of the episodes are shallow and some villains are reduced to common thugs but I don't mind it. I've seen Mr. Freeze's tragic tale a million times so no harm in just making him a criminal this time. Also the creators had a difficult task. They were tasked with creating a Batman show that was entirely different from the incredible DCAU. They had to make a lot of difficult decisions. Some worked, some didn't. With that said, I love the first two seasons of this show. I really like vigilante Batman with Alfred constantly trying to get him to quit risking his life as a vigilante. I also like that this show actually has a canon to it. The review mentioned Yin and Clayface, but even things like getting a new Batmobile when the first one wrecks, etc. Nerd rant over. I wonder if anyone will bother to read this?

this video took me to the deepest darkest depths of my memory

Underrated show

I've been binging this show and I gotta say, I still love it like I did when I was a kid. It's no BTAS but it doesn't have to be. Snappy, quick episodes make this show super easy to binge. I think Robin and Batgirl are a lot of fun and so is Alfred. I do wish we got more episodes like when they got into Joker's mind but that's probably my biggest problem with the show. Other than that I can say this is either my second or third favorite Batman cartoon.

This was the first Batman show I watched all the time instead of an episode or two here or there. It was one of my favorite shows back then.

The Martian Manhunter episodes (as well as Green Arrow and Superman ones) were my favourite from season 5. Batman vs Dracula being one of an all-time favourite Batman story. And there's so many other episodes that I loved from the earlier seasons as well as the ones in the later seasons. The episodes that introduced: Catwoman, Joker, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Riddler, Bane, etc. were all fun. The team-up ones like, anytime Robin or Batgirl were on screen, or that triple team of Batman, Catwoman, and Penguin episode, they were all fun; same with the Batman/Robin Doppelgangers. The darker themed ones like the Clock King, the Dark Knight Returns-type dystopian future story with Nightwing; that game show fat basement guy; Bruce Wayne's bestfriend becoming Clayface, all of these were very fun to watch.

This was one of the shows that really stuck with me growing up. I loved Robin and Batgirl as a kid, and I watched this concurrently with Justice League Unlimited in addition to the occasional Batman TAS DVD or episode rerun on Tv. Now being older, I find Justice League and Batman TAS not only hold up, but are better when watched now. This show? _not so much_ BUT it’s a decent enough show that’s fun for kids, but it’s not particularly exceptional or is it doing anything particularly exciting/new to stand out of the shadow of Batman TAS

I dont know why but this song always brings back good memories!

A good friend of mine just grabbed this entire series on Blu-ray for me for my birthday. It should be here later today. I’m very excited to check out the show since I haven’t seen it since I was a kid

Fun Fact: Killer Croc is the voice of Slade from Teen Titans, Ron Perlman.

Man, character designs were so good. Joker was so creepy with his Kabukis, with this flexibility of his mind actually embodied. Easily my favourite design of Riddler, so different yet so fitting. And the Ragdoll! I loved him so much!! Even if the show doesn't give it's best in soundtracks - the intros were cool enough for me; The Vibe is there. Robin's backstory was cool to see. I still remember the episode in which everybody was turning into zombies (?) and Batman was loosing his allies one by one, only to finally surrender. It was a reverse situation and he got cured but man, I remember it hitting me way worse than "Failsafe" of YJ.

I hated how they too quciky finshed Clayface story

I loved this Batman show when I was a child still love it to this day

I grew up with this show for the most part and the Villain Team Ups were what made me love Villain team ups now a days and often my favorite episodes of shows are when the villains team up

I completely agree with the props and gripes listed in this video about the show. This is the Batman cartoon that I grew up with and I enjoyed it greatly, and I still get a bit of a kick out of it today, though it can never live up to TAS, I really respect this show for trying to not be TAS, from the style, to sounds, to atmosphere. The voice casting and direction is very good in this show, not to mention the slick, fast-paced action. Heck, there is atleast one or two elements that I enjoy here more than TAS, like the portrayal of Killer Croc or the use of really obscure villains with big personalities. All in all this was a good watch for me, even if it did take major hits for not being in-depth enough in terms of characters. But maybe that's all it was trying to be, just short stories with a villain of the week and Saturday morning cartoon vibe. A cartoon doesn't need to be deep to be good, take old Looney Tunes for examples. But considering the higher preference for deep, arc-driven stories in animation, I wouldn't be shocked if this didn't grab many people coming back. After rewatching Batman does engage in Introspection of his moral as Batman earlier in the series, but I suppose it could have been done better

I didn't see a whole lot of this show when it was first on the air,but, I did see a bit a few years later. I liked it fine, and, honestly kind-of started to see it as a the quasi-prequel ( or whatever you'd want to call it - companion piece?) to the the 2003 Teen Titans show - Good show all around.

This is one of my personal favorite dc show and I'm glad that the animation of the show still holds up.

it’s supposed to be different idc how linear it is I enjoyed it as a kid Nd even now I liked how it changed the characters up Nd there Origins

“The Batman” is so underrated, I’m glad to be part of the few who appreciated this series. I love the 90’s animated series, “The Batman” had some good stories, and I love the designs of the characters (most notably the villains). I would watch this show again ;)

My favourite show on earth

I loved this show and rewatched countless of time some times I would finish season five and just go back to season one

This was almost the Batman Equivalent of Smallville and X-Men Evolution with a younger version of the character with subverted characters however a great series

Loved this show as a kid!

This is the Batman show I grew up with and still my favourite to this day. The art design, the Joker's design and voice actor. Really I think it was all beautifully done.