![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Worse, he’s a prisoner in a chain gang that has links to the missing homeless. While undercover as a hobo to help solve the mystery behind members of Gotham’s homeless community disappearing, Bruce suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia. We’ll believe that a man dresses up as a bat and fights crime before we’ll believe adults can like an episode where Batman fights… giant chickens. It’s a shoulder-shrug/meh of an episode that you can’t believe made it through production – let alone got past the pitch stage.Įven on the episode’s commentary, Bruce Timm admits “Critters” is a “crummy” episode of Batman worthy of the fans’ hate – even though Timm claims he and his fellow collaborators kind of like the episode (even though Timm disapproved of the first story outline). The one where Batman goes into the sewers to stop an annoying villain with too many pet alligators, who is also running a child slave ring. Our ranking, from worst to first, follows below: With a celebrity-packed ensemble cast that included the voices of Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as Joker, the series’ behind-the-scenes talent would be the standard bearer that all future DC animated ventures would follow for years to come.Īs Batman: The Animated Series enters its 26 th year, we’ve raided the Bat Archives to rank every episode of the show – including those that aired when it was re-titled in Season 3 as The Adventures of Batman & Robin. ![]() For a 2D cartoon aimed at the FOX Kids after-school audience, TAS featured three-dimensional characters with hopes and fears – outside of the ones fueled by the guy dressing up as a Bat and kick-punching crooks on rooftops. The landmark series celebrated its 25 th anniversary in 2018 and sent legions of fans down a nostalgic trip revisiting the series’ literal black-on-black animation style that perfectly serviced its darker tones and dynamic characterizations. Before The Dark Knight, Batman: The Animated Series was the best Batman story ever told. ![]()
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