List of Batman animated episodes
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animated television series based on the superhero
Superhero
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Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
and associated comic book
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characters published by DC Comics
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. Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated series based on the DC Comics character Batman. The series featured an ensemble cast of many voice-actors including Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Arleen Sorkin, and Loren Lester. The series won four Emmy Awards and was nominated...
is an American
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television series, which originally ran on the Fox Network from 1992 to 1995. It was later shown in re-runs on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
, Toon Disney
Toon Disney
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, Disney XD
Disney XD
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, and most recently on The Hub. Each episode is approximately 22 minutes long, excluding commercials.
The New Batman Adventures
The New Batman Adventures
The New Batman Adventures is the successor to Batman: The Animated Series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Although bearing different character designs and animation styles, both shows take place in the same continuity, with TNBA set two years after BTAS. The series aired on The WB from...
, although utilizing different character designs and animation style, is a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series, and ran on The WB Network from 1997 to 1999. There are a total of 109 episodes from both series, along with multiple crossover episodes from Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
and Static Shock
Static Shock
Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
. Both series have been released on DVD boxsets in four volumes.
The series are part of what has become known as the DC Animated Universe
DC animated universe
The DC Animated Universe is a fan term that refers to a series of popular animated television series and related spin-offs produced by Warner Bros. Animation which share the same continuity. Most of these series are adapted from DC Comics properties...
, which consists of eight animated television shows and four animated films, largely surrounding DC Comics characters and their respective mythos
Mythology
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. This includes Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
, Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...
, Static Shock
Static Shock
Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
, The Zeta Project
The Zeta Project
The Zeta Project is a science fiction American animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name. The show was created by Robert Goodman and Warner Bros...
, Justice League
Justice League (TV series)
Justice League is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics...
, and Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited
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Batman: The Animated Series
The episodes are listed in their production order, rather than their original air date. The official Warner Bros. production numbers for this series begin with 406-5xx, where "xx" is the episode number from 1-85. Thus, "On Leather Wings" is production number 406-501. Due to character introductions and pacing, by airdate is the preferred viewing order by many.Season One
65 episodes were produced for season one. 60 of these episodes were initially aired during the 1992/93 television season, which runs from September to May. The final five episodes of season one were held back; these episodes premiered over a period of five consecutive days, September 13-17, 1993.| # | Title | Villain(s) | Director | Writer | Airdate |
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Season Two
Robin (comics)
Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman...
more prominently and was titled The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
The network reduced the series to airing only weekly, Saturday mornings. Five of the twenty episodes initially aired in May of 1994, then 10 more were released in September-November of 1994. Once these fifteen episodes had premiered (the final five were held back until September, 1995), the weekday slot was restored to repeats of the entire run, with the first season's episodes given the second season's title, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, for all remaining Fox showings and a few VHS releases.
These episodes and the last nine of the first season were released in the correct production order as part of the Batman: The Animated Series Volume Three DVD boxset.
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The New Batman Adventures
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
. These shows were merged as part of an hour segment called The New Batman/Superman Adventures
The New Batman/Superman Adventures
The New Batman/Superman Adventures is a name given to a rerun package series that combined Superman: The Animated Series with The New Batman Adventures produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It aired from 1997-2000 on Kids' WB...
. The WB Network wanted more episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, so 24 new episodes were produced, which featured a different format and more focus on Batman's supporting cast.
In addition to the network's demands, the producers decided to make the show match Superman: The Animated Series graphic style, so all the characters and objects were redesigned as "animation friendly" with fewer lines, usually referred to by the fans and creative staff as the "revamp" (or alternately, the "new look"). A similar graphic style was used in the rest of the DCAU later on.
The DVD boxset of the series is labeled Batman: The Animated Series - Volume Four (from The New Batman Adventures), most likely to establish its connection with the original series.
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Feature films
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Superman: The Animated Series
Before The New Batman Adventures started airing alongside Superman: The Animated SeriesSuperman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series starring DC Comics' flagship character, Superman. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on The WB from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Warner Bros...
, a 3-part story had The Joker and Lex Luthor team up against Batman and Superman. This was later released on home video as The Batman/Superman Movie and adapted into a comic book. The commentary of The Batman/Superman Movie stated that the feature was intended to "kick off" the new Batman episodes, thus taking place before the first episode of The New Batman Adventures. Following Batman-related episodes were individual stories titled "Knight Time" and "The Demon Reborn."
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Static Shock
In parallel with their appearances in Justice League, Batman, and some of his supporting cast and villains also appeared in five episodes of Static ShockStatic Shock
Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....
. While these episodes were actually made during the same time Justice League and were being produced, in the subjective chronology of the DCAU three of these episodes fall during The New Batman Adventures era, while the 2-part episode "A League of Their Own," takes place during the Justice League years.
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