Batman Beyond
In the not so distant future Gotham City has become an urban nightmare. Criminals rule the streets, and the people are without a hero. Time has not been kind to The Batman, Bruce Wayne, no longer physically able to protect the city the self-proclaimed Dark Knight must turn to help. After a chance encounter a young rebel, Terry McGinnis, stumbles onto the secret of Barman’s true identity. Together these two kindred sprits will help bring justice back to the streets of Gotham, face a new breed of super-villains, and write a new chapter in the legacy of Batman!
Originally premièring in primetime on January 10th, 1999, Batman Beyond became a signature series on the KidsWB Saturday morning and weekday line-ups, until moving to Toonami October 1st, 2001 where it’s final episode "Unmasked" aired for the first time in North America. Long time Toonami fans will note that Batman Beyond has aired numerous times on the block when there has been a need for filler material, as it has continually brought in higher ratings then other Toonami shows.
Originally premièring in primetime on January 10th, 1999, Batman Beyond became a signature series on the KidsWB Saturday morning and weekday line-ups, until moving to Toonami October 1st, 2001 where it’s final episode "Unmasked" aired for the first time in North America. Long time Toonami fans will note that Batman Beyond has aired numerous times on the block when there has been a need for filler material, as it has continually brought in higher ratings then other Toonami shows.
.:Episode Guide
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Season One
01: Rebirth: Part 1 02: Rebirth: Part 2 03: Black Out 04: Golem 05: The Winning Edge 06: Dead Man's Hand 07: Meltdown 08: Heroes 09: Spellbound 10: Shriek 11: A Touch Of Curaré 12: Disappearing Inque 13: Ascension Season 2 14: Joyride 15: Earth Mover 16: Splicers 17: Lost Soul 18: Blood Sport 19: Hidden Agenda 20: Once Burned 21: Hooked Up 22: Rats! 23: Mindgames 24: Revenant 25: Babel 26: Terry's Friend Dates A Robot 27: Eyewitness 28: Zeta 29: The Last Resort 30: Final Cut |
31: Armory 32: Sneak Peek 33: Plague 34: Eggbaby 35: April Moon 36: Payback 37: Sentries of the Last Cosmos 38: Big Time 39: Untouchable Season 3 40: Where's Terry? 41: Ace In The Hole 42: Kings' Ransom 43: Betrayel 44: Out Of The Past 45: Speak No Evil 46: Inqueling 47: Unmasked 48: The Curse of the Kobra: Part 1 49: The Curse of the Kobra: Part 2 50: The Call: Part 1 51: The Call: Part 2 52: Countdown Movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker |
.:Misc.
- Rebirth Part 1 and Part 2 were aired originally as one 'movie-lengthed' episode. DVDs kept this format, but further broadcasts of the series split them up.
- Sherman Howard, who was cast as Derek Powers/Blight, originally tried out for the role of Lex Luthor when they were casting for Superman. While he didn't get the part, his audition made him the first choice for the Batman Beyond role when they created the new series.
- The Terrific Trio are a DC-Spin on Marvel Comics' Fantastic 4.
- Jodi Benson, infamous for lending her voice to Arial in Disney's Little Mermaid, plays Aquagirl in Batman Beyond.
- Before moving on to Justice League, the Batman Beyond team considered a proposal to revisit the Beyond universe and have Terry move to Mars; picking up the story there.
- The episode "Unmasked" was originally scheduled to air on Kids' WB! on Sept. 14, but was pulled after the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001. It later premiered on the Cartoon Network.
- The primary reason behind the series' creation was to sell merchandise.
- After the series ended, Paul Dini among others, were hired to write a live-action screenplay based on the series. It's reported that the film got as far in development as an early draft. Warner Brothers decided to go with Batman: Year One which later fell through. Christopher Nolan took over and the film which wound up resulting from all of it was Batman Begins.
- Is known in other countries as "Batman of the Future"
- At one point, Batman Begins was quite popular in Japan.
- In the film, Adult Tim Drake is voiced by Dean Stockwell, an actor more commonly known for his role in 'Quantum Leap'.
- After the Columbine tragedy, WB ordered the film be toned down. Most of the changes were minor, removing impacts during fights and various other edits of the nature. A scene involving Joker and Robin however, was not as lucky. A majority of the scene had to be reanimated because of the nature of it's events and darkness of its presentation. The film was released as a PG direct-to-video feature. A PG-13 Director's cut would later be released and is still available today with all the film's original scenes.
