With kevin conroy, robert costanzo, bob hastings, clive revill. Batman faces off against the scarecrow whose fear gas makes the. Tas, which originally aired on the fox kids block from 1992 to 1995, is one of the most popular and groundbreaking series in western animation. Adam basciano batman faces off against the scarecrow whose fear gas makes the superhero afraid of disgracing the wayne name.
The animated series perfected the short form animated superhero story. Nothing to fear to henry polickfear of victory see more. Everything that scares normal people death, pain, dismemberment to himself or others, any major threat like that can potentially frighten him. Gilroy and sean catherine derek script perfectly explore the batman psychology, but it offers the first interpretation of the.
Do i go in this order and start with on leather wings 1. In this video we take a look at the scarecrows debut episode on batman the animated series. The scene cuts to a charity book signing at gotham university. The animated series is, arguably, one of the most important episodes of this first season and volume one on dvd.
When the black smoke mixes with water, it produces a gas that fills people with fear. This dvd includes the first five episodes, with such greats as the joker, scarecrow and poison ivy. The animated series is one of the most influential cartoons ever made. Readers are encouraged to join our growing community of fans. Gilroy and sean catherine derek, and directed by boyd kirkland. Since there were a few people who enjoyed my reaction to episode 2, i decided to do a reaction to episode 3 sooner than expected. Jokers used to getting played by batman, but nothing is more.
Why i dislike the new batman adventures the reaf debrief. Heres a look at the best and worst appearances of the joker on batman. Celebrating the continued legacy of batman, its hard to gloss over the importance of batman. Im looking forward to testing my new fear toxin the scarecrow thought. Many episodes did more in 22 minutes and change than some superhero movies do in two plus hours. Twenty years ago, a new animated series defined batman as an icon for a new generation of viewers. He is just very, very good at suppressing his responses to fea. Girls night out, the episode of the dc animated universe featuring batgirl and supergirl squaring off against poison ivy, harley quinn, and livewire is commonly thought to be a superman. Due to schedule changes it was the tenth episode to air. But years later, the episode played a part in burnett joining batman. Nothing to fear is an episode of the first season of batman. Unlike with batman, who preexisted in this animated world, prior to when.
Its rather fitting that the show returned to the tragedy of twoface for its final episode because twoface is the most important villain in batman. Most distinguished by the different artstyle, having nightwing, a reoccurring batgirl, and tim drake as robin, and most remembered by the harley quinn origin episode, mad love. Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5. The animated series season 1, episode 10 nothing to fear.
Written by henry gilroy and sean catherine derek, and directed by boyd kirkland, nothing to fear introduced one of batmans most feared enemies, the scarecrow. The animated series came out while i was in college, which gave me lots of time to watch it. Technically he feared bats, which is why he chose the bat in the first place, so he could almost embody fear. Crane safely tucked away in arkham asylum reading his psychology books out loud to the guards, its up to batman to discover if there is a copycat in. What are some things the batman did better than it. Production on batman began with the producers determined to use as many classic villains as possible. By andrew kiess nothing to fear is the third produced episode of batman and premiered tenth on september 15, 1992. Bruce timm, comic book characters, comic character, comic books art, comic art, dc comics art, im batman, batman art, spiderman. A criminal calling himself the scarecrow starts wreaking havoc in revenge against gotham university, stealing funds while intoxicating people with a. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. In honor of that twentieth anniversary, and steven padnick are rewatching batman.
Dcau dc animated universe rewatch podcast on apple. Batman the animated series vs the batman vs batman. Nothing to fear is the third produced episode and the tenth to be aired. But i think he is the typical hero, whose real fear is failing to save innocents. Okay, maybe not that obsessive who has two thumbs and rewatched the batman parts from batman v. Think that he is silver age batmanwith his pis powers to have any gadget. Nothing to fear to henry polick fear of victory see more connections referenced in batman begins 2005 see more soundtracks batman the animated series written by danny elfman.
My apologies ahead of time if this isnt the write section for this question. Developed by bruce timm and eric radomski and produced by warner bros. Scarecrow and batman were created by bill finger and bob kane. The show that defined the dark knight for a generation, in the words of its creators and stars. Surprisingly, the crook doesnt resist batmans attempt to arrest him. The animated series nothing to fear tv episode 1992. When a university in gotham went through seemingly horrific attacks, batman discovered. Andrea letamendi and brian ward, a podcast dedicated to the observation and clinical analysis of the characters in batman. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with. If you study batman begins closely you will realize that the bats are really just a symbol of his true and greatest fear. Ok, ive got the series but ive seen a few different opinions on what is the best way to watch the series.
Animation brought the character into a gorgeous and timeless art deco version of gotham city, and using vill. Here are the animated dark knights 11 best adventures. The campyness that seems to be found in most batman books seems to have been left entirely out of fear itself and that someone has committed a crime, a crime with the mo of the scarecrow. The animated series episode, but in reality is officially a the new batman adventures episode. The animated series is an american animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman.
Nothing to fear is the third episode of the first season of batman. Lets face it, christmas with the joker might be old when compared to the newer episodes, but it is a classic. A gotham university charity book signing is in progress, and the guests talk about the string of robberies and. As much as we love the classic 90s cartoon, batman. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. If youd like to purchase this episode, you may do so here. The animated series 03 nothing to fear hd scarecrow vs bruce. The animated series, marks the first appearance of jonathan crane, aka the scarecrow into the dc animated universe. Scarecrow was one of the first selected, debuting in the episode nothing to fear. Inspired by the batman tas episodes nothing to fear, fear of victory, dreams in darkness, lockup, etc. Batman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero batman as its main protagonist.
Manbat takes the bat persona to the extreme, the joker is the anarchic, insane yin to batmans cool, calculating yang, and the scarecrows main weapon is the same as our heros. Batman surmounts those issues in one of the series bestknown and dramatic lines of dialogue. Inspired by the presence of bats, his childhood fear, which used to present around. It stared kevin conroy as batman, bob hastings as gordon, clive revill as alfred, robert costanzo. He had heard that the two had been developing a new chemical similar to the fear toxin that crane had already but mixed with a. On the surface, bruce waynes greatest fear seems to be bats, but it is not. We are a forfans, byfans site devoted to bringing you all the latest information on dc and vertigo titles, movies, tv shows and more. Anyways, here is a list of top 10 batman books any batfan may definitely have read more than onceor twice, or thrice, or. We love film, tv shows, merchandise, comic books, novels, anything and everything to do with entire dc world. The new batman adventures was the revamped sequel series to batman the animated series in 1997.
Connections referenced in batman begins 2005 see more. Apart from being slightly slow at times, it is a thoroughly enjoyable read and a great allround novel. The animated series was accompanied by a tiein comic book, the batman. Nothing to fear aired in 1992, and was the 10th episode to air overall on the animated series. This episode was originally recorded live in december of 2016 during a 24 hour twitch marathon stream. He came to fight the joker who was, for some reason, working with the scarecrow. Nothing to fear establishes the status quo relationship between batman and the police, gets at the heart of why batman does what he does, and. The animated series nothing to fear tv episode 1992 connections on imdb. Batman must capture a villain who calls himself the scarecrow, the master of fear, while fighting his own inner demons. Batman faces off against the scarecrow whose fear gas makes the superhero afraid of disgracing the wayne name. On a bright spring morning, a dark cloud of smoke engulfs gotham city.
Batman tascause i grew up with that batmanyeah i know biased. Batman encounters the scarecrow and attempts to foil his scheme to burn down gotham university, but in the process is exposed to the scarecrows fear gas, and is forced to face his own guilt over the death of his parents. The animated series can be viewed as a trilogy, giving a primer on the batman mythos by using the three villains with the strongest thematic connections to the character. The villains plan, a batman the animated series fanfic. This is the debut episode of the well known criminal scarecrow and it also provides his origin. Following the success of tim burtons film adaptation of the character, warner bros. Welcome to another episode of i am the night, a podcast dedicated to breaking down every episode of batman. I bought batman fear itself purely because of the success and brilliance of christophers nolans frankly jawdropping trilogy, mainly the dark knight rises, which is the first of the films i saw. From behind the bars of his cell, the scarecrow reveals that his evil experiment has already been set in motion.