Burton: The Animated Series?! How Batman 1989 and Batman Returns Influenced BTAS

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Until recent years I didn’t realize how much of a pioneer the 89 Batman was. Coming up with the black bat-suit, the grapnel gun, the line launcher, the Batwing, and Bruce changing his voice as Batman is all pretty impressive.

I've always like The Penguin in BTAS. He looks deformed and hideous, but he's also a polite and sophisticated gentleman. I like that contrast.

Yet another reason to love Tim Burton's Batman. Such dark and gritty films but in a charming way, and the soundtrack is a godsend.

I love how in the Burton movie from 1989,They make the trend of the movie like a mixture between the 1940s and the 1980s.The Characters had Tommy Guns/1940s styled cars,and the thugs dressed like 1940s Gangsters,while still maintaining the 80's fashion/Tech,like sneakers,Boombox stereos,Prince Music etc,very clever and unique.

Always willing to buckle in for a half-hour Database vid ;)

If Burton was in charge, Batman would be more than “sorely tempted” to kill the Sewer King

13:59 Holy crap I want to see more New Batman Adventures designs in the older art style. That Black Catwoman is so good.

So basically thank the 80s comics and Movies for the badass 90s cartoon! Those two decades seriously rocked!

My favorite element is how Keaton's Batman was only barely functional as a human being. Taking inspiration from Robin having called him out in the original Titans/Outsiders team-up (because Terra and Geo-Force had a family connection to the villain in question), and showing how broken a man Bruce was without Dick to be a mentor toward.

I think it’s funny that it is “BTAS” when it could have been “Batman: Animated Television Series” aka “BATS”

I remember in "The Cat and The Claw" Selena had an assistant who looked like a less frazzled Selena from the movie. Even as a kid I was able to recognize the cartoon was clearly drawing from the movies. It was weird but I also liked the odd mix of future and past in the series. Like how all the televisions were black and white and all the classic cars throughout the series. But I'm so glad they went with a hybrid design for The Penguin. Keeping him deformed like in the movie but making him genteel was a great contrast for the character. And of course putting in as much effort as possible to make the Joker genuinely funny when he was on screen. So many versions of Joker, especially on TV just have him doing the motions of being comical while never actually being funny. But this Joker made me laugh so many times, I mean when he wasn't being terrifying. And of course it helped that each voice actor, not just Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, just did such a great job. That show really did earn every accolade and award it got.

It's kinda like how The Spectacular Spider-Man was influenced in some areas by the Sam Raimi movies.

Meanwhile, commissioner Gordon certainly had a more fleshed out role in the 2 dimensional world, I don't ever recall cartoon Alfred shilling for diet coke amidst all the charm, wit & humor said loyal butler is known for. (Bonus joke: how much is Alfred's annual salary? About a Penny worth.)

Tim Burton's Batman movies & BTAS are still the best versions of the character 👊

And as i was already thinking about the connection between Burtons Batman and the Animated Series anyways, cause it's near christmas, Like every year...YOU wonderful people upload this cool analysis. :* love ya!

It's always funny to me how big budget superhero movies get follow up cartoons and a lot of times the cartoons are so much better

Some of the villains appeared in the later movies even after their non canon appearance in the series. I mean the Riddler, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Bane. If the Burton movies had more sequels, they would’ve had Harley Quinn, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Baby Doll and Clayface.

I was very young when Batman came out so the movie didn't really speak to me. But there was an episode of Tiny Toons spin-off, The Plucky Duck Show, about the upcoming Batman Returns that finally piqued my interest in the character. I started watching the Animated Series and I liked it but it wasn't until I finally saw Batman Returns that I became a fan. I really liked The Penguin as a lecherous bird guy with a gang of circus performers. And I absolutely loved the S&M fantasy of Catwoman who taught me what kind of woman I wanted to grow up to be. I still enjoy Batman stuff, from the animated home video movies to the Arkham games but from a strictly visual standpoint, the Burton films are my gold standard.

I always heard that WBs had an in-house orchestra, not that the production hired one because they had a large budget