Batman: The Brave and the Bold

[Geodude]

We need a thread for this series. It's well into the second season now, and there have been quite a few high-quality episodes. The temptation may exist to compare it to Batman: TAS, but it's a completely different type of show. It's campy and silly like Batman comics and shows used to be in the old days, and it's inspired by the Brave and the Bold comic series, which teams up different pairs (or small groups) of DC heroes in each issue.

The show's creators clearly have a lot of respect for the origins and history of these characters, especially Batman. References are often made to comics or other previous incarnations of them. The newest episode, The Super-Batman of Planet X! is certainly no exception. Batman accidentally gets transported to the planet Zurr En Arrh (comic fans know what this means) and meets the Batman of that planet, whose multicolored costume resembles the one the Zurr En Arrh Batman wore in the comics. This Batman's arch-enemy is Rohtul, Luthor spelled backwards, and is indeed voiced by Clancy Brown, the voice of Luthor from Superman: TAS and other things. There's also a reporter named Vilsi Valar (named after Vicki Vale, no doubt), voiced by Dana Delany, known for providing Lois Lane's voice. And the biggest grin-inducing decision of them all was that Zurr En Arrh's Batman was voiced by the voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy.

I haven't even gotten into the plot yet. Batman quickly discovers that on this planet, he has Superman-like powers, which leads to some fun scenes where he tries them out and interacts with the native Batman. Turns out he also a Kryptonite-like weakness on that planet, as anyone would have predicted, and yes, it does come into play. The episode was still a lot of fun to watch, especially the hilarious ending, and ranks up there with the best the series has to offer.

I highly recommend this series to any comic fan, as long as you don't watch it expecting another Batman: TAS. This is a different show, it knows that and loves it.

 

[Dorothy LaRouge]

This series is coolawesome. Yes.

 

[Geodude]

I haven't even mentioned the fact that

Spoiler

Zurr En Arrh Batman's civilian identity strongly resembles and acts like Clark Kent, and he works at the same newspaper that Vilsi Valar does. :-D He also has a robot butler named Alpha Red (Alfred reference of course) who raised him.

 

[winstein]

Personally, I enjoyed the series because it's a rather lighthearted take on the Batman series. Also, it's a very refreshing thing to see some unfamiliar faces which I never knew existed like the Metal Men, the Outsiders (which I didn't know Metalmorpho belonged to), outdated Batman villains, Haunted Tank and Plastic Man. I am very grateful that this series existed to show us that the DC Universe is larger than I would have thought it was, since I somehow prefer those over Marvel. (Though, I am not a superhero comic book collector)

I personally like some of the characters too. The first one is Plastic Man, who was quite hilarious and fun, since he can distort into shapes and do some impossible stunts (and does some awesome things like shooting money and being patriotic), as if Plastic Man was made to be in-tuned with the light-heartedness of the show. Another character I liked was Aquaman, who was basically very funny too, since he's a rather bold character that makes the series live up to the "Bold" part of the name. I also personally prefer Joker in this show along with The Batman's Joker since this Joker is more humour than monstrous. Of course, who could hate the Music Meister and his taste of music? It would be interesting if the Music Meister becomes another main Batman villain like Harley Quinn.

The stories are also great too, like Bat-mite's first episode and the bet between Phantom Stranger and Spectre (I think that's the alias) in the episode where Batman learns of his parents' killer (and subsequently the first on-screen appearance of Adult Bruce Wayne.

Really, this show deserves a lot of praise for putting the less-known heroes and villains on the front, as we never see them a lot on other shows. No matter what other detractors say about it, I am convinced that this is a great show.

Thanks for reading.

 

[League]

This show has displayed quite the range in mood and seriousness between episodes, and it has the right to given the range in mood and seriousness between the Batman and comics in general of different eras.

There's the funny, the serious, the dramatic (occasionally), the awesome, and the idiotic all throughout the series, none of those adjectives being exclusive.

I somewhat love the worlds of comics, but I don't like comics themselves. Watching shows like "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" is my education regarding that kind of thing.

Bump. I just saw the episode "Four Star Spectacular!" This sent me into a B:tB&tB mood, as I loved Mazing Man and the feature (one of four) he starred in. This whole episode can be found on Youtube (Adam Strange in Worlds War; Flash in Double Jeopardy; 'mazing Man in Kitty Catastrophe; The Creature Commandos in "the War That Time Forgot") in segments, each segment in whole.