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damn... i just realize i have a lot of favorites. from the fox run, id havta say: 1) the introduction to mr. freeze, which i believe was entitled "heart of ice." probably one of the best 30 minute shows, animated or not, i've ever seen. 2) the demon's quest I & II (love that ra's al ghul!) 3) almost got'im - funny, and, included most of the major villains in a cool way 4) beware the gray ghost (including adam west into the series... frickin incredible) 5) harley's holiday, i thought, was really well told. a dini-tale, of course. definitly made me fall in love with the character. notable mentions: feat of clay, part II (very well animated), a bullet for bullock (cool, seedy, non-super villain tale), and on leather wings, the intro to man-bat (very cool story, with great animation...played like a year-one tale). ****
from WB's run: 1) the world's finest, batman/superman trio was sweet as hell 2) i also loved "over the edge" during WB's run. incredible story. again, dini proves his genius. 3) the dark knight returns scenes from "legends of the dark knight" were unforgettable. 4) growing pains - thought was another great story. cool take on an existing villain. 5) mad love - loved the book, loved the 'toon notable mentions - never fear (another great take on an existing villain. plus, the new scarecrow ROCKED!! this one was actually scary! REALLY scary!), and joker's millions (justa really fun tale. dini can somehow easily get away with writing a really good non-gritty/realistic batman story) and you?
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Gotta put Almost Got 'em as my all time favorite. The Holiday Christmas ones were also very well done. There was also one with the Scarecrow (in his Unknown Comic look) where the Bat-Man and Robin were on the run for getting Babs killed. I forgot the title. There are many more I just cant think of them at the moment.
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i believe yer referring to "over the edge," which is definitly a kick ass episode. i was in the dc offices when mr dini, himself, brought the tape in for a preview. whole place was impressed. the man can write. ------------------
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You didnt know it was a hallucination brought on by the scarecrow until he end of the episode though right?
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I liked the episode called BATMAN'S IN MY BASEMENT. And the one with the Three kid's talking about what Each thought Batman was Really like. AND the one where Robin meets a young girl about his age..who cannot remember who she is..and does not know the secret she has... I was getting all set to start taping the episodes when the NEW season of Justice League started, and the episodes were cancelled.  I can't think of a SINGLE episode that I did not enjoy!! It was the BEST animated Batman series, IMO.
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And The episode Where Bats was blinded. Also the episode where You discover that Rha's al Ghul has a son. Jonah Hex was in that one, too.... The Man Bat episode... And the one where Scarecrow has that gas that removes people's inhibitions, and Bats gets a dose of it.... That one was QUITE intense! I could go on and On..... 
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The Laughing fish was a great episode from a classic Batman story.
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"Judgment Day," the episode where Two-Face develops a three-way split personality. That one packed a major punch.
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I LOVED Robin's Reckoning and Perchance to Dream, as well as the intros of Two-Face and Clayface into the animated canon. From The Adventures of Batman and Superman (or Gotham Knights, if you're a stickler for specifics), I really liked Over the Edge and Legends (but then, who didn't) as well as Sins of the Father. The Tim Drake character on TAS v.2 was an interesting amalgum of Jason Todd and Dick Grayson - any ideas why they portrayed the second Robin like this?
From Batman Beyond...well, it's hard to beat Rebirth (the 3-part pilot) as well as The Call (old Supes rocks!).
Now for the big question...which is the better animated movie, The Mask of the Phantasm or Return of the Joker? (And let's hope no one nominates 'Subzero' or, God forbid, 'Mystery of the Batman'. We'll yambag ya. That can be used as a verb, right?)
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One of my favorite Fox ones was the one with Zatanna in it. I liked seeing someone from outside the Bat-verse show up.
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Is that the one where they're all playing poker and it turns out that Batman is Killer Croc? 'Cuz that one's awesome!
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I also like the one where Bats is trapped in a dream world induced by the Mad Hatter, where his parents are still alive and he never became Batman. Really cool and the beginning of my current obsession with the Mad Hatter character...
I also liked the episode that debuted the character Baby Doll. A really powerful episode. All subsequent appearances made by the character sucked a lot - especially her whole 'love affair' with Killer Croc...
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Harley's Holiday is my all-time favorite. Laughing Fish was also great.
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Face it, BTAS is just the greatest adventure/hero toon ever made.
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Did you like the Batman Beyond Freeze episode as well?
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"Over the Edge"
Batman, Batgirl, and Robin are chasing the Scarecrow across the Gotham rooftops when Batgirl suddenly falls off the edge of a building and lands on a car... Gordon, who's on the scene, unmasks her and sees that it's Barbara... He glances up and sees Batman standing over the edge of the rooftop, and immediately thinks Batman's responsible... An arrest warrant for Batman and his allies is issued, and the by the end of the episode, the police have stormed the Batcave, discovered Batman's true identity, and arrested Nightwing and Robin. They're about to get Batman, when suddenly Batgirl wakes up... It was all a hallucination induced by some of Scarecrow's fear gas...
Unbelieveable fuckin' episode.
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That's "Over the Edge"? I loved that episode.
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Did you like the Batman Beyond Freeze episode as well?
Very much. It's on the movie DVD. I actually really like Batman Beyond...especially that episode, the royal flush gang episodes, and the JL croosover ep. I liekd the relationships in that show....
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I own them all as I joined the Columbia House cluba few years ago..of course now they have them on DVD..bastards.
I like...every episode. Another standout is the supergirl/batgirl team up episode.
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Did you like the Batman Beyond Freeze episode as well?
Very much. It's on the movie DVD. I actually really like Batman Beyond...especially that episode, the royal flush gang episodes, and the JL croosover ep. I liekd the relationships in that show....
Batman Beyond was a friggin' good show. Watched it regularly when it was still on the WB. Some of my favorites of that one were the Freeze episode, the JL crossover, the one with the newscaster who uncovers Batman's identity, and the pilot. The sound villain and the hunter were pretty cool, too.
I thought they took Powers out of the stories a bit too easily, though. Didn't seem right the way they eventually wrote him out...
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Yes, Batman Beyond was a cool show. A shame it did not go for a few more seasons. I liked the ones you listed, plus ones with INK and the one with the heroes who were Fantastic Four clones.
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Can't remember the title, but there was an episode of the old series where this guy cuts the Joker off on the road. The Joker runs him off the road and tells the guy that he's completely owned now. Then a year or so later, the Joker comes to call in his favour. That episode kicked arse.
And Mad Love. Pure genius.
The Creeper episode. "They call me... yellow skinned wacky man!"
Sins of the Father (that was the one with Dick explaining how and why he became Nightwing, yeah? Correct me if I'm wrong).
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Can't remember the title, but there was an episode of the old series where this guy cuts the Joker off on the road. The Joker runs him off the road and tells the guy that he's completely owned now. Then a year or so later, the Joker comes to call in his favour. That episode kicked arse.
That was a good one! He gets put on the Witness Protection Program and the Joker still manages to find him! Too sweet!
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