(Check out this musical sequence featuring the beautiful Birds of Prey performing a song that seems to be about the genitalia and sexual skills of various male superheroes.) Clearly, BTBATB wasn't for kids only:ĭiedrich Bader gave a perfect vocal performance as Batman, and John DiMaggio often stole the show as Aquaman, Batman's most memorable sidekick throughout the run of the series. Throughout, there was plenty of crazy good humor (much of it expressed in song) that made the show entertaining, even for viewers of all ages who weren't necessarily familiar with D.C. could familiarize new generations of readers with little-known characters from the past, and re-launch them in new comic books or on other platforms. I always thought this show worked as a perfect vehicle through which D.C. characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Aquaman, as well as more obscure heroes like Metal Men, Deadman and (shown at right) Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth. This show simply moved to the concept's center Batman, arguably D.C.'s most popular hero in recent years, then paired him with major D.C. Comics franchise The Brave and the Bold, which in its many incarnations over the years has always featured one-time pairings of two super-heroes or super-teams from the D.C. Thank goodness it will live on in reruns, downloads and DVDs.īTBATB took its inspiration from the longtime D.C. True that, but one need not have been a comic book geek, past or present, to appreciate the fun of the show, which was often as chock-a-block with pop-culture references as an average episode of Fox's Family Guy. What we got was a love letter to Silver Age comics." Fanboys everywhere panicked, but it was for nothing. "Oh, BTBATB," he lamented, "What was once so fresh has become formula! It feels like only yesterday we learned the next Batman cartoon would be a lighter incarnation. The series finale was meta to the max, as Bat-Mite - the pesky, somewhat obsessive Bat-fan from another dimension - observed that the show was past its prime and decided to do something about it, ultimately bringing about its demise. Outrageous! Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and the Bold, one of television's most clever shows, ended its three-year run last month without any fanfare at all - online, in print, or anywhere else.Īt least it went out in grand style.
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