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{{quote|''"[[I Am the Noun|I am vengeance. I am the night]]. [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|I... am...]] '''[[Batman]]!'''"''}}
'''''Batman: The Animated Series''''' (or ''BTAS''), which debuted in 1992 on the [[FOX]] [[Fox Kids|children's block]], restored the original vision for [[Batman|the character]]. The show aired from 1992 to 1995 on FOX. Towards the end, it was given a minor [[Retool]] into ''The Adventures of Batman & Robin'', promoting the latter hero from recurring role to regular star. A much more noticeable retool occurred in 1997, where a [[Channel Hop]] and an [[Uncanceled]] order led to [[The WB]]'s ''[[The New Adventures|The New Batman Adventures]]'' (also known as ''Batman: Gotham Knights''). This retool streamlined the character designs to better match the ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]]'' designs that were produced in between, which allowed for the inevitable [[Bat Family Crossover
It drew heavily from [[Frank Miller]]'s 1986 graphic novel ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' and the [[Batman (film)|live-action films]] directed by [[Tim Burton]] (although some of the latter's baggage, such as the mutated version of the Penguin, caused them some problems). The often-minimalist look of the show was largely influenced by the 1940s [[Superman Theatrical Cartoons]], with character designs resembling those of [[Jack Kirby]], [[Dick Tracy (comic strip)|Chester Gould,]] and Alex Toth. The resulting product, revolutionary for its time, was dubbed "dark deco"; it was also the result of co-producer Eric Radomski's standing order to the animators that all backgrounds be drawn with light colors on black paper (instead of dark colors on white paper, as is the industry standard) to ensure that the artwork stayed as dark as possible. Head producer Bruce
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Most of the episodes took place entirely in [[City of Adventure|Gotham City]], although Batman and Robin occasionally ventured to other cities and even other countries. Besides the [[Rogues Gallery|familiar villains]], this series introduced other characters from the comics, such as Ra's al-Ghul, to the television audience. It even introduced a new character, Harley Quinn, who proved to be so popular that she eventually [[Canon Immigrant|made her way into the comics]]. The series also marked the first major exposure of Two-Face outside of the comics, and its revised origin for Mr. Freeze soon became the definitive version of that story.
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While it's not officially part of the [[DCAU]], the 2009 video game ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' is (in some ways) considered a [[Darker and Edgier]] spiritual successor; [[Paul Dini]] returned to write the script, while Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, and Arleen Sorkin (Harley Quinn) reprised their characters from the original series.
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== A-E ==
* [[Action Girl]]:
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* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** William Sanderson's character is a guy who [[Blade Runner|is heavily involved in robotics, having built some of the most advanced models and also created a bunch of small toy-like robots to keep him company at home]]. He's also an [[Ink Suit Actor]].
** Sela Ward played Page Monroe, the eponymous "Calendar Girl" in one
** In the ''Gotham Knights'' episode "Mad Love," The Joker quips "[[Star Wars|May the floss be with you!]]"
* [[Adam Westing]]: The star of the [[Batman (TV series)|'60s series]] appears as a washed-up actor who played "The Gray Ghost," a [[Show Within a Show|fictional superhero]] whom Bruce Wayne idolized as a child. The dramatic variant of the usual Adam-West-as-himself gag works, and this rendition is a more sincere experience for West and fans ("So it wasn't all for nothing."). Also doubles as [[Remake Cameo]] and [[Actor Allusion]].
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The episodic nature replicated the feel of the comics, and the various characters were streamlined into their most efficient archetype.
* [[Adaptational Weakling]]: Batman lucked out when facing Bane. In the comics, Bane made his debut by releasing all the crooks in Gotham and successfully breaking the Bat's back. BTAS Bane fortunately likes to play with his food; he taunts Batman by trashing the Batmobile, and kidnaps Robin as bait to lure Batman into a trap. Batman is able to find an opening in their fight and deliver him unmasked to his employer, Rupert Thorne. It still was a close call and Robin was unable to help because he was fighting Thorne's assistant Candice in the water.
* [[Adult Fear]]:
** "See No Evil" is, essentially, the story of a woman dealing with her ex-con ex-husband who keeps breaking into her house and eventually kidnaps her daughter.
** In "The Underdwellers," Batman is logically angry when the child picks up and plays with a decorative gun on the wall of Wayne Manor, since it ''could'' have been loaded.
* [[All According to Plan]]: ''"The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne"'', when Bruce Wayne is chained and Alfred is tied in Doctor Strange's basement:
{{quote|'''Alfred:''' Oh master Bruce! I am so sorry, this is [[It's All My Fault|all my fault]]!
'''[[The Chessmaster|Bruce Wayne:]]''' Nonsense, Alfred; believe it or not, this is working out, just as I planned.
'''[[Servile Snarker|Alfred:]]''' How reassuring! }}
* [[All Just a Dream]]: "Perchance to Dream," {{spoiler|"Over The Edge"}}.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: In the redrawing of character designs during the revamp between ''Batman: The Animated Series'' and ''The New Batman Adventures'', Commissioner Gordon received a newer, much thinner appearance. Fans complained heavily about the new look, saying it made Gordon look sick, and DVD commentary from the producers reveals that this is what ''they'' thought as well. The theory they had was that, some time between the two series, Gordon had some debilitating disease (Prostate cancer was named as one potential candidate) that resulted in his current, gaunt look.
* [[Aloof Ally]]: Nightwing, at first in "You Scratch My Back".
* [[Amazon Admirer]]:
** Usually Batman's real tastes in women tend to run this way when he's not playing the part of the playboy. He has an on-off flirtation with Selina Kyle aka [[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]], is attracted to Talia al Ghul, and has done playful sparring with Andrea Beaumont who he would have married. We'll just ignore his relationship with [[Batgirl|Barbara Gordon]] because that was weird given their age gap.
** In the crossover between ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' and ''Batman: The Animated Series'', this is why Bruce Wayne falls for Lois Lane. He sees that she's not afraid to speak her mind or try to rescue innocents. As he tells a suspicious Clark Kent, Lois deserves someone that knows the person she is. Lois is also no pushover; as she tells a would-be assailant, "Daddy was a black belt."
* [[Amnesiac Liar]]: "The Forgotten".
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: [[Intended Audience Reaction|Intentionally invoked by the creators]] to make when the series takes place ambiguous. For instance, the clothing and cars are from the 1940s. The weapons are 1930-70-ish. The uniforms are from the 1960s. SWAT teams and Liebherr-style cranes exist already. The helicopters are from the 1980s. The social status of women and minorities is modern. The list goes on, too...
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* [[Animation Bump]]: The episodes that are done by [[TMS Entertainment]] and [[Spectrum]].
* [[Anti-Villain]]:
** Mr Freeze. His re-imagining from a one-note gimmick villain was so acclaimed that his new, tragic backstory was [[Canon Immigrant|incorporated]] into the DCU
** Catwoman, who just wants to protect the animals most of all. The first season showed her genuinely reforming, but by the second season she had fallen back into more criminal habits. A comment by Bruce in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' indicates that she probably never got past this.
** Poison Ivy. Even Batman recognizes that all she wants is a quiet and peaceful life, the problems only arise because she wants them on ''her'' terms.
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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Most of the Mad Hatter's brainwashed victims end up becoming this.
* [[Break the Cutie]]:
** Harley Quinn is the quintessential example. As a psychiatrist working at Arkham Asylum she was a naive and reserved doctor, inexplicably drawn to the Joker and hoping to eventually cure his rampant insanity. He, in turn, [[Sanity Slippage|drives her completely mad]]. After months (years?) as his assistant, moll and emotional punching bag, she slowly drags herself back to sanity and, through a series of innocent misunderstandings, is thrown right back into Arkham after a single day of genuinely trying to reform. Her entire depressing story is encapsulated when the Joker finds out that ''she'' captured and was about to kill Batman instead of him: he punches her and throws her out of a third story window. Awful
{{quote|"My fault ... I didn't get the joke ..."}}
** In "Growing Pains," happens to Tim Drake after Clayface absorbs Annie, causing Tim to brutally attack Clayface.
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* [[Character Development]]:
** Over the course of the series Robin grows continuously more frustrated with Batman's domination of their partnership and cold, emotionless personality. It comes to a head during the revamp into ''The New Batman Adventures'', where he abandons the Robin persona and strikes out on his own as Nightwing.
** Barbara Gordon initially appears as the normal daughter of Commissioner Gordon, but she she gets dragged into a plot for world domination and, at the end of the episode, mentioned that she liked the experience. She later masquerades as Batman when she feels that he needs to be seen at a public event. She then begins to fight crime on her own as [[
* [[Cheap Costume]]: The Condiment King wears an actual pair of [[Underwear of Power]] as part of his costume.
* [[Cheated Angle]]: Commissioner Gordon's cowlick. In an audio commentary, one of the artists laments that the cowlick is always slightly to the side, even when it should have shifted with the angle.
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]:
** Baby Doll, for [[Crack Pairing|Killer]] [[Squick|Croc]].
** Harley eventually becomes jealous of all the attention that Batman gets from the Joker, and this grows into [[Yandere
* [[Clock King]]: Did not invent the trope, but certainly named it.
* [[Coat, Hat, Mask]]: The Gray Ghost.
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** And in one hilarious scene in "Fear of Victory", Batman intercepts a telegram believing that it is a fear-toxin laced letter sent by Scarecrow to make the recipient unable to play at his best. It's just an ordinary telegram, and the delivery boy comes to the conclusion that Batman was lying in wait for him because he ''double-parked''.
* [[Distant Prologue]]: "Joker's Favor" opens with Charlie Collins accidentally cursing off the Joker, leading him to be forcibly hired by the Clown Prince of Crime to perform a favor that he has not thought of yet. It takes two years for "Mistah J." to think of something and track Collins down.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: A non-comedic
{{quote|'''Harley:''' He might get a little rough sometimes, but he ''loves'' me, ''really''.}}
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Is a plot point in several episodes.
* [[Domestic Abuse]]: The Joker and Harley have what is, beneath the make-up, a classic abusive relationship filled with emotional trauma and physical violence.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: After his transformation, Harvey Dent is very clear that he is now Two-Face, even to his fiance.
* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: Bullock.
* [[The Dragon]]:
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* [[Dungeon Bypass]]:
** The Riddler's maze in "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?" Batman hijacks a flying "Hand of Fate".
{{quote|'''The Riddler''': That is [[No Fair Cheating|grand-scale cheating]], Batman! You're not supposed to tamper with the Hand of Fate!
'''Batman''': [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|I don't]] [[Screw Destiny|believe in fate!]] }}
** Harley's hyena's burst through a wall to attack Boxey after Harley calls for them.
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* [[Expy]]:
** Summer Gleeson was a recreation of Vicki Vale, a reporter and love interest from the comics.
** Josiah Wormwood of "The Cape & Cowl Conspiracy" is essentially a prototype Riddler for the
== F-J ==
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* [[Giving Them the Strip]]: In "Christmas With the Joker", Batman attempts to grab the fleeing joker, only to end up holding the Joker's cardigan, complete with a false set of arms.
* [[A Glitch in the Matrix]]: A [[Lotus Eater Machine]] got outed by a newspaper written in gibberish.
* [[Go Mad
* [[Go Out with a Smile|Go Out With a Joke]]: As Harley Quinn falls to her death, clinging to the straw of a giant neon soda bottle, she remarks that at least she is going out on a joke.
{{quote|"Talk about grasping at straws."}}
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* [[Heroic Bystander]]: When the Mad Hatter sends his [[People Puppets]] after Batman to keep him from rescuing Alice, Batman is initially overwhelmed until he manages to disable the mind control device on one of them. The man he frees is Alice's boyfriend Billy, who returns the favor by removing the rest of the Hatter's devices.
* [[Heroic Fatigue]]: Batman in "I Am the Night".
* [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]: Batman does it to a mook in the pilot/promo. This short is included on the DVD set of the first season.
* [[Hollywood Homely]]: [[Invoked]]; the prevalence of the trope drives the plot of one episode. Page Monroe is a former supermodel-turned-villain who was fired when she was viewed as "too old." However, once unmasked, both Batgirl and Batman comment that she is still startlingly attractive, but [[Minor Injury Overreaction|she considers herself ugly, which Batman states is because she can only see her minor "imperfections."]] This is also a case of [[Actor Allusion]] as Page Monroe was voiced by Sela Ward, who was famous for having been dumped as a model in favor of younger women.
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{{quote|'''Batman''': Yes. The stuff that dreams are made of.}}
** In "Almost Got 'Im", Poison Ivy's hat and coat (and the general atmosphere of the underworld club they're in) is a shoutout to Ilsa's in ''[[Casablanca]]''. Especially the way shadows fall across her face, with that hat.
** "It's Never Too Late" has a homage to the gangster film ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]''
** "Heart of Steel" has a boatload -- [[Blade Runner]] (Karl Rossum, "Duplicants"), [[Metropolis]] (Randa Duane's jumpsuit), [[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] (Randa Duane's eventual fate), and [[The Killing Joke]] (The scene at Commissioner Gordon's house). "His Silicon Soul" was the premise of [[Blade Runner]], with Batman's replicant ''believing'' it was Batman.
** ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' is given an homage with a battle in a clock tower that has many similar shots.
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** Everyman Charlie Collins, protagonist of the episode "Joker's Favor", had a very upbeat, grating leitmotif consisting of unusually cheery whistling and trombones blowing in a manner reminiscent of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''-esque, 1950's family sitcom background music.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Honestly, you would think a rich guy like Bruce Wayne could afford more than one suit. In "Harley's Holiday" Bruce actually goes suit shopping with Veronica Vreeland, who points out that Bruce needs a better sense of style. Even one of the DVD commentaries joked about it.
* [[Literally Fearless]]: One episode, adapted from a post-Crisis comic, features Scarecrow unleashing a gas that removes fears and inhibitions from select victims. Batman gets dosed while investigating undercover, and loses the fears that normally hold him in check—including the fear of sticking to his code of [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]. Tim Drake as Robin has to alternate keeping Batman from crossing the line and stopping Scarecrow to get the antidote.
* [[Little Black Dress]]: Loads of the socialites wore them.
* [["London, England" Syndrome]]: When Alfred visits London and tells Bruce where he is, he explains there is only one London after Bruce exclaims "In England?"
* [[The Lost Lenore]]: Nora Fries.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: "Perchance to Dream" catches Batman in this.
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* [[Never Found the Body]]: Joker pulled this off often during the series.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted, mostly. There is still the odd instance, like the Riddler threatening to "destroy" someone by stabbing him through the chest with a [[BFS|ten-foot sword]]. [[Word of God]] is that the Joker's Jokerizing gas was created because they initially were not allowed to kill people. It is arguably ''worse''.
* [[New
* [[Ninja]]: Kyodai Ken.
* [[No Man of Woman Born]]: "No man can take us prisoner!" It is a good thing [[Gotham Central|Renee]] [[52|Montoya]] is ready to step in and take up the slack.
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** "Robin's Reckoning": Batman purposely forces Robin out of an investigation that leads to Tony Zucco, the man who engineered the death of Robin's parents, and stonewalls him when he tries to interfere. At the end of the 2nd episode, Robin tells Batman that he understands now why Batman kept him out: because he knew Robin would make matters personal and try to kill Zucco. Batman replies, with palpable sorrow in his voice that his reason was completely different: that Zucco had already taken so much away from Robin, and he was afraid that he would take Robin's life as well.
*** Another moment in that episode has Batman doggedly pursuing Zucco after the Grayson's deaths, almost to the exclusion of anything else. Dialogue makes it obvious that he's working out his own frustration and rage over his own parent's murder and projecting his revenge onto Zucco.
** Charles Collins' revenge on Joker in "Joker's Favor" gets a brief chuckle out of
** Mr. Freeze gets several of these moments as well, since part of his MO is that he is supposedly frozen to emotion. The end of "Heart of Ice" is the most notable of these. {{spoiler|With his helmet shattered by Batman he is helpless as a kitten and sadly claws at Boyle while crying out for vengeance with the little breath he has. Once in Arkham he admits he failed to avenge his wife, begs her for forgiveness and prays that she can somehow hear him in a place where a warm hand waits for his. While ''crying''.}}
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: To the point that a mook's chances of hitting Batman actually ''decrease'' if he attacks from behind. Also played hilariously with the Creeper, who uses it on Joker's mooks and Batman himself.
* [[Off-Model]]: Not strange for a series like this considering that multiple companies were used, but most evident whenever [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] or [[AKOM]] animated an episode. This was the trope that got both studios fired from the series.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Charles Collins in "Joker's Favor" ironically gets ''The Joker'' to do this after the Joker tormented him for the entire episode. It becomes a truly satisfying conclusion.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted with the presence of Harvey Dent and Harvey Bullock. Also on a meta-level with Bruce Wayne and Bruce Timm.
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* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: When Harley captures Batman, hanging him upside down over a tank of piranhas, she lavishes at how the Joker will be pleased with her for capturing his greatest enemy. Next thing she knows, Batman was LAUGHING. Not just laughing, but laughing HARD. Harley notes that Batman NEVER laughs, and that it creeped her out. Batman stops and stoicly tells her why he's laughing and proceeds to reveal the truth about Joker to her (See "Is That What He Told You?" above).
* [[Out of Focus]]: Dick Grayson was originally a [[Recurring Character]], but after the first [[Retool]], he earned [[Regular Character]] status. The second Re Tool, however, made Batgirl a regular as well and added Tim Drake, so Grayson as Nightwing was [[Demoted to Extra|seen far less often]]. Regardless, he was still considered a Regular Character and treated as such by production. (Voice actor Loren Lester was consistently credited in the main cast, as opposed to with - say - recurring guest star [[Mark Hamill]]). [[Word of God]] flat-out admitted this trope as a blunder on their part.
== P-T ==
* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: The Riddler's "wildly popular" video game creation has graphics and gameplay at [[Intellivision]] levels around the time the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] was hitting its stride, though it fits considering the 1930s aesthetic and deliberate [[Anachronism Stew]] of the series. It uses sound effects from the original [[Super Mario Bros.]], distorted a little bit to make them sound different.
* [[Panty Shot]]:
** The DCAU-only villainess Baby Doll herself shows this in the Episode "Baby Doll".
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** The 2009 ''[[Batgirl 2009]]'' series reveals that "The Gray Ghost" is now [[Show Within a Show|an old TV show within the DCU proper]], and [[Stalker with a Crush|an ardent fan of hers]] assumes the "Gr'''''e'''''y Ghost" identity, complete with hat and mask, in an attempt be her sidekick. Batgirl herself, Stephanie Brown, explains that she never watched the show, but she knows that the main character ''must'' have been smarter and saner than this guy.
* [[Retired Badass]]: "The Lion and the Unicorn" reveals that Alfred spent time as a British government operative many years ago and, even though his primary duties were behind a desk, he amassed quite a few skills.
* [[Retro Universe]]: It is shown in "Cold Comfort" that that episode is set in August
* [[Reverse Mole]]: Nightwing to Catwoman in "You Scratch My Back".
* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]: Most criminals use semi-automatic pistols, but whenever Commissioner Gordon and Detective Harvey Bullock draw their weapons they are are traditional revolvers.
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* [[Shapeshifter Swan Song]]: Clayface.
* [[Shipped in Shackles]]: One episode opened with Killer Croc being transported to prison with his arms and legs in shackles. He escapes by biting through the chains. After Batman recaptures him he is taken away chained, straight jacketed and muzzled.
* [[Shirley Template]]: Mary Louise Dahl, aka Baby Doll, was a failed actress born with a rare medical condition, confining her into an appearance of a toddler despite her actually being in her thirties. Like most other examples of this trope, she also bears the other hallmarks of a [[Shirley Temple]] expy, having appeared in namby-pamby roles as well which she resented as it forever typecast her, just as how the real Shirley's acting career declined as people associated her more with her younger roles than as a teen actress.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Both Batman and Robin get in on this, and in ''The New Batman Aventures'' season [[Fan Service|Nightwing has a completely gratuitous one]].
* [[Shoot the Television]]: The episode "Joker's Millions" has the Joker shooting the [[Video Will]] in which his benefactor reveals {{spoiler|most of the money is fake}}.
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** In "You Scratch My Back," a list of ships includes ''[[World War II|Andrea Doria]]'', ''[[Gilligan's Island|SS Minnow]]'', ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty|HMS Bounty]]'', and ''[[The Poseidon Adventure|Poseidon]]''.
** Two-Face's suit is a rather obvious reference to the famous "Scarface" poster.
** In the episode "The Laughing Fish" Joker pulls a wrench out of a box with the words "[[Home Improvement (TV series)||Binford Tools]]" written on it.
** Annie, a homeless girl in the episode "Growing Pains", looks very similar to Natalie Portman's character Mathilda from the movie "[[Léon: The Professional]]."
** In the Creeper's debut, not only does he look similar to and act just like [[Freakazoid!]], but he talks to a woman through her window and when she screams and runs...
{{quote|Creeper: [[Animaniacs|Okay, I love you, buh-bye!]]}}
** Anyone who has seen ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|Castle in The Sky]]'' will immediately recognize similarities between the film's memorable robots and the one in the opener of "Deep Freeze." And [[Mark Hamill]] gets to play the main antagonist in Disney's
** [[Transformers Generation 1|Cybertron]] Industries.
** Poison Ivy's license plate in "Harley & Ivy" is "[[Citizen Kane|Rosebud]]."
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** Mr. Freeze speaks to his wife, Nora Fries, who had a terminal disease and was placed in [[Human Popsicle|cryogenic stasis]] to preserve her life.
* [[Talk to the Fist]]:
{{quote|'''Condiment King:''' "What's this? Ah, the Big Bad Bat Guy. I knew you'd ''ketchup'' to me sooner or later. How I've ''relished'' this meeting. You, the Dynamic Dark Knight, versus me, the Conceptual ''Condiment King''! Come Batman, [[Bring It|let's see if you can cut the mustard.]]"
'''Batman:''' (''Batman delivers a single punch to CK's stomach'') "'''''Quiet!'''''" }}
* [[Tap on the Head]]: Almost [[Once an Episode]].
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* [[Time Is Dangerous]]: Clock King uses a time-altering device to trap Batman and Robin in a "bubble" of slowed time, where seconds for them pass as hours on the outside. Batman points out that objects "outside" the bubble are moving relatively at tens of thousands of miles an hour while they are comparatively "standing still". Meaning there will be an enormous (think asteroid impact or nuclear weapon) explosion if anything collides with them in their "frozen" state. Fortunately Batman defuses the trap before it can happen.
* [[Time Skip]]: As well as having a bit of an [[Art Shift]], ''The New Batman Adventures'' takes place about roughly three years after the prior seasons of the series.
* [[Tin Man]]: Mr. Freeze. Despite claiming that he can no longer feel any emotion, his despair at losing his
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: The Judge in "Judgement Day" is {{spoiler|Harvey Dent, repressed by Big Bad Harv for so long that he developed into a ''third'' personality.}}
* [[Tom Hanks Syndrome]]: In-universe example with Baby Doll, whose failure at a straight acting career led to her [[Start of Darkness]].
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* [[Vaudeville Hook]]: Joker gets dragged offstage by one of these in "Make 'Em Laugh". He is outraged by the thought of being disqualified from Gotham's annual stand-up comedy competition on the flimsy grounds that ''he never entered'' that a year later he seeks [[Disproportionate Retribution]] on the judges.
* [[Vignette Episode]]: "Holiday Knights," "Almost Got 'Im"
* [[The Villain Must Be Punished]]: This happens a few times. Usually Batman is all about saving criminals and rehabilitating them after the beatdown, which makes it serious when he goes for the beatdown.
** "The Man Who Killed Batman". Batman fakes his death and makes it seem that a low-time crook named Sid the Squid offed him, figuring that an apologetic, horrified Sid would lead him to Rupert Thorne since the man offers protection to those who join his mob. When Thorne is about to kill Squid believing he must be a criminal mastermind for killing Batman and surviving a murder attempt from the Joker, {{spoiler|Batman takes his time beating up the guy, saying this is for multiple crimes. He thanks Sid for helping bust the operation, revealing that ''he'' broke Sid out of the Joker's acid vat that nearly killed him. Sid still has to go to jail for his criminal activities, but he's happy to be alive and has a reputation as the guy who ''almost'' killed Batman and "outsmarted the Joker" which earns him the respect he sought all episode}}.
** Unlike in the comics where Batman and Robin arrested Tony Zucco after the latter murdered the Graysons in cold blood, Zucco gets away when Dick is a boy, owing to Dick being stupid enough to hunt down the man alone at night, in the city slums, and Batman having to save his ward when Zucco tosses him off a bridge. A decade later, Batman gets a lead on Zucco and says he will bring in the man alone, saying that it's personal. When Robin finds out who Batman is hunting, he is ''furious'' and demands to come along and confront Zucco. Robin's arrival ends up timely as Zucco managed to sprain Batman's leg and corner him, and he scares the tar out of his parents' murderer. He ends up not killing Zucco but admits that it was tempting in the heat of the moment. Batman says that's not why he wanted to arrest Zucco solo; it's that he was terrified when he saw Zucco about to murder a young Dick, and the memory still haunts him. He can't bear anyone wanting to hurt his only child.
* [[Villain Team-Up]]: Happens on quite a few occasions. Notable episodes include "Harley and Ivy," "Almost Got 'Im," "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne" and "Trial".▼
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]:
** When Charlie, the timid accountant that the Joker has been tormenting for the entire episode, decides to stand up he grabs a bomb out of the Joker's vehicle and threatens to kill him. When he points out that ''this'' is how the Joker will die, killed by some schlub instead of some grande battle with Batman, Joker begins to actualy scream for Batman's help to come and save him.
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** Riddler has one just because Batman will not tell him how he survived a seemingly perfect deathtrap.
** Ivy has several in her first appearance. The first is what led to her trying to kill Harvey Dent and the second was when her greenhouse burned down, just driving her deeper into madness.
▲* [[Villain Team-Up]]: Happens on quite a few occasions. Notable episodes include "Harley and Ivy," "Almost Got 'Im," "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne" and "Trial".
* [[Visual Gag]]:
{{quote|'''Pamela Eisley:''' Shouldn't we wait for your friend?
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* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Parodied with Harley in "Girl's Night Out", it being a running gag that she tries to get things open by using an oversize mallet for it to do practically nothing.
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: Mary "Baby" Dahl. [[Stealth Pun|In more ways than one]].
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: "Tyger, Tyger," to ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]''. Notable for including, to [[Furry Fandom|much delight]], Selina Kyle as a ''literal'' [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/dcanimated/images/8/84/Catwoman3.jpg Catwoman]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have to Be ___?]]: Scarecrow is the master of using this trope.
* [[Wild Card]]: Catwoman actually fought at Batman's side a little ''more'' often than she fought against him.
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