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* [[Too Cool to Live]]: Ken Colton

* [[Values Dissonance]]: Gratuitously throws in a comment claiming the [[wikipedia:Japanese American internment|Japanese-American internment]] was justified.

** Robin also tells Daka "You're as [[Dirty Coward|yellow]] as your skin!"

 

* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] - Were Chief Rojas's reasons for going after Batman legitimately because he believed Batman to be a menace or was his hunt of Batman because of something else? Depending on your views, Rojas might've been a [[Dirty Cop]]. He did once say that about Ethan Bennett that "He never knew how to play ball." Plus there's his timing of partnering Ellen Yin and Bennett up shortly after Thorne was defeated and some of his tactics in hunting Batman were similar to the comics version of [[Batman: Year One|Gillian Loeb]].

* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Robin's introduction in Season 4.

* [[Contested Sequel]] - For both the long-canceled DCAU Batman shows, and the [[DCAU]] as a whole.

** A lot of the backlash surrounding Batgirl was because of this. [[Executive Meddling|The network insisted on pushing her to the front of the show]] (ignoring that at that point, even Robin hadn't been introduced.) Batgirl's increased role also resulted in Jim Gordon getting [[Demoted to Extra]] and Detective Yin [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|Brother Chucked]].

* [[Creator's Pet]]: Batgirl in Season 3. She was added in a bid to attract more females to the show. Unfortunately, her introduction came at the expense of [[Brother Chuck|Detective Yin]], she was initially a [[Bratty Half-Pint]], and writers continued to push her into [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|more scenes.]] By Season 4 & 5 however, she was [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]] thanks in part to writers giving her less focus.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] - Cash Tankinson.

** Quite a few of the villains got their own fanbases, Hugo Strange, for being a [[Magnificent Bastard]], The Riddler, for his backstory, his new gothic look, and being pretty damn cool, Clayface got this status for being an outright tragic character, {{spoiler|as well as his alter ego}}.

** Robin. His introduction was actually one of the reasons so many fans consider the 4th season the strongest.

* [[Fan Dumb]] - Many varieties, including the persistent [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|complaints]] about "Rasta Joker", even though the idea that the Joker would talk in a Jamaican accent was only ever an unconfirmed rumor. Then there were all the complaints that the series was absolutely terrible because it [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|changed things]] like villain backgrounds and motivations, when those same things had already been changed from the original by the previous cartoon.

*** Of the negative reviews of The Batman, almost all of them make comparisons to BTAS. This is in spite of the fact that the show makes it clear from the outset that it's a very different interpretation of the character.

** Some people are particularly upset at the changing of Mr. Freeze's back story to remove Nora, when Nora was invented for B:TAS and his back story here is more faithful to his first comic book origin.

* [[Fridge Horror]]: In the final season episode featuring [[Evil Counterpart|Wrath and Scorn]], {{spoiler|when the duo are caught at the end after learning Batman and Robin's identities, [[Twist Ending|Joker comes in and]] uses his joker gas to break their minds. Keep in mind that means he brain damaged a CHILD}}.

* [[Growing the Beard]] - The show is often agreed to have improved significantly by its second season; the exact turning point is generally considered to be the first season finale, which put a tragic twist on the origin of classic villain Clayface.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]] - Vampire Joker has actually become the the picture for [[Main/Western Animation/TV/Nightmare Fuel|its section of the pages]].

** Seeing Batman under the effects of Joker toxin in "The Laughing Joke" is just wrong. Oh so very wrong.