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Being a printed work, it was much less hampered by censorship (so that, for example, Batman could actually be shown outright punching criminals, whereas the TV series turned him more into a [[Combat Pragmatist]]). And just as the series had introduced viewers to Harley Quinn, Lock-Up, and sundry other original characters, ''The Batman Adventures'' gave us a new trio of [[Harmless Villain|bumbling]], [[Affably Evil|lovable villains]] in Mastermind, Mr. Nice, and the Professor (or "Perfesser").
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* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: "Catman" in an issue of ''The Batman Adventures''
* [[Cut Short]]: The "Shadows and Masks" arc in ''Batman Adventures'' culminated in an awesome [[Sequel Hook]] revealing that [[The Man Behind the Man]] was {{spoiler|the Red Hood}}. And then the series was canceled.
* [[Decoy Damsel]]: The Catwoman successfully used this ploy on Batman in her very first appearance in the comic (issue #2). At the behest of {{spoiler|The Joker}}, she steals the Crown Jewels of London. Batman chases her across London's rooftops, finally cornering her atop the Big Ben clock tower. Catwoman, realizing that there's no easy way to escape, pretends to attack Batman but then "accidentally" falls off the tower ledge, hanging on for dear life from one of the clock's giant hands and begging Batman to save her. He does so...whereupon she shouts "SUCKER!" and clocks him in the jaw, knocking ''him'' off the ledge and nearly killing him. Batman survives - and saves the Crown Jewels in the bargain - but then he is forced to watch in frustration as Catwoman makes a clean getaway, in what would prove to be one of many, ''many'' [[Karma Houdini|Karma Houdinis]]
* [[Destined Bystander]]: Eel O'Brien plays a supporting role in the Black Mask arc of the last ''Batman Adventures'' series, but the series was canceled before it could built up to his becoming [[Plastic Man]].
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Joker tries to beat a henchman to death with a bunch of bananas over a $20 wager on the World Series.
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* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: A comic based on a TV series based on a comic.
* [[Revenge]]: Much like Batman, one issues shows how Joe Chill also obsesses over the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Not learning their identities until later, Chill spends the rest of his life living in utter terror of someone as rich and powerful as Bruce Wayne taking bloody vengeance on him for killing his parents, to the point where he starts hallucinating Bruce Wayne appearing everywhere. Ultimately, {{spoiler|when Batman is unmasked while trying to rescue Chill, who's dangling from a balcony railing, the latter freaks out and falls to his death. Bruce is left utterly baffled as to what just happened, as he hadn't recognized Chill}}.
* [[Riddle of the Sphinx]]: Used in an issue
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** In ''The Batman Adventures'' #5, two men appear in the Scarecrow's nightmare who look remarkably like [[Sandman|Cain and Abel]].
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* [[Terrible Trio]]: The Threatening Three (Mr. Nice, Mastermind, and the Perfesser), a group of comical criminals (designed to resemble Archie Goodwin, Mike Carlin and Dennis O'Neil) who made at least one appearance per Adventures series until their final appearance in ''Gotham Adventures''.
* [[Three Act Structure]]: Used without shame; the original thirty issues or so of ''The Batman Adventures'' even had helpful little blurbs spelling out where each act starts and ends.
* [[Til Murder Do Us Part]]: Played with in ''Batman Adventures'' #16, where the Joker starts reciprocating Harley Quinn's affections, and even proposes to
** Amazingly, {{spoiler|she's ''right''. The Joker finds the whole deception romantic and agrees to marry her anyway. About as close as they ever get to [[Unholy Matrimony]].}}
* [[Time Skip]]: Between each incarnation of the book, perhaps most obviously with ''Batman Adventures'', which establishes several changes to the status quo like the Penguin having been elected mayor and outlawed Batman.
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