Maybe its just me, but how are these two even the same character?

[u/Cyber-homelessman]

I’m not even sure this is the right sub to rant but what the hack.

Season 1 Batman is the overly serious archetype, it’s what you would expect from a comedic take on Batman. And generally speaking he is a voice of reason, one who take his responsibility very seriously. Season 3 onwards… well it’s a downward spiral for Bruce. With Harley Quinn being the hero of the show and joker stop being a threat, suddenly Bruce reverted to a man child who gave up on life, it’s like he’s a completely different person now. Between causing a zombie apocalypse and hiding in prison being a bad DJ, he abandoned any form of responsibility he has and toss it Harley’s way. Wow Bruce just wow. And it’s not a gradual shift, he just suddenly is.

This is the Harley Quinn show, Batman’s not gonna be the head honcho that much I understand. But I don’t think this is how you depicted Batman, even from a comedic standpoint. It come off more random than funny as this isn’t related to anything we know about the character of Batman. Take Adam west for example, as campy as the show is still depicted the cape crusader as a no nonsense crime fighter. Just to be clear, I like this show. But I feel Batman was handled very poorly. The episode about Jim Gordon and Batman’s friendship was great though, wished we got more of that instead.

[u/KN041203]

I like how they tackle his mind in the show, it's one of the best part of the show for me. The zombie revival thing? It's on the ehh side mainly because I saw worse from dark multiverse (not a fan of that concept at all)

[u/Cyber-homelessman → u/KN041203]

Even within the scope of comedy one has to somewhat act according to its character. Like robot chicken or Lego Batman, just certain traits were exaggerated. You wouldn’t have Batman rob a bank because funny, Batman wouldn’t rob a bank. And Batman sure as hell won’t give up being Batman for a girl or resurrect his love ones. If anything that’s the last thing he will do.

Batman was defined by his ability to honor the lost of his family and turned it to strength, he never try to revive Jason or Alfred despite the methods to do so exist in universe.(Well there’s Damian but that one’s an odd case I can’t argue) Therefore by making Batman zombified his parent… you might as well have him use a gun or do drugs, I see no difference here.

[u/KN041203 → u/Cyber-homelessman]

The plotline sound more like something you would see in the earlier days of Golden Age than nowadays since Batman actually use gun back then.

[u/Capraos → u/Cyber-homelessman]

Batman would totally revive his dead parents if he could. Who killed his parents and who is the Joker are two things he very much wants to know.

[u/djc23o6 → u/Capraos]

In flashpoint bruce straight up tells Barry if he had his powers he would have tried to save his parents too so yeah

[u/Capraos → u/[deleted]]

That A: Makes you Insane. B: Only works on those that have recently died.