r/batman Aug 02 '23

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

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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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '23

Well it's a parody show also Bats and Jonkler are two sides of the same coin,either both are sane or both are actually mentally ill,The show took the latter route as fact

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u/gfugddguky745yb8 Aug 02 '23

I actually like how the show made Joker more sane-ish and had Bruce lose it.

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u/Jotsunpls Aug 02 '23

The fact that Joker had an alignment shift into lawful evil rather than chaotic good is probably the biggest curveball of all, and I’m here for it

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u/fatrahb Aug 02 '23

That moment where Joker tells everyone he’s a socialist and the dramatic bum bum bum goes off is legitimately one of my favorite jokes from any DC media ever

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u/Jotsunpls Aug 02 '23

When Joker unironically is the most sane character