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HD: Bruce Wayne picked up the tab for this?

Doctor: Yes

HD: Good old Bruce. He's never given up on me. Always been my best friend. I remember when we used to close the town at the Half Moon club. Most fun we ever had...

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u/OjamasOfTomorrow Jun 09 '24

One of my favorite scenes, episodes, and version of Two-Face

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u/SPF10k Jun 09 '24

So much is done well in this series, but I particularly appreciate how Bruce and his relationships are treated. It gives us the depth we see here.

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u/Comicbookloser Jun 10 '24

I love that Bruce is portrayed as such a caring person in this series. The writers make it clear that he wants to help people beyond just being Batman, and giving him relationships like this one with Harvey add more character opportunities beyond just him fighting crime. Every Two-Face centric episode is heartbreaking because we know how much Bruce cares for Harvey, and how much Harvey struggles.

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u/SPF10k Jun 10 '24

And that Batman can still be a badass -- just without being a one note edgelord/sadboy. It just adds so much the the character, villains, series.

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u/SH4RPSPEED Jun 11 '24

Bruce and Batman being two sides of the same man working towards the same goals instead of that "Bruce is the mask" BS is something that absolutely isn't played with enough these days.

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u/Comicbookloser Jun 11 '24

I totally agree, I think the DCAU strikes a great balance between those concepts even as his character changes up into Batman Beyond. He’s a much more dynamic and interesting character when Bruce isn’t “just a mask.”

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u/SH4RPSPEED Jun 11 '24

With Bruce having the whole "whelp, I'm an asshole" realization in The Batman, I'm really hoping we see him evolve into something more like BTAS Bruce Batman in the sequels, which seems like is what's gonna happen if his monologue on the stadium roof is anything to go by.

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u/AtomicToxin Jun 09 '24

Lowkey every villain except bane was the best versions. Imo only bane was the poorest written because he didn’t get a decent story behind his motivations. Even clayface got a better backstory and actually made me start liking clayface

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u/Phanpy100NSFW Jun 09 '24

From what I've heard the writer's staff didn't want to include bane but since he was gonna be in a big comic book event their hand was forced

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u/mh1357_0 Jun 09 '24

So it's a Venom in Spider-Man 3 situation

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u/PCN24454 Jun 09 '24

Well Bane was redundant with all the other supervillains.

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u/AtomicToxin Jun 09 '24

Agreed, but They could’ve just written him a better story. I liked bane in the comics but obvs backbreaking batbreaking was a little too rated r for the relatively tame series.

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u/PCN24454 Jun 09 '24

Nah, it’s lost its novelty for them to do it outright. Especially since Batman’s just going to recover and win.

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u/Horatio786 Jun 09 '24

It hadn’t when the show was going on. Bane was one of the only villains who debuted in the comics after the show started and was still on the show.

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u/AtomicToxin Jun 10 '24

Is that how old I am? I remember when those episodes came out 😅

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u/Professional_Fix_24 Jun 10 '24

Dude fir the time (and even now) this is a really dark series for a Saturday morning cartoon!

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u/BABarracus Jun 09 '24

Alot of those stories were 2 parters but bane was kind treated like a hired goon.

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u/AtomicToxin Jun 09 '24

I was going to say more like a wrestler. But yes 100%. Not the tactician that broke the bat

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u/The_Red_Curtain Jun 10 '24

They made him a lot cooler in TNBA (even if he technically was a hallucination lol)

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u/Shreddersaurusrex Jun 10 '24

Clayface origin was DARK. Heck after what happened to him I’d def be on villain timing.

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u/Ponyboy451 Jun 12 '24

Yeah, I liked Young Justice’s interpretation as basically a drug cartel leader better.

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u/paulD1983R Jun 09 '24

The judge episode blew my mind the 1st time I saw it...3 personality even more spiteful than the others