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5. Why are Goons Following Mr. Freeze in Heart Of Ice?
Heart of Ice is considered by many as the best episode of the entire run (personally I thought the two parter Two-Face was better but that's just my opinion). There is however one questionable part of the episode.
Why are his goons following him? What is it that they're getting out of all this?
Mr. Freeze doesn't care about money and cares only about revenge. Additionally, If Freeze's plan had went down without a hitch, the only thing they would receive is quickly getting arrested by the cops after Freeze kills Ferris Boyle.
4. The Jokers Original "New Look"
This is something that seems even the creators of the show seem to agree with. The new look version of the Joker is really odd and has nothing of what made the original version look menacing. It lacks the yellow eyes (or eyes in general), the red lips or the crooked nose.
Thankfully, the Joker was redesigned again for The Return of the Joker which brought back with much of what was lost.
3. I've Got Batman In My Basement
Often given the title of worst episode of the series, it's pretty obvious why this episode was disliked. It feels like it is trying to pander to children way to much (something the series was well known for not doing) and feels more like a show that would have been made during the mid 80s.
Luckily, this was simply a bad egg for many and the series never made a stinker of that magnitude again.
2. Bane
Bane is often considered one of Batman's greatest foes and is well known for being the man that broke the Bat. However, Bane in the dcau was rather weak, never being the true threat he was in the comic
Part of this comes from the shows producers feeling he was a gimmick character, hence why he appeared so little. To me, this is incredibly stupid because you can say the same of over 85% of all the Batman rogue's gallery. From The Penguin, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, The Mad Hatter, Lock-up, Baby Doll and even the Joker. That just sounds like laziness from the producers.
But excluding that, his designs were rather lame in both the original and the new look. He never felt as powerful as he did in Knightfall and his reasoning for wanting to beat Batman were weak.
But you can say one thing, at least it wasn't the Batman and Robin version:
1. Harley Quinn's Devolution
This is one of the oddest things about the series. For the most part, the series is really good with its continuity, being able to use the opportunities to build on them such as with Mr Freeze and Deep Freeze, Man-Bat with Terror in the Sky and Catwoman's overall development.
However, with some of the characters, they seem to de-evolve over the course of the series which seems like a waste of an opportunity.
Harley Quinn is a great example of this. When she first appeared in The Joker's Favor, Harley was fully entrenched with the Joker, fully seeing him as her personal hero and lover. However, starting with Harley and Ivy, Harley begins to grow as a character and slowly realizes what the Joker truly is, fully giving him up in Harlequinade. After that, Harely tried to rebuild her life and is shown to actively try to do good in Harley's Holiday and Lock-Up.
But suddenly, in The New Batman Adventures, all that character development is wiped. Though there is technically an explanation in Mad Love, it is really disappointing to see all that development wasted.
Given her development, It would have been cool if she decides to use her street smarts, her knowledge of criminals, her obvious want for redemption and respect for Batman in Harley's Holiday become a Superhero of her own right and try to help her old friends gain redemption themselves. Wouldn't it have been awesome? Hell, they could have even had her join the extended Justice League or fight side by side with Batgirl.
But sadly no. In the New Batman Adventures, she becomes incredibly inconsistent, switching allegiances episode to episode from Joker to Poison Ivy.
Heart of Ice is considered by many as the best episode of the entire run (personally I thought the two parter Two-Face was better but that's just my opinion). There is however one questionable part of the episode.
Why are his goons following him? What is it that they're getting out of all this?
Mr. Freeze doesn't care about money and cares only about revenge. Additionally, If Freeze's plan had went down without a hitch, the only thing they would receive is quickly getting arrested by the cops after Freeze kills Ferris Boyle.
4. The Jokers Original "New Look"
This is something that seems even the creators of the show seem to agree with. The new look version of the Joker is really odd and has nothing of what made the original version look menacing. It lacks the yellow eyes (or eyes in general), the red lips or the crooked nose.
Thankfully, the Joker was redesigned again for The Return of the Joker which brought back with much of what was lost.
3. I've Got Batman In My Basement
Often given the title of worst episode of the series, it's pretty obvious why this episode was disliked. It feels like it is trying to pander to children way to much (something the series was well known for not doing) and feels more like a show that would have been made during the mid 80s.
Luckily, this was simply a bad egg for many and the series never made a stinker of that magnitude again.
2. Bane
Bane is often considered one of Batman's greatest foes and is well known for being the man that broke the Bat. However, Bane in the dcau was rather weak, never being the true threat he was in the comic
Part of this comes from the shows producers feeling he was a gimmick character, hence why he appeared so little. To me, this is incredibly stupid because you can say the same of over 85% of all the Batman rogue's gallery. From The Penguin, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, The Mad Hatter, Lock-up, Baby Doll and even the Joker. That just sounds like laziness from the producers.
But excluding that, his designs were rather lame in both the original and the new look. He never felt as powerful as he did in Knightfall and his reasoning for wanting to beat Batman were weak.
But you can say one thing, at least it wasn't the Batman and Robin version:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OuzzN94v9E#t=911. Harley Quinn's Devolution
This is one of the oddest things about the series. For the most part, the series is really good with its continuity, being able to use the opportunities to build on them such as with Mr Freeze and Deep Freeze, Man-Bat with Terror in the Sky and Catwoman's overall development.
However, with some of the characters, they seem to de-evolve over the course of the series which seems like a waste of an opportunity.
Harley Quinn is a great example of this. When she first appeared in The Joker's Favor, Harley was fully entrenched with the Joker, fully seeing him as her personal hero and lover. However, starting with Harley and Ivy, Harley begins to grow as a character and slowly realizes what the Joker truly is, fully giving him up in Harlequinade. After that, Harely tried to rebuild her life and is shown to actively try to do good in Harley's Holiday and Lock-Up.
But suddenly, in The New Batman Adventures, all that character development is wiped. Though there is technically an explanation in Mad Love, it is really disappointing to see all that development wasted.
Given her development, It would have been cool if she decides to use her street smarts, her knowledge of criminals, her obvious want for redemption and respect for Batman in Harley's Holiday become a Superhero of her own right and try to help her old friends gain redemption themselves. Wouldn't it have been awesome? Hell, they could have even had her join the extended Justice League or fight side by side with Batgirl.
But sadly no. In the New Batman Adventures, she becomes incredibly inconsistent, switching allegiances episode to episode from Joker to Poison Ivy.
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