"I failed you. I wish there was another way to say it. I cannot. I can only beg you for forgiveness and pray you'll hear me. Somewhere...where a warm hands waits for mine..." And Mr. Freeze became one of my most favorite and respected villains.
@EDUARDO HERNANDEZMEDINA She appeared in one episode of the BTAS continuation, where she has a vendetta against younger models, attacking on specific dates marked in the calendar
What makes freeze's backstory even more tragic is when in the new batman animated series, Bruce Wayne finally manages to cure Nora and finds a way to reverse fries's condition, Victor is nowhere to be found. Batman later confronts him only to find out that the cryogenic nature of his body degraded him until all that was left was his head. A heartbroken nora moves on with her life and Victor fries forever remains Mr Freeze. Ain't that sucky? :L
Not to mention in "Batman Beyond," he got a chance to live in a clone body, but it did not work, which caused the people who gave him the body to try to kill him, so he tried to blow up a compound and commit suicide.
I know it's not the animated series, but in Under The Red Hood, the very last scene when the young Jason Todd puts on the Robin suit for the first time and says "this is the best day ever!" always gets me.
Batman villains are always too sad. Harley is in an abusive relationship she doesn't understand, Two Face was abused and developed a split personality, Mr. Freeze is basically fighting to save his wife, Clayface (Ethan Bennett) was an unwilling man driven insane by what the Joker did to him, The Ventriloquist is basically a slave to his schizophrenia, etc.
Another great moment was at the end of "Flashpoint Paradox" when Barry gives Bruce the letter from his father and he actually cries and tells Flash "You're one hell of a messenger. Thank you."
Beautiful moment, both of them got to have some sort of closure. Too bad there was no extended scene of Thomas telling his wife that their son is alive in an alternate timeline.
At the beginning I thought it too, but I saw the beard. After that, I watched again some BvS trailers to compare, and I came to a conclusion: It is not from the movie. 85% sure.
But...... for me.....the all time saddest episode entitled, "Appointment in Crime Alley", where at the end, a grieving Batman gently lays down those two red roses on the spot where his parents were brutally murdered by Joe Chill,and then kneeling, he is held by Dr Leslie as a mother holds a grieving child.... at that moment, he ceased being an invulnerable superhero,and revealed how human he really is, as both Batman, and Bruce Wayne......this one episode, more than any other, to me, bespeaks of the inner compassion,heart,feelings that are in all of us, even the tough guys..... this one gets me every time, too.
Bang on point. Me too. Especially that newspaper cutting at the end showing Bruce as a child in a younger Dr. Armstrong's arms. And that music...soul-crushingly beautiful.
It really sticks in my side when people romanticize the relationship between Harley and the Joker. Most who do probably haven't experienced the animated series and specifically, the episode Mad Love. It's an interesting and powerful story and it feels like a few people overlook the dark and true undertone to it.
JELLOMAMA I personally like their relationship a lot because I relate to Harley 100% my boyfriend to other people seems like a lying physically and emotionally abusive asshole but I see him as such a sweet and kind misunderstood person. Their relationship is very accurate and she’s very relatable and makes people who everybody thinks are crazy for staying in the relationship feel less alone.
@@yagirl177 Harley/Joker's relationship is a purely abusive one. It was designed that way on purpose to show how sociopathic Joker is in every way. The slices of life scenes between J and Harley are to show he is that way even when he is at rest and not committing crimes. He is only warm to her when he wants something and at all other times mostly shoving her away or sending her on errands to keep her out of his space.
Lola Pulkin The difference between the Joker and your boyfriend (I’m hoping) is that joker kills and tortures people, abuses Harley but brainwashed her to love him even though he does all this crap to her
dhamin iqbal Joker manipulated her, he didn’t brainwash her, she ALWAYS had a choice to not help him commit heinous crimes, it’s not like he used mind control on her lmao.
The episode in Avatar the last airbender where Katara searches for the guy who killed her mom and tries to kill him always reminded me of Robin's reckoning.
***** I know that lol. Their names sound the same, but spelt differently. I believe the gangster is spelt Zucco, when obviously the Avatar character is spelt Zuko.
It's crazy how some of these stories are more than stories. They reflect real life. like the Harley one. I know girls who ate just like harley, who take the abuse and no matter what seem to think it's them not the guy beating on them. Sad shit...
+queaka Yeah,... still like Harley though. Batman's femme fatale are so interesting and awesome. Cat Woman, Talia and Poison Ivy are iconic powerful women.
+queaka If you watch the original batman animated series, you'll see that the ones which Paul Dini wrote were truly reflections of real life situations and problems, it's amazing really because if you watch the series when you're like 8 and again when you're 18, you'll get the full meaning of the episodes...
my problem with this list is that you had robobatman on the list and didn't have poison ivy's plant family because she couldn't have kids? the hell man?
ronin's death wasnt in the animated series of the nineties. it was a movie that came out a few years ago. when Dick Grayson stopped being Robin and became Nightwing, the network executives wanted another kid character for the seven year-olds to relate to and would actually provide a demand for the toys (unlike us weird adults watching kid's cartoons who only buy them to collect, don't break them and want new ones.) so they skipped passed Jason Todd who's killed by the Joker, and went straight to Tim Drake.
+Johnette Williams Don't forget Baby Doll aka one of the most upsetting and crushing episodes yet brilliantly written. It goes from comedy to tragedy within the space of 22/23 minutes. Her comedic catchphrase 'I didn't mean to' becomes one of the saddest lines by the end of the episode. It has brilliant nods to old shows, including the Brady Bunch's Cousin Oliver (Robbie Rist himself voices a character in that episode, and they openly mock the guy too. So Rist is a cool dude, since it serves the episode). I remember as a kid that that episode hit me, my young mind got it.
Ah, come on. Clayface was not the "victim of an experiment gone wrong" in the Animated Series like so many other hero/villain origin stories, he was the *victim of attempted murder by suffocation and being boiled alive via super-heated Miracle Skin Cream*.
Yeah, I like these villains, then they were reworked to be pure evil so the audience couldn't relate. I so much hated Freeze's reboot, making him a thief who was frozen by accident and somehow he learns cryo tech.
Oddly enough the new 52 was branded for the one to explore the villains and yet changed people like Freeze weirdly I recall Nora was changed from being his wife to be a stranger patient that became his obsession
You forgot a justice league episode where Ace with huge mental and physic powers (a young girl, a villian) is predicted to die due to mental strain. Amanda Waller gives Batman an injection to kill Ace...and he goes in while the Justice League is unable to. But instead of killing Ace, he stays with her on a swing set holding her hand until she died...... Before she dies Ace undoes all the chaos she sowed....and Batman carries her off. I cried my eyes out seeing it. Heck even Amanda Waller is moved....and she is the Wall! (She decides to clone Batman).
Totally agree, unfortunately it was one of those rare cartoons which was discontinued NOT due to the quality of the show but rather the inability of the audience to appreciate it. A kids show watched mostly by kids, it never got the recognition it deserved for all its little details which made it so enjoyable (to me at least) as a child, and even more so now as an adult. I absolutely love Batman TAS, wish they'd bring it back for a more mature audience, but that's just wishful thinking.
I loved the Batman: The Animated series and Batman Beyond (or the really awful title swap for the UK that was "Batman of the Future" ) They were Dark and Gothic just like Batman is supposed to be. Now if they could just get the writing staff from the old DC animated Universe to take over writing their DC cinematic Universe I would be happy. Or just get the writing staff from their Animated superhero movies to write their live action Movies, as most of their Animated DC stuff is awesome, but their Live action DC stuff is mostly crap.
The ending of "Baby Doll" still gets me crying.Though a minor quibble; Freeze didn't become a criminal to save his wife. Originally, he only wanted revenge on Boyle.
I really wish people would bring up Baby Dahl more. That was an episode that really made me weep like a child. Especially in the end when she sees a grown up version of herself in the mirror and shoots. And when Batman catches up she's just despondent and says her catch phrase "I didn't meant to". Here we have two characters with different tragedies but just as immense. Batman, somebody who never really had a childhood and Baby Dahl someone who would never escape hers.
I always thought that Two-Face Part one was one of the greatest shows in the series, as well as being quite emotionally charged, and it's surprisingly not one that people talk much about. In my opinion, it's the best that the characters Harvey Dent and Two-Face have been handled outside the comics. They spent several episodes building Harvey up, establishing him as one of the good guys, one of Batman's best allies, Bruce Wayne's best friend, etc. But, it is revealed that he has a dark side, and one that everyone can relate to. He struggles with mental health issues (for a cartoon show that kids watched, that right there is already some heavy stuff), and is courageously getting help for them at one of the most trying parts of his life as he runs for reelection and plans on getting married. Then, he's blackmailed before being blown half-away. In one fateful moment, Gotham loses its best district attorney, Grace loses her fiancé, Bruce Wayne loses his best friend, Batman loses a powerful ally and Harvey Dent loses his fiancée, but more importantly himself. Batman's inability to save his ally and friend goes on to haunt him throughout the series as much as the deaths of his parents, and each time he goes up against Two-Face, he's constantly second guessing (if you'll pardon the expression) himself and is even distracted by his remorse for not being able to prevent the accident that created him and the fact that each time they encounter each other, he's fighting his best friend. One episode even has him escorting him to a facility to have corrective surgery done, and his feelings for his friend cloud his judgement and alienate his partner, Robin for a time. Two-Face is certainly one of the best episodes in the series and it hits me right in the feels every time.
totally, also Poison Ivy is like one of the most mature person on this planet. to quote her when talking about "her cute little psycho": i'm happy when she's happy. no jealousy understanding that in love, what count is the happiness of the one you love. more than your own. the other one is Tomoyo Daidoujin of card captor Sakura who said the exact same thing and Sakura was too dumb to figure out that her best friend was actually confessing! Poison Ivy X Harley Quinn forever
Yup, it was that one. And then in Batman Beyond, I think it's established that after they cured his wife, she ran off with someone else anyway. And, thus allowing Freeze to continue to be a badguy in the future.
I'm disappointed the Baby Doll episode wasn't on this list. I would have preferred Baby Doll over the Silicon Soul episode. Also, Nora was eventually cured and went on to marry another man, in the film Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
How incredible was Arnold's redemption in "Double Speak"?! Arnold/Scarface is absolutely one of my favourite villains from the animated series purely for the psychology behind his whole story. Baby-Doll and Two-Face too, brilliant psychology at play.
The episode "The Forgotten," where he goes undercover as a homeless man to find out why homeless people are disappearing, then gets hit in the head and develops amnesia and kidnapped to be a slave at a mining camp...that one was always one of my favorites.
Mudslide is my favorite depressing kick in the balls episode. It's one of the few times where you see batman in the wrong and truly pity clayface. The feels are strong with that episode.
That episode is frustrating. Batman could have let Clayface finish the experiment just a few seconds longer and then not had nearly enough trouble trying to arrest him, for one thing. Felt like a forced attempt at a tragic ending.
*"Double Talk"* (with Scarface) in particular gave me the feels as a kid, and I had watched most of the Batman:TAS at this point (good list BTW, but would have put the Babydoll episode in it... honorable mention at least) "Double talk" really made me feel for Arnold Wesker/the Ventriloquist, the ending of the rampage was something... " Come on! What are you waitin' for? For once in your life, do something right!" "...Yes." *shoots Scarface* Pretty sad episode, mental illness is serious business but they managed to play it right for the kids (most of the audience back then) to make them understand that it wasn't 100% Arnold's fault (unlike other crazy villains who totally reject treatments, Wesker seeks it and *really* tries) Fun fact: you can see Clark and Lois in the background when Wesker leaves the subway and goes through the park "and Mr Wayne even gave me my job back! I must have a guardian angel watching over me..." (slowly backs up and you can see Batman standing on the tree next to his window)
Fun fact: Sharks actually don't mistake humans for seals. They even have different tactics of killing/hunting humans. Now think twice before going to the beach. Your welcome :D
"Think of it Batman. To never again walk on a summers day with a hot wind in your face and a warm hand to hold. Oh yes, I'd KILL for that." That line made Mr Freeze my all time favorite Batman villain.
That one episode with Annie really stayed with me as a kid back in the day. It is for all it's worth what convinced me that the animated series had the best writing in all the incarnations of the Batman mythos save the comicbooks. It treated its viewers with respect enough to explore mature subjects like the nature of love and how it twists you and how to move on. Much love and respect to the creative people behind it.
What about the episode when Harley Quinn was released and tried to go straight, but things went haywire and she ended up back in Arkham and Batman comforted her by saying that he "had a bad day once" and gives her the dress she was trying to buy.
I remember that episode. She was trying to get help in a store and they refused to help her, even kicked her out because she was with the joker despite her being reformed
@@KellyF105 weren't they trying to just take the security tags off the dress? and she panicked because she thought they assumed she was stealing it or something?
If we're talking justice league what about the episode where superman gets stuck in a dream where he lives in krypton and has to watch his "son" die while a asteroid I think hits them
The reason I remember "Mad Love" is because when Harley says that without Batman in the way her and Joker would get married and be happy. Then Batman laughs and she says "Stop that you don't laugh it's creepy"
Thank you. To me THAT is the episode with the biggest emotional punch. I always tear up in the end. "Why couldn't you just let just let me make belive ?!"
What about that episode when Batman discover child slaves in the sewers who is controlled by a crazy dude with crocodiles and then I think the crazy dude died by his own crocodiles or something + to make it extra sad... it is Christmas. True story
there should be an honourable mention to Justice League Unlimited Epilogue where Batman sits with Ace as she dies from her brain tumour when he was sent to take her out
comics/icons trigger an entirely different (and I'd argue deeper) set of neurons than actors, cartoons well-voiced combine the two, so no, reacting to them strongly is human.
"Sometimes in life people you care about will die in horrible ways and there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it.". Yea. Preaching to the choir there. So true that.
There are many BTAS moments that Batman struck me in the "feels". I liked the episode of the rehabilitated Harley. She goes shopping and there's a misunderstanding and she freaks out Batman chases after her and does everything he can to help her, because he cares. At the end, she asks him why he went through it all for her and he tells her because he's had bad days, too. Beneath all of his layers, including the dark, gritty ones, he cares and he has shown that many times. I think Batman has different meanings for people, but for me, I think he embodies the human spirit.
One of the episodes I tend to always remember with this show, along these lines, is the one with the Penguin. There's an episode he legitimately tries leaving his criminal life behind and falls in love with someone, only for her to turn out to be using him the whole time. Breaks his heart so much he returns to being a supervillain.
Justice League Unlimited - When Batman sat with Ace as her powers were growing beyond her body's ability to survive controlling. Where others were willing to kill her to stop a possible lethal psychic blast on her death. Batmen went to her, talked to her, and held her hand until she passed away. To this day, I can't help but cry at that scene.
It's not rare to see references of Kaneda drifting in popular culture. In fact, you'll be probably surprised to see how many shows have referenced this.
What about the one with Baby doll? That was pretty dark. Also, I know this isn't from Batman the animated series but that time Bats sat with ace until she died was pretty fricken emotional.
As much as I love Joker, I really hope that the new movies will spotlight other rogues. Mr. Freeze definitely needs to be revisited. Deathstroke, Black Mask, Hush, Hugo Strange, etc...there's a lot more untapped potential.
+Justin Nguyen They also need to redo Ra's. They butchered the pronunciation of his name in the Dark Knight series. Also, they need to get the Harley, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy trio in their own movie. They have teamed up several times before. Other Batman villains they never did in the movies I wanna see are Manbat and Clayface.
+Jalen Humphries Yeah, like the other guy said, that wasn't the Batman Animated Series. It was Justice League. That was still a great part of the JL cartoon, though. Not saying a child dying is great, I mean like in terms of writing, emotion, etc. etc.
Mr. Freeze being close to being Batman's worst villain? clearly you haven't heard of Kite Man . . .or the Ten-Eyed-Man . . . or Killer Moth . . . or Condiment King . . . . or Crazy Quilt . . . god I'm a nerd.
Hey, Killer Moth is cool! The others are pretty lame, but Killer Moth has some nice ideas behind him. And before Paul Dini, Mr. Freeze WAS pretty dumb...
+Dorkly Hey Nora eventually got cured. It happened in the the movie Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero. But in the end Mr. Freeze still doesn't get the girl.
Oh goodness, yes. This list is perfect. That Batman cartoon got me in the feels so many times. I went back and watched it all again recently, and the episodes that scared me, or made me sad as a kid still get me right on the feels.
When I was a kid and I saw the scene where Joker hits Harley in Mad Love, it actually scared me. Just the way the Joker was being towards her was just horrifying to me. It really just shows how much of a tragic character Harley really is.
"I failed you. I wish there was another way to say it. I cannot. I can only beg you for forgiveness and pray you'll hear me. Somewhere...where a warm hands waits for mine..."
And Mr. Freeze became one of my most favorite and respected villains.
"Let's kick some ICE!"
I like him I think he a good man doing bad stuff
You can literally feel the sorrow in his voice
But she will always be frozen, like the guy said. She is only getting if like: Freeze got his own movie which ends with her being cured.
@@tyrant-den884 SubZero is the name of the movie! It came out in 1998.
"Imagine you thought you were Batman and then told you weren't."
Basically explaining my childhood.
XD.
I mean, that's your fault for accepting reality. Fake it until you make it.
Lmao, everyone's childhood in a nutshell....or at least anyone that had a good childhood....
Bull 1128 True dat.
Lol
The ending to the original Clayface two-parter, Calendar Girl, Baby Doll, MASK OF THE PHANTASM... best animated series of all time
Calendar girl should have been added. I agree. So should baby doll.
@EDUARDO HERNANDEZMEDINA She appeared in one episode of the BTAS continuation, where she has a vendetta against younger models, attacking on specific dates marked in the calendar
@@ahsanvirk130 you mean season 4
And mad hatter’s first episode
What makes freeze's backstory even more tragic is when in the new batman animated series, Bruce Wayne finally manages to cure Nora and finds a way to reverse fries's condition, Victor is nowhere to be found. Batman later confronts him only to find out that the cryogenic nature of his body degraded him until all that was left was his head. A heartbroken nora moves on with her life and Victor fries forever remains Mr Freeze.
Ain't that sucky? :L
the circle of tragedy was completedl
Not to mention in "Batman Beyond," he got a chance to live in a clone body, but it did not work, which caused the people who gave him the body to try to kill him, so he tried to blow up a compound and commit suicide.
@@jonathansayah9506 His final line when Terry tries to save him is particularly heartbreaking. "Believe me, you're the only one who cares."
@@TheBlueDsc Exactly.
Man that poor guy can't catch a break
I know it's not the animated series, but in Under The Red Hood, the very last scene when the young Jason Todd puts on the Robin suit for the first time and says "this is the best day ever!" always gets me.
+Ryan Cox same i love that scene I watch it everyday
Almarazgaming It's great.
That scene freaking kills me very time.
Ashtyn Plunkett Same.
That movie is my favorite in terms of animated movies.
Batman villains are always too sad. Harley is in an abusive relationship she doesn't understand, Two Face was abused and developed a split personality, Mr. Freeze is basically fighting to save his wife, Clayface (Ethan Bennett) was an unwilling man driven insane by what the Joker did to him, The Ventriloquist is basically a slave to his schizophrenia, etc.
Oh, and who could forget Baby Doll. She wouldn't work as a recurring villain, but she definitely works the one time she does appear.
She appeared 2 times in the series
Awobbie. Solomon Grundy.
Ethan Bennet! His story was so sad...
What's sad is that not enough people watched "The Batman" for the Ethan Bennett story to matter. People only care about Basil Karlo and Matt Hagen.
Another great moment was at the end of "Flashpoint Paradox" when Barry gives Bruce the letter from his father and he actually cries and tells Flash "You're one hell of a messenger. Thank you."
That one always tear me up, that for once he knew that his father and mother was still alive in another universe
Bruce and ace was good too
Annnnnnd now thomas ends up being the cause of bruces grief in the comics
Great
Beautiful moment, both of them got to have some sort of closure. Too bad there was no extended scene of Thomas telling his wife that their son is alive in an alternate timeline.
İ watch allllllllllllllllllllllll dc movies i am insane about dc!!!!!!(my english is bad)
Damn, these special effects are stunning. Amazing! They should use this scene in BvS, with a little less beard.
+João Antônio I thought these were clips from the movie!!!
At the beginning I thought it too, but I saw the beard. After that, I watched again some BvS trailers to compare, and I came to a conclusion: It is not from the movie. 85% sure.
That was positively beautiful.
+João Antônio yes that intro was so amazing! extremely good special effects! my jaw dropped!
+João Antônio what beard?
But...... for me.....the all time saddest episode entitled, "Appointment in Crime Alley", where at the end, a grieving Batman gently lays down those two red roses on the spot where his parents were brutally murdered by Joe Chill,and then kneeling, he is held by Dr Leslie as a mother holds a grieving child.... at that moment, he ceased being an invulnerable superhero,and revealed how human he really is, as both Batman, and Bruce Wayne......this one episode, more than any other, to me, bespeaks of the inner compassion,heart,feelings that are in all of us, even the tough guys..... this one gets me every time, too.
That was sad
Bang on point. Me too. Especially that newspaper cutting at the end showing Bruce as a child in a younger Dr. Armstrong's arms. And that music...soul-crushingly beautiful.
Yeah Dr. Leslie was as much a surrogate Mom as Alfred was a surrogate Dad.
Yea that's a great episode gets me all the time too
Both of my parents are dead. My 3 year old watched this episode with me and says "Daddy, its you. You're batman!" *eyes watering*
"Mr freeze is that close to being batmans crappiest villian"
Ever heard of "killer moth"
heard of killer moth you not hmmmhhmm
there a lot worst like poker dot man.
or kite man
Riddler
Crazy Quilt is worse.
It really sticks in my side when people romanticize the relationship between Harley and the Joker. Most who do probably haven't experienced the animated series and specifically, the episode Mad Love.
It's an interesting and powerful story and it feels like a few people overlook the dark and true undertone to it.
JELLOMAMA I personally like their relationship a lot because I relate to Harley 100% my boyfriend to other people seems like a lying physically and emotionally abusive asshole but I see him as such a sweet and kind misunderstood person. Their relationship is very accurate and she’s very relatable and makes people who everybody thinks are crazy for staying in the relationship feel less alone.
@@yagirl177 Harley/Joker's relationship is a purely abusive one. It was designed that way on purpose to show how sociopathic Joker is in every way. The slices of life scenes between J and Harley are to show he is that way even when he is at rest and not committing crimes. He is only warm to her when he wants something and at all other times mostly shoving her away or sending her on errands to keep her out of his space.
Lola Pulkin The difference between the Joker and your boyfriend (I’m hoping) is that joker kills and tortures people, abuses Harley but brainwashed her to love him even though he does all this crap to her
dhamin iqbal Joker manipulated her, he didn’t brainwash her, she ALWAYS had a choice to not help him commit heinous crimes, it’s not like he used mind control on her lmao.
aimforlifenow that’s what I meant.
The episode in Avatar the last airbender where Katara searches for the guy who killed her mom and tries to kill him always reminded me of Robin's reckoning.
Pretty coincidental that the guy is called Zucco.
+Dan Phillips its ZUKO not zucco lol wtf
***** I know that lol. Their names sound the same, but spelt differently. I believe the gangster is spelt Zucco, when obviously the Avatar character is spelt Zuko.
It wasn't zuko who almost killed kataras mom tho so
The fact that both alao featured a character named Zuko also rang a bell for me.
It's crazy how some of these stories are more than stories. They reflect real life. like the Harley one. I know girls who ate just like harley, who take the abuse and no matter what seem to think it's them not the guy beating on them. Sad shit...
Depressing.
+Takeshi Ye ik. I miss the time when I was small and thought these were purely stories lol
+queaka Yeah,... still like Harley though. Batman's femme fatale are so interesting and awesome. Cat Woman, Talia and Poison Ivy are iconic powerful women.
+queaka Guys are in those situations too
+queaka If you watch the original batman animated series, you'll see that the ones which Paul Dini wrote were truly reflections of real life situations and problems, it's amazing really because if you watch the series when you're like 8 and again when you're 18, you'll get the full meaning of the episodes...
What about that episode with the short lady who used to be a child star
Baby Doll?
Michele Berlanda Scorza Thats it!Thank you.That episode made me so sad.
Oh yea that one was really sad
I didn't mean to.
a
I'm I the only one who like the old version of Harley?
Midori GurinPlaysGames no i like her
i HATE the "New" Harley not the Arkham one but the "Suicide Squad" (Definitely made me want to kill myself) one it sucked ass
Luna_the_fox literally :3
SlenpaiwasHere OMG ACTUALLY I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
same here, the original was the best
"I know what it's like to try and rebuild a life. I had a bad day, too.. once..."
"Nice guys like you shouldn't have bad days."
I love Harley lol
That episode is an amazing one
my problem with this list is that you had robobatman on the list and didn't have poison ivy's plant family because she couldn't have kids? the hell man?
Agreed
Also robins death
ronin's death wasnt in the animated series of the nineties.
it was a movie that came out a few years ago.
when Dick Grayson stopped being Robin and became Nightwing, the network executives wanted another kid character for the seven year-olds to relate to and would actually provide a demand for the toys (unlike us weird adults watching kid's cartoons who only buy them to collect, don't break them and want new ones.) so they skipped passed Jason Todd who's killed by the Joker, and went straight to Tim Drake.
That episode was awful!
+Johnette Williams Don't forget Baby Doll aka one of the most upsetting and crushing episodes yet brilliantly written.
It goes from comedy to tragedy within the space of 22/23 minutes. Her comedic catchphrase 'I didn't mean to' becomes one of the saddest lines by the end of the episode.
It has brilliant nods to old shows, including the Brady Bunch's Cousin Oliver (Robbie Rist himself voices a character in that episode, and they openly mock the guy too. So Rist is a cool dude, since it serves the episode).
I remember as a kid that that episode hit me, my young mind got it.
Ah, come on. Clayface was not the "victim of an experiment gone wrong" in the Animated Series like so many other hero/villain origin stories, he was the *victim of attempted murder by suffocation and being boiled alive via super-heated Miracle Skin Cream*.
no to mention he started using the cream because of his work/vanity.
Yeah, I like these villains, then they were reworked to be pure evil so the audience couldn't relate. I so much hated Freeze's reboot, making him a thief who was frozen by accident and somehow he learns cryo tech.
And instead he used it too much transforming him into clayface
Miracle cream makes the skin a miracle
Oddly enough the new 52 was branded for the one to explore the villains and yet changed people like Freeze weirdly
I recall Nora was changed from being his wife to be a stranger patient that became his obsession
You forgot a justice league episode where Ace with huge mental and physic powers (a young girl, a villian) is predicted to die due to mental strain.
Amanda Waller gives Batman an injection to kill Ace...and he goes in while the Justice League is unable to.
But instead of killing Ace, he stays with her on a swing set holding her hand until she died......
Before she dies Ace undoes all the chaos she sowed....and Batman carries her off.
I cried my eyes out seeing it.
Heck even Amanda Waller is moved....and she is the Wall!
(She decides to clone Batman).
this is all about the Batman Animated Series, it's covered in another video
Yes, this one by a wide margin.
Just reading this made me shed a manly tear.
Amanda waller is a real piece of work deadshot should have killed her when he had the chance(assault on arkham)
This is by far the most emotional moment in the wider Batman animated Universe.
Batman TAS is responsible for my love of super heroes and comic books in general, I will cherish this show until the day I die. it's just that good!
+ds37 It's the best!
Best voice actors DC HAS EVER SEEN
Totally agree, unfortunately it was one of those rare cartoons which was discontinued NOT due to the quality of the show but rather the inability of the audience to appreciate it. A kids show watched mostly by kids, it never got the recognition it deserved for all its little details which made it so enjoyable (to me at least) as a child, and even more so now as an adult. I absolutely love Batman TAS, wish they'd bring it back for a more mature audience, but that's just wishful thinking.
I loved the Batman: The Animated series and Batman Beyond (or the really awful title swap for the UK that was "Batman of the Future" ) They were Dark and Gothic just like Batman is supposed to be. Now if they could just get the writing staff from the old DC animated Universe to take over writing their DC cinematic Universe I would be happy. Or just get the writing staff from their Animated superhero movies to write their live action Movies, as most of their Animated DC stuff is awesome, but their Live action DC stuff is mostly crap.
+A Jovial RUclips commenter I think 4(6) Emmys and airing in primetime is recognition enough.
The writers of this show were beyond amazing! The voice acting was completely on point, and the animation style still has no equal.
The ending of "Baby Doll" still gets me crying.Though a minor quibble; Freeze didn't become a criminal to save his wife. Originally, he only wanted revenge on Boyle.
Also, the episode "Baby Doll" got really sad really quickly at the end.
NicholAs0soso
i shed manly kid tears.
ya Baby Doll was the saddest to me I'm surprised that it wasn't on the list.
Agreed.
That got me so bad! Fun house mirrors, man. When not being used for terror, they show you crushed dreams.
I really wish people would bring up Baby Dahl more. That was an episode that really made me weep like a child. Especially in the end when she sees a grown up version of herself in the mirror and shoots. And when Batman catches up she's just despondent and says her catch phrase "I didn't meant to". Here we have two characters with different tragedies but just as immense. Batman, somebody who never really had a childhood and Baby Dahl someone who would never escape hers.
And to think, I saw a Facebook post today showing the Harley joker relationship as "relationship goals" 😑
Whaaaa..?!
Facebook has alot stupid dumbasses on it.
Gomez and Morticia are goals
I always thought that Two-Face Part one was one of the greatest shows in the series, as well as being quite emotionally charged, and it's surprisingly not one that people talk much about. In my opinion, it's the best that the characters Harvey Dent and Two-Face have been handled outside the comics. They spent several episodes building Harvey up, establishing him as one of the good guys, one of Batman's best allies, Bruce Wayne's best friend, etc. But, it is revealed that he has a dark side, and one that everyone can relate to. He struggles with mental health issues (for a cartoon show that kids watched, that right there is already some heavy stuff), and is courageously getting help for them at one of the most trying parts of his life as he runs for reelection and plans on getting married. Then, he's blackmailed before being blown half-away. In one fateful moment, Gotham loses its best district attorney, Grace loses her fiancé, Bruce Wayne loses his best friend, Batman loses a powerful ally and Harvey Dent loses his fiancée, but more importantly himself. Batman's inability to save his ally and friend goes on to haunt him throughout the series as much as the deaths of his parents, and each time he goes up against Two-Face, he's constantly second guessing (if you'll pardon the expression) himself and is even distracted by his remorse for not being able to prevent the accident that created him and the fact that each time they encounter each other, he's fighting his best friend. One episode even has him escorting him to a facility to have corrective surgery done, and his feelings for his friend cloud his judgement and alienate his partner, Robin for a time.
Two-Face is certainly one of the best episodes in the series and it hits me right in the feels every time.
What about the two part story of the judge where Harvey is trying to break through the two-face identity.
That's why Harley is better off with Poison Ivy.
DAY-V Entertainment™ you seen that comic ;)
Plus Catwoman in the Gotham City Sirens. The greatest blonde, redhead, brunette threesome ever! lol
totally, also Poison Ivy is like one of the most mature person on this planet. to quote her when talking about "her cute little psycho": i'm happy when she's happy. no jealousy understanding that in love, what count is the happiness of the one you love. more than your own. the other one is Tomoyo Daidoujin of card captor Sakura who said the exact same thing and Sakura was too dumb to figure out that her best friend was actually confessing! Poison Ivy X Harley Quinn forever
Hol up
amen
I can imagine at the Flash battles Mr. Freeze and Victor says save Nora and the flash just says Why did you say that name
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+sEEKllsevN Mr Freezes wife's name is Nora and the Flashes moms name is Nora
batman v superman dawn of justice reference?
+Herr Paratax yes it's a Batman v Superman reference, it's sad he had to explain himself killing the joke.
+Ricardo Hamilton wait killing the joke THE KILLING JOKE
There's a Batman TAS movie in which they save Mr. Freeze's wife.
I was thinking the same thing. It's called Sub-Zero. Also, in Batman Beyond HE gets cured
Batman Sub Zero if I dont remember the neme wrong
Yup, it was that one. And then in Batman Beyond, I think it's established that after they cured his wife, she ran off with someone else anyway. And, thus allowing Freeze to continue to be a badguy in the future.
zarucarsha exactly
I think that ones called subzero
I'm disappointed the Baby Doll episode wasn't on this list. I would have preferred Baby Doll over the Silicon Soul episode.
Also, Nora was eventually cured and went on to marry another man, in the film Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
That's still not really a happy ending though.
MrSpartan993
It was bittersweet and gave closure to Nora Fries. That is what matters. There is no such thing as a happy ending.
Baby doll was sad
No baby doll?!?! That episode brought be to tears! What the hell is wrong with you?!
I hated that episode
Yeah and "Read My Lips," where the Ventriloquist splits from Scarface, who ends up dead
How incredible was Arnold's redemption in "Double Speak"?! Arnold/Scarface is absolutely one of my favourite villains from the animated series purely for the psychology behind his whole story. Baby-Doll and Two-Face too, brilliant psychology at play.
Maybe he doesn't care about your feelings?
I strangely can relate to Baby Doll.
Dude what about baby doll her story is probably number 2 or at least an honorable mention
That's what I was thinking!
Good call.
what about when the joker kills robin?
that never happened in T.A.S. they just skipped over Jason Todd all together.
Baby Doll would be actually number one, THE FEELS from that episode!
Remember that comic when Clayface escapes prison just to watch a movie and then Batman finds him and starts watching it with him
*MY FEELS*
I now your comment is 2 years old but still, what is the name of the comics? I totally need to see it
Yea same lol
@@handsomecoral7146 I know you're comment is 5 months old but I really need to see it
I think one of the saddest story with Batman is in Justice League Ultimate episode called epilogue
He included that in the top 5 saddest justice league episodes
Ninja_Derp oh i haven't watched that i'll have to cheek that video out
The saddest moment in Batman's existence is the creation of BvS
Is that when Batman was hanging out with Ace?
+Jaywon Lee yeah
And then the New 52 came and fucked Mr. Freeze's origin up. I liked the New 52, but that was a travesty.
Agreeeeed
What changed?
What changed?
+Jake Theberge Nora was never Freeze's wife, she's just some woman he has a crush on
+Steven Golden is that it
The episode "The Forgotten," where he goes undercover as a homeless man to find out why homeless people are disappearing, then gets hit in the head and develops amnesia and kidnapped to be a slave at a mining camp...that one was always one of my favorites.
Had some cool harmonica music.
Classic episode
Mudslide is my favorite depressing kick in the balls episode. It's one of the few times where you see batman in the wrong and truly pity clayface. The feels are strong with that episode.
That episode is frustrating. Batman could have let Clayface finish the experiment just a few seconds longer and then not had nearly enough trouble trying to arrest him, for one thing. Felt like a forced attempt at a tragic ending.
BloodylocksBathory ikr
Jacob Sullivan wow
Mudslide is an awesome episode, one of my favorites. Clayface is an underrated gem from this series.
Baby Doll is definitely a tear jerker in my opinion, and the definition of an underrated classic.
*"Double Talk"* (with Scarface) in particular gave me the feels as a kid, and I had watched most of the Batman:TAS at this point (good list BTW, but would have put the Babydoll episode in it... honorable mention at least)
"Double talk" really made me feel for Arnold Wesker/the Ventriloquist, the ending of the rampage was something...
" Come on! What are you waitin' for? For once in your life, do something right!"
"...Yes."
*shoots Scarface*
Pretty sad episode, mental illness is serious business but they managed to play it right for the kids (most of the audience back then) to make them understand that it wasn't 100% Arnold's fault (unlike other crazy villains who totally reject treatments, Wesker seeks it and *really* tries)
Fun fact: you can see Clark and Lois in the background when Wesker leaves the subway and goes through the park
"and Mr Wayne even gave me my job back! I must have a guardian angel watching over me..." (slowly backs up and you can see Batman standing on the tree next to his window)
Two face parts one and two remain the most depressing episodes for me.
underrated classics
+BenjaminSteber I was hoping he would mention that. I think Nora was cured in batman:" Subzero.
You're right, she got cured there.
Right on, although Mr. Freeze is incapable of being with her, things turned out well for Nora Fries.
You're talking to the wrong Harvey.
Fun fact: Sharks actually don't mistake humans for seals. They even have different tactics of killing/hunting humans. Now think twice before going to the beach. Your welcome :D
source?
+Roberto Alvarenga it's not... It's true, look it up dumbass
Sharks aren't attempting to eat people when the bite them, that's just how they examine things.
+Hakuoro Witsuarunemitea you do realize that sharks have been hunting, eating, and killing humans for thousands of years right? They see them as prey
Good job I always have my Bat-Shark Repellent then, isn't it!
"Think of it Batman. To never again walk on a summers day with a hot wind in your face and a warm hand to hold. Oh yes, I'd KILL for that."
That line made Mr Freeze my all time favorite Batman villain.
Mr. Freeze is a crappy villain?
That's not very ice.
ice pun
I know people should just chill
Yeah, he’s pretty *Cool*
That one episode with Annie really stayed with me as a kid back in the day. It is for all it's worth what convinced me that the animated series had the best writing in all the incarnations of the Batman mythos save the comicbooks. It treated its viewers with respect enough to explore mature subjects like the nature of love and how it twists you and how to move on. Much love and respect to the creative people behind it.
What about the episode when Harley Quinn was released and tried to go straight, but things went haywire and she ended up back in Arkham and Batman comforted her by saying that he "had a bad day once" and gives her the dress she was trying to buy.
You mean Harley’s Holiday?
@@GlitchanBlack that might be it. It ended with Harley kissing Batman in front of Robin and Poison Ivy
I remember that episode. She was trying to get help in a store and they refused to help her, even kicked her out because she was with the joker despite her being reformed
@@KellyF105 weren't they trying to just take the security tags off the dress? and she panicked because she thought they assumed she was stealing it or something?
Mr. Freeze's wife does get cured in the movie.
Batman sub-zero
mmhmmm
+Ulquiorra Cifer Yeah, and adding to the tragedy of his story when she realized what he'd done she wanted nothing to do with him.
Movies are irrelevant to what the actual comics and stories are. They're movies most of the time they will never be exactly the same.
+Ulquiorra Cifer In the TV show "Gotham" she dies. What's your point?
Justice league
Ace
I still cry
If we're talking justice league what about the episode where superman gets stuck in a dream where he lives in krypton and has to watch his "son" die while a asteroid I think hits them
@@raspberrycrowns9494 it was based on a comic book so the ace one was is still sadder
Saddest was the “Ace “ episode that was a real tear jerker , he held her hand he knew she was going to die Bats held her hand till she passed away .
The reason I remember "Mad Love" is because when Harley says that without Batman in the way her and Joker would get married and be happy. Then Batman laughs and she says "Stop that you don't laugh it's creepy"
How could you forget about Baby Doll?! She's THE singlemost underrated Batman villain of all time!
"I didn't mean to."
That episode had so much feels lol
Thank you. To me THAT is the episode with the biggest emotional punch. I always tear up in the end.
"Why couldn't you just let just let me make belive ?!"
+CatMaster90001 Exactly, that episode had so much meaning
+CatMaster90001 I went to go watch that episode, and i admit that was depressing i started tearing up
What about that episode when Batman discover child slaves in the sewers who is controlled by a crazy dude with crocodiles and then I think the crazy dude died by his own crocodiles or something + to make it extra sad... it is Christmas. True story
there should be an honourable mention to Justice League Unlimited Epilogue where Batman sits with Ace as she dies from her brain tumour when he was sent to take her out
thank you!!!!
He did a list on that today
Alistair MacIsaac what's the name of the list?
Alistair MacIsaac never mind I found it. lol
Yeah that is one of the episodes that most folks would remember
That intro reminded me of the old batman movies.
Same
RIP Kevin Conroy
Don't forget the closing scene and musical score for heart of ice.
Christ, gives me chills every time (no ice pun intended )
Is it weird that I like watching cartoon characters cry?
YES
+விஷ்ணு கார்த்திக் ayyy, Tamil guy! Indian spotted.
TheLoneLoony So you must really, REALLY like Steven Universe... I don't blame you though, I like it too hahahah
It makes them more human.
comics/icons trigger an entirely different (and I'd argue deeper) set of neurons than actors, cartoons well-voiced combine the two, so no, reacting to them strongly is human.
"Sometimes in life people you care about will die in horrible ways and there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it.". Yea. Preaching to the choir there. So true that.
MY PUDDIN DOES LOVE ME HE DOES!
ok ok Harley. he does
Why'd he throw you out of a window hmm
It was my fault. I didn't get the joke, don't blame my puddin
Why blame yourself Harley? It's obviously the Batman's fault
+Brandon Lorenzo to true lol
No Babydoll? That ending is heart wrenching
Agreed- the Babydoll episode is what made me seek out the show 15 years later!
Heart of Ice is such a heartbreaker of an episode, it really makes you feel for Mr. Freeze....
I think I my favorite animated DC show was the justice league anyone else with me?
Me, it was great.
I loved it too all the characters were written perfectly especislly Batman
me too
Mine was Static Shock
I a agree JL I and my bro used to love it now we are teens well I am the only one that still L♥VE the show
Where's Baby Doll?!? It ended with a woman with systemic hypoplasia shooting up reflections of herself and crying into Batman's cape!
There are many BTAS moments that Batman struck me in the "feels". I liked the episode of the rehabilitated Harley. She goes shopping and there's a misunderstanding and she freaks out
Batman chases after her and does everything he can to help her, because he cares. At the end, she asks him why he went through it all for her and he tells her because he's had bad days, too. Beneath all of his layers, including the dark, gritty ones, he cares and he has shown that many times. I think Batman has different meanings for people, but for me, I think he embodies the human spirit.
One of the episodes I tend to always remember with this show, along these lines, is the one with the Penguin. There's an episode he legitimately tries leaving his criminal life behind and falls in love with someone, only for her to turn out to be using him the whole time. Breaks his heart so much he returns to being a supervillain.
I can piss off a LOT of people with only 8 words:
My favorite DC show is Teen Titans GO
Obviously I'm joking. It sucks
#BringBackYoungJustice
tbh they should've stuck either making the original Teen Titans or Young Justice
thats 13 :3
Duddeeee.
Teen Titans was the shit tho
R.I.P Adam West
this hit me right in my nostalgia
oh man that clayface episode was terrifying!
*now grows a deep incurable hatred towards clayface*
@@krsynx Looks-a like someone never watched Feat of Clay and Mudslide!
Justice League Unlimited - When Batman sat with Ace as her powers were growing beyond her body's ability to survive controlling. Where others were willing to kill her to stop a possible lethal psychic blast on her death. Batmen went to her, talked to her, and held her hand until she passed away. To this day, I can't help but cry at that scene.
Where is the Baby Doll episode? That whole episode is a gut wrencher and a tearjerker
Guy sounds like the guy from Rick and Morty who wants Personal Space.
Not really but I think he does get SHWIFTY
I just watched that episode last night.
This guy sounds more like someone I punched in the face during Hilary Clinton's campaign.
+Andrew Loisel r/thatHappened
or mr stealy aka my maid
Isn't Tim supposed to be the most intelligent Robin?
He is even more than batman unless in the comics
I was thinking that too, lol
That's what I was saying!
no
yes when he's a teenager/ young adult. he's basically 10-12 here.
3:41 Yeah, that was an Akira reference
Indeed looks like Kaneda on his bike. One of the animators must have been a fan, well spotted.
It's not rare to see references of Kaneda drifting in popular culture. In fact, you'll be probably surprised to see how many shows have referenced this.
Robin makes the exact same pose as Kaneda with the very same scene. As I said, you can find this in other shows.
If I'm not mistaken, TMS provided the animation for both Akira and BTAS/TNBA.
man Batman animated series is possibly the best show ever.
Best animated show, as in now
Add a new one to the list, boys.
my parents didnt sign a permission slip for this feels trip
LOL. I'm going to use this for now.
+Scylax ...Ah took me a second to get that XD
+Mark Mueller Are you a troll or just really slow?
3:43 Holy crap, did they seriously pull an Akira?
+Accel Erator I didn't think much of it at first, but I think the use of electric sparks confirms it's supposed to be an Akira reference.
Yeah, the pose and everything mirrors is. That's amazing.
If nobody found Mr.freeze's story sad, then they probably have a *cold* heart
They need to put this shit on Netflix. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
Seconded.
+mokeydudester Agreed
+mokeydudester I was so baffled when I found out it wasn't on Netflix...
ikr we need it neow
***** Really??? That's quite odd actually, but it's probably safe to assume it won't be available again any time soon then :/
TONY DON'T EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN. I really thought you were dead and a hobo dressed as Batman took your place.
Crazy Steve killed Tony. That bastard.
+DrLemonbuster Welcome to atop the fourth wall
+braveninja111 Where bad comics burn.
"Stuff YOU, Batman!! YOU and your stone-cold heart! You don't KNOW how I feel!"
- Dick Grayson , Robin
Heart of Ice. "Oh yes, I'd kill for that!" That was the line that taught me this show was so much more than Fox cartoon nonsense.
What about the one with Baby doll? That was pretty dark. Also, I know this isn't from Batman the animated series but that time Bats sat with ace until she died was pretty fricken emotional.
The last scene in Baby Doll is heartbreaking.
+Jerek Headrick Yeah, but that scene was in Justice League. Different show. Still gold, though.
Still in the dc animated universe.
+Jerek Headrick I was surprised that Baby Doll wasn't here. That ending was truly heart breaking
+Jerek Headrick That was one of the few times that a cartoon actually made me cry. Big manly tears, but still tears.
Yo, the clayface one legit made me cry when I was a little. That episode hit me hard man.
Annie's not okay...
Slow clap...followed by thunderous applause
+Liam Anthony She was sucked into a smooth criminal.
+MantroX dammit, ya beat me to it.
I love the 90s Batman series, for me, It was Batman Animated Series vs The X Men 90s animated series... the best of the best.
“Batman couldn’t grow a beard!”
Christian Bale...
Tony is the best Batman ever. You should be the real Batman c:
+Elias :D
+Don Chalant What the fuck, like what the actual fuck!!
+Imran Uddin I take it you didn't understand the reference.
+It's not a phase mom Yeah I get the reference but telling someone to kill their parents is a bit much.
I'd say it's more like a story revolving around a man with dead parents shouldn't be so heavily marketed to children.
As much as I love Joker, I really hope that the new movies will spotlight other rogues. Mr. Freeze definitely needs to be revisited. Deathstroke, Black Mask, Hush, Hugo Strange, etc...there's a lot more untapped potential.
Calendar man would be dope if done right
I need some more Two-Face action though,
He's just too badass
I want to see the Penny Plunderer on the big screen.
+Justin Nguyen They also need to redo Ra's. They butchered the pronunciation of his name in the Dark Knight series. Also, they need to get the Harley, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy trio in their own movie. They have teamed up several times before. Other Batman villains they never did in the movies I wanna see are Manbat and Clayface.
Dorkly deserves way more than 2 subscribers.
*No one know what it's like to be the Batman*
*To be the sad man*
*Behind blue eyes~*
those cartoons back in the day were the best. they had alcohol, drugs, murder, adult jokes. man the 90's was awesome to be a kid.
The story of the little girl trying to keep away from Clay Face is one of the saddest story lines.
I would've also put the two-parter "Two Face" on here.
Idk when Batman sat with Ace before till she died was the most feels for me
agreed. Ace made me cry
That was Justice League tho. They were specifically talking about the 90's Batman animated series
+Jalen Humphries Yeah, like the other guy said, that wasn't the Batman Animated Series. It was Justice League. That was still a great part of the JL cartoon, though. Not saying a child dying is great, I mean like in terms of writing, emotion, etc. etc.
When joker pushed Harley out the window I swear my heart skipped a beat
Mr. Freeze being close to being Batman's worst villain?
clearly you haven't heard of Kite Man . . .or the Ten-Eyed-Man . . . or Killer Moth . . . or Condiment King . . . . or Crazy Quilt . . .
god I'm a nerd.
Or Calender Man.
+TomboTime killer moth is cool but polka dot man on the other hand
Hey, Killer Moth is cool! The others are pretty lame, but Killer Moth has some nice ideas behind him. And before Paul Dini, Mr. Freeze WAS pretty dumb...
+TomboTime
The Penny Plunderer
Wakka Seta
Gaaah... Now I have to repress that memory again! :P
5 Times Tony's beard made us forget what he was talking about?
+Louisa Ferre ;)
+Dorkly Hey Nora eventually got cured. It happened in the the movie Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero. But in the end Mr. Freeze still doesn't get the girl.
Oh goodness, yes. This list is perfect. That Batman cartoon got me in the feels so many times. I went back and watched it all again recently, and the episodes that scared me, or made me sad as a kid still get me right on the feels.
Same
When I was a kid and I saw the scene where Joker hits Harley in Mad Love, it actually scared me. Just the way the Joker was being towards her was just horrifying to me. It really just shows how much of a tragic character Harley really is.