10 Most Heartbreaking Moments In The DC Animated Universe
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Epilogue's bombshell revelations are some of the DCAU's most tragic.
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Spoilers marked at following time codes:
1:05 - Justice League: Unlimited
2:38 - Batman Beyond
3:56 - Static Shock
5:02 - Justice League
6:17 - Justice League: Unlimited
7:10 - Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker
8:15 - Batman: The Animated Series
9:17 - Batman: The Animated Series
10:35 - Justice League
11:48 - Justice League: Unlimited 
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About #1, what people don't realize that she was WHY Bruce named his dog Ace. As an homage to someone he would never forget.
Which is brought back around at the end of the video.
Fun fact: Ace and Starfire were played by Hyden Walch.
holy shit i just noticed that
@@micahfries7878 all of the royal flush gang were voiced by the teen titans cast
naaah i heard that Bruce is adamant naming it batdog but the whole league just persuade him not to by saying "then you can't take it outside cause people will know you you're batman cause you named your dog batdog" and Bruce was like "hmmm you're right he needs a mask.... imma call him ace" and that's that
The part where Ace says she's scared to die and asks Batman to sit with her makes me tear up literally every time I watch it
Anyone who doesn't is a heartless monster. She was an abused, angry, and sad little girl that Batman had to watch die. That's some heavy shit and is probably my favorite interpretation of Batman. He knows she's scared and hurting and dying and there's nothing he can do to save her. So he does the next heroic thing which is being with her so she's just a little bit less scared and just a little bit less angry as she dies. As much as I love comic books, a lot of people see Batman as an inhuman logic and fighting machine. This really showed he does what it takes to make to help people.
I can't even think about that scene without welling up.
@@snodog00 it’s a shame she couldn’t get the happy ending she deserves. But Atleast in her final moments she got to know peace She needed. But I bet she had dreams for her future maybe even a family of her own. A happy marriage a few kids. But all that was taken away from her and that’s why her story is so sad and heartbreaking
:'(
@@snodog00 That's what people don't understand about Batman. He, in fact, DOES have a superpower. He has a bigger heart than any other DC character, he's just so damaged by his own childhood trauma that it doesn't often show through his gruff no-nonsense attitude.
Batman with Ace always gets me. That scene and the scene in Red Hood where he explains why he hasn’t killed Joker completely encapsulate who he is
@@OfficerHotpants the second one is not from the dcau. He's referencing the under the red hood storyline where Jason returns to life.
@@amyschildgamerlive4519 that was a sad story line about his side is like him sitting with ace until she finally passed away I think I cried with both but someone in the comment section made a point that that's why he named his dog ace so he never forget her and I feel sorry for ace because she never really had a childhood and she even says it herself which made her character even more tragic
Aces story was sad. Especially whenever you saw her she just looked so unhappy and miserable.
These two scene tear me up every time. Batman is truly a great and loving person.
Great point about Batman.
*"I failed you. I wish there were another way for me to say it. I cannot. I can only beg your forgiveness and pray you'll hear me somehow, some place. Some place where a warm hand waits for mine."* - Mr. Freeze, B:TAS
Probably my favorite episode. So heart wrenching.
@@danielcobia7818 Yeah, I think the show did the best job with Mr. Freeze, as he was far removed from other Batman villains. He wasn't evil, crazy, or money-hungry. All he wanted was to be left alone so he could try to cure his wife. Similar with what happened to Harvey Dent, Frieze was kinda forced to become a bad guy.
Anyone of the Mr Freeze stories should have made the list, for cut of both cold numbing or heartwarming effects.
episode?
john heart of ice
Also #6 Bruce getting to watch his father beat the mugger and save the day only for it to reverse back to normal.
Oh, it's slightly worse than that. First, his father gets the upper hand against the mugger. But then Thomas starts pounding on him without mercy in a way that Bruce knows his father would never do. This then reverts to the gunshot.
@@Bluesit32 and all the while Bruce is 8 years old, powerless to do anything to stop what is happening. Again.
For all that people get choked up about Clark losing his dream, amalgam of Lana and Lois, wife and the son he never had, the trauma that Bruce goes through, for the 2nd time, always hits me harder.
Yeah in that moment i wished Batman would have Superman's powers. Eventually, Kal-El beats Mongul. But Batman with kryptonian powers would put the frickin' FEAR in him.
Yeah that was just depressing.
Yeah I remember watching that when I was like 5. Little Bruce went from wait to go dad to forever scared.
What I liked about Justice league unlimited was that they kept going back to Batman beyond and pulled a lot of interesting things from it. I've always wondered where the name Ace came from and then Justice league unlimited answered that question.
Yeah I liked that too. I was surprised to see Terry and Dana still together after all these years AND that he revealed to her that he was Batman.
The name ace is from ace the bathound in the comics
Though I personally was never a fan of the idea of Terry being Bruce's son the whole time(seriously, that was just plain silly) and Chucko would never be stupid enough to doublecross someone with as much power as Chronos, especially for a piddly amount of cash compared to what he stood to gain. However most of the other stuff regarding Batman Beyond in JLU was pretty good.
Mr. Freeze's death in Batman Beyond always made me cry. All he wanted was another chance at life, and all he got was more betrayal. At the end, Terry wanted nothing more than to see Freeze live his life and be happy, but Victor was right. Terry was the only one who cared.
"Believe me, you're the only one who cares."
Rest in Peace Victor Freeze..
Terry: guess you were right about him in the end.
Bruce: we both were.
@@BigBWolf90 You know. looking back at that now...I think that was one of the rare times Bruce had a bit of a change of heart, regarding one of his foes.
It always angered me that Batman Beyond didn't get the same amount of recognition other DC animations got, and the above scene is just one of them.
"He sat with her until her time came."
-Amanda Waller-
"Will you stay with me? I'm scared..."
Wrecks me every time.
Even now just seeing that small snippet with Ace makes me cry.
Ace: I'm going to die aren't I?
Bruce: yes. I'm sorry
Shut up, you're the one crying, not me... 😭😭😭😢😭😭😭
I fucking hate Amanda Waller
I remember Tim's breakdown. It hit me hard, but the death of ace was just so much worse somehow.
Both were children... But Tim had a chance to grow up and be a child on occasion with Batman, until joker tormented him. But ace... She never even had that. She never had parents she never had friends. She never had a childhood. The greatest kindness ever done in her entire life... Was for the big bad Batman to show compassion and kindness in her final moments. Staying by her side as a medical condition killed her.
That got me. Tim didn't deserve what the joker did. But at least he had something before that. For a time he had parents and lived a happy life. And then he had Bruce Wayne and Alfred. His ending was sad. But ace had nothing until the moment she died when someone finally treated her as a human. Not some weapon. Not an experiment. Not a hazard. A little girl, all alone and scared, about to die, and knowing no one either could, or would help her. And one man sat down with her. And he gave her even five minutes to know what it felt like to have someone realize she was a person too. And that's absolutely heartbreaking to me.
Ace was so sad
Wanne know the saddest part that's very easy to miss: that little smile when she says she knew he wouldnt use Wallers device and he just says "No I wasnt". Whatever is at stake, killing her isnt even a POSSIBILITY for him and she knows that.
Batman is literally the most human of any superhero and change my mind.
@@alexandermarquardt597 thats because deep down he knows what its like to have his childhood ripped from him, and believed he could talk her down without using violence or force.
@@alexandermarquardt597 im not crying, you’re crying..
"Baby Doll" is such a tragic episode of "B:TAS" but the moment that really hits me right in the feels is Batman gently placing his hand on Mary's head as she hysterically cries. It's just so touching and incredibly beautiful - Batman knows better than anyone what it's like to lose your childhood.
Agreed.
Batman knows that sometimes the monsters he deals with are just people who were genuinely given a bad hand in life.
same thing was with Ace "They got their weapon, and I was cheated out of my childhood". He does find villains he can completely empathize with.
@@Shiirow Very true. He finds their humanity, some of them for the first time in a long time.
There were also two things that always got Batman in the DCAU ; kids and women.
Kids were obvious, he lost his own childhood when his parents died, women just was because he seen so many used and abused by men and women as Batman and as Bruce, he was acting a playboy. In most cases, the women were either trapped in their fate, fell in love with the villain, or just being taken advantage of and he hated that.
Baby Doll hit a lot of these, here's a woman trapped inside a kids body and suffering for it.
@@AngelEmfrbl All very excellent points, and also part if the reason Batman is "The Dark Knight" - he has his own code of chivalry and sense of honor.
I am a 48 year old man and I still shed a tear when Batman sits on that swing next to Ace. It shows his humanity...
"We die once to save this world, we can do it again"
" They give their lives for us... That was real for me."
Justice Guild: LET JUSTICE PREVAIL!
who said that?
@@thegrandmastera577 fisrt one is by The Streak, second is by Hawkgirl & third is the whole Justice Guild from the Justice League two parter Legends
WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO MY HEART!!!!
That moment with ace was great and showed another side of batman we dont see very often. A compassionate one that helps the villains and not just beat them up. I loved it.
It comes down to the fact that Batman understands the pain and the trauma. He was a child when his entire life got ripped apart.
That side of Batman was shown many times in BTAS. The DCAU is absolutely the best characterization of the entire DC cast ever published.
The ending of the Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero. Everyone believed that Mr. Freeze was dead, Nora finally got healed and he finds out throught the TV of a research station, he cries of happiness and leaves, aware that they can't reunite again.
I liked Mr. Freeze's ending in Batman Arkham Knight where he and Nora share a moment with one another before the both of them pass away from their respective conditions.
Regarding finding another way for Ace, I am reminded of a batman comic. In it, Batman saves a young girl who is sobbing, and tells her that he can find the bad guys responsible for her apparent rape. She's unresponsive, and Bruce tries again to get some answers. When he realizes that girl is in no shape to talk about the horribleness that just occured, Batman sits down next to her and just stays with her, letting her cry.
Out of curiosity, do you know what comic that is? I'd love to read it.
Wow
I know of the comic you speak of, seen it before. I will search for it
@@DmasterNProductions Batman - The Dark Knight 010 from DC the new 52
Found it
It was revealed prior that no physical trauma came to the missing children just emotional. Not everything is rape you sick freak. Stop it with your disgusting obsession.
Spot-on list. The Tim Drake Joker moment always gets me. Even though he fights crime, he's still a kid at the end of the day, and seeing a child tortured and broken and finally snap was absolutely heartbreaking.
Plus what the joker did caused the Bat family to break up, stopped there being another Batgirl or Robin (Terry showing up decades later was just a fluke. I don't buy the whole "Amanda Waller MADE everything post-JLU happen" thing) and caused Bruce to spend decades bitter and lonely
@@JamesJimmaHarding Exactly. As Barbara said, "With his last act of cruelty the Joker had tainted us all, with compromise and deception." The flashback adds more weight to where we see the characters when the series opens, as you said. It also makes the scene where Terry accuse Bruce of having killed the Joker as a last resort and Bruce doesn't respond even more poignant. Bruce doesn't decline to answer because of anything he did, he stayed silent to protect Terry from a terrible truth about who he's really deaing with. And to protect the victim, Tim, who he loved and feels he failed, from any added shame that might come from someone else knowing what happened to him.
@@terrenced7742 I think also because...he WAS going to kill the Joker. I think Bruce finally lost control during that flashback. and while he ultimately didn't pull the trigger (or knocked him into the loose electrical wires if you saw the alternate death scene from that movie) I think Bruce thought he might as well have, and in sense, gotten Robin killed too. I remember watching Under the Red Hood movie...and his reaction when he found out Jason Todd was alive and what Alfred was saying to try to calm him makes me think Bruce took on a LOT more guilt that he really does.
@@JamesJimmaHarding well its canon that he is bruces son...so get over it lol.
That Baby Doll one....
It was sad when I first saw it and now that I am older, it was kinda disturbing too.
Its even worse to find out that that is based on a real condition that an actual child star had. Forget what the show was called, the one with the black kid and his white neighbor i think
@@Tsubasaotaku10 you might be thinking of "Different Strokes."
I already thought that scene was creepy when it first came out.
@@phillipgraf4856 I think it was Webster.
@@avragetrinidadian3787 yes Emmanual Lewis had a similar condition. he was like in his 20s when he starred in that show I think.
I'm really surprised that the episode of New Adventures where Robin meets the little girl that was actually just a piece of Clayface wasn't in there.
I think it's because they used that one recently and Ewan is one of the few who seems to try to do new things. Unlike the gaming folks who like to rehash the same 15-20 games.
@@ReikaLady fair enough. Still probably the single saddest DCAU story IMHO.
ah man i remember the day for some reason that episode just popped up on tv and i just sat down just to watch it, not realizing as kid i didnt get much but as an adult that episode hit me in the feels a bit differently
That one Was really good.
The ending where the cop ask if there is anything else to add and Robin responds "murder" that did it for me.
Me realizing that in Teen Titans, when Raven is used by Trigon and Robin has to carry her childlike self up the mountain, it is an homage to Batman and Ace 😭😭😭
The final moments of the Black Mercy's dream of Krytpon, Superman holding his son and swearing he'd never forget him as Krypton explodes...gah, I can't even write about it without tearing up. How was that not #1?
Because mainstream media channels like this will always make anything Batman related their first pick
Because Batman knew it was more important to sit with a dying little girl than to be a heroe. No superpower, no heatvision, she was scared and he knew how she felt, sat down and held her hand till her time came.
Because superman hasn't truly felt that pain......
Because as sad as it is, you only really feel bad for Superman, not his son since he's not real.
In the grand scheme of things, this was less a "tragic event" and more of a "torturing reminder of what Superman COULD have had if not for the destruction of his world"
It wasnt that bad bro. Youre just emotional
Dan Turpins death at Darkseid's hands in Superman TAS.
Batman's compassion for Mr Freeze in Heart of Ice.
Lois and Lex breaking down and comforting each other at Supermans funeral in JL.
So many emotional moments done far better than any live action film!
Why didn't they put Dan Turpin's death on here? I mean seriously, his death was far sadder than Baby Doll by a long shot. I mean, Darkseid only killed him just to show how ruthless and cruel he is. Plus, his death was in honor of the king of comics himself, Jack Kirby the greatest comic book artist/ creator of all time who worked both for Marvel and DC, who died before the episode was made. At the end of the episode, there was a funeral at the end for him with Lex Luthor attending of all people. Plus, in the original airing The Fantastic Four, Nick Fury, and a few of the other Marvel characters he created along with an animated Stan Lee were also at the funeral. Superman was standing over his grave when he said somberly over sad music, ”Goodbye Old Friend, What the world needed wasn’t a Superman just a brave one.”
"Goodbye old friend. In the end the world didn't need a Superman. Just a brave one." - Superman Apokolips...Now!
"I saw what happened to your wife...I'm sorry." Batman Heart of Ice
"Believe it or not Lois, I'm going to miss him too." Lex Luthor Hereafter
the dcau shines where the movies lack
Ive always said that they know how to make great animation but they cant pull the movies out
I feel like they did a great job with several of the films in that territory, especially with the Krypton's Last scene in Man of Steel, the This Is My World and funeral scenes in BvS, the We Are All to Blame and Steve's death in Wonder Woman, the reunion scene between Clark and his mother in Justice League, several of the scenes with Arthur's mother in Aquaman, especially her leave-taking and the reunion scene at the end, and Billy's moments with his mother in Shazam.
To me, it's because they are scared of doing things like on this list in the movies. It has to be all punching and explosions and Snyder-esque slow mo violence. No character moments, no moments of true humanity. Batman empathizes with his enemies in the animated universe.
@@Baffled_King So, Batman going from hating so many and being cold and distant from most to saying, "Men are still good," or Superman going from being hopeless to finding hope even if it comes only from his mother or Lois don't count as character development?
Do you mean the live action movies? I am asking because most of the animated movies were great.
The DCAU by far was the pinnacle of DC's on-screen magic in terms of acting, animation, story-telling, emotion, everything (and that's WITHOUT the "Everything was better when i was kid" nostalgia goggles!)
Agreed. Everything not only holds up upon rewatching as an adult, but so much of it gains an emotional or psychological weight that can easily sail over a child’s head. Like with ‘Mad Love,’ when Harley seems to be finally snapping out of the cycle of obsession and abuse under the Joker at the end of the episode, only for a single flower and a note to sweep her right back into the cycle again. It just hits different when you’re an adult watching it.
I agree! I just watched JLU quite recently, and I loved it. Never watched it as a young kid, and I wasn't even a huge DC fan, but JL/JLU definitely held up over the years.
Grundy is my number one for this list. As a kid I balled my damn eyes out watching him struggle cause I was a VERY sympathetic kid and all I saw my boy Grundy as was someone who just needed a friend
Grundy's death had me crying too
@@TenderRat9000 respect my brother
_Birdnose, Grundy's Friend?_
Damn it.
Of all the Justice League Unlimited episodes, that one is the one I still remember all these years later.
Solomon Grundy...Died on a Sunday
Nah, Solomon Grundy just wants pants.
Fun Fact, The Black Mercy episode of Justice League is the Only time Alan Moore allowed his name to be put on an adaptation of a comic he wrote
Thank you for including Baby Doll. I always feel that episode is overlooked on these types of lists. It's one that really stuck with me.
Dan Turpin's death was doubly sad because the episode was also a tribute to Jack Kirby, who had passed when they started making the episode. In the original version that aired, they put a bunch of Jack Kirby characters in the funeral scene like Nick Fury and the Fantastic Four. They also included several crew who worked on the show like Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, etc. But they had to change it in future versions of the episode because they didn't have the rights to the Marvel characters they put in the scene.
I cried as a kid when I saw Static's mom was dead. He did all he could and still couldn't change anything.
Are you aware that she is alive in the comics? You should be happy for that.
Honorable Mention when Poison Ivy leaves Gotham on the plane while looking at the photos album and her tears drop onto it...
That scene always gets me
Yes... Something interesting about Batman the animated series; it is that all the main criminals had their opportunities to do something right. And that episode was really sad. She really wanted to have a family... But she was rotten inside :(
Not really it was implied that she couldn't have kid's and social services wouldn't allow her to adopt due her record as a super villain so she really didn't have any other options am not saying she had right resort to doing what she do to her new husband
Disappointed "You're one hell of a messenger" wasn't here.... (Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, 2013)
That's not part of the DCAU is why. The only movies in the last decade that are in the DCAU are "Batman and Harley Quinn" and "Justice League vs The Fatal Five"
Flashpoint Paradox, along with others in it's vein like "Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay" and "Justice League Dark" are their own thing
That scene with Batman and Ace is my favorite Batman moment of all time, in any medium.
We need a part 2 for this list asap. No way they can't find 10 more sad moments in the dcau. The best animated continual ever,period.
I would like to think Bruce's parents from heaven sent Ace to Bruce somehow as a companion.
Well since he found ace in that alley, it's very possible!
Young Tim Drake's emotional breakdown from Jokers' mind control.
Just be thankful it did not happen in the comics.
One thing that always made me tear up was the final line in "Mad as a Hatter" (I think that's what the episode is called). "Would not could not. Would not could not. Oh...could not join the dance..." - Jervis Tetch as the camera pans to a statue of the Mock Turtle crying.
"Then all you've done is make a puppet! A soulless little doll" - Batman "Mad as a Hatter"
:'(
Ooo I remember that! Man, B:TAS had so many good moments. It will always be the best Batman to me.
Dan Turpin in “Superman: the Animated Series” and Hawkgirl in “Starcrossed.” Get me every time.
This list is full of gems however how can they neglect Dan Turpin’s death in Superman TAS “Apokolips now part 2” as well as Annie’s “death” in Batman TAS “Growing Pains”?
Let's be real, there's enough episodes/scenes for 2 or more of these lists
Probably went with their own personal picks. These may be the ones that hit the writers and the host of this the most
I can't watch the Babydoll episode without crying, that last "I didn't mean to" gets me every time.
Tim's mental breakdown always does my head in everytime I watch it. Also, Payback/Kenny's ending in Batman Beyond is pretty gutting when you learn about what became of him in the comics afterwards 😥
What happened? Never read the comics.
@@thomassilva9892 Kenny took his own life in juvie after being disowned by his father and repeatedly abused by the other prisoners. His dad felt too ashamed of him, and after his son's death, he eventually became the new Payback. He blamed Batman (Terry) for what happened to Kenny
I remember when robin was turned into a mini Joker, it haunted me it still does 7 years later.
Yeah. That scene with Ace gets me in the feels every freakin' time.
That Ace part is undoubtedly the best part I've ever seen. Every time I see that, it makes me cry. One of many, many reasons I started loving DC Universe.
I feel like you could make a "10 most heartbreaking moments" of just the Justice League cartoon from the Early 2000's.
Each Series in the DCAU could probably get a "top 5" at least...
@OriginalTharios MCU is good for mindless action and funny moments. The DCAU does all that, but brings a lot more realism into the equation. They aren't afraid to ask F'd up questions and show situations where no one really wins (neither the heroes nor the villains). I can say this with zero doubt: if the DC live action movies were even a fraction as good as the animated stuff, the MCU would be in serious danger of going extinct.
You can't pick a favorite DCAU show. They're all so good.
Weirdly enough, the Black Mercy episode is still the best adaptation of an Alan Moore story to this day.
Don't forget about "Growing Pains" the episode when Robin is protecting the girl Annie. Episode still tears me apart
Honorable mention: "TNBA ep 8: Growing Pains" the one episode were Robin befriends and develops feelings for the girl Annie who later is revealed to be a spawn of Clayface, who had her own conscience. During a struggle, Clayface grabs her and she remerges with him, ceasing to exist entirely. That hit me hard...
I would say the mask of the Phastasm. When he is so close to finding love and gets his heart broken. Or Mr. Freeze episode is also heartbreaking.
30 seconds in and that’s static shock I see, what a show I wish it was still going 😭
The Baby Doll episode really made me cry back in the day.
I never saw it but it walked up to me and snapped my spine. Then my neck. And the rest of my bones.
I found the Baby Doll one of the most annoying episodes, until that ending!
Aces origins broke my heart a billion times
#1 Always makes me cry, no matter how many times I watch it. I will always shed tears!
Not only were the Royal Flush Gang were voiced by the VAs from Teen Titans, they were animated to resemble their real-life counterparts.
Does anyone remember the episode called the Underdwellers, with the lost children? That was so well writen. Could you also inclue Mr. Freeze in the movie Subzero, that final scene.
Underdwellers was sad, but it had one of the worst villains in DCAU history with Sewer King.
*Clears throat* Sorry, I think someone’s cutting onions.
The last one took me by surprise. I know I’ve seen the episode but still it still surprises me on how amazing that episode was. Thank you for reminding me about that episode. You reminded me why I I’m a Batman fan. Thank you again. 👍🏻
Man "Epilogue" from JL is a masterpiece. I get goosebumps just by thinking about it.
I’m so blessed to have grown up with these shows. Thank you for covering these shows more often, brings back memories
Anyone watching this after hearing of Kevin Conroy's death? 🥺
Yes 😢
The most emotional stuff in the DCAU for me is probably Dan Turpin, Phantasm ending, Starcrossed ending, and Legends. It's pretty heart wrenching. The villain was someone who lost everything and recreated it all only to have it turn on him. I've thought about it and the only way it makes sense is that the villain's creations turning on him when they should be powerless against him could only mean that he himself knew he was wrong deep down. Their was conflict going on within which allowed his creations to defeat him. He really defeated himself. The inner conflict and repressed guilt manifesting in the Justice Guild attacking him.
1 always makes me tear up
The saddest moment by far is the early loss of McDuffie, though Grundy and both Ace's stories are close seconds.
one of the most hearthbreaking moment and terrifying, was the creation of clayface. . as a kid it really disturbed me , batman aniamted was so far ahead and mature for a kid show.
How did 9 people not like this video? Who hurt you?
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They disliked it 'cause it made them cry. Either deliberately or the tears messed with their aim.
The most Batman thing ever, holding a scared child's hand as she starts to die. Something I would add: Bruce in the rain at his parents grave begging them to let him be happy with Andrea instead of keeping his promise to fight crime. - Mask of the Phantasm
new batman adventures - growing pains - "sometimes there are no happy endings"
Dang I can't believe I forgot about the Justice Guild. I've watched that end battle like a billion times.
I never saw that episode of Static Shock but I was crying when the list got to it and explained it. That was heavy. If I did see that episode I don't remember it. I don't think i did.
It's a really good episode
If Static really wants to go back in time and save his mother, he obviously never saw Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
That one with Batman comforting Ace at the end of Epilogue truly did break my heart. To this day, it's the only time I've ever shed a tear over a cartoon.
The animated movies and TV shows aremore well written then live-action ones except the Christopher Noland and Tim Burton versions of Batman
What's with Arrow or Flash
Better written then most comics I'd say.
The Tim Burton movies are good and fun but well written?
@@DrankenDune very very good 👍
parzival Skywalker2001 you’re right mb mb
Batman mask of the phantasm. When Bruce was trying to convince his parents to take his promise back.
Bruce: I didn't expect to be happy!
I also would have added the Batman the animated TV series episode that focussed on the origin of mr. Freeze. As well as read the finding that character in the comic books and in further media. It gave mr. Freeze a heartbreaking story and impossible choice.
Thanks for reminding me about some of the shows that brought tears to my eyes
That last one actually made me cry when I first watched it, and it made me cry again with you start talking about it
How could you leave out BTAS Mr Freeze, YOU MONSTER??? Seriously though, great video!
Number 10 was a good point but the death of Solomon Grundy was the one that always got me, hearing him ask Hawk Girl if he earned his soul broke me very hard as a kid.
This is why I love DC animated shows.
They can be very dark but at the same time be tear jerkers.
These all take me back and how well written DC animation is. I loved these shows.
Batman Beyond is an excellent example of talented people who love the source material dedicated to doing it justice.
I have to say Mr Freeze's death in Batman Beyond had to be the most heartbreaking thing I've seen in a childrens cartoon. "You were the only one that cared." Just wow....
Geez man that made me cry quite a bit... what ever happened to stories like these..? We never see anything so impactful anymore.
"The spirit of being sad together"
2020 in a nutshell.
For the man who has everything - the dialogue, the music when Supes embraces his imaginary son as he bids goodbye is poignant. Definitely in top 3 for me.
This whole list got me emotional
The worst part about the last one is that batman has to watch this girl break down and he still comforted her and that hit me in my feels
I love how the intro music is so happy whilst the content is sad!
I remember watching all of these, they're really heart-wrenching. Especially number one.
In number 6 you forget to mention the brief glimpse of happiness seen by Bruce when he is infected with the parasite. That’s pretty heart wrenching seeing Batman’s happiness slip away.
The first time I saw Epilogue I was a kid. I remember seeing it on TV and was shocked that Bruce would even think about using that device on her but when they started taking and he held out his hand...man the tears wouldn't stop
Ahhhhhhhh Alfred 😭 The most renown and respected true hero
All of these got me choked up. I do have to say recently the interactive Blu-ray of A Death in the Family got me crying faster than any of these on this list, and I didn't think that it was possible.
Freeze and Ace’s deaths are two of the only things in cinema that can make me cry
As I was watching this I knew what was going to be number and tried to prepare myself but that episode to this day still gets me.
I was a little 'wait what?" when they cited 'Ace's origins' farther up (down?) the list... and then that being the Dog's flashback story, i was like OK.... Ace the Girl is the closer.
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Oh man, I remember crying at this episode 9:14
I honestly didn't expect any of this to be so painful to rewatch and remember, but this list was incredibly moving...
That thumbnail. Memories are coming back
To the man who has everything was the first episode and to this day my favorite. It was brought up to me yesterday and I miss this show
That was really awesome story 👏. Thank you 😊