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See I began to hate batman as both the hero and his billionaire alter ego Bruce Wayne. HE totally could have done far more to help people, because asdie from him being filthy wealthy ( far more than rich) and his always letting villains like Joker live, made me hate him before I was in middle school. It was a great episode and I always remembered him in that hot box. Very reminiscent of the types of punishment they put people through in the south from mississippi to texas.
This here was reimagining batman as forest Gump or don coyote, why is the storyline premise; the path is as unique as those follow it. To me this is or was the theme throughout the series- soul searching.🤯🎯🤑🇬🇧🧠🥠
Dreams and thunder were a key element in the emotional depth of the series throughout. Yet this shows in the episode batman is being the change he Hope's to see.
Fun fact about the Joker dream sequence: That's not Mark Hamill doing the voice, but Kevin Conroy in probably the only time he's ever played the character.
I like the line at the end. When the friends find out the mysteries man with amnesia is Bruce Whane. “Punch me”. “punch you why” “Maybe the next time I wake up I’ll be a billionaire as well.”
Close But They Actually Said: Salvo: Hit me, Riley. Dan: Hit you? Why? Salvo: Maybe I'll lose my memory and wake up a millionaire too. (Not trying to start any drama or anything, just politely saying the right line)
What I love about this episode is it shows that Bruce isn't just using his money to fight crime. He knows that he also has to solve the underlying problem that creates crime.
I sometimes wish the movie adaptation would acknowledge that too. That he can't just save the city by giving criminals something to fear but the hopeless something to hope for.
The Dark Knight Rises in particular almost seem to go out of the way to make his attempts at philanthropy seem counterproductive. Spending billions on his toys and practically throwing money in a fire just as part of his cover as a rich eccentric was a drop in the bucket he'd make back popping in to a board meeting for five minutes but putting his genius towards his business full time and focusing on those very issues nearly bankrupts Wayne Enterprises? A near infinite source of cheap energy - one that would realistically give him a global energy monopoly making reliable bank forever - and it only had the one investor that (spoiler alert) was deliberately trying to ruin him and in the end wanted an insanely impractical bomb?
yeah thats what i wish more adaptions would do, while Batman fights crime and instills fear in criminals, the Bruce Wayne side uses his wealth and influence to help people and give them hope, instead of just having him put on a rich playboy front to help distract people from the fact that he is also BAtman
@@wjzav1971 I think that the newest Robert Pattinson Batman seems to go into that (or, at least, is beginning to). If there's future movies that show Bruce (both as himself and as Batman) stepping up to help the less fortunate, then it'll probably be a Batman movie series that stands out in it's own right. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
that's really what makes Bruce Wayne an incredible character, he's not afraid to shed a tear when he feels sadness, like he does in the dream where he cant give all the panhandlers money, and i think that also calls out that Bruce knows in his heart of hearts knows that even as Batman he cant save everyone, but that doesnt mean that he wont try his damnedest!
TRUEEE!! Shows how helpless he feels when the problem in front of him cannot be solved with a punch or a batrang throw. He cries few more times in the show, shows genuine emotions for the people he loves. Hell he shows understanding for his villains. Doing his very best both inside the costume and outside of it to help them towards a path of good. (remember that one episode when TwoFace sees Bruce at the entrance of Arkham as he was being escorted back? Good old, Bruce. Always there, you never give up on me dont ya?) Same how he bought Harley Quinn the dress she wanted to buy during Hareyquinade) Other shows just portray him as a freak with anger issues and a trust fund)
The moment of Bruce shedding a tear as he tries to help the panhandlers is amazing. No other example of Batman in media (outside the comics) has gotten the Bruce Wayne aspect of the character down so well too.
Ikr?! And they never get Batman's element of compassion right, he's always potrayed as just sad and brooding instead of highlighting the entire character of Bruce Wayne/Batman like B:TAS.
Dude Bruce Wayne shedding a tear is meaningless he could have solved that very problem through his wealth. Instead he does the whole rich narrative of "it's not my problem" even though he could solve the issue. Investment, job creation, education, shelter, social housing, food bank funding, therapy and rehab. Yet Bruce Wayne spends his cash on a play boy lifestyle and batman tech. Wayne is the bad guy
Episodes like this one really captured the Heart and Soul of Batman... that fact that a DC Super Hero Cartoon series was not afraid to face the Shadow of the Psyche, the tenderness of the Philanthropist Bruce Wayne, and unsettling aspects like poverty and abuse of Power of Gotham City, made this series such a cutting-edge and heart-rending series. Very few day-time cartoon Batman Series as well as Superhero series, in general, can come close to this one!
I had mini arguments with people who say Bruce could do more for the people of Gotham but the fact that this episode shows perfectly that no matter how hard you try you can't save or help everyone no matter how rich you are. Bruce isn't selfish and the fact he's being forced to face this reality was heart wrenching.
@@poweroffriendship2.0 I wish they'd stop strictly adapting famous comic storylines though. They all feel like they're missing... something, especially All Star Superman
True. Instead of going with Snyder, DC/Warner should had gave the DCEU direction to guys like Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett and the rest of DCAU crew, having them as the "DCEU Kevin Feige"
This episode was worth it purely for Bruce's dream where we got to hear Kevin Conroy doing his take on the Joker laugh. I swear, this episode was done when they had Tim Curry as Joker. Conroy's dream Joker is him trying to be Curry's Pennywise!
Love this episode. Very underrated. Bruce goes undercover to find missing people in the ghetto Gorham until he was kidnapped and been force labor along with the missing people by a fat slog leader in the cayons. I enjoy the premise and especially that moment where Batman goes deep inside thinking and discover few details that make it much development for Batman's character. I love that moment where Bruce wanted to save and give people to the poor, but he was suffered for seeing many people wanted to have much charity and tears have so much emotional. At least at the end, he face the fat slog and the goons in the under tunnel. Great episode and recommend it. Bruce goes undercover with having a color dyeing in a white hair. Nice.
It's pretty hard to screw up "Batman" mashed up with "Cool Hand Luke." In all seriousness, though, this is a highly-underrated episode that sometimes gets unfairly lumped with "The Underdwellers" because both of them are more about Batman taking on social problems instead of his usual rogues. However, I appreciate Dini, Timm, and crew showing that the Dark Knight is willing to stop crime outside his usual purview of mobsters, street criminals, and supervillains.
To be fair the series covered social issues with the rogues later on with Bird Of A Feather and Harley And Ivy being commentary’s of the mistreatment if ex-convicts upon reentering society and domestic abuse and Stockholm syndrome
@@TheAlfrulzI’m sure you knew this, but Ethan Bennett came after that guy. However, he may have inspired Ethan. Possibly, the inspiration for Lex Luthor, as well.
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I think the amnesia is what makes this episode work. Bruce doesn't know HOW strong he is until he realizes WHO he is. He has no idea how to escape his predicament until his memories resurface. Without the amnesia, there wouldn't been as much dramatic tension, he could have escaped any time.
This was a really good episode that taught us Batman wasn’t just out to get the next villain but legitimately help people who are need regardless of there class in life
I LOVE the Joker dream sequence! Even with Bruce Wayne having full blown amnesia, where he's forgotten everything about being a multi millionaire philanthropist or the frickin' Dark Knight, that maniacal laughter and terrifying grin still haunts his nightmares!
This is my favorite episode of the series hands down! I've even got in some heated discussions from others telling me it's barely memorable to them and lackluster. This episode raises the bar so high for me its untenable to think otherwise. Thanks for posting and sharing your similar feelings about how awesome this one truly is and deserves the credit it's definitely due.
Can we... Can we just have you guys do the whole damn series? Even the final season has some amazing episodes and I love listening to you go over what you believe works and what doesn't!
Gotta say, this episode always stuck with me cause of how different it was. No supervillains, no insane plots, hell very few gadgets. Just a more down to earth type of story with a more realistic type of villain.
This is another episode that I didn't really get as a kid (I did love the dream sequences though and Burce's tear really got me), but as an adult I love it! Bruce's compasion and commitment to help the less-fortunate aren't always represented outside of the comics. This episode is a real gem.
The last flashback, the spark of it, when bruce's inmate starts to cry about his son and how he is worried about him, gives the spark to remember bruce who he is, that's what's get's me the most, how he don't want another kid without his parent, how he cannot allow it...
Some 15 years ago when the show came out on DVD and I revisited it for the first time, I remember watching this episode and my grandmother came into the room. Normally she didn't pay attention to what I was watching, Batman and cartoons weren't really her thing...and then I realized she's watching and as the episode finished, she said "I'm really intrigued. I've seen Batman before, but I've never seen Batman like this. Very sophisticated and very well told."
This was absolutely one of my favorites. It was not just a change of pace in the style of the episode and mechanism of how things played out, but it's exploration of Bruce through the dream sequences were amazing, and it had great atmosphere and heart put into the scenes to make it's audience feel for the people Bruce met and talked to. Not to mention Bruce's awakening to his true identity was amazingly well done and sent chills down my spine. Great episode overview!
It's one of my favourite episodes as well and I also remeber it quite vividly from when I first saw as a child, those images of him recovering his memory and the insight into his inner world are both harrowing and fascinating. And the score is one of my favourite, perticulary the western parts. Amazing episode
My favourite part of this episode was when the guy was saying my family and we see bruces flashbacks to his parents and him remembering that he is batman
It's one of the main themes of The Killing Joke. The whole idea of One Bad Day where for Joker it caused his descent into madness, while Bruce used it as the motivation to become Batman.
@@Malwontae Isn't there also an Elseworlds story where Bruce/Batman is basically Dr Jekyll and it turns out at the end that he's also the Joker (who's the Mr Hyde here)?
I love this little series of looking back on episodes of Batman the Animated Series, I grew up watching it and pretty much shaped my view on who Batman should be. I also think that this series has aged very well and I still love watching it again and again.
This has been my favourite episode since it aired on TV. I’ve had the theme song stuck in my head for over 25 years. Nailed the review and everything that makes it great.
Thank You!! When you started this series I wondered if you would touch on this episode. I t was so different than a normal batman story but still brought tit home.
When I was a kid, I loved this episode for the music (and that one funny guy. (And how the villain reminded me of Hoggish Greedly.)) Older now, and the themes about Bruce's altruism hit me much harder. The way he'll never have enough to help all the needy, is practically a metaphor for his never-ending war on crime. It's an unwinnable thing. But that doesn't mean giving up.
This episode is really a social commentary of how men who are down on their luck was fooled into promise of a better start ended up being slaves at a labor camp, in Bruce dreams while still suffering from amnesia and helping the needy and shed a tear knowing how much of a good person he is he can't save everyone, also when his cell mate got locked up in the box next to Bruce when he said "I missed my family " you can hear the pain in his voice and awakening Bruce's memories back this episode don't get talked much and props for Alfred who never left Bruce's side and did his own detective work to find him
To me, this and Underdwellers were focused on the noir aspect of Batman. Anyone else from Batman's Rogues Gallery, it's just a superhero story. But when it's about someone like the Underweller King or Boss Biggs we see the corrupt and selfish aspects of people to take advantage of others. There were a few episodes like this; no big villains, just people. It expanded the world and showed you don't need a gimmick to be considered a bad guy.
This is definitely one of the episodes that stuck with me growing up. That moment in the hotbox when the shouts of: “my family!” Finally remind Bruce Wayne of exactly who he is, And the end joke of the one guy asking to be knocked out so he can get amnesia only to get his memory back and remember that he’s a millionaire.
You're right. This is a very underrated episode. I appreciate that Bruce deeply cares for the poor and uses subterfuge to investigate the problem rather than simply beating the crap out of goons. And I love that he suffers amnesia to make him more vulnerable to exploitive taskmasters and connect him more to his fellow workers. "The Forgotten" is not only one of the most heart-tugging episodes butone of the most relatable. There are still stories of undocumented immigrants and poor native-born being abused in factories, farms, and mines. You'd expect Batman to only engage in obvious crime, but no, he can focus on social justice too. The only thing holding it back is the lackluster animation. Oh, and the Caped Crusader sounding too tame when dealing with that fat monster. I'd expect him to be a lot angrier, given Boss Fatass' deeds.
We had a taped version of this episode when I was a kid, but we'd turned on the VCR late and didn't have anything before him waking up in the camp for the first time. I had NO IDEA why on earth he was there, but I still loved the episode to death (especially because of the music)!
A top knotch episode. I like when Batman switches to detective mode. Something that happens less and less as the series continues. And that Alfred turns detective too in order to find Brice is fantastic.
I love episodes as these where it makes you think. They took so much care in the show that nothing can compare to it. It's in depth on the character action and thought. This one is my favorite it shows behind the mask and what kind of man that Bruce is other than "I'm Batman." It shows more than his parents being killed, it shows his wishes and knows deep down he can't help them while trying to figure out who he is. I think the anemsia works well here for Bruce already know this but we the audience get a glimpse to his mind and it goes much deeper. For a cartoon to pull a story like that is amazing and to this day I argue why cartoon is more just a kid show. I think this episode was the first for me as a kid to think what I saw and actual inspire me to write a simple character.
This show has so many great episodes but some are stuck like cement in my memory. This one, the one when a bunch of Batman enemies are retelling times when they almost succeeded in killing Batman and the one with the friends that became mobsters in different gangs are some of them.
@@mrcritical6751 Tony Stark did it as well. When it's one of the main things you'll be interacting with it's good to have it challenge you to help make sure you're on the right track.
The creators say the fans have little love for this episode in the audio commentary, but I really like it. It reminds me of a bunch of old TV shows I’ve seen over the years. So good. ✨✅✨
This is my favourite episode involving Batman period! The scene with panhandlers and Bruce crying because he feels helpless still emotionally wrecks me. Shows how much he feels like the problem of Gotham is his burden and his burden alone. Be it as a caped crusader or the riches man in the states. This series did a fantastic job humanizing both Bruce and Batman. Todays movies and shows just portray him as antisocial rich kid with anger issues. Even in this series Batman was always intimidating, but god damn it. He showed more humanity than anywhere else. Batman/Bruce bleed, not just from knife wounds. But from the deep scars on their soul every time he looks either from the rooftop of a building or from his mansion in his PJs
This was a very good episode and the story of Bruce with amnesia was a cool concept, my favourite moments of the episode was when you see Bruce walking in the hall of mirrors and he sees a reflection of himself turning into the Joker, that was cool and the other was when he finally got his memory after the prisoner says I miss my family. It had a wild western hillbilly theme to it and that made it a lot of fun
This was one of my favorite overlooked episodes! It added to another well written episodes like POV & Bullet for Bullock. It feels cinematic with its backdrop and with its harmonics! Also Kevin played JOKER!
The forgotten funny enough I never forgot about this episode as a kid when I first aired. One of the reasons being the storyline about how homeless people were being abducted and no one really seemed to care not even the G.C.P.D. Second that musical track that played throughout this episode. It sounded like a track you might hear from "In the Heat of the Night".
TBH, when I saw Batman saved The Joker in a previous episode I really hated him but after I saw this episode I fell in love with the character and he became my favorite superhero soon after that
What did everyone think of The Forgotten?
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Clint Eastwood/josh brolin type western serial great episode
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See I began to hate batman as both the hero and his billionaire alter ego Bruce Wayne. HE totally could have done far more to help people, because asdie from him being filthy wealthy ( far more than rich) and his always letting villains like Joker live, made me hate him before I was in middle school. It was a great episode and I always remembered him in that hot box. Very reminiscent of the types of punishment they put people through in the south from mississippi to texas.
This here was reimagining batman as forest Gump or don coyote, why is the storyline premise; the path is as unique as those follow it. To me this is or was the theme throughout the series- soul searching.🤯🎯🤑🇬🇧🧠🥠
Dreams and thunder were a key element in the emotional depth of the series throughout. Yet this shows in the episode batman is being the change he Hope's to see.
Fun fact about the Joker dream sequence: That's not Mark Hamill doing the voice, but Kevin Conroy in probably the only time he's ever played the character.
Whoa. He went full Hamil
Wow I didn't know that, and actually he does a good job voicing Joker's laugh.
@@themadtitan7603 he does indeed it's like a weird combination of Bruce voice and joker voice that gets more jokerish. It serves the sequence.
makes sense, i was waiting for it to go full joker, but it seems a bit rough even at the end. still did a great job!
@@inspectorspinda yes he did. I think it adds to the dream scene
Alfred: "Land, you bucket of bolts!"
Bat-Plane: "Your funeral."
Still my favourite line.
My favorite comes from the end:
Vagrant 1: Hey (Vagrant 2), hit me.
Vagrant 2: Why?
Vagrant 1: Maybe I'll wake up and be a billionaire too!
The voice of the bat computer was Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court).
Alfred: 'Steps off the batplane' I claim this land...for Spain! 'Plunk'
Boss Biggs: "DON'T LET ME DROWN!!"
Batman: "When you taste the prison food, you'll wish I had."
@@karlj.2360 And the voice of Two-Face.
I like the line at the end.
When the friends find out the mysteries man with amnesia is Bruce Whane.
“Punch me”.
“punch you why”
“Maybe the next time I wake up I’ll be a billionaire as well.”
Came here to say that. Glad someone else remembers it too, this is a truly unique episode.
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Close But They Actually Said:
Salvo: Hit me, Riley.
Dan: Hit you? Why?
Salvo: Maybe I'll lose my memory and wake up a millionaire too.
(Not trying to start any drama or anything, just politely saying the right line)
What I love about this episode is it shows that Bruce isn't just using his money to fight crime. He knows that he also has to solve the underlying problem that creates crime.
I sometimes wish the movie adaptation would acknowledge that too.
That he can't just save the city by giving criminals something to fear but the hopeless something to hope for.
The Dark Knight Rises in particular almost seem to go out of the way to make his attempts at philanthropy seem counterproductive. Spending billions on his toys and practically throwing money in a fire just as part of his cover as a rich eccentric was a drop in the bucket he'd make back popping in to a board meeting for five minutes but putting his genius towards his business full time and focusing on those very issues nearly bankrupts Wayne Enterprises? A near infinite source of cheap energy - one that would realistically give him a global energy monopoly making reliable bank forever - and it only had the one investor that (spoiler alert) was deliberately trying to ruin him and in the end wanted an insanely impractical bomb?
yeah thats what i wish more adaptions would do, while Batman fights crime and instills fear in criminals, the Bruce Wayne side uses his wealth and influence to help people and give them hope, instead of just having him put on a rich playboy front to help distract people from the fact that he is also BAtman
@@wjzav1971
I think that the newest Robert Pattinson Batman seems to go into that (or, at least, is beginning to). If there's future movies that show Bruce (both as himself and as Batman) stepping up to help the less fortunate, then it'll probably be a Batman movie series that stands out in it's own right. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I love episodes that dive into Bruce himself instead of him just being Batman all the time.
I know, he even disguises himself as a police officer sometimes.
I hope this series goes longer than may, I love it
I'm glad you do!
Same
Yeah
We need him to all the seasons of BTAS
It's only for the month of May
that's really what makes Bruce Wayne an incredible character, he's not afraid to shed a tear when he feels sadness, like he does in the dream where he cant give all the panhandlers money, and i think that also calls out that Bruce knows in his heart of hearts knows that even as Batman he cant save everyone, but that doesnt mean that he wont try his damnedest!
TRUEEE!! Shows how helpless he feels when the problem in front of him cannot be solved with a punch or a batrang throw. He cries few more times in the show, shows genuine emotions for the people he loves. Hell he shows understanding for his villains. Doing his very best both inside the costume and outside of it to help them towards a path of good. (remember that one episode when TwoFace sees Bruce at the entrance of Arkham as he was being escorted back? Good old, Bruce. Always there, you never give up on me dont ya?)
Same how he bought Harley Quinn the dress she wanted to buy during Hareyquinade)
Other shows just portray him as a freak with anger issues and a trust fund)
@@F.S92 yup, Batman TAS will always be the true Batman series, every other toon is just trying to live in it's shadow.
The moment of Bruce shedding a tear as he tries to help the panhandlers is amazing. No other example of Batman in media (outside the comics) has gotten the Bruce Wayne aspect of the character down so well too.
Ikr?! And they never get Batman's element of compassion right, he's always potrayed as just sad and brooding instead of highlighting the entire character of Bruce Wayne/Batman like B:TAS.
@@themadtitan7603 I honestly can't think of another iteration of the character outside of the comics that got it *this* right.
@@jbearclowater True, the closest attempt we had was the Arkham Games.
Issue is the Arkham Games due to their structure couldn’t have as many Bruce Wayne moments to fully flesh him out
Dude Bruce Wayne shedding a tear is meaningless he could have solved that very problem through his wealth. Instead he does the whole rich narrative of "it's not my problem" even though he could solve the issue. Investment, job creation, education, shelter, social housing, food bank funding, therapy and rehab. Yet Bruce Wayne spends his cash on a play boy lifestyle and batman tech. Wayne is the bad guy
3:06 Well no wonder every 90's kid has a hard time seeing anyone as a good live-action Batman. THE POWER CHIN
Episodes like this one really captured the Heart and Soul of Batman... that fact that a DC Super Hero Cartoon series was not afraid to face the Shadow of the Psyche, the tenderness of the Philanthropist Bruce Wayne, and unsettling aspects like poverty and abuse of Power of Gotham City, made this series such a cutting-edge and heart-rending series. Very few day-time cartoon Batman Series as well as Superhero series, in general, can come close to this one!
I had mini arguments with people who say Bruce could do more for the people of Gotham but the fact that this episode shows perfectly that no matter how hard you try you can't save or help everyone no matter how rich you are. Bruce isn't selfish and the fact he's being forced to face this reality was heart wrenching.
For over 25 years this harmonica song has been stuck in my head.
The DC Animated Universe just makes me sad thinking about the DC cinematic universe failures. It was all right there. They didn’t have to even try.
The DC Animated Universe is pretty interesting, though.
@@poweroffriendship2.0 I wish they'd stop strictly adapting famous comic storylines though. They all feel like they're missing... something, especially All Star Superman
True. Instead of going with Snyder, DC/Warner should had gave the DCEU direction to guys like Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, Alan Burnett and the rest of DCAU crew, having them as the "DCEU Kevin Feige"
@@MurderousEagle Why can't they used the underrated comic book storyline instead? That could work if it's done correctly.
Damn right!
"Bruce, what's your safe word?"
"Family."
This episode was worth it purely for Bruce's dream where we got to hear Kevin Conroy doing his take on the Joker laugh.
I swear, this episode was done when they had Tim Curry as Joker. Conroy's dream Joker is him trying to be Curry's Pennywise!
Oh, wow! I didn't even think of that. He could have been mimicking Curry's Joker laugh. That makes it even cooler!
@@WalterCulture Yeah, you can tell he's going for a deeper more guttural laugh akin to Pennywise and not Hamill's higher tone.
"wu-HAH! wu-HAH! wu-HAH!"
Oops not that Tim Curry Pennywise laugh
@@SomeRUclipsTraveler Best parody laugh
Love this episode. Very underrated. Bruce goes undercover to find missing people in the ghetto Gorham until he was kidnapped and been force labor along with the missing people by a fat slog leader in the cayons. I enjoy the premise and especially that moment where Batman goes deep inside thinking and discover few details that make it much development for Batman's character. I love that moment where Bruce wanted to save and give people to the poor, but he was suffered for seeing many people wanted to have much charity and tears have so much emotional. At least at the end, he face the fat slog and the goons in the under tunnel. Great episode and recommend it.
Bruce goes undercover with having a color dyeing in a white hair. Nice.
2:36 Now I’m convinced Kevin Conroy would be phenomenal as The Batman Who Laughs.
It's pretty hard to screw up "Batman" mashed up with "Cool Hand Luke."
In all seriousness, though, this is a highly-underrated episode that sometimes gets unfairly lumped with "The Underdwellers" because both of them are more about Batman taking on social problems instead of his usual rogues. However, I appreciate Dini, Timm, and crew showing that the Dark Knight is willing to stop crime outside his usual purview of mobsters, street criminals, and supervillains.
To be fair the series covered social issues with the rogues later on with Bird Of A Feather and Harley And Ivy being commentary’s of the mistreatment if ex-convicts upon reentering society and domestic abuse and Stockholm syndrome
Both are really good episodes.
I can't get over the fact that one of the missing people looks like Lex Luthor.
Came here to say that!
Lex flippin luthor
I knew he looked familiar!
That missing person used to remind me of Ethan Bennett (Clayface) from another cartoon "The Batman".
@@TheAlfrulzI’m sure you knew this, but Ethan Bennett came after that guy. However, he may have inspired Ethan. Possibly, the inspiration for Lex Luthor, as well.
You have no idea how much I love this series! It’s been the highlight of my day since it began
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2:56
“See my Eyes, I can hardly See,
See me Stand, I can hardly Walk,
I believe you can make me Well,
See my Purse, I’m a Poor Poor Man!”
I think the amnesia is what makes this episode work. Bruce doesn't know HOW strong he is until he realizes WHO he is. He has no idea how to escape his predicament until his memories resurface. Without the amnesia, there wouldn't been as much dramatic tension, he could have escaped any time.
The guy running the camp is like the Dollar Store Wilson Fisk.
He reminds me a lot of Hoggish Greedly from Captain Planet
this one was so remarkable. the insight to bruce's mind was outstanding. the forgotten was one of my favorite batman episodes.
This is one of my favorite episodes in the series.
Am I the only one that wishes this series goes on longer than just May?
That music was so damn memorable! I love it.
This was a really good episode that taught us Batman wasn’t just out to get the next villain but legitimately help people who are need regardless of there class in life
I LOVE the Joker dream sequence! Even with Bruce Wayne having full blown amnesia, where he's forgotten everything about being a multi millionaire philanthropist or the frickin' Dark Knight, that maniacal laughter and terrifying grin still haunts his nightmares!
This is my favorite episode of the series hands down! I've even got in some heated discussions from others telling me it's barely memorable to them and lackluster. This episode raises the bar so high for me its untenable to think otherwise. Thanks for posting and sharing your similar feelings about how awesome this one truly is and deserves the credit it's definitely due.
This one is stuck in my mind as well.
Can we... Can we just have you guys do the whole damn series? Even the final season has some amazing episodes and I love listening to you go over what you believe works and what doesn't!
Gotta say, this episode always stuck with me cause of how different it was. No supervillains, no insane plots, hell very few gadgets. Just a more down to earth type of story with a more realistic type of villain.
I don’t know what to comment but I just wanna say thank you for being another youtuber for me to watch if I’m tired of Cinemassicare
Includes my favourite line of the series - Alfred's "I claim this land...for Spain. *thud*"
This is another episode that I didn't really get as a kid (I did love the dream sequences though and Burce's tear really got me), but as an adult I love it! Bruce's compasion and commitment to help the less-fortunate aren't always represented outside of the comics. This episode is a real gem.
That scene where he is weeping in his dream for all of the needy people made me cry when I first saw it.
The last flashback, the spark of it, when bruce's inmate starts to cry about his son and how he is worried about him, gives the spark to remember bruce who he is, that's what's get's me the most, how he don't want another kid without his parent, how he cannot allow it...
Some 15 years ago when the show came out on DVD and I revisited it for the first time, I remember watching this episode and my grandmother came into the room. Normally she didn't pay attention to what I was watching, Batman and cartoons weren't really her thing...and then I realized she's watching and as the episode finished, she said "I'm really intrigued. I've seen Batman before, but I've never seen Batman like this. Very sophisticated and very well told."
This is definitely one of the best episodes.
omg, I loved this episode! It was so different from the rest of the series and really smart. Thank you for reviewing it.
This was absolutely one of my favorites. It was not just a change of pace in the style of the episode and mechanism of how things played out, but it's exploration of Bruce through the dream sequences were amazing, and it had great atmosphere and heart put into the scenes to make it's audience feel for the people Bruce met and talked to.
Not to mention Bruce's awakening to his true identity was amazingly well done and sent chills down my spine.
Great episode overview!
That scene where Joker breaks out of the mirror made me jump
I remember watching this episode when I was a kid and pretty good one.
It's one of my favourite episodes as well and I also remeber it quite vividly from when I first saw as a child, those images of him recovering his memory and the insight into his inner world are both harrowing and fascinating. And the score is one of my favourite, perticulary the western parts. Amazing episode
My favourite part of this episode was when the guy was saying my family and we see bruces flashbacks to his parents and him remembering that he is batman
The fact that he see himself turning into the Joker is pretty disturbing and I’d love to know what meanings is hiding in that scene.
Yeah, always toying with the idea that Batman and the Joker are merely two sides of the same coin. Love subtlety like that.
It's one of the main themes of The Killing Joke. The whole idea of One Bad Day where for Joker it caused his descent into madness, while Bruce used it as the motivation to become Batman.
@@Malwontae Isn't there also an Elseworlds story where Bruce/Batman is basically Dr Jekyll and it turns out at the end that he's also the Joker (who's the Mr Hyde here)?
@@gothicMCRgirl And Two-Face is the bridge between those two characters.
theres also the bit where they're both fighting each other even as they freefall down an abyss. Basically their entire relationship.
I love this little series of looking back on episodes of Batman the Animated Series, I grew up watching it and pretty much shaped my view on who Batman should be. I also think that this series has aged very well and I still love watching it again and again.
This episode is definitely not forgotten XD
I love this episode especially the background music
This has been my favourite episode since it aired on TV. I’ve had the theme song stuck in my head for over 25 years. Nailed the review and everything that makes it great.
This was my fav ep of the show.
Thank you for reminding me of some of these GREAT stories I hadn’t seen since childhood!
Thank You!! When you started this series I wondered if you would touch on this episode. I t was so different than a normal batman story but still brought tit home.
Any one else secretly hoping for a full series recap? But than again we get to look forward to next Bat May
When I was a kid, I loved this episode for the music (and that one funny guy. (And how the villain reminded me of Hoggish Greedly.))
Older now, and the themes about Bruce's altruism hit me much harder. The way he'll never have enough to help all the needy, is practically a metaphor for his never-ending war on crime. It's an unwinnable thing. But that doesn't mean giving up.
This episode is really a social commentary of how men who are down on their luck was fooled into promise of a better start ended up being slaves at a labor camp, in Bruce dreams while still suffering from amnesia and helping the needy and shed a tear knowing how much of a good person he is he can't save everyone, also when his cell mate got locked up in the box next to Bruce when he said "I missed my family " you can hear the pain in his voice and awakening Bruce's memories back this episode don't get talked much and props for Alfred who never left Bruce's side and did his own detective work to find him
This was an amazing episode when bruce wayne transformed into joker and he laughs with kevin conroy voice was terrifying
Great job Walter! Im feeling the love you have for the show
To me, this and Underdwellers were focused on the noir aspect of Batman. Anyone else from Batman's Rogues Gallery, it's just a superhero story. But when it's about someone like the Underweller King or Boss Biggs we see the corrupt and selfish aspects of people to take advantage of others. There were a few episodes like this; no big villains, just people. It expanded the world and showed you don't need a gimmick to be considered a bad guy.
This is one of my fav episodes thank you for showing why it is so cool!
This is definitely one of the episodes that stuck with me growing up.
That moment in the hotbox when the shouts of: “my family!” Finally remind Bruce Wayne of exactly who he is,
And the end joke of the one guy asking to be knocked out so he can get amnesia only to get his memory back and remember that he’s a millionaire.
Saw this episode for the first time recently. Definitely one of my favorites.
I’ll forever remember this episode because of the music!
I remember this episode hitting me in the gut.
You're right. This is a very underrated episode. I appreciate that Bruce deeply cares for the poor and uses subterfuge to investigate the problem rather than simply beating the crap out of goons. And I love that he suffers amnesia to make him more vulnerable to exploitive taskmasters and connect him more to his fellow workers. "The Forgotten" is not only one of the most heart-tugging episodes butone of the most relatable. There are still stories of undocumented immigrants and poor native-born being abused in factories, farms, and mines. You'd expect Batman to only engage in obvious crime, but no, he can focus on social justice too. The only thing holding it back is the lackluster animation. Oh, and the Caped Crusader sounding too tame when dealing with that fat monster. I'd expect him to be a lot angrier, given Boss Fatass' deeds.
There are old radio show stories like this.
We had a taped version of this episode when I was a kid, but we'd turned on the VCR late and didn't have anything before him waking up in the camp for the first time. I had NO IDEA why on earth he was there, but I still loved the episode to death (especially because of the music)!
A top knotch episode. I like when Batman switches to detective mode. Something that happens less and less as the series continues. And that Alfred turns detective too in order to find Brice is fantastic.
I just rewatched this episode last week!
I love episodes as these where it makes you think. They took so much care in the show that nothing can compare to it. It's in depth on the character action and thought. This one is my favorite it shows behind the mask and what kind of man that Bruce is other than "I'm Batman." It shows more than his parents being killed, it shows his wishes and knows deep down he can't help them while trying to figure out who he is. I think the anemsia works well here for Bruce already know this but we the audience get a glimpse to his mind and it goes much deeper. For a cartoon to pull a story like that is amazing and to this day I argue why cartoon is more just a kid show. I think this episode was the first for me as a kid to think what I saw and actual inspire me to write a simple character.
This show has so many great episodes but some are stuck like cement in my memory. This one, the one when a bunch of Batman enemies are retelling times when they almost succeeded in killing Batman and the one with the friends that became mobsters in different gangs are some of them.
Alfred was a badass in this episode
I love his conversation with the on board computer while he's trying to fly the bat jet plane. 😁
ThatPurpleGirl “Land you bucket of bolts!” Batwing: “your funeral...”.
My only question is why would Batman program his in flight computer to be sassy
Mr Critical because he can. And from being boring
@@mrcritical6751 Tony Stark did it as well. When it's one of the main things you'll be interacting with it's good to have it challenge you to help make sure you're on the right track.
The creators say the fans have little love for this episode in the audio commentary, but I really like it. It reminds me of a bunch of old TV shows I’ve seen over the years. So good. ✨✅✨
The music in this one and the dream stayed with me for 30 years
This episode is the only one I remember showing the Batwing's computer can talk. And Alfred knows how to pilot.
This is my favourite episode involving Batman period!
The scene with panhandlers and Bruce crying because he feels helpless still emotionally wrecks me.
Shows how much he feels like the problem of Gotham is his burden and his burden alone. Be it as a caped crusader or the riches man in the states.
This series did a fantastic job humanizing both Bruce and Batman. Todays movies and shows just portray him as antisocial rich kid with anger issues.
Even in this series Batman was always intimidating, but god damn it. He showed more humanity than anywhere else. Batman/Bruce bleed, not just from knife wounds. But from the deep scars on their soul every time he looks either from the rooftop of a building or from his mansion in his PJs
One of my favorite episodes of the series
It's kinda ironic that "The Forgotten" is such a memorable B:TAS episode.
i love this guy his reviews are fire
I haven't seen this episode in 25 years but I still remember the music
You didn't talk about BatMan's fight with Biggis!
This is one of my favorite episodes.
I am a very good aficionado of batman, this was a tour de force flawless masterpiece.
You're the man Walter 🤙🤙 keep these coming!!
One of my favorites. Love the ost as well.
I can still vividly remember the score to this one.
This was a very good episode and the story of Bruce with amnesia was a cool concept, my favourite moments of the episode was when you see Bruce walking in the hall of mirrors and he sees a reflection of himself turning into the Joker, that was cool and the other was when he finally got his memory after the prisoner says I miss my family. It had a wild western hillbilly theme to it and that made it a lot of fun
This was one of my favorite overlooked episodes! It added to another well written episodes like POV & Bullet for Bullock. It feels cinematic with its backdrop and with its harmonics! Also Kevin played JOKER!
You left out one hilarious moment: The way Boss Biggs says "Batman" the moment he sees him.
My favorite episode finally gets the spotlight!
Definitely one of the best episodes of the show.
the end with him hunting the bad guys almost arkham asylum feel being a predator
One of my favorite eps largely because of the music.
Hey that guy that batman meets at the doc street rescue mission is the same priest who helped batman with that mob boss in "It's never too late"
The forgotten funny enough I never forgot about this episode as a kid when I first aired. One of the reasons being the storyline about how homeless people were being abducted and no one really seemed to care not even the G.C.P.D. Second that musical track that played throughout this episode. It sounded like a track you might hear from "In the Heat of the Night".
TBH, when I saw Batman saved The Joker in a previous episode I really hated him but after I saw this episode I fell in love with the character and he became my favorite superhero soon after that
This might actually be my favorite episode of BTAS. I wish we got more media of Bruce just being a detective