BATMAN - How Old Is The Dark Knight? | History of the DCAU
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We are closer to the Batman Beyond timeline that the start of the original series
*plasma rifles
Just messin’ with ya
Will he be retiring in 2019?!
Is that why a few years back, those killer clowns were popping up on Twitter? Precursor to the Jokerz?
@Samm Just BATMAN BEYOND DOESN´T TAKE PLACE IN 2039. Please, don´t listen to these half-baked "fans" of the DCAU. Its unbelievable for me how these guys did this whole video without coming across one of the many, MANY interviews where Bruce Tim talks about what year BB takes place in.
OH MY GOSH! I just did some math, 2039, when fictional Batman Beyond dons the cowl, will be the 100 year anniversary of real world Batman! That's pretty cool when you think about it
QUICK MATHS
Holy shit man! It's so close!
Dang, that is really cool
Damn.. happy batman day am i right?
Why yes that is
I'm 85 years old.
That's How I Figured It.... thanks, Bats
BATMAN since when ?
@@radmanpedram3214 1939
BATMAN wait if you lets you were born at the early 20 th century you would be way older than 79 years old after the end of the 20th century you be about 95 to 100 years old
I thought you were Batman?
I can't believe that Bruce Timm and his dedication to characters not aging is the true villain of the dcau
"To people who think, my dedication to characters not aging and I are the true villians of The DCAU, I'm sorry but they just haven't been paying attention."
Well, Batman has been around since the 40's, so he wouldn't have even made it to the 90's, if they didn't stretch out his life.
@@ezj8262 1939, actually.
Batfan1939 Though the first "bat-man" was in the 1926 film . . . Wes Roland's "The Bat." But he was a killer.
@@ezj8262 the 1939 through mid 40s Batman killed people too
Batman retired last year. That means Coronavirus was just waiting for him to get too old to punch it.
Corona was Red Claw’s final evil scheme, wait till Batman is out of the picture then unleash a virus to cripple the worldwide economy
It was the negative Association of Bats this year
@@mrcritical6751 She was trying to get those billion dollars again.
that is probably the funniest thing I've heard all week.
She's doing better than Ra's ever did. Swine flu and recession was hardly a near-apocalypse
The only thing that bothers me is him starting his training at 18. His amount of knowledge is a lot for 2-4 years.
True. But “he’s Batman” after all...
@@dcauwatchtower Lol, true. I remember reading that he and Alfred left Gotham to begin his training at around 12-13 yrs old, with Al returning periodically to look after the manor and Bruce's affairs. It was when Bruce was about 17-19 that he was on his own. Then he becomes Batman between 20-22 yrs old, with nearly, or over, 10 yrs of various kinds of training under his belt.
This is consistent with Batman being both the smartest and strongest living man, capable of doing all the dumb shit he does in the comics like dodge bullets and be stronger than one human being could be. He gets that knowledge in 2-4 years because Batman is a superhero and more than mortal.
Same
Yeah, I would change it to basically starting at around 13ish and becoming Batman around 21-25ish. Of course he would still be learning new things and training even after becoming Batman but it would give him a good decade worth of learning and training before he’s Batman. With 16/18-23/25 being the Raas al Ghul stuff among other things
This is my guess
MOTP flashback: 21-22
BTAS: 31-34
TNBA: 36-38
JLU: 40-45
ROTJ flashback: 45-46
Batman Beyond (When he retires): 57-58
Batman Beyond: 78-81
Epilogue: 92-93
There are 2 more flashback scenes where Bruce is at age 18 in both of them.
1st scene is when he's learning magic tricks with Zatanna and her father.
2nd scene is from the "Night of the Ninja" episode where Bruce competed against Kiyotai Ken and caught him stealing their master's sword which led to Ken getting kicked out of the dojo.
ROTJ flashback is wrong, Batman wore his TNBA suit. That means he was around justice league age.
Return of the JOKER or JEDI? (Mark Hamill)
@@MaxRamos8 Foreshadowing?
#KeepEpilogueASecret
I think the true villain of Batman is CONTINUITY.
the True Villainy of Batman is DC rebooting their Books every 10-15 years. which causes the massive indiscretions in the Comics.
No it's Joel Schumacher
The true villain of any form of serial storying is always the passage of time.
I think it's really funny that an early part of this video suggests that it took over ten years for Bruce to be born. In Greco-Roman mythology, it took three nights for Hercules to be conceived. Therefore, Batman is AT THE VERY LEAST 1,216 times more impressive than Hercules! I knew Batman was awesome, but WOW!
@@crazyperson3812 joel didn't do anything wrong, the studio forced him to make both movies, you have to remember why tim burton's batman was canceled.
You released this on batman day on purpose didn't you? Nice call
Batman Day? EVERY day is Batman Day.
@@Kj16V 😂😂😂
Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Kevin Conroy were all in their 30s in 1992. ...coincidence???
Lenny T007 I THINK NOT!!!
Most likely...
Kevin was actually in his 40s when he started playing Batman
@@lockonstratos31 he was 36. 🙂
Because I like round numbers, I'm gonna go with 1962. That gives you 80 at the end of BB and the idea that his public career stretches from age 20 to age 80 just feels right. It also means that Timm's "always 35" thing works pretty well for most of the central Batman-in-his-prime Animated existence
In the DCAU Bruce Wayne stopped being Batman in 2019. In real life, Ben Affleck stopped being Batman in 2019. GUYS OPEN YOUR EYES IT'S ALL PLOTTED
I’m late but also both Bruce Wayne and Ben affleck were 45 by the time of justice league
And justice league unlimited
And he _did_ came back, confirming it's all plotted (i know it's really not)
@@eldiegoxter7517 Cringe
One explanation that suits everything: It's Flash's fault. He just messed up the timeline (again) and now people have ominous ages like 55-58.
This also explaines what's the deal with the Batsuit or where the DCAU Titans have gone. Just sayin'.
Or Hal Jordan
Or maybe he was born in 1959.
Bruce was 25yrs old in 1984.
33yrs old in 1992.
In 1994, he's 35 and fights phantasm.
1997, he's 38. And adopts the second robin.
2001, 42yrs of age and works with the justice league.
Nah he has to be younger than 43 in JLU
In "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm", I would guess he was around 22 or 23 years. However, he could be 20 or 21 based on what you said.
I think this is the closest guess, and probably the original intention until JLU stretched the timeline.
Batman had to have been born in the early 60s. Since if the animated series is canonically in 1992. The main reason being is the Robin issue. Bruce Wayne clearly had been Batman a few years before the start of the series, since he adopted Dick Grayson when he was around 7-10. Dick Gray is at least 17 or 18 by the start of the animated series since he's in college. So this means that at minimum he was Batman 7 to 10 years before the start of the series. Hence he had to start his career around 1983 to 1986. Batman is clearly in his 30s during much of the animated series, and its heavily implied he's at least mid career at this point. Outside of Mask of the Phantasm we get very few accounts of early Batman adventures in this universe
You’re right about Batman starting his career in the early 80s, but he adopted Dick only a couple years into being Batman. We’ll be covering this portion of the Batman timeline in future videos!
Tbh I'm more concerned that your house consists of just a basement and an attic
So, Batman DOES have a superpower! The superpower to confuse people about his age!
That would be Wolverine LOL
Some New Gothamite: So how old are you?
Batman: I'm Batman
Some New Gothamite: But that's not an answer...
Batman, Joker, Superman, And All Other Heroes And Villains Have That Super Power.
He has all the superpowers. Why BECAUSE HE'S BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget the bat glare
"2019 is next year"
Why you gotta do me like that man
Why
Holy shit I’m taller than Batman. I’ll be walking with a VERY proud stride from this day forward 😌
He'll still beat and hand you your own ass if you break the laws of Gotham 🤣
@dbzcupcake7 has a point
Bro killer croc is like 9 foot something so that doesn't make much of a difference
as a kid I always kinda thought Batman was 40 during JL-JLU
On google it says he was8
In his late 30s
I always though late 30’s perhaps early 40’s. Because he was such a wisened, experienced knowledgeable bat.
Good work... (Ra's al Ghul voice) detective
This channel is honestly soooo damn underrated like holy shit all old school JLU fans have to subscribe and watch every last one of these vids over and over especially with all the work y’all put into each video
Thank you so much!
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Watchtower Database Will do sir! Lol
Best dcau channel
I think this is the only DCAU channel
Have you ever checked out J's Reviews? He has really indepth reviews of the entire BTAS run, including The New Adventures and the animated movies in that continuity. It was actually because of a guest appearance in one of J's videos by The Watchtower, that brought me here to subscribe!
Agreed
Except for ComicsExplained.
I personally go with either 1961 or 1963 for DCAU Batman's birth year because those are my parent's birth years and I think it's kinda cool that my favorite version of Batman is the same age as my parents.
Jeez, I really appreciate and admire your passion into the DCAU!! It’s always nice to see content that has effort and love put into it.
Your ability to care about little things to such an extent when the simplest possible answer is "they didn't think about it" bewilders me.
Also, good video
Oh, it's really amusing to see the pieces being put together, but if I had to deal with so many contradictions I'd just say "cartoon logic, nobody cared" and go to bed.
Oh, but I think these people DO think about it. The people behind Batman always find little ways to mess with our heads. For example, if you freeze-frame the scene that introduces Vicki Vale in the 1989 movie, you'll notice that the newspaper Kim Basinger is reading mentions "President Truman" - who, of course, stopped being President in January 1953. This despite the fact that we also see color televisions in the movie (color TV not being introduced until 1954 at the earliest) and hear Prince music on the Joker's boombox (Prince's first album being released in 1979). Of course, my reasoning has always been that Vale is inside a newspaper office, and that what she's reading is a back issue.
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Rip Kevin Conroy.
The League makes jabs at Bruce's age in Justice League and JLU several times... Pretty sure he would be nearing 40 here.
Last episode of JLU, superman says batman is getting "soft in your old age".
Look at the flashbacks of "robins reckoning"; we have a young Bruce, but still not as young as he is in flashbacks of "Mask of the Phantasm" and that was around 5- 7 years before the actual events of "Robins Reckoning"... so how much early was the flashbacks of MOTP?
We'll be going over the "Mask of the Phantasm" timeline in an upcoming video!
As a Kryptonian under a yellow,white or maybe a blue sun Superman is gonna age A LOT slower biologically meaning even being well over the age of 50 he'd still be more than capable of being physically active. Same would go for Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter,Aquaman, maybe even Flash and Green Lantern and Hawkgirl.
In my mind DCAU batman is 30 at the begining. 35 around justice league. And in his 70s in batman beyond.
He would definatley have to be in his 30s during the BTS because hes in his prime, and this is most mens physical prime. He didnt do much in justice league so he could be a little older.
Men physical peak is at 25 to I'd say hes around 25 to 30 in the justices league
@@asimali9898
No most mens peak is around 30 to 35.
This is why most champions in the ufc get legendary around this age.
Most versions of batman also start at around 30 to 35.
@@JokerL1000 well okay that's good cause i always thought footballers lose there game after they reach mid 30s but I guess every sport is different but general peak is 35 coool
@@asimali9898
You also gotta remember bruce has a masterd degree, worked for the fbi as well.
So hed have to be in his 30s
men hit their physical prime from 18-25 after 25 it begins to decrease
Honestly, these Character Age History episodes are some of my favourites; it kinda makes me wonder if it's possible to piece together ages for some of the lesser-seen characters like the majority of the Expanded League Roster (Elongated Man, for example, has to be one of the older ones, considering his comment on being "at this longer than you have" to Wally, meaning that he's been active since at least the mid-to-late 1990s, and as such was likely born in the early-to-mid 1970s, if not earlier).
I love that Batman beyond takes place in 2039 because that’s 100 years after the original batman became batman
This man hilariously awkward. Lol
So if Bruce's birthday is sometime in the fall, can we headcanon that his birthday is November 30, same as Kevin Conroy?
Batman Age Timeline.
1962-0
1970-8
1975-13
1987-25
1990-28
1992-30
1997-35
2001-39
2006-44
2019-57
2039-77
i love this channel and i love rewatching it, if theyre running out of ideas maybe they can start doing history videos of characters in the dceu similar to how the amagi does their videos? but not as boring as the amagi. they can cover multiple characters this way and id love to lowkey watch a video hours long talking about bruce's adventures from the beggining to the end and then all the other heroes and villains as well. hope you guys come up w more video ideas cuz id love to see more
We do videos every week!
The “never put a date on a show my @ss Bruce Timm!” part killed me😂
I always thought that Bruce was around the age of 35 in the DCAU and Happy Batman day and great vid as always.
I'd say 35 in his first appearance and throughout the 3 seasons of BTAS. Then 38-39 in The new batman adventures. 40 - 45 in JL and JLU. 85 in beyond and early 100s in epilogue when Terry is in his mid 30s I'd say.
@@rikudoubapeck I kinda thought that also about Bruce.
Yh. I seen an image a couple times of DCAU Bruce throughout the DCAU from childhood to elderly citizen. They always make him too young imo. It annoys me when they do for some reason. Like DC heroes are are quite up there in age in general I've found or at least imagined. I like that they are older. I also imagine Clark as being maybe 7 years younger than Bruce. I'd say when they meet in the DCAU I have Clark at around 31-32 when Bruce is 38-39
Batman retired in 2019, eh??? No wonder 2020 is a fucking shitshow.
I guess it works because he will be at his peak at 20's to 30's. Around his mid to late 30's he will have to get help some how (The Justice League). As time progress, he will gain experience and start figuring out ways to get things done more effectively. People will know him so you will start seeing his collaborations here and there.
I’m satisfied for sure!!! Thank you! This is my number 1 question of the DCAU and finally it’s answered, I had about the same guess but damn, we saw Bruce throughout almost every decade in his life!
Great video man!! I'm about 3 months from 23. So I'm a fresh from training Batman. Woohoo.
And I'm ten years older - well in the prime.
I wonder what Bruce timm thinks of these videos.
Me too.
Batman is actually 79 yrs old
Batman day
that would make no sense because he wasn’t born in 1939 he was a grown man called batman
Rule 1: never ask a batman about his age
Yeah in Batman Beyond it shows he hates his birthday.
Batman doesn't age he is immortal his legend lives on forever
I have the sudden urge to visit Patreon right now.
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So Bruce Wayne left Gotham and started his training to become Batman at 18 in 1980, that works I suppose. Given, that the The Grey Ghost episode of BTAS showed the cover of a magazine with
date of October 19, 1992, that means that Bruce was born in 1962, so he was 30 in 1992. Wow, so that make Bruce 15 years older than me! I assumed he was in his 30's in the 90's considering he was a kid in the late 60's to early 70's. This makes a lot of sense.
I'd say this is pretty much spot on. I'd like to go with 1963 as DCAU Batman's official birth year, since, in my mind, Bruce can be no older than 55 during the prologue of "Rebirth." Yet, at the same time, I can't imagine him being younger than 30 at the beginning of BTAS. Either way, I enjoyed the video.
I’m must admit I’m also obsessed with the DCAU continuity to a point absurdity. I guess that’s why I love these videos so much. I honestly used to thing of this stuff when I was in high school all the in the late 90s’ around the TNBA years. Personally though, I always estimated BTAS Bruce to have been born around 1959 to 1960. That’s just me though.... 😁
"He retires by 2019"
Well that makes sense
Here’s what I think:
In Batman: The Animated Series he is 25-35 years old.
In The New Batman Adventures he is 35-39.
In Justice League he is 39-45.
At the very start of Batman Beyond he is 56.
In the TV Show he’s 70-75.
At the end of the show he’s 80.
Oh, and int just scene where Tim Drake is tortured by The Joker, I believe Bruce was 45.
Also, great video!
I came up with the same conclusion over ten years ago, the clues are all in Batman Beyond.
I think Bruce retired about now-ish when he pulled the gun, and Terry will be born in the next few years.
I'm just going with about 1962 as the birth year, myself.
eoghan_d4ly that’s to young
Keep in mind that in the Animated Series, he's already had a Robin for at least 8 years, meaning that it's impossible for him to be 25-30 based on logic. He would likely be at least 32 or so.
Kpengie p.
Could’ve changed it in the animated series, let’s assume he had Dick for 2 years in TAS timeline, then Bat-Girl was there at the same time as Dick and then Tim came in probably a year after Dick punched Batman.
You don't get enough views for your work. Happy Bat-Day
*but how old is captain clown*
Ben Gates But how old is the condiment king?
Justice Productions WE NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS!
"You killed Captain Clown.....YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN!"
I'm guessing under 1? Also Batman killed an infant (robot).
The real question is how old is the joker
Batman is the Keanu Reeves of the DCAU.
Great video and it was uploaded today on my 19th Birthday 😊
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Bat_613 Official today for my Birthday I Got Batman Arkham city and Batman Arkham origins on my Wii U Both Feature DLC skins which is awesome
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Logan Gun Thanks it was on September 15th but better late then never
In my mind, he was born somewhere in the early 60's, so 61-63 are accurate years.
As someone else who grew up watching this animated universe, I always assumed that Batman & others would work multiple cases at a time but individual episodes focus on particular cases. Therefore, the passage of real time doesn't affect the passage of time in the animated universe properly/synchronously. *several epsiodes would take place in overlapping timeframes, so years don't pass at the same rate as it took us to watch them*
That is very true! Check out our Vanishing Point show, we did a whole episode on 3 BTAS episodes that likely take place at the same time!
I'm sorry that I can't quote where I read it, but I once read a Marvel editorial on time and aging in comics and they stated that Daredevil has been 32 years old for his entire comic book run. While Spider-man aged under a decade during the same time going from getting his powers at age 15 (in the 60s) and only aging to his early 20s and stopping. Comic book Tony Stark built his first suit of armour during the vietnam war but he isn't in his 80s in the comics. They had to retcon his origin to "Fix" the inconsistancy. Nailing down an age for a superhero and then trying to force it to be concruent with our own timeline just doesn't work, but it is fun to try. Very well done. Great video. :)
I'm gonna say it was around 1962 that Bruce was born. Something about having him turn the square, even 80 years old in "Out of the Past" seems right but maybe that's just me being particular about numbers.
Haha so that means batman is literally the same age as my grandad (I’m 15) I have a new found respect for people of that generation.
I always figured Bruce Wayne/Batman was born in 1964.
A while back there was a timeline that used the 50 year timeskip, placing Bruce in his late 60's when he quit being Batman. I cannot find the website. I thought it was quite an interesting take on the timeline.
I just can’t believe we’re currently living in the Batman is retired and Iron Man is dead timeline. Guess we got to wait till Terry becomes Bats and whenever a new Iron Man gets crowned
Another great timeline video! Glad to see I wasn't off on my B:TAS timeline compared to yours. I agree with you that Bruce was born around the early 60s. I can't wait to see what your next timeline video will be about.
What if the Darkseid invasion that took place in superman gave earth new tech, creating a technological revolution. Which explains why between the end of The new Batman Adventures and the beginning of Batman and Harley Quinn, they went from Black and white TVs and Giant computers, to smartphones and hollograms. Then the Near-Apocalypse of '09 happened, bumping it back to what we see in Batman Beyond
We just recovered something amazing
I always thought that
Great video! Keep up the good work! There is another subject that I believe would be important to ask ourselves. I was always wondering for how many years each Robin was working with Batman. I don't know if the animated series and the Arkham games would have different results, but playing the Arkham games it would seem like during the events of Arkham Asylum, we are already at the point that Robin is Tim Drake, while Batman still looks in his mid 30s (or his prime). That would mean that each Robin has not been with the title for very long, but on the other hand we usually see each Robin starting pretty young as a Robin, and getting visibly older before they stop or "die".
Good thought, we'll jot it down for a future video!
I'm watching this for the first time now and I got to the part where he's like oh no 2019 is next year!😂😂😂
I'm glad other people love the DCAU as much as I do
I'm so much younger than batman. I'd probably be about nightwing age. That's so weird he's my dad's age....
Solid analysis! Cheers 🥂
Age: 61 (1961)
Seeing this video for the first time in 2024 and hearing the 2019 bit is hilarious, how little we knew
Nice!
I actually came to the realization that he was retiring as Batman next year, recently too.
I really want a movie set around his departure. One last hurrah for Bruce.
I'm so dense I thought you were drawing doodle Bob until halfway through the ep
A major rule in comic books was that no major superhero could pass age 29, and then in the late 80's changed that no hero could age pass 36, so I know it doesn't make sense but mainly Batman is between 36 and 42 yrs old according to a question I asked and answered Neal Adams, Dennis O'Neal and other key people that have worked on the Dark Knight for years, but as for the animated series i think he is in his late 30's let's say 38 ish..
I'd imagine
25 in the Mask of the Phantasm flashbacks
35 during the current time events there
late 30s, early 40s during JL and New Adventures
45ish when Tim Drake get fucked up by Joker
60ish when he quits
80ish when he meets Terry
90ish in Epilogue
This is why I personally write down my characters' ages. Because I like numbers
I always laugh when someone says "right off the bat," whilst talking about Batman!
This makes me wonder Superman's age, or even Nightwing. Do I smell a new series? What...no...this was a one time thing...oh...well ok then. Great video!
We did do Vanishing Point episodes on the ages of Tim Drake, Amanda Waller, and Static!
@@dcauwatchtower oh right 😌 so less of a new series and more of a continuous one
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Can we all agree that Shirley Walker's compositions for Batman mask of the phantasm were steller?
That opening, title card theme is beautiful
100%!
I'm older than Bruce at some points and younger in others. That should clearly state my current age [range], assuming the marked dates that youtube records comments is correct. And c'mon, at least give the guy one of those sofa chair things, it's meeting halfway.
This was a great video & awesome detective work. I like going with his birth year being in 1961. Do you have videos discussing the ages of the rest of the JLA members?
We’ve got ones of the ages of Robin and Static, but we’re working our way through the DCAU timeline to figure out some of the other main players. We do videos every week on the animated universe so be sure to subscribe!
My brain is no longer a brain.
That I Never Even Told You saxophone piece always makes me feel warm and fuzzy in my tum tum
It's 2019 NOW!
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2019 is next YEAR?! 😱 I thought it was 2024!
2019 is always next year
I wouldn't say that each year that passed for us was a year for them. Some episodes cover a week or more of time (Tyger Tyger, for example), some cover less than a day (Harley's Day Out), so it's hard to say exactly how much time passed, unless other dates were posted in the DCAU. In general, he tends to hover around 33.
Here's some fun math... figure out Amanda Waller's age in Epilogue... I'd say she looks DAMNED good for how old she likely is.
We did a whole episode of our “Vanishing Point” show on Amanda Waller’s age too! And yes, you’re correct, time passing in real-time doesn’t equal time passing within the DCAU, but we never said that’s the case.
They probably just wanted him in his mid thirties, but realized there was more they wanted to do with him, so they retconned him to be younger.
Happy Batman Day!
There's no need to worry about how old Batman is, because (say it with me)........
HE'S BATMAN! Now I'm laughing genuinely!
Nice
First, When I was a kid, I thought Batman TAS takes place in the late 30s-40s but when other superhero show aired, it got me confused. Second, Happybatmanday. Third, *sobbed* I'm going to missed Batman-Superman.com, I always check on it and listen to their audio clips, read their bios, and play puzzles.
I always assumed.
35 when Batman the Animated Series starts
38 for the new adventures
40 for Justice League.
60 at the start of Batman Beyond
80 during.
#keepEplilougeasecret
I always thought he was around that age in JL
so batman was my age when he started
So I've learned that Batman is about 30 years older than me right now. That puts him around age 58 today. My dad is 51, so that means Bruce was 7 when my dad was born. Just a year shy of Thomas and Martha Wayne's death if they were shot when Bruce was 8.
My favorite DC channel.
This is actually pretty satisfying. And makes the most sense
DCAU's Bruce Wayne was born in 1960. Here's why:
_ In the Mask of Phantasm, which runs in 1993, it is stated that he became Batman 10 years later. In the flash back, he seems at least 20, but less than 25
_Batman Beyond's action does not seem to run from 2039 to 2042. In that case, I think Terry would have turned 18 and go to college, it did'nt happen. So I think he was born in 2023, the shows runs in 2039/40 and he is 16/17.
_ Bruce is both mentioned to be "in his 70s" and "80 years old" during Batman Beyond, I think that's because he is 79 first, and then turns 80.
So, he was born in 1960. He became Batman at 23, was in his early 30s at the beginning of the Batman TAS.
Pretty solid logic. Only real thing I disagree with is the Batman Beyond part, as it does run to at least 2042. Terry is stated to be 16 when he became Batman (we learn this in “Epilogue”) and is said to be 17 a few times throughout the series. Mathematically, yes, of course he continues to age, but we’ll be doing a video on Terry’s age down the road too.
What make you think that Batman beyond run until at least 2042? I've not watched every BB episodes so perhaps I have missed a clue in this regard. In this case Bruce could have been born in 1962. 21 when he become Batman, 29-30 at the beginning of Batman TAS, 31 in the mask of phantasm, 77 in 2039 and 80 in 2042.
Wait a second,in real life he's not Batman anymore if this was real? WHYYYYY
Bruce says in one of the Batman Beyond episodes that he was eight when his parents died, he flat out says it, which adds to the JL and JLU episodes. So any other media that says that he's any other age, should be incorrect, because he says it at least three times on screen.
I know this was posted 2 years ago, but this was pretty in depth. However I just cannot imagine Bruce Wayne being only 28-31 at the start of Batman: The Animated Series. Aside from the fact that he looks well into his 30s, he'd have to be at least old enough to be Dick's father, as the two clearly have a father son relationship. I doubt a 28-31 year old could be a father-figure to someone who's college aged. Now a 34-35 year old, that makes sense?. Since he went abroad to train for several years when he was 18, I'm guessing he returned sometime in his mid 20s. In the Mask of the Phantasm flashbacks he's supposed to be in school, but it's possible that he started late due to traveling abroad. Let's say Bruce was around 23-26 at the time of the flashbacks. That would make him 33-36 at the time the show starts.
In the episode Harley's Holiday, Harley Quinn mentioned to Veronica Vreeland that she had met her "a few years ago" when she had a gun on her head. Now we know that Harley Quinn joined the Joker as the events of early episodes took place. In the episode Beware the Creeper, Joker is celebrating his 7th anniversary. Most of TNBA takes place in 1999 (except for Holiday Knights and Growing Pains), therefore he would have become the Joker around 1991 or 1992 depending on the month. Harley probably joined later on in 1992 or possibly early 1993, meaning Harley's Holiday probably takes place around 1994 or 1995. Therefore Bruce would be around 35-38 (or 36-39 if the show ends in 1995) at the end of the series.
By TNBA, Bruce could easily be around 40-43. Even though he doesn't look any older than he did in BTAS, he does show concerns over aging in the episode Mean Seasons. So him being in his early 40s around that time would make sense. Of course this would mean he'd be 42-45 at the start of Justice League, I don't think him still being in tip-top shape well into his 40s is out of the realm of possibility. I mean there was the Near Apocalypse of 2009, during which Bruce would have been in his early 50s (After he comes out of the Lazarus Pit in Out of the Past, he looks to be in his early 50s). Also I think it was either Bruce Timm or Paul Dini would said he always pictured Bruce Wayne to be around his mid 30s. So it's possible that they kept that upper 30s design in mind when they did TNBA and Justice League/JLU. Obviously the exceptions being Batman Beyond, when Bruce Wayne quits being Batman in 2019 and the elderly Bruce Wayne in 2039.
I agree with those points, but Harley must have joined the Joker several years after he began, because when Harley was the Joker's therapist, he was already a well-established supervillain. I think we need to accept that the year a show came out does not indicate the year in which it happens.
@@Blokewood3 That is a good point. All we know is that by Harley's Holiday, she's been with the Joker for a few years. But my main point is that there's no way for Bruce Wayne to be only 28-31 in Batman TAS.