A Bullet For Bullock - Bat-May
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- "A Bullet for Bullock" is significant for a handful of details within it, not the least of which is the story focusing on everyone's favorite ornery Gotham City cop. Join Walter as he continues his deep dive into Batman: The Animated Series.
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"A Bullet For Bullock" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of Batman: The Animated Series. It depicts Detective Harvey Bullock reluctantly turning to Batman for help after several attempts are made on his life by an unknown assailant. It originally aired on September 14, 1995.
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On the Blu-ray set, this is the first episode that features The Adventures of Batman & Robin opening, when in reality, when aired on TV, it was Time Out of Joint which first featured the new opening.
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Good episode, felt a little like a film noir parody, what with Bullock being too... Well, himself to fit the mould of the classic film noir protagonist. That being said... The intro. I HATE the Batman & Robin intro. It's just so... Mediocre, especially when compared to it's predecessor.
Alfred's roasting of Bullock is legendary.
"Harvey Bullock? The detective who looks like an unmade bed?"
I said it before and I will say it again the world doesn't deserve alfred
@@omarsalem1219 agreed
I think Columbo was described the same way
Harshly accurate, God I love Alfred.🤣🤣
@@KnightsaysNi what if chief O'Hara met Bullock , lol ?
The thing I always liked about this episode is that it really helped cement that Bullock is a good cop, just not a particularly great guy. There are times in the series before this point where you sometimes question if he's crooked or not, but they go out of their way to show that even if he's an asshole and a rulebreaker, he's still on the right side. There's something to be said for the fact that they took the time to flesh out and deepen a side character like this.
exactly, he's just a douchebag not crooked
Many comics confirm it showing that Bullock is one of the few cops in gotham that is not on payrole. Yes, he is an asshole but his job is nervewrecking and Batman in his eyes doent ease it, but make it worse will all those crazy lunatics of supervillains. So you can understand and somewhat relate to his asshole demeanor.
One thing I've always disliked about Bullock is that more often than not he seems to be there simply as a foil for Batman, and his only purpose is to be wrong about everything so that Batman will - of course - always be right. The problem with this characterization is that the stories themselves adopt different ideological positions, so Bullock acts "out of character" depending on the comic's or episode's ideological slant. Most of the time, he's supposed to be the type of old-school conservative (though that makes him a liberal by Gotham City's standards) who insists that the letter of the law be upheld at all times and that vigilantism never be tolerated. But in stories that depict the GCPD just as sympathetically as Batman, he suddenly abandons his principles and becomes a "bad cop" - someone who wants to bully, maim, or even kill criminals. Adding to the confusion, even in the '90s he was not always depicted as being anti-Batman, or at least not as anti-Batman as some of the other cops. So in the end we have nothing more than a plainclothes detective who makes wisecracks and loves donuts and cigars - something more like a stereotype we would have gotten in the '50s or '60s comics.
It's a shame that what I believe to be the most consistent characterization of Bullock is in DC Black Label's "White Knight" miniseries, which is set outside the overall continuity of Batman stories and thus doesn't count. There we get the most nuanced and yet the most coherent characterization of Harvey; he's a principled centrist who on the one hand calls out Commissioner Gordon for standing by and allowing Batman to nearly kill the Joker, and then on the other hand is loyal to the GCPD's code to such an extent that he takes a hard line against anti-police protesters, especially when those protesters are "traitor" ex-cops.
@@SeasideDetective2 I think he's supposed to be the DC version of J Jonah Jameson, they both have a lot in common, minus a few things, feel free to disagree, that's how I always saw him anyway.
@@peterparker-wu3io Believe it or not, I've read only one Spider-Man comic in my whole life, and I've seen only one of his movies. So I think of J. Jonah Jameson simply as Marvel's Perry White. I can't think of any character who is a counterpart to Bullock, except maybe Dick Tracy or Marshal Sam Gerard from THE FUGITIVE.
Wish we had more of these stories with Harvey Bullock. Seems nowadays, I don't see much of him in maybe today's Batman comics and other medias.
Brother!
..he had a decent portrayal in the "Gotham" series. But yeah...he is a great untapped character.
Agreed! Aside from BTAS and Gotham he hasn't been seen much outside of comics. And even there he's been underutilised recently.
Good cops aren’t really a big thing in comics anymore, besides Gordon
@@dredskl I think maybe that's why his character is kinda interesting. He wasn't always a good cop like Gordan. He was redeemed kind of, by being so close to Batman and Gordan. Not really an anti-hero per say, but a "pre-redeemed" character, that is not as naive as most side characters in the lore.
It's nice to see a softer side to Harvey Bullock. Especially seeing him get Batman to help him out.
You get to see a much nicer Sid wot him in the Christmas Anthology episode in The New Adventures of Batman. He was a mall Santa in that episode and one of the kids that came to him was the daughter of a crook he put away. It was nice to see him show sympathy to the child. Classic Bullock moment for me.
This was a true detective story for Batman: TAS (red herring trope, a victim no one will miss, everyone keeping their own secrets, etc.) plus a good/bad cop pair that was a staple in the 80's and 90's.
And which of the two is the bad cop XD
@@wjzav1971 Bad cop and Bat cop XD
I really like this episode and the way Bullock is portrayed as an honest cop, despite being a little rough around the edges.
Montoya: “What are you doing for New Years?”
Bullock: “Same ting I did for Cwrismas, my Lawndwry.”
LOL!
This episode and the one where Bullock is chasing Harley through the streets of Gotham, destroying his car more and more along the way, are two of my absolute favorite episodes!
Imagine John Goodman as Harvey Bullock!
Next time we go to court!
Scene with Bullock on his way home and his apartment is honestly one of the most depressing in the series. I felt so bad for him, he's not a bad guy, just a bit obnoxious.
Lets not sugarcoat it, he's an asshole. He is like House, in that he is a jerk but ultimately just wants to help and save people, and is willing to break rules to do so, except he isn't a genius detective or anything, better than average but no genius. His real positive points, beyond being fundamentally on the side of the angels, are his good investigative instincts (he found the joker in the laughing fish before batman, while acting on a hunch) decent abilities in a scrap, and his ironclad loyalty to Gordon.
His flaws are an abrasive personality, very slovenly behavior and living space, and how his bending of the rules is completely unapologetic, he has lines he will never cross but is far from polite about the ones he will. This all boils down to another House comparison, he has few friends, none outside of work where they have the job, and a shared dedication to build a relationship off of, and is generally alone, because few can STAND him.
He's the guy you can trust with your life when confronting criminal scum, but who is grating when going out for drinks afterwards, and unbearable if you had to be neighbors, much less roommates. I love how lost he is when finding out who was trying to kill him, criminals make sense to him, but the idea that an ordinary person could hate him so much as to try and kill him, was a shocking eye opener. Its too bad we never get a followup showing if he changed but that is probably for the best, either he wouldn't and failed to learn, or he did but either fell back into bad habits/was changed back for no reason with the soft reboot/redesign, or he changes and the writers don't do the change justice or make him less interesting. Hinting at a realization and then never going into his personal life again worked, because we can imagine any of the possible scenarios, and just move on, with the bits of his character we see, where he is still abrasive but entertainingly so in small doses.
@@timothycarney9652 you have a point, but maybe I'm a bit bias, cause I have a soft spot for this type of character, what I've ment is he has good intentions. I also think that Bullock might be reasoned with, just not the way his landlord tried to do in the begging, Montoya seems to interact with him all the time, and all in all it works out fine, even considering that Renee is clearly a type of person who wouldn't take anyone's bs.
@@timothycarney9652 I would also like to note that reading your comment was really entertaining, thank you c:
@@joyful_rage Montoya is a cop, Bullock can respect that, the issue is that he was oblivious to how much Disrespect he gave to others, so he was blindsided by how much his behavior bothered his landlord.
I'd love to see Bullock in a movie. I think that his dynamic with Batman is interesting.
I do like the twist of who is really after bullock.
Me too.
Me as well
Fun fact: Nivens, the vengeful landlord, was voiced by Jeffrey Jones who, among other things, played the dean in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the Austrian emperor in Amadeus, the villain of Howard the Duck, one of the main Salem residents in The Crucible, and even the CEO guy in ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter (who weirdly looks like Big Head)
Also one of higher ups in Devil's Advocate, and a similar ranking for basically the same boss (who isn't actually portrayed in the latter film) in Stay Tuned.
He also was arrested for some fucked up things.
@@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677 We can forgive Pee-Wee but not Rooney for some reason.
This is one of the episodes that made Bullock an actual interesting character.
Gordon basically saying that Bullock is hard to like at times, but he’s an honest cop, was a nice touch.
I always did like how Bullock never was a dirty cop and is just an honest, unashamed cop who bends the rules but all in the name of justice and the law. Sure he may not be the biggest fan of Batman, but I do appreciate that he at least tolerates and respects Batman and the Batfamily because they all get the job done and do an even more productive job working alongside the police.
Bullock actually seemed, sad, when it seemed like Batman had died. Which says a lot.
I like how Bullock, while not a fan of Batman, is not a bad apple. He can be tough, stubborn, and a little crass, but that stubbornness makes him one of the staunchest believers of justice in Gotham. He’s an immovable wall, always ready and willing to do his part for the city
Bullock has always been an interesting character in the series. While he could seemingly come off as a corrupt cop, he still sticks to his guns for being one of the good guys. And in this episode, it does show that he wouldn’t want to put the pressure on anyone on the force for whoever was trying to kill him and instead ask the one man who probably would want nothing to do with for help.
Of course, who knows if he really does change after this episode (probably not), but he still remains as one of the more interesting characters on the force.
I like the part where Montoya suggests he wouldn't be so miserable and paranoid if he socialized more but he turns her down. He won't put on a mask and pretend to be happy or nice, even if it gets him into trouble. This blunt honesty carried over into one of the only comic book stories I remember him playing a role in; when he is kicked off the force by the newly-elected Mayor Oswald Cobblepot and becomes a private eye.
The twist at the end really got me going. 😂😂😂
Surprisingly I first heard of Harvey Bullock in Batman Arkham Origins. Wasn't a fan of him but that's kind of the point. Glad there's an episode that gives him some necessary depth.
And even Robert Costanzo who voiced Bullock in the Animated Series, reprised his role in Arkham Origins.
@@TheEagleWithNoName "No such thing as a Batman huh?"
You think he's bad in that? Just wait to you see what he's like in Batman: The Enemy Within. He only has two scenes in that game, one of them where he's just a corrupt a-hole and another where he gets the Pacifica treatment.
Harvey Bullock is also heavily featured in the Gotham TV series and is in fact one of the main protagonists of the show, played excellently well by Donal Logue alongside Ben McKenzie's Jim Gordon. Donal Logue does such a great job in the role is definitely one of the best standout characters in the entire show, giving Harvey a more three dimensional character and playing both an endearing, comedic and interesting character all at once.
@@milkiassamuel780 Gotham found that rhythm, plus a bit of that BTAM feel. But also grounded it to feel like a real place, Bullock was troubled, trying to figure things out, plus his partner, even working with the younger Bruce, and baddies from time to time which was fun as well.
But there were even darker stories. That you would never imagine a comic book based series would dive into. But Gotham did, it took chances. Plus giving characters like Bullock even more depth than before.
Oh, yes! One of my favorite episodes of the series! I love the noir style detective elements and it's always nice to see Batman take on some "regular" organized crime gangster once in awhile.
I also like the fleshing out of Bullock's character, getting a sense of his (not so) ordinary life. His obnoxiousness towards everyone around him, his less than healthy food habits and not very tidy apartment. The episode somehow manages to not make him sympathetic or tragic either. He lives alone and doesn't seem to have many friends but plenty of enemies but he's kinda earned it. I especially like the exchange between him and Montoya at the precinct.
"Hey Bullock. What are you doing for New Years?"
"The same thing I did for Christmas, my laundry!"
It could easily have come across as sad, but you get the feeling that Bullock is content with it. He doesn't seem to bother much with holidays or other social traditions. He has his own daily routine and rituals and likes it that way, wether the people around him are bothered by it or not. He doesn't care.
But I like how behind all the rough exterior he's an honest cop to the bone. It's easy to assume he could be crooked but you can tell he's downright offended by the suggestion when Batman asks about it. He doesn't do things by the book but he's fiercely loyal to the badge! Which ads to the noir detective vibe. And he has put away several criminals since he's not short on people who could potentially be out to get him.
Which is why it's funny that despite all that it's his everyday brutishness and bad demeanor that has driven his landlord to homicidal rage and finally a complete mental breakdown. Batman puts it best at the end where Bullock tells him he owes him one.
"Forget it Bullock! You got enough problems!"
I’ve said it before but I’m say it again, I love how you talk about the music in this show. Shirley Walker is an inspiration for me, as I want to write music for media myself I have a book that has interviews of various composers, and one of them is Shirley Walker. I read it over and over and wish more people knew about her music and like you give their perspective on what works and what doesn’t for the show.
Seriously though, thank you man.
Of all the great moments in this episode, my favorite line came after Batman pulled another disappearing act on Bullock in mid conversation.
"I wonder how Gordon puts up with this."
Definitely one of my favorite episodes of the series.
A DEFINITE favourite of mine and one I find watching over and over again.
And it made me love Bullock as a character. That and Gotham.
Batman TAS has done so much for the Batman lore and yet it doesn't get half the credit it deserves... This episode fleshing out Bullock, Harley Quinn and Mr Freeze's redemption are big examples, but there are more...
Yes the really interesting dynamic between Batman and Bullock as Commissioner Gordon says he is not an easy man work with but he's probably one of the best cops I have
You know, I've always found Bullock to be an interesting character. He's sloppy, crass, isn't well-liked, and has no qualms about taking bribes or screwing with his landlord, yet I could still tell he has a code of ethics and genuinely cares about his job. I felt the Gotham show had a more interesting take as him being part of a corrupt police department who regularly turns a blind eye to organized crime and sometimes takes odd jobs from them, yet he takes an honest cop like Gordon under his wing and protects him from retaliation. Hell, it's revealed the reason he's so apathetic to the city's corruption is from the GCPD commissioner blackmailing him.
I love how Bulluck is made to seem like a dirty cop when in reality he’s just very gruff and unsociable.
Easily one of my favorite episodes! I never thought an episode on Bullock would exude so much atmosphere of a true film-noir crime story. The music is fantastic, the twist was interesting, and the secondary characters, memorable! Never would expected a Bullock episode to be on my top 5 list!
Bullock really should have gotten his own netflix/hbo spinoff. Guy idolizes Gorden and respects Batman even though he hates the Bat. Would have been a great way to show how Gothem operates when Batman isn't nearby to help.
That reminds me of his reaction in "The Man who Killed Batman" episode. He was furious and determined to find out who was responsible for Batman's death.
Cool way of saying it.
The way Harvey Bullock sees Batman: he respects the man but hates the bat.
Really cool.
For those curious, the animators left a facial Easter egg within the episode. Look carefully at Vinny The Shark. Face look familiar? Film fans might recognize the dour looking face of Vinny. Oscar winning actor Lee Marvin was the model for Vinny The Shark!
It's hard for these two hate each other 'on some parts', but they do so well working together a lot. All about Bullock in this episode.
I really like Bullock, I enjoyed him in Gotham and wished we got more stories featuring him and Batman.
I love the twist in this one...
I loved the Batman and Robin ending image. One year my family carved an awesome pumpkin in that shape.
A few side notes:
-Robert Costanzo's career spans over 40 years across television, movies, animation, and even video games. Not bad for a guy typecast as a surly blue-collar New Yorker for nearly his entire career
-Montoya gets the bump to detective in this episode as demonstrated by her street clothes appearance instead of her police blues and with it a new voice actress (Liane Shermer, replacing Ingrid Oliu)
-Vinnie the Shark is voiced by Greg Berger who has an impressive resume as well, most notably as Grimlock from The Transformers, Kraven the Hunter in Spider-Man, and Cornfed from Duckman
Greg Berger also voiced Mysterio in Spider-Man
Greg Berger was also a constructicon.
This episode had some real talk between Batman and Bullock. The landlord turning out to be the tormentor, Bullock not trusting anyone except an outsider (Batman) with his personal case, and Bullock not choosing to change how treated people helped maintain this series' authenticity level.
The fact the music for this episode won an Emmy is certainly news to me but I shouldn't be surprised. That music has stuck with me ever since I heard it as an 11 year old kid.
This episode man is freaking s tier!! It's one of the goats!!
been waiting all year for BAT MAY ❤❤❤❤ glad it's back
Something that Batman TAS does better than any Batman movie is that allows other civilians character and Batman allies (besides Gordon, Alfred and the Bat-family) to have the spotlight, like Leslie Thompkins and Bullock. This helps to make Gotham feel more alive and to show the different perspective people have on this corrupt city and Batman's crusade against crime.
And Charlie Collins and those kids who helped protect Batman from Penguin. Man, Charlie was something else in Joker's Favor!
I love this episode. Bullock was always one of my favorite characters, and it was just great for him to get the spotlight.
Just the music alone during the title card. I could listen to that music for hours. Some of Shirley Walker’s (and Cohen’) best work.
Robert Costanzo was perfect casting for Bullock.
One of my top ten for sure. Love the tone and music in this great episode.😁
Landlord: NO JURY WOULD CONVICT ME!!!!
Me: Y'know in the case with Bullock, You're Right!!!
“No in the world Jury wouldn’t convict meeee!”
😂😂👏🏽👏🏽 CLASSIC!!
I remember this episode of the Batman the animated series back when it aired, and I enjoyed this one at that time, and I didn’t know it was based on a Batman comic, and it reminded me of the previous episode of Batman: the animated series where killer croc was framing bullock💁🏻♂️👏🏻💯.
Definitely one of my favorite more down to earth episodes!
This was a cool episode built on the foundation of Batman and Bullock's dynamic based on previous interactions from such episodes as "Nothing to Fear," "Vendetta" and "I Am the Night."
Bullock one of those one of those crappy cops that breaks all the rules but because sometimes he gets results, he'll get a pass.
In a city where the majority of cops are on the take. Hes unfortunately a godsend
In retrospect, what I remember most about this episode is a short exchange between Bullock and Renee Montoya, with him telling her that once she gets older, she'll be just like him. Flash forward 27 years later, and we got BIRDS OF PREY, which cast Rosie Perez as a middle-aged Montoya and jettisoned the youthful, idealistic characterization of the character we had seen up to that point for a far more jaded and Bullock-like character. Montoya even wears a T-shirt reading "I SHAVED MY BALLS FOR THIS?" - almost implying that she's no longer even a woman!
This always has been one of my favorite episodes. Bullock might be a bit of an ass bit he’s definitely not corrupt. It also kinda showed how bullock and batman is alike in a way. Very underrated episode and I really hope we get to see bullock in pattinson’s batman universe.
Episodes like this are why Batman the Animated Series is so beloved. Not every episode needed a super villain, simple crime stories involving other characters besides Batman really do make this series work. I just wish the last season had stuck to this format and art style.
The complex character of Harvey Bullock is one of the best in all of Batman.
This episode, and Harvey Bullock in general, were always some of my personal favorites. I'm kind of bummed that Batman media outside of this series pays him so little attention.
I like Bullock as a character. He often says that Gotham should not need to be rescued by a strange unhinged man wearing a mask. Bullock is very unpleasant to be around, but he's not exactly wrong.
Yea your right even the DA after Harvey dent shares that idea with bullock
So does batman
These were super cool, gonna give these a try .
Harvey Bullock is such underrated character in the Batman mythos. He’s a short temper, load mouth, obnoxious cop that doesn’t take crap from anyone. Despite how incompetent he can be at time, he does have strong sense of justice. Even though he looks just as shady as the criminals he puts away. Bullock his one of the few good cops Gotham has. He’s not my favorite character by any means, but I always found him to be an interesting one. Bullock has actually vendetta against Batman. Their kind polar opposite when comes to the law and they approach it. And have a very interesting dynamic that’s not really explored often in the lore. He’s kind like the J Jonah Jameson to Batman. It’s a shame that writers keep ignoring this character. When he has so much potential for stories. Either they just keep forgetting about him or they just reinvent him when they literally got a right in this animated series. Bullock needs more appreciation.
I definitely want that bullet for bullock sound track if it ever comes out it’s definitely very awesome to listen to
Bullock had always been the "Bad Cop" to Gordon's "Good Cop" especially in their dealings with Batman being that Bullock was very vocal about not liking the vigilante. It's weird, I remember this being a much better episode because Bullock's situation kind of forced him to co-operate with Batman. The thing that kind of kills it for me though is the reveal at the end because it's basically just a random guy. I would of loved for it to be one of the many recurring villains of the series especially seeing as how Bullock believes Batman is no better than the villains at Arkham, it would be nice to see this as a turning point where he starts to see Batman as an ally rather than an enemy.
Also it's weird for this to be the first episode featuring the Batman and Robin theme considering Robin isn't even in this episode. But yeah the opening theme here feels cheap compared to how great it was previously. I don't even remember them changing the theme song, that original theme is so iconic the only other theme I remember is the New Adventures of Batman and Superman theme.
why the hell would it be one of batman rouges after bullock that makes no since if they were after cop they would have went for gordon not bullock and none of them prob never even heard of bullock a random guy makes perfect since not everything has to be tied with batman rouges anbody could be a criminal
one of my favorite episodes since it fleshes out bullock so much more
"A Bullet For Bullock" is definitely one of the most interesting episodes considering the content and is among those that stood out to me the most, and still do.
"Like I said, I don't play the game. If they start looking into my past they may find something I don't want found".
This was exactly why he couldn't go to Commissioner Gordon with his problem. What kind of situations had he gotten himself into and what had he been forced to do to get back out of them? Seeing as how this is Harvey Bullock that we are talking about, I think it's best that we don't know. The odd couple dynamic between him and Batman was also interesting and kind of funny, not the team up I would have expected. Luckily for Bullock, Batman is always willing to help people no matter who they are, how much they may hate him or how annoying they may be. In the end everything seemed to work out and the true assailant was unmasked and captured, the only remaining, and unresolved, problem being that Bullock was going to have to find a new place to live. On a side note, I had found out at one point that some episodes were based on issues of the comic books but until now I didn't realize that this was one of them. Very cool! 👍
Now this is a classic! When i first watched this episode i didn’t like it, but when i rewatched i loved it. I recently rewatched it with my grandparents once and we enjoyed it, i also consider this to be one of the funniest episodes in the show because of bullock’s dopey-ness the music is perfect in my book makes me almost wish the show used jazz music in all the episodes. Fun Fact on the DCAU wiki it says the person who voice Vinnie The Shark was Gregg Berger Aka Grimlock from the transformers cartoon.
I love the music of that episode. A nice Jazz Noire type
My favourite thing about Harvey Bullock is his competence. He's a jerk, but he's damn good at what he does, and the audience can respect that. I especially enjoy how he's good in a scuffle despite (or perhaps because of) his weight, as most shows would've made him useless and cowardly.
Y'know, someone who's all talk and no action with 0 redeeming qualities, because OBVIOUSLY anyone who dislikes the hero MUST be nothing but terrible.
Thanks for the video.
Sounds track gives a Brave and the Bold vibe long before its time.
Good companion piece to Vendetta. 'The Improbable Duo' sounds about right. It's interesting how even someone emotionally disciplined as Batman can find his buttons being pushed by someone who gives off strong warning signs of being the kind of bent cop he despises. Vendetta showed he could look past appearances and admit to being wrong, but that doesn't make Bullock any easier to work with. The new 'Adventures of Batman and Robin' season suggests a reversion to more kid-friendly material with an increased focus on Robin mandated by the network, but here he's nowhere to be found and we get a classic Noir mystery with guns and gangsters galore.
This is definitely an underrated episode.
This version of Harvey Bullock reminds me a lot of Andy Sipowicz from the early seasons of NYPD Blue.
I like how the Gotham Cops on this show are more than just corrupt losers who can't do anything right.
This one of my favorite episodes and I really like the film noir jazz, I really like the jazz version of Batman tas opening.
The cover of the comic looks like Batman is flying with elephant balls just casually dangling around
Interesting bit about this ep: There are two or three Christmas-based episodes of this overall, more if you count JL/U and the tie-in-comics, but this one appears to occur either between Christmas and New Year's or so close after New Years that decorations are still up. That's a bit unusual for any show, to cover that period.
I always liked Harvey Bullock in the 90s Animated Series. Even as a kid I knew that he was always a good Cop. He's Just not a good guy. And I think people could not tell one from the other throughout the Series. He's not somebody you would want to hang out with, but he's definitely a Detective you would want handling your Case or a case for a loved one. I haven't watched the Series in some time now, but I do remember that episode
Bullock never appears in the movies and that sucks.
Matt Reeves should expand this and make it a movie. It'd be cheaper to make and it would be a nice change from Batman v someone from his rogues gallery.
"Bullock,P.I."
... that's an amazing idea for a comic
apparently it happened whenever Penguin was mayor.
This one time I thought a title like I've got Batman in my basement would be a funny song but for this one it sounds more like a poem.
2:39 THANK YOU!! ive been wondering bout that!!
This story takes place during new year's, ha ha! It's such a wild holiday event, and yeah I too agree, Batman and Bullock are a hilarious duo!
Bullock really deserves his own solo movie or TV Show , guys .
Kid me: "I hate bullock, he's such a buzzkill"
Adult me: "Damn, he's kinda relatable"
Even as a kid I liked Bullock, and it wasn't until I got older did I understand why I liked him. He may not be a dirty cop, but he's close to the edge & any corruption he experienced was on his terms. Comparing himself to Batman may not have been accurate but it was far from wrong.
"Watch it, freak! I never took a dime from nobody! I just step on some toes. " This right here made me love bullock. He is not a corrupt cop and while he steps outside the rules, he gets shit done as best as he can.
Joker: *hears Nevis laughing insanely at the end of the episode* That's MY shtick, a*hole!"
One of my favorites re watched it several times
One of the best episodes of the Batman animated show. I like the noir vibes it has, though Batman can be considered as neo-noir, this is true noir as of 30's movies. And yes, this is the best Harvey Bullock in the entire Batman franchise even considering that we had Donald Loque in 5 seasons of Gotham series.
It’s crazy that the voice actor for Bullock from the animated series reprised his role for Arkham origins
I like Alfred's dis in the episode, referring to Bullock as "an unmade bed in the form of a man". An unmade bed? That's quite the savage insult from the prim and proper British Butler.
funny thing is in the comics bullock actually is on the take sometimes but he does it for the job basically he's a good guy who does bad things to get the good things done, he's awesome.
Love the music in this movie
I think TAS's depiction of Bullock was a great homage to the classic Noir protagonist of the 30s and 40s, just like Eddie Valiant in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Bullock is brooding, dirty, gruff, and is also an underdog to a younger and more skillful detective. He also has a chip on his shoulder and tends to be an asshole. Even still, he has his principles and his own sense of justice. It's kind of sad to see how Bullock's last line in the entire DCAU was "What did Robin do to his hair?" when Batman was teaming up with Vergil "Static" Hawkins.
0:48. That's me grandad. What a card he was.
Always liked bullock a good cop that's not there to be friends he's there to get the bad guys
How to forget when Batman and Fred Flintstone teamed up to solve a mystery.
One of my favorite episodes
Bullock is the best character in Batman. He is flawed, but well intentioned. Robert Costanza was the perfect voice actor to portray him. Also, let us not forget that, in this episode, he saved Batman's life by tackling the guy that was going to shoot Batman in the back.
If Nivens had red hair, I'd say he even resembles Jeffery Jones. The casting for BTAS reminds me of how Tales from the Crypt had some of the best people in Hollywood from yesteryear to the up and coming.
I remember being 9 or 10 when this episode aired and laughing uncontrollably when it turned out to be the neighbor that was just fed up lmao!! 😂😂😂
I liked that Bullock had a nice focus episode.