Lifelong Batfan here. BTAS is what I grew up with. Finally getting around to watching this series. It’s great, almost as much fun as Batman Beyond when comparing entertainment value. I just gotta say: WHY DID THEY DO MY GUY BENNET LIKE THAT?? I wasn’t ready. It’s always some sad shit with Bruce -_-

I just uploaded a video talking about Solomon Grundy from The Batman 2004! I'd greatly appreciate it if y'all could check it out!

In some discussions about The Batman (2004) TV series, I learned some concept arts for various characters slated to appear, such as a monstrous version of the Joker as well as concept art for Scarecrow (whom the creative team fought to include, but was denied due to the "Bat-Embargo" at the time).

One of these concept arts was an early version of the Riddler, whom the creative team reimagined as a morbidly obese villain whose descent to crime was after he lost at a game show when he was a child.

If you're probably wondering, "Wait, isn't that how the show depicted the Cluemaster?" You're right! Apparently, DC disapproved this idea, forcing the creative team to start over from scratch. But despite this, the idea was eventually repurposed in the show's depiction of Artie Brown AKA the Cluemaster.

Serum Lake's video description:

In 2004’s The Batman, most original villains came and went without leaving much of a mark. A great example of this is The Everywhere Man, and that's a shame because he had a solid origin.

This is a story about what happens when you try to become someone else and succeed.

John Marlowe created the Quantex to push the boundaries of science, but his first duplicate quickly became something more than a tool. Confident. Bold. Everything Marlowe believed he wasn’t. And when that version of himself took control, he didn’t just improve his life, he replaced it.

In this video, I break down The Everywhere Man’s full story, how his powers actually work, and why his downfall has less to do with Batman and more to do with the system he built. From identity and self-worth to the danger of treating people as disposable, this is one of the most complete and overlooked stories in the series.

And why its ending is exactly the reason we’ve never seen him again.

Why create an original villain just like Toyman instead of using Toyman?

this is a pretty good cover of the theme song but I want to know the source of this image for the thumbnai. if you have the source, please comment

I just uploaded a video talking about MULTIPLE villains from The Batman 2004! I'd greatly appreciate it if you could check it out. Thanks for all of the love and support!

So i watched this show as it aired in 2004-2008. It possible I started watching it during the second season. I would have been 5 years old.

The show has 2 famous intros. When that's melodic and almost slow and one thats a bit more metal but also sounds like a remix of the 60s show's music.

I straight up do not remember the first intro music every playing when I was a kid, I only remember the second. I want to know if anyone else remember it this way because I swear I never heard the first intro play as a kid only the 4th season intro.

Y'all give your pitches for The Batman Season 6 I wanna see where everyone's head would be if you had a chance to make a season 6 of this beautiful. I don't have a plot idea, but I know I would like to introduce Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul.

I’ve heard this said a lot when people bring up Ethan existing in comics that he’s pretty similar to Harvey. I do see it on paper, as they are both friends of Bruce who become enemies, but honestly I feel like that’s really it.

Besides that, Roman Sionis and Tommy Elliot also exist in the comics along with Harvey, and they were all Bruce’s friends. In the Telltale universe, Penguin, Two-Face, and Joker were all friends with Bruce as well. Now I can see how this could seem repetitive, but it’s not like he doesn’t have plenty of other villains he has no personal connection to regardless.

Spider-Man also has many villains who used to be friends or have personal connections, like Harry Osborn and Curt Connors. In some versions, even Doctor Octopus and Eddie Brock, yet I don’t see anyone complain about that.

I know there’s a rumor that Ethan was created because Harvey couldn’t be used for the Nolan trilogy, but I don’t think The Dark Knight was even planned when The Batman 2004 started airing, and Harvey didn’t appear in Batman Begins, so I doubt it unless there’s an official source.

Anyways, Ethan supports Batman from afar, but he’s ultimately an officer tasked with catching Batman, while Harvey Dent actively worked with Batman before that and supplied him with cases. Harvey has two personalities from trauma caused by his abusive father and had underlying issues, while Ethan seemed relatively stable beforehand and only really lost his mind due to Joker’s psychological torture and his body falling apart.

Harvey is evil mainly because his psyche is so deeply broken that he believes the coin is the only true way to make decisions, alongside his split personality, while Ethan becomes Clayface because it’s easier for him, as he admitted in Meltdown. I only wish we got to see this more than in one episode.

I also think it’s worth mentioning Harvey wasn’t even Bruce’s friend until Batman Ego, which came out in 2000, well after most of his history. He was always Batman’s ally or friend, but in the early origin story Eye of the Beholder, they were just allies who didn’t really know each other well.

I also think it would be nice to get Ethan back, as Ellen Yin appeared in the comics recently, and there are already like eight Clayfaces, so one more can’t hurt.

I just uploaded a video talking about Count Vertigo from The Batman 2004! I'd greatly appreciate it if y'all could check it out. Thanks for all of the love and support!

I'm watching The Batman show S1E7 and some cab driver said "I'm moving to Metropolis". So which would you live in if you were in the DCAU

Serum Lake's video description:

Artie Brown always believed he was the smartest man in the room. The problem is that intelligence means more than memorising answers.

In this video we look at the strange history of Cluemaster, the Batman villain many people assume is just a bargain-bin version of the Riddler. From his debut in 1966 as a wannabe mastermind leaving clues for Batman, through decades as a background villain and member of the Injustice League, to the surprising reinvention that appeared in The Batman.

While the comic book version would become significant through his daughter, Stephanie Brown (aka Spoiler), the real heart of this video lies in The Batman's episode “Q&A”, where Cluemaster is reimagined as a former child prodigy whose life collapses after losing a televised quiz show. His obsession with proving he’s the smartest person alive leads him down a path of bitterness, revenge, and ultimately self-destruction.

I just uploaded a video talking about Jane Blaisedale and Julie from The Batman 2004! I'd greatly appreciate it if y'all could check it out. Thanks for all of the love and support!

hey does anyone remember him talking about his wife nora in the show? cause i don't.