Batman the Animated Series (from the 90's)

Hey Everyone,

It looks as though no one has really done a thread completely dedicated to one of my favorite animated series of all time: Batman the Animated Series, from the early to about mid-1990's. So, now all you fans of the cartoon, can feel free to discuss, post images, and almost whatever you want about it here. May I warn you to not cruelly bash anything that anyone says and what not. Also, I will post some pictures, links, and my comments about the series later. I have both volumes one and two of the Batman boxset, so I can't wait to talk about those.

Well, Enjoy,

Sodapop Allerdyce

and vol 3 will be out next month yeah,

can't wait! 😱 🤘 😮‍💨 by the way, how many volumes will there be in total? i can't remember how many seasons there were. been so long since i seen the series on tv and sadly it's been ages since it's been on tv. made me sad when they took it off cartoon network.

wow 😱 did you know that john glover, who plays lionel luther on smallville did the voice of the riddler and that ron pearlman (hellboy) played the voice of clay face? just found that out at imdb.com. i already knew that mark hamill (star wars) played the voice of the joker. dude, is he ever good at that joker laugh! 😎

here's a link to the voice actor cast list at imdb.com: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103359/

Complete credited cast:
Kevin Conroy .... Bruce Wayne/Batman (voice)
Loren Lester .... Dick Grayson/Robin (voice)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. .... Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Bob Hastings .... Commissioner James Gordon (voice)
Robert Costanzo .... Det. Harvey Bullock (voice)
Jane Alan .... Summer Gleeson (voice) (as Mari Devon)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Ansara .... Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze (voice)
Edward Asner .... Roland Daggett (voice)
Lloyd Bochner .... Mayor Hamilton Hill (voice)
Melissa Gilbert .... Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (voice)
John Glover .... Edward Nygma/The Riddler (voice)
Mark Hamill .... Jack Napier/The Joker (voice)
Aron Kincaid .... Waylon Jones/Killer Croc (voice)
Roddy McDowall .... Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter (voice)
Diane Michelle .... Candace
Richard Moll .... Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Batcave Computer, Additional Voices (voice)
Diana Muldaur .... Dr. Leslie Thompkins (voice)
Ingrid Oliu .... Renee Montoya (1992-1994) (voice)
Ron Perlman .... Matthew Hagen/Clayface (voice)
Diane Pershing .... Poison Ivy (voice)
Brock Peters .... Lucius Fox (voice)
Henry Polic II .... Professor Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow (voice)
Liane Schirmer .... Renee Montoya (1994-1995) (voice)
Henry Silva .... Bane (voice)
Helen Slater .... Talia (voice)
Arleen Sorkin .... Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn (voice)
John Vernon .... Rupert Thorne (voice)
David Warner .... Ra's Al Ghul ('The Demon's Head'😉 (voice)
Paul Williams .... The Penguin (voice)
(more)

Regular guests:
Frank Welker .... Isis the Cat / Werewolf FX / ... (7 episodes)
Neil Ross .... Soldier / Jake / ... (7 episodes)
Adrienne Barbeau .... Selina Kyle/Catwoman (6 episodes)
George Dzundza .... Arnold Wesker, the Ventriloquist/Scarface / Chubb / ... (6 episodes)
Linda Gary .... Dr. Nora Crest / Berty / ... (5 episodes)
(more)

Nice post Bop, I had no idea Glover was on TAS. So he's now been in one Batman cartoon, one Batman movie and one Superman TV show.

yeah, i had no idea either. well, the next time i see their characters pop up in the toon, i'll try to place their voice and all. so cool that those actors played those voices! esp. since i've seen a episode or two with clayface and it never dawned on me that it was ron pearlman until now. wow!

Vol 3 releases on DVD on May 24th. Here is the Netflix link. It includes a breakdown of episodes in this volume by disc.

netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=3257&movieid=70030877

I love Diane Pershing .she is Poison Ivy's voice.

also, another noteable guest star in the series was john rhyes-davies as the voice of some russian mob boss or owner of this club or what not. can't remember. he was only in one epi.

gosh, such a long wait until the next boxset comes out! *ack* lol

one of the animation errors that i noticed are when richard grayson is just himself. when there are close up shots of him, his eyes are dark brown. farther away, they're baby blue. like they're supposed to be. i think. that's how his eyes are most of the time and in the episode that had flashbacks to dick's past and he had blue eyes the whole time of those flashbacks. oh well. minor detail.

minor indeed.

sorry, little things can bug me like that sometimes. well, i'm almost done watching the volume two boxset! can't wait to see barb become batgirl! 😱 i liked her costume design better much later in the series. when it had yellow in the design.

last night, i was watching the commentary for all of the episodes available, and the one for "harley and ivy" in volume two, one of the guys mentioned that the three men who were hitting on harley and ivy as they were at a stop sign, they were supposed to resemble the main guys who make the show and were commenting. they totally dug it. i loved it.

yeah and heres the paddle. I never forgot that, its pretty funny.

The laughing Fish I wish had commantary, But didnt.

I did like Almost got em, But that DOT kinda of bugs me.

what dot?

i sure hope that "the new batman the animated series" goes to dvd boxsets. not "the batman" that's on kid's wbs this year. but the one that came after batman t.a.s.. where the looks of the characters got updated. you know? little changes were made to the heroes suits and looks of the villians tweaked a bit like the joker and poison ivy. i prefered the original look of ivy not the updated one.

Look it's in technicolor. Amazing.shock

after going through all of the episode commentary, i now know why there were "errors" in the coloration of dick grayson's eyes and the bat symbol upon batman's chest. since the toon was hand drawn, since this was the time before they did everything on the computer and digitally, they made coloring errors at times since they were rushed and didn't have time to get everything done to perfection.

I didn't know Ron Perlman was Clayface. I better get me vol. 3 fast.

I still think this is the greatest superhero cartoon ever made. Although Batman Beyond was good too.

I thought Harley Quinn was the coolest character in the whole show.

Has to be Joker, The guy was witty, and with out Joker, there be no Quin, Well sort of. I sure with out Joker, Dini would have never thought of Quin lol.

i agree with kevin smith-the animated superheroes done by paul dini are the best incarnations of the characters, Mark Hamill is the greatest joker, and holiday knights is the best batman story.

And the best movie? Mask of the Phantasm

Hello Everyone.
I've been searching for the past two days of a sound clip of Joker's laugh, and I still haven't found one. Any tips to look? I've tried the BTAS site and most of the obvious ones, and the closest I get are Val Kilmer Batman quotes :😖hudder::. I'm planning on buying the DVDs this summer, but it'd be nice to have that laugh on hand. 😈