Batman: The Animated Series


Batman: The Animated Series is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. Developed by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Mitch Brian, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it originally aired on Fox Kids from September 5, 1992, to September 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the on-screen title The Adventures of Batman & Robin, which was also used for reruns of earlier episodes. The series became the first in the continuity of the shared DC animated universe; spawning further animated TV series, feature films, comic books and video games with most of the same creative talent.
The series was praised for its thematic complexity, film noir aesthetics, darker tone, artistic presentation, and modernization of its title character's crime-fighting origins. IGN.com listed Batman: The Animated Series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book television show of all time and the second-best animated series of all time. Wizard magazine also ranked it #2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time. TV Guide ranked it the seventh-greatest cartoon of all time. The widespread acclaim led the series to win four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program.

Overview

The series took influence from Tim Burton's live-action films, Batman and Batman Returns, and the acclaimed Superman theatrical cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios in the early 1940s. In designing the series, Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski emulated the Burton films' "otherworldly timelessness", incorporating period features such as black-and-white title cards, police airships and a "vintage" color scheme with film noir flourishes.
The visual style of the series was based on the artwork of Radomski, and the gothic look of Gotham City was derived from his initial designs. In addition, Radomski issued a standing order to the animation department that all backgrounds be painted using light colors on black paper. The distinctive visual combination of "noir" imagery and Art Deco design was dubbed "Dark Deco" by the producers.
The series initially took a variation of music written by Danny Elfman for the Burton films as its theme; later episodes of the series used a new theme with a similar style by Shirley Walker. The score of the series was influenced by Elfman's work on the Burton films, as well as music of 1940s film noir.
The series is more adult-oriented than many of the previous superhero cartoons. It depicts outright physical violence against antagonists, including realistic firearms. First-time producers Timm and Radomski reportedly encountered resistance from studio executives, but the success of Burton's first film allowed the embryonic series to survive long enough to produce a pilot episode, "On Leather Wings", which, according to Timm, "got a lot of people off our backs". During the series' production, producer Alan Burnett wrote a silent episode entitled "Silent Night" to explore more of Batman's sexual life, but this was never produced. Burnett also intended to make an episode featuring a female vampire that would bite Batman to suck his blood, but plans never materialized.
The series is also notable for its supporting cast—numerous known actors provided voices for a variety of recognizable villains, most notably Mark Hamill finding success in voice acting thanks to his "cheerfully deranged" portrayal of the Joker. The role was originally given to Tim Curry, but he developed bronchitis during the initial recording sessions. John Glover, who later voiced the Riddler, also auditioned for the Joker role. Hamill, who found himself to be the biggest fan of the Batman comics among the cast, credited the laughs he had honed on stage in Amadeus with landing him the role. The recording sessions, under the supervision of voice director Andrea Romano, were recorded with the actors together in one studio instead of taking separate recordings, as is typical. This method would later be employed for all subsequent series in the DC animated universe. Al Pacino was considered to voice Two-Face in the series, but he declined the offer. Richard Moll was instead cast in the role. Other actors included Ron Perlman as Clayface, Roddy McDowall as the Mad Hatter, David Warner as Ra's al Ghul, Michael York as Count Vertigo, Kate Mulgrew as Red Claw, George Murdock as and George Dzundza as the Ventriloquist.
One of the series' best-known inventions is the Joker's assistant, Harley Quinn, who became so popular that DC Comics later added her to mainstream Batman comic book continuity. The Penguin underwent change for the series; his appearance was remodeled after the version seen in Batman Returns, which was in production simultaneously with the series' first season. New life was also given to lesser-known characters for the series such as the Clock King. In addition, dramatic changes were made to other villains such as Clayface and Mr. Freeze, who was changed from a gimmicky mad scientist to a tragic figure whose "frigid exterior a doomed love and vindictive fury".

Characters

New villains such as Red Claw, Mary Louise Dahl, Tygrus and the Sewer King were invented for the series, but to little acclaim. On the other hand, the Joker's accomplice Harley Quinn, Gotham City police detective Renee Montoya, the vigilante Lock-Up, former actor Simon Trent, and ninja Kyodai Ken achieved such popularity that they became characters in the comics. Older villains that were lesser known from the comics, such as Count Vertigo, the Mirror Man and the Clock King, were modified for the series in both appearance and personality. The series is also the first to suggest that Harvey Dent had a pre-existing dual personality before becoming Two-Face. This idea came from Alan Burnett, one of the series' producers and head writers.
Aside from creating characters that crossed over into the main line of DC Comics, several of the series' reinterpretations were carried over as well. Mr. Freeze was revised in the comics to emulate the series' tragic story, the success of which actually compelled DC to bring the character back after "killing" him off some years earlier. Clayface was revised to be much more similar in appearance to his animated counterpart; and Two-Face's double-sided, black-and-white suit has become a common appearance for the character.

Bruce Wayne/Batman

At the age of eight, Bruce Wayne, the son of billionaire philanthropists, witnessed the murder of his parents, Thomas and Martha, during a mugging on the street. The event left him traumatized and mentally scarred for the rest of his life. This left Bruce to be cared for by his family's butler, Alfred Pennyworth. Over the years, Bruce slowly turned the pain and trauma he sustained into a burning fuel for a lifelong obsession, as he underwent rigorous training in mental and physical conditioning, the martial arts, criminology, sciences, manhunting, forensics, detective work, interrogation methods and intimidation, for the next years of his life. Having observed the rampant crime and corruption across Gotham City, he chose to deal with the crime-wave in Gotham in his own way, by utilizing his years of training and swore an oath to dedicate his entire life to fighting crime, in a bid to avenge the murder of his parents and to use his pain and suffering to drive him to do good, while being guided by his self-enforced moral code to never kill and to refrain from utilizing firearms. Inspired by the presence of bats, his childhood fear, which used to present around his home, Bruce chose to undertake the alias of The , a feared, near-mythical and bat-masked vigilante.
One of the most notable changes made in The Animated Series is the treatment of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne. In nearly all other media, including the comics, television shows and films, Bruce deliberately plays up his image as a vacuous, self-absorbed and not-too-bright billionaire playboy. In The Animated Series, his character is assertive, outwardly intelligent, and actively involved in the management of Wayne Enterprises, without jeopardizing his secret identity. For example: in the episode "Eternal Youth", Bruce is shown angrily ordering one of his directors to cancel a deal with a timber company in the Amazon rainforest that had been made behind his back, threatening him with termination upon failure to comply.
Kevin Conroy used different voices to distinguish between his portrayal of Bruce Wayne and Batman, a tactic used previously by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's live-action films. Conroy based his dual-voice performance on the 1934 film adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Dick Grayson

The story of began at a circus. Growing up, Dick was a circus performer. He traveled the country with his mother, Mary, and father, John, performing acts as "the Flying Graysons," a world-famous trapeze troupe that performed with Haly's Circus. Eventually, things turned for the worst. The circus was set to perform in Gotham and was setting up when a mobster named Tony Zucco went up to Mr. Haly and attempted to extort him in exchange for protection money. When Haly refused to pay, Zucco retaliated by having his thugs sabotage the circus's trapeze with acid. At this time John and Mary were set to begin their act. In the middle of their performance, the tampered wires snapped and sent them plummeting to their deaths right before Dick's eyes. Bruce Wayne happened to be in attendance to witness the incident and quickly sprung into action as Batman during the chaos. Having had the experience and trauma of being suddenly, violently orphaned, Bruce decided to take Dick under his wing so they could set about avenging the Graysons' murders. After a series of intense training, Dick began making a costume and a Superhero identity for himself. Getting inspiration from his mother's favorite bird and his favorite folktale hero, Robin Hood, Dick chose the name "", and he officially became Batman's sidekick, thus creating the Dynamic Duo.
The series also redefined the original Robin, Dick Grayson. While much of Dick's past remains the same, his Robin costume is modernized with short sleeves and long tights, exactly like Tim Drake's original Robin outfit but with a non-italicized "R" symbol. In addition, Dick is given a more serious and mature personality to match the tone of the series. The episode "Batgirl Returns" establishes that Dick and Barbara Gordon attend the same college and that they have a mutual romantic attraction to each other, but neither one knows the secret identity of the other. Their relationship is one of the plot elements of the film .

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon is first seen in the two-parter "Heart of Steel", where she becomes convinced her father is an imposter. She makes her first appearance as alter ego Batgirl in "Shadow of the Bat", after her father Commissioner Gordon is arrested under charges of corruption. Her Batgirl costume is exactly the same from The Adventures of Batman and the Bronze Age of comics, sporting the same gray bodysuit, blue cape and cowl and yellow bat-symbol and utility belt, but with blue gloves and boots to mirror that of Batman's costume instead of yellow ones. She makes several appearances throughout the series, and attends the same university as Dick Grayson, though neither of them are aware of each other's crime fighting alter ego. In "Batgirl Returns", Barbara actually makes a cease fire deal with Catwoman, and they work together in solving the case of missing valuable cat statues while Batman is away. All of Barbara's/Batgirl's appearances are in episodes written by Brynne Stephens.

Tim Drake

In The New Batman Adventures became the second person to brand the Robin costume. Tim was the son of a thug named Steven Drake. He worked for the crime lord Two-Face for quite some time. Tim's father was never really around so he spent most of his time idolizing Batman and even putting clippings of his actions on the wall. Tim's father began to have problems with Two-Face. When he doubled crossed him Steven fled the city, leaving his son a note and a key to a locker at a Gotham City airport. Two-Face found out about the key and went after Tim. This led to him kidnapping and almost executing him, but Batman was able to get there and rescue him from Two-Face. Later on, they found out that Steven was killed outside of Gotham. With no one else to take care of Tim, Bruce decided to adopt him and trained him in several martial arts, this led to Tim becoming Robin and taking over as Batman's sidekick.

The Joker

Though the Joker's origin is never shown in the series, some of his past is seen in the feature film '. In flashbacks, he is shown before his accident but is not referred to by name. His potential real name, Jack Napier', is established in the episodes "Dreams in Darkness" when it is spoken by Dr. Bartholomew and in "Joker's Wild" where it is written in a dossier. However, it is stated on a later occasion that the Joker used many aliases throughout his career, meaning his true identity is still unknown.
The man who would become the Joker started out as a chauffeur and hitman for the mob triad of Salvatore Valestra, Buzz Bronski and Chuckie Sol. Twice on separate occasions, he saw Bruce Wayne and exchanged glances years before they would clash as the Joker and Batman. Years later, after the Valestra Mob had gone their separate ways, the pre-Joker struck out on his own and formed a small gang. The night he and his gang broke into the ACE Chemical Plant marked the first time he encountered Batman. During their fight, the pre-Joker fell off a catwalk and into a drainage vat of chemicals. He was washed out into the bay and discovered the chemicals bleached his skin chalk white, dyed his hair green, stained his lips red, leaving them in a permanent rictus smile, and dyed his suit purple. This new, clown-like appearance snapped his already sadistic mind and drove him to eternal insanity. He reinvented himself as the Joker, Batman's greatest enemy and Gotham City's most dangerous costumed criminal.
The use of this origin was due to the show being heavily patterned after the success and influential tone of Batman. However, when The New Batman Adventures'' began, during the era of Joel Schumacher's films, Joker's origin was retained but his identity was retconned as being merely one of many aliases as seen in the series finale "Beware the Creeper". This reflected the efforts of the writers to put the character back in line with his conflicting multiple origins from the comics.

Other characters

Other antagonists that appeared in the series included classic villain such as Poison Ivy, Catwoman, the Riddler, Two-Face, the Mad Hatter, Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul, Man-Bat, the Penguin, the Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Bane, the Ventriloquist and his dummy Scarface, Hugo Strange and Tony Zucco. Friends and allies of Batman featured in the show not previously mentioned include Alfred Pennyworth, Harvey Bullock, the Gray Ghost, Lucius Fox, and Leslie Thompkins.

Cast

Protagonists

Supporting protagonists

Antagonists

Supporting antagonists

Episodes

Animation

In order to complete the first season's 65 episodes, Warner Bros. Animation outsourced the series to several different overseas animation houses: Spectrum Animation, Sunrise, Studio Junio and Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan, Dong Yang Animation, Koko Enterprises Ltd. and AKOM in South Korea, Jade Animation in Hong Kong, Blue Pencil in Spain and Network of Animation in Canada. TMS also animated the first season's opening theme sequence. AKOM was eventually fired due to its inconsistent animation in many episodes such as "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Moon of the Wolf".
The 20 episodes of the second season were animated largely by Dong Yang, with the exception of three done by Studio Junio and one done by Jade Animation.
On the commentary track for "Heart of Ice |Heart of Ice" on the Batman: The Animated Series, Volume One DVD, producer Bruce Timm stated that Spectrum was responsible for airbrushing Mr. Freeze's helmet in every frame that featured him. Such attention to detail ultimately drove the studio to bankruptcy; most of their staff members are now working for Production I.G.

Adaptations

The show also featured numerous adaptations of various Batman comics stories. The following episodes were adaptations:
Sixteen minutes of animated segments in the video game The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega CD are sometimes referred to as a "lost episode" of the series. These segments are intended to be interspersed between gameplay elements of an early-1990s video game and as such, the sound, color and story are not quite of the same quality of the actual television program. And because Sega did not have to follow the censorship rules of the show, the fights are also a little more violent. Many of the shows voice actors reprised their roles for the game, and are thus in the lost episode as well. Similar cutscenes appear throughout the video games ' and '.

Feature films

The Animated Series was accompanied by a tie-in comic book, The Batman Adventures, which followed the art style and continuity of The Animated Series instead of other Batman comic books. The Batman Adventures, through several format changes to reflect the changing world of the series and its spin-offs, outlasted the series itself by nearly a decade, finally being cancelled in 2004 to make way for the tie-in comic of the then-new, unrelated Batman animated series; The Batman. The character of Harley Quinn's first official comic appearance occurred in issue twelve of the series. It has become highly sought after by collectors and fans of the character.
There was also a short-lived series of tie-in novels, adapted from episodes of the series by science fiction author Geary Gravel. To achieve novel-length, Gravel combined several related episodes into a single storyline in each novel. The novels included:
DC announced in February 2020, that Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, and artist Ty Templeton would be leading a new mini-series , to be first published in April 2020, based on the animated series and following shortly after its conclusion, with Tim Drake still adjusting as the new Robin to Batman.

Broadcasting

Batman: The Animated Series premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company's children's block Fox Kids on September 5, 1992, and aired in that block during weekday afternoons at 4:30 PM. In December, just three months after its debut, Fox also began airing episodes of the series on prime-time Sunday evenings ; however, the TV ratings fell short, and the series was removed from this time slot in March 1993.
After the series produced its 65th episode, Fox Network executives ordered a second season of 20 more episodes that was later reduced to airing weekly on Saturday mornings. The second season featured Robin more prominently and, as a result, was retitled The Adventures of Batman & Robin in the title credits; this run of episodes had two new opening sequences and ending credits. In total, the series reached 85 episodes before finishing its original run on September 15, 1995.
In 1997, following the end of Fox Kids' five-year exclusive broadcast contract, the series began airing in reruns on The WB Network's children's block Kids' WB. Later that year, The New Batman Adventures premiered on Kids' WB, airing alongside as part of an hour-long program titled The New Batman/Superman Adventures.
Cartoon Network aired reruns of Batman: The Animated Series from March 2, 1998 to 2004. On July 3, 2000, the series was added to Cartoon Network's Toonami line-up. In 2005, reruns of the series were aired on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang.
The series later began airing on Toon Disney's Jetix line-up on September 30, 2007, again alongside Superman: The Animated Series .
The show aired on Teletoon Retro, debuting on January 8, 2010. The first 65 episodes were confirmed, with the first being "The Cat and Claw, Part 1". The show was scheduled to air on a weekly basis, airing at 7:00 AM, 6:00 PM, and midnight. All times are Eastern.
The Hub started broadcasting the series on September 6, 2011. The channel aired a 10-episode marathon of the series on July 20, 2012, to coincide with the theatrical release of The Dark Knight Rises and even created an animated version of one of the film's trailers, featuring Kevin Conroy and Adrienne Barbeau re-dubbing Batman and Catwoman's dialogue from the trailer., Web Video.

Critical reception

Batman: The Animated Series has been consistently ranked as one of the greatest animated television shows ever made. It has been critically and commercially acclaimed for its sophistication, mature writing, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, artistic ambition, and faithfulness to the source material. In 1992, Entertainment Weekly ranked the series as one of the top television series of the year.
In his reference book, Batman: The Complete History, Les Daniels described The Animated Series as coming "as close as any artistic statement has to defining the look of Batman for the 1990s." Animation historian Charles Solomon gave the series a somewhat mixed assessment, commenting that "the dark, Art Deco-influenced backgrounds tended to eclipse the stiff animation and pedestrian storytelling" and concluding that the series "looked better in stills than it did on the screen."
IGN listed The Animated Series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book cartoon of all time, and the second-best animated series of all time.Wizard magazine also ranked it #2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time. TV Guide ranked Batman: The Animated Series the seventh-greatest cartoon of all time.

Influence

Due to the success of Batman: The Animated Series, many crew members went on to design and produce ' for The WB Network. During this time they created The New Batman Adventures, which featured the same streamlined animation style as Superman: The Animated Series, as well as numerous character re-designs from the original series despite taking place in the same continuity.
In 1999, a futuristic spin-off series titled Batman Beyond premiered on The WB, featuring a teenager named Terry McGinnis taking on the duties of Batman under the guidance of an elderly Bruce Wayne. Then in 2001, the Justice League animated series premiered on Cartoon Network, featuring Batman as one of the founding members of the League. This was continued in 2004 by Justice League Unlimited, featuring a greatly expanded League. Many DC cartoons unrelated to the larger DC animated universe, such as Teen Titans and The Batman, also featured character designs strongly influenced by those of Bruce Timm.
The dramatic writing and stylized art of Batman: The Animated Series separates it from many traditional comic book-based cartoons. It can be considered the dramatic equivalent of more adult-oriented cartoon shows like The Simpsons. For this reason the show's popularity endures among older audiences and comic book fans.
The Lego minifigures of various Batman characters are more strongly based on the designs from Batman: The Animated Series than any other form of Batman media. More precisely, the Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze and Harley Quinn's minifigures seem to have identical costumes and faces to the characters from the series.
The dark atmosphere, mature themes, and even some of the voice cast from the series are employed in the ' video game series. Furthermore, Kevin Conroy reprises his role as Batman and the first two games are co-written by series veteran Paul Dini. Also, Batman's design and costume in The Animated Series are featured as an alternate skin in . These skins are available as downloadable content; they were also available in pre-orders at GameStop and a valid membership to Power-Up Rewards. There are also Animated-inspired alternate skins for Catwoman, Nightwing and Robin.

Accolades

Annie Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Daytime Emmy Awards
Saturn Awards
Young Artist Awards
Batman: The Animated Series featured a strong musical score written by several different composers throughout the course of the series. The main theme of the show, which was heard during the opening and ending credits of each episode, was composed by Danny Elfman. At first, Elfman turned down Bruce Timm's offer to compose the theme for the show and so Timm hired Shirley Walker to do so. However, Elfman later changed his mind and composed a variation of his 1989 Batman movie theme for the series. Walker's unused theme went on to become the main theme for the second season of the show, when the name was changed to The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
In 1996, Walker won her first Daytime Emmy Award for her music direction of the episode "A Bullet for Bullock". She would then go on to win another Daytime Emmy Award in the category of music-composition for Batman Beyond in 2001.
Although at least twenty-four different composers worked on the series, Walker, Lolita Ritmanis, and Michael McCuistion are regarded as the main contributors. After the series finished up in 1995, the three then went on to score in 1996, The New Batman Adventures in 1997 and Batman Beyond in 1999. Television composer Kristopher Carter scored alongside Walker, Ritmanis, and McCuistion throughout the many DCAU series and later filled in for Walker after her death in 2006.

Soundtracks

On December 16, 2008, La La Land Records announced the release of a soundtrack companion to Batman: The Animated Series on a two-disc CD set, which featured 11 episode scores. The release was limited to a pressing of 3,000 copies, which sold quickly. About one month after its release, the soundtrack set had sold over 2,500 copies. According to a spokesperson of La-La Land Records, the sold out status of the soundtrack "can only help as the label hopes to convince Warner Bros. to release more Batman: The Animated Series soundtracks." The soundtrack received largely positive reviews.
On March 24, 2009, La La Land Records released the complete score for the animated film '. It was a limited edition of 3,000 units and has since sold out.
The 2008 soundtrack was re-released in July 2012, minus "Gotham City Overture" and "Music of the Bat 101". The re-release is a limited edition of 5,000 units by La La Land Records.
On July 19, 2012, La La Land Records also released a four-disc CD set with a further 21 episode scores, titled Batman: The Animated Series – Original Soundtrack from the Warner Bros. Television Series, Volume Two. Volume 2 is a limited-edition release of 3,500 units by La La Land Records.
On October 7, 2014, La La Land Records released a four-disc set with another 24 episode scores, titled Batman: The Animated Series – Original Soundtrack from the Warner Bros. Television Series, Volume Three. Volume 3 is a limited-edition release of 3,000 units by La La Land Records.
On March 29, 2016, La La Land Records released the complete soundtrack for the animated film '. It is a limited edition of 2,000 units.
On July 26, 2016, La La Land Records released Batman: The Animated Series – Original Soundtrack from the Warner Bros. Television Series, Volume Four, which contains the remaining material from the first 65 episodes. The final 9 episode scores from the first season are featured, as well as never-before-released cues from scores featured on earlier volumes. Volume 4 is a limited-edition release of 3,000 units by La La Land Records.
La La Land Records is also planning to cover the later incarnations of the series in the future, provided that sales of existing volumes are strong enough and that there is strong fan encouragement. A ' soundtrack has also been released as of January 2014, and a Justice League volume was released on July 26, 2016. Justice League Unlimited and a second volume of ' will only be released if Justice League and the first volume sell well.
On July 22, 2014, WaterTower Music released six digital albums on download and streaming platforms for the series in honor of the 75th anniversary of Batman.
Asterisked tracks contain thematic material by Shirley Walker; double-asterisked tracks contain Danny Elfman's Batman theme.

Volume 1 track listing

  1. Gotham City Overture 14:01
  2. Batman: The Animated Series - Main Title 1:02
  2. Sub-Main Title / Batwing / Bat Attack 1:51
  3. Batman Drives to Gotham 1:00
  4. Batman Investigates / Batman Uses Infrared / Police Rush Building 1:48
  5. Batman Escapes / Batman Flies 1:48
  6. Bats / Evidence Goes Up in Smoke / The Formula / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Bat 3:01
  7. Gotham from the Air / Ride 'Em Batman / Epilogue 2:16
  2. Sub-Main Title 1:35
  3. The Submarine / Joker Loots Gotham 2:35
  4. Alfred Loses It 0:58
  5. Bat Boat / Batman Catches the Big Fish / Batman Fights the Bad Guys 2:18
  6. Cliff-Hanger Under Water / Batman A.K.A. Houdini 1:56
  7. Batman the Terminator 2:01
  8. Batman vs. Joker / Batman vs. Joker Part 2** 3:47
  2. Sub-Main Title / Stromwell's Flashback 2:01
  3. Batman on Top of Church / Stromwell Arrives at Pete's / Thugs Exit 1:20
  4. Stromwell Confronts Thorne 1:15
  5. It's Party Time / Batman Carries Stromwell 0:48
  6. Stromwell Sees Joey 1:41
  7. Stromwell Tricks Batman / Thorne's Men Move In / Thorne Chases Stromwell 3:22
  8. Stromwell's Flashback #2 1:45
  9. Batman Cracks Heads / Thorne Removed 1:20
  2. Ground Breaking Ceremony / Penitentiary Time Lapses 1:11
  3. Batman Catches a Chopper / The Chopper Crashes / Rooftop Chase 1:58
  4. Batman Sneaks Around 1:09
  5. A Little Plant Muzak / The Carnivorous Plant 0:59
  6. Batman vs. Poison Ivy / Poison Ivy in Prison 3:52
  2. 14 Seconds Opening / Jingle Bells / The Joker Blasts Off 1:03
  3. Down the Mountain / Sidewalk Red Herring 0:51
  4. 'Pukey Christmas Music / Christmas with the Joker / Game Show Music 2:18
  5. The Train Crashes 1:19
  6. Observatory Cannon / Cannon Out of Control / Robin Blows Up Cannon 1:11
  7. More Game Show Music / Drive to the Toy Company 1:39
  8. Nutcracker Suite Medley 1:24
  9. Pie in Batman's Face / Dangling Hostages Saved / Deck the Halls 1:40
  10. Batman: The Animated Series - Alternate Main Title 1:09
  2. Harvey's Nightmare / Dent's Soap Box 2:24
  3. Batman Tracks Dent 2:07
  4. Split Personality / Harvey / Harv 4:21
  2. Part One Recap 0:33
  3. Sub-Main Title / The Heist 1:49
  4. Bruce Wayne's Nightmare / Two-Face Remembers 2:47
  5. Batcycle / What About Grace? 1:58
  6. My Name Is Two-Face 1:52
  7. The Great Equalizer / Where There's Love 4:03
  2. Sub-Main Title / Cussing Out the Joker / I Had a Bad Day 3:18
  3. Joker's Hide-Out 1:19
  4. Charlie's Neighborhood / Joker Finds Charlie 1:18
  5. Charlie Arrives in Gotham / Joker Collects His Favor 0:42
  6. Harley's Party Source 0:44
  7. Crashing the Party 1:33
  8. Batman Saves the Commissioner / Batman's After the Joker / Charlie Gets the Joker 3:38
  2. Sub-Main Title / Conway Is Abducted 0:43
  3. A Clue / The Crocodile's Lair 1:27
  4. Another Clue 1:19
  5. Croc's Cave / Killer Croc 2:52
  6. Batman Chases Croc / Sewer Fight 2:54
  7. Bullock Gets the Croc 1:09
  2. Sub-Main Title / The Dream Begins 0:52
  3. It's Impossible / Bruce Sees Batman / Bruce Watches Batman at Work 2:14
  4. My Life Is a Dream 2:48
  5. Climbing the Church Tower / Belltower Fight 2:45
  6. Your Own Private Wonderland / Back to Reality 2:48
  2. Birds of a Feather 1:54
  3. That Fine Roman Nose / Penguin vs. Muggers 2:32
  4. Penguin Takes Veronica 0:40
  5. The Drop / Rubber Duckie Ride 1:50
  6. The Penguin's Opera / High Society 2:19
  8. Batman: The Animated Series - End Credit 0:34
  9. Music of the Bat 101 6:45

    Volume 2 track listing

  10. Batman: The Animated Series Main Title 1:05
  2. Beware the Gray Ghost 0:54
  3. Simon Trent 1:47
  4. Trent Meets Batman / Trent Runs 1:33
  5. He Runs But He Can't Hide 0:36
  6. Trent Helps Batman 0:55
  7. Lethal Toys / The Ghost Saves Batman 1:25
  8. Toy Car Chase 0:43
  9. Gray Ghost's Shrine / Mistaken Identity 0:46
  10. Twisted Ted / Up in Smoke 1:36
  11. Bruce's Hero 0:31
  2. Gray Ghost Suite 1:24
  2. The Catwoman 4:51
  3. Riding the Truck* 1:01
  4. Multigon International 0:18
  5. Introducing Red Claw / A Word with the Boss 0:55
  6. Catwoman at Multigon H.Q. / Cats in the Office 1:31
  7. Batman Rescues Catwoman* / Lovers or Enemies 3:33
  8. Who Will Save You? 0:30
  2. The Cat and the Claw 0:44
  3. The Train* 1:59
  4. Bruce Wayne's Chaperone / A Bumpy Ride 1:57
  5. Alley Cat* / Catwoman Strikes* 3:30
  6. Bat Draft* 2:14
  7. The Fallen Resort* 0:57
  8. More Than You'll Ever Know* 0:46
  2. String Quartet 1:01
  3. Ode to Joy 0:10
  4. Introducing Red Claw 0:39
  5. Ode to Joy Alternates 0:28
  2. Nothing to Fear 0:43
  3. Machine Gun / The Scarecrow Arrives 1:42
  4. The Vault** / Sprinklers 3:22
  5. Scarecrow's Hideout 0:22
  6. Scarecrow's Backstory 0:35
  7. Batman's Flashback / Batman and Alfred 0:46
  8. Scarecrow Invades the Museum / Scarecrow's Attempt at Escape** 2:13
  9. Dirigible Flight / Fear Strikes Again / Escape and Explosion 3:22
  10. Scarecrow Discovered / Scarecrow is Captured / Scarecrow on a Skewer 1:54
  2. Heart of Ice 0:38
  3. The Iceman Cometh Again / Cold as Ice* 3:30
  4. Top Secret 0:57
  5. The Swift Hand of Vengeance 1:55
  6. Ice Assault / Frigid Frenzy / Alfred's Cold Remedy 2:34
  7. Arkham Asylum 0:59
  2. Newsbreak 0:44
  3. Benefit Classic 1:15
  4. Office Muzak 2:25
  5. The Iceman Cometh Again 2:53
  6. Batman: The Animated Series End Credits 0:46
  7. Batman: The Animated Series Main Title 1:03
  2. Sub Main Title 0:31
  3. Batman Drives to Crime Alley / Where Are We Going to Go? 2:23
  4. I'm Not Afraid Here* 1:12
  5. Searching for Leslie / Leslie's Held Captive 0:49
  6. The Billboard 0:52
  7. Baby Picture* 1:59
  8. Chasing the Trolley / Trolley Rescue* 1:28
  9. Batman Sees the Newsstand Clock* / Leslie Sweats / Batman Swings During Speech 1:09
  10. Good People in Crime Alley* 0:38
  2. Mad as a Hatter 1:00
  3. Poor Jervis / Frabjous Day* 2:00
  4. A Walk in the Park* 0:38
  5. Ejection* / The Plunger* 1:15
  6. The Mock Turtle Song 0:34
  7. Until Tomorrow* / Will You, Won't You* 1:03
  8. All's Fair in Love and War* / Mad Hatter's Friends* / Storybook Land* 3:04
  9. Off with His Head* / The Maze* / Batman Comes to Tea* 4:15
  2. Dining with Jervis 1:18
  2. The Strange Secret* / Batman Intervenes 2:21
  3. Tragic Past* 1:23
  4. The Strange Doctor / The Joker's Phone Message* / Strange Has Left the Building 0:58
  5. The Diabolical Plan* 3:07
  6. Bruce Makes Another Tape 0:45
  7. Strange Tries to Run / Flying the Unfriendly Skies* /Running on Empty* / Batman Makes the Catch / Robin is Revealed 3:00
  2. The Heist 2:17
  3. Sherman Tracks Vulture / Birdseed / Penguin Revealed 1:36
  4. Batman Gets Gassed 2:11
  5. Batmobile Goes Bats / Sherman and the Batmobile* 2:09
  6. The Vulture Flies / It's a Matter of Life and Death 0:43
  7. Vulture Attack / Penguin Pays a Visit 1:04
  8. It's Them or Us / Polite Penguin 1:49
  9. Penguin the Bully / Batman vs. Penguin 2:20
  10. Front Page Penguin 0:41
  2. Feat of Clay* 1:09
  3. Mr. Fox's Resignation 3:32
  4. Matt's Make-Up 1:31
  5. Matt Finds the Formula 0:35
  6. Creation of Clayface 0:45
  7. Bell Goes for a Ride*/** 1:56
  8. Bruce Looks for Answers 0:49
  9. Teddy Discovers Clayface 0:43
  2. Sub Main Title 0:36
  3. Arrival at Imperial Pictures 0:19
  4. Man of Many Faces 2:11
  5. Suffocation for Fox / Foiled by Batman 1:08
  6. Batman Confronts Clayface / The Matt Hagen Films 3:09
  7. Batman Confrontation with Clayface / Clayface Dies 4:48
  8. The Morgue 0:50
  9. Batman: The Animated Series End Credits 0:48
  10. Batman: The Animated Series Main Title 1:04
  2. Almost Got 'Im 1:24
  3. Pumpkin Patch* / Batman's Scorn* 1:11
  4. A Bad Penny* 1:12
  5. Penguin's Setup* / Birds of a Feather* 2:42
  6. Laugh O Meter / Catwoman to the Rescue* / Catwoman KO'd 1:10
  7. Shadow Secrets* / Cat Food for Thought* / Maybe Some Day 2:08
  2. Club Source #2 0:59
  3. Club Source #4 0:57
  4. Joker Talk Show Source* 0:49
  5. Joker Bumper* 0:15
  6. Just for Laughs 1:40
  2. If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?*/ Silent Radio 0:45
  3. The Wasteland*/ Rescue Attempt* / Riddler Escapes* 4:18
  4. Minotaur's Myth* / The Griffin /Griffin Fight / Hand of Fate 3:05
  5. Hijacked Hand* / The Minotaur / Destroy Them / Deadbolts* 3:06
  2. If You're So Smart Source 2:11
  3. Riddle of the Minotaur Source 0:13
  4. Griffin Theme 0:09
  5. Question Mark Motif 0:08
  6. Hand of Fate Motif 0:09
  7. Wasteland Motif 0:07
  8. Musical Puzzle 0:12
  2. The Demon's Quest* 1:47
  3. Sad News / Strike One 1:06
  4. Calcutta / Alley Fight* 1:48
  5. Black Cat / Sweet Dreams, Kitty* 2:03
  6. After You 0:33
  7. Power Trooper* / The Demon's Guard / They Call Him Ra's* 2:45
  8. Strike Three - You're Out 0:44
  9. The Lazarus Pit* / Revitalized Demon* 2:04
  2. Recap* 0:52
  3. The Demon's Quest, Part II* 1:26
  4. Parted Lovers / Goodbye Beloved* 1:29
  5. Orpheus / Lets Do It* / Caravan* 1:47
  6. Pay for This Trespass 1:13
  7. Lower the Bombs / Crazy / To the Tower 1:10
  8. To Remember Me, Beloved* / Countdown* 1:44
  9. He'll Ruin Everything* 3:35
  10. Prisoner of Love* 0:57
  2. The Laughing Fish / Joker's Insane Scheme 3:15
  3. Friendly Fish Truck / Missile Fish / Francis Gets Happy / I Know You're Watching 1:13
  4. Jackson's Cat 0:57
  5. Oceanside Aquarium / Sharkey's Appetite 2:13
  6. Catch of the Day / How Do You Spell Relief? 1:57
  7. Batman Rides the Shark / Jumping Joker Sees Jaws / Is the Joker Gone? 3:30
  2. "Joker's Fish Song" 1:03
  3. Joker's Door Chime #1 0:11
  4. Joker's Door Chime #2 0:12
  5. Batman: The Animated Series End Credits 0:44
  6. Batman: The Animated Series Main Title 1:04
  2. Shadow of the Bat / Thorne on the Roof 2:01
  3. Gordon's Arrest 1:02
  4. We'll See About This / The Evidence Room 1:07
  5. Two-Face's Hideout / The Batgirl / Batgirl Takes Action / Batgirl Gets Trashed 2:37
  6. Bad Company / A Different Disguise / Matches Malone 3:56
  2. Recap* 1:19
  3. Shadow of the Bat, Part II / Casing Gil's Apartment* 1:21
  4. Robin and Batgirl Follow* / Matches Gives the Signal / Bad Guys Escape 2:58
  5. Water in the Tunnel / Water, Water Everywhere* / Saving Robin / Batgirl Up the Rope* 1:47
  6. Blasted Out of Jail / Batgirl Finds Out 1:00
  7. Subway Escape* 1:44
  8. Rescue of the Commish* / Batgirl's a Real Drag / Batgirl Sees the Statue* 3:16
  9. Welcome to Gotham 0:32
  2. Recap 1:20
  3. Matches Gives the Signal / Bad Guys Escape 1:41
  2. Harley and Ivy* 2:57
  3. Harley is on Her Own / The Girls Escape 3:18
  4. Toxic Dump / Crime Spree 1:10
  5. Batman Finds a Clue* / Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down / Locked in Chains / Batman Escapes Bondage* 1:43
  6. The Joker's Flower / Batman Rescues Mr. J* / No More Women 2:04
  2. Read My Lips / Scarface's Boys 2:14
  3. What a Dummy 1:17
  4. Drapes for the Bat / Lumber Slumber / No Apples 2:50
  5. A Prima Notion 1:14
  6. Platinum Vault / Hang in There 1:24
  7. Dummy Up / Here We Go Again 3:24
  2. Fire from Olympus 2:17
  3. Max on High 1:16
  4. Lightning Demonstration 0:39
  5. Sneaking Batman In / Fire in the Sky 2:39
  6. Batman Enters Olympus / Snake Fight 1:51
  7. Olympus Battle 4:59
  8. 1:57

    Volume 3 track listing

  9. Batman: The Animated Series Main Title - Danny Elfman 1:03
  2. Robin's Reckoning/Yahoo!/Robin's Catch/Interrogation 2:50
  3. Boy Wonder 0:55
  4. Extortion/The Flying Graysons 1:49
  5. Goodbye/Master Dick 1:03
  6. Crap Shoot*/Stromwell's Mansion 0:59
  7. The Bonding*/Never Again 1:00
  2. Circus Memory 1:24
  3. Fencing Memory 0:53
  4. Dick Eavesdrops/Stealthy Dick 0:59
  5. Dick on the Street 2:44
  6. Dick Finds Zucco/Into the River/Out of the River 1:56
  7. Redial /Batman Drops In 0:56
  8. Amusement Park Fight/Robin Gets Zucco/Robin Does Right 3:40
  9. Sunrise 0:34
  2. Circus Fanfare/The Flying Graysons 1:05
  2. Gotham's Finest/Bad Guys Escape 1:42
  3. Bullock's P.O.V. 3:37
  4. Wilkes’ P.O.V. 1:35
  5. Montoya's P.O.V. 1:40
  6. Suspended Cops 0:44
  7. Renee Finds Batman/Batman Fights the Mob**/Montoya Cleans Up 5:07
  8. Epilogue 0:27
  2. The Clock King*/Gone with the Wind/Fugate Loses It 1:25
  3. Political Graffiti*/Fugate Catches Train* 1:36
  4. Back Alley Batman/Clock Creep Hits Bank/Adieu, Batman* 1:43
  5. Time Is Running Out/Batman the Safe-Cracker 1:11
  6. Timing Is Everything*Batman Saves the Mayor* 2:36
  2. Tyger, Tyger*/Introducing Tygrus 2:31
  3. Tygrus Exercises 1:07
  4. Dorian's Island 1:23
  5. The Catwoman/You Made Her a Monster 0:43
  6. Tygrus Notices Catwoman/Her Fate Is in Your Hands 1:59
  7. Run Thru the Jungle/Bat vs. Cat/Fight on the Bridge/Batman and Tygrus Fall 2:18
  8. Selina Convinces Tygrus/Not His Enemy 2:24
  9. Tyger Burning Bright 1:40
  2. See No Evil/Memoirs of an Invisible Con/Footprints 6:09
  3. Kimberly's School/Stay Away/Abandoned 2:59
  4. Mojo's Pearls/Hold On... Batman 5:03
  5. Safe and Sound 0:37
  2. Cat Scratch Fever/Cat Catchers/Animal Testing 3:08
  3. Dagget Labs*/Selina Is Bitten* 0:57
  4. The Toxin Takes Effect* 2:13
  5. Let the Hunt Begin/The Chase Continues*/Toboggan Run 1:39
  6. On the Ice*/Under the Ice 1:43
  7. Bad Guys Take a Dip* 0:34
  8. Isis’ Return 0:47
  2. Down Into the City 0:37
  3. Bruce Becomes Homeless/Bruce Is Blackjacked 2:42
  4. The Oven 0:47
  5. The Dream Sequence/Dan Protects Salvo/Alfred Finds Bruce's Car 2:27
  6. Bruce's Family Flashback 0:34
  7. Sweatbox Breakout/Trapped in the Canyon 1:21
  8. Mining for Batman 2:52
  9. Master Bruce 0:29
  2. Gotham Acres/Crooks Interrupt Mayor's Speech/Joker the Costume Freak* 1:59
  3. Jekko the Magnificent/You, You, You 1:15
  4. Pure Dynamite/Dynamite Birthday Cake* 1:51
  5. Jordan the Stowaway 0:39
  6. It's Not a Game, Jordan/The Old Ace Up the Sleeve/The Crystal Ball 1:43
  7. Batman in Straightjacket/The Show Continues* 2:20
  8. Rollercoaster Fight 1:01
  9. Jordan & Mayor Reunited 0:16
  2. Organ Source 1:24
  3. Water Tank Source 1:02
  4. Carousel Source 1:48
  5. Circus Source 1:45
  2. Dreams in Darkness/Batman Guesses Wrong/Batman Cracks Up 2:55
  3. Batman's Fate*/Threshold of Fear 2:18
  4. Batman Tries to Escape/Mass Madness* 0:32
  5. Batman's Delusions* 3:46
  6. Batman Conquers Fear*/Safe at Home 2:09
  2. Let's Play Chicken 1:10
  3. It Was a Leprechaun 0:48
  4. The Underdwellers 1:42
  5. Blinded by the Light*/Batman Saves Frog* 3:18
  6. The Sewer King 1:14
  7. Batman Sounds Alarm 1:27
  8. Be Our Guest/Endangered Species? Not/Hanging Out to Dry/Batman Dethrones King 2:14
  9. The Light, the Light 0:34
  2. Terror in the Sky/The Man-Bat 1:44
  3. Carpet Inspection/Batman Operates/Francine Is in the Trash 1:01
  4. Man-Bat Out of the Sky/Man-Bat Chases Batman 2:34
  5. Batman Looks Thru Files/March Confesses 1:18
  6. Francine, Come Home 0:49
  7. Woman-Bat Wrecks the Plane/Langstrom Out the Door 2:59
  8. Detransformation 2:21
  9. Batman: The Animated Series Main Title Demo - Shirley Walker and Danny Elfman 1:04
  2. Night of the Ninja 2:10
  3. Karate School/Flashback/Ninja Assault* 3:36
  4. Just in Time 0:56
  5. Bruce Catches Kyodai 1:13
  6. Kidnapped/Watertower 0:39
  7. Master Crime Fighter 1:39
  8. Ninja Meets His Match*/Thanks for Your Help 3:18
  2. Day of the Samurai/Ninja's Arrival 1:54
  3. Kyodai Ken Is Revealed/Bruce's Sketch 0:42
  4. Bruce Meditates/Once Upon a Time, Alfred/Uramachi District/Batman Gives Chase 3:48
  5. Kyodai Ken Finds Scroll/The Big Sleep/Kyodai Studies Scroll 1:37
  6. Alfred's All Tied Up/Batman Does as He Will/Batman Examines Dummy 2:02
  7. Batman Confronts Kyodai* 2:32
  8. Most Ingenious, Sir/The Essence of Samurai 0:54
  2. Prophecy of Doom 1:19
  3. Abandon Ship/Grave Danger 1:34
  4. Elevator Cliffhanger/Elevator Escape 1:47
  5. The Great Fall/Spiritual Crisis 2:33
  6. Nostromos Sees the Light/Guilty as Charged 4:24
  2. Nostromos Source 1:01
  2. Eternal Youth 1:47
  3. Wild Weekend/Detective Batman/Batcave Greenery 1:19
  4. Alfred and Maggie Go Back/Batman's Chemistry/Behind the Curtain 1:40
  5. Bat Gliding*/Petrified People 1:47
  6. Ivy the Eco-Terrorist 1:54
  7. What's It All About...? 0:48
  2. Video Source 2:03
  3. Spa Source 1:51
  2. What Is Reality?/Police Station 1:18
  3. The Riddler's File/Robin Opens the Box 0:58
  4. Hard Copy* 1:16
  5. Riddler and the Commissioner*/Batman's Fire Out*/Batman in Computer Land* 1:27
  6. Batman's Riddler* 0:56
  7. Batman and Pegasus*/And So On, and So On 3:07
  8. Trapped* 0:38
  2. Mudslide/Clayface Slips By 1:17
  3. Your Goose Is Cooked/You Used to Be Neater 3:44
  4. Movie Source 1:15
  5. MP-40/Clayface Escapes 1:26
  6. He's Melting/Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 1:27
  7. Inside Addition 4:14
  2. I Am the Night 0:37
  3. Roses/Stakeout/Roses on the Pavement/Brass Knuckles 1:56
  4. Battering Ram/The Jazzman Was Ready*/Catching the Jazzman/Commissioner Is Shot 2:23
  5. Emergency 0:27
  6. Batman Pays a Visit 0:38
  7. Batman's Rage/Jazzman in Prison 1:25
  8. Robin Sees Batman/Jazzman in the Laundry/Jazzman's Escape 0:58
  9. Batman Unmasks/This Is My Hunt*/Batman Saves Gordon* 2:25
  10. Batman Talks with Kid* 1:15
  2. Sub-Main Title/The Briefcase 1:03
  3. Briefcase on the Prowl 1:53
  4. The Escape* 3:15
  5. Cybertron Industries/HARDAC/Next Duplicant/Another Gordon 1:52
  6. Teddy Bear/Randa's Compact/Compact Goes to Work 1:18
  7. Randa Finds the Batcave/HARDAC Has Control 1:22
  2. Heart of Steel, Part II* 0:58
  3. Another Mayor/Another Bullock 2:41
  4. A Very Exclusive Club* 1:49
  5. Trash Can Robot 1:36
  6. A Watchful Eye/Flying Over Cybertron*/Robots Run Amok*/Randa Is Terminated 3:24
  7. Let's Go Home* 0:39
  2. Futuristic Muzak 0:45
  3. Sub-Main Title/The Briefcase /Randa's Compact 1:31
  4. Let's Go Home * 0:40
  2. The Raven 1:34
  3. Raven Runs Amok* 0:52
  4. The Vision Thing 0:52
  5. Sight, or No Sight/Tooling Up*/Quoth the Batman, "Nevermore"*/** 4:29
  6. Batwing Disabled/Disabled Batman 4:05
  7. Cornered*/Good News* 1:01
  2. Paging the Crime Doctor 3:44
  3. Leslie Remembers/Matt Finds Leslie/Old Friends/Abducted 2:00
  4. Signs of a Struggle/The Disorderly Orderly/Playing with Sharp Objects/Laser Blazer 4:08
  5. Rooftop Escape/About My Father 3:28
  2. The Man Who Killed Batman 1:23
  3. Sid Wanted In/Sid the Squid 2:27
  4. Squid, Squid, Squid/Locked Up 1:46
  5. Sid Meets the Joker/The Diamond Exchange/No Punchline 2:13
  6. Batman's Funeral 3:33
  7. Pine Box/A Lot of Respect 1:43
  9. Batman: The Animated Series End Credits - Danny Elfman 0:45

    Home media

VHS

United Kingdom

United States

Chinese subtitled

Spanish dubbed

DVD

Region 1
Warner Home Video has released Batman: The Animated Series on DVD in Region 1 in three volume box sets. A fourth volume containing all 24 episodes of The New Batman Adventures was also released and these episodes now also begin with the original Season 1 opening sequence, and also end with the standard final credits. Warner Home Video later released Batman: The Complete Animated Series, which features all episodes from both the original series and The New Batman Adventures, on DVD in Region 1. The set includes all features from the four individual volumes plus a bonus 17th disc with a new special feature and a 40-page collector's book containing artwork. The DVD was originally on sale for a limited time only and went out of print in January 2009. Warner Home Video released a second printing of the DVD in May 2009, but then withdrew it three months later.
DVD Name# of EpisodesRelease DateAdditional Information
Batman: The Animated Series – Volume 128July 6, 2004, June 5, 2018
  • Episodes 1–28
  • Commentary on "On Leather Wings" and "Heart of Ice"
  • "The Dark Knight's First Night" Featurette
  • "Batman: The Legacy Continues" Featurette
  • Tour of the Batcave
  • Trailers
Batman: The Animated Series – Volume 228January 25, 2005, June 5, 2018
  • Episodes 29–56
  • Commentary Tracks
  • Robin Rising Featurette
  • Gotham's Guardians Featurette
  • Voices of the Knight Featurette
    • Batman: The Animated Series – Volume 329May 24, 2005, June 5, 2018
  • Episodes 57–85
  • Episodes 1–20
  • Audio and Video Commentaries
  • Extra Animated Cell 4"×6" In Some Sets
  • Gotham's New Knight — Featurette on Batgirl as Batman's Newest Ally
    • Batman: The Animated Series – Volume 4 from The New Batman Adventures24December 6, 2005, June 5, 2018
  • All 24 episodes of The New Batman Adventures
  • Audio and Video Commentaries
    • Batman: The Complete Animated Series109November 4, 2008
  • All 85 episodes of Batman: The Animated Series
  • All 24 episodes of The New Batman Adventures
  • 40-page collector book
    • Region 2
    Volumes 1 and 2 were released on DVD in the UK on October 10, 2005, and August 21, 2006. These DVD volumes were exclusive to the retail chain HMV in the United Kingdom, a complete series 25th-anniversary collection was released in the UK on October 30, 2017 containing all 4 Volumes. Volumes 3 & 4 were previously unreleased in the UK before the 25th-anniversary box set release.
    On June 14, 2008, Volume 1 was re-released in the UK as a non-HMV exclusive, though both the artwork and the extras remain the same as the original HMV exclusive release. Volume 2 was released in the same way on March 3, 2009.
    In Bulgaria, Volumes 1 and 2 were released in early 2006. Each disc was sold separately in an amaray case.
    Region 3
    In Hong Kong, the show was packaged into four different DVD volume sets just as it was done in Region 1. Volumes 1 and 2 were both released on February 28, 2005, while Volume 3 was released July 7, 2005, and Volume 4 was released February 17, 2006.
    Region 4
    In Australia, Volume 1 was released on October 19, 2005. Volumes and the box set are available at websites like eBay.com, Amazon.com and Quicksales.com. All four volumes are available on the Australian iTunes Store, and were released individually on DVD on November 9, 2016, by Village Roadshow.

    Blu-ray

    During the series's 25th anniversary panel at the New York Comic Con on October 8, 2017, it was announced that the complete series and all 24 episodes of The New Batman Adventures would be released on Blu-ray later in 2018. The Blu-ray release came out in Fall 2018.
    The numbered, limited-edition box sets also included a code for a free digital SD and HD copy of the complete series, 3 collectible Funko Pocket Pops of Batman, Joker & Harley Quinn, 7 exclusive lenticular cards of original animation artwork as well as Blu-ray copies of both spin-off, animated films Mask of the Phantasm and SubZero.

    Video games

    Several video games based on the animated continuity were released during the 16-bit game-machine era, using The Adventures of Batman & Robin second season branding. Konami developed a game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, while Sega released versions of the game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Mega-CD and Game Gear. The SNES, Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Gear versions were side-scrolling action games, while the Mega-CD version featured a 3-D driving adventure. All of the games had art true to the series, while Sega's versions featured art elements directly from the show's creators. The CD version has over 20 minutes of original animated footage comparable to the most well-crafted episodes, with the principal voice actors reprising their roles.
    There was also a game made for the Game Boy based on the series and created around the same time. Developed and published by Konami, this game was distinctive upon the fact that it still used the earlier ' moniker instead of The Adventures of Batman & Robin second season title given to the other games.
    Though not directly related, the     ' video game series features some of the voice cast from The Animated Series returning to their roles, notably including Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker. Arleen Sorkin also reprised her role as Harley Quinn in the first game of the series, ; additionally, the first two games were written by Animated Series writer Paul Dini. Many of the characters' costumes from the series also appear as downloadable skins in the games.

    Proposed spin-off

    Due to the success of the show, Fox approached Bruce Timm to make a spin-off centered on Catwoman, but the project was abandoned shortly thereafter.