The series premiered on september 11, 2004, and ended on march 8, 2008, with a total of 65 episodes being produced and aired over the series threeandahalfyear run. The riddler offered batman a chance to save mockridge, presenting him a series of puzzles and riddles to solve, ending with a run through the maze at the riddle. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of batman. Ultimately, riddler was stopped by batman and sent away to arkham asylum. Edward nygma the riddler is a supervillain in the batman animated universe. The animated series episodes ranked by pedroalbertisilva created 12 jan 2015. Jessie robertson picks his top five episodes from batman. The animated series is an american television series based on the dc comics.
This article lists the episodes in their production order, in accordance with the order the series was released on dvd. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner. The animated series episodes would be complete without heart of ice, the emmywinning episode that put the tragic tale of mr. Although batman was stumped, he confronted riddler, telling him that he knew riddler would never be able to stop being a criminal, and that he, batman, would catch him sooner or later. This season has worked in a lot of redemption stories, and its one of the most reliable plots to go to for returning villains.
The riddler batman animated universe wiki fandom powered. A more noticeable retool occurred in 1997, where a channel. The animated series episode if youre so smart why arent you rich. This is a list of episodes that feature the riddler as the main antagonist. The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, dark tone, artistic quality, and faithfulness to its title characters crimefighting origins. There was also difficulty in coming up with compelling riddles for episode content. The animated series the riddler is the main villain of three episodes of the series. Riddlers reform is a great example of what makes the riddler john glover stand out from most of batmans rogues gallery. May 06, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series batman. Batman has discerned a pattern in the riddler s clues, and eventually deduces that the riddler is staying at baxters egyptian themed hotel. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. Wearing many names the dark knight, the worlds greatest detective, the caped crusader and gothams greatest hero he battled tragic foes like the joker, penguin, mr. He pledged himself to justice and he held that oath for years. The irony of dinis pulling off this story while timewarner was growing and soon to join with aol is pretty funny.
The series focused on the adventures of the alter ego of millionaire bruce wayne, batman, a dark vigilante hero who defends gotham city from a variety of creative and psychotic. Edward nygma, a brilliant genius in the electronics field, has an obsessive talent for puzzles and games. Batman the animated series was a cartoon that premiered on september 5, 1992, based on the comic series created by bob kane, as well as the burton movie adaptations. The riddler has longsince been one of my absolute favourite villains his starring role in the zero year series was a highlight and this episode was always going to feature highly in the top. Batman and robin follow a mysterious car to a building and they spot a couple of thugs taking out a big box with the news about edward nygma, aka as the riddler, being freed from arkham asylum are all over gotham city. Order title directed by written by airdate opponents 01 15 the cat and the claw, part i kevin altieri story. The animated series, by john calmette, from the episode if you are so smart, why arent you rich. In episodes like jokers favor and the laughing fish, hes shown to.
Batman the animated series episodes ranked from worst to. The animated series ended production, the show was moved from fox to the wb channel, which was airing and producing superman. Riddlers reform doesnt necessarily present incredible mental puzzles although the bit where the riddlers real clue is revealed by flipping his chalkboard over is brilliant, but it is an engaging look into the riddlers psychology, in addition to offering batman and robin some cool action scenes. Basically, the riddler in the diniproduced batman animated series is an intelligent, creative person who gets little return from his creations exploited by major corporations. These shows were merged as part of an hourlong segment called the new batmansuperman adventures. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. The animated series 40 if youre so smart, why arent you rich hd the riddler batman cartoon episodes. Jan 04, 2006 the real shame about the new batman superman adventures is that kidswb basically stopped production after 24 episodes, so we dont get to see the new revamps as much as wed like ex. The real shame about the new batman superman adventures is that kidswb basically stopped production after 24 episodes, so we dont get to see the. While this habit constantly leads to the aptly named riddler failing in his criminal endeavors, his puzzleproblem actually stems not only from his own narcissism and ego, but also from a deepseeded psychological compulsion. Batman, taking sympathy on the riddler, leaves julie tied to the chair and allows her to be taken into custody by the police.
The series took influence from tim burtons liveaction films, batman 1989 and batman returns 1992, and the acclaimed superman theatrical cartoons produced by f. The animated series is, like batman, a great character boiled down to his purest, most menacing form. The riddler appears to have gone straight when he develops a new and successful puzzle based toy and coadvertizes his new toy company, but batman suspects othe. The riddler dc animated universe batman wiki fandom. However, in secret he continued to commit daring robberies, and leaving clues through his company advertisements. When the two shots rang out, bruce waynes life changed forever. The animated series riddlers reform tv episode 1994. On leather wings christmas with the joker nothing to fear the last laugh. Note that every episode released on dvd has been released under the batman. Nov 25, 2017 riddler s reform doesnt necessarily present incredible mental puzzles although the bit where the riddler s real clue is revealed by flipping his chalkboard over is brilliant, but it is an engaging look into the riddler s psychology, in addition to offering batman and robin some cool action scenes. In batman animated, paul dini wrote that the riddler had the honor of being the most difficult of batmans rogues to write episodes for. Finally the first appearance of the riddler in batman the. The animated series was the best batman story ever told.
The rest of the episode consists of batman entering the vr realm, solving riddles, playing chess, and escaping traps with robins pipedin advice. John glover as the voice of edward the riddler nygma. When the riddler split into 32 versions of himself to stop batman, riddler accidentally caused his dream world to disintegrate and went insane. The riddler has apparently gone straight, but batman is not so sure. The news about edward nygma, aka as the riddler, being freed from arkham asylum are all over gotham city. The wb wanted more episodes of batman, so 24 new episodes were produced, which.
The landmark series celebrated its 25 th anniversary in 2018 and sent. The animated series is an american animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. The animated series is also his best, as edward nygma tries to give up a life of crime and fails miserably. Poison ivy and the riddler join god of war art directors. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to the futon critic. The animated series 19921995 starring kevin conroy, arleen sorkin, mark hamill, loren lester, efrem zimbalist jr. Nov 30, 2016 first reveal of the riddler in batman.
Batman and robin follow a mysterious car to a building and they spot a. The series has since aired in reruns on various other broadcast and cable networks, including the wb, cartoon network, boomerang. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series batman. The following is an episode list for the kids wb animated television series the batman, starring the titular character.
Aside from advancing the continuity, giving batman new sidekicks in the form of a kid robin, batgirl, and the adult dick grayson as nightwing, every character was redesigned for the revamped episodes. With kevin conroy, loren lester, bob hastings, mari devon. Animation and originally aired on fox from 1992 to 1995. Through a final riddle, batman and robin found riddler at his hideout, where his brain had been temporarily suspended through an electronic backlash. Nygma formerly worked for competitron, a software company, where he developed the riddle of the minotaur game. The riddler goes back to the university where julie still works, tied julie to a chair and tried to kill her with feedback from the device before he was stopped once more by batman and robin. Batman the animated series episode 79 riddlers reform. In batman animated, paul dini wrote that the riddler had the honor of being the most difficult of batman s rogues to write episodes for. Finally the first appearance of the riddler in batman the animated series. When people go back and cherish and revere that special thing from. Animated, paul dini claimed that the riddler had the honour of being the most difficult villain to write episodes for. The animated series is an american television series based on the dc comics superhero batman, which was produced by warner bros.
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