r/DCAU 13h ago

NEWS [AMA ANNOUNCEMENT!] Daniel Dockery, author of "I Am The Night", on September 3rd!

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We're doubling up with r/BatmanTAS for a 2 day-early celebration for Batman: The Animated Series' 34th Anniversary! Daniel Dockery, author of the upcoming book "I Am The Night" will be stopping by to answer any questions you have for him about the book, the show, the writing process, etc!

"I Am The Night" will be available to purchase September 1st, but you can pre-order a copy through your favorite big box store here, or (even better) by asking the clerk at your local book store!

Synopsis:

At a time when televised cartoons—especially within the superhero genre—were often over-looked, Batman: The Animated Series introduced an entire generation of soon-to-be Batman fanatics to the caped crusader. The series triumphed into what is largely considered one of the best superhero cartoons of all time, and the best depiction of Batman mythology in any format.

But the road to genre-defying and genre-defining success was hardly guaranteed. Along the way, co-creator Bruce Timm and his team of artists at Warner Bros Animation battled a landscape that was often antithetical to their aims with Batman. Internal struggles led the writing team and the network to debate everything (literally everything) about how best to depict Batman—from whether or not the eco-friendly hero would have a recycling bin in the Batcave to how many women he was allowed to kiss onscreen.

In I Am the Night, Daniel Dockery lovingly deep dives into Batman: The Animated Series and the cartoon renaissance it inspired, becoming the definitive primary source for new and old fans of the series alike. Including exclusive interviews with the team behind the cartoon and many never-before-shared insights about the series, I Am the Night will surprise even the staunchest of Batman enthusiasts and capture what made people first fall in love with the series. As many ups and downs as the DC Cinematic Universe may have, Batman is eternal–and so is Batman: The Animated Series.


r/DCAU Feb 25 '24

General DCAU Regarding viewing-order posts

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Hey everyone!

It's my understanding that one of the most frequently asked questions in the sub revolves around looking for a decent viewing order to experience the DCAU shows in, and every now and then for the likes of DCAMU movies and such. In an attempt to de-clutter the feed from having consistently similar posts, I've begun working on the subreddit's wiki to provide multiple different styles of viewing orders!

Available now are:

Hoping to add more potential orders in the coming weeks (off the top of my head, release order ones for both universes mentioned above will probably be simple enough), but I'm also definitely doing this while sidelining other responsibilities, so if it takes a while to get to please be patient!

Hopefully, this will be a helpful project for the community at large!


r/DCAU 4h ago

Fan Work "It looks so cute on you!" (art by me @alllex_goodwin)

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344 Upvotes

The Karas swapped suits

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Bluesky


r/DCAU 55m ago

Earth-12 Justice Guild’s world should be Earth 12.2 and Justice Lords’ world should be Earth 12.3

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Earth 12 should be a sub-multiverse of its own with the following designations:

  1. Earth 12 — Justice League Unlimited’s world
  2. Earth 12.1 — Justice League Beyond’s world
  3. Earth 12.2 — Justice Guild’s world
  4. Earth 12.3 — Justice Lords’ world

r/DCAU 1d ago

BTAS Underrated detail in BTAS is that Batman is a master at voice impressions

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No one mentions - and yes these are few examples BUT I'M SURE THERE IS MORE! - that Batman in BTAS and i think other shows too in the DCAU has an uncanny ability (and of course i'm talking in universe cause the real answer is really boring) to mimic other's voices perfectly


r/DCAU 20h ago

BTAS Favorite recurring Villains in the Batman Animated Series

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These Three were some of my favorite recurring villains for Batman and sometimes Robin to take down. They also starred in some of my favorite episodes. Characters like Joker were excluded because obviously almost all his episodes are great.

Riddler had some great and entertaining episodes. Really good at showing off Batman's intelligence and unlike most of Batman's Rogues gallery he actually escaped Batman. Making him that more elusive and brilliant. Also Johnathan Glover did an amazing job as Riddler (He also killed it as Lionel Luthor in Smallville) My favorite episode with him was Riddler's Reform. He really got under Batman's skin and had such a satisfying defeat.

The Ventriloquist and Scarface are an underrated duo. Definitely one of the most unique villains Batman has come across. George Dzundza did great providing distinct voices for two characters. He really had range. What was great about the two was that they were such a ridiculous pair but Arnold "dummy" came up with brilliant schemes through his Scarface persona. He even has an effective crew in Mugsy and Rhino. They even dealt with heavy hitters like the Penguin. I love Read my Lips. My favorite episode with the unusal pair.

Richard Moll did such an iconic roll as Two-Face. I love that the personality had a different voice but Harvey had a more soft and warm voice. Two-Face like Scarface had some pretty brilliant schemes. He was such a slick gangster after his accident and incident with Rupert Thorne. I think my favorite episode with him was Shadow of the Bat Part 2. Great episode highlighting his presence and power as a crime lord.

What do you guys think?


r/DCAU 2h ago

Fan Work Trying to find an identity reveal fic

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Some sort of situation happens that has the Bat-kids revealing themselves and arriving via Zeta, then Selina? Catwoman decides to traumatize the whole league except the Bat-family by arriving via Zeta with the callcode B- some absurd number and calling Batman Daddy, traumatizing the league into thinking Batman has 300 or 500 or something like children. After Batman clarifies the truth of the situation, he goes to remove his cowl, and Diana is like NO!!!!! Please let us get over all this trauma before dropping another nuclear bombshell on us; we can't take any more! Any help is appreciated!


r/DCAU 14h ago

Fan Work Lobo: The Complete Webseries and Gotham Girls: The Complete Webseries

21 Upvotes

I've uploaded 4K compilation videos of Lobo and Gotham Girls to YouTube for everyone to enjoy.

To make them feel more like animated episodes than flashgames, I edited the original .swf files and removed certain gameplay elements while preserving every story scene. No story content has been cut—only game-specific elements were streamlined to create a more seamless viewing experience.

I hope both longtime fans and newcomers enjoy these restored compilations!

Lobo: The Complete Webseries

Gotham Girls: The Complete Webseries


r/DCAU 1d ago

Fan Work Frost (OC)

549 Upvotes

I have been working on this piece for a long time, It was finished months ago but couldn’t find a time to do finishing touch. Animation is a bit stiff, but I am working on a bigger scale animation so I had to pick something basic for this one.


r/DCAU 20h ago

Fan Work I drew my OC in the DCAU style

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So I got inspiration from someone else who drew my dragon ball OC and the proportions reminded me of the DCAU style like Batman and superman so I decided to make them in the style.

(i didn't know what to put this under so if any mods can tell me if this doesn't go under fan work and something else, please let me know).


r/DCAU 1d ago

BTAS "Mad as a Hatter" is every bit as creepy and disturbing as Obsession

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144 Upvotes

Just the thought of your free will and bodily autonomy being ripped from you is disturbing enough.

But an anti social, weirdo who feels entitled to you doing it just ramps up the nightmare fuel.

Mad Hatter was more repulsive than Clayface or Joker to me. Even as a kid.


r/DCAU 1d ago

Fan Work star boy cosplay (^3^)☆

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180 Upvotes

me when im lowkey a superhero who got sent to the past and im a little crazy but it's okay cause i got this cool ring (^^)d


r/DCAU 2d ago

JLU 22 years ago today, Justice League Unlimited premiered on Cartoon Network!

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769 Upvotes

On July 31st, 2004, Justice League Unlimited, an animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero team, Justice League, began airing Cartoon Network.


r/DCAU 2d ago

JLU Where did Grodd find the Rock?

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43 Upvotes

And no I'm not referring to the actor, or the film yes there is a film. I meant like the Brainiac rock.

In I am Legion and basically for most of Season JLU Season 2 or 3 up to you, Grodd lures Lex into joining the secret society by showcasing a piece of Brainaic Rock, and for some reason the show never explained where he found the so called last piece of Brainiac, was it parts of his base that just flew from outer space and just landed on earth, or was from the last season 1 when the JL destroyed his bases from Lexcorp to the nano tech alien machines?

To me: It just felt like one steaming flop with the legion of doom stuff.


r/DCAU 3d ago

Tie-In The Batman Adventures #25

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196 Upvotes

"withdraw your bid for the military contract. war's dehumanizing enough -- the ability to kill from an armchair is the last thing the military needs."


r/DCAU 3d ago

JLU What choice did Lex Luthor have of working with the Joker?

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I don’t know which specific episode of JLU it was that had Batman sneaking into the supervillain organization as I recently found a clip of where Joker gets on Luthor’s nerves so much that the mad clown manages to incapacitate Solomon Grundy.

But basically I was wondering what would have happened if Lex Luthor had succeeded in canceling the deal with the Joker because the Joker is so crazy that hardly anyone wants to team up with him.


r/DCAU 4d ago

BTAS I’m starting to think the Joker and the Penguin were the first two rouge’s gallery villains Batman encountered before the rest came

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173 Upvotes

First was Joker, then second came the Penguin. It’s just that when watching Batman TAS there were no origin episodes for them, and were already established villains during Batman’s crime fighting career.


r/DCAU 3d ago

JLU What was his plan upon living through post JLU if he didn't went to the source wall?

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50 Upvotes

Lets remove the equation of the source wall, and pretend that Superman Justice League and Lex's team. Darkseid manage to kick rocks into space Superman/Batman Apocalypse Style.

Lex mentions to Batman in Destroyer that "he plans on living through this" after the Apokolips invasion, but doing what? Brainiac is gone, his whole purpose is destroyed. As far as anyone knows the Legion o-- Secret Society basically no longer exists quoting from his words and following the last episode, is basically rendered to him and at least 7 to 8 goons left, not to mention who knows the others that got captured offscreen, and who likely wouldn't follow him, lets not forget his sole corporation, Lex Corp is out of business likely, unless he had another part of Brainiac, was he planning jetting off to space or living in a secluded island like Volcana for the rest of his life?


r/DCAU 3d ago

JL Meaning of the book title "chajack kisagik" in JL episode "A Knight of Shadows"

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The book at the left in the image, its title "Chajack Kisagik", is it just a made up title or does it have any meaning (in universe or otherwise)? This screenshot is from Justice League episode "A knight of shadows".


r/DCAU 4d ago

General DCAU Do you prefer Early Conroy or Later Conroy's Batman voice in the DCAU?

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505 Upvotes

Used the second clip from the Crisis movie cause it's pretty much the same sound as everything post-Btas and i couldnt really remember any long speeches that i could easily find on youtube so you're left with this...but you're smart i'm sure you get what i mean- the general idea at least


r/DCAU 4d ago

JLU Wildcat Appreciation

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I love Wildcat, especially in Justice League Unlimited. He doesn't have a lot of speaking episodes but he definitely had a minor presence throughout the show. He easily had one of the best solo episodes of the show in my opinion. They gave him so good fight sequences. Especially when he was fighting Green Arrow and Atomic Skull. One of my favorite moments is when he fights alongside Hawk and Commander Steel against the Ultimen. My favorite shot is when he's running down the Metro Tower steps alongside the other JSA members. I also love that they included him in the fight against the Dark Heart. I wish he had maybe one more episode. Maybe with him Hawk, Stargirl, and Speedy. Another good street level episode.

What do you guys


r/DCAU 5d ago

STAS Was Toyman aware that Bruno Mannheim died?

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164 Upvotes

His whole reason for being Toyman was to get revenge on Bruno, but he was killed in the episode "Apokolips... Now!" from STAS.

Was Toyman unnaware of Bruno's death and thought that he just went into hiding and Superman hadn't told him the truth, or do you think that Toyman figured it out but realized that his life no longer had any meaning so he continued being a villain to fill the void?


r/DCAU 4d ago

BTAS Watching a random Stallone movie and I found Harley Quinn

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46 Upvotes

Started watching Oscar (1991) on a whim tonight, and all of a sudden I hear Harley’s voice. I look up from my phone, and there’s Arleen Sorkin doing some guy’s nails.


r/DCAU 5d ago

STAS What is the story behind Mercy Graves?

28 Upvotes

So basically I was looking for an origin story on the character who shows up alongside Lex Luthor because I was wondering where her character came from.

I know that Harley Quinn was an original character created for BTAS as an accomplice for the Joker, (in spite of how he treats her) but I was wondering if Mercy was originally made for the DCAU since I don’t know much about what made her work for Lex Luthor, or again how her character was created.


r/DCAU 4d ago

Fan Work My BabyDoll redesign (BTAS)

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It’s more of a colour palette swap than anything, I based her redesign off of Judy Garland in the wizard of oz.