Even though it was considered Taboo to even depict domestic on American adult oriented media to the point that the music video for Garth Brookes’ song The Thunder rolls is Banned from MTV (a channel that shows a lot of content considered taboo on American television at the time), they got away with depict domestic abuse in a children’s show via the introduction of the character known as Harley Quinn.

Finally.

• Jeffrey Parazzo as Terry McGinnis/Batman

• Val Klemer as Bruce Wayne

• Stacey Dash as Maxine Gibson

• Kristen Kreuk as Dana Tan

• Andrea Martin as Mary McGinnis

• Trek Buccino as Matt McGinnis

• Jim Carrey as Derek Powers/Blight

• Yancy Butler as Police Commisioner Barbara Gordon

• Alex House as Nelson Nash

• Laura Vandervoort as Melanie Walker

• Eric Etabari as Shriek/Walter Shreeve

• Eliza Dushku as Inque

• D.B. Woodside as Stalker

• Paula Brantaci as Bobbie "Blade" Sommer

• Jennifer Gardner as Curare

• Ephraim Ellis as Willie Watt

• Danny Strong as Howard Groote

• Alison Mack as Chelsea Cunningham

What are some things from the DCAU that you want to see in the DCU?

Should there be a category for LGBT characters? One of the reasons DCAU was notable among other superhero cartoons of the time was its LGBT representation (among other grounded themes that had to bypass censorship).

What do you think are the most intense, hard and brutal episodes in the entire DCAU series? Tell us your thoughts.

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It’s cool that we grew up with the same thing. I think his version of John in the DCU will be pretty similar to the DCAU version. I’m so excited for Lanterns!

Justice League vs. The Fatal Five and Batman & Harley Quinn have both been deemed canon by Bruce Timm, and by it's references to the previous serieses.

The Absolute Universe in the style of the DCAU.