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Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, India and also the Philippines, until its reruns) was the fourth television series produced in the DC Animated Universe continuity. It began airing on January 10, 1999 and ended its run on December 18, 2001.

Plot

For decades, Bruce Wayne reigned as Gotham City's crime fighting Dark Knight, Batman. Twenty years into the future, however, the reign has come to an end. As a new horde of outrageous outlaws, gangs, and villains rampage the city, the unthinkable has happened: the aging Bruce Wayne, who has become ill due to a limp and heart problems, has hung up his cape and retired to seclusion. But when a brave, young high school teen named Terry McGinnis stumbles onto the secret of Batman's true identity, a new alliance is forged, and a legend is reborn. Armed with a dazzling array of advanced technology, Terry becomes the new Batman, and explodes onto the futuristic streets of Gotham.

Powered by the bond between legendary master and youthful crusader, Batman Beyond introduces a new hero for a new era. Together, these heroes dedicate their lives to eliminate each and every lying, conniving, and cheating criminal from the underbelly of the future Gotham City, fighting the odds and risking their lives once again in the pursuit of justice.

Cast

Will Friedle as Batman (Terry McGinnis)
Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne
Cree Summer as Maxine Gibson
Lauren Tom as Dana Tan
Teri Garr as Mary McGinnis
Ryan O'Donohue as Matt McGinnis
Sherman Howard as Blight/Derek Powers
Stockard Channing and Angie Harmon as Barbara Gordon
Seth Green as Nelson Nash
Olivia D'Abo as Melanie Walker
Chris Mulkey as Shriek/Walter Shreeve
Shannon Kenny as Inque
Carl Lumbly as Stalker
Melissa Disney as Bobbi "Blade" Sommer and Curaré
Scott McAfee as Willie Watt
Max Brooks as Howard Groote
Yvette Lowenthal and Rachael Leigh Cook as Chelsea Cunningham

Production Crew

Producers

Directors

Writers

Casting

Leslie Lamers

Music

Awards and Reception

In 1999,
- The show was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program.
- Alan Burnett and Paul Dini were nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Rebirth, Part I".
- Adam Van Wyk won an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Black Out".
In 2000,
- Robert Goodman was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Zeta".
- The show was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Animated Television Program.
In 2001,
- Olivia Hussey was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Out of the Past".
- Kevin Conroy was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production for the episode "Out of the Past".
- Paul Dini was nominated for an Annie Award in the categories of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production, for the episode "Out of the Past", and Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Animated Television Production.
- Butch Lukic won an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production for the episode "The Call, Part I".
- The show won an Annie Award in the category of Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Animated Television Production.

In January 2009, IGN dubbed Batman Beyond the 40th best animated television series.[1]

Episodes

Season One

Airdate Order	Prod. Order	Title	Directed by	Written by	Airdate	Opponent(s)
01-02	01-02	Rebirth	Curt Geda	Part I: Alan Burnett & Paul Dini Part II: Stan Berkowitz	January 10, 1999	Derek Powers
03	03	Black Out	Dan Riba	Robert Goodman	January 31, 1999	Inque
04	04	Golem	Butch Lukic	Hilary J. Bader	February 7, 1999	Willie Watt
05	07	Meltdown	Curt Geda	Hilary J. Bader & Alan Burnett	February 14, 1999	Mr. Freeze and Derek Powers
06	08	Heroes	Butch Lukic	Rich Fogel	February 21, 1999	Terrific Trio
07	10	Shriek	Curt Geda	Stan Berkowitz	March 14, 1999	Shriek
08	06	Dead Man's Hand	Dan Riba	Stan Berkowitz	March 21, 1999	The Royal Flush Gang
09	05	The Winning Edge	Yukio Suzuki	Rich Fogel	April 11, 1999	Mason Forrest and Jackson Chappell
10	09	Spellbound	Butch Lukic	Robert Goodman	May 1, 1999	Spellbinder
11	12	Disappearing Inque	Curt Geda	Stan Berkowitz	May 8, 1999	Inque
12	11	A Touch of Curaré	Dan Riba	Hilary J. Bader	May 15, 1999	Curaré
13	13	Ascension	Yukio Suzuki	Robert Goodman	May 28, 1999	Derek Powers

Season Two

Airdate Order	Prod. Order	Title	Directed by	Written by	Airdate	Opponent(s)
01	16	Splicers	Curt Geda	Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer	September 18, 1999	Dr. Cuvier
02	15	Earth Mover	Dan Riba	Stan Berkowitz	September 25, 1999	Earthmover
03	14	Joyride	Butch Lukic	Stan Berkowitz	October 2, 1999	Jokerz
04	17	Lost Soul	Butch Lukic	Stan Berkowitz	October 9, 1999	Vance
05	19	Hidden Agenda	Curt Geda	Hilary J. Bader Story: Hilary J. Bader & Shaun McLaughlin	October 16, 1999	Terminal
06	18	Bloodsport	Dan Riba	Rich Fogel	October 23, 1999	Stalker
07	20	Once Burned	Butch Lukic	Stan Berkowitz	November 6, 1999	The Royal Flush Gang
08	21	Hooked Up	Dan Riba	Robert Goodman	November 13, 1999	Spellbinder
09	22	Rats	Curt Geda	Rich Fogel	November 20, 1999	Ratboy
10	23	Mind Games	Butch Lukic	Alan Burnett	December 4, 1999	Brain Trust
11	24	Revenant	Kyung-Won Lim	Hilary J. Bader	December 11, 1999	Willie Watt
12	25	Babel	Curt Geda	Stan Berkowitz	January 8, 2000	Shriek
13	26	Terry's Friend Dates a Robot	Dan Riba	John P. McCann	January 15, 2000	Cynthia
14	27	Eyewitness	Butch Lukic	Story: Rich Fogel Teleplay: Hilary J. Bader	January 22, 2000	Spellbinder
15	30	Final Cut	Butch Lukic	Story: Hilary J. Bader & Alan Burnett Teleplay: Hilary J. Bader	February 5, 2000	Curaré
16	29	The Last Resort	Curt Geda	Stan Berkowitz	March 4, 2000	Dr. Wheeler
17	31	Armory	Kyung-Won Lim	John P. McCann	March 11, 2000	Armory
18	32	Sneak Peek	Dan Riba	Stan Berkowitz	March 25, 2000	Ian Peek
19	34	The Eggbaby	James Tucker	Hilary J. Bader	April 1, 2000	Ma Mayhem
20	28	Zeta	Dan Riba	Robert Goodman	April 8, 2000	Zeta
21	33	Plague	Butch Lukic	Rich Fogel	April 15, 2000	Kobra
22	35	April Moon	Butch Lukic	Stan Berkowitz	April 22, 2000	April Moon Gang
23	37	Sentries of the Last Cosmos	Dan Riba	John Shirley & Rich Fogel	May 6, 2000	Simon Harper
24	36	Payback	Kyung-Won Lim	Robert Goodman	May 13, 2000	Payback
25	40	Where's Terry?	Kyung-Won Lim	Rich Fogel	May 27, 2000	Shriek
26	41	Ace in the Hole	James Tucker	Hilary J. Bader	August 19, 2000	Ronny Boxer

Season Three

Airdate Order	Prod. Order	Title	Directed by	Written by	Airdate	Opponent(s)
01	42	King's Ransom	Butch Lukic	Rich Fogel	September 16, 2000	The Royal Flush Gang
02	39	Untouchable	Dan Riba	Hilary J. Bader	September 23, 2000	The Repeller
03	46	Inqueling	Butch Lukic	Hilary J. Bader	September 30, 2000	Inque
04	38	Big Time	James Tucker	Robert Goodman	October 7, 2000	Richard Armacost, Karros, and Charlie Bigelow
05	44	Out of the Past	James Tucker	Paul Dini	October 21, 2000	Ra's al Ghul
06	45	Speak No Evil	Dan Riba	Stan Berkowitz	November 4, 2000	James Van Dyle
07	50	The Call, Part I	Butch Lukic	Story: Paul Dini and Alan Burnett Teleplay: Stan Berkowitz	November 11, 2000	Superman
08	51	The Call, Part II	Butch Lukic	Story: Paul Dini and Alan Burnett Teleplay: Stan Berkowitz	November 18, 2000	Starro
09	43	Betrayal	Kyung-Won Lim	Stan Berkowitz	December 9, 2000	Big Time
10	48	Curse of the Kobra, Part I	James Tucker	Rich Fogel	February 3, 2001	Zander and Kobra
11	49	Curse of the Kobra, Part II	Dan Riba	Stan Berkowitz	February 10, 2001	Zander and Kobra
12	52	Countdown	Kyung-Won Lim	Rich Fogel & Paul Dini	April 7, 2001	Mad Stan
13	47	Unmasked	Kyung-Won Lim	Hilary J. Bader	December 18, 2001	Kobra

Feature film

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

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 == Plot ==
+For decades, [[Bruce Wayne]] reigned as [[Gotham City]]'s crime fighting Dark Knight, [[Batman]]. Twenty years into the future, however, the reign has come to an end. As a new horde of outrageous outlaws, gangs, and villains rampage the city, the unthinkable has happened: the aging Bruce Wayne, who has become ill due to a limp and heart problems, has hung up his cape and retired to seclusion. But when a brave, young high school teen named [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)|Terry McGinnis]] stumbles onto the secret of Batman's true identity, a new alliance is forged, and a legend is reborn. Armed with a dazzling array of advanced technology, Terry becomes the new Batman, and explodes onto the futuristic streets of Gotham.
-The pilot episode begins in the year 2019. [[Batman]], despite his aging, continues to fight crime in a new high-tech [[Batsuit]]. In the rescue of a kidnapped [[Bunny Vreeland|heiress]], Batman suffers a mild heart attack and, at risk of being beaten to death by one of the kidnappers, is forced to betray a lifelong principle by threatening to use a gun. Ultimately, Bruce reluctantly decides that his time as Batman is over and vows "never again" as he shuts down the [[Batcave]]. By this time, his allies ([[Alfred Pennyworth]], [[Lucius Fox]], [[James Gordon|Commissioner James Gordon]], [[Leslie Thompkins]], [[Renee Montoya]] and [[Harvey Bullock]]) have died of natural causes or retired. His associates [[Dick Grayson]], [[Barbara Gordon]], [[Selina Kyle]] and [[Tim Drake]] are still alive and have grown up and left or had painful quarrels after their retirement from their alter-egos. All of his enemies such as [[Joker]], [[Harley Quinn]], [[Penguin]], [[Two-Face]], [[Poison Ivy]], [[The Riddler]], [[Clayface]], and [[Scarecrow]] are either retired, incarcerated, exiled, or deceased, and he has severed his affiliation with the [[Justice League]].
+Powered by the bond between legendary master and youthful crusader, Batman Beyond introduces a new hero for a new era. Together, these heroes dedicate their lives to eliminate each and every lying, conniving, and cheating criminal from the underbelly of the future Gotham City, fighting the odds and risking their lives once again in the pursuit of justice.
-The story fast-forwards 20 years later to 2039 in [[Gotham City|Neo-Gotham]], a futuristic megalopolis featuring staggering high rises and flying vehicles. Bruce is now an old man and a recluse living in bitter isolation in [[Wayne Manor]], with no companion but his guard dog [[Ace the Bat-Hound|Ace]]. [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)|Terry McGinnis]] is an athletic 16-year-old high school student and reformed troublemaker with a deeply ingrained sense of personal justice. Living on poor terms with his father [[Warren McGinnis]], Terry ignores his curfew one night to meet up with his girlfriend Dana Tan, only to incur the wrath of a group of the [[Jokerz]] gang harassing them. A high-speed motorcycle chase between Terry and the Jokerz leads them to the grounds of Wayne Manor, where they run into the elderly Bruce Wayne. Bruce and Terry fend off the Jokerz side-by-side, but the exertion aggravates Bruce's heart condition. Terry helps Bruce back to the manor and, while exploring the mansion, stumbles upon the entrance to the Batcave and thus discovers Bruce's secrets, only to be chased out by a recovered and angered Bruce.
-Terry returns home to discover that his father has been murdered, apparently by the vengeful Jokerz. Soon after, though, he discovers that his father had stumbled onto information about the production of illegal chemical weapons by [[Derek Powers]] through [[Wayne-Powers]] (Wayne Enterprises now merged with Powers's company) and that the man actually responsible for his father's murder is Powers's personal assistant/bodyguard Mr. Fixx. Terry goes to Bruce for help but he refuses, feeling he is too old and too weak to be of any use and instead tells Terry to take the evidence to Barbara Gordon (who has become the new Police Commissioner). After the evidence of the illegal weapon production is forcibly taken from Terry by Derek Powers, Terry subsequently steals the Batsuit, intending to bring Powers to justice. Bruce initially opposes all of Terry's efforts and vehemently demands he return the suit but Terry convinces Bruce to let him take on the Batman mantle, partially by drawing on the fact they both lost a parent to criminals, and subsequently defeats Mr. Fixx. During the battle, Powers is exposed to the chemical and forced to flee into hiding to receive treatment which subsequently mutates him into a radiation-emitting entity, though he uses artificial skin to hide the accident. Realizing that crime and corruption are running rampant in Gotham without Batman's presence, Bruce offers Terry the chance to assume the role of Batman in addition working as Bruce's chauffeur and assistant so that Terry can support his family.
-The new Batman soon develops his own rogues gallery, with both new villains (the radiation-emitting metahuman [[Blight]]; seductive shape-shifter [[Inque]]; hypnotist [[Spellbinder]]; sound weaponizer Shriek; deadly assassin [[Curare]]; insane terrorist Mad Stan; cybernetically-enhanced African Big Game hunter [[Stalker]]; nerdy psychokinetic [[Willie Watt]]; and a new version of the [[Royal Flush Gang]]) as well as some of the original Batman's old foes, such as a rejuvenated [[Mr. Freeze]]; [[Bane]]'s strength-enhancing Venom substance reborn as slap-on patches; the [[Lazarus Pit|longevous]] [[Ra's al Ghul]]; and somewhat inevitably, the [[Joker]] himself.
-Terry also makes allies in Neo-Gotham, such as the 17-year-old computer genius [[Maxine Gibson]] who discovers Batman's secret identity and helps Terry with everything from computer hacking to babysitting, and police commissioner Barbara Gordon initially hostile about another person following in Bruce's dark and dangerous steps (though she admits the city needs Batman and that Terry could not be deterred from being Batman any more than she could have been from becoming Batgirl).
-Powered by the bond between legendary master and youthful crusader, Batman Beyond introduces a new hero for a new era. Together, these heroes dedicate their lives to eliminate each and every lying, conniving, and cheating criminal from the underbelly of Neo-Gotham, fighting the odds and risking their lives once again in the pursuit of justice.
 == Cast ==