Watching the series again and I love it even more. It may even by my favorite over Batman: The Animated series. It's at least tied, but it sure makes me smile a lot more. Granted, the tones are very different shows, whereas the rest (The Batman, Batman Beyond and whatever computer animated show came after this one) all strive for a darker look and attitude. This one has all the pluses, great fun stories, great casting, lots of respect for DC's older history and they still have a lot of more serious episodes (any time the Specter shows up, for example).
I also love team ups. I do think this Batman also has the "always knows what's going on" sort of mentality that permeates the comics and other shows, but it's not quite so prevalent. He does have a weapon for every occasion, all in his belt. In fact, the belt can even turn into a light saber. The Batmobile is a giant transformer. All of these are minor quibbles, since mostly it's cool to watch the team ups with various second bananas and even the great Space Ghost has a six minute episode with Batman.
And honestly, I was a bit let down by the last couple shows, so I'm going to watch then again and see how I feel about them. A little Bat-mite goes a LONG way, despite PeeWee being his voice.
I wish they had actually put them out in real season sets, instead of "Season 1 Part 1". Of course, I bought them all anyway...
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I enjoyed this series,as well(thought Diedrich Bader did quite well voicing The Caped Crusader...)A nice counter-balance to the other,''Dark Knight''-oriented toons,though I liked some of those too.
the recent Batman cartoons have all been very well done. We as fans have been very fortunate.
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