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This four disc collection contains the final episodes of B:TAS, before it became the New Batman Adventures, with the controversial change of animation style. Batgirl is introduced and Ra's al Ghul makes his first full episode appearance, including a bizarre encounter with Jonah Hex. These episodes stand up just as well as those from the previous two sets, and it's just a personal regret of mine that this set has never been released in Region 2.
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This is my favorite season out of the first 2 boxsets, best episodes are in this such as DEEP FREEZE, FIRE FROM OLYMPUS, BANE, SECOND CHANCE, HOUSE & GARDEN, RIDDLER'S REFORM, TRIAL, SIDESHOW, SHADOW OF THE BAT and READ MY LIPS. Here are the episodes. Spoiler alert!!
Shadow of The Bat: Part I: After Commissioner Gordon is framed for bribes, his daughter; Barbara becomes Batgirl.
Shadow of The Bat: Part II: Two-Face and Gill Mason scheme to kill off Commissioner Gordon.
Blind as a Bat: After a helicopter gets stolen, Bruce Wayne gets blinded by the lasers fired by the Penguin.
The Demon's Quest: Part I: Ra's Al Ghul helps Batman on his journey to find Talia and Robin.
The Demon's Quest: Part II: After finding Robin and Talia, Batman discovers Ra's Al Ghul's true scheme for world domination.
His Silicon Soul: Batman starts committing his own crimes.
Fire from Olympus: Batman must stop a lunatic who believes he is God of all Earthlings.
Read My Lips: The Ventriloquist and his puppet; Scarface commit all kinds of robberies through out Gotham City.
The Worry Men: The Mad Hatter and his henchmen rob from Gotham's wealthiest.
Sideshow: Killer Croc escapes from prison and joins a circus freakshow.
A Bullet for Bullock: Batman must protect Detective Bullock.
Trial: Batman gets trapped by his most diabolical enemies including the Joker, Two-Face, Scarface, Killer Croc, the Scarecrow and Harley Quinn.
Avatar: Batman accompanies Ra's Al Ghul in finding a lost Goddess in Egypt.
House and Garden: Poison Ivy gets released from prison and starts a new life, but Batman is suspicious.
The Terrible Trio: 3 troubled teenages commit horrible offenses for the thrill.
Harlequinade: Batman uses Harley Quinn in order to locate the Joker.
Time Out of Joint: Batman and Robin must stop the Clock King from using his Time Freezer from freezing Gotham City in time.
Catwalk: Scarface convinces Catwoman to join his gang.
Bane: Rupert Thorne hires a steroid injected assassin to kill Batman.
Baby-Doll: An actress with a strange condition takes revenge against her co-stars of an old TV sitcom.
The Lion and the Unicorn: While Alfred meets up with a friend in England, Red Claw returns for more action.
Showdown: Ra's Al Ghul tells Batman and Robin a story about an event of his life from the late 19th century.
Riddler's Reform: The Riddler gives up his life of crime for a toy factory job.
Second Chance: While receiving plastic surgery, Two-Face gets kidnapped by the Boss.
Harley's Holiday: Harley Quinn is released for good behavior but it is short lived.
Lock-Up: A brutal security guard attempts to destroy the entire law force for allowing the Gotham City criminals to keep getting released.
Make 'Em Laugh: The Joker uses the Mad Hatter's mind chips for famous stand-up comedians.
Deep Freeze: Mr. Freezes helps an amusement park tycoon's evil scheme.
Batgirl Returns: Batgirl helps Batman and Robin defeat the evil forces of the Joker, Two-Face, the Penguin and Catwoman.
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Batman The Animated Series is a extravagant gem amongst a lot of classic 90's Warner Brothers cartoons. The third installment of this series is of course, along the same par as the other two seasons that proceed before it. Dark and chilling, this series offers the viewers a more realistic Gotham, where justice isn't always clear and the bad guys don't always get caught. Batman can only do so much, his human flaws exploited at every corner, this entire series is a refreshing and controversial. Note that the first pilot episode of the series may be in fact, the first time blood was ever shown in a child's cartoon or that the fourth builds upon new animation techniques, but in truth, the entire story-line through out the series in combination with it's dark 1960's type artistic perspective makes Batman the animated series a must own for anyone who loves the DC character.
Batman - The Animated Series, Volume One (DC Comics Classic Collection)
Batman - The Animated Series, Volume Two (DC Comics Classic Collection)
Batman - The Animated Series, Volume Four (From the New Batman Adventures) (DC Comics Classic Collection)
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Batman:The Animated Series is the best Batman series ever produced! If you like Batman, you'll love Batman: The Animated Series (even if you don't usually like cartoons).
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Since it has already been established what a great series this was, I don't feel I need to say much in regards to the quality of the show. I will only state that this is a wonderful program that's suitable for both children and adults. The storylines are interesting and entertaining, the voice actors are always top notch, and the animations are amazing. As a child, I enjoyed this series when it first came out and I'm happy to have it on DVD as an adult.
The description on the back of the DVD box states that this is the final 28 episodes of the series but according to the episode lists on the inside of the fold-out case, there are 29 episodes in this volume. On Disc 3, the episodes start switching from "Batman The Animated Series" to "The Adventures of Batman and Robin," where Robin becomes a more prominent character. As far as I can see there is no major difference between the two, other than the opening theme. The animations, voice acting, and storylines are mostly on par with what we have come to expect from TAS.
In this volume, we get to see some already established villains like The Joker, Poison Ivy, Two Face, The Riddler, etc. Harley Quinn gets a couple of really good episodes ("Harlequinade" & "Harley's Holiday"). We meet some new bad guys, like Ventriloquist/Scarface and Lock-Up. This set also includes several episodes featuring Batman's most powerful enemy, Ra's al Ghul ("The Demon's Quest Parts I&II," "Avatar," & "Showdown," in which the hero Johah Hex makes an appearance).
This volume is sort of bookended by Batgirl. The very fist episode is a two-parter, called "Shadow of the Bat," in which Barbara Gordon makes her first appearance as Batgirl. The final episode, "Batgirl Returns," shows her teaming up with Catwoman to catch a thief. These episodes are fun to watch, especially for us girls.
This volume is a little disappointing in the special features department. We get commentaries on the episodes "Read My Lips," "House and Garden," and "Harlequinade". There is short but interesting documentary called "Gotham's New Knight," featuring the series creators commenting on the addition of Batgirl.
I don't, yet, own Volumes 1 and 2 (I started with 4 and am working my way backwards) so I'm not sure how it compares special features-wise. I've been a little disappointed with vols 3 and 4. I'm hoping 1 and 2 have some more in-depth stuff. Despite that, I'm glad to own this series and am looking forward to completing my collection.
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