Batman Beyond (1999-2001) is a spin off of the popular Batman cartoons of the 1990s and showed an aged and bitter Bruce Wayne (who had retired his Batman persona years before) train a young boy, Terry McGinnis, to be Batman and fight the criminals of the future. Terry had accidentally discovered the identity of the legendary Batman. He later steals the technologically advanced Batman costume so he could exact revenge after his father was killed by a powerful industrialist. The elderly Bruce Wayne eventually has sympathy for the boy and agrees to train the young man as an apprentice.
It was announced on July 18, 2019, at San Diego Comic-Con that in celebration of its 20th anniversary, Batman Beyond would be remastered for a Blu-ray release on October 29, 2019. The limited edition set will include the complete series. While all 52 episodes of the series are included, only 41 are fully remastered; the other 11 were irreparably damaged in the intervening decades, and had to be "uprezzed" from older files. Also included is a chromed Batman Beyond Funko Pop, new featurettes, the Return of the Joker animated movie, and lenticular art cards.[1]
Regarding a possible fourth season, co-creator Bruce Timm stated that if the Blu-ray made numbers and created buzz, then that would make the possibility for a revival more likely.[2]
Principal Cast[]
- Will Friedle as Terry McGinnis/Batman
- Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne
- Cree Summer as Maxine "Max" Gibson
- Frank Welker as Ace
- Lauren Tom as Dana Tan
- Stockard Channing as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (1999-2000)
- Angie Harmon as Commissioner Barbara Gordon (2000-2001)
Episodes[]
Season One[]
| Episode | Air Date | No. |
|---|---|---|
| "Rebirth, Part I" | January 10, 1999 | 1 |
| "Rebirth, Part II" | 2 | |
| "Black Out" | January 30, 1999 | 3 |
| "Golem" | February 6, 1999 | 4 |
| "Meltdown" | February 13, 1999 | 5 |
| "Heroes" | February 20, 1999 | 6 |
| "Shriek" | March 13, 1999 | 7 |
| "Dead Man's Hand" | March 20, 1999 | 8 |
| "The Winning Edge" | April 10, 1999 | 9 |
| "Spellbound" | May 1, 1999 | 10 |
| "Disappearing Inque" | May 8, 1999 | 11 |
| "A Touch of Curaré" | May 15, 1999 | 12 |
| "Ascension" | May 22, 1999 | 13 |
Season Two[]
| Episode | Air Date | No. |
|---|---|---|
| "Splicers" | September 18, 1999 | 14 |
| "Earth Mover" | September 25, 1999 | 15 |
| "Joyride" | October 2, 1999 | 16 |
| "Lost Soul" | October 9, 1999 | 17 |
| "Hidden Agenda" | October 16, 1999 | 18 |
| "Bloodsport" | October 23, 1999 | 19 |
| "Once Burned" | November 6, 1999 | 20 |
| "Hooked Up" | November 13, 1999 | 21 |
| "Rats" | November 20, 1999 | 22 |
| "Mind Games" | December 4, 1999 | 23 |
| "Revenant" | December 11, 1999 | 24 |
| "Babel" | January 8, 2000 | 25 |
| "Terry's Friend Dates a Robot" | January 15, 2000 | 26 |
| "Eyewitness" | January 22, 2000 | 27 |
| "Final Cut" | February 5, 2000 | 28 |
| "The Last Resort" | March 4, 2000 | 29 |
| "Armory" | March 11, 2000 | 30 |
| "Sneak Peek" | March 25, 2000 | 31 |
| "The Eggbaby" | April 1, 2000 | 32 |
| "Zeta" | April 8, 2000 | 33 |
| "Plague" | April 15, 2000 | 34 |
| "April Moon" | April 22, 2000 | 35 |
| "Sentries of the Last Cosmos" | May 6, 2000 | 36 |
| "Payback" | May 13, 2000 | 37 |
| "Where's Terry?" | May 27, 2000 | 38 |
| "Ace in the Hole" | August 19, 2000 | 39 |
Season Three[]
| Episode | Air Date | No. |
|---|---|---|
| "King's Ransom" | September 16, 2000 | 40 |
| "Untouchable" | September 23, 2000 | 41 |
| "Inqueling" | September 30, 2000 | 42 |
| "Big Time" | October 7, 2000 | 43 |
| "Out of the Past" | October 21, 2000 | 44 |
| "Speak No Evil" | November 4, 2000 | 45 |
| "The Call, Part I" | November 11, 2000 | 46 |
| "The Call, Part II" | November 18, 2000 | 47 |
| "Betrayal" | December 9, 2000 | 48 |
| "Curse of the Kobra, Part I" | February 3, 2001 | 49 |
| "Curse of the Kobra, Part II" | February 10, 2001 | 50 |
| "Countdown" | April 7, 2001 | 51 |
| "Unmasked" | December 18, 2001 | 52 |
Crossovers[]
Zeta Project[]
- "Shadows"
Static Shock[]
Justic League Unlimited[]
- "The Once and Future Thing, Part I: Weird Western Tales"
- "The Once and Future Thing, Part II: Time, Warped"
- "Epilogue"
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