History WesternAnimation / BatmanBeyond

Rumors of a potential LiveActionAdaptation have popped up ever since the show's inception; at one point[[note]]and some fans dream still of having Creator/MichaelKeaton playing that version of Bruce Wayne, although those dreams are dead and buried after the failure of Film/TheFlash2023[[/note]], ''Beyond'' became a forerunner for a new Batman film series, at least until Christopher Nolan's ''Film/BatmanBegins'' entered production. After the conclusion of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and the arrival of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse rumors popped up again, including a potential revival in the vein of WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury Batman in the 21st-and-a-half century.]]]]

** When Creator/GeorgeLazenby played the King of the Royal Flush Gang, he says at one point "[[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService We have all the time in the world]]." There is a [[HarsherInHindsight crueler]] allusion as well:
-->'''King:''' Do you have any idea what it's like [[Creator/SeanConnery living in someone's shadow?!]]

* DeconReconSwitch: The series deconstructs the life Batman lives, and shows how dangerous and risky it is to Batman and help with his mission, as during Bruce's last fight as Batman he suffered from a heart attack, where a thug took this as an opportunity to beat brutally him until he was forced to pick a gun, which horrified him so much, he decided to retire as Batman for good, and his relationships with the people he was closest to such as Barbara Gordon and Tim Drake, [[spoiler:who suffered a very traumatic experience after being tortured by The Joker and forced to kill him in their final fight with him,]] which is why he refused to allow Terry take up the mantle of Batman when he discovered his identity at first. However, the series also reconstructs why Gotham City still needs Batman, as there are still corrupt people like Derek Powers, and his son Paxton, and criminal gangs, some even inspired by the Joker, running rampant, and the people of Gotham still need Batman to be their protector when nobody else can help them.

* DeconReconSwitch: The series deconstructs the life Batman lives, and shows how dangerous and risky it is to Batman and help with his mission, as during Bruce Wayne's last fight as Batman he suffered from a heart attack, which where a thug took this as an opportunity to beat brutally him until he was forced to pick a gun, which horrified him so much, he decided to retire as Batman for good, and his relationships with the people he was closest to such as Barbara Gordon and Tim Drake, [[spoiler:who suffered a very traumatic experience after being tortured by the joker The Joker and forced to kill him in their final fight with him,]] which is why he refused to allow a Terry take up the mantle of Batman when he discovered his identity at first. However, the series also reconstructs why Gotham City still needs Batman, as there still corrupt people like Derek Powers, and his son Paxton, and criminal gangs, some even inspired by the Joker, running rampant, and the people of Gotham still need Batman to be their protector when nobody else can help them.

'''Blight''': ''(irritated)'' Do you have the ''slightest idea'' how ''little'' that narrows it down?

[[{{AmbiguousTimePeriod}} 40-50-something years]] [[{{TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture}} in the future]] of the ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'', ComicBook/{{Batman}} no longer patrols Gotham City, [[RetiredBadass having hung up the cape and cowl]] after his deteriorating health forced him to [[BatmanGrabsAGun break one of his most important rules]]. Crime eventually returns to overtake Gotham, this time in the form of [[{{Film/TheWarriors}} Warriors-style]] street gangs who base their identities around Batman's former archenemies. The most prominent of these groups, The Jokerz, have a chance encounter with a teenager named Terry [=McGinnis=] (voiced by Creator/WillFriedle), who gets chased by the clowns right to the outskirts of Wayne Manor. An aged and reclusive Bruce Wayne (still voiced by Creator/KevinConroy) comes to Terry's aid, but the fight takes its toll on the former superhero. Terry helps Bruce back into Wayne Manor, but soon stumbles upon the Batcave and learns the secret of the Batman.

Rumors of a potential LiveActionAdaptation have popped up ever since the show's inception; at one point[[note]]and some fans dream still of having Creator/MichaelKeaton playing that version of Bruce Wayne, although those dreams are dead and buried after the failure of Film/TheFlash2023[[/note]], ''Beyond'' became a forerunner for a new Batman film series, at least until Christopher Nolan's ''Film/BatmanBegins'' entered production. After the conclusion of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and the arrival of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse rumors popped up again, including a potential revival in the vein of Film/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse.

Rumors of a potential LiveActionAdaptation have popped up ever since the show's inception; at one point[[note]]and some fans dream still of having Creator/MichaelKeaton playing that version of Bruce Wayne[[/note]], ''Beyond'' became a forerunner for a new Batman film series, at least until Christopher Nolan's ''Film/BatmanBegins'' entered production. After the conclusion of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and the arrival of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse rumors popped up again.

* ContractOnTheHitman: Curar&eacute is told that if she fails to kill her target, she herself will be killed for her failure. This indeed happens when she's foiled by Batman, but because she's so skilled, she turns the tables on her organization and single-handed wipes them out.

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: In a somewhat {{troperrific}} episode, a surgeon specializing in cybernetic prosthetic limbs is coerced into providing some punks with weaponized cybernetic enhancements because they've kidnapped his girlfriend. Of course, the girlfriend was working with the gang all along, and the whole thing was probably her idea. The doctor eventually finds out, but the gang's leader doesn't realize he knows and comes to the doctor for repairs one last time.
--> [[FadeToBlack "I understand... no holding back."]]

* BrushOffWalkOff: Done in a comic continuation when Terry (i.e. the current Batman) teams up with Nightwing (as in Dick Grayson). Throughout the cartoon, it was heavily implied that whatever caused the final breakup of the Bat Family was especially bitter when it came to Dick and Bruce [[note]]"Return Of The Joker" explained that Tim Drake left on a sour note after Bruce refused to let him be Robin anymore despite undergoing treatment to undo Joker's torture, in the first episode where she appears Barbara Gordon observes that Bruce "sewed up the bullet holes" in her old Batgirl costume[[/note]]. By that point, Bruce had managed to reconcile to an extent with both Barbara and Tim, and likewise tried to reach out to Dick through Terry's suit. Terry cuts Bruce's heartfelt appeal off by stating that Nightwing left the moment he heard Bruce's voice. Understandably, Bruce is crushed.