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''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' is a film in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line, directed by Creator/JayOliva and based on [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns the comic of the same name]]. Batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of Jason Todd. Comicbook/{{Superman}}, still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. Commissioner Gordon is weeks away from retirement, ComicBook/TheJoker has been silently locked away in Arkham for years, and ComicBook/TwoFace is about to be released back into the world with a brand new skin. In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants. After encountering a Mutant gang in the alley where his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne resurrects Batman, aided in his renewed crusade by Carrie Kelley, a 13-year-old girl who becomes the new Robin. Defeating the Mutants, though, turns out to be child's play compared to what Batman faces next...

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''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns'' is a film in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line, directed by Creator/JayOliva and based on [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns the comic of the same name]]. Batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of Jason Todd. Comicbook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}}, still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. Commissioner Gordon is weeks away from retirement, ComicBook/TheJoker has been silently locked away in Arkham for years, and ComicBook/TwoFace is about to be released back into the world with a brand new skin. In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants. After encountering a Mutant gang in the alley where his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne resurrects Batman, aided in his renewed crusade by Carrie Kelley, a 13-year-old girl who becomes the new Robin. Defeating the Mutants, though, turns out to be child's play compared to what Batman faces next...



* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Franchise/{{Superman}} is never addressed by his superhero identity, only as Clark, "school boy" or "...''him''".

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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Franchise/{{Superman}} ComicBook/{{Superman}} is never addressed by his superhero identity, only as Clark, "school boy" or "...''him''".



** The rookie cop catches a glimpse of Batman and said "Did you see that?". A line first spoken (also by a cop) in the beginning of "On Leather Wings", the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and the first entry of the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse.

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** The rookie cop catches a glimpse of Batman and said "Did you see that?". A line first spoken (also by a cop) in the beginning of "On Leather Wings", the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and the first entry of the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse.''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse''.



** Also there are some comics in the comic stand like the ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''.

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** Also there are some comics in the comic stand like the ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''.''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''.



** The woman talking to Bruce on the radio in the opening race is never seen either. In the comics it's Carol Ferris, [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]'s fiancée.

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** The woman talking to Bruce on the radio in the opening race is never seen either. In the comics it's Carol Ferris, [[Franchise/GreenLantern [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]'s fiancée.

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* BlingBlingBang: General Briggs also attempts to pull a ceremonial M1911 with gold trim and engraved grips on Batman.



* CoolGuns: Several. The [=MP40=] and Mauser C96 are the weapons of choice for the Neo-Nazis led by Bruno, while the Joker uses a two-tone Glock with chromed parts. General Briggs also attempts to pull a ceremonial M1911 with gold trim and engraved grips on Batman.
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---> He was [[AnArmAndALeg all torn up]] about it too.

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---> '''Bruce:''' He was [[AnArmAndALeg all torn up]] about it too.
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** Batman's meeting with the general is also longer than in the comic, where the general only appears in a page and already dead.

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** Batman's meeting with the general General is also longer than in the comic, where the general General only appears in a page and already dead.



** The general is also one in Part 1, he only sold the weapons to the mutants because the government wouldn't pay the treatment for his dying wife.

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** The general General is also one in Part 1, he only sold the weapons to the mutants because the government wouldn't pay the treatment for his dying wife.

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