History YMMV / BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE18BewareTheGrayGhost

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: We all love Creator/AdamWest for his [[AdamWesting usual style of acting]], but if you want to hear a legitimately good performance from him, watch this episode.

** A more straightforward example is the fact that Bruce goes to a video store in his search for The Gray Ghost show. With the advent of streaming services in the late 2000s and early 2010s, video stores died a slow and painful death.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Nowadays, Bruce could find out all he needed to know about The Gray Ghost from Website/{{IMDB}}, Website/{{Wikipedia}} or [[Website/TVTropes even us!]] Then again, the series being supposedly lost means there would probably not be much info on it out there beyond a brief general synopsis, let alone any info on "The Mad Bomber" specifically. It'd be almost impossible to find prints of any of the episodes to watch-notably, Batman has to borrow Simon Trent's copy since the original master version was destroyed.

* HeReallyCanAct: We all love Creator/AdamWest for his [[AdamWesting usual style of acting]], but if you want to hear a legitimately good performance from him, watch this episode.

* {{NarmCharm}}: While the idea that the Gray Ghost inspired Batman works really well, Batman having a ''shrine'' to the show built in the Batcave is frankly just silly. But nonetheless endearing.

* {{Narm}}: While the idea that the Gray Ghost inspired Batman works really well, Batman having a ''shrine'' to the show built in the Batcave is frankly just silly.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Nowadays, Bruce could find out all he needed to know about The Gray Ghost from Website/{{IMDB}}, Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} or [[Wiki/TVTropes even us!]] Then again, the series being supposedly lost means there would probably not be much info on it out there beyond a brief general synopsis, let alone any info on "The Mad Bomber" specifically. It'd be almost impossible to find prints of any of the episodes to watch-notably, Batman has to borrow Simon Trent's copy since the original master version was destroyed.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Bruce Timm himself names a shot from this episode as the worst case of the issue they always had portraying the Batmobile driving on hills, where it seems to turn to rubber as it completely hugs the slanting ground.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Bruce Timm himself names a shot from this episode as the worst case of the issue they always had portraying the Batmobile driving on hills, where it seems to turn to rubber as it completely hugs the slanting ground.
* TearJerker: "Then it wasn't all for nothing" becomes poignantly heartbreaking with Creator/AdamWest's death.
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* {{Narm}}: As WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic once pointed out (in his video listing this as one of the best episodes of the series, mind), while the idea that the Gray Ghost inspired Batman works really well, Batman having a ''shrine'' to the show built in the Batcave is frankly just silly.

* HarsherInHindsight: "Then it wasn't all for nothing" becomes poignantly heartbreaking with Creator/AdamWest's death.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:
** ''"So... it '''''wasn't''''' for nothing!"'' (Remember, this was made in the middle of the Dark Age when the definition of 'good' was 'how far from the dorky show can we push it?')
** Meta example: Scripted or not, Creator/KevinConroy's Batman praising Creator/AdamWest's character as a hero he looked up to probably made West's day.
** Within the episode, the flashback to Bruce's happy childhood before his parents were murdered, and adult Bruce's smile as he watches the old episodes for clues.
* HilariousInHindsight: Bruce hands the titular character's actor what is presumably a home video re-release of the long-lost ''Gray Ghost'' serial, probably on VHS. Thing is, the design of the box, specifically the blue borders, makes it look exactly like a modern-day Blu-ray case!

** Meta example: Scripted or not, Kevin Conroy's Batman praising Adam West's character as a hero he looked up to probably made West's day.
** Within the episode, the flashback to Bruce's happy childhood before his parents were murdered, and adult Bruce's smile as he watches the old episodes for clues.

** ''"So... it '''''wasn't''''' for nothing!"'' (Remember, this was made in the middle of the Dark Age when the definition of 'good' was 'how far from the dorky show can we push it?'

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Scripted or not, Kevin Conroy's Batman praising Adam West's character as a hero he looked up to probably made West's day.

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* ActorAllusion: Natural given it's Creator/AdamWest.
* DescendedCreator: Ted Dymer is played by series creator Creator/BruceTimm.