YMMV / Batman: Wayne Family Adventures

• Alternative Joke Interpretation:
  • In "Unaccompanied", Bruce leaves his kids at home when he goes to a gala because of the chaos most of them have caused in the past. Was that because they have No Social Skills thanks to their unusual lives, or because they were purposely trying to avoid getting invited again?
  • In "Newsflash", Clark tells Jon and Damian to go investigate someone who is stealing lunches. The next panel immediately has Damian point out someone passing by is that go-to thief. Is he really the lunch thief, is Damian just choosing the first person he sees, or is the entire lunch thief set-up a game to entertain the boys?
  • In "Alarm Bells", Dick gets Bruce to stop working by letting him know that he took down the manor's defenses and Bruce has a limited time to catch Damian before he goes patrolling alone. Did Bruce dash off to keep Damian safe from Gotham, or to keep Gotham safe from Damian?
• Broken Base: The tone and premise of this comic is quite divisive among Bat fans. Some appreciate it for the more wholesome approach to the Batfamily and argue that it still depicts them as layered characters while others feel it removes the characters' edges to flatten them into one-dimensional archetypes.
• Crosses the Line Twice: Bringing up Jason's death isn't funny. Jason bringing it up himself constantly is. Jason angrily arguing his point to a group of strangers at a charity gala while an embarrassed Bruce has to drag him away? Hilarious. It reaches new levels when Jason ends up overhearing Bruce flirting with Selina, and asks someone to kill him again.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • This comic's incarnation of Kate Kane became very popular despite being one of the lesser-seen members of the ensemble. This popularity was due to a combination of her visual design (particularly her undercut, a hairstyle Kate had never been depicted with previously) and some Deadpan Snarker, Only Sane Man, and Cool Aunt tendencies.
  • People responded very positively to the one-issue guest appearance of the Young Justice 4 (Impulse, Superboy, and Wonder Girl) as Tim's friend circle. Particularly as the group didn't currently have a book, people responded well to the very on-character depiction of the group, with some even hoping for a spin-off.
• Genius Bonus:
  • Nightwing being the one to win the contest with the Rainbow Batman suit in "Suit Up" works anyway, but it works even better for fans who know that the suit was part of a story in Dick's Robin tenure.
  • In "Wonderful", Diana falls in love with Bat-Cow. Cows were one of the animals sacred to Hera.
• Mandela Effect: Due to a mistake with the Twitter account misprinting the bios, many remember Damian's introductory box reading "still working on their people skills" rather than "his people skills", leading to a significant amount of the fandom thinking he is nonbinary.
• Nightmare Fuel: Part One of "Strong Enough". It starts out as standard fare for the comic with a joke about Jason leaving his tools laying around... and then Stephanie scrapes a pipe on the ground, reminding Jason of a certain clown. Jason promptly rushes out of the cave, desperately trying to find somewhere safe, only to find the Manor covered in graffiti and giant pools of the Lazarus Pit with the Joker's psychotic face reflected in them before breaking down in Bruce's study. Although the reader would probably be forgiven for thinking that Jason had encountered the Scarecrow prior to this, it's made much worse by the fact that this episode was caused by something as minor as an offhanded gesture from a friend, making for a chillingly realistic example of how such trauma manifests.
• Moment of Awesome:
  • Episode 85. It's one thing for a superhero with a military background and solid musculature like Batwoman to throw down with armies of Man-Bats - it's another for Renee Montoya to launch into the fray with Batwoman and opt for using fisticuffs with the Man-Bats instead of just pulling a gun on them.
  • A lower-key example occurs in "Alarm Bells". As his siblings try and try to pull Bruce away from his work, Dick is working on his own solution in the background. Bruce's work is suddenly disrupted when the Bat-Computer announces that the manor's defenses have been taken down. Smiling, Dick calmly looks his irritated father in the eye and tells him he set things up so that Bruce has just enough time to catch Damian before he goes on patrol alone...but only if he leaves now. Although Bruce glares at him for a few moments, he has no choice but to act as predicted, and Dick clearly knows it. Basically, he pulls a Batman Gambit on the Batman.
  • Another lower-key example occurs in "Kidnapping Clinic." Finally getting fed up with Jason's teasing about having to save him when he gets kidnapped, Tim kicks Jason's armchair over with him in it. The normally unfazed Jason yelps and gets wide-eyed as he clings to the tilting chair.
  • "Batman and the Signal" features Batman calling in everyone to destroy Maroni utterly that very night after the crime lord nearly kills Duke as part of a plan to murder Batman.
• Signature Scene: The "Strong Enough" two-parter is remembered by readers due to how it realistically portrays Jason's trauma from his death by the Joker and resurrection in the Lazarus Pit, along with Bruce and the rest of the Bat-family reassuring Jason that they'll be with him as he goes through recovery.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: The entire comic takes one of the darker franchises in comic book history and shows a Lighter and Softer side to the Batfamily. While the cast has its squabbles and bickering moments, it's clear that they all love each other dearly, and everyone gets their moment to shine. For example, the Christmas Episode shows the young vigilantes going out into Gotham in their plainclothes to help others in simple, small, mundane ways (like volunteering at a soup kitchen, giving shelter dogs plenty of love), and Bruce pulling everyone into a big family hug at the end.
• Unexpected Character: Episode 97 has Goliath, Damian's dragon-bat, making an appearance.

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