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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
** The two-parter story "The Once and Future Thing" attracted a lot of flak from both Batman/Wonder Woman shippers, haters of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' and even Batman fans when it proved that the series ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' was the canonical future of the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, with Bruce going on to end up a lonely, bitter old man.
** The episode "Epilogue" also took flak from many fans of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' when it revealed that [[spoiler:Terry [=McGinnis=] was actually the biological son of Bruce Wayne, courtesy of [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meant meddling]] from Amanda Waller]]. Many fans rejected this because they disapproved of the idea that [[spoiler:Terry [=McGinnis=] was "genetically destined" to be the next Batman, instead of being an ordinary person who chose to be extraordinary, like Bruce himself]]. Shipping wars were another major reason for the BrokenBase, as "Epilogue" establishes that Terry's relationship with Dana (unpopular with many fans) is stable and long-term, implying they will marry, in stark contrast to fanon that had them breaking up shortly after the series ended.
** Most fans won't acknowledge that Supergirl stayed a thousand years in the future because she fell in love with a cyborg that she only said about 3 sentences to.
* Quite a few fans of the DCAU like to think of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (specifically, ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Return of the Joker]]'') and its SpinOff ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'' as an alternate future rather than the canon one, as they don't want to live with the knowledge that Tim Drake will be [[spoiler:so [[BreakTheCutie brutally tortured]] and {{Mind Rape}}d]] that it takes [[spoiler:him the next couple of years to fully recover]], essentially making the entire history of the DCAU Bat-family [[spoiler:a case of ShootTheShaggyDog]]. Considering [[TraumaCongaLine what DC is doing to Tim in the comics]]? It almost makes anything the Joker does to him look ''tame''. There are also people who just don't want to think of Bruce Wayne as a withered-looking old man or anyone else running around in the Batsuit.
* The offscreen relationship between Bruce and Barbara that occurred between ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' is well-hated by fans, due to the UnequalPairing aspect and the implications of a [[{{Squick}} love triangle between a father and adopted son]]. Said fans were further enraged when ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond 2.0'' #28 and 29 spelled out how it went down. And now this unfortunate pairing has taken [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke an animated film]] that the fandom has been eagerly awaiting and has instantly turned it into something despised.
* Some fans of the DCAU do not consider ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', ''WebAnimation/GothamGirls'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'' as canon, mainly because of their more "childish" nature, and not being created by Creator/BruceTimm and Creator/PaulDini (Dini did create ''Gotham Girls'', though). Same with the ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'', except it is not childish but blatantly for adult audiences. However, in addition to several DCAU crossover episodes, including a ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' crossover, Future!Static also appears in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Because of Static being mentioned meeting with Franchise/GreenLantern in a JLU episode, which ''did'' happen in SS, some fans use BroadStrokes.
* The 2017 DTV animated film ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'' is confirmed by Bruce Timm and WB to take place in the DCAU (it has a near-identical art style as ''The New Batman Adventures'', has Creator/LorenLester reprising his role as Nightwing for the first time since 2003 and contains many call-backs to DCAU shows). Some people who watched it strongly disagree, due to it's more vulgar and immature style of writing and showing another case of NoYay when Harley essentially rapes a tied-up Nightwing. Some fans feel the impact of Harley's defection from The Joker is also rendered pointless by future events, as Harley winds up going back to The Joker anyway in time for the events of the flashback sequences of the ''Batman Beyond'' movie ''Return of the Joker'', where she's more than willing to mentally abuse a child in order to have one of her own.

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