When Bat-Mite decides that Batman: The Brave and the Bold is not dark enough, he sets out to get the show canceled. A magical imp from the fifth dimension, Bat-Mite is capable of almost unlimited mischief in his quest to emulate and “help” his idol Batman. In a series typified by an unending succession of little known DC characters, Bat-Mite has to be one of the craziest and campiest. Doesn’t Batman have enough crime to fight in present-day Gotham City (and it’s never explained how he travels through time)?īut then things get weird-Bat-Mite (Paul Reubens) appears. Batman has inexplicably teamed up with the likes of Space Ghost, Kamandi, Jonah Hex, and other heroes past and future many times. Not like this sort of thing didn’t happen regularly during the series. The pre-credits teaser has Batman (Diedrich Bader) traveling not just back in time, but into an alternate reality to help Abe Lincoln (Peter Renaday) defeat Robo-John Wilkes Booth (Dee Bradley Baker). Depending on your preferences, it’s either embarrassingly self-indulgent or creatively brilliant. ( Click here to read my previous comments on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.)īatman: The Brave and the Bold finished its three-season run with one of the oddest half hours of animation ever produced. Written by Paul Dini directed by Ben Jones
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