History Awesome / BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm

[[caption-width-right:350:The Bat is born.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6K1qNsE9v0 The birth of Batman]]. The awesome music (titled "The Birth of Batman," to boot), mixed with a simultaneous usage of TearJerker, makes it probably the most incredible showing of Bruce's first donning of the cowl ever.

* Joker infecting Reeves with his Joker gas and leaving him hospitalized. No one liked that bastard anyway.

** On a {{meta}} level, this scene is an answer to the iconic title sequence from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the show]]. Where that intro eschewed explaining Batman's origins in order to have him leap fully-formed onto TV screens, this scene is all you need to know about how Bruce Wayne finally became the Batman.

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* The fact that Siskel and Ebert gave the movie "2 thumbs up" and almost gave them good reason to turn their backs on the AnimationAgeGhetto.
** Even more awesome this is the ''only'' Batman film of the 80s/90s to get "2 thumbs up." Yes, that's right, this animated Batman film is the '''only''' Batman film that Roger Ebert liked until ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.[[note]] Gene Siskel liked the first three, and hated ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', and he said MOTP was just below the first in terms of quality.[[/note]]
* Creator/MarkHamill says that this movie was where he truly developed his repertoire of Joker laughs, a collection he used since.
* The film didn't [[BoxOfficeBomb do well at the box office]], but it managed to get [[AcclaimedFlop excellent reviews]] and is now considered one of the best ''Batman'' adaptations ever made.

* The final scene, pure and simple. Seeing Bruce stand on the building edge looking out into the night and knowing that he is and always will be Batman. Then the music swells up and the Bat Signal lights up the sky. Creator/BobKane and Bill Finger's vision perfectly displayed.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgDpesd428 opening]] is purely awesome!

* The final scene, pure and simple. Seeing Bruce stand on the building edge looking out into the night and knowing that he is and always will be Batman. Then the music swells up and the Bat Signal lights up the sky. Bob Kane and Bill Finger's vision perfectly displayed.

* Bruce foiling an armored car robbery while disguised in [[CivvieSpandex a black ski-mask and leather jacket]] in a {{flashback}}.

* The Joker tries to flee on a JetPack but Batman catches up with him and the two struggle in the air until they crash into the globe of the derelict World's Fair. The two survive, and [[spoiler:Andrea grabs the Joker to complete her revenge once and for all]]. At that very moment, the explosives the Joker planted everywhere in the fair blow up like hell on Earth, and the Joker utters perhaps his most epic EvilLaugh in the entire DCAU canon. [[spoiler:Andrea then [[SmokeOut smokes out]], taking the Joker with her]]. The ground crumbles under Batman's feet, making him fall in the sewers. He is then dragged away by the current and emerges far away into safety to contemplate the explosions.
** Shirley Walker's [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic amazing soundtrack]] just adds to the scene's epicness through and through, the choirs especially.
* The final scene, pure and simple. Seeing Bruce stand on the building edge looking out into the night and knowing that he is and always will be Batman. Then the music swells up and the bat signal lights up the sky. Bob Kane and Bill Finger's vision perfectly displayed.
* By the same note, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6K1qNsE9v0 the birth of Batman]]. The awesome music mixed with a simultaneous usage of TearJerker makes it probably the most incredible showing of his first donning of the cowl ever.
-->'''Alfred:''' ''([[NotSoStoic startled]])'' My... ''God''!
** In universe, it's the moment when Bruce finally obtains what he needs to strike fear into his enemies.

** On a meta level, this scene is an answer to the iconic title sequence from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]]. Where that intro eschewed explaining Batman's origins in order to have him leap fully-formed onto TV screens, this scene is all you need to know about how Bruce Wayne finally became the Batman.
* Bruce foiling an armored car robbery while disguised in a black ski-mask and leather jacket.

* Bruce running up the front of a motorcycle and punching the thug off in one smooth motion.

* The fact that Siskel and Ebert gave the movie "2 thumbs up" and -- almost -- gave them good reason to turn their backs on the AnimationAgeGhetto.
** Even more awesome this is the ''only'' Batman film of the 80s/90s to get "2 thumbs up", yes that's right, this animated Batman film is the only Batman film that Roger Ebert liked until ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. [[note]] Gene Siskel liked the first three, and hated ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', and he said MOTP was just below the first in terms of quality[[/note]]
* Mark Hamill says that this movie was where he truly developed his repertoire of Joker laughs, a collection he used since.
* The film didn't [[BoxOfficeBomb do well at the box office]], but it managed to get [[AcclaimedFlop excellent reviews]] and is now considered one of the best ''Batman'' adaptations ever made.

** On a meta level, this scene is an answer to the iconic title sequence from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]]. Where that intro eschewed explaining Batman's origins in order to have him leaping fully-formed onto the screens, this scene is all you need to know about how Bruce Wayne finally became the Batman.

* Mark Hamill says that this movie was where he truly developed his repertoire of Joker laughs, a collection he used for nearly 20 years before stepping down from the role.

[[caption-width-right:350:The Bat is born]]

* Mark Hamill says that this movie was where he truly developed his repertoire of Joker laughs. A collection he used for nearly 20 years before stepping down from the role.