History Fridge / BatmanTheAnimatedSeries

*** Yet another one. Step One: Play ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and take down a few goons with Suicide Collars on, taking careful note of the mechanical laughing noise the collar alarms make. Step Two: Watch "The Joker's Wild" and listen to the mechanical laughter the giant Joker sign on the casino makes. Step Three: Remember that MarkHamill [[HeyItsThatVoice is the voice of]] SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in both ''Arkham Asylum'' AND ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Congratulations, you are now seeing the Animated Series' Joker doing everything that the Joker does in ''Arkham Asylum''. [[HellIsThatNoise Enjoy your heebie-jeebies]].

*** Yet another one. Step One: Play ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and take down a few goons with Suicide Collars on, taking careful note of the mechanical laughing noise the collar alarms make. Step Two: Watch "The Joker's Wild" and listen to the mechanical laughter the giant Joker sign on the casino makes. Step Three: Remember that MarkHamill [[HeyItsThatVoice is the voice of]] SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in both ''Arkham Asylum'' AND ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Congratulations, you are now seeing the Animated Series' Joker doing everything that the Joker does in ''Arkham Asylum''. [[HellIsThatNoise Enjoy your]] [[NightmareFuel heebie-jeebies]].

* At ''Joker’s favor'', The Peregrinator’s Club offers an homage to Gordon that TheJoker wants to spoil… when Batman chases him, the Joker flees to an exact reproduction of a MayIncaTec temple built exactly like the original… including the {{BobbyTrap}}s… ''Just what kind of club does that?''

** Later on in the same episode, Zeus shocks one of his henchman with his lightning rod. After this, the henchman isn't seen for the rest of the episode.

** It gets better: at the end of the HourglassPlot, Charlie Collins manage to convince Joker that he has been DrivenToMadness because HeWhoFightMonsters… (this is the effect Joker has on normal people). So, what does Joker say when Charlie menaces to kill him instead of the batman, ruining Joker’s dream of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou ?

* The show is subtle and quick-witted, quite often clear-cut issues presented in episodes have double or even triple meanings that will only be revealed hours later.
** In ''Almost Got 'Im'', Killer Croc's story about almost defeating Batman was comically simple and unimpressive, climaxing with him throwing a rock at Batman ("It was a BIG rock!"). This actually doesn't jive with the portrayal in the rest of the series where, while Croc isn't by any means a ''smart'' villain, he isn't stupid either, he just relies on strength and animal cunning. The brilliance is that [[CastAsAMask that's not really Killer Croc playing poker with them]].
** In "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" has the camera focus on the future Riddler. Also next to him, [[{{Foreshadowing}} a large collection of cubicles in the form of a maze]]
** It also shows his mindset -- he's trying to escape from the maze, by turning it into a game.
** Given the way Dick Grayson's parents died, it makes a lot of sense that the majority of his panic attacks in "Fear of Victory" are kicked off by heights.

* In the ending of ''Harlequinade'', the Joker, perhaps for the first time ever, shows genuine love and affection to Harley, after the she tries to blow his head with a machine gun and fails by no fault of her own. The obvious Fridge Brilliance is that the Joker revelled in seeing Harley pushed far enough to pull the trigger. In his own twisted mind, she finally matched up to a standard that he did not believe she could.

* Step One: Watch ReturnOfTheJoker. Step Two: Watch any Batman episode that focuses on Tim Drake, especially if it features his trademark recklessness and devil-may-care attitude. Step Three: Hide under a blanket; eat ice cream out of the carton; try not to cry.

*** Yet another one. Step One: Play ''[[BatmanArkhamAsylum Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' and take down a few goons with Suicide Collars on, taking careful note of the mechanical laughing noise the collar alarms make. Step Two: Watch "The Joker's Wild" and listen to the mechanical laughter the giant Joker sign on the casino makes. Step Three: Remember that MarkHamill [[HeyItsThatVoice is the voice of]] TheJoker in both ''Arkham Asylum'' AND ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]]''. Congratulations, you are now seeing the Animated Series' Joker doing everything that the Joker does in ''Arkham Asylum''. [[HellIsThatNoise Enjoy your]] [[NightmareFuel heebie-jeebies]].

* In the first part of "Feat of Clay", Bats drops an unconscious man, from the air, into a swimming pool. While reviving the senseless with water is a cartoon staple, Bell very well could have drowned before the cops got to him, and broken bones from the rough landing. And then you have Clayface [[BodyHorror slapping pieces of]] ''[[BodyHorror himself]]'' onto people...

** In ''Almost Got 'Im'', Killer Croc's story about almost defeating Batman was comically simple and unimpressive, climaxing with him throwing a rock at Batman ("It was a BIG rock!"). This actually doesn't jive with the portrayal in the rest of the series where, while Croc isn't by any means a ''smart'' villain, he isn't stupid either, he just relies on strength and animal cunning. Of course, the brilliance is that [[CastAsAMask that's not really Killer Croc playing poker with them]].

* "Over the Edge". Although Gordon's grief over [[spoiler:the death of Barbara]] is highly understandable, he quickly goes from remorseful to irrational and finally outright ''delusional'' in his vendetta against the Batfamily, acting severely out of character to the point that [[spoiler:he blames Batman entirely for most of his RoguesGallery coming to be (at least the Arkham ones), and willingly makes a deal with ''Bane'' just to take Batman down]], something he would ''never'' do in his right mind. [[spoiler:This makes the reveal that the entire episode was a [[AllJustADream fear-gas induced hallucination by Batgirl]] all the more believable. Her greatest fear is that, because she never told her father the truth, her possible death would set him against Batman, so of ''course'' he would act utterly irrational in the dream.]]

* In the ending of ''Harlequinade'', the Joker, perhaps for the first time ever, shows genuine love and affection to Harley, after the she tries to blow his head with a machine gun and fails by no fault of her own. The obvious Fridge Brilliance is, of course, that the Joker revelled in seeing Harley pushed far enough to pull the trigger. In his own twisted mind, she finally matched up to a standard that he did not believe she could.

* In Scarface and the Ventriloquist's first episode, they're hiding out in a warehouse full of (all-female) mannequin parts. Since Scarface is the Ventriloquist's other personality, is he basically surrounding himself with dismembered women?
* In the first part of "Feat of Clay", Bats drops an unconscious man, from the air, into a swimming pool. While reviving the senseless with water is a cartoon staple, Bell very well could have drowned before the cops got to him, not to mention broken bones from the rough landing. And then you have Clayface [[BodyHorror slapping pieces of]] ''[[BodyHorror himself]]'' onto people...

*** Yet another one. Step One: Play ''[[BatmanArkhamAsylum Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' and take down a few goons with Suicide Collars on, taking careful note of the mechanical laughing noise the collar alarms make. Step Two: Watch "The Joker's Wild" and listen to the mechanical laughter the giant Joker sign on the casino makes. Step Three: Remember that MarkHamill [[HeyItsThatVoice is the voice of]] TheJoker in both ''Arkham Asylum'' AND ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]]''. Congratulations, you are now seeing the Animated Series' Joker doing everything that the Joker does in ''Arkham Asylum''. [[HellIsThatNoise Enjoy your]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel heebie-jeebies]].

* It happened a lot early in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. For instance, the Scarecrow's out of control blimp would careen around the city, with Batman, the hostage, and the villains escaping in the nick of time. And the blimp crashes into a skyscraper, which may have been a high rise apartment complex filled with relaxing civilians. Or an office building where some late night workers were trying to put in enough hours for that promotion.

*** Yet another one. Step One: Play ''[[BatmanArkhamAsylum Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' and take down a few goons with Suicide Collars on, taking careful note of the mechanical laughing noise the collar alarms make. Step Two: Watch "The Joker's Wild" and listen to the mechanical laughter the giant Joker sign on the casino makes. Step Three: Remember that MarkHamill [[HeyItsThatVoice is the voice of]] TheJoker in both ''Arkham Asylum'' AND ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]]''. Congratulations, you are now seeing the Animated Series' Joker doing everything that the Joker does in ''Arkham Asylum''. [[HellIsThatNoise Enjoy your]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel heebie-jeebies]].

* The episode "Two-Face" is 2 parts long.

* In the first part of "Feat of Clay", Bats drops an unconscious man, from the air, into a swimming pool. While reviving the senseless with water is a cartoon staple, Bell very well could have drowned before the cops got to him, not to mention broken bones from the rough landing. And then you have Clayface [[BodyHorror slapping pieces of]]''[[BodyHorror himself]]'' onto people...

* In Scarface and the Ventriloquist's first episode, they're hiding out in a warehouse full of (all-female) mannequin parts. Since Scarface is the Ventriloquist's other personality, is he basically surrounding himself with dismembered women?

*** Yet another one. Step One: Play [[BatmanArkhamAsylum Batman: Arkham Asylum]] and take down a few goons with Suicide Collars on, taking careful note of the mechanical laughing noise the collar alarms make. Step Two: Watch "The Joker's Wild" and listen to the mechanical laughter the giant Joker sign on the casino makes. Step Three: Remember that MarkHamill [[HeyItsThatVoice is the voice of]] TheJoker in both ''Arkham Asylum'' AND ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]]''. Congratulations, you are now seeing the Animated Series' Joker doing everything that the Joker does in ''Arkham Asylum''. [[HellIsThatNoise Enjoy your]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel heebie-jeebies]].

** Alternatively, Step One: watch MadLove. Step Two: watch ANY episode with the Joker and Harley Quinn in it, and realize that her attempts to save face when goofing up are less about her being a PerkyFemaleMinion, and more about just trying [[DomesticAbuse not to get hit for it]].

* FridgeBrilliance: The show is subtle and quick-witted, quite often clear-cut issues presented in episodes have double or even triple meanings that will only be revealed hours later.

** Given the way Dick Grayson's parents died, it makes a lot of sense that the majority of his panic attacks in "Fear of Victory" are kicked off by heights.