History WesternAnimation / BATMANTheBraveAndTheBold

** Black Mask's design mixes the fedora and brown suit of the original [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] version with the skull-like mask of the ModernAge version.

** Bronze Tiger

* AngelsPose: The Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey involuntarily pulled one in the episode "The Mask of Matches Malone" while standing [[BackToBackBadasses back to back on a stage]]

* AntiVillain: In "The Vile and the Villainous!", Joker and The Weeper destroy [[BigBrotherIsWatching Batman's crime predicting machine]], ensuring the freedom to commit villainy for all of Gotham's criminals.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost literally, when Red Tornado lists Fun Haus's convictions:

*** Plus, there's an inversion in "Chill of the Night!" when a dying man confesses that he hit a kid when he was nine, yelled at his wife, lied about his weight on his driver's license, and spent 20 years running the rackets in Gotham.

* AscendedFanboy: Jaime Reyes, the Blue Beetle, was apparently a superhero fanboy even prior to gaining the scarab; specifically, it seems, a Batman fanboy. You can imagine his [[{{Squee}} glee]] when he actually gets to save the world with his hero.

** Blue Beetle also seems to be the only one excited to work with [[LargeHam AQUAMAN]].

** "Darkseid Descending!" has Booster Gold stealing Green Lantern's bedroom on the Watchtower.

* AuctionOfEvil: Catman's bidding war in "Legends of the Dark Mite!".

* BattleCouple: B'wana Beast and Vixen are adorable.

* BlatantLies: In the opening proper of "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!", Red Tornado startles Batman.

* BoundAndGagged: Happens at a number of points. Batman himself is bound and gagged in the teaser segments for "Evil Under The Sea!" and "A Bat Divided!"

* BrainsAndBrawn: Both the Atom/AQUAMAN pair and the Brain/Chemo, in the same episode.

* ButtMonkey: Plastic Man.

* TheCameo: During Bruce and Selina's wedding [[spoiler: in Alfred's story]] Clark Kent AKA Franchise/{{Superman}} can be seen in the front row, in his usual Clark Kent disguise.

* CaptainErsatz: Batman's form at the end of "The Fate of Equinox!" (combining the powers of various heroes) resembles that of the Creator/MarvelComics villain, the Super-Adaptoid, the first time he duplicated the powers of the Avengers (except the Adaptoid was green, not blue.)
** The Faceless Hunter is an obvious CaptainErsatz of the ComicBook/SilverSurfer, with an almost completely identical backstory. Played for laughs at first, then subverted when [[spoiler: his master is killed, when it turns out that the Faceless Hunter ''isn't'' trying to save his home planet. He just genuinely likes destroying things. And then B'wana Beast ''dies'']].

* CerebusSyndrome: Season two gets a little dark in places. [[spoiler: B'wana Beast, we hardly knew ye. Also, how many of you, at the beginning of "The Last Patrol!", wished Beast Boy had been there too... and were ''so'' very glad he wasn't by the end?]]
** On top of that, there's Chill of the Night. One of the darkest episodes in the series, it has Batman facing the one and only Joe Chill (otherwise known as the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne).

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Things Batman has successfully beaten up include, in ascending order of ridiculousness: Gorillas, sharks, bowling balls (which shattered!), giant man-eating snapping turtles, gods and ''an extinction-level meteor'' ([[LeftHanging off-screen]]).
** His training also allows him to [[PsychicStatic block mind control]] and ''astral project'' (both described as techniques from Tibet).
*** Blocking mind control is simple, all he has to do is [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague hum "Frere Jaques"]].

* CleavageWindow: Ice

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Woozy Winks.

* CompositeCharacter: Kru'll the Eternal combines elements of King Kull (brutish savage with the mind of a genius, the last of his ancient race, overall design including distinctive helmet) and Kalibak (voiced by Michael Dorn, who was Kalibak in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', distinctive laser-shooting warclub), with Vandal Savage's origin tossed in for good measure.

** Comicbook/{{Firestorm}} is one, no pun intended given his nature. The show uses Jason Rusch as the main body, but the show's version of Rusch also made him similar to Martin Stein in that he's interested in science. And filling Stein's role as a mentor? An older version of Ronnie Raymond, who in the comics was the original Firestorm. Note how this kind of twists around the original Firestorm's dynamic ''twice''.

** [[Comicbook/{{CaptainMarvel}} Mister Mind]] starts out in his classic design (a cartoony inchworm with glasses and a voice box) before [[OneWingedAngel transforming into his more monstrous modern design.]]

** A location-based variant- though the Justice League's orbiting base resembles a modernized version of the JL Satellite from the 70s and 80s comics, it's identified in dialogue as the Watchtower, which was introduced in the late 90s comics, then migrated over to the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon.
* ConspicuousCG: Most, if not all, the vehicles in the series seem to be CG of varying degrees of conspicuousness. Ex., Black Manta's tripod in "Enter the Outsiders!" and Batman's bike in the same scene.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[spoiler:Orm]]'s punishment for his actions is to listen to AQUAMAN read from his memoirs.

* LipstickAndLoadMontage: ComicBook/TheJoker gets this in one episode. Course he's fueled by RuleOfFunny.

* TheLoad: G'Nort. Just G'Nort. The guy makes Jar Jar Binks seem legitimately useful.

* LoonyFan: Bat-Mite

* LoveTriangle: We see in "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" that Green Arrow has the dig on for Black Canary who has the dig on for Batman (who only has the dig on for Justice).
** And Catwoman.
** Throw in Music Meister's crush on Canary and we have a Love... Parallelogram?

* MasterOfDisguise: Falseface

* MemeticBadass: Batman seems to be this in-universe, as evidenced by AQUAMAN's response to The Atom suggesting they get out from inside his body through his tear ducts.

* {{Mondegreen}}: In "Emperor Joker!", as the Joker prepares to unscrew Batman's head, he tells the Dark Knight, "You're gonna be a drooling, mindless ''fop'' when I'm done, and then, ''I'm gonna... '''kill you some more!!'''''" Of course, there are some who kinda mishear the word "fop" as [[PrecisionFStrike that other f-word]].

* MoodWhiplash: In a meta sense, considering this started airing in the same year that ''the'' [[Film/TheDarkKnight bleakest Batman movie yet]] was in theaters.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Polaris
* TheMorlocks: The Outsiders
* MsFanservice: Nearly all of the women who appear in the show (particularly Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Catwoman, Black Canary, Huntress, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and her flower children, Vixen, Fire, Ice, and so much more female characters), regardless of whether they are heroes or a villains.
** However, a primary example of this trope is definitely presented in episode called ''The Mask of Matches Malone'' (especially the musical number that the Birds of Prey performed) which featured three very attractive woman (Black Canary, Huntress, and Catwoman) that were associated associated with a group called the Birds of Prey that had to rescue Batman.

* MusicalAssassin: Kanjar Ro with the Gamma Gong.

* MusicalEpisode: "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", where the titular villain uses his singing voice to hypnotize villains, heroes and even innocent bystanders into doing his evil bidding... while simultaneously performing big musical numbers with him as vocal lead. Musical heavyweight Creator/NeilPatrickHarris was hired specifically for this role.

*** And again in "Powerless" with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE8C1WWixgc Aquaman no less!]]

* TheMusicMeister: The TropeNamer

* MythologyGag: All over the place-- but now in [[MythologyGag.BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold their own page]] for ease of reading.

* NeverSayDie: Death occurs relatively often for children's animation, but the characters can never quite bring themselves to say its name when it happens. "Return of the Fearsome Fangs!" is an interesting case example: in the cold open, Jonah Hex is "sentenced to death" by the villains, but survives; in the episode proper, a character actually dies, but it is only said that his "journey is complete" and he is "gone". Apparently you can say it or do it, but not both together. Mentioning of death and actual deaths have been combined more in recent episodes, especially in "Emperor Joker!", when the word "kill" is used.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Guy Gardner pouring coffee on a minuscule convict of a species that [[spoiler: gets really, really big]] when exposed to any kind of liquid.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Music Meister appears to be based on Music/EltonJohn, if his hair, flamboyant fashion sense, interesting eyewear, and tooth gap are any indication. Then again, he is attracted to the Black Canary, so maybe not so much in sexual preference.

** Possibly a parody of the Joker's scene in the 1989 film in which he pulls a .357 magnum with an extended barrel from his pants.

** Black Canary pulls one off during her ''romantic ballad'' in "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" She pounds about ten thugs through the art of ballet. It's that kind of episode.

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Katana's um... Katana.

* TheOtherDarrin: Kim Mai Guest replaced Vyvam Pham as Katana. Creator/AdamWest and Julie Newmar replaced Creator/CoreyBurton and Pat Musick as the voice of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Two-Face's one line in "Chill of the Night!" had Richard Moll reprise the role, filling in for Creator/JamesRemar.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: ComicBook/TheSpectre's view. Even though

* PhlebotinumOverload: This is how Captain Atom defeats Major Force at the end of "Powerless!".

* PosterGalleryBedroom: Blue Beetle's bedroom, unsurprisingly full of Batman memorabilia.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Batman's competency level seems to fluctuate wildly depending on the guest characters and the villains. Compare him in "Night of the Huntress!" and in "Duel of the Double Crossers!".

* PungeonMaster: Owlman spews {{Pun}}s endlessly in "Game Over for Owlman!" while talking to the imprisoned heroes.

** Gorilla Grodd takes control of the Gorilla army and says,

* TheQuietOne: Katana

* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: Bat-mite.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Inverted in the episode "Revenge of the Reach!", where red eyes mean Jaime is in control and not the sinister Reach.
** The eyes of Ultra-Humanite's army of mind-controlled dinosaurs glow red in "Four Star Spectacular!"

* TheReveal: Lampshaded in the MirrorUniverse episode via RoboSpeak; the villain prefaces his statement with "Revelation!"
** It's [[spoiler: ComicBook/RedTornado's evil {{Expy}} if you haven't figured it out]].

* RhymesOnADime: Etrigan
* TheRival: Green Arrow and Batman. Both are perfectly aware of how childish they're being, but they have too much fun to stop.

** Plastic Man and Elongated Man

* RuleOfCool: Wait... is Batman going to punch that meteor?

The series is being briefly revived in the 2018 film, ''Scooby Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', a crossover with the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' franchise.

* BadassGrandpa: Wildcat. He battles against a giant blob man with his bare hands, and still fights crime despite an ailing heart, and being at least 60.
** All the Justice Society, really.

** However, a primary example of this trope is definitely presented in episode called ''The Mask of Matches Malone'' (especially the musical number that the Birds of Prey performed) which featured three very attractive woman (Black Canary, Huntress, and CatWoman) that were associated associated with a group called the Birds of Prey that had to rescue Batman.

* TheVoiceless: Shark.

* GenreThrowback: One big love letter to TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.

* AllianceOfAlternates: "Game Over for Owlman!", where multiple alternate Batmen team up at the end of the episode, provides the page picture.

-->'''Batman''': I know what you're thinking. "BellyOfTheWhale. Can't get much worse." (tentacles appear) You'd be wrong.

* Extensively averted in the season 1 episode "Dawn of the Dead Man", however, though that's appropriate considering all three of the central characters in the episode (including a temporarily dead Batman) are ghosts, and Gentleman Ghost is raising an undead army.

* TheOtherDarrin: Kim Mai Guest replaced Vyvam Pham as Katana. Creator/AdamWest and Julie Newmar replaced Creator/CoreyBurton and Pat Musick as the voice of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Two-Face's one line in "Chill of the Night!" had Richard Moll reprise the role, filling in for James Remar.

Taking its [[ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold name]] from DC's traditional TeamUpSeries, ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' has Batman partnering with a different superhero or superheroes every week. [[LimelightSeries With a focus on]] rarely used (but classic) characters such as ComicBook/RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show picks its plotlines from old [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories. The show's creators aim to spotlight every possible underrated aspect of the DC universe. In order to showcase as many heroes and villains as possible, TheTeaser is often a standalone mini-adventure in itself, giving every character a chance to shine.

It's a [[WorldOfHam light-hearted take]] on the DC Comics mythos, with a high gag-per-minute level, very little secret-identity drama, and mainly goofy villains like Clock King and Gorilla Grodd. The massive number of obscure cameos and canon throwback jokes make the whole series into a big, campy collection of ContinuityPorn. In general, it's not that far from the style of the [[Series/{{Batman}} '60s Batman show]]. There's a MusicalEpisode starring Creator/NeilPatrickHarris, a crossover with ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' which also animates an old Magazine/{{MAD}} parody and stars Music/WeirdAlYankovic, and a team-up episode with WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost.

--> -- '''Bat-Mite''' breaks the fourth wall to describe this incarnation of Batman

** Tom Everett Scott, Creator/BillyWest, and Creator/JenniferHale all reprise their respective roles as Booster Gold, Skeets, and Zatanna from ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''.

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Taking its [[ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold name]] from DC's traditional TeamUpSeries, ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' has Batman partnering with a different superhero or superheroes every week. [[LimelightSeries With a focus on]] rarely used (but classic) characters such as ComicBook/RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show deliberately picks a lot of its plotlines from old [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories, ''many'' of which have already been widely mocked by the fandom for years. The show's creators aim to spotlight every possible underrated aspect of the DC universe. In order to introduce and showcase as many heroes and villains as possible, TheTeaser is often a standalone mini-adventure in itself, giving every character a chance to shine -- and if the audience likes them, they'll be used again in the main plotline.

It's a [[WorldOfHam light-hearted take]] on the DC Comics mythos, with a high gag-per-minute level, very little secret-identity drama, and mainly goofy villains like Clock King and Gorilla Grodd. In general, it's not that far from the style of the [[Series/{{Batman}} '60s Batman show]]. The show is ''way'' over on the silly side of the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness, but it also has a number of {{Wham Episode}}s: the show provides its own versions of ''The [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Rainbow Batman]]'' and ''[[Manga/{{Batman}} Bat-Manga!]]'' just as happily as it references ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.

The show's first season was originally supposed to run for 13 episodes before a break, but it was [[SleeperHit so well received]] that the break until the next episode aired was shortened to a single week, extending the first season well past its original run. After three excellent seasons, the creators decided to wrap up the show, instead of risking SeasonalRot if they'd continue. A darker CGI series dubbed ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' succeeded it in 2013.

Considering there are several, more serious Batman cartoons still in recent memory, this series can be considered fairly polarizing. Many fans feel that it's a wonderful, tongue-in-cheek throwback to UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks and animated adaptations thereof as well as a way to showcase otherwise less marketable characters. Others think it's a step backwards from the writing, voice acting, and animation style of the {{Franchise/DCAU}} shows, and feel that it's dumbing things down a little. In either case, the massive number of obscure cameos and canon throwback jokes make the whole series into a big, campy collection of ContinuityPorn.

There's a MusicalEpisode starring Creator/NeilPatrickHarris, a crossover with ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' which also animates an old Magazine/{{MAD}} parody and stars Music/WeirdAlYankovic, and a team-up episode with WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Ra's Al Ghul's classic offer to the Detective, except he makes it to [[spoiler:Robin]] instead.

* WeCanRuleTogether: In the filler for "The Masks of Matches Malone", Poison Ivy takes over Gotham and becomes its queen. She offers to spare Batman's life twice if he agrees to marry her and become her king. Both times, he refuses.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Okay a Franchise/ScoobyDoo and Batman team up had been done before. But who really saw a Batman and [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost SPACE GHOST]] teamup? Sure DC made a mini series a while back but...

* SerialEscalation: "Game Over For Owlman" starts with Batman against Batman. Then it ramps up to Batman, Batman, Batman, Batman, and Batman against Batman.
** The video game has Gorilla Grodd turning Batman into an ape. After which AQUAMAN rides on Bat-Ape's back. And Bat-Ape swings AQUAMAN around as a ''weapon''. Their special attack consists of AQUAMAN, riding Bat-Ape, riding a ''whale''... Fighting armored sharks.

* {{Retraux}}: A lot of the show, but special note ''has'' to be the Franchise/ScoobyDoo Crossover.

* MusicalWorldHypothesis: "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" is a weird combination of Alternate Universe and Diagetic (the Music Meister's powers allow him to create background music and make everyone around him sing along), with some All in Their Heads thrown in (some heroes sing their thoughts or otherwise join in the musical numbers despite being immune).

** A more straight example would be "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" suddenly shifting from fighting evil toy robots to [[spoiler:a flashback of Batman's parents getting murdered. Not to mention this is the most bleak retelling of their death yet, as it piles on guilt for Bruce as the whole reason they went to the movie is that Bruce was being a spoiled brat and complaining about his Christmas present, leading to a DyingWordsRegret]].

* TheLongList: In "Legends of the Dark Mite!", Bat-Mite is a speaker at the Fifth Dimensional 267th Annual Comic Book, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Animation, Anime, Gaming, Action Figure, Role-playing, Vintage Toy, Collectible Card Game, Pop-Culture, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking & Tiddlywinks]] Convention.

* LarynxDissonance: Both Mongul and his sister Mongal are voiced by Gary Anthony Williams.