History WesternAnimation / BATMANTheBraveAndTheBold

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* BatmanColdOpen: Each episode begins with one, appropriately enough-- the only exceptions to date being "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", "Deep Cover For Batman!" and "Game Over For Owlman!" (which is the sequel to "Deep Cover")
** Both parts of "Siege of Starro!" counts as well.

* BatSignal: As well as an Owl Signal. [[spoiler: And a [[strike: Nightwing]] Robin signal!]]

* BeamOWar: Between Red Tornado and Tornado Tyrant.
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler: Jarvis Kord.]]
* BeastMan: The empires of Kamandi's AfterTheEnd time.

This series has a separate [[Characters/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Characters Page]] and a [[Recap/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Recap Page]].

* TotemPoleTrench: Franchise/ScoobyDoo and Shaggy do this while posing as the ghost of 'Bulldog' Finney to scare the Joker and the Penguin in "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!".

This series has a separate [[Characters/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Characters Page]] and a [[Recap/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Recap Page]]. It also has an [[EnsembleDarkhorse/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Ensemble Darkhorse]] page.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Most, if not all, the vehicles in the series seem to be CG of varying degrees of conspicuousness, e.g. Black Manta's tripod in "Enter the Outsiders!" and Batman's bike in the same scene.

* EvilAlbino: The Slug.

* HelloNurse: This is pretty much what Huntress is to Blue Beetle.
** In "Night of the Batmen", Plastic Man (in his own Batman outfit) has this reaction when he comes across Catwoman in her new 70's-era outfit. Catwoman herself is not too happy about this, since she was hoping to get this reaction from the real Batman.

* CrushKillDestroy: The Bat-Bots, once reprogrammed by Black Mask's man Taboo.

--->'''AQUAMAN:'' You know, coming to my aid like that was not the rational course of action, doc.

* NightmareOfNormality: When the Joker gains Bat-Mite's powers in "Emperor Joker", Batman [[BriarPatching tricks him]] into invading his mind, where he traps the Joker in a mental world where the villain is nothing but a normal average person.

* AbortedArc: The return of Equinox in Season 3 sets up a storyline to destroy the remaining 11 fragments of his consciousness, but the show [[CutShort was abruptly wrapped up]].

** AdaptationalVillainy: Batwoman (a.k.a. [[CanonForeigner Katrina Moldoff]]) was hit especially hard with this. In the Silver Age, she was at worst a GirlyGirl DesignatedLoveInterest who nevertheless saved Batman's life multiple times; here, she's a HeroicWannabe who needlessly endangers civilians and eventually becomes a full-blown villain (with a good dose of StrawFeminist to boot). DC notably ''forbade'' the writers from using her comics identity of Kathy Kane.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Archaeology professor John Ulthoon a.k.a. Red Tornado tells his students that real archaeologists are nothing like this. [[HypocriticalHumor Then he runs off to go fight with Batman]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: As seen when the Red Tornado attempts to build a son with emotions.

* AllUpToYou: G'Nort

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Jaime Reyes has one of these in the form of a scarab. Not that he needs it, mind you, it just makes his asskicking easier.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Assimilation by the Reach.]] [[spoiler: Luckily [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind it can be overcome.]] ]]

* AntagonistInMourning: Three members of Barry Allen's RoguesGallery (Captain Cold, Heat-Wave and Weather Wizard). When Kid Flash shows up, they lament that it's just not the same, as Kid Flash tries to be TheStoic, contrast with Barry's "[[LargeHam joie de vivre]]". They later express their joy at the end of the episode when Flash returns

* AnvilOnHead: In the cold open of "Day of the Dark Knight!", Guy Gardner battles an alien by forming his Green Lantern energy into a variety of heavy objects (including the traditional pyramid-shaped multi-ton weight, and a [[PianoDrop grand piano]]) and dropping them on his opponent.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: ComicBook/GreenArrow does not buy evil doubles from a parallel universe. This is while he's teamed up with [[FantasyKitchenSink a stretchy guy, a teenager wearing an alien superweapon, and a robot who makes tornadoes]].
** In a later episode, Batman possesses Speedy in an effort to communicate with Green Arrow, who figures his sidekick is messing with him.

* AsteroidsMonster: The infection in "Journey to the Center of the Bat!"

* AttackPatternAlpha: Evasive Subroutine Niner.

** In "Trials of the Demon", Franchise/SherlockHolmes proves himself as one too, managing to keep up with Batman and his partner for the week against demons and sorcerers for quite some time.

* BalloonBelly: Because of his rubbery body, Plastic Man is very prone to it. In "Terror on Dinosaur Island!", he stuffed himself with Grodd's loot when he was tempted by one of his kleptomania fits. Again, in "The Long Arm of the Law!", he intentionally gorged on water as a tactic to stop Rubberneck.

* BatmanGambit: When Joker becomes omnipotent, Batman asks Joker to remove his sanity, which was a ploy to get Joker to infiltrate his mind, in which being Batman's mind, he'd be in control. While Joker could have very easily made Batman insane by snapping his fingers, Batman knew Joker enough that he never takes the quick path. As demonstrated earlier with the Rube Goldberg machine.

** Batman and Catwoman in "The Knights of Tomorrow." Hell, Batman proposed to her after they just beat up a couple of bad guys.

* BecomingTheMask: In "The Mask of Matches Malone", Batman goes undercover as Matches, gets EasyAmnesia and begins to think of himself as Matches. In this persona he fights superheroes and practically takes over Gotham's underworld. He becomes the mask so strongly that [[spoiler:the AppliedPhlebotinum du jour, which grants nine extras lives to each person who wears it, apparently counts Batman as a separate person from Malone for that purpose.]]

** As well as Gorilla Grodd. As of "The Last Bat on Earth!" he doesn't take kindly to being referred to as any kind of lesser primate.

* BigRedButton: There's a really big one of these in the Batmobile. You really don't want to touch it. [[spoiler:[[SchmuckBait It knocks the person who pressed it out]].]]
** So does the Joker's car [[spoiler:except that it deploys jack-in-the-boxes]]. It even ''honks'' when it's pressed!

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: ComicBook/JonahHex and Cinnamon do this to the Royal Flash Gang in TheTeaser to "The Siege of Starro, Part 1!".

* BodyHorror: Being infected by Chemo's parasites creates several large painful looking bumps over Batman's body.

* BondVillainStupidity: The very first scene of the very first episode features Batman and ComicBook/GreenArrow being locked in a slow-moving DeathTrap by a villain (ClockKing) who promptly goes to commit his next crime and leaves ''both'' of their gear in the same room.

* BottomlessMagazines: Not bullets: In "Day of the Dark Knight!", Green Arrow and Bats ''never'' seem to run out of ammo.

** During the climax of "Legends of the Dark Mite!" Batman rides one of the Tweedle brothers and sends Joker, Catwoman, Riddler and Two Face flying.

** As well as Dr. X/Double X, keeping in with the original version of the character with the names but making Dr. X more physically feeble to highlight the duality.

* BulletSeed: Plastic Man, in "Terror on Dinosaur Island!", with [[spoiler:the portion of Grodd's loot which he swallowed after liberating it in the hope of keeping some for himself]].

** Speedy in his debut does little apart from [[spoiler:getting possessed twice in succession]].

* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: In "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!", AQUAMAN promises Mera that he will stop crime-fighting and take a family vacation. Cue a montage of him travelling and continually encountering supervillains who who foiled by other heroes.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Captain Atom completely fails to learn AnAesop of "Powerless".

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

** Batman pulls out a freaking ''[[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]]'' in the ColdOpen of "The Rise of the Blue Beetle!"[[note]]Season 1, Episode 1[[/note]]. [[ForgottenPhlebotinum It is never seen again]].

* CurbStompBattle: Batman is unable to do ANYTHING to Lex Luthor when they fight in "The Triumvirate of Terror".
** Oh, that entire sequence was a curbstomp battle for each of the heroes... ComicBook/LexLuthor teleported to the Batcave with a epic [[PoweredArmor suit of armor]] and beat down Batman with barely two minutes worth of effort. Franchise/WonderWoman had to take on ComicBook/TheJoker who beat her ''in his boxers'' with several prank props from Hammerspace and a squirting flower of gas. It was particular frightening/awesome how '''the Cheetah''' beat Superman. A magic amulet gave her [[SuperStrength a power and]] {{s|uperSpeed}}peed boost and the deciding factor was [[KryptoniteFactor kryptonite-laced]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome nail polish.]]

*** Zoom was amused that Batman believed he could beat him

* CutenessProximity: AQUAMAN seeing ComicBook/TheAtom in his small form and just gushing with glee.

** Given how talented he is, The Music Meister could seriously have been rich easily without having to resort to satellites and death traps.

--> '''AQUAMAN''': I think I'll call this adventure: The Time Batman Sent Us To The Wrong Island!

* {{Determinator}}: In one episode Batman has broken bones in all his limbs and will need weeks at least to recover. In spite of this and in spite of the fact that multiple other heroes are standing in for him in Gotham and in spite of the telepathic superpowered ComicBook/MartianManhunter's best efforts, [[spoiler: Batman manages to avoid being sedated build a powered exoskeleton while eluding Manhunter and gets back to Gotham in time to save the other heroes. The exoskeleton is also supposedly good enough for Batman to be able to function normally while healing.]] The guy does not know how to take a break.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Happens every now and then (Batman OHKO'ing Mongul with a punch from the Batmobile's mech form), but subverted with Darkseid. He is absolutely ''barraged'' by all of the assembled heroes, only to deflect everything with a telekinetic bubble before blowing everyone back. Batman manages to avoid the Omega Force beams and actually manages to ''slightly'' faze him with a pair of super-knuckledusters, only to be sent flying back. From there on out, Batman doesn't even manage to ''scratch'' Darkseid, and when [[spoiler: The Question shows up and reopens the Boom Tubes]], it is made ''very'' clear that Batman would have been annihilated on the spot had that intervention not occurred.

* EasilyForgiven: AQUAMAN's completely unwilling to give up on his brother again no matter ''what'' he does or how ObviouslyEvil he is.

** In episode 2, "Terror on Dinosaur Island!", we see Plastic Man's origin story, as Plas points out that Batman only helps him try to be a hero because he feels guilty. A scene later, we see the rest of it, as an indication Plas feels guilty for not living up to Batman's trust and faith.

* FriendlyPlayfulDolphin: AQUAMAN'S dolphin.

-->'''Jaime:''' [[LampshadeHanging That]] ''[[LampshadeHanging so]]'' [[LampshadeHanging did not go how I was expecting.]]

* GoKartingWithBowser: One of the teasers is a baseball game between the Justice League and various villains.

* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Red Tornado keeps a record of absolutely everything in his head.

** Batman outright said the trope ''by name'' when he was left near helpless due to Quartz poisoning (works like kryptonite on Zur-En-Arrh, except for humans) thanks to not being smart enough to test for any weaknesses in his new found powers.

* HotForTeacher: Jaime and Huntress again. Of course, he doesn't realise she's his teacher.

* ImpairmentShot: Oddly, Batman's mask does not wink out when he goes unconscious. But the blurry out of focus shot indicates he's conscious again.

** Averted in "The Power of Shazam!" Black Adam just steamrolls Batman.

** In "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster," Batman holds his own against Zoom... for a second or two. After that, he almost certainly would have been killed if the Flash hadn't stepped in at just the right time.

** Also averted when Batman fights [[spoiler: Superman under the influence of [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Red Kryptonite]]]]. He dons a new armor and is able to hold his ground for a time, but is almost killed. [[spoiler: luckily Red Kryptonite has a time limit]]

* KeystoneArmy: In "Journey to the Center of the Bat!", after AQUAMAN and the Atom establish experimentally that the infection is too numerous and virulent to defeat by attacking individual microbes, it conveniently turns out there's a "seed cell" that if they destroy it the rest of the microbes will die too.

** [[spoiler:Joe Chill. After learning Batman's secret identity, it was inevitable that he wouldn't last long to tell this revelation.]]

-->'''The Atom:''' This... doohickey... ''beeps''... when the ''cooties'' are near.

** Inverted with Firestorm. In the comics, Comicbook/{{Firestorm}} was a teenager named Ronnie Raymond who got his powers in a nuclear accident. In 2004, Ronnie was killed off and replaced by a new character named Jason Rusch. The cartoon uses the best of both worlds by having both Ron and Jason present at the same accident, which causes them to BOTH act as Firestorm.

* MeaningfulEcho: In "Sidekicks Assemble!", Robin, Aqualad, and Speedy get the formation wrong, later, Batman, AQUAMAN, and Green Arrow do ''the exact same thing''.

* MechanicalHorse: ComicBook/JonahHex rode on a sleek mechanical horse-like robot after being dragged from his timeline by Mongul to have warriors fight in his "War World", taking place in a futuristic Wild West setting.

** 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 women (ComicBook/BlackCanary, ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}) that were associated associated with a group called the Birds of Prey that had to rescue Batman.
* {{Multishot}}: Green Arrow does one in "Game Over for Owlman!" firing two arrows at once to take out two tyres on a fleeing vehicle.

* NegateYourOwnSacrifice: Batman sends an alternate-Earth-destroying bomb as the timer ticks down to [[spoiler:the Zombie Earth, after TheReveal that said bomb would only kill instead of causing an EarthShatteringKaboom. "Can't be killed."]]

* NoSell: Superman didn't even flinch when the bombs Batman planted on him go off.

** A relatively minor example, but Baron von Gunther's dimple/mole vanishes when she smiles in the opening of "Scorn of the Star Sapphire!"

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While the other superheroes are seen with their secret identity and called by their real names, Batman is only seen, referred to, and ''credited'' as Batman (except for his parents).

* PopTheTires: The Huntress uses her crossbow to shoot out the tyres of the Jokermobile in "Death Race to Oblivion!".

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

* SdrawkcabName: In "The Super Batman of Planet X", Earth's Batman ends up on a planet much like Earth, except their Batman equivalent has a Clark Kent-type life and his main villain is named Rothul, who's basically Lex Luthor with a backwards name.

* SheatheYourSword: How OMAC beats Shrapnel

** ComicBook/CaptainAtom, who arrogantly puts down BadassNormal Batman at every opportunity. Unsurprisingly, [[BreakTheHaughty he's cut down to size]] when Major Force [[BroughtDownToNormal brings him down to normal]].

* StalkingIsLove: When the Music Meister sings "If Only", as he wants to have Black Canary for his own.

** Lampshaded again in the Cold Open for "The Masks of Matches Malone", Black Orchid does this to Batman and he comments that now he knows how Commissioner Gordon feels.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: OMAC's (One Man Army Corp) "power". He requests more strength from the orbiting satellite Brother Eye, who zaps it down and then OMAC can jump over a mile, punch through a wall and several mooks, etc.

** All of "Death Race To Oblivion" [[spoiler:was Batman playing "ruthless" in order to maneuver his allies onto War Moon in a position to take it down]]. To the savvy viewer, what gives away the act is [[spoiler:the fact that he was assured all his allies would be teleported before being hurt]].

* TakeTheWheel: In "Game Over for Owlman!", Batman and [[spoiler:the Joker]] pursue Owlman in the Batmobile; Batman starts out driving, but hands over so that he's free to react to Owlman's attacks.

-->'''Batman''': I know what you're thinking. "Belly of the whale. Can't get much worse." (tentacles appear) You'd be wrong.
* TerrifyingRescuer: In "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!", two small children have this reaction to the Tornado Champion when he recues them from a burning building, and run screaming into their parents arms

* ThatPoorPlant: In "Enter the Outsiders!", LethalChef Wildcat makes a blenderful of Tiger Tonic. He gulps his down contentedly, but Batman pours his into a potted plant. The plant loses all its leaves save one.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Music Meister's DeathTrap for Batman and Black Canary involves the pair being suspended over an AcidPool as TheWallsAreClosingIn with a TimeBomb counting down.

* ThisIsThePartWhere: [[spoiler:Orm is warned of Black Manta's betrayal by AQUAMAN. Orm: "This is the part where you try to turn us against each other." Manta immediately shocks him.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Batman in "Death Race to Oblivion!" ([[spoiler:it was an act to throw off the bad guys]]) and "Joker: Vile and the Villainous!"

** The Golden Age Justice Society of America heroes towards the Justice League International Heroes in ''Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above the Earth!'' True most of them were shown to be grumpy and cantankerous beforehand, but in the case of Jay Garrick, the original Flash, it's very jarring. Fortunately they apologize when the episode ends.

* TrustPassword: In "The Criss-Cross Conspiracy!", Batman is trapped in Batwoman's body. Nightwing asks him to prove it by saying something only Batman would know. Batman responds "Your favorite color is blue, you used to sleep with a nightlight and you're deathly afraid of monkeys." Nightwing goes "It's him."

* UnconventionalSmoothie: Wildcat's trademark drink, "Tiger Tonic", is a shake made from tuna, hot sauce, raw eggs, and ''bananas'', which audibly fizzles and [[ThatPoorPlant kills plants]] when you put it in their pots. Metamorpho's the only person other than Wildcat who likes it.

** The Injustice Syndicate in "Deep Cover for Batman!". Dyna-Mite and Blue Bowman seem to show concern about members of their team, despite being evil. Averted with the Silver Cyclone. [[spoiler: He is revealed to hate all humans, thus by proxy, them. Though they don't find out until he rigs a bomb and attempts a getaway.]]

-->Now that Batman's been delayed, your usefulness has passed. A distraction is what I need, so kick into that blast

* ConspicuousCG: Most, if not all, the vehicles in the series seem to be CG of varying degrees of conspicuousness, e.g. Black Manta's tripod in "Enter the Outsiders!" and Batman's bike in the same scene.

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 primary focus on]] rarely used (but classic) characters such as ComicBook/RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show takes many of its plotline inspirations 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/Batman1966 '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 ColdOpen team up with WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost.

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''.

* AntagonistInMourning: Barry Allen's entire RoguesGallery (Captain Cold, Heat-Wave and Weather Wizard). When Kid Flash shows up, they lament that it's just not the same, as Kid Flash tries to be TheStoic, contrast with Barry's "[[LargeHam joie de vivre]]".

* DemonicPossession: Deadman's powers.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Polaris.

** Batman himself is bound and gagged in the teaser segments for "Evil Under The Sea!" and "A Bat Divided!"
** Billy Batson gets gagged by Dr. Sivana's children in "The Power of Shazam!" to prevent him from saying "Shazam".
** Zatanna has her mouth magically sealed shut by Abra Kadabra in "Chill of the Night!" to stop her from casting spells.

** A group of scientists are tied up and gagged by Crazy Quilt's henchmen in "The Color of Revenge!"

* TalkingToHimself: With a series such as this one, it's not uncommon for this trope to be in some episodes, such as Tom Kenny voicing both Plastic Man and Babyface in the episode "Journey to the Center of the Bat" and James Arnold Taylor voicing both Green Arrow and Guy Gardner in the episode "Death Race to Oblivion".

* RoleReprisal:
** Creator/TomEverettScott, Creator/BillyWest, and Creator/JenniferHale all reprise their respective roles as Booster Gold, Skeets, and Zatanna from ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''.
** Creator/GaryOwens reprises the his role as WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost.

** Ice has a crush on AQUAMAN, but when Fire informs her that he's [[HappilyMarried married]], she assumes it's [[MarriedToTheJob "To his work"]]

** Oh, that entire sequence was a curbstomp battle for each of the heroes... ComicBook/LexLuthor teleported to the Batcave with a epic [[PoweredArmor suit of armor]] and beat down Batman with barely two minutes worth of effort. Franchise/WonderWoman had to take on ComicBook/TheJoker who beat her ''in his boxers'' with several prank props from Hammerspace and a SquirtingFlower of gas. It was particular frightening/awesome how '''the Cheetah''' beat Superman. A magic amulet gave her [[SuperStrength a power and]] {{s|uperSpeed}}peed boost and the deciding factor was [[KryptoniteFactor kryptonite-laced]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome nail polish.]]

** Oh, that entire sequence was a curbstomp battle for each of the heroes... ComicBook/LexLuthor teleported to the Batcave with a epic [[PoweredArmor suit of armor]] and beat down Batman with barely two minutes worth of effort. Franchise/WonderWoman had to take on ComicBook/TheJoker who beat her ''in his boxers'' with several prank props from Hammerspace and a squirting flower of gas. It was particular frightening/awesome how '''the Cheetah''' beat Superman. A magic amulet gave her [[SuperStrength a power and]] {{s|uperSpeed}}peed boost and the deciding factor was [[KryptoniteFactor kryptonite-laced]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome nail polish.]]

* PettingZooPeople: The empires of Kamandi's AfterTheEnd time.