History WesternAnimation / BATMANTheBraveAndTheBold

** Bordering on HoYay when when Bats teams up with the Joker.
--->'''Joker when Bats brought him to the Batcave''': "An entire wing for moi? I knew you cared!"

Taking its [[TheBraveAndTheBold name]] from DC's traditional TeamUpSeries, ''Batman: The Brave And The Bold'' has Batman partnering with a different superhero or superheroes every week. With a [[LimelightSeries focus]] on rarely used (but classic) characters such as RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show deliberately picks a lot of its plotlines from old [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories, ''many'' of which have already been widely mocked by the fandom for years. Very much aware of this, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' actually succeeds in making these old SoBadItsGood stories SoCoolItsAwesome, and almost every episode has an AscendedMeme or two. 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, the ColdOpening of every episode 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.

Taking its [[TheBraveAndTheBold name]] from DC's traditional TeamUpSeries, ''Batman: The Brave And The Bold'' has Batman partnering with a different superhero or superheroes every week. With a [[LimelightSeries focus]] on rarely used (but classic) characters such as RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show deliberately picks a lot of its plotlines from old [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories, ''many'' of which have already been widely mocked by the fandom for years. Very much aware of this, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' actually succeeds in making these old SoBadItsGood stories SoCoolItsAwesome, and almost every episode has an AscendedMeme or two. 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, the ColdOpening of every episode 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.

Taking its [[TheBraveAndTheBold name]] from DC's traditional TeamUpSeries, ''Batman: The Brave And The Bold'' has Batman partnering with a different superhero or superheroes every week. With a [[LimelightSeries focus]] on rarely used (but classic) characters such as RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show deliberately picks a lot of its plotlines from old [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories, ''many'' of which have already been widely mocked by the fandom for years. Very much aware of this, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' actually succeeds in making these old SoBadItsGood stories SoCoolItsAwesome. The show's creators aim to spotlight every possible underrated aspect of the DC universe.

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 [[WhamEpisode Wham Episodes]]: the show provides its own versions of ''The [[SilverAge Rainbow Batman]]'' and ''Bat-Manga!'' just as happily as it references ''TheKillingJoke'' and ''TheDarkKnightReturns''. In order to introduce and showcase as many heroes and villains as possible, the ColdOpening of every episode 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.

* {{TearJerker}}: For all the faults many felt were present in the show from the puns to the mass WorfEffect of other notable, this troper couldn't help but feel something during the finale. Especially since the show wasn't all that bad for it being a lighter incarnation and ESPECIALLY since most of western tv seems to be suffering from the WorfEffect. This shows worst shone far brighter than other programming's finest hour/half hour/15 minutes. Though YMMV. In-series Tearjerkers include:
** The death of [[spoiler:Bwana Beast]]

* TearJerker: For all the faults many felt were present in the show from the puns to the mass WorfEffect of other notable, this troper couldn't help but feel something during the finale. Especially since the show wasn't all that bad for it being a lighter incarnation and ESPECIALLY since most of western tv seems to be suffering from the WorfEffect. This shows worst shone far brighter than other programming's finest hour/half hour/15 minutes. In-series Tearjerkers include:

* Tearjerker: For all the faults many felt were present in the show from the puns to the mass WorfEffect of other notable, this troper couldn't help but feel something during the finale. Especially since the show wasn't all that bad for it being a lighter incarnation and ESPECIALLY since most of western tv seems to be suffering from the WorfEffect. This shows worst shone far brighter than other programming's finest hour/half hour/15 minutes. In-series Tearjerkers include:

* Tearjerker: For all the faults many felt were present in the show from the puns to the mass WorfEffect, this troper couldn't help but feel something during the finale. Especially since the show wasn't all that bad for it being a lighter incarnation and ESPECIALLY since most of western tv seems to be suffering from the WorfEffect. This shows worst shone far brighter than other programming's finest hour/half hour/15 minutes. In-series Tearjerkers include:

* PlayfulDolphin: Aquaman's dolphin.

* CakeEater: Blue Beetle in "Night of the Huntress!"

Taking its name from DC's traditional TeamUpSeries, ''Batman: The Brave And The Bold'' has Batman partnering with a different superhero or superheroes every week. With a [[LimelightSeries focus]] on rarely used (but classic) characters such as RedTornado, Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and Detective Chimp, the show deliberately picks a lot of its plotlines from old [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories, ''many'' of which have already been widely mocked by the fandom for years. Very much aware of this, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' actually succeeds in making these old SoBadItsGood stories SoCoolItsAwesome. The show's creators aim to spotlight every possible underrated aspect of the DC universe.

** NeilPatrickHarris plays [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog a singing supervillain in love with a woman who is in love with a superhero]].
*** Another episode has cowboy superhero Vigilante as [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog a singing superhero who declares "a man's got to do what a man's got to do."]] Fans of ''JusticeLeague Unlimited'' might recall the character's appearances there: he was voiced by NathanFillion.

* EvilLaughter: Fairly commonplace for the series itself, but The Music Meister has it down to an art. [[DrHorrible Maybe he saw a voice coach.]]

* SwordInTheStone: Katana's um... Katana.
** And Excalibur.

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 TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks and animated adaptations thereof as well as a way to showcase otherwise less marketable characters. Others think think it's a step backwards from the writing, voice acting, and animation style of the {{DCAU}} shows, and feel that it's dumbing things down a little. [[hottip:*:Particularly, the episodes written by J.M. DeMatteis are ''significantly'' weirder than the other ones and have caught some flak for it.]] In either case, the massive number of obscure cameos and canon throwback jokes make the whole series into a big, campy collection of ContinuityPorn.

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 TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks and animated adaptations thereof as well as a way to showcase otherwise less marketable characters. Others think think it's a step backwards from the writing, voice acting, and animation style of the {{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.

** The finale has Bat-Mite dismissing the CGI ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} cartoon that is replacing ''The Brave and the Bold'' as a poor substitute. The cartoon replacing the series in real life? A CGI series called ''Beware The Batman''.
*** Of course, so far the only similarity that we know of between the fake trailer and Beware the Batman is that they're both CGI, which Bat-Mite didn't seem to have a problem with.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: One with ''ScoobyDoo'' occurs in Season 3, as a homage to the ''NewScoobyDooMovies''.