History WesternAnimation / BatmanTheLongHalloween

* WhamEpisode: For those expecting a straight adaptation of the comic storyline, [[spoiler:Alberto's swift and violent demise in Part I's post-climax by the Holiday Killer immediately diverts the plot down a different route, given ''he'' was the original killer in the comic.]]

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Instead of wearing her [[https://www.wallpaperflare.com/batman-batman-the-long-halloween-catwoman-wallpaper-bnocj purple getup from the original comic, which included whiskers and a tail]], Selina's Catwoman suit in the movie is pretty much lifted wholesale from WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: During the climax of part one, Joker plans to gas the entire parade as he believes there is a chance the Holiday Killer is among those in the parade. While this was clearly Joker being his usual crazy self, [[spoiler:Gilda was at the parade with Harvey when Joker attacked]], minus her belt.

Part I, released on June 22, 2021, features the voices of Creator/JensenAckles as Bruce Wayne/Batman, the late Creator/NayaRivera as Selina Kyle[=/=]{{ComicBook/Catwoman}}, Creator/JoshDuhamel as Harvey Dent, Creator/BillyBurke as James Gordon, Creator/TitusWelliver as Carmine "the Roman" Falcone, Creator/DavidDastmalchian as Calendar Man, Creator/TroyBaker as ComicBook/TheJoker, Creator/AmyLandecker as Barbara Gordon, Creator/JulieNathanson as Gilda Dent, Creator/JackQuaid as Alberto, Creator/FredTatasciore as Solomon Grundy, and Creator/AlastairDuncan as Alfred. Part II, released on July 27, 2021, sees the addition of Creator/KateeSackhoff as ComicBook/PoisonIvy and Creator/AlyssaDiaz as [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast Renee Montoya]]. A "Deluxe Edition" combining the two parts into a single 3-hour film was released on September 20, 2022.

* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Gilda claims she married Harvey because he was as determined as she was to bring down the Roman Empire, but that she loved him anyway.]]

Part I, released on June 22, 2021, features the voices of Creator/JensenAckles as Bruce Wayne/Batman, the late Creator/NayaRivera as Selina Kyle[=/=]{{ComicBook/Catwoman}}, Creator/JoshDuhamel as Harvey Dent, Creator/BillyBurke as James Gordon, Creator/TitusWelliver as Carmine "the Roman" Falcone, Creator/DavidDastmalchian as Calendar Man, Creator/TroyBaker as ComicBook/TheJoker, Creator/AmyLandecker as Barbara Gordon, Creator/JulieNathanson as Gilda Dent, Creator/JackQuaid as Alberto, Creator/FredTatasciore as Solomon Grundy, and Creator/AlastairDuncan as Alfred. Part II, released on July 27, 2021, sees the addition of Creator/KateeSackhoff as ComicBook/PoisonIvy and Creator/AlyssaDiaz as [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast Renee Montoya]].

* DividedForAdaptation: The movie is split into two parts, with Part I rated PG-13 [[https://collider.com/batman-the-long-halloween-movie-rating-r/ and Part II rated R.]]

** In the comic, Don Falcone is quite protective of his son Alberto, and is adamant that he not get involved in "the business". [[spoiler:This makes Alberto resent Don Falcone for [[DudeWhereresMyRespect rejecting]] any of Alberto's attempts to [[WellDoneSonGuy advise him]].]] In the animated version Falcone considers him TheUnFavourite and is dismissive of him, openly mocking his Oxford education and even physically threatening him.

* HisNameIs: [[spoiler: Alberto is shot by the Holiday Killer before he can blurt out the name of his former lover.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Holiday's murders are the catalyst for all the chaos that ensues in the duology, but because they're a HiddenVillain the Joker and Two-Face have to take up the slack as TheHeavy for the respective climaxes of the two-parter.

* CompositeCharacter: In the graphic novel, there were [[spoiler:two Holiday Killers, Gilda and Alberto though the former is implied to be the real one while the latter simply took credit and only killed one person.]] In the film version, [[spoiler:Alberto is innocent, while Gilda remains the true Holiday and Harvey, presumably under the control of his Two-Face identity, kills Alberto after assuming the Holiday identity.]]

* CompositeCharacter: In the graphic novel, there were [[spoiler:two Holiday Killers, Gilda and Alberto.]] In the film version, [[spoiler:Gilda is the only one who takes the identity, with Alberto being one of her victims.]]

* RedHerring: By Part II, Harvey is the prime suspect in the Holiday murders. [[spoiler:Cops and mobsters gunning for him lead to the man's psychotic break, his iconic disfigurement, and his rebirth as Two-Face.]]

* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Gilda as Holiday kills Alberto, a man she once loved deeply, for standing by as Carmine annulled their marriage and forced her into an abortion.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Batman's final conversation with Gilda has her asking if he's going to tell Gordon about her actions as Holiday. Batman gives no answer and simply leaves. Since the two remaining scenes don't feature or mention either Gordon or Gilda, it's unclear whether or not Batman gave her up.]]

''Batman: The Long Halloween'' is a two-part AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween storyline of the same name]] from the late '90s. It is also the third and fourth film in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Tomorrowverse}}''.

The official summary reads thus:

''Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover Holiday's true identity before more people are killed. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman's deadly enemy, Two-Face.''

Trailer for part 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7wbwkzNS0&t=2s here]]. Trailer for part 2 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2hyHk1CYSo here]].

* BigBadEnsemble: Holiday's murders are the catalyst for all the chaos that ensues in the duology; however, since Holiday is a HiddenVillain, the Joker and Two-Face become more prominent threats in each part.

''Christmas. St. Patrick's Day. Easter. As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman's deadly enemy, Two-Face.''

* BigBadEnsemble: Holiday's murders are the catalyst for all the chaos that ensues in the duology, but since they're a HiddenVillain, the Joker and Two-Face become more prominent threats in each part.

** Although Carmine Falcone treats his son like dirt, [[spoiler:he's greatly upset at his death, wanting vengeance on Harvey who he believes is the Holiday Killer. He also admits that he was a pretty lousy father.]]

Trailer for part 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7wbwkzNS0&t=2s here]], Trailer for part 2 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2hyHk1CYSo here]].

''Christmas. St. Patrick’s Day. Easter. As the calendar’s days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman’s deadly enemy, Two-Face.''

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7wbwkzNS0&t=2s Trailer for part 1 here,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2hyHk1CYSo Trailer for part 2 here.]]

** Falcone makes a crack about "Keeping your enemies close, and a loaded gun closer" in reference to the Maroni crime family on his yacht. They'd been glowering when he first acknowledged them, but crack several smiles at his joke.
** Bruce Wayne says he didn't provide a statement to the police as he was spending the night with a married woman. When Dent says that an alibi like that is [[SarcasmMode quite convenient]], Bruce quips, "Not for her husband", causing Gordon to laugh until Dent glares at him.

** In the comic, Don Falcone is quite protective of his son Alberto, and is adamant that he not get involved in "the business". [[spoiler: This makes Alberto resent Don Falcone for [[DudeWhereresMyRespect rejecting]] any of Alberto's attempts to [[WellDoneSonGuy advise him]].]] In the animated version Falcone considers him TheUnFavourite and is dismissive of him, openly mocking his Oxford education and even physically threatening him.

** Catwoman big time. Not only are she and Batman on much better terms than the usual DatingCatwoman dynamic, but she’s for all intent and purpose a hero in this incarnation, lacking any selfish motivations and is actively helping Batman in his crusade to take down Falcone and Holiday, and effectively becomes his partner in crime-fighting by the end, as they team up to defeat Batman’s rogues. In Part II, she even gets ''two'' BigDamnHeroes moments where she saves Batman.
** Unlike in the source material, [[spoiler:Alberto is not the Holiday Killer, and wants a life separate from his mobster family]].

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: Batman’s final conversation with Gilda has her asking if he’s going to tell Gordon about her actions as Holiday. Batman gives no answer and simply leaves. Since the two remaining scenes don’t feature or mention either Gordon or Gilda, it’s unclear whether or not Batman gave her up.]]

* AssholeVictim: Given most of Holiday's victims are tied to a ruthless mob organization most of them fall under this, the standout exception being [[spoiler:Alberto]].

** [[spoiler: Part One ends with Batman failing to identify Holiday for a second time, as the suspected Alberto Falcone becomes another one of the serial killer's victims.]]

* BackportedDevelopment: Batman and Catwoman's relationship. [[spoiler: Catwoman appears here virtually as an ally to Batman, and Selina and Bruce seem to be in a fairly serious relationship - to the extent that she's [[SecretKeeper aware of his secret identity]]. These are developments from ''much'' later stories in the comics, both chronologically and in terms of publication.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Alberto Falcone's attendance at Oxford; initially part of Carmine's beratement towards his son during ''Part 1'', [[spoiler:it becomes a hint as to the former's relationship with Gilda when an Oxford flag is found in Dent's basement]].
* CompositeCharacter: In the graphic novel, there were [[spoiler:two Holiday Killers, Gilda and Alberto]]. In the film version, [[spoiler:Gilda is the only one who takes the identity, with Alberto being one of her victims]].

* DatingCatwoman: Literally. It's toyed with a bit, as Catwoman also acts as Batman’s ally for her own unstated purpose, while Selina and Bruce are dating off screen in their civilian [=IDs=]. Selina breaks up with him at the end of the first film, but they get back together at the end of the second film with the two of them affectionally watch Alfred give candy to a trick or treater.
* DeathByAdaptation:

** [[spoiler:Sofia Falcone survived her fall at the end of the comic]], and would later appear in the [[ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory sequel]] as one of the main antagonists. Here, [[spoiler:the fall is actually fatal, with Sofia violently landing on top of a cop car]].

** Selina accidentally blurts out "Bruce!" when Batman shows up to confront [[spoiler:Alberto]]. The Holiday Killer puts an end to any problem that reveal might have posed.

** [[spoiler:In the comic, Alberto faked his death on New Year's, only to be smothered to death by his sister, Sofia, with a pillow after being wounded by Calendar Man in the sequel, ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory''. Here, he is indeed killed on New Year's Eve]].

* DisneyVillainDeath: Combined with DrivenToSuicide. [[spoiler:Sofia tumbles out the window like in the comic, but as Selina grabs her hand in an effort to save her life, she purposely lets herself go out of the grief from watching her father die]].
* DistractedByTheSexy

** Although Carmine Falcone treats his son like dirt, [[spoiler:he is greatly upset at his death, wanting vengeance on Harvey who he believes is the Holiday Killer. He also admits that he was a pretty lousy father]].

* HeroOfAnotherStory: While Batman tracks down a spree killer, [[spoiler:Catwoman is GeneHunting]].
* HiddenVillain: The Holiday Killer remains obscured throughout Part One, adding to the mystery. Even when we get a clear shot of their body, their [[CoatHatMask heavy trenchcoat combined with a fedora and face mask]] mostly covers their face.

** This is worsened when Part II reveals Holiday’s motivation: [[spoiler: Gilda was Alberto’s girlfriend and got pregnant out of wedlock with him, and Falcone had her child aborted against her and his son’s will.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: Alberto admits to Selina that his biggest regret was not standing up to his father to defend his girlfriend, [[spoiler: Gilda]], feeling that he proved his father right that he is spineless.

* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler: Part One's climax has Batman confronting the Joker about being the Holiday Killer, since Joker escaped before the first murder and harassed Carmine Falcone on Christmas, the same night and place his enforcer died. However, Joker reveals that he's actually ''hunting'' Holiday, and his fumigation plot is based on the logic that the New Year's party will have nearly half of Gotham in attendance, so it's a coin flip if he takes out the killer with everyone else, and reasons that either way at least he gets to kill a lot of innocent people too.]]
* NotSoStoic: Calendar Man acts like the typical dissonantly serene criminal for the majority of his appearance, except for after Arkham's prison break where every member of Batman's rogue's gallery has been freed ''except'' him, since he picked tails on Two-Face's double-headed coin.

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Ultimately what Gilda/Holiday Killer’s victory amounts to. She may have gotten her revenge on anyone part of Falcone’s family and not face justice for it. But now she has nothing else to live for and is completely alone as her husband, Harvey Dent, is locked in Arkham for taking the fall for her crimes. Along with how her murders lead to him to turned into Two-Face. Judging from her tone and posture while Batman confronts her, she feels the same way.]]
* RaceLift: The Falcone-associated thugs who were hired to bomb Harvey Dent's house are changed from Irish mobsters to Chinese triads. [[AdaptationalBadass They also put up a much better fight against Batman than in the comic]].

* ReadTheFreakingManual: Joker does this in mid-air after forgetting to take the safety off his DeadlyGas disperser. He then throws the manual out of the plane.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Instead of wearing her [[https://www.wallpaperflare.com/batman-batman-the-long-halloween-catwoman-wallpaper-bnocj purple getup from the original comic, which included whiskers and a tail]], Selina’s Catwoman suit in the movie is pretty much lifted wholesale from WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: During the climax of part one, Joker plans to gas the entire parade as he believes there is a chance the Holliday Killer is among those in the parade. While this was clearly Joker being his usual crazy self, [[spoiler: Gilda was at the parade with Harvey when Joker attacked.]], minus her belt.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Part II's post credits scene has the Flash and Green Arrow visiting Wayne Manor, presumably to invite Batman to join [[Franchise/JusticeLeague the growing superhero team.]]]]

** In Part I, a post-credits scene shows [[spoiler: Alberto’s funeral]], where Falcone tries to again pressure Bruce into letting him launder money in the Wayne Foundation. Bruce again refuses…so Falcone asks him to shake hands with the lady accompanying him at the funeral, [[spoiler: and Poison Ivy’s vines cover Bruce’s hand as his eyes turn green…]]

* SurpriseIncest: Defied when [[spoiler:Alberto and Selina are on a cruise ship she talks with him, which he mistakes for flirting and leans in for a kiss. She backs off, knowing that she is his half-sister from an affair]].

* WasItReallyWorthIt: Batman and Gordon ask this to [[spoiler:Harvey Dent, who believes the killings were necessary to take down the Falcone family. Later this is asked to Gilda, the true Holiday Killer, whose actions indirectly caused Sal Maroni to scar her husband, breaking his mind]].

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In a sense. Gordon's daughter, Barbara (better known as ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and Oracle), makes a cameo as a small child, but she was absent in the original story, which only had Gordon's older son, James Jr., present as a baby. Both are present here [[AgeLift and older]].

** Catwoman big time. Not only are she and Batman on much better terms than the usual DatingCatwoman dynamic, but she’s for all intent and purpose a hero in this incarnation, lacking any selfish motivations and is actively helping Batman in his crusade to take down Falcone and Holiday, and effectively becomes his partner in crime-fighting by the end, as they team up to defeat Batman’s rogues. in Part Two, she even gets ''two'' BigDamnHeroes moments where she saves Batman.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: During the climax of part one, Joker plans to gas the entire parade as he believes there is a chance the Holliday Killer is among those in the parade. While this was clearly Joker being his usual crazy self, [[spoiler: Gilda was at the parade with Harvey when Joker attacked.]]

''Batman: The Long Halloween'' is a two-part AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween storyline of the same name]] from the late '90s. It is also the third and fourth film in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Tomorrowverse}}.

''Batman: The Long Halloween'' is a two-part AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween storyline of the same name]] from the late '90s.

** Like in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Harvey Dent wasn't well-liked by the cops due to his impossibly high standards.