History YMMV / BatmanBeyond

* {{Fanon}}: Some fans like to portray Terry as Asian American, despite the fact that both of his parents appear to be Caucasian ([[spoiler: including Bruce]]), due to his black hair, ashen skin tone, and slightly squinty eyes.

** While the series is officially recognized as the canon future of [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse the DCAU]], some fans prefer to view it as an alternate future. Unlike many examples, this isn't so much due to poor quality, but due to the depressing fates of some characters, particularly Bruce himself [[note]] he's forced to give up being Batman due to physical limitations brought about by age, without ever achieving any real closure to his crusade or trauma. From there, he ends up a lonely, bitter old man, with all his friends having either died or broken off contact and none of his romantic relationships have panned out in the long run [[/note]] and Tim Drake [[note]] his career as Robin was tragically cut short when he was abducted, tortured and [[MindRape Mind Raped]] by the Joker [[/note]]. It helps that according to Creator/BruceTimm in [[https://dcanimated.com/WF/sections/backstage/interview/bt/interview.php a 2001 interview]], ''Batman Beyond'' is just a "possible future".[[note]]Though this interview is outdated, as ''Justice League'' would confirm in several episodes that ''Beyond'' is the canon future.[[/note]]

** While the series is officially recognized as the canon future of [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse the DCAU]], some fans prefer to view it as an alternate future. Unlike many examples, this isn't so much due to poor quality, but due to the depressing fates of some characters, particularly Bruce himself [[note]] he's forced to give up being Batman due to physical limitations brought about by age, without ever achieving any real closure to his crusade or trauma. From there, he ends up a lonely, bitter old man, with all his friends having either died or broken off contact and none of his romantic relationships have panned out in the long run [[/note]] and Tim Drake [[note]] his career as Robin was tragically cut short when he was abducted, tortured and [[MindRape Mind Raped]] by the Joker [[/note]].

* OneTrueThreesome: Some fans choose to resolve the ShipToShipCombat between Terry/Dana and Terry/Max fans by simply putting them all together. It helps that they are all schoolmates, so they would have some rapport with each other. Others even throw [[DatingCatwoman Melanie]] in for good measure, in a dynamic similar to [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, and Black Cat]].

* TheScrappy:
** Not a whole lot of fans liked Matt [=McGinnis=] on the show, as his appearances often had him just acting like a typical AnnoyingYoungerSibling BrattyHalfPint without offering anything else.
** While most of the major villains introduced in season 1 have some kind of following, Jackson Chappell from "The Winning Edge" is not one of them. He's generally regarded as a forgettable cardboard cutout of a drug lord (to the point where his name is only mentioned in the credits) he solely exists to hammer in an [[{{Anvilicious}} unsubtle]] DrugsAreBad message, and he receives almost no characterization before he gets sent into a coma [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with his own Venom patches]]. The most notable thing about his episode is revealing the fate of classic bat-foe ComicBook/{{Bane}}, who only appears in one scene.

** At first, Max was a classic overly confident AffirmativeActionGirl who even the creators weren't fond of. Fortunately, as a new season began Max's character was developed quite a bit, her unusually high aptitude was toned down, [[TakeThatScrappy she was taken down a peg]], and quickly grew a sizable fanbase. [[MsFanservice Being one of the most attractive females in the DCAU also helped]].

* ShippingGoggles: Terry/Max shippers sometimes claim that the two are pining for each other or in denial about their romantic feelings, ignoring the time the two were ''on a date'' (as part of a case) and Terry even noticed how good-looking Max was, only for Max to completely ignore his notice and nothing else coming of it. When Terry gives Max a chaste peck on the cheek in [[ComicBook/BatmanBeyond the comic]], shippers cried ShipTease, ignoring how neither character treated it as at all romantic.

* EvilIsSexy:
** Inque.
** Also Ten from the Royal Flush Gang, [[spoiler:until Ten defects from the group.]]
** Dee-Dee from the Jokerz in the movie. Probably helps that their Grandma is [[spoiler:Harley Quinn.]]
** Stephanie Lake.