History YMMV / BatmanHush

** [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke Because he's innocent.]]]]

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Let's just say Huntress' [[BareYourMidriff newly belly-windowed outfit]] raised eyebrows among more than a few fans, especially after it was marketed towards.

** [[spoiler: [[DontExplainTheJoke Because he's innocent.]]]]

* OneSceneWonder: ComicBook/LexLuthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped [=LexCorp=] CEO Talia and promises vengeance...[[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]] Expanded upon in Loeb's ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' story arc.

** When Batman fights Clayface in the prison, the Joker is in his cell acting like a jilted girlfiriend, complaining about Batman fighting other villains and not bothering to defend him.

* OneSceneWonder: ComicBook/LexLuthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped [=LexCorp=] CEO Talia and promises vengeance...[[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]] Expanded upon in Loeb’s ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' series.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Batman's line from his fight with Superman about what gives him an advantage:

** Bruce is on his way to a date with Selina Kyle, resulting in snark from Dick about how she likes both Batman and Bruce despite not knowing they're the same person. The next scene after that Bruce gets a video call from Damian, who starts lecturing him on dating a criminal, and insists that Bruce use protection and criticizes Bruce's driving skills, resulting in Bruce hanging up on him.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' being facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene.

* LesYay: Between Poison Ivy and Catwoman, even though the former forced the latter into it.

* {{Narm}}:

* BrokenBase: ''Hush'' stands out as being seen as either one of Batman's best 2000s stories, or one of his worst. Its strong points and weak points are more or less the same; it operates less as a cohesive mystery story and more as a character piece and a vehicle for references to and recreations of other Batman stories backed by Lee's artwork. This results in it being viewed as an exciting GatewaySeries that rewards longterm familiarity by fans and a derivative and shallow RandomEventsPlot by critics. Similarly, its exploration of Batman's relationships with his supporting cast and the deep bench of his RoguesGallery are either interesting, readable, and show a deep understanding of the character, or, again, derivative of other, better, Batman stories.

* BrokenBase: ''Hush'' stands out as being seen as either one of Batman's best 2000s stories, or one of his worst. Its strong points and weak points are more or less the same; it operates less as a cohesive mystery story and more as a vehicle for references to and recreations of other Batman stories backed by Lee's artwork. This results in it being viewed as an exciting GatewaySeries by new fans and a derivative and shallow RandomEventsPlot by longterm ones.
* CaptainObviousReveal: Hush’s true identity, given the fairly transparent foreshadowing. Led to some backlash decrying the lack of a compelling mystery. Allegedly, though, it wasn't planned this way; Hush originally ''was'' supposed to be a resurrected Jason Todd, and Thomas Elliot a RedHerring, but executives got cold feet at the last minute and vetoed this.

%%* WTHCostumingDepartment: Let's just say Huntress' outfit raised eyebrows among more than a few fans.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BestServedCold Batman the Silenced]], real name [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], upon learning that [[EvilFormerFriend Thomas Elliot]] orchestrated the death of his parents and the downfall of his family, decided to enact his revenge. After Thomas imprisoned him in a mental asylum, Bruce hired [[ComicBook/TheJoker Jack Napier]] to help him pretend to be dead, after which he dressed as a Bat and hunted down people who had any hand in the corruption of Gotham and the fall of his family. Stalking and [[MindRape tormenting Thomas]] through the story, Bruce lured him to the abandoned Wayne Manor and dragged him to his basement, where he kept his foes in inhumane conditions, and revealed that he knows Thomas' involvement in the death of his parents. Making Thomas suffer for his sins, Bruce ended up victorious, with the ownership of Wayne Industries going to Alfred, who is loyal to him, and Court of Owls being unable to beat him.

* HilariousInHindsight: Catwoman asking Ivy "[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice do you bleed]] green?"
* HoYay: Poison Ivy's pheromones working on Catwoman is a plot point. Ivy even says that no man ''or woman'' can resist her. It helps that Catwoman is revealed to be bisexual a few years later in the New 52.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Harvey Dent.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: Let's just say Huntress' outfit raised eyebrows among more than a few fans.

* Poison Ivy is ''made'' of these. She tries so hard to be TheVamp, but whenever she's caught off-guard, she blurts out "SHIT!" or [[CurseCutShort "MOTHERFU-"]] in a very amusing fashion. When the heroes finally capture her, she immediately drops the act and tries to weasel out of responsibility by blaming Hush.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As with ''WesternAnimation/TheDeathOfSuperman'' before it, fans who had hoped for a completely faithful adaptation were less than thrilled by the number of changes that failed to live up to their expectations (the fact that the animation doesn't try to emulate Jim Lee's art style, Tim Drake being replaced by Damian Wayne, Barbara being Batgirl instead of Oracle). To say nothing of [[spoiler:Hush actually being Edward Nygma and not Thomas Elliot.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline.

* CriticalDissonance: Professional critics and watchers who were unfamiliar with the original story loved the film, praising the action scenes and the interactions between Batman and Catwoman, resulting in an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On the other hand, comic book purists utterly despised this adaptation, with the film's uninspired animation style and the changes to Hush's backstory and identity being the main sources of criticism.

** Early on we see Batman plummet the height of a skyscraper and land on concrete - and survive! Taking it seriously is difficult.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny: Bruce is on his way to a date with Selina Kyle, resulting in snark from Dick about how she likes both Batman and Bruce despite not knowing they're the same person. The next scene after that Bruce gets a video call from Damian, who starts lecturing him on dating a criminal, and insists that Bruce use protection and criticizes Bruce's driving skills, resulting in Bruce hanging up on him.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: After Bane was taken down, the boy he kidnapped kicked him and called him an "asshole".
* LesYay: Poison Ivy uses a kiss to bring Catwoman under her spell.

* RomanticPlotTumor: Much of the canon material from the original comic has been omitted in favor of AdaptationExpansion focusing heavily on Bruce and Selina's romance, which some, including WebVideo/CinemaSins, view as a minus point.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Bruce's friend Thomas Elliot is murdered and unlike in the comics, really was a good man. Bruce may not have to deal with the sting of betrayal but he still lost one of the few friends he has outside of being Batman.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: This film had over two dozen comic characters, and most were underutilized. Heroic characters like Batgirl and Daiman Wayne are only in small inconsequential cameos. Superman and Lois Lane are limited to just one subplot. And villains like Penguin, Two Face, Mr. Freeze and Scarecrow are only in one short fight each. And that's to say nothing of how Thomas Elliot is utilized.