History YMMV / BewareTheBatman

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: WordOfGod says this is at least partly the reason that they want to focus on lesser used villains like Anarky or Professor Pyg. Since the more famous villains are so well known and often used, they want to try out something new and give Batman challenges that the audience isn't used to him dealing with.

** Magpie's portrayal in this show has become fairly popular, with fans praising her complexity as a character, her ability to outmatch even Batman in combat, her entertaining dialogue, and her... [[MsFanservice appealing]] [[EvilIsSexy character design]].

* EvilIsSexy:
** Magpie was originally somewhat sexually designed in her original '80s design, but to update her appearance, the show's designers drew on fashion runway models and contemporary pop stars, specifically Music/LadyGaga, for her new appearance. As the only female antagonist identified early on, she's far more sexual than Katana. In fact, she's more sexual than most depictions of ''Catwoman''.
** Lady Shiva. She's a stone-cold badass who instills fear into an entire roomful of [[GratuitousNinja ninjas]] that don't even flinch when ordered to fight ''Batman'' or his equally tough protege. She shows no remorse over ruthlessly overthrowing Silver Monkey and [[spoiler:sucking out Dr. Ravencroft's soul]]. She even manages to give a solid ass-kicking to both Batman ''and'' Katana, highly skilled fighters who outnumbered her two-to-one. The clincher? She sports a tight, midriff-bearing, outfit while doing all of this.
** [[spoiler:Sapphire Stagg]] is wearing a short skirt and low-cut top during the scene that reveals her FaceHeelTurn.

** ''Man-Bat''. Poor guy was just a honest, well-intentioned scientist trying to come up with a serum for medical purposes, only to have his research perverted by Pyg and Toad, who then used it to forcefully turn him into a bat creature. And as if this wasn't enough, they also used a MindControlDevice to force him to do their dirty work.

** Dr. Ravencroft. She may be a deceitful liar, but she shows some honest remorse about [[spoiler: Bruce Wayne's "death"]], and it's hard not to feel really sorry for her when [[spoiler: her soul is sucked out]].

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilCounterpart Anarky]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy a far cry]] from his [[ComicBook/{{Anarky}} comic version. An utter madman who views himself and Batman as two kings on a chess board, one representing order and peace, the other [[AnarchyIsChaos chaos and destruction]], Anarky commits all of his crimes out of [[FameThroughInfamy a pathological love for attention]] and [[CardCarryingVillain a sheer enjoyment of being evil]]. In his first appearance, Anarky grants two petty crooks high-tech weaponry before sending them on a rampage through Gotham, after which he rigs two gondolas filled with people to explode unless Batman can stop them in time. Later, Anarky pits Batman and the League of Assassins against each other as part of a plan to unleash a lethal plague onto all of Gotham, and attempts to bomb a populated park filled with police officers while trying to frame Batman. At the end of the series, Anarky makes [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] District Attorney [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Harvey Dent]] into evil his personal pet project, and successfully drives Dent to institute MartialLaw in Gotham while threatening the lives of all those who stand in his way. In the sequel tie-in comic, Anarky unlocks every door in Gotham City for a single night, then tries to spur all of the citizens into a panic-induced riot that he hopes will tear Gotham apart in the ultimate display of chaos. Though [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily polite]], Anarky is the most wicked foe Batman faced in the series, having no empathy, no mercy, and no motive at all except his basic whims.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilCounterpart Anarky]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy a far cry]] from his comic version. An utter madman who views himself and Batman as two kings on a chess board, one representing order and peace, the other [[AnarchyIsChaos chaos and destruction]], Anarky commits all of his crimes out of [[FameThroughInfamy a pathological love for attention]] and [[CardCarryingVillain a sheer enjoyment of being evil]]. In his first appearance, Anarky grants two petty crooks high-tech weaponry before sending them on a rampage through Gotham, after which he rigs two gondolas filled with people to explode unless Batman can stop them in time. Later, Anarky pits Batman and the League of Assassins against each other as part of a plan to unleash a lethal plague onto all of Gotham, and attempts to bomb a populated park filled with police officers while trying to frame Batman. At the end of the series, Anarky makes [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] District Attorney [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Harvey Dent]] into evil his personal pet project, and successfully drives Dent to institute MartialLaw in Gotham while threatening the lives of all those who stand in his way. In the sequel tie-in comic, Anarky unlocks every door in Gotham City for a single night, then tries to spur all of the citizens into a panic-induced riot that he hopes will tear Gotham apart in the ultimate display of chaos. Though [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily polite]], Anarky is the most wicked foe Batman faced in the series, having no empathy, no mercy, and no motive at all except his basic whims.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The show not using Batman's more well known and well loved rogue's gallery can definitely be alienating to many Batman fans who consider his rogue gallery to be a good chunk of what makes Batman so good.

** Following the revelation in "Monsters", did Sapphire [[spoiler:undergo SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome and had TookALevelInJerkass in between her appearances in "Toxic" and "Monsters" or was she a BitchInSheepsClothing all along, which could could also put her love for Rex in question if it was sincere or not]].

* DracoInLeatherPants: Magpie, due to her tragic backstory and appealing character design.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Harvey Dent's inclusion and [[spoiler: his transformation into Two-Face]] can be seen as this to those who denounced the show for omitting the famous Batman villains and focusing solely on his more obscure foes. Before that, the appearance of [[spoiler:Ra's al-Ghul]] also qualifies.
** Harvey Dent being a nasty piece of work even before the accident that turns him into Two-Face, as controversial as it is, avoids the criticism of having someone go insane or turn to a different morality because of a disfigurement. Stories outside of the mainstream continuity, such as this series, have taken the option of either Harvey Dent struggling with mental issues before the accident as in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' or even him just being a nasty piece of work, sometimes leaving out the disfigurement completely, while sometimes keeping the SanitySlippage.

** Lady Shiva. She's a stone-cold badass who instills fear into an entire roomful of [[GratuitousNinja ninjas]] that don't even flinch when ordered to fight ''Batman'' or his equally tough protege. She shows no remorse over ruthlessly overthrowing Silver Monkey and [[spoiler:sucking out Dr. Ravencroft's soul]]. She even manages to give a solid ass-kicking to both Batman ''and'' Katana, highly skilled fighters who outnumbered her two-to-one. The clincher? She sports a tight, midriff-bearing, [[{{Gainaxing}} Gainax-approved]] outfit while doing all of this.