* AdaptationDisplacement:
** Hands up everyone who only heard of the second Blue Beetle ''after'' [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Nite Owl II]].
** Or expected Catman to be voiced by Creator/AdamWest?
** Or, for that matter, expected WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost to be voiced by [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast George Lowe]]?
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The line "Green Arrow has heroic traits--that is when he's shooting straight" line from the song "Birds of Prey". Different fans take it to mean that Catwoman is saying Ollie is bi with a lean towards men, he suffers from SpeedSex problems, or that he's an unfaithful flirt.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: In "Mitefall!", when Bat-Mite is trying to make the show more [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] in an effort to get it canceled, he gives Batman a talking hoversled with flame decals and matching outfit. There actually was a toy like this (it didn't talk, though), from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', of all places.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The designs for the gaseous forms of the Gas Gang of "Clash of the Metal Men"
%%* BaseBreakingCharacter:
%%** The main character himself. Episodes go back and forth between him being on even grounds with [[ADayInTheLimelight the guest character]] to all the characters [[CharacterShilling shilling him]].
%%** The Justice League International team that Batman formed is this as well.
* BizarroEpisode: "Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!" It features Franchise/ScoobyDoo dancing the polka... and that's one of the more sane moments.
** "Chill of the Night!" in the context of how it is much darker and more serious than the rest of the series, being more like ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' in tone. Despite (or maybe because of) this, it's considered one of the series' best episodes.
* BrokenBase:
** The LighterAndSofter tone and DenserAndWackier humor is the show's most divisive aspect and is either considered by some to be refreshing to see after the more serious Batman adaptations in the past, with many finding the jokes to be hilarious, while others despise the lighthearted tone for not fitting with the idea that Batman should be dark and serious, on top of finding the humor to be obnoxious and annoying.
** The self-referential moments in "Mitefall!" are either a perfect representations of what fans felt the show did right, or undeserved self-aggrandising.
* CantUnhearIt: You no doubt can hear Bat-Mite's words as Paul Reubens now thanks to this series. The same thing for Diedrich Bader for Batman.
* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/DCAnimation here]].
* CriticalBacklash: Due to being a LighterAndSofter Batman show inspired by the Silver Age, the show has gotten quite the divisive aura from the DC fanbase over the years. However, for all the complaints it gets for having a portrayal of Batman that clashes with his normal, darker characterization, its art direction, and its overall silly and kiddy feel, the show has and maintains a rather noticeable following. Many fans state that if you overlook the immature premise, one finds the show rather enjoyable as it [[LimelightSeries pays homage to many obscure elements of the DC mythos]], is willing to embrace {{Camp}} to be mindlessly awesome, and is very creative and unrestrained, especially in comparison to many of DC's recent DarkerAndEdgier works. Many people who watch clips of the show online even end up admitting that they wound up liking the show after giving it a second chance or wasn't cheap, kid-centric program they initially thought it was, especially with episodes like [[WhamEpisode "Chill of the Night"]]. In fact, many who revisit this show even express sentiment about how this show was one of the better (if not the best) attempts at portraying the DC universe in a more light-hearted tone in modern times and wish that DC would make more work with its genuine RuleOfFun approach.
* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mrs. Manface's]] appearance is simultaneously unutterably horrifying and side-splittingly funny.
** Batman [[spoiler: being crushed with a giant hammer and his soul drifting to heaven replete with harp, angel wings, and cowl]], corny; him being [[spoiler: melted in a vat of acid to the bone]], horrifying; everything afterwards is just plain funny.
** The episode "The Battle Of The Superheroes" crosses it a good dozen times, since it's a homage to {{Website/Superdickery}}. A notable highlight is Superman picking up Kandor in it's bottle than shaking it while cheerfully shouting "EAAAAARRRRTHQUAKE!!". They even worked in a close approximation to the [[MemeticMutation Super Pope Hat]]!
* DesignatedHero:
** Wong Fei from ''Return of the Fearsome Fangs''. For a martial arts expert, he's quite an arrogant, rude jerk who always insults his pupils no matter if they do well or bad and orders them to kneel to him essentially every time he wants, just to show off his status of mentor. No surprise that only ONE of FIVE students completed his training, and just because the plot demanded it.
** Captain Atom, as portrayed in "Powerless", is such a SmugSuper that [[WebVideo/TheBlockbusterBuster Eric Rodriguez]] gave him the very apt nickname "Captain Asshole." He is excessively condescending to people without superpowers, refusing to even acknowledge Batman's not-unimpressive track record as a BadassNormal (and, [[JerkassHasAPoint while he may be right]] when he says that Batman would easily get curb-stomped by the major-league villains if he didn't have any backup or prep time, [[BothSidesHaveAPoint the fact still remains]] that Batman, single-handedly or not, has repeatedly saved the world from threats that no mere human would stand a chance against.) When Captain Atom is BroughtDownToNormal by Major Force, he spends more time [[{{Wangst}} moping about and feeling sorry for himself]] than he does actually being a hero. He then decides to buck up and make a stand against Major Force, superpowers or no... [[StatusQuoIsGod but Captain Atom gets his powers back anyway]] and concludes [[AesopAmnesia that he was right all along in his belief that humans are weak and worthless.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[EnsembleDarkhorse/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Has its own page.]]
* FanonDiscontinuity:
** Several fans would like to disregard the teaser from “Joker: The Vile and the Villainous” as a non-canon spoof to emphasize the Joker ADayInTheLimelight theme. This is due to the scene making events from previous episodes feel like a ShootTheShaggyDog story, Joker seemingly dying when he turns up alive later on, and [[spoiler:Kamandi still appearing in the opening credits montage when B’wana Beast stopped appearing in that montage after dying[[note]] Red Tornado keeps appearing after being destroyed in his last scene, but he is a robot who can be rebuilt[[/note]].]]
** Plenty of fans would like to ignore the Bat-Mite episodes, or at least the second and third ones, due to how out of genre, nonsensical, and self-parodying the plots of those episodes are.
* FashionVictimVillain:
** The Gas Gang's "new look", carried over directly from the comics. It was silly even in MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
** Joker's Emperor costume, compared to its comic counterpart. It has a whoopee cushion in the crown.
** Killer Moth has his comicbook costume (unfortunately) and was the first villain ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} fought, but still uses giant moths like his ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' counterpart.
** Similarly, Firefly's sole depiction here has him sporting his garish Silver Age costume, instead of his sleeker modern look.
** Mr. Freeze's first appearance on the show had him sporting his Silver-age costume: a yellow-green suit with hot pink highlights, accompanied by a spherical glass helmet and a freeze gun that looks more like a tea kettle than anything else. Fortunately, future appearances gave him a sleeker and... well, [[AccidentalPun cooler]] RaygunGothic-esque design that largely resembles the Freeze suit Creator/GeorgeSanders wore in [[Series/Batman1966 the old Batman series]].
%%ZCE* FountainOfMemes: '''Aquaman.''' Nay, '''AQUAMAN.''' In all caps.
* FridgeHorror: Huntress flirts with Batman like a bad 1940's Hollywood Floozy stereotype. When you realize that this version of Batman is mostly modelled on the Silver Age Earth 2 Batman, (Robin's pre-Nightwing "adult" costume proves this), the fridge horror kicks in; Huntress in that continuity was Helena WAYNE, aka Batman and Catwoman's DAUGHTER. Ick Factor 11.
* GeniusBonus:
** In "Mayhem of the Music Meister," the titular villain at one point flees from Batman along five telephone wires arranged like a musical notation staff... and his quarter-note-shaped vehicle jumps from line to line to follow Neil Patrick Harris' singing.
** In the [[TheTeaser cold open]] for "Night of the Batmen!" Vigilante's fingerings and strumming are accurate to the music he's producing.
** In "Emperor Joker!", Mister J's four henchmen are based upon famous silent-movie comedians: Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/BusterKeaton, Creator/FattyArbuckle, and Creator/HaroldLloyd. The henchman based on Lloyd has a [[RedRightHand metal right hand]]. This is a sly reference to the real-life Lloyd having maimed his hand during a photo shoot gone wrong. In short -- Lloyd, during a publicity shoot for one of his movies, was goofing around with what he thought was an inert prop CartoonBomb and [[TooDumbToLive lit the fuse with his cigarette]]. The explosion resulted in Lloyd losing the thumb and index fingers. For the rest of his life, even in stunt-heavy films like ''Film/SafetyLast'', he wore a prosthetic glove with a fake thumb and index finger.
* HarsherInHindsight:.
** There's a short gag about Sportsmaster out with his family on a roadtrip. Come ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', and his character is a prime example of an {{Abusive Parent|s}}.
** At the end of Mitefall, the execs ultimately feel a DarkerAndEdgier show will do better and cancel ''Brave and the Bold''. This did not turn out to be case in real life - the ratings for ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' ended up nowhere as good as ''Brave and the Bold's'', leading to Cartoon Network to eventually abruptly pull it from the schedule, keep it off the air for months, and then burn off all the remaining episodes at once, before cancelling the show and deeming it a 'financial failure'.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight:
** In "Mayhem of the Music Meister," Batman gently turns down Black Canary when she hits on him. We find out later it's because she's the daughter of one of his dead friends, the first Black Canary. Bruce in this incarnation wouldn't date someone young enough to be his daughter.
** "Mitefall!" features Batman telling the audience that he'll meet them again someday, even as the series is over. Come 2018, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndBatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' comes out, which features this series' incarnation of Batman.
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: "Chill of the Night" proves that Diedrich Bader's Batman can have a wider range than the ComicallySerious.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The very first episode has ComicBook/BlueBeetle arguing that Batman would always beat Superman in a fight because [[CrazyPrepared "Batman always has kryptonite"]]. The third season kicks off with Batman actually fighting Superman...and he doesn't have kryptonite. And gets flattened.
** In "The Mask of Matches Malone!" an amnesic Batman, in his "Matches Malone" guise, wears the CursedWithAwesome Cloak of Nefertiti (which grants the wearer [[CatsHaveNineLives nine lives]]), and would often get killed and then brought BackFromTheDead in many ways. It is not until he gets killed for the ninth and final time that he is able to take off the cloak upon being brought back by its magic power. Two episodes later, we get "Emperor Joker!", and guess how many times the Dark Knight gets killed and then brought back to life by the Joker in many ways in a DeathMontage? That's right, ''nine freaking times!'' And just like in "The Mask of Matches Malone!", it is not until his ninth death and resurrection that Batman does something, this time using ReversePsychology to beg the Joker not to take away his sanity. If you happened to watch both episodes in Australia, it works in context, but in the U.S.? Not so much, since you have to get the Season 3 DVD in order to get the "Matches Malone" episode, as it hasn't aired on TV due to the "Birds of Prey" innuendo song clip that got leaked onto the internet.
** "Battle of the Superheroes" Features Batman fighting Superman while wearing the mecha-suit from The Dark Knight Returns. Batman attempts to reason with Superman by mentioning "Ma Kent", predating the infamous scene from ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' where Superman ends his fight with Batman by begging him to save Martha.
* IronWoobie: Batman in "ComicBook/EmperorJoker!" He is tackled by the Joker, and it goes FromBadToWorse when Bat-Mite accidentally gives the Joker his powers, turning him into a GodEmperor who uses them to twist the world in his own way. From that time on, the Dark Knight is forced into a DeathMontage as he gets killed and then brought back repeatedly, with poor powerless Bat-Mite being ForcedToWatch the carnage. It is not until he is revived from the last DeathTrap of the electric chair that he uses ReversePsychology to beg the Joker not to take away his sanity. And through it all, he defends himself and his own mind from the Joker, telling him that they both need each other to survive. The Dark Knight truly needs a hug after all that.
* MagnificentBastard: See [[MagnificentBastard/DCAnimation here]].
* MemeticBadass: Jenny Jones. [[http://www.opticalfury.com/amac/epic-battle.jpg This thread]] ({{NSFW}}) takes a bit of ComedicSociopathy in regards to a comment she made about Red Tornado and shows her as a complete brat that belittles everyone for her own enjoyment. Then it [[CreepyChild goes]] [[NighInvulnerability on]] from there to the point that [[spoiler:it takes ThePowerOfLove, the combined force of about everything ''ever'', and [[http://www.opticalfury.com/amac/epic-battle-part-2.jpg a second thread]] to defeat her once and for all]].
* MemeticMutation:
** The pic of AQUAMAN giving Green Arrow a bone-crushing side hug [[http://plus4chan.org/boards/coc/res/22567.html has been a source of many fan-edits]].
** "¡El maravilloso e incomparable Hombre Negativo!"[[note]]The one and only amazing Negative Man![[/note]], used mostly in Latin America to describe people who seem to be little more than perpetual complainers.
* MoralEventHorizon: Psycho Pirate basically eats the rage of ''children'', Batman is so disgusted at this, he's ''enraged''; then again, that much should be obvious.
* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: A BeatEmUp developed by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies for the Platform/NintendoWii that plays out over four levels that look like episodes and has the entire voice cast from the show.
* OlderThanTheyThink:
** The infamous scene in the Bat-Mite episode where Bat-Mite addresses a complaint at a fan convention that [[LighterAndSofter a light-hearted interpretation is neither a novel idea nor any less valid than other interpretations]]. This wouldn't be [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo the last time]] that a DC Comics cartoon essentially called out its audience for wanting the show to be DarkerAndEdgier.
** Tlano's home city being called "Gothtropolis", a combination of Gotham and Metropolis, has a forerunner in the Mash-Up two-parter from ''Superman/Batman'' in 2009, only there the city was called "Gothamopolis" and existed in a dream world.
* QuestionableCasting: Diedrich Bader as Batman garnered this reaction, as he was best known for playing [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Oswald]]. Thing is, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it works]].
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
** The ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague JLU]]'' [[DarkerAndEdgier brooding]] badass incarnation of Aquaman helped dispel his ''{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}''-inflicted image as a useless deadweight, but it took this show's FunPersonified incarnation to turn him into a bona-fide EnsembleDarkhorse.
** Black Manta, whose powers amounted to owning a boat in ''{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}'', is portrayed here as a cunning badass wearing PoweredArmor and packing a kickass ArmCannon...And EyeBeams. Though unlike Aquaman, that's basically a thematic continuation of his brief appearance (as Expy Devil Ray) in JLU.
** The Terrible Trio went from rich guys who rob banks to ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' style kung fu villains in this series.
** Crazy Quilt has been a joke in comics for decades, but the show is returning him to his roots as Robin's personal archenemy and a legitimate threat.
* SeasonalRot: It is heavily debated amongst fans, though many find this happens with the third and final season. Batman became more of a Canon Sue and the stories lost a bit of edge in terms of fun and often got more plot holes. Some see the third season as being just as good as the other two seasons though, especially enjoying the appearances from Superman. For a lot it's the earliest episodes that are a bit shaky.
* {{Squick}}:
** Mrs. Manface's eponymous features. Her kissing Babyface only makes it more disgusting.
** The episode where Alfred writes a story about Bruce marrying Catwoman and them having a child named Damien. Not only is writing fan fiction about people you actually know already pretty icky, but Alfred writes the story in which Bruce and Selina are murdered and leave Damien a troubled orphan. It starts to get pretty squicky if you actually stop and think about the implications for too long, especially since Alfred is essentially Bruce's adoptive father.
* StrawmanHasAPoint:
** In "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!". While Joker and Weeper are obviously only trying to sabotage the Bat-Probe because it would make crime more difficult, the fact that the Bat-Probe operates by summoning the police whenever it ''detects malicious intent'' veers dangerously close to prosecution of {{thoughtcrime}}.[[note]]Though it does seem to work on a sort of no-harm-no-foul logic - it spares a would-be candy thief when he puts the candy back.[[/note]] Batman acting a lot [[DesignatedHero jerkier than usual]] doesn't help. Then again, the entire episode was from Joker's point of view, so there's a reason for that.
** Captain Atom might be a SmugSuper in this show, but he does raise a good point: If Batman was caught against Giganta, Despero or Star Sapphire without any time to prepare, he would be mulched pretty casually. This was actually demonstrated in two prior episodes. Batman wouldn't have stood a chance in "The Eyes of Despero!" without a Green Lantern power boost, while "Scorn of the Star Sapphire!" saw Hal do all the real heavy lifting, and in between these two episodes "Requiem For A Scarlet Speedster" showed Batman to be ill matched against the Flash's Rogues, requiring the three speedsters of the episode (Jay Garrick, Barry Allen and Wally West) to intervene.
*** In fairness, the whole point of Batman is that he is usually CrazyPrepared in the field, which Captain Atom's argument disregards altogether. Not to mention [[ThouShallNotKill Batman's firm moral code]], [[WillfullyWeak which is ''WHY'' he doesn't use deadlier gadgets nor tactics]] unless necessary.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Andy Sturmer's [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uczM19x3aNM main theme]] bears a huge, unmistakable similarity to "Tank!" by The Seatbelts, with the opening sequence deliberately homaging ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' to an extent. Most fans would agree that this is not at all a bad thing.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** This version of Joker's on/off girlfriend/henchgirl, Harley Quinn, is portrayed as a DeliberatelyMonochrome 1920's flapper with a very different personality and demeanor than she usually has. Despite this, flapper Harley only appears in two episodes, ''Emperor Joker'' and the final episode hanging off Joker's arm during the wrap-up party.
** The teaser that introduces the ''ComicBook/ChallengersOfTheUnknown'' barely lets them do anything (the first thirty seconds of it is just a mock cartoon intro establishing who they are, and the last thirty or forty seconds are them getting enslaved by Starro without a fight). After that, they only appear as Starro-possessed {{Mooks}} and among the gathered characters in the GrandFinale. Given their statuses as uncostumed adventurers who have really shined in works like ''ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier'', it's easy to feel that the Challengers are the most poorly handled of the show's many guest heroes.
** In Elongated Man's only speaking appearance (a BatmanColdOpen sequence), he is presented as an amusing {{Foil}} to Plastic Man, but he never reappears to continue that rivalry or demonstrate the detective skills he boasts about having. This can feel especially disappointing, given how closely associated Batman and Elongated Man were in the Silver Age comics the show frequently references.
** Mr. Miracle only has a few minor appearances, and he and his abusive adoptive father, Darkseid, never meet or even mention each other.
** Despite the Music Meister's fun personality and awesome skillset, he only makes one proper appearance in the whole series.
** The Batmen of All Nations only appear in one teaser and lack the personality and costume changes they received in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', despite how those versions of them are the ones that really became {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s.
%%* UglyCute: Platelet from "Journey to the Center of Batman!"
* UnexpectedCharacter: The series' [[InvokedTrope main idea]] was giving screentime to characters in the DC Universe who haven't gotten as much widespread exposure to the public, although there are a number of standout examples.
** Okay, a Franchise/ScoobyDoo and Batman team up had been done before. But who really saw a Batman and [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost SPACE GHOST]] teamup? Sure DC made a mini series a while back but...
** Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Man, a very minor villain in the ''Doom Patrol'' comics, shows up for the first time in animation in "The Last Patrol!".
** ComicBook/AmbushBug, who shows up in the series finale. His appearance is a bit of a punchline, as Bat-Mite notes that [[LampshadedTheObscureReference he's obscure even for this show]].
* ValuesDissonance: Mrs. Manface's entire shtick is that [[{{Butterface}} she's got a gorgeous body coupled with the face of a square-jawed man, complete with five o'clock shadow]]. The humor is entirely reliant on the shocking contrast with her feminine voice. While originally considered funny and disturbing due to her relationship with Babyface, if such a character debuted today she'd immediately be decried as transphobic due to being a woman who looks like a man.
* {{Wangst}}: The Doom Patrol's reason for breaking up and its former members spiraling into depression. [[spoiler:Essentially, they were unable to save a hostage from being killed by a villain. It wasn't remotely close to being their fault that she died and no one blamed them for it.]] While this is an awful thing to have happen, they clearly overreacted.