History Fridge / TheBatman

* The playing card shells in ''[[Recap/TheBatmanS1E10TopsyTurvy Topsy Turvy]]'' look and sound quite absurd and silly at first... until you notice that not only do victims [[AndIMustScream not show any signs of struggling around, they don't seem to be able to talk at all]].

* Why does every major member of the Batman's rogues gallery suffer from VillainDecay as the series wears on? There are three reasons. First, the Batman at the beginning of the show is still relatively inexperienced and tends to make mistakes. By the end of the third season, however, he's matured into a much more capable crimefighter while his enemies haven't changed their tactics much, if at all. Second, Batman is learning from his previous encounters and coming in prepared to deal with his enemies' usual tricks. He couldn't do that in their first appearances because they were complete unknowns to him. And third, he picks up more and more allies as the series goes on. At first, he's fighting completely alone. Then Detective Yin joins forces with him, followed by the rest of the police department under the direction of Commissioner Gordon (which also spares him from having to worry about being arrested). Then Batgirl and Robin join up, and finally he begins allying with other superheroes. Penguin lampshades this in "A Dark Knight to Remember," complaining that the newly-installed Bat-signal at police headquarters has halved the time it takes for Batman to catch up with him.

*** After ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', that is no longer the case anymore since how Barbara got crippled is a much different story from ''The Killing Joke''.

* The playing card shells in ''[[Recap/TheBatmanS1E10TopsyTurvy Topsy Turvy]]'' look and sound quite absurd and silly at first... until you notice that not only do victims [[AndIMustScream not show any signs of struggling around, they don't seem to be able to talk at all]].
* More like Fridge WOAH!, but when you think about how feral and monkey-like Joker is here and is voiced by the Black Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, one can see a huge amount of UnfortunateImplications in there... [[note]]And yes, this troper is well aware ''Strange Minds'' showed he is white, but its still noticeable.[[/note]]

* The playing card shells in ''[[Recap/TheBatmanS1E10TopsyTurvy Topsy Turvy]]'' look and sound quite absurd and silly at first... until you notice that not only do victims [[AndIMustScream not show any signs of struggling around, they don't seem to be able to talk at all]].

* In "Two of a Kind" Joker, under his Mister J alias, calls himself a frequent caller to Harley Quinn's show. Unless we were to presume that Joker is just doing this for ego, and Harley's response insinuates this is not the case, this means that Joker has repeatedly called live onto a talk show with no one realizing it is the Joker. Even more horrific, if Harley's wiriters had screened the calls, then Joker could probably have been found earlier.

** that also mean this version of batman is one of the most capable batman. Why ? because unlike the comic version, he doesn't fail to make gotham safer.

* You probably wouldn't pick this up if you watched these episodes randomly but if you watch them in numerical order you notice a certain pattern in Batman's CharacterDevelopment; at the end of season one he gives Detective Yin a Bat-Wave, second season finale Batman has official ties with the GCPD, by the end of the third season he has accepted Batgirl into his fold, season four premier enter the Boy Wonder, season four finale and half of the fifth season involves superhero team ups culminating in a Justice League episode. Basically Batman is learning the value of teammates throughout the series.
* Bruce's HeroicBSOD in "''The Big Chill''" once you take into consideration what's happened the last three episodes: namely Bane, Man-Bat, and now Mr. Freeze's arrival in Gotham which can be tied directly to his alter ego. Its no wonder that he considers it his fault for them especially when Freeze's creation was his fault.

* Bruce's {{HeroicBSoD}} in "''The Big Chill''" once you take into consideration what's happened the last three episodes: namely Bane, Man-Bat, and now Mr. Freeze's arrival in Gotham which can be tied directly to his alter ego. Its no wonder that he considers it his fault for them especially when Freeze's creation was his fault.

*** When characters are as iconic as comicbook heroes, certain things will always happen in a certain way. [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Superman will always be beaten to death by Doomsday]], [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied Gwen Stacy will always die by falling from great heights while Spiderman tries to save her]], and thus if Batgirl gets crippled, it will be by the iconic story that did so...