History Trivia / TheBatman

** Some of the concept art features [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gM-n1e4tzOU/W5fVX_-3JUI/AAAAAAAADZc/lYyXO0Lx5vQZaL2A6T6bbYiKzQU0S9UeACEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Penguin-Design.jpg Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bhx6DKdY/W5fVXuUNLdI/AAAAAAAADZk/RGWJVDGya7wcrURxYuKz0Ee8PO5WkaRCgCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Joker-Design.jpg Joker]] and [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZz7EFP8TqY/W5fVXjeqaDI/AAAAAAAADZg/UMb5PGiA0aQsU2PeQJG750HZ85OefdaLwCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Croc-Design.jpg Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/fb/25/7efb25418ea18fd23290959c683eb0af.jpg the Riddler]] wearing a fullbody outfit with a [[FatBastard large frame]] (this design was very likely reworked into Cluemaster's), and the aforementioned [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20191114215248 Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

** Some of the concept art features [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gM-n1e4tzOU/W5fVX_-3JUI/AAAAAAAADZc/lYyXO0Lx5vQZaL2A6T6bbYiKzQU0S9UeACEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Penguin-Design.jpg Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bhx6DKdY/W5fVXuUNLdI/AAAAAAAADZk/RGWJVDGya7wcrURxYuKz0Ee8PO5WkaRCgCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Joker-Design.jpg Joker]] and [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZz7EFP8TqY/W5fVXjeqaDI/AAAAAAAADZg/UMb5PGiA0aQsU2PeQJG750HZ85OefdaLwCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Croc-Design.jpg Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/fb/25/7efb25418ea18fd23290959c683eb0af.jpg the Riddler]] wearing a fullbody outfit with a [[FatBastard large frame]] (this design was very likely reworked into Cluemaster's), and the aforementioned [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb%3D20191114215248&imgrefurl=https://unpublished-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow_%28The_Batman%29&tbnid=oLBHiI8-XbE0tM&vet=1&docid=2LS7adOlaKvZ0M&w=360&h=450&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

** Some of the concept art features [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gM-n1e4tzOU/W5fVX_-3JUI/AAAAAAAADZc/lYyXO0Lx5vQZaL2A6T6bbYiKzQU0S9UeACEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Penguin-Design.jpg Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bhx6DKdY/W5fVXuUNLdI/AAAAAAAADZk/RGWJVDGya7wcrURxYuKz0Ee8PO5WkaRCgCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Joker-Design.jpg Joker]] and [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZz7EFP8TqY/W5fVXjeqaDI/AAAAAAAADZg/UMb5PGiA0aQsU2PeQJG750HZ85OefdaLwCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Croc-Design.jpg Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/jqzDMUQob6vaRRef8 the Riddler]] wearing a fullbody outfit with a [[FatBastard large frame]] (this design was very likely reworked into Cluemaster's), and the aforementioned [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb%3D20191114215248&imgrefurl=https://unpublished-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow_%28The_Batman%29&tbnid=oLBHiI8-XbE0tM&vet=1&docid=2LS7adOlaKvZ0M&w=360&h=450&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

** Some of the concept art features [[https://images.app.goo.gl/6aXAqDzrBUfd4k347 Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bhx6DKdY/W5fVXuUNLdI/AAAAAAAADZk/RGWJVDGya7wcrURxYuKz0Ee8PO5WkaRCgCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Joker-Design.jpg Joker]] and [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rZz7EFP8TqY/W5fVXjeqaDI/AAAAAAAADZg/UMb5PGiA0aQsU2PeQJG750HZ85OefdaLwCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Croc-Design.jpg Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/jqzDMUQob6vaRRef8 the Riddler]] wearing a fullbody outfit with a [[FatBastard large frame]] (this design was very likely reworked into Cluemaster's), and the aforementioned [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb%3D20191114215248&imgrefurl=https://unpublished-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow_%28The_Batman%29&tbnid=oLBHiI8-XbE0tM&vet=1&docid=2LS7adOlaKvZ0M&w=360&h=450&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

** Some of the concept art features [[https://images.app.goo.gl/6aXAqDzrBUfd4k347 Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bhx6DKdY/W5fVXuUNLdI/AAAAAAAADZk/RGWJVDGya7wcrURxYuKz0Ee8PO5WkaRCgCEwYBhgL/s1600/The-Batman-Unused-Joker-Design.jpg Joker]] and [[https://images.app.goo.gl/RW9Wd1nVYic5Hod67 Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/jqzDMUQob6vaRRef8 the Riddler]] wearing a fullbody outfit with a [[FatBastard large frame]] (this design was very likely reworked into Cluemaster's), and the aforementioned [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb%3D20191114215248&imgrefurl=https://unpublished-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow_%28The_Batman%29&tbnid=oLBHiI8-XbE0tM&vet=1&docid=2LS7adOlaKvZ0M&w=360&h=450&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

** Some of the concept art features [[https://images.app.goo.gl/6aXAqDzrBUfd4k347 Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WjH8gjTz9tX6dnLq5 Joker]] and [[https://images.app.goo.gl/RW9Wd1nVYic5Hod67 Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/jqzDMUQob6vaRRef8 the Riddler]] wearing a fullbody outfit with a [[FatBastard large frame]] (this design was very likely reworked into Cluemaster's), and the aforementioned [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb%3D20191114215248&imgrefurl=https://unpublished-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow_%28The_Batman%29&tbnid=oLBHiI8-XbE0tM&vet=1&docid=2LS7adOlaKvZ0M&w=360&h=450&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

** Ra's al Ghul, Scarecrow, and Two-Face weren't allowed to show up due to their appearances in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and a Bat-Embargo being enforced at the time that forbade certain Batman characters from being used in more than one adaptation at the same time, which resulted in a rewrite for "Strange New World" that had Hugo Strange replacing Scarecrow and Clayface filling Two-Face's role as a criminal who used to be Bruce Wayne's closest friend. Mad Hatter was also forbidden from appearing because there were plans at the time to use him in one of the Nolan films. Interestingly enough, this doesn’t apply to The Joker, who appears as a reoccurring threat in the show, despite appearing in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.

* IKnewIt: Before [[WordOfGod producer Jeff Matsuda]] [[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1902711&postcount=58 confirmed it]], many fans had speculated that the officer in the flashback in "Traction" was a young Jim Gordon.

* TalkingToHimself:

** Some of the concept art features [[https://images.app.goo.gl/6aXAqDzrBUfd4k347 Penguin]] looking far more cartoonish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WjH8gjTz9tX6dnLq5 Joker]] and [[https://images.app.goo.gl/RW9Wd1nVYic5Hod67 Croc]] looking far more ghoulish, [[https://images.app.goo.gl/jqzDMUQob6vaRRef8 the Riddler looking more like this show's incarnation of Cluemaster]], and the aforementioned [[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unpublished-villains/images/2/2a/The-Batman-Unused-Scarecrow-Design.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb%3D20191114215248&imgrefurl=https://unpublished-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Scarecrow_%28The_Batman%29&tbnid=oLBHiI8-XbE0tM&vet=1&docid=2LS7adOlaKvZ0M&w=360&h=450&hl=en-us&source=sh/x/im Scarecrow]], whose design implemented chains and a sickle.

*** From ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes|2006}}'': Emmanuel Garijo as Superman.

** Robin was forbidden from appearing until ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003]}}'' ended, meaning Batgirl actually becomes a sidekick ''first'', which makes for an interesting mythology shake-up and promotes her from the usual third-fiddle.

** Robin was not allowed to appear in the first three seasons because the show ran concurrently with ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003]}}'', in which Robin had a starring role.

** Robin was forbidden from appearing until ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ended, meaning Batgirl actually becomes a sidekick ''first'', which makes for an interesting mythology shake-up and promotes her from the usual third-fiddle.

** Robin was not allowed to appear in the first three seasons because the show ran concurrently with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', in which Robin had a starring role.

*** From the DCAU: In addition to Alfred and the Penguin, Pierre Hatet as the Joker, Jean-Claude Sachot as Commissioner Gordon and Mr. Freeze[[note]]third voice in the DCAU in the case of Freeze[[/note]], Creator/ChristopheLemoine as Jimmy Olsen, and Nicolas Marié as Hawkman[[note]]second voice in the DCAU in the case of Hawkman[[/note]]. Inverted in the case of Robin/Dick Grayson's voice actor, Creator/AlexisTomassian. While he did voice ''a'' Robin in the DCAU, it was Tim Drake, while Dick Grayson in that continuity was voiced by George Caudron as Robin and a few different voice actors as Nightwing.

** Creator/RichardGreen replaced Frank Gorshin as Hugo Strange after the latter's death.

** Creator/RichardGreen replaced Frank Gorshin as Strange after the latter's death.

** Robin was forbidden from appearing until ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' was ended, meaning Batgirl actually becomes a sidekick ''first'', which makes for an interesting mythology shake-up and promotes her from the usual third-fiddle.

** All of the above is very ironic, considering the "Bat-Embargo" this series imposed onto ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' (another reason for the dislike ''The Batman'' gets).

*** From the DCAU: In addition to Alfred and the Penguin, Pierre Hatet as the Joker, Jean-Claude Sachot as Commissioner Gordon and Mr. Freeze[[note]]third voice in the DCAU in the case of Freeze[[/note]], Creator/ChristopheLemoine as Jimmy Olsen, and Nicolas Marié as Hawkman[[note]]second voice in the DCAU in the case of Hawkman[[/note]]. Inverted in the case of Robin/Dick Grayson's voice actor, Alexis Tomassian. While he did voice ''a'' Robin in the DCAU, it was Tim Drake, while Dick Grayson in that continuity was voiced by George Caudron as Robin and a few different voice actors as Nightwing.

*** From the ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'': Jacques Ciron as Alfred, Creator/PhilippePeythieu as the Penguin, and Emmanuèle Bondeville as Catwoman.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Several online descriptions for DVD sales of season one would describe the series as taking place after ''Film/BatmanBegins'', when the series is in fact a completely different continuity from ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.

*** From ''Film/Batman1989'' [[Film/BatmanReturns and]] [[Film/BatmanForever its]] [[Film/BatmanAndRobin sequels]]: Jacques Ciron as Alfred, Creator/PhilippePeythieu as the Penguin, and Emmanuèle Bondeville as Catwoman.
*** From the DCAU: In addition to Alfred and the Penguin, Pierre Hatet as the Joker, Jean-Claude Sachot as Commissioner Gordon and Mr. Freeze[[note]]third voice in the DCAU in the case of Freeze[[/note]], Christophe Lemoine as Jimmy Olsen, and Nicolas Marié as Hawkman[[note]]second voice in the DCAU in the case of Hawkman[[/note]]. Inverted in the case of Robin/Dick Grayson’s voice actor, Alexis Tomassian. While he did voice ''a'' Robin in the DCAU, it was Tim Drake, while Dick Grayson in that continuity was voiced by George Caudron as Robin and a few different voice actors as Nightwing.
*** From ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': Emmanuel Garijo as Superman.

** Likewise, a proposed but rejected idea of a follow-up DTV to ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula'' would be an adaptation of ''Hush'' (and was likely done pre-Season 4 given [[http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd486/HeroSupreme/Short%20Series%20and%20Crossovers/Junk%20Pile/HUSH.jpg the image]] made for it depicts [[spoiler:Ethan Bennett's Clayface]]). Likewise, the villain on ''Rumors'' was originally supposed to have been Hush, too.

** Two Face was considered to appear in the tie in comic. Cover Art depicting him was even made.
** Alan Burnett Wanted to use Wonder Woman in the Final Season but was unable to.
** Wonder Woman and Bizzaro were planned to appear in the tie in comic, concept art was even made but the series was cancelled shortly afterwards.

* FanNickname: This version of the Joker is commonly referred to as "Dreadlock Joker".

** Several main cast members, most notably Creator/RinoRomano (The Batman), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (Joker) and Creator/AlastairDuncan, voiced several minor characters in addition to their main roles.