History Podcast / BatmanTheAudioAdventures

A second season is set to stream on Creator/HBOMax starting October 7, 2022. The first two episodes of the season were publicly released in early December the same year.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Such is life and death in Gotham City".'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Gotham. A glittering web spun by a conspiracy of spiders. Join us now for a tale of "Life and Death in Gotham City."'']]

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Discussed. Riddler is in a state of writer's block for a brief period, yet in a single day, he created a quantum manifold, a molecular drill bit, and a body-heat-powered TV the size of a credit card. Ms. Tuesday (his girl Friday) points out that could sell all of that stuff to "get rich and call it a day," but he claims he's not in it for the money.

* {{Narcissist}}: The Riddler is so convinced of his own intellectual superiority over Batman, he will stop at nothing to prove it once and for all. He is also not too fond of being compared to Joker.

* WorldOfHam: Between Creator/JeffreyWright’s {{Cold Ham}} take on Batman, and the casting of popular comedians as his allies and rogues’ gallery, Gotham has never been more over the top.

** As revealed in season two, the island nation of Santa Prisca is actually WORSE. There, crime is treated as a religion, and it is not advisable to deal with their cartels.

* LovePotion: [[spoiler: Joker’s "Dark Purple Dawn" plan involves unleashing one of these upon Gotham.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: The comic book series reveals that [[spoiler:Killer Croc is a young man who only looks older due to his skin condition and experimentation by Hugo Strange that makes him look bigger and more monstrous.]]

''Batman: The Audio Adventures'' is an AudioPlay styled podcast about, well, Franchise/{{Batman}}. It is written by Series/{{Saturday Night Live}} veteran Dennis [=McNicholas=] and published by Blue Ribbon Content.

* Creator/RayWise as announcer and commercial narrations

* BrooklynRage: Harley Quinn naturally keeps her signature New York accent, but this version of the Riddler has one too, due to being voiced by John Leguizamo.
* CorruptPolitician: Apart from being a hard drinking cynic, Mayor Hill appears to be one of these. He begs Batman to help him retrieve a sex tape recorded in his office on hidden camera from Catwoman, has dealings with the likes of the Penguin, [[spoiler:and is bankrolling an effort to turn Joker’s signature laughing gas into an anti-depressant called Joy-Cure, even going so far as to arrange for Joker to use an Ace Chemical facility for his schemes in exchange for the formula]].

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Batman reveals he [[spoiler:exposed himself to the same chemicals that turn The Joker into who he is now]] and it had no effect, proving that The Clown Prince of Crime was just latching onto an excuse to hurt and murder others.
* FunWithAcronyms: In an effort to combat the use of Scarecrow drugs among teenagers, Gotham City promotes the acronym GLARBIMACTAFIN (Get Lost, All Right Buster? I Made A Choice to Abstain From Illegal Narcotics). Mayor Hamilton Hill recognizes its… flaws.

* LovePotion: [[spoiler:Joker’s "Dark Purple Dawn" plan involves unleashing one of these upon Gotham.]]

* NonIronicClown: Blabbo the Birthday Clown, an entertainer whose commercials are often heard in episodes who is struggling to get by as a clown in a city whose best known clown is The Joker.

** [[spoiler:During their final confrontation, Batman reveals to Joker that he had exposed himself to the same chemicals that had created the clown prince of crime to begin with. While Joker had always blamed his insanity on that incident, Batman suffered no such effects. Joker was always a twisted madman; Batman was just an excuse to embrace it.]]
** [[spoiler:Sseason 2 sees the head doctor involved with Project: Joycure revealed to be Jonathan Crane -- a.k.a. the Scarecrow.]]

*** [[spoiler:Penguin and Two Face have entered into a partnership, combining the might of their respective criminal empires.]]
*** [[spoiler:Batman ultimately defeats Joker, but not before a defiant hostage is thrown into a vat of the Dark Purple Dawn serum. The very last scene of the season reveals that [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harleen Quinzel]] survived, and is on the hunt for "Mister J."]]

* StalkerWithACrush: As usual, Joker is obsessed with Batman, seeing them as partners in an unending dance as Gotham burns around them. In fact, he intends to unleash his latest master plan on Valentine’s Day, [[spoiler:which happens to be a love potion]].

* ValentinesDayViolence: The first season of the podcast follows Batman on the lead-up to Valentine's Day, when Joker plans a massive attack on Gotham [[spoiler:involving a dangerous love potion]].

* WretchedHive: It wouldn’t be Gotham City otherwise. Between the crazed supervillains, the mobsters, monsters in the sewers, the corrupt politicians, to even the low level crooks able to pass themselves off as children, it’s no surprise even the tourism board recommends you visit Metropolis over Gotham.

* AdaptationAmalgamation: In terms of plot, tone, and characterization, the podcast seems to combine elements of Series/Batman1966, WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, the Creator/TimBurton films, and many other incarnations of the character.

* AnachronismStew: The Gotham of this universe is one where big band music is as popular as ever, the slang used by kids and teenagers comes from the 50s and 60s, and yet modern cellphones and EDM music exist.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Batman reveals he [[spoiler: exposed himself to the same chemicals that turn The Joker into who he is now]] and it had no effect, proving that The Clown Prince of Crime was just latching onto an excuse to hurt and murder others.

* KidSidekick: Dick Grayson/Robin attends to be in the early days of his time with Batman, acting as a schoolboy by day, vigilante by night.

* MoodWhiplash: Given the way the series veers between the 60s Batman's lighthearted comedy and the brutal, creative murders of more recent series, this was inevitable. It happens a ''lot.''

** Robin’s “Holy ______, Batman!” catchphrase from Series/Batman1966 makes a return.

** Season 2 ends with [[spoiler:Batman learning the Scarecrow hijacking Jack Ryder's horror marathon and intending to show Basil Karlo's last film, Catwoman has freed Riddler for information on the Joker, the Penguin has turned to the Santa Prisca cartel for help after multiple embarrassments, and Two-Face and the Joker have respectively taken Alfred and Robin captive.]]
* SplitPersonality: Harvey Dent and his Two Face persona, of course. It seems to be getting worse, as of the second anniversary of the disfigurement that caused Two Face to emerge.
* StalkerWithACrush: As usual, Joker is obsessed with Batman, seeing them as partners in an unending dance as Gotham burns around them. In fact, he intends to unleash his latest master plan on Valentine’s Day [[spoiler:which happens to be a love potion]].

** An ad for Gotham tourism opens by encouraging people to go to Metropolis instead before talking up their siege-proof tour buses for the unconvinced.

* ValentinesDayViolence: The first season of the podcast follows Batman on the lead up to Valentine's Day, when Joker plans a massive attack on Gotham [[spoiler:involving a dangerous love potion]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: The comic book series reveals that [[spoiler: Killer Croc is a young man who only looks older due to his skin condition and experimentation by Hugo Strange that makes him look bigger and more monstrous.]]

* Creator/JohnLeguizamo as Edward Nigma/The Riddler

* Creator/BobbyMoynihan as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Discussed. Riddler is apparently in a state of writer's block, yet in a single day, he created a quantum manifold, a molecular drill bit, and a body-heat-powered TV the size of a credit card. Ms. Tuesday (his girl Friday) points out that could sell all of that stuff to "get rich and call it a day," but he claims he's not in it for the money.

* OlderThanTheyLook: The comic book series reveals that [[spoiler: Killer Croc is a young man who only looks older due to his skin condition and experimentation by Hugo Strange that makes him look bigger and more monstrous.]]

* WretchedHive: It wouldn’t be Gotham City otherwise. Between the crazed supervillains, the mobsters, monsters in the sewers, the corrupt politicians, to even the low level crooks able to pass themselves off as children, it’s no surprise even the tourism board recommends you visit Metropolis over Gotham.

** Season 2 ends with [[spoiler:Batman learning the Scarecrow hijacking Jack Ryder's horror marathon and intending to show Basil Karlo's last film, Catwoman has freed Riddler for the Penguin, the Penguin himself has turned to the Santa Prisca cartel for help after multiple embarrassments, and Two-Face and the Joker have respectively taken Alfred and Robin captive.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:During their final confrontation, Batman reveals to Joker that he had exposed himself to the same chemicals that had created the clown prince of crime to begin with. While Joker had always blamed his insanity on that incident, Batman suffered no such effects. Joker was always a twisted madman; Batman was just an excuse to embrace it.]]

** Season 2 ends with [[spoiler:Batman learning the Scarecrow is involved the Joycure drug and hijacked Jack Ryder's horror marathon and intends to show Basil Karlo's last film, Catwoman had freed Riddler for the Penguin, the Penguin himself has turned to the Santa Prisca cartel for help after multiple embarrassment, and Two-Face and the Joker have respectively taken Alfred and Robin captive.]]