History Recap / BatmanBeyondS1E1E2Rebirth

** Bruce suffers this after [[BatmanGrabsAGun being forced to use the same weapon of his parents' murder]] to defend himself against a criminal. This act convinces him to retire from being Batman.

** While it's never explicitly acknowledged in-story, the irony of Terry's guilt is that his fight with Mr. Fixx in Part 2 proves he and Warren ''couldn't'' have fought off the attack together. Terry is barely able to beat Fixx even with the technological edge provided by the Batsuit. Had he not disobeyed Warren, Terry would almost certainty have perished alongside his Father.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Bruce in Part II ordering Terry to take Harry Tully's evidence to the GCPD and Barbara Gordon instead of sending it himself.Powers and Fixx are able to intercept Terry en route and recover it, thereby forcing Terry to steal the Batsuit and go after

** However, "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E10Shriek Shriek]]" indicates that [[SecretIdentityIdentity Bruce still subconsciously thinks of himself as Batman]].

** Bruce tells Terry to take the incriminating information on Powers to Commissioner Gordon...revealed later on to be ''Barbara'' Gordon, who's taken her now-passed father's place.

** Derek Powers mentions that intense heat or radiation are the only ways to treat the victims of his nerve gas. At the end of the episode he gets radiation treatment that transforms him into Blight.

** While it's never explicitly acknowledged, the irony of Terry's guilt is that his fight with Mr. Fixx in Part 2 proves he and Warren ''couldn't'' have fought off the attacker(s) together. Terry is barely able to beat Fixx even with the technological edge provided by the Batsuit. Had he not disobeyed Warren, Terry would almost certainty have died alongside his Father.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Bruce threatens to shut down the Bat Suit again, Terry for all intents compares himself to Bruce. Terry brings up the Wayne murders, how Bruce lost his own parents, and this is his one chance to nail Warren's murderer. Knowing all too well what Terry is going through right now and what he needs is what ultimately convinces Bruce to stand down.

* HarsherInHindsight: Bruce's fierce opposition to Terry wearing the Batsuit (apart the outright theft) and Terry speculating. This takes on darker, more tragic context after the revelations of ''Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker'' and ''why'' Bruce was so opposed to any more successors.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Bruce threatens to shut down the Bat Suit again, Terry essentially compares himself to Bruce. Terry brings up the Wayne murders, how Bruce lost his parents, and this is his one chance to nail his own father's murderer. Knowing all too well what Terry is going through and what he needs is what convinces Bruce to stand down.

* NotSoDifferenRemark: When Bruce threatens to shut down the Bat Suit again, Terry essentially compares himself to Bruce. Terry brings up the Wayne murders, how Bruce lost his parents, and this is his one chance to nail his own father's murderer. Knowing all too well what Terry is going through and what he needs is what convinces Bruce to stand down.

** While it's never explicitly acknowledged, the irony of Terry's guilt is that his fight with Mr. Fixx in Part 2 proves he and Warren ''couldn't'' fought off the attacker(s) together. Terry is barely able to beat Fixx even with the technological edge provided by the Batsuit. Had he not disobeyed Warren, Terry would almost certainty have died alongside his Father.

*** While it's never explicitly acknowledged, the irony of Terry's guilt is that his fight with Mr. Fixx in Part 2 proves he and Warren ''couldn't'' fought off the attacker(s) together. Terry is barely able to beat Fixx even with the technological edge provided by the Batsuit. Had he not disobeyed Warren, Terry would almost certainty have died alongside his Father.

* ArtShift: Musical example. The Pilot's prologue follows the familiar, traditional orchestral scoring that had been part and parcel of the DCAU since BTAS. After the TimeSkip, the scoring then shifts into ''Beyond'''s now-familiar electronica. Bruce Timm has confirmed on the DVD Commentary this was deliberately done to help sell how different the show was going to be from its predecessors.

* ArtShift: Musical example. The Pilot's prologue follows the familiar, traditional orchestral scoring that had been part and parcel of the DCAU since BTAS. Once the Pilot leaves the prologue and jumps into the future, the scoring then shifts into ''Beyond'''s now-familiar electronica. Bruce Timm has confirmed on the DVD Commentary this was deliberately done to help sell how different the show was going to be from its predecessors.

* ContinuityNod: Bunny Vreeland, the kidnapped young woman in the prologue is [[WordOfGod confirmed]] to be the daughter of Veronica Vreeland, a recurring character from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Bruce grabbing the gun in the prologue to defend himself. Bruce is essentially having to use the same kind of weapon that killed his parents in Crime Alley all those decades ago. Batman was created by a desperate man with gun...and Bruce has now ironically ''become'' a desperate man with a gun. While his declining physical health technically forces his retirement, the symbolic damage really, more than anything, is what break's Bruce's spirit (until Terry's arrival revives it).

* RuleOfSymbolism: Bruce grabbing the gun in the prologue to defend himself. Bruce is essentially having to use the same kind of weapon that killed his parents in Crime Alley all those decades ago. Batman was created by a desperate man with gun and Bruce has now, all these years later, ironically ''become'' a desperate man with a gun. While his physical health technically forced his retirement, this symbolic damage really, more than anything, break's Bruce's spirit (until Terry).

'''Terry:''' I '''am''' Batman!

-->'''Terry:''' [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Something happened]] to you, didn't it? And wasn't just that you got old.

* NotSoDifferent: Terry convinces Bruce to let him continue by appealing to [[DeathByOriginStory their common loss]]:
-->'''Bruce:''' I'll shut down the suit again -- and this time, it'll be for good.\\
'''Terry:''' I read up on you, Mr. Wayne. I know how you lost your folks. The guy who murdered my dad is on that transport. This is my one chance to nail him.\\
''(Bruce moves his hand away from the kill switch)''\\
'''Bruce:''' The hoverpads are in the north-east sector.\\
'''Terry:''' Wish me luck.\\
'''Bruce:''' Good luck.

** Website/SFDebris pokes fun at Vilmos Egans, the Kaznian Minister for this.

* RealityEnsues: It doesn't matter how skilled Bruce is, he still grows old and can't do the kind of thing he did when he was younger and healthier.

* BittersweetEnding: Bruce hires Terry as his "gofer", essentially accepting him as [[LegacyCharacter the new batman]]. Meanwhile, Derek Powers has not only been treated of his own plague with a radiation treatment, [[CreateYourOwnVillain he's become a radioactive being who may pose a threat]]...

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Fixx dies when his craft crashes into the Gotham Bay and he drowns.

* RealityEnsues: Doesn't matter how skilled Bruce is, he still grows old and can't do the kind of thing he did when he was younger and healthier.
* RedHerring: Terry thought that the Jokerz killed his father. When he investigated Derek Powers, Terry overhears that the man's right-hand assistant was the one who did it.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: When he hears of the report of Batman sneaking around in his company premises, Powers scoffs at the idea and believes it's not a big deal.

* BatmanGrabsAGun: Happens in the prologue. In the middle a hostage rescue attempt, the aged Bruce suffers a heart attack and receives a severe beating from a mook. He is then forced to hold off the mook by pointing a gun at him, much to his own horror.

* RelfexiveResponse: Derek Powers easily shoots down the batarang that Terry throws at him. He's just as quick to shoot the next thing Terry throws at him...a canister of his nerve gas, which bursts open right in front of him.