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* AccidentNotMurder: Happens with Joe Chill after he gets buried under a ton of wooden celling beam. Given what he was responsible for though, this is an all too fitting punishment for Joe Chill.
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* CastingGag: Adam West and Julie Newmar, who were 60's Batman and Catwoman respectively, play Thomas and Martha Wayne. To even add to it, Thomas wears a bat costume and fights criminals. Meanwhile, Kevin Conroy plays the Phantom Stranger and Mark Hamill serves as the Spectre.

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* CastingGag: Adam West and Julie Newmar, who were 60's Batman and Catwoman respectively, play Thomas and Martha Wayne. To even add to it, Thomas wears a bat costume and fights criminals.criminals along with him calling Bruce "old chum". Meanwhile, Kevin Conroy plays the Phantom Stranger and Mark Hamill serves as the Spectre.

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* HeroicBystander: We see where Bruce gets his heroic nature from; Thomas joins Batman in stopping gangsters from robbing a charity gala, despite being a doctor. When the crooks take Martha hostage, both Bruce and Thomas dislodge the giant bat from the ceiling, distracting the group and rescuing Martha.



* HopeSpot: The Phantom Stranger warns Bruce that no matter what he does, he can't save his parents. Bruce nevertheless chases after the criminal that he recognizes as his parents' killer. Just as he gains on him, Spectre pulls him out of the past.



* NotSoStoic: Bruce hugs his mother at the gala ball, looking like he's about to burst into tears.



* OmniscentMoralityLicense: Invoked by Spectre. It's implied he killed Joe Chill, and he can because he is a spirit of justice.

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* OmniscentMoralityLicense: OmniscientMoralityLicense: Invoked by Spectre. It's implied he killed Joe Chill, and he can because he is a spirit of justice.



* PragmaticAdaptation: This version doesn't have a bunch of gangsters try to murder Chill. Batman's regular rogues try to do it instead. It wouldn't make sense to introduce a large number of new villains at once.



* WhamShot: Batman takes off his mask to confront Joe Chill for murdering his parents. We finally see his face...which is a fairly young Bruce Wayne, an amalgamation of BTAS and ''The Batman''.

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* WhamShot: Batman takes off his mask to confront Joe Chill for murdering his parents. We finally see his face...which face. It is a fairly young Bruce Wayne, an amalgamation of BTAS and ''The Batman''.
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* CastingGag: Adam West and Julie Newmar, who were 60's Batman and Catwoman respectively, play Thomas and Martha Wayne. To even add to it, Thomas wears a bat costume and fights criminals. Meanwhile, Kevin Conroy plays the Phantom Stranger and Mark Hamill serves as the Spectre.



* FinalFirstHug: When the Spectre and Phantom Stranger allow Batman to see his parents before they died, Bruce immediately goes over and hugs his mother. She's surprised that a random stranger is doing it, but returns the hug.



* OmniscentMoralityLicense: Invoked by Spectre. It's implied he killed Joe Chill, and he can because he is a spirit of justice.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Bruce Wayne in this continuity is normally TheStoic DeadpanSnarker. He doesn't get mad. This is the first episode where he completely loses it. To a lesser extent, he gets to hug his mother one last time and shows a softer side to him.



* WhamEpisode: Not only the darkest episode of an otherwise light-hearted show fueled by pure RuleOfFun, but also the first episode where Batman unmasks.

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* WhamEpisode: Not only the darkest episode of an otherwise light-hearted show fueled by pure RuleOfFun, but also the first episode where Batman unmasks.unmasks.
* WhamShot: Batman takes off his mask to confront Joe Chill for murdering his parents. We finally see his face...which is a fairly young Bruce Wayne, an amalgamation of BTAS and ''The Batman''.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Batman has Joe Chill, his parents' killer at his mercy. Spectre points out that he ''should'' kill the man for pragmatic reasons if not personal ones, because Joe Chill can end Batman. Bruce considers it...and lets Chill go. He says that even with everything Chill did, Batman is not a killer.
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* BerserkButton: Poison Ivy after Joe Chill confesses out loud in front of her, Joker, Two-Face, and the rest of Batman's enemies about their enemy being the very same one who witnessed his parents's lives taken all those years ago.


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* IDontThinkThatsSuchAGoodIdea: After Joe Chill rushes out to tell everyone about Batman, he doesn't consider the fact that they all refuse to spare him at the time. It's too late though and Joe Chill pays the price for mentioning Batman's name out loud and in front of them no less.
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* VillainousBreakdown: After Joe Chill basically confessed that he created Batman, the super villains are none too happy and viciously attacked him.

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* VillainousBreakdown: After Joe Chill basically confessed that he created Batman, the super villains are none too happy and viciously attacked him.him.
* WhamEpisode: Not only the darkest episode of an otherwise light-hearted show fueled by pure RuleOfFun, but also the first episode where Batman unmasks.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: A dying Chill reflects on his fate with a sense of gallows humor as Batman stands over him.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lew Moxon while he felt justified taking out a hit on Thomas Wayne he did genuinely feel bad that Martha was also gunned down, leaving their son Bruce without a Mother.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lew Moxon while Moxon. While he felt justified taking out a hit on Thomas Wayne Wayne, he did genuinely feel bad that Martha was also gunned down, leaving their son Bruce without a Mother.
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* DeathBySecretIdentity: Joe Chill dies shortly after discovering that Bruce Wayne is Batman. The Spectre tries to enforce the trope, telling Batman to kill Chill because HeKnowsTooMuch. Batman refuses to break [[ThouShaltNotKill his one rule]], but his RoguesGallery are all too happy to make Chill pay for creating their nemesis (and it apparently never crossed Chill’s mind to tell the others about Batman’s secret identity anyway.)
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A reprisal is a retaliatory attack; this is now Role Reprise. It's also Trivia.


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* RoleReprisal: Richard Moll, the voice of Two-Face in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse voices Lew Moxon in this episode. As a result, the episode takes advantage of this and has Moll reprise his role for one line ("15 THOUSAND") in lieu of the show's usual voice actor for the character Creator/JamesRemar.
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* LittleNo: Joe Chill's reaction to the InternalReveal.

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* LittleNo: Joe Chill's reaction to the InternalReveal.InternalReveal, as he realises that he created Batman.
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* RoleReprisal: Richard Moll, the voice of Two-Face in the Franchise/DC Animated Universe voices Lew Moxon in this episode. As a result, the episode takes advantage of this and has Moll reprise his role for one line ("15 THOUSAND") in lieu of the show's usual voice actor for the character Creator/JamesRemar.

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* RoleReprisal: Richard Moll, the voice of Two-Face in the Franchise/DC Animated Universe Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse voices Lew Moxon in this episode. As a result, the episode takes advantage of this and has Moll reprise his role for one line ("15 THOUSAND") in lieu of the show's usual voice actor for the character Creator/JamesRemar.

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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, and Creator/AdamWest and Julie Newmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.

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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, Moxon (as well as briefly reprising his role as Two-Face...just for one line), and Creator/AdamWest and Julie Newmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.


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* RoleReprisal: Richard Moll, the voice of Two-Face in the Franchise/DC Animated Universe voices Lew Moxon in this episode. As a result, the episode takes advantage of this and has Moll reprise his role for one line ("15 THOUSAND") in lieu of the show's usual voice actor for the character Creator/JamesRemar.
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Poison Ivy also adds her input on Joe Chill's protests after Joker does.

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-->'''Poison Ivy:''' So it's your fault Batman's always on our backs!?
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* ShamedByAMob: The many villains were ''not'' amused that Joe Chill was the very person who created Batman, their worst nightmare.
-->'''Joker:''' You're sayin' we owe Batman's existence to you. ''THAT'S a killer!''
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Joker openly laughs at how Joe Chill inadvertently created Batman.


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* BittersweetEnding: With his parent's killer finally paying for it, Bruce hangs up his father's party costume in a display case and solemnly says, "Case closed."


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* DarkerAndEdgier: The darkest episode of the entire series. This "love letter to Silver Age comics" is noted for being the first time in an animated series that Batman confronts Joe Chill.


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* DramaticUnmask: Batman does this to himself when explaining to Chill why he's after him. It is the first time Bruce's adult face has ever been shown on the series.


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* HarmfulToMinors: As in other versions, Bruce sees his parents gunned down.


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* HeroicVow: "I swear by the spirits of my parents to avenge their deaths by spending the rest of my life warring on ''all'' criminals."


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* LittleNo: Joe Chill's reaction to the InternalReveal.


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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Batman delivers one to Joe Chill.


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* SaveTheVillain: Batman interrupts the villains' attempt to kill Joe Chill.


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* ThouShaltNotKill: The wager between the Phantom Stranger and the Spectre hinges on whether or not Batman will uphold his number one rule.
-->'''Phantom Stranger''': He is beaten. Let your devotion to justice temper your rage.\\
'''Spectre''': He took your parents. Ruined your life. Fulfill your destiny. Become what you have trained to be: an agent of vengeance. He knows who you are. If this man lives, Batman dies.\\
'''Batman:''' Batman may die, but Bruce Wayne? ''[drops Chill]'' Never.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The episode "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" revealed that Bruce's parents were killed after seeing a Swashbuckler movie, not The Mask of Zorro.
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* MythologyGag: The flashback at the beginning is reminiscent of Detective Comics #33.
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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, and Creator/AdamWest and Julie Newmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.

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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, and Creator/AdamWest and Julie Newmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.
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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation./BatmanTheAnimatedSeries as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, and Creator/AdamWest and Creator/JulieNewmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.

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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation./BatmanTheAnimatedSeries ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, and Creator/AdamWest and Creator/JulieNewmar Julie Newmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.
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The episode features a number of guest appearances. Creator/KevinConroy, Creator/MarkHamill and Richard Moll all appear from ''WesternAnimation./BatmanTheAnimatedSeries as Comicbook/ThePhantomStranger, Comicbook/TheSpectre and Lew Moxon, and Creator/AdamWest and Creator/JulieNewmar appear as Thomas and Martha Wayne.

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* AssholeVictim: Joe Chill is a horrible person, being a hitman and currently selling weapons to murderous supervillains, and seeming to view his murder of the Waynes as just another job. The Spectre tries to coax Batman into killing him for this very reason, and when Batman refuses it's implied the Spectre may have finished Chill himself. It's hard to argue Chill didn't deserve it.



* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Downplayed. When Batman furiously confronts Joe Chill over the murder of his parents, Chill ''does'' remember killing the Waynes, but states, "That was a lifetime ago!"

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Downplayed. When Batman furiously confronts Joe Chill over the murder of his parents, Chill ''does'' remember killing the Waynes, but states, "That was a lifetime ago!"ago!" He also simply calls them 'a guy I killed on a job.'
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Joe Chill tells the villains he created Batman. He didn't realize it until it was too late that they might be more interested in taking revenge on ''him'' than helping him. It's only Batman's intervention that saves him.


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* KarmicDeath: Joe Chill is killed when the ceiling collapse on him as he tries to escape triggered by the very weapon he was trying to sell. Justified, as it's implied the Spectre may have arranged for Chill to get what he deserved.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lew Moxon while he felt justified taking out a hit on Thomas Wayne he did genuinely feel bad that Martha was also gunned down, leaving their son Bruce without a Mother.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Downplayed. When Batman furiously confronts Joe Chill over the murder of his parents, Chill ''does'' remember killing the Waynes, but states, "That was a lifetime ago!"



* VillainousBreakdown: After Joe Chill basically confessed that he created Batman's parents, the super villains are none too happy and viciously attacked him.

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* VillainousBreakdown: After Joe Chill basically confessed that he created Batman's parents, Batman, the super villains are none too happy and viciously attacked him.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In the past, Thomas could hold his own against some thugs. It was just that Chill took him by surprise.



* BearHug: In both a sweet and heartbreaking moment, Batman hugs Martha.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Batman is slowly becoming this which worsens when Phantom Stranger and Spectre brought up his parents' murder.



* VillainousBreakdown: Joe Chill confessed that he murdered Batman's parents which caused all the super villains to reach the conclusion that it was Joe Chill's fault that Batman exists causing all of them to beat the man for causing so much plight to their lives.

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* VillainousBreakdown: After Joe Chill basically confessed that he murdered created Batman's parents which caused all parents, the super villains to reach the conclusion that it was Joe Chill's fault that Batman exists causing all of them to beat the man for causing so much plight to their lives.are none too happy and viciously attacked him.

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Movie, producer Michael Jelenic said that Paul Dini will be working on a third episode (the first one featured Bat-Mite).[citation needed]

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The episode begins with the murder of Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, while their young son Bruce looks on in horror. That night, Bruce tearfully swears to avenge his parents' death by battling crime. As he grows up, he studies criminology and martial arts, eventually becoming Batman. In the present day, The Spectre and The Phantom Stranger debate what Batman will do once he confronts his parents' murderer, which he will do on this night. They eventually wager on it: if Batman upholds justice, he is free to live his life the way he always has. On the other hand, Spectre wages that if Batman gives in to vengeance, he himself will become like Spectre.

That evening, Batman (disguised as a priest) tries to learn from Lew Moxon, a dying gangster who ordered the hit on the Waynes, the name of the killer. Moxon manages to say "some guy named... chill" before dying. Batman then heads to a bar to interrogate other criminals for further information, but they claim to know nothing. After Batman threatens to kill a man he is interrogating, the Phantom Stranger restrains him, taking him back to a charity costume party that his parents attended, revealing the reason for Batman's costume as being based on young Bruce's subconscious memory of his father's "Bat-man" costume. For a joyful moment, Batman is reunited with his parents. The gala is interrupted by thugs led by Moxon who show up to rob the party. Batman and Thomas fight together against the gang, managing to capture Moxon. One of the other thugs, who Batman recognizes as the killer, holds Martha hostage only to be rescued by Batman and Thomas. Batman races after the escaping thug, only for the Spectre to appear before him. He asks what Batman will do once he identifies his parents' killer. Batman has no easy answer. Spectre then shows Batman a meeting between Moxon and the other man at Blackgate Penitentiary. The man, who Moxon calls "Chill", offers to kill Thomas Wayne for Moxon in retaliation for his interference. Moxon casually agrees. Batman realizes that the dying Moxon had identified the killer to him - "Chill", and vows that "This ends tonight".

Returned by Spectre to the Batcave, Batman uncovers that Joe Chill now sells exotic weapons to supervillains. Batman interrupts that night's sale, fighting off the assembled villains while focusing on his true target: Chill. Batman corners Chill in an office, disarming him and revealing that he is the son of Thomas Wayne. Bruce now has Chill at his mercy, and the Phantom Stranger and Spectre each appear to persuade him, respectively, to uphold justice or exact vengeance. Ultimately, Bruce spares Chill's life. Panicked, Joe Chill begs to the villains for protection against Batman, revealing that he is indirectly responsible for the hero's existence. However, before Chill can reveal Batman's true identity, the villains turn on him in a blind rage, resulting in a brawl that accidentally sets off the sonic laser Chill was trying to sell them earlier. The weapon's beam sends the ceiling crashing down on Chill, killing him. The Stranger says that Batman made the proper choice and that fate ultimately overtook Chill. He then mentions how convenient it was that Chill just happened to be under the collapsing ceiling at just the right moment. The Spectre only smiles and says "I wouldn't know anything about that".

The episode ends with Bruce enshrining his father's bat costume within the Batcave and declaring "Case... closed."


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* GoodAngelBadAngel: Both Phantom Stranger and Spectre acts as this to guide Batman to either becoming a hero of Justice or an agent of Vengeance.
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* AmbigousSituation: It's unknown if the Spectre killed Joe Chill or it's merely an accident.

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* AmbigiousSituation: It's unknown if the Spectre killed Joe Chill or it's merely an accident.

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* AmbigiousSituation: AmbigousSituation: It's unknown if the Spectre killed Joe Chill or it's merely an accident.



* OhCrap: Joe Chill reacts in horror that Batman is Bruce Wayne.

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* OhCrap: Joe Chill reacts in horror that Batman is Bruce Wayne.Wayne.
* ThatManIsDead: Batman maybe gone but Bruce Wayne will live.
* VillainousBreakdown: Joe Chill confessed that he murdered Batman's parents which caused all the super villains to reach the conclusion that it was Joe Chill's fault that Batman exists causing all of them to beat the man for causing so much plight to their lives.
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* AmbigiousSituation: It's unknown if the Spectre killed Joe Chill or it's merely an accident.
* InternalReveal: Bruce reveals his identity to the man who murdered his parents.
--> '''Batman''': I am the son of the man you murdered. I am Bruce Wayne!
* OhCrap: Joe Chill reacts in horror that Batman is Bruce Wayne.

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