Robin tim drake batman the animated series wiki fandom. This is the list of episodes for the kids wb series the new batman adventures. By the time of batman beyond, barbara has become older and put aside the cowl and picked up the badge, taking her fathers place as. The idea for the series came from philcho on deviantart.
It is notable for officially introducing tim drake to the series, providing his origin story as the new robin. Jan 08, 2011 dick grayson the 1st robin becomes nightwing. In the cartoons tim drake here, the second robin becomes possessed by the joker in the movie batman beyond. The result is the best use of tim drake on this show thus far, revealing him to be a capable fighter but not quite strong enough to make up for the fact that he. Drake became a top level communications engineer, a husband, and. Robin has been a fixture in batman media as batman s partner. He is voiced by matthew valencia in the new batman adventures, and batman beyond.
Its dick grayson, if you watch the original tv serial, the episode when robin breaks his. A more noticeable retool occurred in 1997, where a channel. He had very little respect for his father, and often had to fend for himself. I cant say im a huge robin fan, but i did like his character a lot in btas, and this figure does him justice. Return of the joker as a child, dean stockwell as an adult in batman beyond. Despite batmans orders not to, robin pursues tony zucco, the criminal who was responsible for the death of robins parents. Around the age of 10, tim began to idolize gotham city hero batman and placed newspaper. The animated series, the adventures of batman and robin, and batman.
Tim drakes character in the animated series mixed certain elements of both. Some years later, after dick grayson, nightwing had left gotham for bludhaven, drake was patrolling as robin alone, one night. Robin nightwing dc animated universe dc comics media. When the time came for barbara to become batgirl, b. The animated series ended production, the show was moved from fox to the wb network, which was airing and producing superman. The team of batman and robin is commonly referred to as the dynamic duo or the caped crusaders. Who is tim drake and why should he show up in a batman movie.
Episodes of btas that nightwing was in yahoo answers. In season 1 batman is bruce wayne, robin is dick grayson and batgirl is barbara gordon. In the wake of bruces death and damians rise as robin, tim drake is left alone and spiraling. These shows were merged as part of an hourlong segment called the new batman superman adventures. The series was based on the popular batman comics created by bob kane.
Its a race to save the future of tim and his team as red robin tries to warn the team the threat that they will face is himself. The series is about batman and his two sidekicks robin and batgirl fighting crime in the city of gotham. The animated series as well as tim drakes robin costume from the. Gotham crusaders is an american animated television show based on the dc character batman.
Tim drake s character in the animated series mixed certain elements of both comicbook characters together. Old wounds nightwing and the new robin are on a stake out, and it is reveal how the original robin had a. Tas, which originally aired on the fox kids block from 1992 to 1995, is one of the most popular and groundbreaking series in western animation. In 2015 drake stars in the new batman beyond series. Timothy drake was the only son of jack and janet drake and he was raised in a wealthy household. He became the third robin at a young age, succeeding jason todd as batman s sidekick. Return of the joker joker turns tim drake a previous robin into a psychojokerkidthing. He serves as a playable character, alongside batman, nightwing and batgirl. Overall i think the sculpt is fantastic, though a bit on the small side. Dini spoke on this and promised todd becomes red hood.
He was originally a street punk that was later adopted by bruce wayne. There is no robin beyond if thats what youre wondering. Jack napier batman the animated series wiki fandom. As he ventured forth on his own, he formed the teen titans and became their leader. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. Tim motions to nod because he knows all about the gruesome murder of bruce waynes parents, but the movement of bruce waynes hand stops him. The animated series episode sins of the father note. Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5, 1992, to september 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. In these 24 thrilling episodes, the gotham knights face their worst enemies the joker, penguin, mr. Tim drake becomes batman in dcs future screen rant. Robin was fairly ripped in the show, here the figure looks more like a boy. Twice on separate occasions, jack saw bruce wayne and exchanged mean glances at one another years before they would clash as the joker and batman. Dick was a member of the flying graysons acrobatic act together with his parents in haleys circus.
What were doing with this is looking at this as a chance to go back and actually acknowledge that was a part of the animated batmans history. He started out as a chauffeur and hitman for the mob triad of salvatore valestra, buzz bronski and chuckie sol. In the cartoons tim drakehere, the second robin becomes possessed by the joker in the movie batman beyond. Richard dick grayson was the original robin, the more easygoing sidekick to batman. He currently uses the superhero identity of red robin. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of sup.
Is the teen titans robin tim drake or dick grayson. This article is about dick grayson, the first robin. His pulled from the gutters to become a superhero sidekick origin is. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the onscreen title. It also marks the first appearances of twoface and alfred in the new series. Includes the revealing sketch the secret of robins costume. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of batman. Batman is darker and more brooding in this series, which helps promote the need for more of batgirl, robin, and nightwing. The animated series as well as tim drake s robin costume from the comics, but with black sleeves, gloves and briefs with red leggings similar to the costume tim would adopt in the comics following infinite crisis. The robin from teen titans animated series is actually tim drake heres proof. His robin costume looks identical to dick graysons robin costume from batman. One of his last jobs took place in europe on the mediterranean coast. Why tim drake should show up in ben afflecks batman movie.
Batman interrogates the man in front of his wife and son and robin begs batman not to do this in front of them. By the time of batman beyond, barbara has become older and put aside the cowl and picked up the badge, taking her fathers place as police commissioner of gotham city. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. Sketch for episode 32 of batman the animated series robins reckoning pt.
Truly, the dcau tim drake has far more in common with that sidekick the producers werent supposed to use. Tim drake, a toughened teenaged street kid, gets involved with twofaces gang, but eventually is trained. If you dont already have it, volume 1 is outstanding, complete with audio commentary and extras. As the third robin in the batman comics, he served as batmans sidekick, and he is a superhero in his own right. By far the best superman the animated series episode. Tim drakerobin often serves as a source of genuinely funnysnarky comic relief, and certainly doesnt feel out of place in this series like i thought he would. Four years later, after the death of jason todd, tim convinced batman that he should be the new robin. Wed gone from dick grayson to tim drake, and we had left out jason. Sometime after dick grayson left gotham for good to establish himself in another city, robin was patrolling alone one night. Eventually, he would be forced to give up the identity of robin and begin wearing the costume of red robin when he was replaced by damian wayne. Dick grayson aka nightwing is one of the main protogonists of the new batman adventures. While the animated batman did present tim as the new robin, hes arguably tim in name only. But irreconcilable differences with dick grayson lead to the collapse of the batmanrobin crimefighting duo and to the birth of gothams new hero nightwing.
He became the third robin at a young age, succeeding jason todd as batmans sidekick. The 1997 episode sins of the father presents the origin of the animated tim drake. Thats the bombshell dropped in the current run of dcs detective comics, now that tim drake is returning from the dead after his friends and family were forced to watch him killed by gothams new enemy as part of. Young orphan tim drake becomes batmans new ward when he becomes. The animated series with a new comic miniseries from the producers of the show. Thats the bombshell dropped in the current run of dcs detective comics, now that tim drake is returning from the dead after his friends and family were forced to watch him killed by gothams new enemy as part of dcs rebirth. Relive the batman saga in this faithful rendering of the character and stories. Plus, now you dont have to get up at 2am to watch it on cartoon networkif its on anymore batman. Tim drake was created by marv wolfman and pat broderick. Timothy jackson drake is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published. At the age of nine, timothy drake cleverly deduced the identities of batman and robin. But irreconcilable differences with dick graysee lead to the collapse of the batmanrobin crimefighting duo and to the birth. Tim drake robin often serves as a source of genuinely funnysnarky comic relief, and certainly doesnt feel out of place in this series like i thought he would.
After college dick grayson left gotham to travel the world on his own. Dlck grayson the original robin, now called nightwing makes a cameo near the end, when tim drake is recruited to become the new robin. Also it must be dick grayson because robin becomes nightwing. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Sins of the father is the second produced and aired episode of tnba. The obnoxious little street urchin depicted in this episode is closer in character to jason todd. Learn how tim drake became the 3rd and possibly the greatest boy wonder.
In the series, tim drake faked his death during the war between earth prime and earth2 and became a bar owner by the name of cal corcoran. Feb 18, 2020 while the animated batman did present tim as the new robin, hes arguably tim in name only. They would occasionally run into each other while fighting crime but it wasnt until the new robin, tim drake met dick that he realized bruce was not a bad guy. Continuing the batman storyline from the emmy winning batman. In the 2011 video game batman arkham city tim drake is playable as downloadable content for riddler challenges, but his animated skin was dick grayson from batman. Forget arkham knight, one of the most disturbing batman. The thing that really elevates this episode is what it reveals about batman when hes exposed to the gas, removing his fear of killing and putting him in direct opposition with robin. Tim drake is a street kid, around years old, adopted by bruce wayne. List of the new batman adventures episodes wikipedia. The animated series, two years have passed and batman still protects the streets of gotham city from the demented criminals that inhabit its dark alleys. Wed gone from dick grayson to tim drake, and we had left.
He eventually realized he outgrown the role of robin, and set. She serves as batmans main partner throughout the series, replacing dick grayson, while the new robin tim drake is more of a once in a while helper. Adopting the name red robin, tim becomes batman s partner. Batgirl fights at batmans side, and a new robin takes flight after batmans chance encounter with young tim drake. In adulthood, he struck out on his own as nightwing. After batman left a batarang behind at a crime scene, tim found it and began using it. After batman left a batarang behind at a crime scene, drake found it and. Batman bruce wayne, batgirl barbara gordon, robin tim drake. So if tt robin is dick, the age he left batman in btas doesnt matter, nor would. Batman ignores robin and the boy wonder becomes so upset he quites being robin and for years held a grudge against batman. He is voiced by matthew valencia in tnba, and eli marienthal in static shock, and batman. The animated series episode shadow of the bat part 1 note. Tim drake also known as tim wayne is a fictional comic book superhero from the dc comics universe. She serves as batman s main partner throughout the series, replacing dick grayson, while the new robin tim drake is more of a once in a while helper.
The animated series probably because tim was a child in dcau and it wouldnt match his adult voice. With a new name and nothing left to lose, tim is forced to turn to the only person who seems to be offering help ras al ghul, the demon himself. Tim drake was the son of gotham city criminal steven shifty drake, who was often a thug for the crime lord twoface. Dick grayson is a fictional character, and superhero in the dc comics universe. How can jason todd exist in the dc animated universe. He learned some new crime fighting techniques and reexamined the feelings about taking the role of robin again when he returned to gotham.
Around the age of 10, tim began to idolize gotham city hero batman and placed newspaper clippings. Around the age of 10, tim began to idolize gotham city hero batman and placed newspaper clippings on his wall. In the comics, tim drake was the third person to take the robin identity while jason todd was the second holder of the title until he was killed by the joker. You scratch my back nightwing and catwoman team up, batman gets jealous. At some point in his life as robin, tim drake became a member of a superhero group known as the titans. Dec 24, 20 there is no robin beyond if thats what youre wondering.
Before joining batman as the third robin, tim drake was given a modern. Tim drake was the second robin that replaced dick grayson. Adopting the name red robin, tim becomes batmans partner. Sins of the father is the second episode of the new batman adventures. Tim drake the scene describing what happened during that time, and the actions that led to drake telling the joker of batmans secret identity, are hard to watch for an animated film. This figure is my favorite of the dc collectibles batman.
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