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68-485: The gang has also appeared in many animated television adaptations, including The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians in 1985, Batman Beyond in 1999 and 2000, Justice League in 2003 and 2005, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold in 2009 and 2010. The Royal Flush Gang also made appearances in the live-action Arrowverse TV shows Arrow in 2012 and The Flash in 2015 and 2021. The comic book versions seen in

136-661: A Batman Beyond Toyline with sub-lines, In 2000, Burger King included Batman Beyond toys in their kids' meals. A direct-to-video feature film, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker , was released on December 12, 2000. The original release was censored for elements of violence and death following the Columbine High School massacre , though a second, uncensored version was later released. Nevertheless, it received critical acclaim for its story, voice acting, animation and score. A second Batman Beyond film, focusing on

204-425: A nanotech solution was injected into Warren McGinnis to rewrite his reproductive material with that of Bruce. The eventual result was his wife Mary McGinnis giving birth to Terry, a child sharing the genetic traits of his mother and Bruce Wayne. When Terry was eight years old, Waller employed an elderly Andrea Beaumont in her Phantasm alias as an assassin to kill Terry's family, hoping the trauma would put him on

272-566: A Batman android (resembling the design from The New Batman Adventures ) in the Batcave with help from the elderly Bruce Wayne and the Batmobile (resembling the design from Batman: The Animated Series ). Once defeated, Batman and Bruce look out to see and prepare to fight seven additional invading androids resembling the designs from Beware the Batman , The Batman , Batman: The Brave and

340-564: A criminal gang called the Jokerz , who have seemingly modeled themselves after the original Batman's archenemy, the Joker . A high-speed motorcycle chase between him and the Jokerz ends in the grounds of Wayne Manor, where they run into Bruce Wayne. Bruce and Terry fend off the gang side-by-side, but the exertion aggravates Bruce's heart condition. Terry helps him back to the manor and, while exploring

408-554: A film adaptation but have put emphasis on other projects. Actor Tyler Posey has expressed interest in playing Terry McGinnis in the possible film adaptation. In June 2020, Michael Keaton entered talks to play an elderly Bruce Wayne, reprising his role from Tim Burton 's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), in the DCEU film, The Flash , which was set for release in 2023. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Warner Bros. hopes for Keaton to return for multiple DCEU films in

476-515: A future incarnation of the Justice League (Kai-Ro/Green Lantern, Aquagirl, Warhawk and Big Barda ) and helps them fight an alien threat , although he does not join the group until years later where he presumably only operates as a part-timer like his mentor. In the far future, Terry discovers that via genetic research, he is actually Bruce's biological son, having realized this when Bruce's kidneys were failing and Terry's DNA exposed him as

544-554: A futuristic version of Gotham City, a megalopolis featuring staggering high rises and flying vehicles driven by upper class society. Bruce is now a man in his 70s, living in solitary isolation in Wayne Manor , with no other companion but his guard dog Ace . It is implied by his virtue of continuing to fight crime for as long as possible and ignoring his aging and deteriorating health (he had retained his former partner's costumes) in addition to his obsessiveness that he had suffered

612-474: A hidden treasure, but were thwarted by Joker 's manipulations. Most of them then abandoned their criminal careers, although Jack briefly joined the Secret Society of Super Villains as " Hi-Jack ". Fortune's gang wore costumes based on the suit of clubs, but when they fought the Joker, the second Ace convinced them to change them to the suit of spades. In the pages of JLA Classified , it was revealed

680-426: A new high-tech Batsuit , although he has increased difficulty in handling criminals he could once subdue with finesse and they are no longer afraid of him as he has lost his mystique. In what was supposed to be a routine mission, the rescue of a kidnapped heiress, Batman suffers a mild heart attack and at risk of being beaten to death by one of the kidnappers, is forced to use a gun to fend him off. Despite not killing

748-545: A perfect match as a donor. While contemplating confronting Bruce, leaving Dana and abandoning the Justice League for good, Terry confronts the one responsible, Amanda Waller , an enemy-turned-ally of Bruce during his years in the League. Waller admits her participation in replacing Warren McGinnis's DNA with Bruce's as part of her Project Batman Beyond to ensure that Batman would have a successor, and emphasizes that Terry

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816-509: A playing card motif, each member of the Vegas branch is modeled after a member of the Rat Pack (such as Frank Sinatra , Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin ). It is unclear if there are still 52 cells throughout the country, or 52 members in total. A lower ranked member mentions that there are four Queens, but Fortune states that the group is constantly growing. In 2011, " The New 52 " rebooted

884-493: A tragic event years prior to his retirement, which is revealed in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker . Terry McGinnis is an athletic 16-year-old high school student and reformed juvenile delinquent with a deeply ingrained sense of personal justice. Living on difficult terms with his divorced father Warren McGinnis, Terry disobeys his curfew one night to meet up with his girlfriend Dana Tan, only to be harassed by

952-612: A way "akin to the role played by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , something of a mentor or guide or even string-puller". Keaton was officially confirmed to return in August of the same year. In December 2022, it was announced that Christina Hodson , writer of The Flash and the cancelled Batgirl film, had been hired to write a script for a live-action Batman Beyond film. The plot would have involved an aged Bruce Wayne, continuing

1020-462: Is Bruce's son, not his clone, and that, despite the circumstances of his existence, he still has free will to live out his own life; Although not his clone she later tells Terry how he is not even close to as smart as Bruce Wayne but he does have his heart. Terry comes to terms with his revelations, and continues in being Batman. With a new sense of purpose, Terry plans to propose to Dana, while continuing his life of crimefighting. In order to complete

1088-475: Is an unnamed man who is the leader of the Royal Flush Gang, Queen is an unnamed woman who is the second-in-command of the Royal Flush Gang, Jack is an unnamed Man, and Ace and Ten are an unnamed sister and brother. They were defeated by Superman and left for the police. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called " DC Rebirth ", which restored its continuity to a form much as it

1156-652: Is not Bruce's clone but his biological son and free to make different life choices to the ones Bruce made. Finding peace with himself, Terry reconciles with Bruce and the League, and plans to propose to Dana while continuing as Batman. The third season of Batman Beyond featured the two-part episode "The Call" with (for the first time) a futuristic Justice League , a springboard for the Justice League animated series. The setting and characters of Batman Beyond were also briefly revived in Static Shock during

1224-744: Is now being used as slap on patches by corrupt athletes, the longevous Ra's al Ghul , and somewhat inevitably, the Joker himself, reborn via a microchip he inserted into the brain of Batman's former partner, Tim Drake. Terry also makes allies in Neo-Gotham, including computer genius Max Gibson , who discovers Batman's secret identity and becomes his sidekick. Police Commissioner Barbara Gordon, Bruce's former partner Batgirl, also occasionally works with Terry. Though initially unhappy about another person following in Bruce's dangerous footsteps and at first vehemently opposed to his efforts to help, she admits that

1292-612: Is the most uneven series of the main DC Animated Universe shows, particular in regards to the latter two seasons. Greg Weisman commented that while the series was well made, it felt more like a Spider-Man series and much less like Batman. Batman Beyond was even cited by young actor Jacob Bertrand , of Cobrai Kai fame, who would go on to voice-portray Bam the Batmobile in the early-2020's children's animated TV series, Batwheels , as Beyond' s what got him into

1360-399: Is working under the authority of Amos Fortune, who is addressed by other members as "Wild Card". In the following issue, Fortune gives a history of the gang. It seems to combine the first and third gangs' histories/characteristics, with Fortune indicating that he was always running the group in some capacity. Ace of Spades is a man named Ernest Clay, Jack of Spades was a replacement for one that

1428-478: The Batman franchise in the first place. Some episodes of the series were released on VHS from 1999 to 2000, including the series' premiere (as Batman Beyond: The Movie ), and select episodes as five VHS volumes containing three episodes per tape (the same contents as the individual DVD volume releases, see below), and the direct-to-video film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (edited version). Batman Beyond

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1496-559: The Batman Beyond Batsuit for Batman: Arkham Knight as a pre-order bonus along with The Dark Knight Returns Batsuit titled "Gotham's Future Pack". Batman Beyond appears in the mobile games Teeny Titans! And Teen Titans Go! Figures. In April 2014, a Batman Beyond short by Darwyn Cooke premiered at WonderCon . The short, which saw Will Friedle and Kevin Conroy reprise their roles, sees Batman (Terry McGinnis) battle

1564-658: The Batman Beyond episode "Zeta". Batman would guest star in the episode "Shadows". The super villain Stalker was to have appeared in The Zeta Project episode "Taffy Time", but ultimately did not do so. The second-season episode "Ro's Gift" has an appearance by the Brain Trust from the Batman Beyond episode "Mind Games". Terry McGinnis/Batman was originally slated to appear in this episode as well, but

1632-580: The Joker tortures and kills the leadership of a local Spades cell of the Royal Flush Gang from an unspecified city, after being rejected by the Society for his "instability". The King is the last one left alive and he mocks the Joker for being rejected. The Joker kills the King with an electrical blast to the face. The dead gang is left in the ruins of a casino. A new version of the Royal Flush Gang appears in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #35. This version

1700-568: The PG-13 film the studio wanted. In January 2019, rumors began to circulate that Warner Animation Group was developing an animated Batman Beyond film following the critical and commercial success of Sony Pictures Animation 's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , but was later reported that no such film was in the works. In the later August interview with DC Universe , Paul Dini revealed that Warner Bros. continues to express interest in

1768-663: The Secret Society of Super Villains at the time when the Crime Syndicate arrive from their world. While Heat Wave sacrifices himself so that the other Rogues can get away from Black Mask , Clayface , and Mr. Freeze , the remaining Rogues are confronted by the Royal Flush Gang members Ace of Spades, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds, and Jack of Hearts. The Royal Flush Gang orders them to surrender if they don't want Golden Glider to die. The Royal Flush Gang members Ace of Spades, Ace of Diamonds, Jack of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, and Eight of Hearts were seen guarding

1836-532: The sound weaponizer Shriek; the deadly assassin Curaré; the insane terrorist Mad Stan; the cybernetically enhanced African big-game hunter Stalker; nerdy psychokinetic Willie Watt; and a new version of the Royal Flush Gang . Terry often also clashes with some of his mentor's old foes, such as a rejuvenated Mr. Freeze , Bane , who has become a shell of his former self due to his overuse of venom, which

1904-568: The "court cards". The Aces of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades are all androids. Each member has a playing card value, and those who rise or fall in the Gang's esteem gain or lose a "pip". Notably, Stargirl 's father Sam Kurtis was a "Two of Clubs"; upon defeating him, she transitioned from the Star-Spangled Kid identity to Stargirl in JSA : All-Stars . In Infinite Crisis #2 (2005),

1972-454: The 2013 Forever Evil storyline were redesigned to follow the pattern set by their Arrow appearance. The Royal Flush Gang first appeared in Justice League of America #43 in March 1966 under the leadership of Amos Fortune and were created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky . The original Royal Flush Gang was Professor Amos Fortune's childhood gang. King was a man named Kerry , Queen

2040-780: The 2022-23 limited series Punchline: The Gotham Game , the Royal Flush Gang, consisting of the King and Queen of Hearts (married couple Rex and Regina Quintain ), Jack, Ten and Bluff (son of the King and Queen of Diamonds), are taken over by Punchline and help her to manufacture and distribute her drug XO in Gotham. The second incarnation of the Royal Flush Gang appears in Justice League: Doom , with King voiced by Jim Meskimen , Queen by an uncredited Grey DeLisle , Jack by an uncredited Robin Atkin Downes , Ten by Juliet Landau , and Ace by Bruce Timm . This version of

2108-515: The Bold , The Dark Knight Returns , Batman (1989 film) , Batman (1960s TV series) , and the original design by Bill Finger . Though the androids' source is unstated, they are reminiscent of the story arc from Batman: The Animated Series involving the computer program HARDAC . Batman Beyond is alluded in Teen Titans Go! In the episode "Sandwich Thief", Robin travels to the future to his father Nightwing 's apartment where

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2176-502: The DC universe. The Royal Flush Gang are seen engaging the Justice League. They consist of an Ace android, King of Spades, Queen of Spades, and Jack of Spades. With help from Technician, the Justice League defeated the Royal Flush Gang. Another incarnation of the Royal Flush Gang appears in the " Forever Evil " storyline. The group consists of Ace of Spades, King of Spades, Jack of Clubs, Queen of Clubs, and Ten of Clubs. They appear as members of

2244-747: The Future in European territories) is an American superhero animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman . Created and developed by Paul Dini , Bruce Timm , and Alan Burnett and produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation , the series began airing on January 10, 1999 on Kids' WB , and ended on December 18, 2001 on Cartoon Network . In the United Kingdom, it began airing on September 4, 2000. After 52 episodes spanning three seasons and one direct-to-video feature film ,

2312-616: The Gang's appearances in Teen Titans , Ten had organized runaways as "Ten's Little Indians", a gang of thieves dressed as the two through nine of spades and armed with bows and trick arrows. In the post- Crisis DC Universe, there were multiple active, costumed members, some of whom derived their outfits and codenames from cards with pip values lower than ten. The Royal Flush Gang is now an organization that reaches across America, with cells in every major city. Instead of five members, each "cell" has fifty-two, split into four suits run by

2380-510: The best episodes of the series, wrote that "Batman Beyond's first year on the air represents the show at its most realized form. It's the only season of the show that's written at the same level of quality as Batman: The Animated Series . Not to say that later seasons don't have their moments, but it seemed like the writers approached Beyond as a Saturday morning cartoon during seasons two and three, whereas during season one, they most certainly did not." Creator Bruce Timm has stated Batman Beyond

2448-418: The chance to assume the role of Batman, with Bruce himself mentoring Terry while also serving as a surrogate father-figure to the young teen in addition to working as Bruce's chauffeur and assistant so that Terry can support his surviving family. The new Batman soon develops his own rogues gallery, such as Powers himself who adopts the name Blight; the seductive shapeshifter Inque ; the hypnotist Spellbinder ;

2516-506: The city needs Batman, but neither uses the Bat-Signal nor has a very close working relationship with him, unlike her father during Bruce's time as Batman. He also has a brief relationship with Melanie Walker, who was forced to do the bidding of her family, the new Royal Flush Gang, under the codename Ten. Bruce sympathizes with Terry and tells him of his own relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman. Terry also later encounters Superman and

2584-466: The episode " Future Shock " in which Static is accidentally transported 40 years into the future. Justice League Unlimited revisited the Batman Beyond world twice in 2005. The first was in " The Once and Future Thing " (Part 2), which featured Batman , Wonder Woman and Green Lantern transported 50 years into the future to stop a time-travelling villain with the help of the future Justice League (Batman II, Static and Warhawk). The second time

2652-526: The group have similar or altered abilities from the comics' original version. King wields an electric scepter while Queen wields cards she can throw with high strength and accuracy. After Vandal Savage secretly supplies them with their technology, the Royal Flush Gang battle the Justice League , unknowingly serving as a distraction for Mirror Master to infiltrate the Batcave on Savage's behalf. Batman Beyond Batman Beyond (titled Batman of

2720-558: The hospital where Golden Glider is recuperating. Mirror Master uses his tricks to create mirror illusions of the Rogues to fool them so that they can get to Golden Glider. The Rogues ride off in an armored truck where Ace of Diamonds was hit by it. When Johnny Quick of the Crime Syndicate shows up, he kills Ace of Spades. Another incarnation of the Royal Flush Gang attacks Superman when his identity of Clark Kent gets known. King

2788-552: The idea of either Bruce retiring or being killed at some point. Finding the idea of a world without Batman unacceptable, Waller used her Project Cadmus connections to gather the technology for "Project Batman Beyond", whose goal was to physically create a new Batman, starting with a secretly collected sample of Bruce Wayne's DNA. Some years after Bruce retired, Waller found a young Neo-Gotham couple—the McGinnises—with psychological profiles nearly identical to those of Bruce's parents,

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2856-426: The initial announcement of the series were mixed, Batman Beyond received critical acclaim and gained a cult following . Despite being conceived as a kid-friendly Batman series by Warner Bros. Animation, it ended up being darker than its predecessor Batman: The Animated Series. The story begins in the then-distant year of 2019. An aging Bruce Wayne , despite being in his 50s, continues to fight crime as Batman in

2924-477: The live action films proposed between the critical failure of Batman & Robin and the reboot of the Batman franchise was Batman Beyond . In August 2000, Warner Bros. announced that it was developing a live-action film adaptation with Boaz Yakin attached to co-write and direct. The TV series' creators, Dini and Alan Burnett , were hired to write a screenplay for the feature film, with Neal Stephenson as consultant. Yakin hoped to cast Clint Eastwood as

2992-515: The man actually responsible for his father's murder is Powers' personal assistant/bodyguard Mr. Fixx. Terry goes to Bruce who tells Terry to take the evidence to Barbara Gordon, the current Police Commissioner. After the evidence of the illegal weapon production is forcibly taken from Terry by Derek Powers, Terry subsequently steals the Batsuit, intending to bring Powers to justice. Bruce initially opposes all of Terry's efforts and demands that he return

3060-753: The man, Bruce is ashamed and, knowing his frailty and fearing that he will eventually succumb to his murderous temptation if he continues his crime-fighting, decides to retire from being Batman for good. By this point in his life, his butler Alfred Pennyworth has died and his close allies have all either retired or died of natural causes. His crime-fighting partners are still alive, but estranged from him following their retirements from their alter-egos and possible falling outs with him. His rogues' gallery are all either in prison, institutionalized, reformed or deceased. He has also severed his ties with other superheroes. The story moves ahead 20 years later in Neo-Gotham ,

3128-420: The mansion, stumbles upon the entrance to the Batcave and thus discovers Bruce's secrets, only to be chased out by an angered Bruce. Terry returns home to discover that his father has been murdered, apparently by the vengeful Jokerz. Soon after moving in with his mother Mary and younger brother Matt, he discovers that his father had uncovered the production of illegal chemical weapons by Derek Powers , and that

3196-467: The original Royal Flush Gang (sans Amos Fortune) reunited to fight the " Detroit Era " Justice League and their successors in the second gang. In this battle, the original King, Queen and Ten were all killed. The second Royal Flush Gang was set up by Green Lantern villain Hector Hammond in Justice League of America #203. Hammond led the group as "Wildcard". This version wore costumes based on

3264-446: The origins of Terry McGinnis, multiple clones of Bruce Wayne and the appearance of an elderly Selina Kyle , was planned by Bruce Timm and Glen Murakami , though it was never scripted, as it never went beyond a 45-minute impromptu plotting session between the two. The project was scrapped due to the dark tones and controversies surrounding Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker . Despite this, the plot elements were eventually reworked into

3332-498: The path to becoming Batman. However, Beaumont could not commit the act, arguing that she would be doing something against what Bruce stood for. Waller eventually conceded that Beaumont had been right and abolished the project altogether. Eight years afterward, Warren would be murdered because of Derek Powers, and Terry would meet Bruce by happenstance—resulting in Terry becoming Batman's successor. Waller concludes by reminding Terry that he

3400-473: The plot threads from his appearance in The Flash , and would have included the return of Michelle Pfeiffer 's Catwoman. Development on the film was shelved after James Gunn and Peter Safran were appointed as co-heads of DC Studios. In January 2023, Gunn and Safran stated that there is potential for a future multiverse project in which they may incorporate Keaton's incarnation of Batman. In March 2023 it

3468-403: The retired Batman. By July 2001, a first draft was turned in to the studio, and the writers were waiting to see if a rewrite would be needed. The studio, also exploring other takes of Batman in development eventually placed Batman Beyond on hold in August 2001, but ultimately canceled the proposal. Yakin reportedly wanted the film to be dark, nihilistic, and with swearing and violence, and not

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3536-520: The same composers who worked on the previous animated Batman shows. The music style is more industrial , with some metal influence, to tie in with the show's futuristic cyberpunk genre. While the idea of Batman Beyond seemed as if it were "not a proper continuation of the legacy of the Dark Knight", the series received critical acclaim and a cult following after its release. It has been praised for its dark and cyberpunk storytelling. The show

3604-412: The second-season finale of Justice League Unlimited titled "Epilogue" (which was intended to be the series finale until the show was renewed for a third and final season) where Terry discovers his genetic origins. Amanda Waller planted Bruce Wayne's DNA into Warren McGinnis through his routine flu shot and later helps create a copy of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle is briefly mentioned in passing. Among

3672-424: The series was brought to an end in favor of the Justice League animated series. Depicting a teenaged Batman (Terry McGinnis) in a futuristic Gotham City under the tutelage of an elderly Bruce Wayne , Batman Beyond is the third series (chronologically the final series) of the DC Animated Universe , and serves as the sequel to both Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures . Though

3740-585: The series, Warner Bros. Animation outsourced Batman Beyond to Dong Yang Animation , Koko Enterprises and Seoul Movie (a subsidiary of TMS) in Seoul, South Korea. While the South Korean studios animated the series' episodes, the feature film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was animated by TMS Entertainment in Tokyo, Japan. Released on August 31, 1999, the soundtrack to Batman Beyond features many of

3808-643: The suit of spades. The gang split up and went on to have separate criminal careers before re-establishing themselves, without Hammond. They were twice hired by Maxwell Lord as part of his manipulation of Justice League International . Later, they were reorganized and reoutfitted by a successor to the Golden Age Green Lantern villain Gambler masquerading as the Joker. The membership of this group consists of: King, Queen and Ten also have blaster-pistols. The Gang fly on hovering playing cards. In

3876-443: The suit, but Terry convinces Bruce to let him take on the Batman mantle and subsequently defeats Mr. Fixx. During the battle, Powers is exposed to the chemical and forced to flee into hiding to receive treatment, which subsequently mutates him into a radiation-emitting entity, though he uses artificial skin to hide the accident. Realizing that crime and corruption are running rampant in Gotham without Batman's presence, Bruce offers Terry

3944-515: Was Deuce Canyard, King of Spades was an unnamed man in a crown and sunglasses, Queen of Spades is a woman in a ponytail and sunglasses, and Ten of Spades is an unnamed orange-haired woman in sunglasses. It is unclear what ties the third gang has or had—if any—to its predecessors and successors. A branch of the Royal Flush Gang based in Las Vegas, Nevada appeared in Zatanna #4. Rather than using

4012-529: Was a former gigolo, King of Spades was Joe Carny again, Queen of Spades was Mona Taylor, Six of Spades is an unnamed woman, and Ten of Spades was Wanda Wayland again. Another cell of the expanded version, this one stylized as a street gang, appear as members of the Society in Villains United and several of its tie-ins in other comics. Ace of Spades was an unnamed buff man in sunglasses, Jack of Spades

4080-422: Was a woman named Queenie , Jack was an unnamed man, and Ten was a strongman named Thomas Dillon . With Fortune himself as Ace, they fought the Justice League on two occasions using Fortune's luck-altering "stellaration" technology to realize the fortune-telling significance of playing cards. After Fortune abandoned the Gang, a new Ace became the leader and they attempted to steal four paintings containing clues to

4148-565: Was cut since Bruce Timm and company were working on Justice League . Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker , a novelization of the feature film written by Michael Teitelbaum, was released on November 1, 2000. Two Batman Beyond books for young readers were released on November 14, 2000: Batman Beyond: New Hero in Town and Batman Beyond: No Place Like Home , followed by two more, released on May 28, 2002: Batman Beyond: Hear No Evil and Batman Beyond: Grounded . In 1999, Hasbro had released

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4216-475: Was included in the third Lego Batman video game. A "Batman of the Future" character pack featuring the Terry McGinnis Batman with all its trademark gadgets (such as the flying suit and the ability to turn invisible) and other Batman Beyond -era characters were revealed to be PS3 / PS4 -exclusive DLC for Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham . Rocksteady Studios created their own unique take on

4284-461: Was meant to be the de facto series finale for Batman Beyond : the episode " Epilogue " reveals that Bruce Wayne is actually Terry McGinnis's biological father. The story, set 15 years after Batman Beyond , centers on Terry (now in his early 30s) tracking down an elderly Amanda Waller . She explains through flashbacks that, even though she grew to trust and respect Batman, she was aware of him aging, getting slower, and getting weaker, thus accepting

4352-405: Was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards , two of which it won in 2001 for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program and Outstanding Music Direction and Composition. In addition, the show was nominated for five Annie Awards and won two of those nominations in 1999 and 2001. In 2009, IGN .com named Batman Beyond the 40th-best animated television series of all time. Den of Geek, when listing

4420-438: Was prior to "The New 52". The Royal Flush Gang have their design from Batman Beyond , including traveling on a flying playing card. They are among the many villains aiming to kill Batman to stop Two-Face from revealing information. They descend on KGBeast and ask him the location of Batman and Duke Thomas . KGBeast throws a bomb onto the bottom of their playing card, presumably to take out his rivals in stopping Batman. In

4488-411: Was released on Blu-ray on October 29, 2019. The four-disc set includes all 52 episodes and the uncut version of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker . Forty-one of the episodes and Return of the Joker were remastered. The remaining 11 episodes were an upconversion . A spin-off from Batman Beyond , an animated series called The Zeta Project , featured a revamped version of the synthoid Zeta from

4556-474: Was reported that an animated Batman Beyond film had been put into development, written by Daniel Casey and serving as WB's answer to Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse . However, the project was put into commission under the leadership of Walter Hamada , who served as DC Films president from 2018 to 2022, and it is currently unknown if it is still happening under Gunn and Safran's direction, though Jeff Sneider of The Hollywood Reporter noted that nobody who

4624-708: Was working on the project was told it was cancelled. The first appearance of the Terry McGinnis version of Batman in a video game is in the Nintendo 64 , PlayStation , and Game Boy Color video game Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker . The Batman Beyond Batsuit appears as an alternate costume in Justice League Heroes and as downloadable content in Batman: Arkham City and Injustice: Gods Among Us . A Batman Beyond DLC

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