Batman Beyond: Rebirth (1)
Episode score
9.1
Superb
Rebirth (1)
- 1.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 1
- First Aired: 1/10/1999
- Prod Code: 01
- The disk Terry gets from his dad changes from a mini-disk to a full-size CD when Terry is talking to Bruce through the intercom at the gate. It changes back to a mini-disk in the next episode. edit »
- Jokerz Leader: Who do you think you're talking to, old man? We're the Jokerz!
Bruce: Sure you are. edit » - (To a bat inside Bruce's clock)
Terry: I'll get ya outta there. Just don't bite me. edit » - Security Guard: It's a little early for Halloween.
Batman: (upon jumping off) But just in time for Fall! edit » - (Talking about Ace)
Terry: Nice dog.
Bruce: Not really. edit »
- This episode was nominated for a Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production. edit »
- This episode, along with "Rebirth, Part 2", "Dead Man's Hand", "The Winning Edge", and "Golem," was released on DVD as Batman Beyond: The Movie. edit »
- Issue 1 of the Batman Beyond comic book miniseries is an adaptation of this episode. edit »
- This episode aired on a Sunday. edit »
- The new Bat-symbol is the exact same as the Batwoman's. edit »
- According to Bruce Timm, Batman Beyond is set 50 years in the future from "now." "Now" being whenever the viewer is watching. Some promotional materials incorrectly stated it was 40 years in the future. Thus, Bruce Wayne here is approximately 80 years old. edit »
- The working title was Batman Beyond: The Movie. edit »
- The show was supposed to be called Batman of the Future but never made it to the producers in time. Instead, it was called Batman of the Future in other countries. edit »
- In the Batcave, Bruce has Nightwing's costume in a glass case on a manakin, along with Tim Drake's Robin costume, the original Batman's costume, and Batgirl's costume. But why doesn't he have Dick Grayson's Robin costume? edit »
- Was released on VHS. edit »
- In a nod to the original animated Batman, Terry's high school is called Hamilton Hill High School, named after Gotham City's mayor during the duration of Batman: TAS. edit »
- The motorcycle chase that ends at Wayne Manor seems to have been inspired by the anime film Akira. edit »
- The kidnappee in the introduction, Bunny Vreeland, is the progeny of Veronica Vreeland, who appeared in the Batman TAS episode "Chemistry." edit »
- Alfred is not seen in this episode, either in the flashback or the modern-day/future sequences. The official web site once claimed that the Batcave computer was somehow programmed with him, but this was never born out in this or any subsequent episode. edit »
- Originally aired as a single movie-length cartoon, and is retained in that format on the video release. Cartoon Network typically shows it as a two-part episode, however. edit »
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8.9
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