Batman: The Animated Series

at first this episode would make me cry. But now it makes me a little angry. first,I wondered why a rich billonaire would disguise himself.I think that he could have Just went as batman and beat up boss biggis and set the prisoners free. one of the scenes that I didn't like at first was when,some homeless people begged bruce for money and then,he

started crying. But,I liked it when Bruce finally turned into batman and fought all the bad guys. So,Pretty much this was an good-okay episode. very emotional

though and kind of reminds me of the prince and the pauper.

I still don't know why they called it the forgotten though.

At first glance the episode shares a basic underlying plot with "The Underdwellers" with Batman coming to the rescue of enslaved homeless people. Compared to that episode, "The Forgotten" is at least more plausible in its setting and story (homeless men are kidnapped to provide slave labor for a greedy prick's mine) than "The Underdwellers" (madman forces orphans to steal for him) although not by much. However, one must ask why would anyone go through the trouble of kidnapping homeless men in less than healthy conditions, maltreat them and have them work in deplorable conditions in the first place. One can't be that desperate to avoid filing taxes and handling paperwork.



The episode does have some high points. One high point comes when Batman is knocked out while undercover and forgets who he is. Here is a far greater obstacle for Batman than being tied in chains without his utility belt. How can one fully function without knowledge of his identity and past? Unfortunately this unique angle gets fouled by the surreal nature of Batman's dreams involving his parents, the Joker, and a crowd of begging homeless. Another high point is Alfred's nerve wrecking hunt for Batman after he does not return from his nightly patrol. It is refreshing to see Alfred, traditionally a supporting character and sometime dry comic foil to the stoic Batman, in more of an action role. His attempt to fly the Batjet and his tit for tat with the plane's computer provides a few laughs. Although it does beg the question of if Alfred and Batman have any sort of contingency plan if one of Batman's missions go awry.

From the beginning, i knew that this one was going to be a good episode. I think that the reason it is so successful is that it illustrates another complex level of Bruce\'s personality: he careas aobut everyone. Odds are that he had never met any of the \"disappeared,\" but he still put his life on the line to look for them. The disguise he adopts is perfect because it offers the viewer an idea of what bruce could have been, had he not become batman. The greedy boss of the mine if a perfect foil for Bruce\'s selfless heroism. Thoroughly a good watch.

Bruce Wayne, while on an undercover rescue mission looses his memory and wakes up in service for greedy slave driver Boss Biggis. This was not the best that Batman the animated series had to offer. But it still had it's strong points, such as the scene were Bruce regains his memory, were we see his and his parents. Plus a lighter scene with Alfred struggling to fly the Batplane, it is especially funny when it tells him "your funeral", did Batman program it to say that ? It was also nice to have an episode were we just get Bruce Wayne and hardly any Batman. When you get used to his Bruce Wayne personality, it is sort of weird when he regains his memory and acts like Batman again. All in all a pretty good episode but may have benifited if it were more fleshed out.

Similar to “The Last Laugh” this episode has a distinctive quality to it accented by a uniquely contrasted background score. The music has a 70’s, southern, Cajun style to it that is reminiscent of several prison movies, most notably, Cool Hand Luke.



The story itself is fairly original, as we are introduced to a Batman that is without the benefit of his identity. But what’s important is that he still possesses the faculties necessary to be a strong, competent hero. There’s a clever use of style wherein he slowly regains the knowledge of his alter ego.



There is also an hysterical scene where we get to see Alfred piloting the Bat-Plane. Now this may seem out of place when set against the more somber tone of the rest of the episode, but I found it to be wryly refreshing. The only characteristic that I wasn’t sold on was the smart-alecky voice program of the Bat-Plane’s computer system.



Forgotten is an above average, flavorful episode.