Batman: The Brave and the Bold

This was a really fun episode. It starts with one of my favorite openings, Sportsmaster, yeah, and he is one of the coolest villain this show has included. Okay, he may seem lame to many, but come on, he is a master of all sports, which is really impressive for me, seeing as I suck in every sport imaginable. But anyway, the opening is terrific, Blue Beetle shows up, bantering with his suit, he wasn't exactly very interesting here, I just wanted to see more of Sportsmaster.



Then the main episode begins, Red Tornado is introduced, and I like this design and voice by Corey Burton. After a couple of funny moments, including the ugliest christmas sweater I have ever seen, we get action in spades. Batman and Red Tornado fight UFO's, Robot Santa's, evil toys and Fun Haus. No Toyman, just Fun Haus, which as far as I know is a made up villain taking the name from a company in the comics. He is pretty lame, but at least the action is good and the jokes are funny.



This episode tries to have it both ways, being funny while still throwing in some dark elements, the shooting of Bruce's parents is included here. Kind of misplaced maybe, and I certainly didn't enjoy seeing Bruce acting like a brat. But we do get so many great one-liners and hilarious moments I can forgive that. My favorite moment? Batman punching the head off a fake Santa, while two children stare in shock, Batman then goes "Pretend you didn't see that". The ending was strangely heartwarming.



A funny and great episode.

jesus christ i mean im upstairs in my room lookin at the snow waiting for batman to come on and i end up watchin bowling it christmas man have a holly jolly bowling game,Fa la la la la la la la la tis the season to be a great bowler the rest was kinda good not the best i mean clock king is new to me cause iv never watched justice leuge or read the comics.but hes kinda tight i hope he comes back in later episodes like maybe "Clock king strikes Back or somethin like that overall great imean good episode.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold, after 3 exciting, everly plotted and well animated outings, goes into the Christmas spirit. Right now, we're all in that same time of year, and each and every one of use all have that "tingling" feeling inside no matter how hard we try to hide it. It seems as if that's a different story for the always-grumpy Batman and this week's ally Red Tornado. Can they stop Fun Haus from stealing and destroying the town and Christmas? Will Red Tornado find that "tingling" feeling of the Christmas spirit? Is Batman truly capable of leaving his past behind and actually having a Christmas? Well, 66% percent of that is a definite "yes." Red Tornado, or archeology college professor John Ulthoon (voiced by Corey Burton), is not human. This robotic machine has the distinct knowledge of knowing who's good and who's bad, but he can't express or feel emotion the same way he feels a cannon shot through his metallic body. He doesn't want to know what the Christmas sprit is: He wants to feel it. Somewhere behind all that metal is a heart that wants to feel emotion the same way we do. The first half of the episode tries hard to show off the massive Christmas atmosphere-the kids playing in the snow in the middle of crowded streets and the lights filtering the city surroundings-as a sure sign of what John's missing. He does all the necessary actions to get the Christmas spirit, like decorating his house and even caroling from door to door, but he just doesn't feel it. Not one bit. So then we get to Batman. The show once again goes back to over-the-top goofines that dominated "Rise of the Blue Beetle" and "Terror on Dinosaur Island" to greatness. The caped crusader's battling UFOs!!! This begs a huge action scene, and it delivered to the masses. Just like the prologue intro with Sportsmaster and the Blue Beetle (an amazing intro I will get to later), The animation is superb. The explosions, the beautifully lighted backgrounds, and the character movements and amazing camerawork. Wow, what an improvement over "Evil Under the Sea" and its boring ocean battles! Batman and Red Tornado just don't have the chemistry that you would expect from a world renowned intellectual and an incredibly intelligent robot, but that's the irony that leads to undeniably funny dialogue in Batman:The Brave and the Bold, and it's used just as well as you can expect. Now, with Fun Haus's entry into the plot and his plan to destroy Christmas (which is well executed and constantly brought up), Red Tornado tries hard to get Batman to show him the Christmas spirit he's so surely missing. Unfortunately, his memories as a young lad who didn't get the Christmas he wanted when he was a kid (remember why he became Batman in the first place for a second) keeps him for having it also, as a human being. There's flashbacks to Bruce Wayne's Christmas and "That night" where he saw a movie with papa and momma Wayne, and these moments bring a good sense of drama and the intended solace expressed. I felt bad for the caped crusader, and understand why "Crime never takes a vacation. Not even in a time like this."