Epilogue

Season 4, Episode 13, Aired
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Sixty-five years in the future, the history of the Justice League is the key to Batman's darkest secret...and Terry McGinnis' final destiny.
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  • What an episode

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    By GavinGibbons, Nov 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    although if you want to watch the justice league in this episode you'll be disappointed- on the other hand if you like batman the animated series then you'll love the fact they wrap up all of the lose ends from BTAS, batman beyond and most of the justice league... also a cameo from the phantasm from the film "mask of phantasm" will suprise you!!! 10/10

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  • 65 years in the future Terry McGuinness learns about his relationship with Batman and get his priotites straightened out.

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    By shajamlyd, Nov 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode would have been a good ending for Batman Beyond, but it is NOT a Justice League episode and I have no idea why you put it there. I would expect to have the future Justice League mostly featured in the episode. Maybe see what Wonder Woman, Superman, the Martian Manhunter, Flash, Jon Stewart and Hawk Girl were doing 65 years from now in addition to Batman and Waller. And I expect to see more action. There was far too much talking and talking and talking. It was nice to see the connection of Terry to Bruce Wayne but for a young kid like me it was confusing.moreless

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  • While it is a Justice League episode, it does make for a good Batman Beyond finale.

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    By Antiyonder, Jul 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    While it was nice to get a Justice League series in the first place, it would have been nice to see Batman Beyond go on for another season.

    And while the movie "Return Of The Joker" was the best from the series, it was disappointing that it had to end with Unmasked airing for it's final episode. Mainly because Batman and Superman will always have the comics to fall back on, whereas Terry might not.

    So as you can imagine when this episode aired, it was nice to visit Terry's time again in "The Once And Future Thing Part 2" and this episode. Though it was a shock to find he was Bruce's son, it doesn't ruin the coincidental meeting between Bruce and Terry (from the Batman Beyond premiere). Plus I'm thankful they touched upon Terry and Dana's relationship. Good move.

    But hey, they call it Unlimited for a reason.moreless

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  • Ties everything together neatly.

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    By FeldmanSkitzoid, Jul 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode is both an epilogue for the Cadmus storyline in JLU, and an epilogue for Batman Beyond, which never got the finale it deserved.

    There's a lot to appreciate here for people who are fans of the DC animated universe as a whole. Though it's mostly a "lost" episode of Batman Beyond, there are callbacks to the Batman animated series, JLU (of course), and even Return of the Joker and Mask of the Phantasm.

    I doubt that they had all of this planned the whole time, but they pull numerous storylines together brilliantly and seamlessly.

    Also, it's cool to see Terry finally grown up and taking on the Batman mantle completely from Bruce. It's strangely poetic that of all Bruce has been through, of all he's suffered, he lives a long life to eventually die of old age. (It's not depicted or even implied, but it's very likely, and it's how I think his story works out best.)

    All in all, this episode is a brilliant capstone to both an amazing season of JLU, and a great run of Batman Beyond.moreless

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    By flyingboar377, Sep 16, 2007 Report Abuse
    I Loved this episode one of the greatest episodes out of The DC Animated series. Beautiful plot and secrets revealed reason i started to appreciate and watch batman beyond. This episode made me tear up and have a littelove in the heart has the show ends terry dons the costume and patrols as Batman made me feel a bit of pride and Happiness. Also shows that the only person connected to Bruce Wayne Terry still shows love and care for him at the end even though he finds out a suprising secret and how Bruce cares about terry enough to make him soup. This episode almost made me shed a tear. This the Batman Beyond Finale and was the best since Return of th Joker.That is it gotta fly i was ManBat!!!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When talking with Terry and before offering tea, look at Waller's left shoulder. The shadow on it cast by her head quickly blinks a different color. Edit
    • When Waller first catches Terry in her home, Terry is standing by the desk and Waller is standing in the doorway. Then they play the opening credits, and when they come back, he is now standing in the doorway while she is now by the desk. Edit
    • Since the black & white sequences are Terry's fantasies (see Notes), there are several contradictions and discrepancies with both previous episodes of the various animated shows and events in this episode that don't count as the B&W sequences didn't really "happen." Edit

  • Notes

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    • This episode reveals that Amanda Waller was very important to the Batman Beyond story, which is ironic, as her's is the very first voice heard in the premier episode of Batman Beyond, as a newscaster voiced by CCH Pounder. Edit
    • A cut scene explained that Waller had conducted similar experiments in the past, but finally realized that she had gone too far after Phantasm refused to kill Terry's parents. Edit
    • "Epilogue" came from a planned, but unproduced Batman Beyond movie. The movie was rejected due to the controversies concerning Return Of The Joker. The movie had Selina Kyle (not Amanda Waller) creating a clone of Batman (rather than using nano-engineered sperm). The two successful clones were Terry and another who would serve as the antagonist of the film. Selina's Batman would go as far as killing criminal from Batman Beyond including older ones such as The Riddler. Edit

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    • Waller: Did you know I was the government liaison with the Justice League for a while? I met some extraordinary people in that job, but none of them were the equal of Batman. McGinnis: (Sarcastically) Right, who could be? Waller: Not my point! I saw him save the day dozens of times with nothing but his wits, body and will. But I saw something else as the years passed. He was getting older, slower. Soon he would have to retire or someone might finally manage to kill him. The thought of a world without Batman was unacceptable. So I decided to make a new one. I used my Cadmus connections to gather the technology for project Batman Beyond. Edit
    • Waller: He sat with her until her time came. That's the Bruce Wayne I came to know over the years. McGinnis: You think he showed mercy? Maybe. But more likely he'd somehow already deduced that Ace really wasn't going to hurt anyone. Waller: He always was two steps ahead of everybody. McGinnis: That's right. Even when it looks like your call, it isn't. Think about it. Bruce wanted a successor, another Batman. He planned it all from the beginning. I never had a chance. Waller: Honey, Bruce didn't overwrite your DNA with his. I did. McGinnis: How? Why! Waller: Because the world needs a Batman. Edit
    • Terry: I have got some questions, I need you to answer. Waller: Of course you do, boy. Why else go to all the trouble of breaking into the lair of the great and powerful Amanda Waller. Want some green tea? I do. Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Ace's Fantasy Much of the imagery Ace manifests is based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland - much of the landscape and the Royal Flush Gang, particularly Queen, are taken from many of the illustrations and movie adaptations. Edit
    • Royal Flush Gang While the new Royal Flush Gang bear some resemblence to many other comic book and book characters, there is deliberate and specific in-joking going on in each of their identities. Ten has blonde cornrows just like Bo Derek in the movie Ten. Jack is a samurai - hence the Cartoon Network character Samurai Jack. Queen is revealed to be a man, hence a "drag queen." And the transformed King looks rather like TV talkshow host Larry King, but also looks like MODOK, a character over at Marvel Comics created by Jack "The King" Kirby. Edit
    • Waller: The second group of villains to call themselves the Royal Flush Gang. Or the third - who can keep it all straight? An allusion to the fact that the existence of the original Justice League's Royal Flush Gang (from "Wild Cards (1)") seems to contradict the existence of a centuries-old Royal Flush Gang that was established in the Batman Beyond episode "Dead Man's Hand". Edit

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