Batman Beyond

Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) was an animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. The series is part of the DC Animated Universe; kicking off the future time period of Bruce Timm's still continuing universe.

Story

The story is set approximately thirty to forty years from present day Gotham City, a darker and more futuristic city. An aged Bruce Wayne is no longer able to fight criminal elements as he once used to. During a battle, hampered by age and a heart condition, he breaks with a lifelong principle by threatening a criminal with a gun to keep the upper hand. Shocked and dismayed at what he was forced to do, Bruce retires from crime fighting indefinitely.

Related Topics:
Gotham City - Bruce Wayne

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One day, he rescues high school student Terry McGinnis from a pack of Jokerz (teenage gang members who idolise Batman's archenemy The Joker, who has been missing for decades); the exertion sets off his heart condition, and Terry has to help him back to Wayne Manor. While there, Terry discovers the entrance to the Batcave, and "borrows" the Batsuit to seek vengeance against the men who murdered his father. Just as the criminal elements begin to threaten Gotham again, Bruce allows Terry to assume his Batman alter-ego.

Related Topics:
The Joker - Wayne Manor - Batcave

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Young McGinnis continues the battle against crime tutored by Bruce, and aided by a new black-and-red, high-tech batsuit that augments his abilities, fires Batarangs from the wrists, flies using jets fired from the feet, allows eavesdropping through a hypersensitive touch microphone, and provides camouflage abilities. He has his own rogues gallery, such as the seductive, shapeshifting Inque, the confusing hypnotist Spellbinder, and the bitter, deaf sound expert Shriek, though on occasion he is forced to face his mentor's old foes, such as the atrophying Mr. Freeze, Bane (elderly, wasted, and dying from his consumption of Venom, the substance that gave him his strength), the immortal Ra's al Ghul, and even The Joker.

Related Topics:
Camouflage - Rogues gallery - Inque - Spellbinder - Mr. Freeze - Bane - Immortal - Ra's al Ghul - The Joker

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Terry's greatest foe is Derek Powers, a ruthless billionaire who took over WayneCorp and was later accidentally mutated into a radioactive monstrosity who called himself Blight. Powers had Terry's father murdered for discovering his biological weapons program. The first season ended with a showdown between Batman and Blight aboard an abandoned nuclear submarine, where Powers was in hiding after his identity as Blight was revealed to the world by his ambitious son Paxton, who wanted Powers's job.

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Max Gibson is a 17 year old computer genius who discovers Batman's secret identity, Terry was the Tomorrow Knight. Since she discovered Terry's alter-ego she's been helping him with everything from computer hacking, to babysitting, to coming up with excuses for Terry's girlfriend, Dana Tan. Max plays an integral part in Batman's war on crime.

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