Animation Damnation: Batman: Caped Crusader - "Nocturne"
Added 2025-01-16 11:00:13 +0000 UTCOn this month's edition of our cartoon recap show, we're talking about an episode of one of the best animated shows of last year, Batman: Caped Crusader!
The episode in question, "Nocturne," which was unceremoniously dumped on Amazon along with the other nine episodes back on August 1 of last year, features a blue collar Killer Croc working as a carny, a gaggle of orphaned Robins, Bruce Wayne getting beat up by circus freaks, an eerie girl with soul-sucking abilities, Batman changing in the car, and much, much more! PLUS: Why in the world is this the only Batman series not on Max?
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
I don't understand why Bruce didn't try to save his ass by telling him he's friend with Doctor Thompkins or that he's Bruce fucking Wayne and he could buy and sell them in a heartbeat (a real asshole move, but it would make sense for his douchebag playboy persona).
Matt Eldritch
2025-01-31 15:23:03 +0000 UTCThis series is amazing, Amazon not so much.
Daryl Williams
2025-01-31 04:28:41 +0000 UTCI love that they beat Bruce cuz they think he's a pedo. The bearded woman is like "why are you looking for 2 young girls" and Bruce is trying to be charming and they whoop him
Paterick Caddery
2025-01-24 15:43:32 +0000 UTCThat was only for the doctoral candidates.
TDB
2025-01-20 18:05:04 +0000 UTCThis is on Amazon because it got Zaslav-ed. It was "cancelled" and not going to air in Max, but they sold it and a Christmas special called "A Very Merry Batman" to Prime so it could make some money. At least if the press around the comics industry is to be believed. And this show rulee. I too have watched it twice through, and I think a third go before season 2 is in order.
Matthew Lazorwitz
2025-01-20 13:23:15 +0000 UTCSo, Bullock was created in the early 80s as a corrupt cop working for Gotham's corrupt mayor, Hamilton Hill. The writer who created him, Doug Moench I believe, wound up liking the character so much that he has him make a face turns at the end of the Hill arc, and he wound up working with Gordon. Since then, Bullock has been the "bend the law, but don't break it," kind of cop, and DC's various reboots erased him starting out as a crook half a dozen retcons ago, give or take.
Matthew Lazorwitz
2025-01-20 04:11:55 +0000 UTCBy the time the dust settles and the children are found... you need to be in Poughkeepsie. Words to live by! This episode--with all the asides made to other episodes--made me watch the whole show. Thanks guys!
KRA
2025-01-19 20:30:30 +0000 UTCDid you need to orphan some children in order to graduate?
Matt Eldritch
2025-01-19 14:29:50 +0000 UTCWhen the time comes for Pattinson to film The Batman: Part Deux, he will be as old as Keaton was in The Flash.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2025-01-18 03:19:17 +0000 UTCI must have missed it (in my defense I was in the shower listening to ya'll...that sounds creepy now :D :) ) but I wasn't just addressing you guys in general and I should have been more clear on that. I remember at the time a lot of people talking about Dickie and Jason and timmy and Carrie as the "four Robins" and ignoring our poor fifth Robin lol
Everett
2025-01-17 15:58:15 +0000 UTCWe mentioned it. - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2025-01-17 14:16:22 +0000 UTCOne thing that kind of gets overlooked is that Stephanie is 100% a reference to Stephanie Brown (who was Robin for 5 minutes) as part of their including all Robins
Everett
2025-01-17 11:55:32 +0000 UTCThe reason the Jason kid is a red head is because Jason Todd was a red head PRE-CRISIS on Infinite Earth. In that continuity he was also an acrobat. After CRISIS, DC made him have black hair and be a street thief trying to steal the Batmobile’s wheels. Later, Grant Morrison reconciled that to make Jason a red head who Bruce made to dye his hair so no one knew Robin was changed.
Michael Mora
2025-01-16 20:56:18 +0000 UTCI don't know what it says about me that my first thought when they said "I'm sorry I gave your girlfriend that pearl necklace" was not of jewelry.
Emil Svensson
2025-01-16 20:30:10 +0000 UTC@ 21:10, I believe that the Jim Corrigan here isn't the one who becomes the Spectre but instead is the crooked cop from Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka's "Gotham Central" comic book series.
Matt Eldritch
2025-01-16 19:36:25 +0000 UTCI stopped watching Gotham after s2 or 3 but he was basically a good guy in that, I think? I guess the thing that’s interesting about this show is that it does get to play around with established characters by saying “how would they act in this specific time period”
Lar
2025-01-16 18:51:37 +0000 UTCSomeday we’ll be free of his BS. Not soon enough, apparently.
Lar
2025-01-16 18:50:34 +0000 UTCThis show was sooo good. I’m behind on the animated DC shows (Harley Quinn and creature commandos) but this was a nice quick fun watch. I agree Eggers would make a cool 20s carnival movie but tbh this episode just made me think of Nightmare Alley by GDT.
Lar
2025-01-16 18:50:14 +0000 UTCI have a 5-6 hour flight next week and I'm saving this and next week's WHM episode for that. I think hearing the boys talking in my ears is the only thing that prevents me from going stir crazy on those long flights, for which I've had quite a few these past couple of years.
Busiris
2025-01-16 17:57:22 +0000 UTCI believe the reason it's on Amazon and not max is cause David whatever his name is turned it down. What an idiot.
Frank Grimes
2025-01-16 17:39:01 +0000 UTCFirst time hearing of this series. But it's on Prime, so I'll add it to the exercise playlist for today.
Sarah Montgomery
2025-01-16 15:23:40 +0000 UTCI minored in Orphanology in college.
TDB
2025-01-16 14:37:22 +0000 UTCCarnies know you gotta bash the fash
Eren Keskin
2025-01-16 14:27:40 +0000 UTCThanks for making me aware of the series - I hadn't even heard of it, but I'm sure as hell going to check it out now.
Dominic Kovell
2025-01-16 12:42:17 +0000 UTCgreat series...the thing that really shocked me was Bullock's characterization. I only really had BTAS to go off of, and in BTAS he and Bats had their differences but they ultimately had respect for each other...here though...Bullock is straight ACAB
Frank Grimes
2025-01-16 12:17:27 +0000 UTCThis series really snuck up on me. I didn't hear shit about it and one night I just checked it out and was blown away.
Michael Daniels
2025-01-16 12:08:08 +0000 UTC
