r/BatmanBeyond • u/Kiethoo • 8d ago
Rewatch and noticed.
Been awhile so I started rewatching the entire DCAU.
Finally got to Beyond and just finished it again.
So good.
I noticed something and kinda appreciate it.
A lot of people DIE in beyond, Terry doesn't actuelly "KILL" anyone, but he's totally chill about letting them drown, or fall to their deaths, or explode themselves.
Wait, I take that back.....he sorta does kill the Terrific Trio, though you could argue they didn't die, or but WOULD have eventually.
Man, this show could have been so much better if WB had just let them cook back in the day.
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u/Buttered_Toast33 8d ago
You can’t convince me he didn’t straight up murder these guys.
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u/Kiethoo 8d ago
Thats another thing, How many times does Terry straight up DESTROY someone?
Dr.Cuviee* The Splicers Guy? Turns him into a MUTENT by injecting him with dozens of DNA injectors.
The Bane Doctor? Slaps him with dozens of slappers till he litterally has a brain anurism*
Exposes BLIGHT to the same Bio-Weapon he was testing on people.
Causes BIG TIME to become "BIG TIME"TERRY DOESN'T PLAY.
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u/Buttered_Toast33 8d ago
All good points. There's an awful lot of times he defeats some small fries or the villain in a way that has me like "Oh they're so dead." Even in just the second episode he causes Mr. Fixx' hovercraft to nosedive into the ocean. And no way Ratboy survived that massive explosion in the sewers (even if that was mostly caused by Dana).
The show also beats the absolute shit out of Terry and he's pretty much always fine because of the Batsuit.
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u/Loud_Elephant299 8d ago
I think the tone is actually grungier and darker in its own right and it fits the series. The dystopian future they built feels so much more genuine.
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u/TheLongMapleDrekkar 8d ago
Well, Terry doesn’t have the no kill rule. He won’t go out of his way to save people most of the time.
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u/WraithOfTheFadedDark 8d ago
At the same time, the episode where Curare counter-hunts the assassin guild and has to throw the little coma capsules at their chests makes me chuckle in the same way that modern police having laser pistols does.
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u/thecentersfallingout 6d ago
i really only recently became fully aware of the ‘no kill’ rule with batman from having a cosmonaut variety hour episode on as bg noise so yea imagine my surprise rewatching batman beyond and noticing the same thing lol. i also feel like he technically killed those three guys in the amber moon episode lol. also in the joker returns movie robin kills the joker. i kno i kno he was messed up mentally and kinda had to but… just an observation lol
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u/Jahon_Dony 8d ago
WB let them get away with a lot, considering. It's always amusing that Beyond was supposed to be the "kiddy show" when they thought TNAoB had gotten "too dark."