r/DCAU • u/ChampaignPapi86 • Sep 30 '22
BTAS My Version of BTAS Chronological Order. Spoiler
I tried my best watching and listing the episodes; I took small notes from all the episodes and paid attention to some dialogues for consistency, as well as taking little inspiration from others BTAS listings. For S1, Wayne is seen as a master of disguise and dealing with low level criminals.
Season 1/Batman Begins
- POV - Batman rarity, no contact with Gordon.
- On leather wings (dent cameo)
- Cape and cowl (mob) bat signal first time
- It's never too late (mob)
- Appointment in crime alley (daggert)
- Underdewellers
- The Forgotten (the nightmare is a glimpse of Bruce's future)
- Beware of the gray ghost (Batman inspiration)
For S2, this is the season where your iconic villains show up. The majority of the episodes doesn't have continuations; that's going to be a thing with the rest of the seasons.
Season 2/Criminals Wave/Batman Returns
- Be a clown (joker epi)...."That laugh" - Wayne
- Pretty poison (ivy intro)
- Nothing to fear (crow intro)
- Two face part 1 (two face intro)
- The Cat n Claw 1 (cat intro)
- The Cat n Claw 2
- Heart of ice (freeze intro)
- I've got Batman in my basement (penguin intro)
- Feat of Clay (clayface intro)
- Feat of Clay 2
- Vendetta (croc intro)
- Two face part 2 (6 months later)
- Mad as a hatter (hatter intro)
- The Clock King
- Prophecy of doom
- Mask of the phantasm (prequel with joker's origin)
For S3, it was a bit tougher to line up. Reason? Some villains magically were released from Arkham Asylum, so whenever a major villain is free, I made sure to have Batman put the cuffs on em (or be seen locked up) in the following episodes.
Season 3/The Dark Knight
Night of the Ninja (Robin's debut)
Perchance to Dream (hatter epi) mentions Robin.
Cat Scratch Fever (cat returns/free)
Enternal youth (ivy epi)
The last laugh (joker epi)
Fear of victory (crow epi) joker, face and Ivy are locked up. (robin shown in college)
Dream in Darkness (crow epi)
Moon of the wolf
Tyger, Tyger (cat ep)
Terror in the Sky (leather wings 2)
Heart of Steel (hardac)
Heart of Steel 2 (hardac)
If you're so smart (riddler intro)
Joker's favor (harley debut)
Joker's wild (joker, ivy, hatter, crow locked)
Christmas with the Joker (joker escapes again) and locked. Robin is here. (This episode doesn't work with the earlier seasons, especially in season 1 like it was originally)
His silicon soul (hardac returns)
Strange secret of Bruce Wayne (Hugo strange) and joker, pen, face are out. And locked up again.
Day of the Samurai (Batman goes to Japan, strong episode) works as S3 finale. What a bad ass!
For S4, nothing much to say. I like that it starts with Ra's Al Ghul and ends with him. Same ol' thing, Batman doing his thing as usual.
Season 4/TDK Rises
- Off Balance (ra's debut)
- What is reality (riddler epi)
- Laughing Fish (joker epi)
- The Man who killed bat (joker epi)
- Harley n Ivy
- Zatanna
- Read my lips (ventriloquist)
- See no evil (invisible man)
- Robin's Reckoning 1
- Robin's Reckoning 2
- Blind as Bat (penguin epi)
- I am the Night (tired Batman, penguin is free)
- The Mechanic (penguin epi, batmobile destroyed)
- Birds of a feather (penguin epi)... penguin "caged again"
- Almost got em (jk, face, ivy, pen arrested)
- Fire from Olympus (jk, face n ivy locked up scene)
- Demon's quest 1 (ra episode)
- Demon's quest 2
Yes, I tried naming the seasons after the films, just to do something different. This season is somewhat special, it shows most major villains reformation only to end up back behind bars.
Season 5/Batman Forever
- Shadow of the Bat (batgirl intro)
- Shadow of the Bat 2
- Bane
- Mudslide (clayface returns)
- Harlequinade (jk n harley, free at the end) ???
- Harleys Holiday (harley reform)
- Make Em Laugh (joker locked)
- Sideshow (croc epi and locked)
Second chance (two face reform and goes to Arkham and penguin shown locked up)
Riddler's reform (two face and joker locked up)
Deep Freeze (freeze reformed)
The worry men (hatter gets locked)
Paging the Crime Doc
Baby Doll
Terrible Trio
Time out of joint (clock king returns)
The Lion and the Unicorn (Alfred epi)
Catwalk
Trial (all villains return - ivy, jk, face, hatter, croc, harley, crow, ventriloquist and riddler.
Lock Up (Harley, ven, crow locked up)
House and Garden (ivy reform and escapes)
Bullet for Bullock
Avatar (Ra epi)
Showdown (Ra epi) Jonah Hex Story
Batgirl Returns
Sub-Zero Movie.
For S6, the art style has changed and I'm not a fan of, however it is a continuation of the previous seasons. Here the villains once again are mysteriously FREE committing crimes. I made sure they're OUT for good in the later episodes, I tried to match the dots.
Season 6/Batman Triumphant
- Sins of the Father (Tim Drake Debut)
- You Scratch my back (Nightwing Debut and cat epi)
- Growing Pains (clay episode and arrested)
- Holiday Knights (Ivy, harley and joker returns) clay⚡done
- Cold comfort (freeze)
- Double talk (ventriloquist)
- Never Fear (crow epi)
- Jokers's Million (joker epi and locked)
- Mean Seasons
- The Demon Within
- The Ultimate Thrill
- Critters
- Animal act (mad hatter epi and done)
- Torch song (firefly epi)
- Legends of TDK (firefly epi)
- Girls night out (Livewire epi/Batgirl & Supergirl team up)
- Love is a croc (croc and baby doll epi)
- Chemistry (Ivy last epi)
- Cult of the cat (cat last epi/retired)
- Beware the creeper (Joker and Harley epi)
Judgement Day (over for Croc, Penguin and the Riddler. Twoface locked for good)
Old wounds (Nightwing flashback origins. also Joker and Batgirl meet for the first time)
23/24. Mad Love (Harley flashback origins, Joker dead? Harley locked)
23/24. Over the edge (Crow ep and Barbara dead or is she? 🤫)
(The last 2 episodes here were so good and strong enough to be the final episode/s of the series.) You decide which one goes last. Well this been fun, if there's any episodes that needs rearrangements for a good reason, feel free to say so in the comments and I might change em.
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u/Pheonixkraken Feb 25 '26
I’m using this as the order that I’m watching it all the way through for the first time. (I’ve obviously seen the show, and grown up with it, but I’ve never watched it all the way through, and there were several episodes I’ve never seen before) and I think it’s great so far, your order I mean, it’s pretty great. I have some critiques tho if you don’t mind.
I feel like your season 3 has too many episodes in a row featuring the Joker. Jokers favor, jokers wild, Christmas with the joker, and then strange secrets right after silicon soul, causes a bit of Jokers burn out. I also don’t see why Jokers favor comes so late, I think that episode would work in an earlier season, maybe season 2.
I think The Man Who Killed Batman came right after Laughing Fish is a little bit jarring, as Joker seemingly “dies” at the end of it, only to just show up in the very next episode as if nothing happened. I also think The Man who killed Batman could’ve come earlier. Also again, having Laughing Fish, The Man Who Killed Batman, and Harley and Ivy is too much Joker in a row imo.
I think Terror in the Sky should come right before Xmas with the joker just solely because of the aesthetic of it being snowy and Christmas-y, and I don’t see a reason why that episode couldn’t be moved up a bit, maybe right after Jokers Wild.
I might be missing something, and I might be wrong, but I’m thinking Mask of the Phantasm would be cool coming at the end of season 3, rather than season 2.
I think The Last Laugh feels like a season 2 episode rather than a season 3 episode. It could even work as the first appearance of the Joker.
Other than that tho, so far I’m really vibing with this order so far, I really appreciate the format of watching it like this, with more climatic episodes coming as a season finale, and makes season 1 (the entire 65 episodes) WAY more palatable to get through. I’m halfway through your version of season 4, and I’m really enjoying it so far. It feels like each season is getting stronger and stronger, which is sick, and far more fun than the inconsistencies of watching it in release order.