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Legends of the Dark Knight: Directed by Dan Riba. With Kevin Conroy, Gary Owens, Michael Ironside, Michael McKean. Several children give their widely varying opinions of who they think Batman is.
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- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Dan Riba
- 1998-10-10
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"Legends of the Dark Knight" is the nineteenth episode of The New Batman Adventures. It delves into the vast history and legacy of the Dark Knight.
Act I
It's late in Gotham City. Three kids read the Gotham Gazette's latest report on a mysterious arsonist. When Matt, one of them, thinks he can make out Batman in a photograph, Carrie needs to double-check it before she believes it, but she assures her friends the "arson boy" is history once Batman is on the case. Enthusiastically, the third kid, Nick, begins to tell his friends how he perceives Batman. Carrie is less than impressed and drags Nick back into reality. Matt then tells that his uncle actually knows Batman—and that he's really nice and funny. Carrie dismisses this version as well but allows Matt to explain himself. Nick cuts short Matt's story, deriding the humorous statement "better stay on my toes". Matt dismisses it as the way his uncle tells the story and continues with his story.
Act II
Nick and Carrie are struck by disbelief and dismiss the story because Matt's uncle was unconscious most of the time. Matt still defends it, but the others have moved on. They walk past a thrift store, where another kid, Joel overhears them. He's excited about the Caped Crusader—all the muscles and the tight rubber armor, and a car that he thinks can drive up walls. Nick laughs at the thought. Matt then sees that one of their hangouts, The Kozy Korner, is burned down. Joel informs him that the mysterious arsonist is to blame. Carrie and Nick rush in to look for clues, with Matt reluctantly following. He suggests they'd leave, but Carrie counters that Batman wouldn't leave either. Nick asks her how she knows—which leads him to tell her tale.
Act III
Nick and Matt are in awe, and Carrie is pleased that her story is the best. Matt picks up his flashlight—of which he had made a custom Bat-signal with a paper cutout—and tells them that they'd head home—it's late. On their way out, they see a shadow flying through the air, one similar to the one in the photo they saw in the Gazette earlier. They follow it to an abandoned movie theatre, believing it to be the secret headquarters of Batman. But instead of Batman, they find the arsonist—Firefly. Carrie recognizes him and they decide to warn Batman with Matt's flashlight. After a few seconds, however, the battery goes dead, and Firefly catches them. He ignites the firebombs he planted in the cinema and prepares to make his getaway when the real Batman arrives. Though Matt at first thinks he alerted the Dark Knight, Batman tells Firefly that his bosses quite easily gave away where he'd be. Firefly engages Batman, who quickly disposes of his fire thrower and flame saber. Firefly's escape is stopped by a bola around his feet. At that moment, more explosions erupt, and the kids find themselves trapped. Batman throws an explosive Batarang at the wall to allow the kids a means of escape, while Batman leaves with the bound Firefly over his shoulder. Moments later, firemen and police arrived. Detective Bullock arrives, and the first thing he sees is Firefly left dangling. The kids, the ones who had alerted the police, walk off each claiming that the experience "proved" his/her Batman story true.
Home video releases
•Batman: The Animated Series, Volume Four (DVD) •Batman: The Complete Animated Series (DVD) •Batman: Gotham Knight (2DVD, Blu-ray only) •Best of Batman (DVD) •Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: DC Comics (DVD) •Batman: The Complete Animated Series (Blu-ray)
Production notes
•When discussing the genesis of this story's concept, Bruce Timm stated it was inspired by his thoughts on Batman Forever. "I was just sitting around one day at home, and it just kinda came to me. I was thinking about how there's all these different versions of Batman, and they're all valid, but - The Adam West show all the way up to The Dark Knight and the movies, you may have a favorite version of your own, but they're all still Batman. You couldn't get any more different than The Dark Knight and Adam West. So I just came up with the idea that if we did an anthology that showed the different extremes, it would be a lot of fun and a challenge, and we just took it from there."•Originally, the production crew hadn't reached out to Frank Miller for approval on their homage. "It was actually Paul Levitz who found out that we were doing the episode and said, 'You'd better call Frank,' cause they like to keep him happy," noted Timm. "Sure enough, I had to make that phone call, but he was all for it." "He was like, 'Yeah, go for it. I'm curious to see how it's going to come out.' That was his one stipulation, 'just make sure I get a copy of it when you're done.'"•Bruce Timm has stated Miller was enthusiastic about the portrayal of his work. "He called back three times to talk to me about it. He was just raving. Every phone message that he left was longer than the previous one."•Dick Sprang was given a tape of the episode.•One shot of an explosion that was first used in "Where There's Smoke" is used at several points in the episode. It's first used when the Mutant Leader's torch is blown up, then as Robin destroys a grenade launcher, when Batman punches the Mutant Leader, as one of the first explosions in the cinema and finally when Batman throws an explosive Batarang to provide the children with an escape route.
Production inconsistencies
•Atop the piano, Batman is standing to the Joker's left, and Robin to his right. The goon throws Robin onto the strings almost parallel to the keys, beyond the point where Batman had stood. However, as they land on the strings, Batman is still on the left. •Joker jumps on the giant piano's white keys, but many sharp and flat notes (the black keys) are heard.
1.Modern Masters Volume Three: Bruce Timm by Eric Nolen Weathington (July 2004)
2."The Ever-Lovin' Blue Eyed Timm: Bruce Timm - The Comicology Interview" by Brian Saner Lamken - Comicology #1 (Spring 2000)
Legends of the Dark Knight is an episode of The New Batman Adventures. It is notable for being different from the rest of the episodes of the show, as it features three minor characters as the protagonists telling different stories of Batman.
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- 1992-09-05
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