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Being a printed work, it was much less hampered by censorship (so that, for example, Batman could actually be shown outright punching criminals, whereas the TV series turned him more into a [[Combat Pragmatist]]). And just as the series had introduced viewers to Harley Quinn, Lock-Up, and sundry other original characters, ''The Batman Adventures'' gave us a new trio of [[Harmless Villain|bumbling]], [[Affably Evil|lovable villains]] in Mastermind, Mr. Nice, and the Professor (or "Perfesser").

The book was still going strong, both a critical and financial success, when it was canceled to make way for the official tie-in comic of a new, unrelated Batman animated series, ''[[The Batman]]''.

 

 

* [[Actually a Doombot]]: One of the last issues of ''Batman Adventures'' applied this retcon to a character whose appearance and power set were significantly changed between ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' and ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|The New Batman Adventures]]''; the issue ends with the two versions of the character meeting, and a reveal that the ''BTAS'' version is the real one and the ''TNBA'' version is a Doombot (or, more precisely, {{spoiler|one of Poison Ivy's plant-clone-creatures which she'd left to fill in for her when she quit town}}).

* [[Badass and Baby]]: ''Gotham Adventures'' [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/990722.html #26]

* [[My Rule Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]: There's a story arc in ''Batman Adventures'' where the new mayor has declared Batman an outlaw and ordered the police to arrest him on sight. Commissioner Gordon continues as normal except that he closes his eyes or looks the other way when he's talking to Batman.

* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: In ''The Batman Adventures'' #2:

* [[Out-Gambitted]]: In "Mad Love"

* [[Perp Sweating]]: Detective Bullock attempts to sweat a wrongly-accused Bruce Wayne in ''The Batman Adventures'' #6.

* [[Something Completely Different]]: In their third appearance in the comic, the Mastermind, Mr. Nice, and the Professor get involved in a [[Zany Scheme]] to find a giant pearl that seems more like something out of a screwball comedy than an action-adventure comic book. Batman barely even appears!

* [[Stupid Good]]: Hate to say it, but....Bruce got suckered into teaming up with [[Femme Fatale|the sexy, sinister Talia]] ''twice'', only for her to betray him both times and side with her father, Ra's al-Ghul, in his latest plot to destroy the human race. (And keep in mind that he had ''already'' learned that Talia was willing - if not always eager - to do her father's bidding on an episode of the animated series.) Ra's even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this fact in the second of the two issues with [[Daddy's Little Villain|"Is she not her father's daughter?"]]

* [[Terrible Trio]]: The Threatening Three (Mr. Nice, Mastermind, and the Perfesser), a group of comical criminals (designed to resemble Archie Goodwin, Mike Carlin and Dennis O'Neil) who made at least one appearance per Adventures series until their final appearance in ''Gotham Adventures''.

* [[Three Act Structure]]: Used without shame; the original thirty issues or so of ''The Batman Adventures'' even had helpful little blurbs spelling out where each act starts and ends.

 

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