As opposed to big sweeping changes; as much as I want to see the post-RoTJ flashback era after Joker died to transition to the Beyond-verse, the creators made it clear they never want to go near that so it's pointless to conjecture on that kind of thing. But what about one extra episode you dearly wish they had made in the DCAU, now that it's pretty much done and dusted for good? (now there's a sad and scary thought)
I have two- the first one, but it's a big one for me, would be a Two Face "finale" episode, most likely in Batman Beyond where we learn his final fate. I think it was a bit unfair that they showed us the fates of Freeze, Joker and even Bane, but not Harvey. While I acknowledge that we probably don't need to ever know what happened to Penguin or Hatter or Arnie Wesker- they kept at their schtick until they either retired or saw the folly in their sad lives- Harv was the big exception, and I realized why. Unique amongst all the villains of the show he has an actual 'arc' from BTAS that never paid off. It felt like it was always going somewhere based on how they kept ending his episodes, and I think it gave the impression that there would one day be some payoff with his friendship with Bruce and how that resolved itself. In my head I feel like he found out Bruce was Batman, and felt so betrayed he went into full psychosis and never returned. "You were supposed to be my one friend- and YOU were the two faced one!!" Thus completing Bruce's descent into the heartless old gargoyle who ends up alone. Something like that, but it always felt unfair we didn't get some form of closure for their relationship together and its tragedy.
And the other one is a small one but I dearly wish they had done a Riddler episode in TNBA. I was rewatching them recently and despite the brief number of eps, I was surprised at how pretty much all the villains (including Croc and Firefly) basically get 1 and a half to 2 spotlight episodes. But Eddie is relegated to the background the whole time, despite how heavily he featured into the TNBA merchandise. I know the creators never figured him out, but... I don't know, did we really need quite so many Harley and Joker eps? They get a mind melting 9 episodes apiece in the TNBA era, and I would've liked if they had done maybe one or two less and showcased Riddler or maybe Man Bat instead. It gives the illusion of this never ending parade of Joker and Harley; even poor Nightwing only got 4 episodes by comparison! I could've lived without Girls' Night Out (maybe that in place of Unity over in Superman?) or Nygma in the villain role in Old Wounds, to give him a more villainous presence. Anyway those are my few wants, besides ones that we came agonizingly close to seeing but were beyond the creators' control like Nocturna, Story of the Gun, Count and Countess etc.
I have two- the first one, but it's a big one for me, would be a Two Face "finale" episode, most likely in Batman Beyond where we learn his final fate. I think it was a bit unfair that they showed us the fates of Freeze, Joker and even Bane, but not Harvey. While I acknowledge that we probably don't need to ever know what happened to Penguin or Hatter or Arnie Wesker- they kept at their schtick until they either retired or saw the folly in their sad lives- Harv was the big exception, and I realized why. Unique amongst all the villains of the show he has an actual 'arc' from BTAS that never paid off. It felt like it was always going somewhere based on how they kept ending his episodes, and I think it gave the impression that there would one day be some payoff with his friendship with Bruce and how that resolved itself. In my head I feel like he found out Bruce was Batman, and felt so betrayed he went into full psychosis and never returned. "You were supposed to be my one friend- and YOU were the two faced one!!" Thus completing Bruce's descent into the heartless old gargoyle who ends up alone. Something like that, but it always felt unfair we didn't get some form of closure for their relationship together and its tragedy.
And the other one is a small one but I dearly wish they had done a Riddler episode in TNBA. I was rewatching them recently and despite the brief number of eps, I was surprised at how pretty much all the villains (including Croc and Firefly) basically get 1 and a half to 2 spotlight episodes. But Eddie is relegated to the background the whole time, despite how heavily he featured into the TNBA merchandise. I know the creators never figured him out, but... I don't know, did we really need quite so many Harley and Joker eps? They get a mind melting 9 episodes apiece in the TNBA era, and I would've liked if they had done maybe one or two less and showcased Riddler or maybe Man Bat instead. It gives the illusion of this never ending parade of Joker and Harley; even poor Nightwing only got 4 episodes by comparison! I could've lived without Girls' Night Out (maybe that in place of Unity over in Superman?) or Nygma in the villain role in Old Wounds, to give him a more villainous presence. Anyway those are my few wants, besides ones that we came agonizingly close to seeing but were beyond the creators' control like Nocturna, Story of the Gun, Count and Countess etc.
