Why No Jason Todd

[BigWereWolfRocks]

i was just wondering why didnt Bruce Timm put Jason Todd in the series. I know he gets killed be the joker but still.

 

[Storm]

Timm and Co used Todd's origin of Tim Drake in TNBA. I guess adding Jason Todd to Batman animated continuntiy would be kinda messy.

- Storm1288

 

[susan123]

Bruce Timm said at a convention years ago that no one liked Jason Todd (hence the call in vote years ago to kill him off in the comic books) so he chose Tim Drake but gave him a Jason Todd origin.

 

[Comic Book Boy]

Originally posted by susan123
Bruce Timm said at a convention years ago that no one liked Jason Todd (hence the call in vote years ago to kill him off in the comic books) so he chose Tim Drake but gave him a Jason Todd origin.

yeah! i heard that too

 

[DerekPowers]

so whats tim drake's comic origin cause im only familiar w/ his animated one...

 

[Sparvid]

Let's see...

First, he started to follow Batman around abit, spying on him. And then he went to meet Dick, when he was working at the circus he was a part of as a kid. There he revealed that he knew Batman and Nightwings identities, which he managed because he once saw Robin (Dick) do some special acrobatic thingie in a fight. Something that he also had done the night his parents died (Tim was in the audience then).

So he told Dick that Batman needed a Robin, he had been acting more and more aggressive since Jason died, and tried to get Dick to go back as Robin. Which Dick didn't want to.

In the end Tim saves Batman and Nightwing from a trap set by Two-Face, and convinces Batman that he needs a new Robin. Bruce finally agrees, and after a looong time of training, he gets the new and improved Robin costume.

 

[JusticeLeagueLegion]

Doesn't this thread belong in the Batman, Superman, and Beyond bourd?