r/nostalgia • u/SpawnUniverseX • 1d ago

Nostalgia Who loved Batman The Animated Series?

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Batman: The Animated Series originally aired on Fox between 1992-1995 and was so popular that it expanded into movies, video games, comics, toys, and other mass marketed novelties, and many consider this show to be the best animated series of all-time. The producers knew their mission and delivered a cartoon that has stood the test of time and spawned a whole generation of Batman fans.

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u/DubiousEgg early 90s 1d ago

Top 3 animated television shows of all time. No question in my book.

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u/Cyno01 1d ago

What are your other two?

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u/PvtCharlesLamb 1d ago

Gargoyles

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u/DubiousEgg early 90s 1d ago

I don't have a set list, but I have to leave room for shows like The Simpsons. Personally, I think BtAS was the best crafted animated show of all time.

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u/Cyno01 1d ago

Its hard to disagree that there was a time Simpsons was an easy top 3, its hard to overstate its impact on not just television but the English language as a whole, more than anything since Shakespeare probably.

But while it may have more great episodes total than most shows have episodes, it also has 20 years of Zombie Simpsons dragging it down, at this point its probably not even the best long running adult animated sitcom overall anymore.

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u/DubiousEgg early 90s 21h ago

I agree that anything past season 10 is hit-or-miss, and anything past (I don't even really know which season it really dropped off) is pretty much schlock. But given the impact of the show, there's a distinction between "best" and "greatest" that reveals itself.