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''Batman Beyond'' (known as '''''Batman of the Future''''' in Europe , Latin America , Australia , New Zealand and India ) is an American Animated Television Series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. ''Batman Beyond'' began airing on January 10 , 1999 and ended its run on December 18 , 2001 . With 52 episodes and one Direct-to-video movie under its belt, the series was then put on hold for the new '' Justice League '' animated series. As Of 2007 , ''Batman Beyond'' remains on hiatus with no plans to revive the series in the near future. However, there was a short-lived spin-off, '' The Zeta Project ''. It is worth noting that in ''The Zeta Project'''s first season episode "Shadows", there is a crossover with ''Batman Beyond''; in this Continuity , the story takes place between the episode "Countdown" and the series finale "Unmasked." In the third season of ''Batman Beyond'', a two-part story featuring the Justice League entitled "The Call" formed an early basis for Timm's next series, ''Justice League'', which was in turn succeeded by '' Justice League Unlimited ''. The setting and characters of ''Batman Beyond'' were also briefly revived in 2004 for an episode of '' Static Shock '' in which Static is accidentally transported forty years into the future. '' Justice League Unlimited '' revisited the world of ''Batman Beyond'' twice in 2005 . The first time featured Batman, Wonder Woman , and Green Lantern transported 50 years into the future to stop a time-traveling villain with the help of the future ''Justice League Unlimited'' cast, including Terry McGinnis as Batman. The second time occurred during the episode " Epilogue ", where the true secret origin of the future Batman is learned in a story meant to be the De Facto Series Finale for this Batman's story. STORY In the pilot episode, we see approximately 30 years into the future an aging Batman is having increasing difficulty handling criminals he once subdued with ease. One night, a Heart Attack forces Batman to betray a lifelong principle by threatening a criminal with a Gun , despite already wearing a new, high-tech Batsuit . Subsequently, Bruce Wayne decides to retire the Batman persona, and crimefighting in general, permanently. The story then fast-forwards another 20 years (as evident by the commentary found on the ''Batman Beyond: Season One'' DVD). ''. In 2040 , Terry McGinnis (born on June 27 , 2023 ) is an athletic 17-year-old high school student and reformed troublemaker with a deeply ingrained sense of personal justice. During the pilot episode, he saves a fellow passenger on a commuter rail from being hassled by one of the Jokerz , and later single-handedly takes on an entire gang of them to defend his girlfriend, ultimately resulting in a harrowing high-speed motorcycle chase through Neo-Gotham's expressways. The chase ultimately ends at the doorstep of Wayne Manor , where a fleeing Terry runs into the elderly Bruce Wayne. Bruce and Terry fend off the Jokerz side-by-side, but the exertion aggravates his heart condition. Terry helps Bruce back to the manor, and while staying there, he discovers the entrance to the Batcave , and later returns to "borrow" the Batsuit to avenge the death of his father. As crime and corruption are beginning once again to rear their ugly heads in Gotham , Bruce ultimately allows Terry to assume the mantle of Batman. Terry continues the battle against crime tutored by Bruce, and aided by a new black-and-red, high-tech Batsuit that augments his abilities, fires Batarangs from the wrists, flies using jets fired from the feet, allows eavesdropping through a hypersensitive touch microphone, and provides Camouflage abilities. He comes to have his own Rogues Gallery , such as the seductive shapeshifter Inque , the hypnotist Spellbinder , the bitter, deaf sound expert Shriek , the deadly assassin Curare , the insane terrorist Mad Stan , and the African hunter Stalker , and the Jokerz , a gang idolizing the Joker . However, on occasion, Terry is also forced to face his mentor's old foes, such as the atrophying Mr. Freeze , Bane (elderly, wasted, and dying from his consumption of Venom, the substance that gave him his strength), the Immortal Ra's Al Ghul , and even the reborn Joker . from the ''Batman Beyond'' comic book miniseries, depicting Batman battling Blight .]] Terry's greatest initial foe is Derek Powers , a ruthless billionaire who took over Wayne Industries and was later accidentally mutated into a radioactive monstrosity known as Blight . Powers had Terry's father, Warren , murdered after Warren discovered that Powers was in the process of developing a Biological Weapons program. The first season ended with a showdown between Batman and Blight aboard an abandoned nuclear submarine, where Powers was in hiding after his identity as Blight was revealed to the world by his ambitious son Paxton, who planned to usurp his father as chairman of Wayne-Powers. Maxine "Max" Gibson (born October 28 , 2023 ) is a 17-year old computer Genius who discovers Batman's secret identity, and helps Terry with everything from Computer Hacking , to babysitting, to coming up with excuses for Terry's girlfriend, Dana Tan. Max plays an integral part in Batman's war on crime, essentially as his Alfred . Terry also finds one other ally, though a begrudging one: Barbara Gordon , the former Batgirl . Having followed in the footsteps of her father, James Gordon , Barbara is now Police Commissioner of Gotham City , and she is unhappy with the idea of a new Batman, especially a teenager, as she is still haunted by the same event that caused Bruce to go into isolation. However, knowing from personal experience that she cannot deter Terry anymore than she could have been deterred from being Batgirl, she relents, possibly also out of respect for her mentor, the original Batman. Also, passing lines between Barbara and Bruce suggest that, at the time of Batgirl's retirement, the suit had bullet holes in it that had not yet been repaired. It is implied early on in the series that Barbara was in love with Bruce for a period of time. EPISODES See Also: List of Batman Beyond episodes Post-series cross-overs: 2004–2005 See Also: Static Shock
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