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| name = Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
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| name = Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
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| image = [[File:Batman The Dark Knight Returns (film).jpg]]
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| image = [[File:Batman The Dark Knight Returns (film).jpg|250px]]
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| alt = Cover of the deluxe DVD Edition shows Batman, in his traditional Batsuit, with the film's title and billing below him.
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| caption = DVD covers
  
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| caption = Deluxe Edition release cover art
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| director = Jay Oliva
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| director = [[Jay Oliva]]
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| producer = [[Benjamin Melniker]]<br />[[Michael Uslan]]<br />[[Alan Burnett]]<br />[[Bruce Timm]]
  
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| screenplay = Bob Goodman
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| writer = Bob Goodman
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| based on = {{basedon|''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''|[[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]}}
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| based on = {{Based on|''[[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]''|[[Frank Miller (comics creator)|Frank Miller]] and [[Klaus Janson]]}}
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| starring = {{Plain list|
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| starring = [[Peter Weller]]<br />[[Ariel Winter]]<br />[[David Selby]]<br />[[Wade Williams]]<br />[[Michael Emerson]]<br />[[Mark Valley]]
  
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* [[Peter Weller]]
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| music = [[Christopher Drake]]
  
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* [[Ariel Winter]]
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| cinematography =
  
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* [[David Selby]]
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| editing = Christopher D. Lozinski
  
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* [[Wade Williams]]
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| studio = [[Warner Premiere]]<br />[[Warner Bros. Animation]]<br />[[DC Entertainment]]
  
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* [[Michael Emerson]]
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| distributor = [[Warner Home Video]]
  
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* [[Mark Valley]]
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| released = {{Film date|2012|09|25|Part 1}}{{Film date|2013|01|29|Part 2}}
  
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| runtime = 76 minutes {{small|(Part 1)}}<br />76 minutes {{small|(Part 2)}}
  
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| music = [[Christopher Drake]]
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| country = United States
  
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| editing = Christopher D. Lozinski
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| production companies = {{Plain list|
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* [[Warner Premiere]]
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* [[DC Entertainment]]
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* [[Warner Bros. Animation]]
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| distributor = [[Warner Home Video]]
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| released = {{Film date|2012|09|25|Part 1}}{{Film date|2013|01|29|Part 2}}{{Film date|2013|10|8|Deluxe Edition}}
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| runtime = 76 minutes {{small|(Part 1)}}<br />76 minutes {{small|(Part 2)}}<br />148 minutes {{small|(Deluxe Edition)}}
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| country = United States
 
| language = English
  
| language = English
 
| budget =
  
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| gross = $5,589,376 (Part 1)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Returns-Part-1#tab=summary |title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 - DVD Sales |work=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Service |accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref><br />$4,059,217 (Part 2)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Returns-Part-2#tab=summary |title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 - DVD Sales |work=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Service |accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref><br />$9,648,593 (Total)
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'''''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns''''' is a two-part animated [[superhero film]], an adaptation of the 1986 [[comic book]] story arc "[[The Dark Knight Returns]]" by [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]. It was directed by Jay Oliva, who worked as a storyboard artist on ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', ''[[Batman: Year One]]'' and ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]''. Several other ''Batman'' veterans were also involved in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/04/14/movie-version-of-frank-millers-the-dark-knight-returns-in-the-works/ |author=Brendon Connelly |title=Movie Version of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns in the Works |publisher=Bleedingcool.com |date=April 14, 2011 |accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1107/23/index.htm Comicscontinuum.com] – July 23, 2011</ref> Part 1 was released September 25, 2012, and Part 2 was released January 29, 2013. It is the 15th film in the [[DC Universe Animated Original Movies]] series.
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'''''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns''''' is a two-part [[direct-to-video]] [[animation|animated]] [[superhero film]], an adaptation of the 1986 [[comic book]] ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' by [[Frank Miller (comics creator)|Frank Miller]]. It was directed by [[Jay Oliva]], who worked as a storyboard artist on ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood|Under the Red Hood]]'', ''[[Batman: Year One (film)|Year One]]'' and ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]''. Several other ''Batman'' veterans were also involved in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/04/14/movie-version-of-frank-millers-the-dark-knight-returns-in-the-works/ |author=Brendon Connelly |title=Movie Version of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns in the Works |publisher=Bleedingcool.com |date=April 14, 2011 |accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1107/23/index.htm Comicscontinuum.com] – July 23, 2011</ref> Part 1 was released September 25, 2012, and Part 2 was released January 29, 2013. A deluxe edition combining both films was released on October 8, 2013.<ref>[http://batman-news.com/2013/07/01/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-deluxe-edition-coming-in-october/ 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' Deluxe Edition coming in October [update<nowiki>]</nowiki> - Batman News]</ref> It is the 15th film in the [[DC Universe Animated Original Movies]] series.
   
 
==Plot==
  
==Plot==
 
===Part 1===
  
===Part 1===
 
{{Anchor|Part 1|Part One}}
  
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After the government has banned the activity of superheroes, billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne was forced to retire from his [[Batman]] persona. Ten years later, [[Gotham City]] is overrun with crime and terrorized by a gang known as the Mutants. The 55-year-old Wayne maintains a friendship with 70-year-old retiring Police Commissioner [[James Gordon (comics)|James Gordon]], while the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] (Batman's [[archenemy]]) has been [[Catatonia|catatonic]] in [[Arkham Asylum]] since Wayne's retirement.
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After the death of his protégé [[Jason Todd]], billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne was forced to retire from his [[Batman (Dark Knight Universe)|Batman]] persona. Ten years later, [[Gotham City]] is overrun with crime and terrorized by a gang known as the [[Mutants (DC Comics)|Mutants]]. The 55-year-old Wayne maintains a friendship with 70-year-old retiring Police Commissioner [[James Gordon (comics)|James Gordon]] (who knows Wayne was Batman), while the [[Joker (character)|Joker]] (Batman's [[archenemy]]) has been [[Catatonia|catatonic]] in [[Arkham Asylum]] since Wayne's retirement. Arkham inmate and former district attorney [[Two-Face|Harvey Dent]] undergoes plastic surgery to repair his disfigured face. Although he is declared sane, he quickly goes into hiding following his release. Dent's disappearance, news stories of the crime epidemic throughout the city and the memory of his parents' deaths drive Wayne to become Batman once more. He combats serious crimes, rescuing 13-year-old [[Carrie Kelley]], but now struggles with the physical limitations of age.
   
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Public reaction to his return is divided. Dent's psychologist Bartholomew Wolper blames Batman for creating his own [[List of Batman Family adversaries|rogues gallery]]. Dent resurfaces, threatening to blow up a building unless he is paid a ransom. Batman defeats Dent's henchmen, learning that the bombs will explode even if the ransom is paid; he realizes that Dent intends to kill himself. Batman disables one bomb, and the other detonates harmlessly. He defeats Dent, who reveals that he thinks the reconstructive surgery was botched, as he considered his undamaged half as disfigured. Kelley dresses as [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] and looks for Batman, who attacks a gathering of the Mutants with a tank-like [[Batmobile]] (incapacitating most of them). The Mutant leader challenges Batman to a duel. He accepts to prove to himself that he can win. The Mutant leader (who is in his prime) nearly kills Batman, but Kelley distracts him long enough for Batman to subdue him. The leader and many gang members are arrested. Injured, Batman returns to the [[Batcave]] with Kelley, and allows her to become his protégée in spite of protests from his butler, [[Alfred Pennyworth]].
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Arkham inmate [[Two-Face|Harvey Dent]] undergoes plastic surgery to repair his disfigured face. Although he is declared sane, he quickly goes into hiding following his release. Dent's disappearance, news stories of the crime epidemic throughout the city and the memory of his parents' deaths drive Wayne to again become Batman. He combats serious crimes, rescuing 13-year-old [[Alternative versions of Robin#Carrie Kelley|Carrie Kelley]], but now struggles with the physical limitations of age. Public reaction to his return is divided; Dent's psychologist, Bartholomew Wolper, blames Batman for creating his own villains.
  
   
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Batman has Kelley disguise herself as a Mutant, and she lures the gang to a sewer outlet at the West River. At the [[Gotham City Police Department]], the Mutant leader murders the mayor during negotiations. Commissioner Gordon deliberately releases the leader, providing an escape from the building, which leads to the sewer outlet. Before the amassed Mutants, Batman fights the leader in a mud pit; the mud slows the leader, removing his physical advantage, and Batman overpowers him. Seeing their leader's defeat, the Mutants divide into smaller gangs; one becomes the "Sons of Batman", a violent vigilante group. Batman's victory becomes public and the city's inhabitants are inspired to stand up against crime. Gordon retires after meeting his anti-Batman successor, Ellen Yindel. In Arkham, televised reports about Batman bring the Joker out of his catatonic state.
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Dent resurfaces, threatening to blow up a building unless he is paid a ransom. Batman defeats Dent's henchmen, learning that the bombs will explode even if the ransom is paid; he realizes that Dent intends to kill himself. Batman disables one bomb, and the other detonates harmlessly. He defeats Dent, who reveals that although his face was repaired he still thinks of himself as Two-Face.
 
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Kelley dresses as [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] and looks for Batman, who attacks a gathering of the Mutants with a tank-like [[Batmobile]] (incapacitating most of them). The Mutant leader challenges Batman to a duel; he accepts, to prove to himself that he can win. The Mutant leader (who is in his prime) nearly kills Batman, but Kelley distracts him long enough for Batman to subdue him. The leader and many gang members are arrested. Injured, Batman returns to the [[Batcave]] with Kelley; he allows her to become his protégée (despite protest from his butler, [[Alfred Pennyworth]]). Batman has Carrie disguise herself as a Mutant, and she lures the gang to a sewer outlet at the West River.
 
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At the [[Gotham City Police Department]], the mayor is murdered by the Mutant leader during negotiations. Commissioner Gordon deliberately releases the leader, providing an escape from the building which leads to the sewer outlet. Before the amassed Mutants, Batman fights the leader in a mud pit; the mud slows the leader, removing his physical advantage, and Batman overpowers him. Seeing their leader's defeat, the Mutants divide into smaller gangs; one becomes the "Sons of Batman", a violent vigilante group.
  
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Batman's victory becomes public and the city's inhabitants are inspired to stand up against crime. Gordon retires after meeting his anti-Batman successor, Ellen Yindel. In Arkham, televised reports about Batman bring the Joker out of his catatonic state.
  
   
 
===Part 2===
  
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{{Anchor|Part 2|Part Two}}
  
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Feigning regret for his past, Joker convinces Wolper to take him on a talk show to tell his story; he makes plans for his escape with his old henchman, who supplies him with mind-controlling lipstick. Meanwhile, [[Superman]], who works as a government operative in exchange for being allowed to covertly help people, is asked by the [[President of the United States of America|President]] to end Batman's vigilantism. Framing these events is a growing hostility between the USA and the [[Soviet Union]] over possession of the island of [[List of locations of the DC Universe#Fictional geographic locations and countries of the DCU|Corto Maltese]].
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Feigning remorse for his past, Joker convinces Wolper to take him on a talk show to tell his story, and makes plans for his escape with Abner, an old henchman who supplies him with mind-controlling lipstick. Meanwhile, [[Superman]], who works as a government operative in exchange for being allowed to covertly help people, is asked by President [[Ronald Reagan]] to end Batman's vigilante activities. Framing these events is a growing hostility between the USA and the [[Soviet Union]] over possession of the island of [[Corto Maltese (DC Comics)|Corto Maltese]]. As Batman's continued presence humiliates the national authorities, Yindel becomes commissioner and orders Batman's arrest, and Superman warns Batman that the government will not tolerate him much longer.
   
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As Batman's continued presence humiliates the national authorities, Yindel becomes commissioner and orders Batman's arrest, and Superman warns Batman that the government will not tolerate him much longer. Joker makes his talk show appearance as Batman fights with the GCPD on the studio roof; while they fight, Joker kills Wolper, gasses everyone in the studio to death and escapes. He finds [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]] and uses one of her escorts and his lipstick to take control of a congressman, who calls for a nuclear strike on the Soviets before falling to his death.
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Joker makes his talk show appearance on David Endochrine's show as Batman fights with the GCPD on the studio roof; while they fight, Joker kills Wolper, gasses everyone in the studio to death and escapes. He finds [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]] and uses one of her escorts and his lipstick to take control of a congressional representative, who calls for a nuclear strike on the Soviets before falling to his death. Batman's investigation leads him to Selina, whom he finds bound and dressed like [[Wonder Woman]]. Kelley notices cotton candy on the floor, and Batman deduces that Joker is at the fairgrounds. There Kelley accidentally kills Abner while Batman pursues the Joker, who indiscriminately guns down dozens of people. As Batman corners a wounded and partially blinded Joker, he admits to feeling responsible for every murder Joker has committed and intends to stop him permanently. In the ensuing fight, Joker stabs Batman repeatedly, and Batman breaks Joker's neck in front of witnesses.
   
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Content that "he" made Batman lose control and that he will be branded a murderer, the Joker finishes twisting his neck, killing himself. The GCPD arrive and Batman, bleeding profusely, fights his way to Kelley and escapes. After Superman deflects a Soviet nuclear missile, he is hit with the blast and badly injured; the detonation creates an [[Electromagnetic Pulse|electromagnetic pulse]] that wipes out all electrical equipment in the United States and causes a [[nuclear winter]]. As the city descends into chaos, Batman, Kelley and Gordon rally the Sons of Batman and the citizens of Gotham to restore order, and Yindel finally accepts that Batman has become too powerful to take down. While the rest of the powerless U.S. is overrun with crime, Gotham becomes the safest city in America, embarrassing the President's administration and prompting them to send Superman and troops to finally stop Batman. Batman and Superman agree to meet in [[Crime Alley]].
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Batman's investigation leads him to Kyle, whom he finds bound and dressed like [[Wonder Woman]]. Kelley notices cotton candy on the floor, and Batman deduces that Joker is at the fairgrounds. There Kelley accidentally kills Joker's henchman while Batman pursues the Joker, who indiscriminately guns down dozens of people. As Batman corners a wounded and partially blinded Joker, he admits to feeling responsible for every murder Joker has committed and intends to stop him permanently. In the ensuing fight, Joker stabs Batman repeatedly, and Batman breaks Joker's neck in front of witnesses. Content that he made Batman lose control and that he will be branded a murderer, the Joker finishes twisting his neck, killing himself. The GCPD arrive and Batman, bleeding profusely, fights his way to Kelley and escapes as the Joker's body burns.
  
   
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After Superman deflects a Soviet nuclear missile, he is hit with the blast and badly injured; the detonation creates an [[Electromagnetic Pulse|electromagnetic pulse]] that wipes out all electrical equipment in the United States and causes a nuclear winter. As the city descends into chaos, Batman, Kelley and Gordon rally the Sons of Batman and the citizens of Gotham to restore order, and Yindel accepts that Batman has become too powerful to take down. While the rest of the powerless U.S. is overrun with crime, Gotham becomes the safest city in America, embarrassing the President's administration and prompting them to send Superman to finally stop Batman. Batman and Superman agree to meet in [[Crime Alley]]. Wearing a powerful [[Powered exoskeleton|exoframe]] and supported by Kelley and former [[Green Arrow]] Oliver Queen, Batman fights Superman, using various tactics to make the fight even. When Superman gains the advantage, Queen hits him with a [[Kryptonite]] [[Trick arrows#Green Arrow's trick arrows|arrow]], which severely weakens him. Batman defeats Superman and claims that he intentionally made the Kryptonite weak, so as to defeat Superman but not kill him. Batman then dies of a heart attack while [[Wayne Manor]] self-destructs and Alfred dies of a stroke.
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Superman can't help but feel remorse for disregarding Batman throughout the years, and humbly asks him to not go through the fight. Wearing a powerful [[Powered exoskeleton|exoframe]] and supported by Kelley and former superhero Oliver Queen ([[Green Arrow]]), Batman fights Superman, using various tactics to make the fight even. When Superman gains the advantage, Queen hits him with an [[Trick arrows#Green Arrow's trick arrows|arrow]] made with synthetic [[Kryptonite]], severely weakening him. Batman defeats Superman, and claims that he intentionally made the Kryptonite weak, and tells Superman to never forget that Batman defeated him, and could have killed him whenever he wanted. Superman then notices Batman's heartbeat is irregular and rapid with his x-ray vision, and tries to warn him. Batman ignores Superman and continues beating him, all the while listing off his reasons for being angry at him. However, Batman apparently dies of a heart attack, while [[Wayne Manor]] self-destructs, and Alfred dies of a stroke. Superman holds Batman's body, orders the soldiers to stand down.
   
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In the aftermath, the world learns that Wayne was Batman; all of his secrets are destroyed with the manor and his finances disappear. As Superman leaves Wayne's funeral, he gives Kelley a knowing wink after hearing a faint heartbeat coming from Wayne's coffin. In underground caves, Wayne is revealed to have faked his death and makes preparations to continue his mission more discreetly, allied with Kelley, Queen, and his followers.
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In the aftermath, the world learns that Bruce was Batman; all of his secrets are destroyed with the manor and his finances disappear. As Superman leaves Wayne's funeral, he gives Kelley a knowing wink after hearing a faint heartbeat coming from Bruce's coffin. In caves, Bruce is revealed to have survived his heart attack and faked his death to make preparations to continue his mission more discreetly, allied with Kelley, Queen, and his followers.
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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* [[Peter Weller]] as [[Batman|Bruce Wayne / Batman]]<ref name="Castlist">{{cite web|last=Kit |first=Borys |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-knight-returns-peter-weller-327960?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |title='Dark Knight' Animated Movie Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 23, 2012 |accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref>
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* [[Peter Weller]] as [[Batman (Dark Knight Universe)|Bruce Wayne / Batman]]<ref name="Castlist">{{cite web|last=Kit |first=Borys |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-knight-returns-peter-weller-327960 |title='Dark Knight' Animated Movie Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 23, 2012 |accessdate=May 23, 2012}}</ref>
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* [[Ariel Winter]] as [[Alternative versions of Robin#Carrie_Kelley|Carrie Kelley / Robin]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
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* [[Ariel Winter]] as [[Carrie Kelley]] / [[Robin (comics)|Robin]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
 
* [[David Selby]] as Commissioner [[James Gordon (comics)|James Gordon]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
  
* [[David Selby]] as Commissioner [[James Gordon (comics)|James Gordon]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
 
* [[Wade Williams]] as [[Two-Face|Harvey Dent / Two-Face]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
  
* [[Wade Williams]] as [[Two-Face|Harvey Dent / Two-Face]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
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* [[Michael Emerson]] as [[Joker (character)|The Joker]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
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* [[Dee Bradley Baker]] as Don
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* [[Maria Canals-Barrera]] as Commissioner Ellen Yindel
 
* [[Paget Brewster]] as [[Lana Lang]]
  
* [[Paget Brewster]] as [[Lana Lang]]
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* [[Grey DeLisle]] as Anchorwoman Carla
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* [[María Canals Barrera|Maria Canals Barrera]] as Ellen Yindel
  
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* [[Richard Doyle (actor)|Richard Doyle]] as The [[List of mayors of Gotham City|Mayor of Gotham City]]
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* [[Michael Emerson]] as [[Joker (comics)|Joker]]<ref name="Castlist"/>
  
 
* [[Michael Jackson (radio commentator)|Michael Jackson]] as [[Alfred Pennyworth]]
  
* [[Michael Jackson (radio commentator)|Michael Jackson]] as [[Alfred Pennyworth]]
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* [[Yuri Lowenthal]] as The Son of Batman and other additional voices (uncredited)
 
* [[Michael McKean]] as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper<ref name="Castlist"/>
  
* [[Michael McKean]] as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper<ref name="Castlist"/>
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* [[Gary Anthony Williams]] as Mutant Leader
  
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* [[Grey DeLisle]] as Anchorwoman Carla
 
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* [[Richard Doyle (actor)|Richard Doyle]] as The Mayor
  
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* [[Yuri Lowenthal]] as "Son of Batman"
  
 
* [[James Patrick Stuart]] as Murray
  
* [[James Patrick Stuart]] as Murray
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* [[James Arnold Taylor]] as Mr. Hudson, Spud, additional voices
 
* [[Bruce Timm]] as [[Thomas Wayne]]
  
* [[Bruce Timm]] as [[Thomas Wayne]]
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* [[Frank Welker]] as Mayor Stevenson {{div col end}}
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* [[Frank Welker]] as Deputy Mayor Stevenson {{div col end}}
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* [[Gary Anthony Williams]] as Mutant Leader
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* [[Rob Paulsen]] as Rob
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* [[Townsend Coleman]] as Morrie
 
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* [[Mark Valley]] as [[Superman]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Jim |url= http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/2012/12/17/press-release-for-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-two-animated-feature/ |title=Press Release For "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two" Animated Feature |publisher=Worldsfinestonline.com |date=December 17, 2012 |accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>
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* [[Mark Valley]] as [[Superman|Clark Kent / Superman]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Jim |url= http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/2012/12/17/press-release-for-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-two-animated-feature/ |title=Press Release For "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two" Animated Feature |publisher=Worldsfinestonline.com |date=December 17, 2012 |accessdate=December 27, 2012}}</ref>
 
* [[Robin Atkin Downes]] as [[Green Arrow|Oliver Queen]]
  
* [[Robin Atkin Downes]] as [[Green Arrow|Oliver Queen]]
 
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]]
  
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Catwoman|Selina Kyle]]
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* [[Jim Meskimen]] as President
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* [[Jim Meskimen]] as President [[Ronald Reagan]]
 
* [[Conan O'Brien]] as David Endochrine<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/13/conan-obrien-joins-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-2 |title=Conan O'Brien Joins Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 |publisher= Newscorp | work = IGN |date=October 13, 2012 }}</ref>
  
* [[Conan O'Brien]] as David Endochrine<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/13/conan-obrien-joins-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-2 |title=Conan O'Brien Joins Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 |publisher= Newscorp | work = IGN |date=October 13, 2012 }}</ref>
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* Townsend Coleman as Abner
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* [[Andy Richter]] as Frank
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* [[Tara Strong]] as Additional Voices (uncredited)
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==Music==
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[[Christopher Drake]], veteran DC Animated Universe composer, scored both parts of the film. A deluxe two-disc edition soundtrack was released on October 8, 2013, to coincide with the deluxe version of the film.<ref name="itunes">{{cite web |url= https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/batman-dark-knight-returns/id711828022 |title=iTunes - Music - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Deluxe Edition - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Christopher Drake |publisher= Apple | work = iTunes |date=October 1, 2013 }}</ref>
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| artist = [[Christopher Drake]]
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===Track listing===
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All music composed by [[Christopher Drake]].<ref name="itunes"/>
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|headline = '''Disc 1'''
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|title1 = Gotham City, 1986
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|length1 = 1:30
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|title2 = Slice & Dice/Never Again
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|length2 = 3:00
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|title3 = Both Sides Match
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|length3 = 0:52
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|title4 = Mark of Zorro/The Time Has Come
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|length4 = 2:22
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|title5 = The Dark Knight Returns
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|length5 = 4:17
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|title6 = These Men Are Mine
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|length6 = 2:57
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|title7 = Sightings
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|length7 = 1:11
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|title8 = The Signal
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|length8 = 1:29
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|title9 = Harvey
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|length9 = 6:13
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|title10 = Liquor Store Shootout
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|length10 = 0:27
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|title11 = I Believe You/Robin's Run
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|length11 = 1:50
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|title12 = I'm Your Worst Nightmare
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|length12 = 0:47
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|title13 = Eyes Sideways!
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|length13 = 0:46
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|title14 = The General
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|length14 = 1:10
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|title15 = Mutants...Surrender Now, or Be Destroyed
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|length15 = 7:41
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|title16 = Carrie Kelly...Robin
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|length16 = 2:06
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|title17 = You're Never Finished with Me
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|length17 = 1:46
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|title18 = Robin's Legacy
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|length18 = 0:47
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|title19 = Mayor for Dinner
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|length19 = 1:12
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|title20 = I'm Counting on You, Jim...One Last Time
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|length20 = 5:57
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|title21 = It's an Operating Table. And I'm the Surgeon
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|length21 = 4:48
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|title22 = The Dark Knight Triumphant/End Titles
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|length22 = 5:09
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|headline = '''Disc 2'''
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|title1 = A Ruckus I'd Like You to Straighten Out
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|length1 = 0:44
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|title2 = Bruno
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|length2 = 5:04
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|title3 = Corto Maltese
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|length3 = 0:35
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|title4 = Hunt the Dark Knight I
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|length4 = 2:00
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|title5 = Hunt the Dark Knight II
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|length5 = 0:58
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|title6 = I'm Going to Kill Everyone in This Room/Ace the Cloak
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|length6 = 2:06
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|title7 = God is on Our Side, or the Next Best Thing
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|length7 = 1:06
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|title8 = Selena
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|length8 = 1:01
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|title9 = Good Soldier
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|length9 = 3:05
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|title10 = See You...In Hell
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|length10 = 7:47
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|title11 = Hunt the Dark Knight III
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|length11 = 1:46
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|title12 = 20 Million Die By Fire...If I Am Weak
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|length12 = 1:26
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|title13 = Nuclear Resurrection
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|length13 = 1:25
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|title14 = E.M.P.
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|length14 = 1:15
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|title15 = Tonight, I Am the Law
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|length15 = 2:34
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|title16 = Community Spirit
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|length16 = 2:51
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|title17 = One Hour
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|length17 = 1:08
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|title18 = I Want You to Remember the One Man Who Beat You
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|length18 = 9:53
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|title19 = Requiem
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|length19 = 1:08
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|title20 = A Good Life...Good Enough/End Titles
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[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives ''Part 1'' a score of 100% based on reviews from 5 critics.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|id=batman_the_dark_knight_returns_part_1_2012|title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1}} Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref>
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[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives ''Part 1'' a score of 100% based on reviews from 5 critics and ''Part 2'' a score of 94% based on reviews from 3 critics.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|id=batman_the_dark_knight_returns_part_1_2012|title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1}} Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_the_dark_knight_returns_part_2|language=en|accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>
   
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[[IGN]] reviewer Joey Esposito gave ''Part 1'' a score of 7.5 out of 10, praising the voice performances and animation. Esposito noted that the newscasters' segments do not translate well to the screen and lacks the thematic punch they had in the comic, making them extraneous at best. He also criticized Batman's inner monologue and the poor quality of the DVD extras.<ref>{{youtube|9Z1Ek4AyEb8| IGN Reviews : Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Video Review – IGN Reviews }} September 21, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web | first =Joey | last = Esposito Sep 21, 2012 |url= http://ign.com/articles/2012/09/21/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray-review |title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Blu-ray Review |publisher= Newscorp | work = IGN |date=September 21, 2012 }}</ref> Esposito went on to give ''Part 2'' a score of 8.6 out of 10, praising Michael Emerson's portrayal of the Joker, as well as an improvement in Blu-ray extras.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/05/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-2-blu-ray-review?abthid=51105a544f88f23c1c00006b |title=''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2'' Blu-ray Review |author=Esposito, Joey |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=2013-02-04 |accessdate=2013-02-07}}</ref> Gil Kellerman of Collider.com praised ''Part 1'' overall, praising Weller's portrayal of Batman but also denigrating the DVD extras.<ref>{{cite web | title = BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 1 Blu-ray Review | first = Gil | last = Kellerman | date = October 4, 2012 | url = http://collider.com/batman-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray/199007/ | work = Collider.com }}</ref>
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[[IGN]] reviewer Nikhil Umraskar gave ''Part 1'' a score of 7.5 out of 10, praising the voice performances and animation. Esposito noted that the newscasters' segments do not translate well to the screen and lack the thematic punch they had in the comic, making them extraneous at best. He also criticized Batman's inner monologue and the poor quality of the DVD extras.<ref>{{youtube|9Z1Ek4AyEb8| IGN Reviews : Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Video Review – IGN Reviews }} September 21, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web | first =Joey | last = Esposito Sep 21, 2012 |url= http://ign.com/articles/2012/09/21/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray-review |title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Blu-ray Review |publisher= Newscorp | work = IGN |date=September 21, 2012 }}</ref> Esposito went on to give ''Part 2'' a score of 8.6 out of 10, praising Michael Emerson's portrayal of the Joker, as well as an improvement in Blu-ray extras.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/05/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-2-blu-ray-review?abthid=51105a544f88f23c1c00006b |title=''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2'' Blu-ray Review |author=Esposito, Joey |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=2013-02-04 |accessdate=2013-02-07}}</ref> Gil Kellerman of Collider.com praised ''Part 1'' overall, praising Weller's portrayal of Batman but also denigrating the DVD extras.<ref>{{cite web | title = BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 1 Blu-ray Review | first = Gil | last = Kellerman | date = October 4, 2012 | url = http://collider.com/batman-dark-knight-returns-part-1-blu-ray/199007/ | work = Collider.com }}</ref>
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Spencer Perry at SuperHeroHype considers ''Part 1'' to be "one of the best Batman films ever made", scoring it nine out of ten.<ref>{{cite web|first=Spencer |last= Perry |url= http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/172751-review-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1 |title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Review |publisher= [[Crave Online]] | work = Superhero Hype |date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref> Noel Murray of [[The AV Club]] gave ''Part 1'' a grade B+, saying that "there are ways in which the animated Dark Knight Returns gets across Miller’s vision even better than the comics page did."<ref>{{cite web |last= Murray |first= Noel |url= http://www.avclub.com/articles/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1,86134/ |title= Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 &#124; HomeVideo Review |publisher= The Onion | work = The A.V. Club |date=October 3, 2012 }}</ref> Kofi Outlaw of ''ScreenRant'' gave ''Part 2'' three out of five stars, criticizing the outdated Cold War subplot as "a major distraction from an otherwise focused narrative", as well as the toning down of the Joker's character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://screenrant.com/batman-dark-knight-returns-part-2-reviews-bluray/ |title=''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2'' Review |author=Kofi Outlaw |publisher=ScreenRant.com |date=2013-01 |accessdate=2013-02-07}}</ref>
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Spencer Perry at SuperHeroHype considers ''Part 1'' to be "one of the best Batman films ever made", scoring it nine out of ten.<ref>{{cite web|first=Spencer |last= Perry |url= http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/172751-review-batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1 |title=Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Review |publisher= [[CraveOnline]] | work = Superhero Hype |date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref> Noel Murray of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave ''Part 1'' a grade B+, saying that "there are ways in which the animated Dark Knight Returns gets across Miller’s vision even better than the comics page did."<ref>{{cite web |last= Murray |first= Noel |url= http://www.avclub.com/articles/batman-the-dark-knight-returns-part-1,86134/ |title= Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 &#124; HomeVideo Review |publisher= The Onion | work = The A.V. Club |date=October 3, 2012 }}</ref> Kofi Outlaw of ''ScreenRant'' gave ''Part 2'' three out of five stars, criticizing the outdated Cold War subplot as "a major distraction from an otherwise focused narrative", as well as the toning down of the Joker's character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://screenrant.com/batman-dark-knight-returns-part-2-reviews-bluray/ |title=''Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2'' Review |author=Kofi Outlaw |publisher=ScreenRant.com |date=January 2013 |accessdate=2013-02-07}}</ref>
   
 
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman The Dark Knight Returns (film)
Deluxe Edition release cover art
Directed byJay Oliva
Written byBob Goodman
Starring<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Edited byChristopher D. Lozinski
Music byChristopher Drake
Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release dates
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  • September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25) (Part 1)
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  • January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) (Part 2)
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  • October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) (Deluxe Edition)
Running time
76 minutes (Part 1)
76 minutes (Part 2)
148 minutes (Deluxe Edition)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5,589,376 (Part 1)[1]
$4,059,217 (Part 2)[2]
$9,648,593 (Total)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a two-part direct-to-video animated superhero film, an adaptation of the 1986 comic book The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. It was directed by Jay Oliva, who worked as a storyboard artist on Man of Steel, Under the Red Hood, Year One and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Several other Batman veterans were also involved in the film.[3][4] Part 1 was released September 25, 2012, and Part 2 was released January 29, 2013. A deluxe edition combining both films was released on October 8, 2013.[5] It is the 15th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series.

Plot

Part 1

After the death of his protégé Jason Todd, billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne was forced to retire from his Batman persona. Ten years later, Gotham City is overrun with crime and terrorized by a gang known as the Mutants. The 55-year-old Wayne maintains a friendship with 70-year-old retiring Police Commissioner James Gordon (who knows Wayne was Batman), while the Joker (Batman's archenemy) has been catatonic in Arkham Asylum since Wayne's retirement. Arkham inmate and former district attorney Harvey Dent undergoes plastic surgery to repair his disfigured face. Although he is declared sane, he quickly goes into hiding following his release. Dent's disappearance, news stories of the crime epidemic throughout the city and the memory of his parents' deaths drive Wayne to become Batman once more. He combats serious crimes, rescuing 13-year-old Carrie Kelley, but now struggles with the physical limitations of age.

Public reaction to his return is divided. Dent's psychologist Bartholomew Wolper blames Batman for creating his own rogues gallery. Dent resurfaces, threatening to blow up a building unless he is paid a ransom. Batman defeats Dent's henchmen, learning that the bombs will explode even if the ransom is paid; he realizes that Dent intends to kill himself. Batman disables one bomb, and the other detonates harmlessly. He defeats Dent, who reveals that he thinks the reconstructive surgery was botched, as he considered his undamaged half as disfigured. Kelley dresses as Robin and looks for Batman, who attacks a gathering of the Mutants with a tank-like Batmobile (incapacitating most of them). The Mutant leader challenges Batman to a duel. He accepts to prove to himself that he can win. The Mutant leader (who is in his prime) nearly kills Batman, but Kelley distracts him long enough for Batman to subdue him. The leader and many gang members are arrested. Injured, Batman returns to the Batcave with Kelley, and allows her to become his protégée in spite of protests from his butler, Alfred Pennyworth.

Batman has Kelley disguise herself as a Mutant, and she lures the gang to a sewer outlet at the West River. At the Gotham City Police Department, the Mutant leader murders the mayor during negotiations. Commissioner Gordon deliberately releases the leader, providing an escape from the building, which leads to the sewer outlet. Before the amassed Mutants, Batman fights the leader in a mud pit; the mud slows the leader, removing his physical advantage, and Batman overpowers him. Seeing their leader's defeat, the Mutants divide into smaller gangs; one becomes the "Sons of Batman", a violent vigilante group. Batman's victory becomes public and the city's inhabitants are inspired to stand up against crime. Gordon retires after meeting his anti-Batman successor, Ellen Yindel. In Arkham, televised reports about Batman bring the Joker out of his catatonic state.

Part 2

Feigning remorse for his past, Joker convinces Wolper to take him on a talk show to tell his story, and makes plans for his escape with Abner, an old henchman who supplies him with mind-controlling lipstick. Meanwhile, Superman, who works as a government operative in exchange for being allowed to covertly help people, is asked by President Ronald Reagan to end Batman's vigilante activities. Framing these events is a growing hostility between the USA and the Soviet Union over possession of the island of Corto Maltese. As Batman's continued presence humiliates the national authorities, Yindel becomes commissioner and orders Batman's arrest, and Superman warns Batman that the government will not tolerate him much longer.

Joker makes his talk show appearance on David Endochrine's show as Batman fights with the GCPD on the studio roof; while they fight, Joker kills Wolper, gasses everyone in the studio to death and escapes. He finds Selina Kyle and uses one of her escorts and his lipstick to take control of a congressional representative, who calls for a nuclear strike on the Soviets before falling to his death. Batman's investigation leads him to Selina, whom he finds bound and dressed like Wonder Woman. Kelley notices cotton candy on the floor, and Batman deduces that Joker is at the fairgrounds. There Kelley accidentally kills Abner while Batman pursues the Joker, who indiscriminately guns down dozens of people. As Batman corners a wounded and partially blinded Joker, he admits to feeling responsible for every murder Joker has committed and intends to stop him permanently. In the ensuing fight, Joker stabs Batman repeatedly, and Batman breaks Joker's neck in front of witnesses.

Content that "he" made Batman lose control and that he will be branded a murderer, the Joker finishes twisting his neck, killing himself. The GCPD arrive and Batman, bleeding profusely, fights his way to Kelley and escapes. After Superman deflects a Soviet nuclear missile, he is hit with the blast and badly injured; the detonation creates an electromagnetic pulse that wipes out all electrical equipment in the United States and causes a nuclear winter. As the city descends into chaos, Batman, Kelley and Gordon rally the Sons of Batman and the citizens of Gotham to restore order, and Yindel finally accepts that Batman has become too powerful to take down. While the rest of the powerless U.S. is overrun with crime, Gotham becomes the safest city in America, embarrassing the President's administration and prompting them to send Superman and troops to finally stop Batman. Batman and Superman agree to meet in Crime Alley.

Superman can't help but feel remorse for disregarding Batman throughout the years, and humbly asks him to not go through the fight. Wearing a powerful exoframe and supported by Kelley and former superhero Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Batman fights Superman, using various tactics to make the fight even. When Superman gains the advantage, Queen hits him with an arrow made with synthetic Kryptonite, severely weakening him. Batman defeats Superman, and claims that he intentionally made the Kryptonite weak, and tells Superman to never forget that Batman defeated him, and could have killed him whenever he wanted. Superman then notices Batman's heartbeat is irregular and rapid with his x-ray vision, and tries to warn him. Batman ignores Superman and continues beating him, all the while listing off his reasons for being angry at him. However, Batman apparently dies of a heart attack, while Wayne Manor self-destructs, and Alfred dies of a stroke. Superman holds Batman's body, orders the soldiers to stand down.

In the aftermath, the world learns that Bruce was Batman; all of his secrets are destroyed with the manor and his finances disappear. As Superman leaves Wayne's funeral, he gives Kelley a knowing wink after hearing a faint heartbeat coming from Bruce's coffin. In caves, Bruce is revealed to have survived his heart attack and faked his death to make preparations to continue his mission more discreetly, allied with Kelley, Queen, and his followers.

Cast

Introduced in Part 1
Introduced in Part 2

Music

Christopher Drake, veteran DC Animated Universe composer, scored both parts of the film. A deluxe two-disc edition soundtrack was released on October 8, 2013, to coincide with the deluxe version of the film.[9]

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Deluxe Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Christopher Drake
Released8 October 2013
Recorded2011-2012
Length112:10
LabelWaterTower Music

Track listing

All music composed by Christopher Drake.[9]

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Gotham City, 1986"1:30
2."Slice & Dice/Never Again"3:00
3."Both Sides Match"0:52
4."Mark of Zorro/The Time Has Come"2:22
5."The Dark Knight Returns"4:17
6."These Men Are Mine"2:57
7."Sightings"1:11
8."The Signal"1:29
9."Harvey"6:13
10."Liquor Store Shootout"0:27
11."I Believe You/Robin's Run"1:50
12."I'm Your Worst Nightmare"0:47
13."Eyes Sideways!"0:46
14."The General"1:10
15."Mutants...Surrender Now, or Be Destroyed"7:41
16."Carrie Kelly...Robin"2:06
17."You're Never Finished with Me"1:46
18."Robin's Legacy"0:47
19."Mayor for Dinner"1:12
20."I'm Counting on You, Jim...One Last Time"5:57
21."It's an Operating Table. And I'm the Surgeon"4:48
22."The Dark Knight Triumphant/End Titles"5:09
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."A Ruckus I'd Like You to Straighten Out"0:44
2."Bruno"5:04
3."Corto Maltese"0:35
4."Hunt the Dark Knight I"2:00
5."Hunt the Dark Knight II"0:58
6."I'm Going to Kill Everyone in This Room/Ace the Cloak"2:06
7."God is on Our Side, or the Next Best Thing"1:06
8."Selena"1:01
9."Good Soldier"3:05
10."See You...In Hell"7:47
11."Hunt the Dark Knight III"1:46
12."20 Million Die By Fire...If I Am Weak"1:26
13."Nuclear Resurrection"1:25
14."E.M.P."1:15
15."Tonight, I Am the Law"2:34
16."Community Spirit"2:51
17."One Hour"1:08
18."I Want You to Remember the One Man Who Beat You"9:53
19."Requiem"1:08
20."A Good Life...Good Enough/End Titles"5:51

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gives Part 1 a score of 100% based on reviews from 5 critics and Part 2 a score of 94% based on reviews from 3 critics.[10][11]

IGN reviewer Nikhil Umraskar gave Part 1 a score of 7.5 out of 10, praising the voice performances and animation. Esposito noted that the newscasters' segments do not translate well to the screen and lack the thematic punch they had in the comic, making them extraneous at best. He also criticized Batman's inner monologue and the poor quality of the DVD extras.[12][13] Esposito went on to give Part 2 a score of 8.6 out of 10, praising Michael Emerson's portrayal of the Joker, as well as an improvement in Blu-ray extras.[14] Gil Kellerman of Collider.com praised Part 1 overall, praising Weller's portrayal of Batman but also denigrating the DVD extras.[15] Spencer Perry at SuperHeroHype considers Part 1 to be "one of the best Batman films ever made", scoring it nine out of ten.[16] Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave Part 1 a grade B+, saying that "there are ways in which the animated Dark Knight Returns gets across Miller’s vision even better than the comics page did."[17] Kofi Outlaw of ScreenRant gave Part 2 three out of five stars, criticizing the outdated Cold War subplot as "a major distraction from an otherwise focused narrative", as well as the toning down of the Joker's character.[18]

Part 1 received a Golden Reel Awards nomination for Best Sound Editing in Direct to Video Animation.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Nash Information Service. Retrieved January 30, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  2. ↑ "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Nash Information Service. Retrieved January 30, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  3. ↑ Brendon Connelly (April 14, 2011). "Movie Version of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns in the Works". Bleedingcool.com. Retrieved April 16, 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  4. ↑ Comicscontinuum.com – July 23, 2011
  5. ↑ 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' Deluxe Edition coming in October [update] - Batman News
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Kit, Borys (May 23, 2012). "'Dark Knight' Animated Movie Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  7. ↑ Harvey, Jim (December 17, 2012). "Press Release For "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two" Animated Feature". Worldsfinestonline.com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  8. ↑ "Conan O'Brien Joins Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2". IGN. Newscorp. October 13, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "iTunes - Music - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Deluxe Edition - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Christopher Drake". iTunes. Apple. October 1, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  10. ↑ Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  11. ↑ (in en) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2, https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_the_dark_knight_returns_part_2, retrieved 2017-01-27 
  12. ↑ IGN Reviews : Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Video Review – IGN Reviews on YouTube September 21, 2012
  13. ↑ Esposito Sep 21, 2012, Joey (September 21, 2012). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Blu-ray Review". IGN. Newscorp.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  14. ↑ Esposito, Joey (2013-02-04). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 Blu-ray Review". IGN. Retrieved 2013-02-07.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  15. ↑ Kellerman, Gil (October 4, 2012). "BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 1 Blu-ray Review". Collider.com.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  16. ↑ Perry, Spencer (September 18, 2012). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Review". Superhero Hype. CraveOnline.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  17. ↑ Murray, Noel (October 3, 2012). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 | HomeVideo Review". The A.V. Club. The Onion.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  18. ↑ Kofi Outlaw (January 2013). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 Review". ScreenRant.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  19. ↑ "Sound Editors Announce Nominations For Golden Reel Awards". Deadline.com. PMC. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>

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With other heroes Super Friends (episodes) • Justice League (episodes) • Justice League Unlimited (episodes) • Young Justice (episodes) • Justice League Action (episodes)
Animated films Featuring Batman Mask of the Phantasm • SubZero • Return of the Joker • Mystery of the Batwoman • The Batman vs. Dracula • Gotham Knight • Under the Red Hood • Year One • The Dark Knight Returns • DC Super Heroes Unite • Son of Batman • Assault on Arkham • Batman vs. Robin • Bad Blood • The Killing Joke • Return of the Caped Crusaders • The Lego Batman Movie • Batman and Harley Quinn
With Justice League Justice League: The New Frontier • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse • Justice League: Doom • Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox • JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time • Justice League: War • The Lego Movie • Justice League: Throne of Atlantis • Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts • Justice League: Gods and Monsters • Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem • Justice League vs. Teen Titans • Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants
With Justice League Dark Justice League Dark
Animated shorts Chase Me • Strange Days
Novels Dead White • Fear Itself • Inferno • The Ultimate Evil • Enemies & Allies • Wayne of Gotham
Enemies in other media Joker • Bane • Catwoman
Other characters in other media Robin • Barbara Gordon
Related topics Batman & Bill • Bruce Wayne (unproduced series) • Batkid Begins • Batman action figures (Lego Batman • Batman Total Justice) • Bat phone • Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan • List of Batman films cast members • List of Batman video games • List of Batman children's books • Batman music
Superman franchise media
Newspaper comic strips Superman (1939–66) • The World's Greatest Superheroes (1978–85)
Radio The Adventures of Superman (US, 1940–51) • The Adventures of Superman (UK, 1988)
Live-action serials and films Serials Superman (1948) • Atom Man vs. Superman
1951 film series Superman and the Mole Men • Stamp Day for Superman (short film)
1978 film series Superman (1978) • Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut) • Superman III • Supergirl • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace • Superman Returns
DC Extended Universe Man of Steel • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice • Justice League
Animated films Featuring Superman Superman animated shorts (1941–43) • Brainiac Attacks • Doomsday • All-Star • Unbound
With other heroes Justice League: The New Frontier • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse • Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam • Justice League: Doom • Superman vs. The Elite • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2 • Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox • JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time • Justice League: War • The Lego Movie • Justice League: Throne of Atlantis • Justice League: Gods and Monsters • Justice League vs. Teen Titans • Justice League Dark
Television Live-action Adventures of Superman • Stamp Day for Superman • The Adventures of Superpup • The Adventures of Superboy (pilot) • Superboy • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman • Smallville • Supergirl • Krypton
Animation New Adventures • Adventures of Superboy • Super Friends • Superman • The Animated Series • Krypto the Superdog • Justice League • Justice League Unlimited • Legion of Super Heroes • Justice League Action
Novels The Adventures of Superman (1942) • Superman: Last Son of Krypton • Miracle Monday • Superman: Doomsday & Beyond • Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel • It's Superman! • Superman Returns • Enemies & Allies
Video games Superman (1979) • Superman: The Game (1985) • Superman (arcade, 1988) • Superman (NES, 1988) • The Man of Steel (1989) • Superman (1992) • The Man of Steel (1993) • The Death and Return of Superman • Superman (1997) • The New Adventures • Shadow of Apokolips • The Man of Steel (Xbox, 2002) • Countdown to Apokolips • Superman Returns • Superman Returns: Fortress of Solitude • DC Universe Online • Injustice: Gods Among Us • Infinite Crisis • Injustice 2
Music "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" (Spin Doctors' song, 1991) • "Kryptonite" (3 Doors Down song, 2000) • "Save Me" (Remy Zero song, 2001) • "Superman (It's Not Easy)" (Five For Fighting song, 2001) • Illinois (Sufjan Stevens album, 2005)
Parodies Captain Caveman (The Flintstone Comedy Show segment)]] • Mighty Mouse • My Hero (UK TV series) • Stupor Duck • "Superduperman" • Super-Rabbit • Underdog (TV series) • Super Grover (Sesame Street)
Documentaries Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman • The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?
Stage It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
Toys Lego Superman
Advertisement The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman (2004)
Related articles Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation • Hollywoodland • "Lucy and Superman" (I Love Lucy episode, 1957) • Kryptonite (popular culture) • "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" • National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications • Seinfeld episodes, 1994–1996 ("The Race" • "The Bizarro Jerry") • Steel (1997 film) • Superman curse • Superman ice cream • Superwoman (popular culture) • "Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit" • "The Reign of the Superman"
See also Supergirl in other media • Justice League in other media • Lex Luthor in other media
Green Arrow
Creators George Papp • Mort Weisinger
Green Arrow Oliver Queen • Connor Hawke
Supporting characters Arrowette • Batman • Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance • Dinah Drake) • Stanley Dover Jr. • Eddie Fyers • Green Lantern (Hal Jordan • Kyle Rayner) • Hawkman/Carter Hall • Justice League • Katana • Onyx • Emiko Queen • Question • Richard Dragon/Richard Drakunovski • Shado • Sin • Felicity Smoak • Speedy (Roy Harper • Mia Dearden)
Enemies Antagonists Amon Sur • Black Manta • Brick • China White • Clock King • Constantine Drakon • Count Vertigo • Cupid • Dark Archer • Deathstroke • Doctor Light • Electrocutioner • Gargoyle • Hannibal Bates • Hellgrammite • Komodo • Merlyn • Natas • Neron • Onomatopoeia • Professor Ojo • Prometheus • Rainbow Archer • Red Dart • Richard Dragon (Ricardo Diaz, Jr.) • Shrapnel • Spider • Star City Slayer • Wizard
Organizations League of Assassins • Longbow Hunters
Equipment Arrowcar • Trick arrows
Publications More Fun Comics • Green Lantern/Green Arrow • The Dark Knight Returns • Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters • The Dark Knight Strikes Again • Green Arrow: Year One • Green Arrow and Black Canary
Storylines "Snowbirds Don't Fly" • "Quiver"
Locations Queen Industries/Q-Core • Star City • Starfish Island • Vlatava • Nanda Parbat
In other media Justice League Unlimited • Smallville • Batman: The Brave and the Bold • DC Universe Online • DC Showcase: Green Arrow • Young Justice • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2 • Justice League Action • Arrow (characters • episodes (season 1 • 2 • 3 • 7)
Related articles The Outsiders • The Green Archer (1940 serial) • Robin Hood
Animated films based on DC Comics
Stand-alone films Superman animated theatrical shorts • Gen¹³ • The Batman vs. Dracula • Superman: Brainiac Attacks • JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time • DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon • Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold • Batman Ninja • Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie • DC League of Super-Pets
DC Animated
Universe 		Batman: Mask of the Phantasm • Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero • The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest • Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker • Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (Chase Me)
DCU Animated
Original Movies 		Stand-alone
feature films 		Superman: Doomsday • Justice League: The New Frontier • Batman: Gotham Knight • Wonder Woman • Green Lantern: First Flight • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths • Batman: Under the Red Hood • All-Star Superman • Green Lantern: Emerald Knights • Batman: Year One • Justice League: Doom • Superman vs. The Elite • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns • Superman: Unbound • Batman: Assault on Arkham • Justice League: Gods and Monsters • Batman: The Killing Joke • Batman and Harley Quinn • Batman: Gotham by Gaslight • Justice League vs. the Fatal Five • Superman: Red Son • Batman: Soul of the Dragon • Injustice • Catwoman: Hunted
Superman/Batman Superman/Batman: Public Enemies • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Tomorrowverse Superman: Man of Tomorrow • Justice Society: World War II • Batman: The Long Halloween
DC Animated
Movie Universe 		Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox • Justice League: War • Son of Batman • Justice League: Throne of Atlantis • Batman vs. Robin • Batman: Bad Blood • Justice League vs. Teen Titans • Justice League Dark • Teen Titans: The Judas Contract • Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay • Constantine: City of Demons • The Death of Superman • Reign of the Supermen • Batman: Hush • Wonder Woman: Bloodlines • Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
DC Showcase The Spectre • Jonah Hex • Green Arrow • Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam • Catwoman • Sgt. Rock • Death • The Phantom Stranger • Adam Strange • Batman: Death in the Family • Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth! • The Losers • Blue Beetle
Batman Batman
(1960s TV series) 		Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders • Batman vs. Two-Face
Batman Unlimited Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts • Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem • Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants
Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go! Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies • Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans • Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam
DC Super Hero Girls DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High • DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year • DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games • DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis
Lego DC
Comics films 		Lego DC Comics Super Heroes Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite • Batman Be-Leaguered • Justice League vs. Bizarro League • Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom • Justice League – Cosmic Clash • Justice League – Gotham City Breakout • The Flash • Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis • Batman: Family Matters • Shazam!: Magic and Monsters
Lego DC Super Hero Girls Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain • Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High
The Lego Movie franchise The Lego Batman Movie
See also List of unproduced DC Comics projects
Frank Miller
Batman comics The Dark Knight Returns • Batman: Year One • Spawn/Batman • The Dark Knight Strikes Again • All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder • The Dark Knight III: The Master Race
Other comics Written Bad Boy • The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot • Daredevil ("Born Again") • Elektra: Assassin • Give Me Liberty (Martha Washington) • Hard Boiled • RoboCop • RoboCop Versus The Terminator
Written and drawn 300 • Daredevil • Elektra Lives Again • Rōnin • Sin City (The Hard Goodbye • A Dame to Kill For • The Big Fat Kill • That Yellow Bastard •

Family Values • Hell and Back) • Holy Terror

Drawn The Twilight Zone • Daredevil • Wolverine • Heroes for Hope
Characters DC Comics Arnold John Flass • Carmine Falcone • Carrie Kelley • Gillian B. Loeb • Holly Robinson • James Gordon Jr. • Officer Merkel • Sarah Essen Gordon
Marvel Comics Chaste • Elektra • John Garrett • Karma • Kirigi • Maggie Murdock • Mauler • Nuke • Shingen Yashida • Stick
Sin City Ava Lord • Dwight McCarthy • Goldie and Wendy • John Hartigan • Kevin • Marv • Miho • Nancy Callahan • Roark family • The Girls of Old Town • Wallace • Wallenquist Organization
Films RoboCop 2 (1990) • RoboCop 3 (1993) • Sin City (2005) • 300 (2006) • The Spirit (2008) • Batman: Year One (2011) • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012–13) • 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Television and
video games 		RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1993) • The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001) • 300: March to Glory (2007)
Superman / Batman crossover media
Comic books World's Finest Comics • Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity • Superman/Batman • Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator
Television The Batman/Superman Hour • The Superman/Batman Adventures • The New Batman/Superman Adventures
Books Enemies & Allies
Films Superman/Batman: Public Enemies • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse • Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Video games Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes • Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
The Dark Knight Universe The Dark Knight Returns (film) • The Dark Knight Strikes Again • The Dark Knight III: The Master Race
Fan films and parodies World's Finest • HISHE: Super Cafe
Miscellanea Composite Superman • Hiro Okamura
Warner Bros. Animation
Franchises
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies 		Films Shorts (characters) • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) • Space Jam (1996) • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) • Coyote vs. Acme (2023)
TV series The Bugs Bunny Show • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends • Tiny Toon Adventures (characters) • Taz-Mania • The Plucky Duck Show • The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries • Bugs 'n' Daffy • Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain • Baby Looney Tunes • Duck Dodgers (characters) • Loonatics Unleashed (characters) The Looney Tunes Show (episodes) • New Looney Tunes • Looney Tunes Cartoons • Tiny Toons Looniversity
DC Comics Batman: The Animated Series • Superman: The Animated Series • The New Batman Adventures • Batman Beyond • Static Shock • The Zeta Project • Justice League • Teen Titans • Justice League Unlimited • The Batman • Krypto the Superdog • Legion of Super Heroes • Batman: The Brave and the Bold • Mad • Young Justice • Green Lantern: The Animated Series • DC Nation Shorts • Teen Titans Go! • Beware the Batman • Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles • Vixen • Justice League Action • Freedom Fighters: The Ray • Constantine: City of Demons • DC Super Hero Girls (TV series) • Harley Quinn • Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons • Batwheels • Batman: Caped Crusader • My Adventures with Superman
Animaniacs Animaniacs (1993 series) (characters • episodes) Freakazoid! • Pinky and the Brain (episodes) • Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain • Animaniacs (2020 series)
Scooby-Doo (media) What's New, Scooby-Doo? • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated • Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! • "Scoobynatural" (Supernatural episode) • Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? • Scoob! (2020)
Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry Tales • The Tom and Jerry Show • Tom and Jerry Special Shorts • Tom & Jerry (2021) • Tom and Jerry in New York • Tom and Jerry Junior
Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones (2001) • Ozzy & Drix
Happy Feet Happy Feet (2006) • Happy Feet Two (2011)
The Lego Movie The Lego Movie (2014) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Unikitty! • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Hanna-Barbera Wacky Races • Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs • Jellystone!
ThunderCats ThunderCats (2011 TV series) • ThunderCats Roar
Films and specials
Theatrical
films 		Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) • Space Jam (1996) • Cats Don't Dance (1997) • Quest for Camelot (1998) • The Iron Giant (1999) • Osmosis Jones (2001) • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Storks (2016) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Scoob! (2020) • Tom & Jerry (2021) • Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) • DC League of Super-Pets (2022) • Coyote vs. Acme (2023) • The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (TBA)
Television
specials 		A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008) • Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games (2012) • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special (2012) • Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012) • Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013) • Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013) • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise (2014) • Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals (2014) • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers (2014) • Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered (2014) • Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014) • Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie (2015) • Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship (2015) • Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror (2015) • DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High (2016)
Direct-
to-video 		1990s Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) • Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) • Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) • Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999) • Wakko's Wish (1999)
2000s Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000) • Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) • Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) • Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) • Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002) • Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (2003) • Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) • Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (2003) • Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) • Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) • Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (2004) • ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico (2005) • Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005) • Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005) • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) • The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) • Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) • Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) • Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) • Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) • Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006) • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) • Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) • Superman: Doomsday (2007) • Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007) • Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) • Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) • Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008) • Wonder Woman (2009) • Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) • Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
2010s Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010) • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) • Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) • Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) • Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010) • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) • All-Star Superman (2011) • Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011) • Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) • Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011) • Batman: Year One (2011) • Justice League: Doom (2012) • Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) • Superman vs. The Elite (2012) • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (2012/2013) • Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012) • Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012) • Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2013) • Superman: Unbound (2013) • Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map (2013) • Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) • Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013) • Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013) • JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014) • Justice League: War (2014) • Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014) • Son of Batman (2014) • Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) • Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014) • Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014) • Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015) • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015) • Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015) • The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015) • Batman vs. Robin (2015) • Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015) • Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest (2015) • Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015) • Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) • Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015) • Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015) • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom (2015) • Batman: Bad Blood (2016) • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash (2016) • Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) • Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (2016) • Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout (2016) • Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) • Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon (2016) • DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016) • Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants (2016) • Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) • Justice League Dark (2017) • Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017) • The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! (2017) • Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017) • DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017) • Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017) • Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (2017) • Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain (2017) • Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) • Batman vs. Two-Face (2017) • Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018) • Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash (2018) • Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) • Batman Ninja (2018) • Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High (2018) • Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis (2018) • The Death of Superman (2018) • Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost (2018) • DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (2018) • Reign of the Supermen (2019) • Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019) • Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) • Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) • Batman: Hush (2019) • Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019) • Lego DC Batman: Family Matters (2019) • Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019) • Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)
2020s Superman: Red Son (2020) • Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) • Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020) • Lego DC: Shazam!: Magic and Monsters (2020) • Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie (2020) • Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020) • Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) • Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021) • Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021) • Justice Society: World War II (2021) • Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam (2021) • Batman: The Long Halloween (2021) • Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021) • Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog (2021)
Short films The Duxorcist (1987) • The Night of the Living Duck (1988) • Box-Office Bunny (1990) • Chariots of Fur (1994) • Carrotblanca (1995) • Another Froggy Evening (1995) • Superior Duck (1996) • Pullet Surprise (1997) • Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1997) • From Hare to Eternity (1997) • Father of the Bird (1997) • Little Go Beep (2000) • Chase Me (2003) • The Karate Guard (2005) • DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010) • DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010) • Coyote Falls (2010) • Fur of Flying (2010) • DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010) • Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010) • Rabid Rider (2010) • DC Showcase: Catwoman (2011) • I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011) • Daffy's Rhapsody (2012) • The Master (2016) • The Late Batsby (2018)
Other TV series
1990s Road Rovers • Waynehead • Free Willy • Histeria! • Detention
2000s Baby Blues • ¡Mucha Lucha! (characters) • 3-South • Xiaolin Showdown • Firehouse Tales • Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island • Johnny Test (characters)
2010s Mike Tyson Mysteries • Bunnicula • Right Now Kapow • Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz • Green Eggs and Ham
2020s Little Ellen
Upcoming Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai • Tooned Out
See also List of Warner Bros. Animation productions • Warner Animation Group • Warner Bros. Feature Animation • Warner Bros. Cartoons • Warner Bros. Family Entertainment • Hanna-Barbera • Cartoon Network Productions (Cartoon Network Studios • Williams Street • Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe) • Unproduced projects • List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films
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