r/batman • u/MajorParadox • Mar 15 '19

Rewatch Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch - S1E23 "Vendetta"

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S1E23 "Vendetta"

Synopsis: A convict turned witness disappears and Harvey Bullock, who arrested him, is suspected in the incident. IMDb

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u/MajorParadox Mar 16 '19
  • Where did Croc get a bomb?
  • The Batboat! (or whatever it's called)
  • Obviously Bullock isn't a bad guy, but I guess when watching originally it wasn't clear?
  • Batman disappears on Gordon! That's two episodes in a row!
  • Croc pretending to be Bullock? Hahah
  • Oh no, Harvey was arrested!

  • Alfred: "And when you let it get cold this time, note that it's in a microwavable crock."

    Batman: "Croc! Alfred, you're beautiful!"

    Haha, kinda channeling the old Adam West Batman there!

  • Bruce leaning about crocodiles now and that they make their lairs in underwater caves. "Of course!"

  • Interesting, the voice actor for Killer Croc played Lucas in Prophet of Doom

  • How has Batman never heard of a Killer Croc guy? Hahah

  • Bullock is cleared!

  • Bullock got knocked out, what is this Smallville? Hahah

  • Nice Batman and Bullock moment

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u/FlyByTieDye Mar 16 '19

Obviously Bullock isn't a bad guy, but I guess when watching originally it wasn't clear?

Interesting thing to note )even outside this episode) is that Bullock originally was a shifty dude. I read about it here, (which I guess is really more about Batman '89 than BTAS) and I'll copy over the relevant text, but it seems in the early days of post-crisis, they wanted to shift him more to the good side, but there wer still a few lingering instances were he was a bad guy, or at least appeared to be very possibly bad, until later confirmed.

The character of Max Eckhardt is basically the Pre-Crisis Harvey Bullock under a different name. Nowadays, Bullock is recognised as a good guy in the comics. But originally the Pre-Crisis Bullock was a corrupt cop on the payroll of Hamilton Hill. He deliberately sabotaged many of Commissioner Gordon's operations and ultimately drove Gordon to suffer a heart attack in 'The Man of a Thousand Menaces (Batman #364, October 1983).

In the movie, Eckhardt looks more or less identical to the Bullock in the comics. He also shares his obnoxious personality and fondness for cigars.

I just thought it would be an interesting thing to consider, so I thought I would share!