When Shows Violate Their Own Common Sense

[GregX]

So, we all have our favorite shows. Or shows that we enjoy. But, every now and again, some times the writers decide to violate the series' own common sense. Usually, it drives me nuts.

What are some of your own pick? I'll go first.

The Five Minute Head Start in the series finale of "Justice League Unlimited" - Oooookaaaay. Did an executive mandate this? Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? These villains are hardened criminals. Yeah, they assisted in the fight against Darkseid, but you know what, Lucky Luciano was still arrested, prosecuted and deported. What would have made sense would be for some of the villains to escape during the chaos, and for members of the League to, oh, I don't know, say they'll put in a good word to offer them amnesty.

But, for Batman of all characters to smile and give them a five minute head start? Unreal. Completely unreal.

It was bloody stupid, that's what it was.

[Zam]

The last 9 years of the Simpsons.... -_-

[Tobias]

Everytime someone (especially Shredder) broke the 4th wall in the original 80's TMNT series.

Shredder's supposed to be a hardcore, deadly, beat you 'til you're black & blue ninja, yet he was nothing more than comic relief until the 8th season.

[GregX]

Everytime someone (especially Shredder) broke the 4th wall in the original 80's TMNT series.

Shredder's supposed to be a hardcore, deadly, beat you 'til you're black & blue ninja, yet he was nothing more than comic relief until the 8th season.

Thankfully, that got corrected in 2003. Ch'rell... now THAT was a villain.

[Net1360]

Every episode of The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy. And I think its spin-off special Underfist (This fall) will make even less common sense.

[Antiyonder]

Fairly Oddparents "Love Struck" comes to mind. Yeah I know the show isn't going to get even 3rd place for consistency, but they've had more than one episode constantly stating that wishes that would mess up true love couldn't be granted. So, the events of LS shouldn't have been able to happen.

[DarthGonzo]

Fairly Oddparents "Love Struck" comes to mind.

Jog my memory. What episode was this?

[Hanshotfirst113]

So, we all have our favorite shows. Or shows that we enjoy. But, every now and again, some times the writers decide to violate the series' own common sense. Usually, it drives me nuts.

What are some of your own pick? I'll go first.

The Five Minute Head Start in the series finale of "Justice League Unlimited" - Oooookaaaay. Did an executive mandate this? Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? These villains are hardened criminals. Yeah, they assisted in the fight against Darkseid, but you know what, Lucky Luciano was still arrested, prosecuted and deported. What would have made sense would be for some of the villains to escape during the chaos, and for members of the League to, oh, I don't know, say they'll put in a good word to offer them amnesty.

But, for Batman of all characters to smile and give them a five minute head start? Unreal. Completely unreal.

It was bloody stupid, that's what it was.

I always thought that it was meant as a joke.

[Antiyonder]

Jog my memory. What episode was this?

The Valentines Day episode where Timmy wishes for all of the girls to be gone (basically guys and gals living apart). That would definately have warrented a big wand fart.

[Ultra8]

The only one that comes to mind at the moment is the last season of Xioalin Showdown. The bean guy steals the Treasure of the Blind Swordsman along with some of the really dangerous wu like the Saffire Dragon and the Mosiac Scale only to lose them the next episode(in a remake of Raymundo goes bad, no less). That just annoyed me to no end, particularly since they always did a good set-up of stories in past seasons.
But then the Last season was the weakest.

[Wussycat]

Xiaolin Showdown: I didn't buy Raimundo's motivation for going to the dark side.

TaleSpin "The Golden Sprocket of Friendship": Rebecca is usually the smartest main character, but in this episode she mistakes Trader Moe for Kit even though she gets a good look at his face.

[GregX]

I always thought that it was meant as a joke.

Well, it wasn't funny.

[Kagetsu]

Xiaolin Showdown: I didn't buy Raimundo's motivation for going to the dark side.Really? I'd have gone dark for less. As with Raimondo, I'd have drawn the line at watching my friends destroyed. Though experience has shown me that my "friends" don't feel the same.

The one that I rather enjoy even though they violated their own rules: X-Men Evo, Rogue sapped Sabertooth's power, then grew hair. She wasn't supposed to take physical features, but "aww, I just shaved my legs", and "Until She'wolf gets a hair cut" was so funny to make it worth the rule fudge :anime:.

[Wussycat]

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Characters will occasionally go OOC in utterly appalling ways, like when everyone except Eduardo played a cruel trick on Mac for no reason.

Shorts with Bugs Bunny and the tortoise: Bugs acts nothing like he normally does.

[Blackstar]

Super Friends: the Legendary Superpowers Show/Galactic Guardians- In the episode "Darkseid's Golden Trap", Firestorm uses his powers to trap an alien guard by making rope and a gag appear around him, seemingly from out of nothing. Firestorm's power is only supposed to be changing objects by rearranging their molecules. He's not supposed to make things appear out of thin air. Unless Firestorm can rearrange air molecules as well, he shouldn't be able to do this. He also made a anchor tied to a chain appear from out of nowhere in "Bizarro Super Powers Team".

[kaseykockroach]

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Characters will occasionally go OOC in utterly appalling ways, like when everyone except Eduardo played a cruel trick on Mac for no reason.

Shorts with Bugs Bunny and the tortoise: Bugs acts nothing like he normally does.
While I don't care for those cartoons either, I do know that they can considered important for establishing Bugs' dark side. Besides, does Bugs ALWAYS have to win?
No offense. Just wanted to state my opinion, that's all.

[Anthonynotes]

The Valentines Day episode where Timmy wishes for all of the girls to be gone (basically guys and gals living apart). That would definately have warrented a big wand fart.

Hmm... by my logic, just wishing for all the males and females living apart like that shouldn't have made them stop being in love with each other, so no wand fart noise should be necessary (since it'd just be a simple teleportation spell)---though there should be a lot of people wondering where their loved ones went...

That and my other nitpick about the episode being that it assumes (admittedly like most animation outside of "South Park" and the various Fox shows) that there's no gay or lesbian people (whose relationships wouldn't be affected by said wish, of course), who I'd think would give *some* love-strength for ol' Cupid, unless there's not enough of said populace to make him remotely full-strength or something... ;-)

While we're on the subject, not sure how Timmy could wish for Vicky to have a boyfriend in that one episode---isn't that messing with "true love" in some manner? For that matter, if he could do that, why not wish for Trixie as his girlfriend?

-B.

[Mikintosh]

Everytime someone (especially Shredder) broke the 4th wall in the original 80's TMNT series.

Shredder's supposed to be a hardcore, deadly, beat you 'til you're black & blue ninja, yet he was nothing more than comic relief until the 8th season.

That doesn't work at all. Everybody on the show broke the 4th wall from the very beginning, and Shredder was always pretty much comic relief from the first season. You could file it under "Shows That Violated Their Source Material's Common Sense", but the 80s show was always pretty consistant in tone and characterization until near the end, when they made everything darker and then ditched Shredder entirely.

And personally, I think the 4Kids show has been the worse for making Shredder too evil and unrelatable and not having the same asides to the audience as the 80s show did, but I'm very biased in that regard.

To answer the thread, this one's tough, but I think in the 2003 Spider-Man series finale, Peter Parker gave up his Spidey suit rather easily. I know they were planning to resolve it, but still.

[Wussycat]

In Foster's, Wilt is usually regarded as the most trustworthy friend in the home, but in the Bendy episode Frankie and Mr. Herriman suddenly don't trust him.

[Conan-san]

In Foster's, Wilt is usually regarded as the most trustworthy friend in the home, but in the Bendy episode Frankie and Mr. Herriman suddenly don't trust him.I tihnk we can establish that the Bendy episode was one of those off days that people have, it just happens to be the cast that everyone in the studio chose the same day to have it off.

[Antiyonder]

Hmm... by my logic, just wishing for all the males and females living apart like that shouldn't have made them stop being in love with each other, so no wand fart noise should be necessary (since it'd just be a simple teleportation spell)---though there should be a lot of people wondering where their loved ones went...

Except that the first episode to introduce the rule and fart, Timmy wasn't even able to wish Mark off the planet because of his love for Vicky. So separating people who are in love again should have resulted with gas dispensing.

Then of course Vicky was shown to at least fear her parents, yet Channel Chasers reverses who fears who (parents afraid of Vicky).

[TKnHappyNess]

Power Rangers - Disney era. The Saban era series were good, but once Disney took over, the series became crap. They even went so far to get the old viewers back that they had Jason David Frank come back for one series and become one of the Rangers again, although not in a leadership role.

[Anthonynotes]

Except that the first episode to introduce the rule and fart, Timmy wasn't even able to wish Mark off the planet because of his love for Vicky. So separating people who are in love again should have resulted with gas dispensing.

Then of course Vicky was shown to at least fear her parents, yet Channel Chasers reverses who fears who (parents afraid of Vicky).

Ugh... and don't forget the low point of the series, "Timmy's 2-D House of Horror" for that "parents doing their bad Wade Duck impression and being afraid of a scrawny annoying teenager" bit.. which undermined the whole premise of the amusing episode "Housebreakers" (sp?), where Timmy tries to get Vicky in trouble with her parents by messing up her house. That along with some previous episodes, possibly going back to the Fairy Flu episode, suggesting Vicky's parents do have some authority over her... and how hard would that be anyway? Just threaten to take away her allowance and (given her love of money) she should fall in line easily...

-B.

[Aldrius]

Xiaolin Showdown, when Wuya became an idiot in season 2. :P

[Wussycat]

The Goliath Chronicles (3rd season of Gargoyles): Xanatos and Fox suddenly became good guys for no reason, and all the villains were one-dimensional and pure evil.

[GregX]

The Goliath Chronicles (3rd season of Gargoyles): Xanatos and Fox suddenly became good guys for no reason, and all the villains were one-dimensional and pure evil.

Thank you. I figured I'd let someone else mention this one. But yeah, Xanatos and Fox went from complex grey characters to... well, Xanatos became a boring version of Bruce Wayne and Fox went from being tough to weeping like a helpless mother stereotype.

[Craig Crumpton]

Probably not a popular opinion, but I'd submit "Family Guy" as a repeat offender.

Why? Peter Griffin is a worthless character -- so inconsistent that it's impossible to identify with him or find redeeming qualities about him as a character. That's at complete odds with what makes characters appealing. Take Homer Simpson, for example: he's a lovable buffoon, but he loves and cares for his family, and fans love him for it... it made him an icon.

By comparison, Peter is a complete idiot who treats his wife, kids, friends, and co-workers like crap and is a lousy husband, father, and employee on top of all that. And yet they try to give him moments of common sense and sentiment in the same episode. He's quite possibly one of the worst characters ever created.

[r0derix]

But Family Guy isn't meant to be a loveable, relatable show, it's meant to make you laugh, and if you happen to relate or begin to love the characters, thats just a plus for the crew. (as an aside, I do not watch Family Guy anymore, but I used too)

[I.R Joey]

So, we all have our favorite shows. Or shows that we enjoy. But, every now and again, some times the writers decide to violate the series' own common sense. Usually, it drives me nuts.

What are some of your own pick? I'll go first.

The Five Minute Head Start in the series finale of "Justice League Unlimited" - Oooookaaaay. Did an executive mandate this? Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? These villains are hardened criminals. Yeah, they assisted in the fight against Darkseid, but you know what, Lucky Luciano was still arrested, prosecuted and deported. What would have made sense would be for some of the villains to escape during the chaos, and for members of the League to, oh, I don't know, say they'll put in a good word to offer them amnesty.

But, for Batman of all characters to smile and give them a five minute head start? Unreal. Completely unreal.

It was bloody stupid, that's what it was.

That didn't bother me to much, what bugged me is the idea of anyone just giving Darkseid the anti-life equation. I mean it's THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION. My interpretation has always been that it gives someone control over all free thinking minds. How can someone just give that to Darkseid?

Danny Phantom's guilty of violating it's own logic at some points. Early on they say that humans can phase through objects in the ghost zone, but later episodes toss that aside.

[The Huntsman]

I know nobody really cared about the show, but I’m going to go with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. In the first season, Brandy was trapped in the Amazon. There were no modern facilities, and she had to introduce concepts like stores and currency, which the animals didn’t usually care about. However, in the second season, it was revealed that there was a mall the entire time, despite the fact that Brandy had to teach them what a mall was, and there were dozens of theme parks and modern facilities, despite the fact that she was still supposed to be trapped in the Amazon. The show was built upon her dealing with the loss of these modern luxuries, and the first season did that quite well, but the second season tossed that aside and made the Amazon no different than any large city on the planet. The entire second season tossed aside everything that was established in the first season, and I wasn’t too pleased about that.

[Mek]

I'd probably say the one episode of 'Jimmy Neutron' (hey, my mom loves the show and I'm forced to watch it whenever it's on) that was a send-up of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'. IIRC, Sheen was some prophesied 'chosen one' -all because he could put his leg behind his head- and there was a dance-off and kung-fu and 4th wall breaking from the lead villain -who was horribly stereotypical- and pretty much everyone else.

Oh yeah, and Sheen's kung-fu "training" and the outtakes at the end of the episode too really required major suspension of disbelief for the 'Jimmy Neutron' world.

I have no clue if it's actually a continuation of a previous episode (since the Shangri-Llama people seemed to know Jimmy, Sheen and Carl), but it seriously felt WAY out of place, even for Jimmy Neutron, and it also came off as one big, elaborate joke episode. I don't know if that was the case, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

[FriendlyMushroom]

^ Yeah, it was a continuation, in a sense. Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen first met the monks at the end of the Rescue Jet Fusion special. And Sheen was declared the "chosen one" for his trick. It was just a joke, really, that was picked up again for a whole other episode.

I'd say Naruto. It started out OK, but the powers the characters gained are just too unbelievable for the setting. It's supposed to be about NINJA, not people with massive powers vying for territorial dominance.

[Scirel]

^ Yeah, it was a continuation, in a sense. Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen first met the monks at the end of the Rescue Jet Fusion special. And Sheen was declared the "chosen one" for his trick. It was just a joke, really, that was picked up again for a whole other episode.

I'd say Naruto. It started out OK, but the powers the characters gained are just too unbelievable for the setting. It's supposed to be about NINJA, not people with massive powers vying for territorial dominance.


The first episode had a guy who defeated a giant demon fox with nine tails that could sever mountains while riding a giant toad....:sweat:

[Kouji Tamino]

The first episode had a guy who defeated a giant demon fox with nine tails that could sever mountains while riding a giant toad....:sweat:

Yeah, Naruto was never supposed to be about traditional ninja. It was actually originally going to focus around magic academy rather than ninja academy, so where the series eventually went kind of makes sense in that regard.

[FriendlyMushroom]

Yeah, Naruto was never supposed to be about traditional ninja. It was actually originally going to focus around magic academy rather than ninja academy, so where the series eventually went kind of makes sense in that regard.

Then why call it ninjas?

I guess it was just a cooler name. Sure beats something like "militaristic magicians".

[stephane dumas]

In Popeye, in the Famous studios/Paramount cartoons, there was a Popeye vs Hercules (1948) when Popeye fights Hercules while in a other Popeye toon, "Greek Mirthology" (1954) Hercules was the great-great-great-great-uncle of Popeye!

In Goldorak/Grandizer episode 7 known in French as "Le festin des loups", Actarus/Duke Fleed wasn't able to win the fight against Vegan commander Janus(Captain Gorman) until Hydargos(Blackie), a Vegan general decided to betrayed Janus just to save his place by ordenning 2 mini-ufos who escorted Janus to shoot him in the back! Then Actarus could had used the Spacer saucer to shoot Janus with a shot of megavolts (melt shower) for example as a diversion to prepare a counter-attack! Strangely, in episode 6 (French title: "Attaque sur Perlepolis") he used his spacer saucer as a diversion to eleminate the Vegan robot. Both episodes was writen by the same writer Shozo Uehara. (source this Italian pdf document http://www.nagaifans.it/Goldrake/Episodi/episodi.pdf from this Italian site http://www.nagaifans.it/ )

[Dudley]

That didn't bother me to much, what bugged me is the idea of anyone just giving Darkseid the anti-life equation. I mean it's THE ANTI-LIFE EQUATION. My interpretation has always been that it gives someone control over all free thinking minds. How can someone just give that to Darkseid?

Because Lex Luthor knew that they would dissapear. That's what he probably learned in the Source Wall.


Yeah, Naruto was never supposed to be about traditional ninja. It was actually originally going to focus around magic academy rather than ninja academy, so where the series eventually went kind of makes sense in that regard.

Ya know, to this day, I think that would've made an awesome concept, not to mention a lot more sense. :shrug:

[cyde]

Hmm... by my logic, just wishing for all the males and females living apart like that shouldn't have made them stop being in love with each other, so no wand fart noise should be necessary (since it'd just be a simple teleportation spell)---though there should be a lot of people wondering where their loved ones went...



-B.Shades of Vandread. If I was Timmy, I wouldn't fawn over that dumb Trixie, just regard her as an enemy like Vicky, Frincis and Crocker. Who needs a typical token Asian like her?

[cyde]

Probably not a popular opinion, but I'd submit "Family Guy" as a repeat offender.

Why? Peter Griffin is a worthless character -- so inconsistent that it's impossible to identify with him or find redeeming qualities about him as a character. That's at complete odds with what makes characters appealing. Take Homer Simpson, for example: he's a lovable buffoon, but he loves and cares for his family, and fans love him for it... it made him an icon.

I don't know......................:confused:

[JMorgan]

If I was Timmy, I wouldn't fawn over that dumb Trixie, Who needs a typical token Asian like her?

Trixie's Asian? I just thought she was a fancy, pale black-haired white girl that just happens to have differently-shaped eyes.

But anyway, for my addition to this, I'm going to throw out Ren and Stimpy. Of course, the series changed after John K. was removed -- I haven't honestly seen any Season 3+ episodes for ages, though, I've yet to get the DVDs and it's been forever since I saw them on Nick, and from what I remember they weren't bad. But the real funny business is when John K. himself revives them for the Adult Party Cartoon; the original R&S being so borderline offensive and carefully-plotted for innuendo and gross-out humor to the point at which it just *barely* could stay on network TV was what made it so interesting and fun to watch, see what they could get away with without being banned. Plus, the characters themselves, however demented, still salvaged likability from the fact that they *were*, after all, Nicktoons, and were still enjoyable by kids. Adult Party Cartoon, obviously, shoves that all out the window, and makes them SO off-the-wall that it's hard to hold respect for them afterwards. I understand John K. likes being really wild with his cartoons, but the key is to stay JUST kid-friendly enough that you don't lock the series completely out to anyone who isn't both an adult and equipped with a very specific sense of humor. See: Rocko's Modern Life, the OLD episodes of your same show!

[FinnMacCool]

I'd say the Moral Orel episode where Orel brings the prostitutes to Moralton. The prostitute aspect didn't violate the show's common sense, but, early on, Reverend Putty is complaining that his job's been rendered pretty much useless since everyone is so pious in Moralton already. Considering all the depraved actions we've seen in Moralton, Putty's complaint doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[Draven]

The Five Minute Head Start in the series finale of "Justice League Unlimited" - Oooookaaaay. Did an executive mandate this? Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? These villains are hardened criminals. Yeah, they assisted in the fight against Darkseid, but you know what, Lucky Luciano was still arrested, prosecuted and deported. What would have made sense would be for some of the villains to escape during the chaos, and for members of the League to, oh, I don't know, say they'll put in a good word to offer them amnesty.

But, for Batman of all characters to smile and give them a five minute head start? Unreal. Completely unreal.

It was bloody stupid, that's what it was.

What I think GregX is getting at here, is Batman doesn't smile. EVER. Adam West didn't have Batman smile. Bruce Wayne didn't smile, Terry McGinnis didn't smile. Hell, not even either of the Robins smiled. And certaintly Bruce Wayne didn't have a sense of humor, so the whole "he's joking" theory falls apart.

So, for Batman to suddendly smile, and give his prey a five minute head start is so completly out of character it should never have left a rough draft script.


Xiaolin Showdown, when Wuya became an idiot in season 2. :P THANK YOU. I didn't like that too much either.

[Dudley]

What I think GregX is getting at here, is Batman doesn't smile. EVER. Adam West didn't have Batman smile. Bruce Wayne didn't smile, Terry McGinnis didn't smile. Hell, not even either of the Robins smiled. And certaintly Bruce Wayne didn't have a sense of humor, so the whole "he's joking" theory falls apart.



I haven't seen every episode of each series, but I have seen each of those versions of Batman and Robin smile.

[Wussycat]

In the episode Bart Has Two Mommies, Marge doesn't know what Star Wars is. Come on, she isn't that out of it!

[Draven]

I haven't seen every episode of each series, but I have seen each of those versions of Batman and Robin smile.

Eh...maybe a confidendt smirk, or a sly grin, but that's a little diffrent. This sounds like a completly un-Batman thing to do.

[Darknight66]

What I think GregX is getting at here, is Batman doesn't smile. EVER.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1401202063.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/29/darkknight2_p22.gif


Adam West didn't have Batman smile.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/ianbrill/cv031166.jpg


Bruce Wayne didn't smile,

http://film.onet.pl/_i/news/duze/b/batman_bale.jpg

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/episodes/catandtheclawp1/18.jpg




Terry McGinnis didn't smile.

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/beyond/bios/batman/05.jpg

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/beyond/episodes/deadmanshand/07.jpg


Hell, not even either of the Robins smiled.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Detective38.JPG

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/bios/robin/44.jpg

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/e/e2/JTRobin.jpg/180px-JTRobin.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/2917/timwy2.png

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/tnba/bios/robin/13.jpg

Anyway, you were saying......

[Mikintosh]

Yeah, I'd say the only Batman that pretty much never smiles is the Bruce Wayne from the comics. Terry joked all the time, Kevin Conroy's Bruce Wayne was actually almost cheerful out of costume, and Dick and Tim were silly all the time in BTAS. It's really the core comics that give the impression that the Batman family's humorless, and even then there are exceptions.

And if you remembers his smile at the end of "Mad Love", that shows Bats does pull out that wry grin even with the cowl on.

[Harlan_Phoenix]

I'd say the Moral Orel episode where Orel brings the prostitutes to Moralton. The prostitute aspect didn't violate the show's common sense, but, early on, Reverend Putty is complaining that his job's been rendered pretty much useless since everyone is so pious in Moralton already. Considering all the depraved actions we've seen in Moralton, Putty's complaint doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I'd imagine it was meant to be taken ironically.

[Dudley]

Thanks DarkKnight66.

Let's see violating common sense........ I guess the "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown", when all the kids got mad at Charlie Brown for messing up the kicks in the football game when it was clearly Lucy's fault.

[Scirel]

Thanks DarkKnight66.

Let's see violating common sense........ I guess the "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown", when all the kids got mad at Charlie Brown for messing up the kicks in the football game when it was clearly Lucy's fault.


That ALWAYS pissed me off soooo much as a kid. It was IN NO WAY his fault, and he never even told them despite how much of a female dog lucy always was to him.

[stephane dumas]

That ALWAYS pissed me off soooo much as a kid. It was IN NO WAY his fault, and he never even told them despite how much of a female dog lucy always was to him.

Reminds me of some Peanuts parodies then I saw on Cracked, Mad magazine, Robot Chicken where Charlie Brown had enough and got his revenge.

[cyde]

Reminds me of some Peanuts parodies then I saw on Cracked, Mad magazine, Robot Chicken where Charlie Brown had enough and got his revenge.In the words of The Coasters:
"Why is everyone always pickin' on me?"

[Draven]

Anyway, you were saying......

I was saying...it looks like I was wrong.

At least mostly... I'll give you the cover of Life, even though I shouldn't, but something tells me you have more examples waiting.

But this?

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/29/darkknight2_p22.gif

This doesn't count. That is NOT a smile. That's a war face.

Maybe Bruce and Terry can get smiley when the mask is off, but when it's ON, it's all cold stares.

So, with that in mind, don't I at LEAST have some point in my post? Batman smiling and giving the villans a 5 minute head start sounds like SUCH an UN-Batman like thing to do...

[RAINMAN]

Vegeta trying to run away while fighting freeza and too scare to fight borly. He never did that in the manga so why did the anime writers deside to make him look like a coward?:mad:

[JLU Dude]

But this?

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/29/darkknight2_p22.gif

This doesn't count. That is NOT a smile. That's a war face.

I'm gooing to side with Draven on this one. That and Batman in DKR was a bit of a sadist.


Maybe Bruce and Terry can get smiley when the mask is off, but when it's ON, it's all cold stares.

Outside of Bruce smirking after Harley kissed him in Harley's Holiday, which I can't find a screencap of, you're right about Bruce. But Terry...

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/beyond/episodes/rotj/media/02.jpg

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/beyond/bios/batman/27.jpg

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/beyond/bios/batman/60.jpg


So, with that in mind, don't I at LEAST have some point in my post? Batman smiling and giving the villans a 5 minute head start sounds like SUCH an UN-Batman like thing to do...

That's a good point. I also have to agree with Draven and GregX on this one.

[Antiyonder]

I went into this in the anime forums, but the dramatic departure of Goku at the end of DBZ came at the expense of logic.

The drama is that Goku would go to Uub's villaige to train him, forgetting that he can use instant transmission, heck he probably would be strong enough to run/fly to and from Uub's village. So he'd be further training in the process.

[Tobias]

So, with that in mind, don't I at LEAST have some point in my post? Batman smiling and giving the villans a 5 minute head start sounds like SUCH an UN-Batman like thing to do...
That's a good point. I also have to agree with Draven and GregX on this one.

The thing is, it was 50+ Leaguers vs. less than 12 villains. Batman knew they had ZERO chance whatsover without Luthor or Grodd there to throw orders. Giving them a five minute head start was Bat's way of saying 'You're all screwed anyway, but we need the exercise'.

[Daikun]

The Powerpuff Girls is one of the most inconsistent shows on television. I don't think the writers even bothered checking previous episodes before inserting truckloads of errors into their scripts.

[Draven]

The Powerpuff Girls is one of the most inconsistent shows on television. I don't think the writers even bothered checking previous episodes before inserting truckloads of errors into their scripts.

Mind providing a few examples?

[Dr.Pepper]

The Powerpuff Girls is one of the most inconsistent shows on television. I don't think the writers even bothered checking previous episodes before inserting truckloads of errors into their scripts.
Same with Dexter's Lab. I mean everything having to do with Mandark made no sense in the newer ones.

[Desensitized]

The last 9 years of the Simpsons.... -_-
Disagreed. I could debate the quality but not violating their own rules. The only times that's really happened was in seasons 11 and 12.

[mammy2shoesfan]

The thing is, it was 50+ Leaguers vs. less than 12 villains. Batman knew they had ZERO chance whatsover without Luthor or Grodd there to throw orders. Giving them a five minute head start was Bat's way of saying 'You're all screwed anyway, but we need the exercise'.
I just think it was a great way to end a great show. Brung a tear to my eyes knowing that we may never see a show of that quality again. Me I get the type of humor that Batman has no one else seems to get it but that guy can make me laugh at times. Everyone focuses on mean and grim Batman but if you take a look he has a few good one liners.

[Itchy]

In the episode Bart Has Two Mommies, Marge doesn't know what Star Wars is. Come on, she isn't that out of it!

Kinda odd since she's making a Darth Vader mask when she's babysitting Rod and Todd in another episode.

[Aldrius]

Kinda odd since she's making a Darth Vader mask when she's babysitting Rod and Todd in another episode.

Well maybe she learned since then... :p

She does say "I'm a Star Wars."

...didn't she go see the Empire Strikes Back with Homer on a date, though?

[stephane dumas]

Well maybe she learned since then... :p

She does say "I'm a Star Wars."

...didn't she go see the Empire Strikes Back with Homer on a date, though?

yes, before she knew she was pregnant and Homer tells to Marge in front of folks waiting for the next showing then Darth Vader was Luke's father.