What if Bruce had the batsuit from Batman Beyond?

[Master Toon]

Do you think his fights would've been different or easier? What advantages or disadvantages would he have? I guess with the flight capability he would never have to use his grappling hook. I can't think of anything right now but what is you guys' opinion?

Just to be clear, I know Bruce has worn the suit on Batman beyond before but I'm referring to him wearing it in his heyday aka when he was Batman in Batman TAS.

[Silverstar]

Batman wearing the Batman Beyond cyber-suit during B:TAS may have given him an edge, but it also would've been very cheap. With that kind of tech at his disposal, he would've made easy work of the common-law grade villains that he faced in B:TAS. It would've practically been like giving him superpowers. (And Bats was 'super' enough when they amped up his abilities on Justice League.)

[Wolf Boy2]

Well, if Bruce had that suit he would've been strong enough to wrestle Bane, fight Kalibak and throw Superman into a table, his grapple would always loop around a gargoyle or flagpole or whatever random offscreen object he shot it at, his batarangs would perfectly knock enemy guns away ......... oh, snap.:sad:


Though if you really wanna nitpick he did have the suit in "Rebirth" as well as the prototypes in "Torch Song" and "Dissapearing Inque."

[lostinseganet]

I could have swore he did have the suit just not when he was young. He did not make it for terry he already had it. Are you implying what age he should have had it? Bruce is bruse young or old ya know.

[Harvey Two Face]

If he did have the suit at a younger age during B:TAS he basically would of owned anyone as mentioned above, but as far as I know he developed it during the later stages of his career becaue the suit gave him the strength he didn't originally have.

[The Guitar Slayer]

Bruce still would have trained himself to the condition he was -- being prepared is one of those stickler things with him. If the suit failed, he would still want to be able to fight on his own.

In all honesty, I'm not sure if it would have changed so much. Bruce was a healthy guy who was ultimately downed by a heart problem, normally a genetic issue. The leg injury was likely one of the original reasons for the suit; his limp prevented him for carrying on as usual. He likely had that limp from right after ROTJ, but the heart problem came later. I forget what he said about that Batman armour suit in one of the Inque episodes.

Either way, I don't think it would have affected his longevity as a hero; he still would have had a heart problem, a mortal problem. The suit didn't solve that, or else he'd be the guy zooming around Gotham instead of Terry. He may have had less arthritis and fewer scars, but the thing that made him retire still would have existed. His retirement would have just been more comfy.

[ROBOTRON]

:ack: - Paradox.

Didn't you see "Once and Future Thing"? Having access to that type of tech back in the B:TAS days would've given him the edge over anyone around...so would Wayne Industries. Having knowledge to future tech like that create a paradox and the JLU and Batman Beyond Batmen probably would have never existed.:D

[Palin Dromos]

I forget what he said about that Batman armour suit in one of the Inque episodes.

Either way, I don't think it would have affected his longevity as a hero; he still would have had a heart problem, a mortal problem. The suit didn't solve that, or else he'd be the guy zooming around Gotham instead of Terry. He may have had less arthritis and fewer scars, but the thing that made him retire still would have existed. His retirement would have just been more comfy.

I think the Bat-armor at least exacerbated his heart problem. I think that the Beyond-Suit also increased the strain on his heart. It's possible that if he had used the suit earlier in his career it could have brought him down even sooner. Just a thought.

Also, I keep seeing the title for this thread and thinking it's asking "What if Bruce Timm had the batsuit from Batman Beyond?" I know it's referencing Wayne, but I keep getting these funny images in my head of b.t. flying around fighting crime.:anime: Animator by day, Crime-fighter by night!

[Beyond Batman]

I'm sure if the technology was at his disposal, by all means he'd exploit it. By all means I don't think that's cheap. Having something that make you stronger and faster doesn't necessarily make you strategically superior.

[frostedone]

Without the suit, sure Bruce was not Meta-strong, and couldn't fly and stuff, but he was one of the Big 3 JLU, was in top human physical condition, managed to protect and entire large city, move around stealthly without invisibility, and take on meta-human foes, even gods like Darkseid and Brainiac. With the suit, he would have been like Superman, minus the heat vision, and weakness to Kryptonite. Also his durability wouldn't have been as high, but still much higher that a normal person because of the suit.

[Iguana]

Bats had plenty of opportunity to make at least parts of that suit very early on. He could easily have employed jet packs and, drugs such to make hims stronger faster and able to fly, any of the criminals he fights have them and he is certainly better funded than they are. The point of Bats is that he has compete confidence in his mind and body, so there is no need for him to fly around on Jet packs. Also Early on his main "power" was fear. Criminals did not know what the heck he was, Man animal what ever. Jet packs and such would take away that mystique from him and hinder him in his true calling. to scare the cowardly superstitious criminals.

I always felt that the Bat suit was more to keep him in the game after he lost a step, not so much for any 1 injury or even his heart. At the end of JLU I think there is even a hint to his concern he was losing a step to age. I just figured that the suit came in pieces, That is maybe he had circuits for his legs then arms then the next thing, fitted into his old suit until it became necessary to build a new one entirely. I would imagine that flying was probably late in the game though

[Yarharhar]

The suit did not add strain to his heart, it definitely took strain away(It did this by amplifying his strength or flat out doing-actions for him). The problem was that it didn't reduce the strain on his heart enough. That was the same problem the large armored bat-suit had.

In the end, I don't think Bruce could have made a suit that would reduce the strain on his heart enough (he would have if he could). The problem seemed to be that the adrenaline rush that came with being in a situation like a fight would make his heart condition rise up. This tended to happen even when he would effortlessly dispatch a few jokers with his cane - Wasn't a whole lot of visible stress there, just the rush of a fight-or-flight situation.

[Christian Prime]

:ack: - Paradox.

Didn't you see "Once and Future Thing"? Having access to that type of tech back in the B:TAS days would've given him the edge over anyone around...so would Wayne Industries. Having knowledge to future tech like that create a paradox and the JLU and Batman Beyond Batmen probably would have never existed.:D

"Snake!? What have you done?!?! You've created a Time Paradox!" Col Campbell - MGS3 :eek:

Bruce having the Cybersuit from Batman Beyond in BTAS?... Where would be fun in that I might ask? :sad: It would've ended in about 5 minutes flat or so....

:p

[Beyond Batman]

Bruce having the Cybersuit from Batman Beyond in BTAS?... Where would be fun in that I might ask? :sad: It would've ended in about 5 minutes flat or so....

:p

...but it would be the best 5 minutes EVER!