Almost 35 years after the demise of the original show comes this new television movie that reunites Batman series stars Adam West and Burt Ward in a comedy adventure. Directed by Paul A. Kaufman. With Adam West, Burt Ward, Jack Brewer, Jason Marsden. When the Batmobile is stolen, Adam West and Burt Ward search for it while. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (also known as Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker in Europe and Australia) is a 2000 American direct-to-video superhero.

Barbara Gordon in other media. Originally created in 1. Barbara Gordon has been adapted into various other forms of media.

The character has appeared in both live action and animated television series and films, as well as in video games in her alter- egos as both Batgirl and Oracle. Live action[edit]Batman & Robin[edit]Alicia Silverstone appears as Barbara Wilson / Batgirl. The character is a variant on Bette Kane and in this version appears as Alfred Pennyworth's niece rather than Commissioner Gordon's daughter. She is depicted as a blonde instead of a redhead and her Batgirl costume is very different from the one in the comics as it lacks gold accents and a cowl and she wears a domino mask (similar to Robin's). She joins Bruce Wayne / Batman and Dick Grayson / Robin in their efforts of stopping Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze, Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy, and Bane.

DC Extended Universe[edit]In March 2. Joss Whedon was in talks to write, direct and produce a Batgirl film as part of the DC Extended Universe.[1] The film will feature the Barbara Gordon incarnation of the character, with The New 5. Gail Simone serving as "a starting point" for the film.[2] In April 2. Whedon stated that he was fascinated by a character that chooses to be a vigilante, even though she hadn't suffered any tragedies in her life like Bruce Wayne / Batman, and that the damaged aspect of the character will be explored in the film.[3] In July, Geoff John's stated production on the film will begin in 2. At San Diego Comic Con 2. Batgirl. Animation[edit]LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout[edit]Batgirl appears in LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout voiced by Sarah Hyland.

Originally created in 1967, the fictional comic book character Barbara Gordon has been adapted into various other forms of media. The character has appeared in both. Burt Ward, Actor: Batman. Actor Burt Ward had to endure one of the toughest setbacks ever to befall a TV star once his camp-styled antics as the "Boy Wonder.

Batman: Under the Red Hood[edit]Barbara Gordon is directly alluded to in Batman: Under the Red Hood when Jason Todd mentions "friends [the Joker] has crippled" to Batman, most likely referencing to the night the Joker shot her to drive Commissioner Gordon insane. Batman: Bad Blood[edit]Barbara Gordon made a brief cameo in her Batgirl of Burnside costume at end of the animated film Batman: Bad Blood. Batman: The Killing Joke[edit]Tara Strong reprised her role as Barbara Gordon for the animated film adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke.[4] Her Batgirl costume resembles the one from The New Batman Adventures and her debut appearance in Detective Comics #3. Batgirl's role in the film was expanded from the source material, including depicting her decision to retire as Batgirl just before the Joker's attack after a tense case with a ruthless gang leader, as well as an encounter with Batman that ended with them having sex. There is also a post- credit scene where Barbara, sometime after recovering in the hospital, now operates as Oracle.

Barbara's role and portrayal in the film (which differs heavily from most other portrayals) has been heavily criticized as "cheap, misogynistic writing".[5]The LEGO Batman Movie[edit]Rosario Dawson voiced Barbara Gordon in The LEGO Batman Movie.[6] This incarnation is the new Police Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department after her father retires. But when the Joker causes chaos around the city and releases a few major non- DC comics villains from the Phantom Zone, Barbara helps Batman, Robin, and Alfred recapture the villains, and later on after she and the gang team up with the original Joker Gang, Barbara becomes Batgirl. Her Batgirl costume is purple with gold accents to reflect the costume from the 6. TV series.[7]Television[edit]Live action[edit]Librarian Barbara Gordon and her alter ego Batgirl were portrayed by Yvonne Craig in the third season of the Batman television series (1.

Her Batgirl costume color was purple with gold accents and it also incorporated a long red wig to hide her real avocado- style, black hair. In a promotional short,[8] librarian Barbara Gordon encounters millionaire Bruce Wayne and his "youthful ward" Dick Grayson at the Gotham City Public Library. As Gordon and Wayne become acquainted, Killer Moth and his henchmen (in full costume) discuss a plan of attack. One henchman suggests taking Bruce Wayne hostage, but Killer Moth shows reluctance, due to Wayne's alleged friendship with Batman. Moth directs the group to kidnap Wayne's business acquaintance instead, who also happens to be a billionaire. When Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson realize the presence of their adversaries, they quickly leave the library to change into Batman and Robin. Meanwhile, Gordon is locked in the library's office by Killer Moth's henchmen, however, it is revealed there is a secret chamber within the office where she changes into Batgirl.

When Batman and Robin arrive to apprehend Moth and his gang, all parties are shocked at the arrival of a Batgirl. Batman, Robin, and Batgirl defeat the villains with relative ease and Batgirl vanishes without revealing her secret identity. Batgirl's costume in the episode closely resembles that later seen in the series, though the design of her mask changes.

The short also featured a unique version of the Batman theme, ending with the lyric "Batgirl!" rather than the usual "Batman!" (and accompanied by an appropriately modified Batman logo). The promotional short was able to renew the series for a third season and add Batgirl to its regular cast. Batgirl's official debut was in the episode "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin".[9] The Penguin kidnaps Commissioner Gordon's daughter Barbara, binds her to a chair and gags her, and hides her in the next- door apartment which is being redecorated. The dynamic duo make it their mission to rescue her. The Penguin plans to marry her, thinking that becoming Commissioner Gordon's son- in- law would make him immune from arrest. He ungags her and forces her to agree to this by threatening to have Gordon killed.

Pretending to be locked behind a secured door, Barbara makes her transformation into Batgirl and assists Batman and Robin in defeating the Penguin as they have been gassed and hung over a vat of acid. Watch Forever Young Online. During the episode, Alfred Pennyworth discovers her secret identity - but he vows never to reveal it. He claims she left a few minutes ago when the fight has finished, by which time Barbara has changed back. During the third season, Batgirl aided Batman and Robin in solving several mysteries and even saved them from near death by herself on several occasions. Unfortunately, Batgirl's addition to the cast was not enough to save the series from cancellation. Although the promotional short has been mistakenly thought of as a pilot for Batgirl's own spin- off, it is highly unlikely ABC would have agreed to give her own series since Batman had been in danger of cancellation since the end of its first season. According to the book DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, Batgirl's addition to the cast "was a sign of desperation.

Ratings were down and there was hope that a new character might give the show a shot in the arm."[1. Yvonne Craig once again appeared as Batgirl in a 1. The 2. 00. 3 made- for- TV film Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt included scenes recreating the filming of the 1. TV series. Erin Carufel plays Yvonne Craig / Batgirl, in the film. Birds of Prey[edit]Barbara Gordon appeared as Oracle as one of the main characters in the WB television series Birds of Prey, played by Dina Meyer.[1. The series was loosely based on the comic book of the same name. In the 7. 0 minute pilot episode, Alfred Pennyworth narrates the events which have led to the formation of the Birds of Prey.

Years ago, when Batman defended the streets of Gotham City, he fathered a daughter to Catwoman which he never knew about. After the birth of her daughter Helena, Selena Kyle gave up her life as Catwoman and raised her child as a single mother. Bruce Wayne, apparently oblivious to the fact that he has a child, continues to fight crime in Gotham as Batman.

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (also known as Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker in Europe and Australia) is a 2. American direct- to- videosuperhero animated film featuring the comic book superhero. Batman and his archenemy, the Joker. It is set in the continuity of the animated series Batman Beyond, in which Bruce Wayne has retired from crime fighting, giving the mantle of Batman to high- school student Terry Mc.

Ginnis, and serves as a sequel to both Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. As in the TV series, Will Friedle and Kevin Conroy star as Terry Mc. Ginnis and Bruce Wayne, respectively, and Mark Hamill, who voiced the Joker opposite Conroy in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, reprises his role. Before its release, the film was heavily edited to remove scenes of intense violence, and some dialogue was altered, thus creating the "Not- Rated" version of the film. The original version was subsequently released on DVD following an online petition to have the original version released. It received a PG- 1.

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for violence, the first animated Batman film and from Warner Bros. Family Entertainment to do so. Mephisto Odyssey and Static- X contributed the song "Crash (The Humble Brothers Remix)" on the film's soundtrack, along with a music video directed by Len Wiseman featured on the DVD. In Neo- Gotham City in 2. Showtime Full Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Online Free more. Joker mysteriously resurfaces after having disappeared 3. Jokerz. Bruce insists that the Joker must be an impostor despite the evidence, claiming to have witnessed the Joker's death after their last battle.

Later, Terry and his girlfriend Dana are attacked by the Jokerz at a nightclub while the Joker simultaneously ambushes and attacks Bruce in the Batcave, poisoning him with his trademark toxin and leaving him for dead. At Terry's insistence, Barbara reluctantly tells him what really happened to the Joker—the reason she and Bruce believe him to be dead. Decades earlier in 2.

Nightwing (Dick Grayson) moved to the adjoining city of Blüdhaven to fight crime on his own, the Joker and Harley Quinn kidnapped Tim Drake, Dick's successor as Robin, disfigured him to look like the Joker, and tortured him for three weeks, at which point Tim revealed Batman's secrets. After the Joker sadistically taunted both Tim and Batman himself, Batman furiously attacked the Joker for what he did to Tim. During the final battle, although the Joker attempted to make Tim kill Batman, Tim turned on the Joker and killed him before suffering a mental breakdown caused by the guilt of murdering. Batman and Batgirl comforted Tim and then buried the Joker's body in a mineshaft deep beneath Arkham Asylum, while Tim was eventually rehabilitated by Dr. Leslie Thompkins but Bruce forbade to him resume his vigilante role. Terry decides to question Tim, who denies any involvement with the Joker and bitterly claims he had grown sick of his past life as Robin. Terry then suspects Wayne Enterprises' operations manager Jordan Pryce, who would have taken control of the company were it not for Bruce's return. Watch Police Academy Online Hoyts.

Terry finds the Jokerz with Pryce on his yacht, who reveal that Pryce had hired them and given them access codes. However, the Joker has sent them to kill Pryce, as he is no longer needed and to cover their tracks. Terry rescues Pryce before a laser blast destroys the yacht, and turns him over to the police.

Back in the Batcave, Terry deduces that Tim must be working with the Joker when he discovers that the high- tech equipment the Jokerz have been stealing could be combined by someone with Tim's expertise as a top- level communications expert to form a machine that would be able to take control of any satellite, even an orbiting military satellite with an automated defense system, and fire it at will, thus explaining what happened on the yacht. Terry tracks the Joker to the abandoned Jolly Jack Candy Factory where he instead finds Tim, who then transforms into the Joker before his eyes. The Joker confesses that when he kidnapped Robin, he secretly implanted a microchip, built from cutting- edge genetics technology (revealed later to have been stolen from Project Cadmus), into Tim's brain. The microchip carries the Joker's consciousness and genetic material, allowing the Joker to transform Tim into a clone of himself, eventually becoming strong enough to permanently control Tim's body. Terry discovers the Joker to be a formidable combatant since he has extensive knowledge of Bruce's tactics as Batman.

Terry improvises by using his own street fighting maneuvers and taunting the Joker's obsession with Bruce as well as his origin, sending the rogue into a fury to put him off balance. Retrieving the Joker's joy buzzer—which had minutes earlier fallen against several control wires, shocking them and causing the active laser to redirect itself towards the candy factory—Terry delivers a shock to the Joker's neck, destroying the microchip and reverting Tim to his old self, finally freeing him from the Joker's control and ending the Joker permanently. Terry escapes with Tim before the satellite destroys the factory and the satellite- jamming device. As Tim recovers in the hospital, he is visited by Bruce, and they both express gratitude towards Terry for saving Tim's life and acknowledge his worth to the Batman mantle.

The new Batman and young apprentice to Bruce Wayne who has aged and retired being Gotham's vigilante. The original Batman, who has aged and mentors Terry. He has recently reassumed leadership of his company, Wayne Enterprises. The original Batman's archenemy, having mysteriously resurfaced after thirty years.

Hamill also voices Jordan Pryce: Vice president of Wayne Enterprises who harbors bitterness towards Bruce Wayne for preventing him from becoming head of the company. Police commissioner of Neo- Gotham and former Batgirl. Former Robin, who is now in his fifties and works as a communications engineer. The Joker's henchgirl and lover, believed to have fallen to her death the same night the Joker was killed.

Identical twins who are members of the Jokerz. Member of the Jokerz, whose costume is inspired by the Scarecrow. Leader of the Jokerz fraction before the Joker resurfaced and assumed control himself. Member of the Jokerz, who distrusts and gets into a struggle with the Joker, who ultimately kills him. Member of the Jokerz who is spliced with hyena DNA.

Bruce Wayne's pet dog. Terry's girlfriend. Dana's best friend. Terry's mother. Terry's younger brother.

An employee at Wayne Enterprises. Tim's wife. Production[edit]The film was put in production after the cancellation of Boyd Kirkland's Batman: Arkham, the intended sequel to Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub. Zero, as well as the planned third Batman: The Animated Series feature film.[2] It was produced during the second and third season of Batman Beyond, and aired as part of the third season, specifically after the episodes "King's Ransom" and "Untouchable", although in fact, the movie's events could have happened even after "Unmasked", the show's series finale, as there is no reference to the previous two mentioned episodes.

Something interesting to note is that the show's recurring character Maxine "Max" Gibson is inexplicably absent from the film. The design of the Joker in the film was the second revamp of physical appearance, after his redesign in The New Batman Adventures. This design was later used in the episodes "Injustice for All", "Only a Dream, Part 1" and "Wild Cards" of Justice League and in the episode "The Big Leagues" of Static Shock.[3] According to the DVD commentary, Joker's new design was based on an illustration of Hannibal Lecter from the novel The Silence of the Lambs, although some elements of this new design could be inspired by the villain Frieza from the Dragon Ball franchise.