In the acclaimed 1993 animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ( based on Batman: The Animated Series ), creators Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Alan Burnett draw aspects from Batman: Year One during the flashback scenes, these include:

His voice over acting talents can be heard on animated shows like Ren and Stimpy, Scooby Doo, Batman: The Animated Series, Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs, Little Wizard Adventures, The Oz Kids and Disney's Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

It also became a major inspiration for the successful 1990s cartoon Batman: The Animated Series, in as much as the darkness of the picture and its sequel allowed for a darker Batman on television.

* In Batman: The Animated Series, the scientist that created the HARDAC machine is named Karl Rossum.

Dolenz provided the voice of Two-Face's twin henchmen in the two-part episode " Two-Face " on Batman: The Animated Series.

When The WB added the Kids ' WB programming block in 1995, Warner Bros. Animation-produced Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and later Batman: The Animated Series, ( all of which originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication ) moved to Kids ' WB with new productions and original shows included.

* A pre-Swamp Thing Alec Holland appears in Batman Adventures # 16 in a 5-page backup set in the Batman: The Animated Series universe.

In Batman: The Animated Series, the head psychiatrist of Arkham Asylum is named Dr. Bartholomew, a reference to Bartholomew Wolper, though Bartholomew is depicted as competent, well-meaning and fully supportive of Batman's methods, having been saved more than once by Batman.

* A two-part animated version is currently in the works from " DC Universe Animated Original Movies " and several Batman veterans are known to be involved.

Holland's grieving is interrupted by another Pamela Isley, whose character design matches her appearance in Batman: The Animated Series, rather than her later redesign.

A boxing scene in Batman: The Animated Series takes place in a venue called " Gotham Square Garden ".

He has occasionally sold scripts to non-print versions of superheroes, including Spider-Man ( 1994 ), X-Men ( 1992 ) and Batman: The Animated Series.

He has also lent his voice to several animated projects including Kwame in the cartoon series Captain Planet and the Planeteers ( 1990 – 1993 ) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet ( 1993 – 1996 ), Family Guy, Batman: The Animated Series, and Gargoyles.

Gorey was also an unashamed pop-culture junkie, avidly following soap operas and television comedies like Petticoat Junction and Cheers, and he had particular affection for dark genre series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batman: The Animated Series and The X-Files ; he once told an interviewer that he so enjoyed the Batman series that it was influencing the visual style of one of his upcoming books.

Alan Burnett, who would soon after leave Disney to work on Batman: The Animated Series, contributed the name " Darkwing Duck ".

She was also featured in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series entitled Legends of the Dark Knight.

The Dick Grayson version of Robin also appears in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Loren Lester.

* The Riddler hides in the World's Fair in one episode of Batman: The Animated Series.

She has continued to make television guest appearances and contributed voices to various cartoons, including Animaniacs, Aladdin, and as the original voice of Zatanna in the Batman: The Animated Series cartoon.

Additionally, Miller drew a short Batman Christmas story, " Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead or Alive ", written by Denny O ' Neil for DC Special Series No. 21 ( Spring 1980 ).

He drew the Batman for six years ( 1987 – 93 ), penciling Detective Comics from 1987 – 1990, then moving to Batman to introduce the new Robin from 1990 – 1992, and finally starting a new Batman series for DC titled Shadow of the Bat from 1992-1993.

* Batman: The Animated Series ( 1992-1993 )-The intro and 6 half-hour episodes: Two-Face: Part 1, Feat of Clay: Part 2, Fear of Victory, The Demon's Quest: Part 1, The Demon's Quest: Part 2 and Read My Lips.

The first half-hour of the program featured the established group of heroes: Superman, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, the Wonder Twins and Gleek.

Each half-hour episode featured either a single repeat from the original Superman run, the original Batman: The Animated Series, or a brand new story featuring Batman made specifically for this series, drawn in an animation style to match Superman: The Animated Series.

* The New Batman Adventures ( 1997-1998 )-5 half-hour episodes: Never Fear, Growing Pains, Mean Seasons, The Demon Within and Over the Edge.

* Two characters, one named Punch and one named Judy, appeared in nine episodes of The Batman as henchmen of the Joker.

Over the next several years, Merman was featured in two films, the successful It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ) and the flop The Art of Love ( 1965 ), and made dozens of television appearances, guesting on variety series hosted by Perry Como, Red Skelton, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Ed Sullivan, and Carol Burnett, on talk shows with Mike Douglas, Dick Cavett, and Merv Griffin, and in episodes of That Girl, The Lucy Show, Batman, and Tarzan, among others.

Moore did not choose to pursue a full-time career as an actor, but he did appear in 1960s films such as The Fortune Cookie and The Carpetbaggers and on television in episodes of Family Affair, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, The Reporter, Batman and the soap opera One Life to Live.

* Batman ( 1966 ) ( season 2, episodes " The Bookworm Turns / While Gotham City Burns ", as the Bookworm )

During the 1960s, he continued his television career, with guest appearances on such series as The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Route 66 ( a moving portrayal of a doomed pilot in the two-part episode " Fly Away Home "); Alfred Hitchcock Presents ; Perry Mason ( one of four actors in four consecutive episodes substituting for series star Raymond Burr, who was recovering from surgery ); Wagon Train ( a 90-minute colour episode as an English big game hunter who, in a display of amazing marksmanship, is able to kill an Indian chief from a great distance ); The Great Adventure ( in an installment of this anthology series about remarkable events in American history, he portrayed Confederate president Jefferson Davis ); Daniel Boone, ( in episodes " The Sound of Wings " and " First in War, First in Peace "); Lost in Space ( another two-part episode — as an all-powerful alien zookeeper, " The Keeper ", he worked one last time with his Third Man costar Jonathan Harris ); The Time Tunnel ( as Captain Smith of The Titanic, in the series ' 9 September 1966 premiere episode ); Batman ( as the villainous Sandman, in league with Julie Newmar's Catwoman ); three episodes of The Invaders ( as a malign variation of the Klaatu persona, culminating in a parallel plot also involving an assembly of world leaders ); an episode of I Spy (" Lana "); and two episodes of The F. B. I.

Gore performed on two consecutive episodes of the Batman TV series ( January 19 and 25 1967 ), in which she guest-starred as Pussycat, one of Catwoman's minions.

She also starred as guest villain " Zelda the Great " in two episodes of the superhero show Batman.

There were a total of 109 episodes and two backdoor-pilot episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, with Batman and Robin appearing in " The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair " and " The Caped Crusader Caper.

Shortly before the Super Friends series was developed Superman and Wonder Woman also guest-starred in two episodes of The Brady Kids, while Batman and Robin appeared in two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

The Bat-Cave was first seen in animation in various episodes of The Batman / Superman Hour, Super Friends, and The New Adventures of Batman.

In early episodes, Batman is seen using an elevator that is accessed through a secret door hidden behind a bookcase.

In certain episodes, the clock-entrance is opened by setting the hands of the clock the time Bruce's parents were killed ( similar to certain comic book stories ), while in The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, and Justice League, the pendulum is pulled from behind the face of the clock to unlock the entrance.

* Frank Gorshin played the Riddler in nine episodes of the 1960s Batman television series as well as the spin-off movie, with John Astin substituting once on the series in the second season.

The Riddler did not appear in the 1977 The New Adventures of Batman episodes, however he did appear in the show's opening wearing a red version of his outfit.

* John Glover returns as the Riddler for cameo appearances in The New Batman Adventures episodes " Over the Edge " and " Judgment Day ".

* The 1960s live action television series Batman usually had two-part episodes use a bizarre deathtrap as a cliffhanger.

* An unrelated Sandman appeared in the Batman episodes " The Sandman Cometh " and " The Catwoman Goeth " portrayed by Michael Rennie.

Much of his work in the 1960s and 1970s was for film and television, including his hit theme song for Route 66 ; steady work scoring episodes of Batman and other television series, and composing the scores of several motion pictures including the Rat Pack features Robin and the 7 Hoods and the original Ocean's 11.