What year is it?
What year is is supposed to be in this show? The old cars and Tommy guns make it seem like 40s or 50s, but alot of Batmans stuff seems like 90s and present day tech.. (for 92) any takers?
shareBatman: The Animated Series is set in no specific timeframe. It's a timewarp filled with influences from the time of Batman's first appearance in the late '30s all the way to the '90s. It's intentionally designed that way to ensure the timeless factor in the show. Given the rapid advancement to futuristic tech by the time of Batman Beyond though I'd say B:TAS probably takes place in its universe's equivalent of the '90s with Batman Beyond taking place in the 2030s or 2040s.
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Like he said, though I would disagree with the time period. I doesn't appear "Batman Beyond" tried to stay within a reasonable time period in order to be a sort of continuation to B:TAS.
I'd say based on the general design of all the cars in B:TAS, a traffic light like an old fashioned one where it's one light on a poll with an arm that lifts out to go or stop, some of the old-fashioned computer designs (including that the advanced Batcave computer takes up a good large potion of the Batcave), and some of the old-fashioned clothing designs of people (look at a flash back of Dick as a young boy in "Robin's Reckoning", for example), all suggest the 1950's/1960's. If you watch "The Mechanic" where there's an old flash-back seen of Batman showing up with the old, worm out Batmobile, it clearly looks like something out of maybe the 1930's/1940's (no way Batman was driving a car like that into the 1970's/1980's). That's all from memory.
While there's clearly no set time period, I have to say by the design of everyday items (cloths, cars, designs on various items), a time period was strongly being hinted at. Too bad that was destroyed by inserting technology way too advance for the period (such as flying robots [we still don't have tech that advanced], lasers, belt and glove thin to paper-thin computers, a taser) and more.
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Cheers, thanks alot guys. I didn't think there was a specific time line, just wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything. Just started re watching them all and they still rock. They need more shows like this
shareI must say the technology in Heart Of STEEL and the Minotaur game episode was a little too much for me, it didn't really make sense.
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