Batman the Animated Series

Batman_the_Animated_Series aka Batman TAS is a 1991 animated series about Batman. It starts from the death of Bruce Wayne's parents and works up through his career as Batman until the death of the second Robin.

Characters
Bruce Wayne aka Batman voiced by Kevin Conroy.

The Dark Knight, his parents were murdered one night the tradgey drove him to become the hero Gotham needs.

Thomas and Martha Wayne

Bruce Wayne's parents, they were murdered.

Alfred Pennyworth

The Wayne Family's butler, he stayed on to look after Bruce. He continues to serve Bruce Wayne.

Dick Grayson aka Robin, Nightwing

The first Robin, later becomes an independent hero called Nightwing. Sometimes helps Batman out.

Jason Todd aka Robin

The second Robin, was murdered by Joker.

Tim Drake aka Robin, Joker Jr.

The third Robin, was brainwashed by Joker into becoming his successor as the new Joker should he die. Batman freed Tim from his brainwashing and Tim in a fit of rage tried to kill Joker in a similar manner to how he killed Jason but Batman not wanting Tim to become a murderer saved Joker's life, not wanting him to have the satisfaction of making one of Batman's friends a killer.

Both Tim and Damien are portrayed as very young and sometimes childish as Robin.

Damien Wayne aka Robin

Bruce Wayne's adopted son and the fourth and current Robin.

Commissioner Jim Gordon

The head of the police force and a friend of the Waynes.

Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl

Jim's daughter and secretly Batgirl. Later Jim finds out and in an even later story Joker paralyses her by shooting her in the spine.

The Joker voiced by Mark Hamill

Batman's most persistent foe, considers himself and Batsy as equals and therefore only he is worthy of being Batman's archnemesis. A mad man with a thirst for destruction and chaos, has no idea about his past and would rather it remained a mystery, after all what's the fun in having just one past when you can have so many origins to pick and choose? He spins a new story about his past each time he is examined by the psychiatrist. Some say he was the redhood, others say he was once called Jack Napier. Since he changes his mind and tells different stories no one knows the answer.

Joker's madness and destructive nature even changes on a whim, sometimes he is a harmless but troublesome prankster other times he is a remorseless and unhinged killer who has no regrets if people are killed during his stunts.

Harley Quinn aka Dr H. Quinnzel

Joker's former psychiatrist until he turned her into a maniac like himself. She joined forces with the mad clown as his sidekick. They have an on and off romantic relationship all though it is a little one sided, Harley loves her "Puddin" but the Joker finds her loyalty annoying and she ruins the joke by explaining it, if you have to explain the joke there is no joke!

The Penguin aka Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot

The owner of the Iceberg lounge. A mobster and a thief, Penguin fancies himself as a gentleman of crime. His Iceberg lounge acts as place for Gotham's criminal underworld to gather in secret and relax serving as a bar and club for criminals. Penguin keeps a low profile preferring to stay on Batman's good side to keep him out of his seedy activities. In return Batman turns a blind eye if Penguin updates him on the latest criminal gossip spreading amongst the Iceberg lounge.

The Scarecrow

A terrifying being who uses fear gas to show one's worse fears. He breaks people psychologically reducing them to gibbering wrecks.

The Riddler aka Edward Nygma

Likes riddles and green jumpsuits.

Harvey Dent aka Two Face

A ruthless Attorney who fights for justice and to bring the harshest penalty upon criminal scum. However he was horribly scarred in an acid attack and driven mad. Now split between two identities Harvey and the villainous Two Face he flips a coin to decide his actions, to do good or to do evil...

Was once a friend of Bruce Wayne...

Poison Ivy aka Dr Pamela Lillian Isley

Was once a botanist but her superior Dr Jason Woodrue injected her with toxins and chemicals nearly killing her, she survived but transformed into Poison Ivy. Driven mad she killed Woodrue with a single poisonous kiss.

Poison Ivy then developed an attachment to plants over her fellow human colleges, angered by humanity's destruction of rainforests and picking flowers she vowed to wipe out humanity and create a paradise for her plants. Poison Ivy has poisonous lips, one kiss being instantly fatal, able to produce pheromones to seduce any man, gains nutrition via photosynthesis like a plant meaning being deprived of light weakens her and a psychic connection to plants called the "green".

Poison Ivy spends her time creating monsterous plant organisms, these freakish vegetables are more animal then plant. Some have vines for strangling or constricting others produce poisonous and paralysing pollen.

Some of her most infamous experiments were, the vagina mouth plants, the plant hulks that melt in contact with water, (I'm meltiiing! I'm melting! Oh what a cruel world! Who would have thought a small drop of water would ruin my beautiful wickedness?) and many others.

Clayface, all of them.

8 individuals have so far taken up the identity of Clayface. A mud elemental and shape shifter. Clayface can take the form of anyone thanks to their liquid form. Being made of mud also gives Clayface limited earth elemental powers depending on which Clayface we're talking about.

Mudboy.

Clayface's sidekick. A boy made of magical mud from the same experiment that created Clayface. Extremely childish and silly. However has a short temper and becomes unhinged when angered.

He likes to annoy Tim Drake/3rd Robin.

Mr. Freeze aka Victor Fries

A scientist with cryokinesis powers. He is currently trying to find a cure for his wife's terminal illness whilst keeping her alive via cryogenic freezing. He fell in a batch of subzero chemicals which altered his body, meaning he could only survive at extremely low temperatures but was blessed with ice elemental powers. (He has also developed ice based weaponry)

He is neutral, preferring to keep to himself and his research. But threaten his wife and he gets very angry...

Catwoman aka Eartha Kitt.

A cat burglar who wears a sleek cat suit and speaks in double entendres. She is also an acrobat and skilled at various forms of self defence.

The Mad Hatter

A criminal with an obsession with Alice in Wonderland. He really thinks he's the Mad Hatter. His associates are Alice and the March Hare.

The Creeper

A man even more insane than the Joker. He must be crazy if the Joker thinks so. He's some what of an antihero, sometimes he helps Gotham for his own reasons but most of the time he gets in the way and has a weird crush on Harley Quinn...

Minor characters
Characters/villains that weren't quite as popular or infamous.


 * Baby Doll

A child actress who never grew up. After being forcefully retired, she became unhinged, her show being her life essentially. So she kidnapped the former cast and forced the directors to keep reshooting episodes.


 * Humpty Dumpty

He broke his grandmother and tried to put her back together again. Obviously he was incarcerated in Arkham Asylum as a result.


 * Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

Mad Hatter's associates/goons. They do all the heavy work.


 * Bane

A Mexican wrestler who can't feel pain because he's being pumped with Venom, an extremely powerful steroid. He once broke the Bat.


 * Ras Al Ghul

Looks like a cartoonish super villain sorcerer. He once taught the Batman everything he could about self defence. Now he is mostly a dangerous enemy but sometimes helps Batman. He is immortal thanks to the Lazarus pits.


 * Hugo Strange

A Psychiatrist and a mad man. He claims to have found out Batman's secret identity.


 * Condiment king

I, I don't know why DC came up with this guy. Seriously? He shoots ketchup and mustard at people!?


 * Hotdog man

He really hates Batman for some reason. Something about him eating hotdogs apparently. He sometimes teams up with the condiment king.


 * Batmite

A fifth dimensional imp who really likes Batman for some reason.


 * Batfake

The second Batman but he annoys Bruce by eating nachos. (Batman does not eat nachos!) he also likes to break the space time continuum by interfering with the past.


 * John Wilkes Boom

A cybernetic John Wilkes Booth.


 * Manbat

A bat monster.


 * Killer Croc

A lizard guy who's part crocodile. He lives in the sewers with the Ratman.


 * The Ratman

Somehow has domesticated all of Gotham's wild rats. He lives in the sewers with them.


 * Professor Pyg

Wears a pig's skin on his head.


 * Dracula

I'm not kidding, they had vampires in one storyline.