The Batman (Animated Feature) 2015

This is the hopeful Tv. Animated feature, a Prequel to the 2015 Man of Steel Sequel. It has 5 episodes, all are the highlights of Bruce's life previous to the Man of Steel Sequel. It features many famous voice actors, most of which taken from the Arkham Games, from Grey DeLise (Catwoman) to Troy Baker (Joker), plus the actor of the batman (Ben Affleck), who was cast in Zack Snyder's Upcoming Batman/Superman Film. The first Episode is the training that led to the beginnings of batman. Episode two is based on Batman: Year One, Episode Three is Based on the Long Halloween Storyline, Episode Four is based loosely on Robin: Year One (only changing the villians) and the final episode is based on the "death in the Family" story line.

Episode Plots:
Episode 1: At age 8, Bruce Wayne's parents are murdered. At age 13, he travels around the world to train in martial arts. He also worked to peak physical form. For the last 2 of those 12 years, he trained in a secret society by Master Kirigi in ninjutsu. He returned at age 25, able to bench press 700 pounds, have outstanding reflexes, and have knowledge of over 100 martial arts.

Episode 2: 2 months later Gotham is heavily corrupted, ruled by the mob, and the corrupt cops are doing nothing about it. Bruce becomes the batman, defender of Gotham. He first makes his entrance as a vigilante by stopping some drug dealers, working for the highly corrupt cop named Flass. Later, he dons the cape and cowl and stops a mass breakout at the GCPD caused by corrupt swat member Branden. Batman defeats the falcones, the big mob bosses, and a corrupt swat team, led by Branden. He discovers catwoman, Carmine's daughter and Alberto's half sister. This sequence is based primarily on batman year one. He also fights and defeats the red hood, along with the other mobsters with him, by accidentally throwing him into the acid bath. This also has the origin of Gordon.

Episode 3: one year later: As Batman, Bruce enters Jonathan Crane/the scarecrow's penthouse to investigate an attack on a man who appeared to have been "scared to death". He encounters Catwoman, who flees from him. Batman ends the pursuit to answer a Bat-signal. Dent and police Captain Jim Gordon have called him, and the three enter a pact to end Scarecrows attacks by bending the rules if necessary, but never breaking them. On Valentines day, Johnny Viti is shot twice in the head by an unknown assailant while taking a bath. The perpetrator leaves behind the murder weapon, a .22 caliber pistol with the nipple of a baby bottle used as a crude silencer, as well as a box of candies. That night Dent, Gordon and Batman discuss the murder, and Dent says he does not care about the death of a mafia hitman. Later, in august, Maroni is going to trial to testify against the Scarecrow, who has been arrested. Before going to the stand, Fields hands him a bottle of acid that appears to be heartburn medicine. During questioning, Maroni hurls the acid at Dent, hideously disfiguring half of his face. Dent is rushed to the hospital, where he stabs a doctor and escapes. Batman tracks the Riddler, whom Holiday let live on April Fool’s Day. The Riddler explains that Crane hired him to find out who Holiday was but kicked him out when the solutions he gave were less than satisfactory. Batman suspects that the Riddler was left alive to spread that the Scarecrow was looking for Holiday. Dent befriends killer croc when he is able to calm him down in the sewers. Gordon, meanwhile, has come to the conclusion that Dent is Holiday. Batman refuses to acknowledge it, but Gordon demands to hear the truth from Dent himself. Batman questions Crane about Dent's location. Scarecrow accuses Batman of knowing that Dent was Holiday but standing aside. Batman then seeks out Catwoman, demanding to know why she is so interested in Scarecrow. She refuses to answer, and runs away. Batman ends up at Arkham Asylum talking to Jervis Tetch, the mad hatter. Batman tells him that they know Dent is Holiday but not how to find him. Mad hatter suggests that, it being a holiday, Holiday is probably heading to kill Maroni. On Halloween, all of the Arkham inmates are released by Dent, based on the flip of a coin. Crane and his wife Sofia are ambushed in their penthouse by the escapees, Dent (who has now become Two-Face) and Catwoman. Batman intervenes, but is unable to stop Two-Face from murdering Crane. During the following scuffle, Sofia falls out a window. Two-Face escapes and kills his former assistant Fields for helping Maroni scar him. Later, Two-Face turns himself in to Gordon and Batman. As he is cuffed, he tells them there were "two" Holiday killers. Mad hatter is apprehended after putting batman through a hypnotic maze he's called "wonderland". Harvey's wife, Gilda, was the holiday killer all along. Peace is restored in Gotham.

Episode 4: a year later: After a reign of peace, one major mob boss rules the streets, tearing the city to shreds. Black mask. The city is overrun by criminals. Black mask murders the flying Grayson's, and Bruce takes in and trains young Dick Grayson. Bruce wants to give the people of Gotham something to believe in, and hires Grayson as his sidekick. He helps the cops, and tips them to where the penguin, black masks accomplice, is. The cops try to go undercover with the penguins men, but are discovered and tortured by Cobblepot. After saving hostages from penguin, batman and robin defeat black mask. After him and robin defeat black mask after he murders the mayor, they cripple the mob once and for all. They are seen as heroes.

Episode 5: finale, 7 years later The Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum, causing a nurse and a guard to be taken to intensive care after spraying some of his lethal gas in her and the guard's face. Upon arriving in Gotham City, he attacks the council during the meeting when he and his men shoot up the place, killing at least 20. he kidnaps Councilman Johnson and his son shortly after brutally murdering the Councilman's wife. Determined not to let his archenemy murder anyone else, Batman hunts him through the city, Jason Todd interrogating Harley Quinn at Arkham and batman interrogating Ventriloquist at a club. After Councilman Johnson is found dead while his son remains in The Joker's captivity, Batman questions whether his crusade against evil does more bad than good. Batman tracks The Joker to a carnival, where he thwarts the villain's plot of bombing a ferris wheel. Unfortunately, several bombs are set in the carnival, and Batman and robin are forced to defuse them. Sadly, the final bomb detonates, killing 7 and injuring 12, one of the casualties being Jason Todd himself. Batman, angered by Jason's death, then races to the location of The Joker and the councilman's son, but when the young boy kills The Joker with his own gun, Batman debates if his greatest nemesis' death is a step toward Gotham's peace, or rather a sign that things are getting worse.

Voice Casting:
Bruce Wayne/Batman - Ben Affleck

Joker - Troy Baker

Harley Quinn - Tara Strong

Catwoman - Grey DeLise

Scarecrow - Dino Andrade

Riddler (cameo) - Wally Winget

Killer Croc (cameo) - Khary Phayton

Mad Hatter - Peter MacNicol

Penguin- Nolan North

Two-Face - Troy Baker

Black Mask - Brian Bloom

Falcone - Alex Rocco

Gordon - Bryan Cranston

Alfred - Martin Davis

Dick Grayson/Robin - Penn Badgely

Jason Todd - Vincent Martella