Batman: The Legend of the Dark Knight (Adult Swim)

Batman: The Legend of the Dark Knight is a 2016 adult animated superhero series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and based on the DC comics character Batman, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The series also features several veteran Batman voice actors like Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. The shows music was composed by Danny Elfman and features character designs by Phil Bourassa, the show was R rated due to violence, bad language and nudity.

Plot
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Season 2 -

Season 3 -

Season 4 -

Season 5 -

The Bat Family

 * Batman/Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) - The main protagonist of the series and the title character. When he was ten, he witness the murder of his parents in an alleyway by a mugger. It was there that he vowed to combat crime in Gotham, when he grew up he traveled the world learning martial arts. When he returned to Gotham he took up the mantle of Batman, he then took on Gotham's criminal underworld. At the start of the series he had being Batman for five years.
 * Nightwing/Robin/Dick Grayson (Austin Butler) - The 15 year old adopted son of Bruce who becomes his sidekick Robin and later the superhero Nightwing. He was taken in by Bruce after his parents who were circus performers died when their tightropes were tampered, after learning that Bruce was Batman, he created the sidekick Robin. After being Robin for 4 years he becomes Nightwing and sets out on his own. He also becomes the boyfriend and later fiancée of Barbara Gordon.
 * Orcale/Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (Ivana Baquero) - The daughter of Commissioner James Gordon who becomes Batgirl. She starts out as a shy nerdy high school girl who doesn't have many friends, however after seeing Batman and Robin save a group of homeless people she then decides to become a crime fighter like them. She then fashioned herself a suit similar to Batmans and called herself Batgirl, she eventually learns Batman and Robin's identities.
 * Robin/Jason Todd (Scott Menville) - A troubled teenager who become Robin after Dick left. He was caught trying to steal the Batmobile's tires, however after learning of his upbringing he takes pity on him and takes him in and trains him as the next Robin.
 * Robin/Damian Wayne (Stuart Allan) -
 * Alfred Pennyworth (Alastair Duncan) - Bruce's faithful and hardworking butler who became his legal guardian after his parents were murdered. He supports Bruce during his crusade as Batman, although he does sometimes worry about him.
 * Thomas Wayne (Chris Parnell) - The father of Bruce Wayne and husband of Martha Wayne.
 * Martha Wayne (Allison Janney) - The mother of Bruce Wayne and wife of Thomas Wayne.

Allies

 * Commissioner James Gordon (Tom Kane) - The commissioner of the GCPD and Batman's strongest ally in his war against crime. Like Batman he is deeply committed to riding Gotham of crime and making it a safer place for people to live, back in the days before Batman's arrival Gordon was the one of the few honest cops
 * Lucius Fox (Ernie Hudson) - Bruce's top executive in Wayne Enterprises and one of the few who knows his secret identity of Batman.
 * Catwoman/Selina Kyle - A skilled cat burglar
 * Zatanna Zatara -
 * Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) - A reporter for the Daily Planet and the partner of Clark Kent also known as Superman.
 * James Olson -
 * Robert Barclay - A former criminal who became Bruce's mechanic after Bruce invited him to stay following his release. It was revealed that he was arrested after killing a convicted pedophile who tried to prey on Thomas, the pedophile was also the state senator
 * Thomas Barclay - Robert and Charlotte's 5 year old son. He and his father rarely get to see each other due to Henry's dislike of him, he is shown to be a huge Batman fan much to Henry's disgust.

The Justice League

 * Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El (Tim Daly) - The protector of Metropolis who is also a reporter for the Daily Planet and the last surviving Kryptonian.
 * Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz (Phil LaMarr) -
 * The Flash/Barry Allen -
 * Green Arrow/Oliver Queen -

Gotham Rogue Gallery

 * Joker/Jack Napier (Mark Hamill) - A clown based criminal with a warped sense of humor and the arch nemesis of Batman. He was originally a friendly and kindhearted henchman of Boss Antonio, at a heist at Ace Chemicals he was betrayed and thrown into a vat of chemicals and was left for dead. However he survived but was left with green hair, white skin, ruby red lips and a wrapped sense of humor,
 * Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel (Tara Strong) - The former psychiatrist of Joker and later his henchwoman and lover. She was assigned to him after he was imprisoned at Arkham Asylum, over time she fell in love with him and eventually broke him out and become his lover and partner in crime.
 * William & Wallace McAngus - Joker's two henchmen from Scotland. Originally henchmen of Boss Antonio until they became fed up with him and Francesca's treatment of them, they both then betrayed him and sided with Joker. William wields a magical claymore that can cut through nearly anything whilst Wallace wields machine gun bagpipes.
 * Bud & Lou - Joker and Harley's two pet Spotted Hyenas.
 * Two-Face/Harvey Dent (Troy Baker) - The former district attorney of Gotham City and one of Batman's strongest allies. After having acid thrown in his face by Boss Antonio which left him brutally scarred, Dent renamed himself Two-Face and became obsessed with chance. He has a double headed coin,
 * Killer Croc/Waylon Jones (Ron Pearlman) - A supervillain who was born with a rare genetic condition that gave him the appearance of a crocodile.
 * Scarecrow/Dr. Jonathan Crane (Robert Englund) - A supervillain who specializes in exploiting peoples fears and phobias and using his fear gas. He was once a professor of psychology at Gotham University until he was fired for experimenting on some of his students,
 * Poison Ivy/Pamela Isely (Mae Whitman) - A misanthropic botanist who had the ability to command plant life.
 * Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot (Nolan North) -
 * Mr. Freeze/Victor Fries -
 * Riddler/Edward Nygma (David Tennant) -
 * Mad Hatter/Jervis Tetch -
 * Bane (Antonio Banderas) - A hulking supervillain from the (fictitious) Caribbean Island nation of Santa Prisca who has mighty physical muscular due to the strength enhancing drug known as Venom. He was born in the infamous Santa Prisca prison, Peña Duro to serve out his fathers life sentence, whilst growing up in the prison
 * Clayface/Basil Karlo -
 * Hush/Thomas Elliott (Kevin Conroy) -
 * Ra's al Ghul (David Warner) - The eco-terrorist leader of the Society of Shadows who is the father of Talia and grandfather of Damian Wayne.
 * Talia al Ghul - The daughter of Ra's who is a lover of Bruce Wayne and mother of Damian Wayne.

Other Villains

 * Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown) - The CEO of LexCorp and the archenemy of Superman.
 * Mercy Graves -
 * Boss Antonio - A ruthless Italian America Mafia don and the main antagonist of the first series. He is a ruthless mafia boss who rules Gotham's criminal underworld with an iron fist and has several key members of the Gotham City council in his pocket, he is also one of the most ruthless of all of Batman's enemies
 * Francesca Antonio - Boss Antonia's wife. She is an extremely vain and
 * Henry Swaddle - The fiancée of Charlotte and a detective in the GCPD. He is shown to be a ruthless police detective who shows no mercy to criminals, he is also shown to treat former criminals very unfairly as was shown his rather harsh treatment of Robert. He is also shown to have a huge dislike of Batman whom he
 * Charlotte Barclay - Robert's ex-wife and the mother of Thomas, as well as the fiancée of Henry Swaddle. She was once married to Robert, however after he killed a pedophile

Gotham City
A (fictitious) American city located in New Jersey.


 * Wayne Manor - The home of Bruce Wayne and where his secret lair, the Batcave is located.
 * Batcave - The secret of lair of Batman and is where he keeps the Batmobile and several of his gadgets.
 * Arkham Asylum - A mental asylum located in Gotham. It is where most of Batman's enemies are sent after they have being caught by him,
 * Blackgate Penitentiary -
 * The Iceberg Lounge -
 * Ace Chemicals -
 * Gotham Police Department -
 * Wayne Enterprises -

Metropolis
A (fictitious) American city located the state of Delaware.


 * Daily Planet -
 * LexCorp -

Season 1

 * 1) The Batman Part 1 -
 * 2) The Batman Part 2 -

Trivia

 * Bruce Timm and Paul Dini both previously created and produced Batman: The Animated Series.
 * This is the third time that Danny Elfman has composed for Batman. The first time was for Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, the second time was Batman: The Animated Series.
 * The Riddler's appearance was modeled after his voice actor David Tennant.
 * Robert Englund based
 * The series features several voice actors who worked on several animated DC shows and movies:
 * Ron Perlman reprises his role as Killer Croc, having previously voiced the character in the 2004 series, The Batman.
 * Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill both previously voice Batman and Joker in the DC Animated Universe.
 * Tara Strong previously voiced Harley Quinn in both the Arkham and Injustice games.
 * Troy Baker previously voiced Two-Face in the Arkham games.
 * Nolan North previously voiced Penguin in the Arkham games.
 * Kate Bosworth portrayed Lois Lane in the 2006 film Superman Returns.