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: At a wedding in June, Gotham City mob boss Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot tries to pressure Bruce Wayne to help launder money, and Bruce refuses. Bruce begins to leave the party with Selina Kyle, but they find Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent, who has been beaten by some of the Penguin mob. After helping him, Bruce decides to leave alone. As Batman, Bruce enters Oswald's penthouse to investigate. 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 Falcone's reign by bending the rules if necessary, but never breaking them. On Halloween, 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 jack-o-lantern. That night Dent, Gordon and Batman discuss the murder, and Dent says he does not care about the death of a mafia hitman. Batman notices that Catwoman is eavesdropping, and she offers to help Batman hit the Penguin where it hurts the most: his money. Catwoman's information leads Batman and Dent to a warehouse where the Penguin has stockpiled over $20 million in paper cash. They together set fire to the warehouse and destroy the money. Dent returns home and a bomb detonates, and the D.A. and his wife Gilda survive. For months afterward, on certain holidays, the "Holiday killer" continues murdering members of the Falcone crime family. Meanwhile, Dent's new assistant, Vernon Fields, searches old police files and discovers a connection between Oswald Cobblepot and Bruce Wayne. Batman tracks the Riddler, whom Holiday let live on April Fool’s Day. The Riddler explains that Cobblepot 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 Penguin was looking for Holiday. On August, Cobblepot's birthday, Maroni is going to trial to testify against him. 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. On Labor Day, Dent has been hiding in Gotham’s sewers for a month. He crosses paths with Killer croc, who attacks him. Dent is able to calm him. 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 Falcone about Dent's location. The Penguin 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 Cobblepot. 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. Cobblepot and his accomplice Candy 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 Penguin. During the following scuffle, Candy 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. 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. Sionis 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. Robin proves to be a capable ally when he foils The Mad Hatter's plot to abduct and sell children into slavery. The story begins when the Mad Hatter is hired by Singh Manh Lee, the president of Rheelasia, to kidnap ten American girls for Lee's personal sex trafficking purposes. Batman and Robin are informed of the disappearances of eight girls by Captain Gordon and begin searching Gotham City for clues. After encountering difficulties in their search, Robin identifies one of the missing girls as Jennifer, a school acquaintance. While searching his school for leads at Batman's request, Robin discovers that the Mad Hatter is behind the kidnappings. Because Batman is aboard President Lee's yacht as Bruce Wayne, Robin decides to foil the Hatter's plot alone. Although Robin's efforts lead to the arrest of the Mad Hatter, the exploitation of President Lee, and the rescue of the captive girls, Batman is angered that Robin did not wait for his permission and assistance. Before Batman can reprimand Robin, Alfred intervenes and convinces him to commend his squire for a job well done. As Dick aids Bruce in his war on crime, Alfred fears that the boy may not be able to balance a normal teenage life with vigilantism. Later, they manage to go after Black mask, and defeat him. 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

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