| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 01 |
"Rebirth: Part 1" |
January 10, 1999 |
01 |
| Bruce Wayne, the original Batman, retires due to failing health. 20 years later, Terrence "Terry" McGinnis discovers the Batman's identity after the aging Bruce Wayne helps him fight off a gang of Jokerz. After Terry's father is murdered, Terry seeks Bruce's help to avenge him. First appearances of Terry, Terry's family, Bruce, Ace, Derek Powers. It was aired as a one hour prime time movie premiere on The WB Television Network. |
| 02 |
"Rebirth: Part 2" |
January 10, 1999 |
02 |
| Terry steals the Batsuit to pursue his father's killer. First appearances of Batman and Blight; Barbara Gordon is mentioned as being Police Commissioner. |
| 03 |
"Black Out" |
January 31, 1999 |
03 |
| Terry, having just started to work for Bruce Wayne, faces off against a notorious mercenary who is sabotaging FoxTeca, a company formed by Lucius Fox's son. Batman faces off against Inque for the first time. |
| 04 |
"Golem" |
February 7, 1999 |
04 |
| Willie Watt has been picked on one too many times. He steals a construction robot (called a "Galvanic Lifting Machine" or "GLM", pronounced like golem) from his father to scare the bullying Nelson Nash. But when Batman tries to stop the giant robot, it becomes bonded to Willie, giving him more power then he ever dreamed of. |
| 05 |
"Meltdown" |
February 14, 1999 |
07 |
| Looking for a cure for his mutation into Blight, Derek Powers tests an experimental procedure to create a new body for him to inhabit. His test subject: Mr. Freeze, still alive after all these years. |
| 06 |
"Heroes" |
February 21, 1999 |
08 |
|
The Terrific Trio, a group of scientists who become heroes after gaining powers in an experiment gone awry make their way into Gotham. But as Magma, Freon, and 2-D Man soon learn, a hero's life isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
Trivia: The Terrific Trio was inspired by Marvel Comics Fantastic Four. It can also be noted that the military forces are reminiscent of SHIELD, even so far as to have a pastiche of Nick Fury as the leader of the offensive against them. |
| 07 |
"Shriek" |
March 14, 1999 |
10 |
| A scientist working for Derek Powers debuts as the soundwave-shooting villain Shriek, as part of an elaborate scheme to run Bruce Wayne out of his shared control over Wayne-Powers. |
| 08 |
"Dead Man's Hand" |
March 21, 1999 |
06 |
| Terry must deal with both his rejection by his girlfriend, Dana, and an old enemy of Bruce's, the Royal Flush Gang, who pattern themselves after playing card ranks. Things look up for Terry when he meets a girl named Melanie who seems to share his problems. |
| 09 |
"The Winning Edge" |
April 11, 1999 |
05 |
| The illegal steroid "Slappers" are all the rage over Hill High School's athletes, and Bruce suspects that one of his old enemies, Bane, may have a hand in it. |
| 10 |
"Spellbound" |
May 1, 1999 |
09 |
| A villain known as Spellbinder uses hypnotic technology to orchestrate a string of robberies. |
| 11 |
"Disappearing Inque" |
May 8, 1999 |
12 |
| Inque is freed by a lovesick worker at the cryogenics plant where she is being held. Trapped in her mutated form, she seeks to attain the chemicals that will allow her to once again regain her human shape, and get revenge on Batman and the "mysterious old man" who aids him. |
| 12 |
"A Touch of Curaré" |
May 15, 1999 |
11 |
| A deadly assassin named Curare is sent after D.A. Sam Young, husband of Commissioner Barbara Gordon. Batman's attempts to protect Young lead to conflicts with Gordon, and some surprising revelations about the past. |
| 13 |
"Ascension" |
May 22, 1999 |
13 |
| As Derek Powers' Blight persona slowly destroys what was left of his normal life, he turns to his son for help. Paxton Powers seems willing to help Batman bring his father in, but unfortunately, deception and greed run in the family. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 14 |
"Splicers" |
September 18, 1999 |
16 |
| A new trend among teens involves "splicing" their genes with various animal ones. The head scientist for Chimera, Doctor Able Cuvier, insists that the process is safe, but Batman soon discovers that Cuvier is up to no good. This episode marks Yvette Lowenthal's final performance as Chelsea Cunningham. |
| 15 |
"Earth Mover" |
September 25, 1999 |
15 |
| Batman gets involved when a friend of Terry's and her adopted father are haunted by eerie men made out of soil. It turns out that these earth creatures are moved by an industrial, radioactive waste that was enclosed in a pit for storage. It is revealed that it is due to an accident that the real father was covered in this waste, allowing him to control the earth wherever the chemicals reside. He tries to take on revenge on the adoptive father, his close friend and colleague, thinking that it was his fault that he had become what he is. |
| 16 |
"Joyride" |
October 2, 1999 |
14 |
| The Jokerz gang steals a new military fighter and go on a rampage of destruction, while Batman and the fighter's designer try to recover the vehicle before a flaw in its design proves lethal. This episode serves as a prologue to Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. |
| 17 |
"Lost Soul" |
October 9, 1999 |
17 |
| Terry must fight the Batsuit when it is taken over by the virtual soul of a dead communications tycoon, a man who has literally become a 'ghost in the machine'. Without the aid of the suit, he must save the man's grandson from becoming a vehicle for his virtual brain. Actor Rider Strong previously worked with Will Friedle on sitcom Boy Meets World. |
| 18 |
"Hidden Agenda" |
October 18, 1999 |
19 |
| The brilliant leader of a faction of the Jokerz gang attempts revenge on Max Gibson, a fellow student. Terry's efforts to help her are complicated by her efforts to find out the true identity of Batman, whom she is convinced is a student at school. |
| 19 |
"Bloodsport" |
October 23, 1999 |
18 |
| It's a case of the most dangerous game, with Batman as the prey. The Stalker, a big game hunter who was nearly killed in a hunting accident and as a result was physically enhanced, comes to Gotham, seeking what he believes is the only prey left on Earth worthy to face his skills: Batman. |
| 20 |
"Once Burned" |
November 6, 1999 |
20 |
| The Royal Flush Gang's Ten returns on a mission to rescue her family from the Jokerz gang. When Melanie approaches Terry for help, he is forced to decide whether or not to put his relationship with Dana at risk, and if Batman can really trust Ten. Sarah Douglas from Superman and Superman II replaced Amanda Donohoe as Queen. |
| 21 |
"Hooked Up" |
November 13, 1999 |
21 |
| Runaways are turning up comatose after Spellbinder addicts them to VR in order to make them steal for him. |
| 22 |
"Rats" |
November 20, 1999 |
22 |
| Dana, who feels she has been ignored and let down by Terry once too often, begins receiving roses from a secret admirer. When she is abducted by the mystery man, a boy named Patrick who lives in the sewers because of his rat-like appearance, Batman may be the only one who can save her. |
| 23 |
"Mind Games" |
December 4, 1999 |
23 |
| Terry has mysterious visions of a young girl asking him for help. His search for her leads him into confrontation with a group of people with incredible powers known as the Brain Trust. |
| 24 |
"Revenant" |
December 11, 1999 |
24 |
| After a series of unexplainable events, all the kids in Terry's class think that the ghost of a dead student is haunting their high school. |
| 25 |
"Babel" |
January 8, 2000 |
25 |
| Seeking vengeance, Shriek uses his knowledge of sound to take away Gotham's ability to communicate. His price for returning things to normal? Batman's life. |
| 26 |
"Terry's Friend Dates a Robot" |
January 15, 2000 |
26 |
| Howard Groote, a hopeless nerd at school, purchases an illegal android in the form of a beautiful girl to pose as his girlfriend. His plan soon backfires when "Synthia," programmed to be completely devoted to Howard, becomes dangerously possessive. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 27 |
"Eyewitness" |
January 22, 2000 |
27 |
| Commissioner Barbara Gordon witnesses Batman killing an opponent in cold blood, and Terry must go on the run from the law. |
| 28 |
"Final Cut" |
February 5, 2000 |
30 |
| Bruce is out of town and incommunicado when Curaré returns to Gotham, hunting down the last of her former society after her failure during her last appearance marked her for death. Curaré's target forces Batman to protect him from Curaré's wrath by planting a bomb in Gotham City. Things only get more complicated as Max gets herself involved in an already volatile situation. |
| 29 |
"The Last Resort" |
March 4, 2000 |
29 |
| A new program for troubled kids is becoming a popular last resort among parents in Gotham, but the "ranch" isn't everything it seems. When Terry's friend Chelsea Cunningham gets sent to the ranch, Terry goes to investigate but bites off a little more than he can chew. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook replaces Yvette Lowenthal as Chelsea. |
| 30 |
"Armory" |
March 11, 2000 |
31 |
| After losing his job as a weapons designer, the father of one of Terry's friends turns to technology thefts as 'Armory' to make ends meet. |
| 31 |
"Sneak Peek" |
March 25, 2000 |
32 |
| A gossip reporter acquires the technology to become incorporeal and becomes the ultimate peeping tom. When he discovers Batman's identity, he threatens to reveal it on national television. |
| 32 |
"The Eggbaby" |
April 1, 2000 |
34 |
| Terry is forced to take a computer-simulated 'baby' with him everywhere - even as Batman - in order to make the grade in Family Studies. |
| 33 |
"Zeta" |
April 8, 2000 |
28 |
A holomorphic military android has been reported to have gone rogue, and Terry needs to find him before someone gets killed. But has the android really gone rogue, or has he just gained a conscience?
This episode leads into the spin-off series The Zeta Project. This was actress Stockard Channing's last episode as Commissioner Barbara Gordon. |
| 34 |
"Plague" |
April 15, 2000 |
33 |
| Batman reluctantly joins forces with his former enemy, Stalker, to hunt down a wily criminal named False Face, who has stolen a dangerous virus for a criminal organization called KOBRA. |
| 35 |
"April Moon" |
April 22, 2000 |
35 |
| A bionics designer is forced to give a gang of street punks robotic upgrades after they kidnap his wife, April. The episode is named for the famous song of the same name. |
| 36 |
"Sentries of the Last Cosmos" |
May 6, 2000 |
37 |
| A game designer uses teen's devotion to the game universe in order to eliminate his enemies and rivals. The episode heavily references Star Wars and other popular culture elements. |
| 37 |
"Payback" |
May 13, 2000 |
36 |
| A new vigilante who calls himself Payback begins taking revenge on the tormentors of troubled teenagers. |
| 38 |
"Where's Terry?" |
May 27, 2000 |
40 |
| Terry gets trapped in the tunnels beneath Gotham and Bruce must ally with Max to find him. |
| 39 |
"Ace in the Hole" |
August 19, 2000 |
41 |
| The history of Ace, Bruce Wayne's canine ally, and his role in ending an underground dog-fighting ring. |
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
| 40 |
"King's Ransom" |
September 16, 2000 |
42 |
| The Royal Flush Gang return, minus Ten, in an attempt to regain their reputation. However, after they are double crossed by Paxton Powers, both Paxton and the gang seek to increase their bank accounts through Bruce Wayne. Actress Angie Harmon replaces Stockard Channing as Commissioner Barbara Gordon and Parker Stevenson replaces Cary Elwes as Paxton Powers. |
| 41 |
"Untouchable" |
September 23, 2000 |
39 |
| Batman goes up against a new foe. What's his connection to Wayne-Powers? |
| 42 |
"Inqueling" |
September 30, 2000 |
46 |
| Inque has returned. Unfortunately, her latest job ends in betrayal and she is forced to turn to someone she hasn't seen in years: her daughter. |
| 43 |
"Big Time" |
October 7, 2000 |
38 |
| When a friend from Terry's troubled past, Charlie "Big Time" Bigelow, returns, Terry tries to stop him from repeating his mistakes and going back to jail. |
| 44 |
"Out of the Past" |
October 21, 2000 |
44 |
| Bruce Wayne's former love Talia Al Ghul returns, to offer Bruce the ultimate gift - eternal youth. |
| 45 |
"Speak No Evil" |
November 4, 2000 |
45 |
| Batman reluctantly agrees to aid a genetically enhanced gorilla in finding the poacher who kidnapped his mother. |
| 46 |
"The Call: Part 1" |
November 11, 2000 |
50 |
| Superman drafts Batman into the Justice League when he suspects there is a traitor among them. Christopher McDonald, the voice of Jor-El in Superman: the Animated Series, provided the voice of Superman. The two-part episode served as the basis for the new animated series Justice League. |
| 47 |
"The Call: Part 2" |
November 18, 2000 |
51 |
| To get to the bottom of the problem facing the Justice League, Batman must face off against his own teammates - including Superman himself. The two-part episode served as the basis for the new animated series Justice League. |
| 48 |
"Betrayal" |
December 9, 2000 |
43 |
| Big Time returns to Gotham, causing problems for both Batman and his alter-ego Terry McGinnis, who still feels guilty for what happened to Big Time. |
| 49 |
"Curse of the Kobra: Part 1" |
February 3, 2001 |
48 |
| Terry is sent to Bruce's old friend Kairi Tanaka to brush up on his combat skills, and inadvertently befriends the heir-apparent to the criminal organization KOBRA. |
| 50 |
"Curse of Kobra: Part 2" |
February 10, 2001 |
49 |
| After the leader of KOBRA kidnaps Max to be his wife, Batman is forced not only to rescue her, but stop KOBRA's plot to revert the world back to when dinosaurs ruled it... with their dino-spliced warriors as the dominant species. |
| 51 |
"Countdown" |
April 7, 2001 |
52 |
| Zeta returns to Gotham City to look for his creator, but falls into the clutches of Mad Stan, who turns him into a walking time-bomb. Batman and Ro must track Zeta down before time runs out. |
| 52 |
"Unmasked" |
December 18, 2001 |
47 |
| Terry recounts to Max one of his earlier adventures as Batman, during which he revealed his face to a child and inadvertently made the boy a target of KOBRA. The final official episode of Batman Beyond, "Unmasked" was scheduled to air on September 14, 2001, but due to its terrorism-related content it was replaced by a re-airing of "The Eggbaby." The actual series finale of Batman Beyond was provided by the Justice League Unlimited episode "Epilogue." |
| 12 |
"The Once and Future Thing, Part 1: Weird Western Tales" |
Dan Riba |
Dwayne McDuffie |
2005-01-22 |
| Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern chase Chronos to the past, where they team up with some of the greatest DC heroes of the Old West. After defeating stolen future tech in that era, they again follow Chronos to the future. Warhawk from the Batman Beyond era is revealed to be Green Lantern and Hawkgirl's son. Guest starring: Bat Lash, Jonah Hex and other DC Characters from the old west. This episode also teases with the idea of Wonder Woman and Batman having a relationship. |
| 13 |
"The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time Warped" |
Joaquim dos Santos |
Dwayne McDuffie |
2005-01-29 |
| Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman’s chase Chronos into the future Gotham City of Batman Beyond, just in time to face a battle with a group of Jokerz beside that era's Justice League. The time travelers are taken to the Justice League Unlimited refuge. An older Bruce Wayne reveals the street gang they fought together was enhanced by Chronos who lead them to kill the rest of the League of that era. The combined heroes defeat the retooled Jokerz, and Batman traps Chronos in a time loop, right before he started his first time travel. This episode has homages to Crisis On Inifite Earths. The only place in the JLU universe in which Hal Jordan appears as Green Lantern. |
| 26 |
"Epilogue" |
Dan Riba |
Bruce Timm and Dwayne McDuffie |
2005-07-23 |
| In the future, Amanda Waller reveals to an older Terry McGinnis that through her scientific manipulations, he is actually Bruce Wayne's genetic son. The final scene in this episode mirrors the first scene in Batman: The Animated Series, as the creative team thought it could possibly be the final JLU episode. |
