Batman Returns on BD

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Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

Did anyone think the animated show had some Burton influence besides comic influence? i mean Bruce Timm loved the first film and Warner greenlite an animated show based on the film yet Timm wanted to combine the first film with the comics mostly. You can see there are influences from Burton's films like the look/designs of the batmobile/bat-jet, the grappling hook, black costume of Batman, monotone voice changing from Bruce to Batman, Joker's "Rip his lungs out" line, Jack Napier name, Selina looking like Michelle Pfeifer in the first 3 seasons, Penguin looks like Burton's Penguin in the first 3 seasons, Harvey kind of mixed race look, the music score and all that. Even on the 4th and 5th seasons on WB entitled "New Adventures" Catwoman's costume and pasty face design looks straight out of Burton's design.

Yes the BTAS took cues from the films. The most overt being the gothic design and the Burtonesque deep blacks. They did their storyboards and animation from black instead of the standard white foundation. Check the commentaries.