For the past few weeks, weve been examining a more obscure corner of batman. Animation and originally aired on the wb from 1996 to 2000. The series has since aired in reruns on various other broadcast and cable networks, including the wb, cartoon network, boomerang and the hub. Ras al ghul is a major antagonist of the dc animated universe as one of the main villains in the batman. The creative minds never ran out of juice, as it were, and the ras al ghul episodes are especially interesting an enjoyable. Nary a blue furry to be found here, and the episode itself isnt as bad as batman would have you believe. Batman beyond 2000 olivia hussey ras al ghul in talias body 4. Over his long lifetime, ras has become a master planner, an expert fighter, and independently wealthy, making him one of batman s most dangerous foes. The animated series, talia est interprete par helen slater. Animation and originally aired on fox from 1992 to 1995. After stopping ras plot to cleanse the world, talia prevents batman and. The pair begin a worldwide travel ordeal to find the boy wonder and ras al ghul s daughter talia al ghul, who incidentally has also been taken. Over his long lifetime, ras has become a master planner, an expert fighter, and independently wealthy, making him one of batmans most dangerous foes. Despite gaining a visible smite on his right cheek, he was the best of his class, but also mentally unbalanced and arrogant.
The animated series the demons quest talia al ghul batman bruce wayne dc dceu my upload. The storys told in flashback, its got that great pulp western vibe, and heres the key its a brilliant use of the ras al ghul legend to tie us back into the days of the frontier. Batman vs the batman who laughs series finale duration. Arkham asylum in ras al ghuls bio as batmans love interest. The animated series is an american television series based on the dc comics superhero superman, which was produced by warner bros. Talia was also batman s love interest but her loyalty to her father keeps them from being together. Welcome to adventures times thirtyeighth installment, an examination of classic animated series and their tiein comics. Batman travels to egypt and joins with talia to hunt down ras al ghul who is searching for an ancient source of ultimate power. Talia was born to an unknown mother and spent most of her youth traveling the world with her father, ras al ghul, learning of his ideologies and skills that he demanded. He first appearance at the very end of the episode, off balance. Talia al ghul appears in the dc animated universe, voiced by helen slater and by olivia hussey. She is first seen acting as her fathers agentemissary.
The animated series, a guest antagonist of superman. This episode is also notable for being a direct adaptation of a classic story from the comics, written by dennis oneil. The animated series and the new batman adventures come seven awesome new action figures, including a deluxe clay face. Over his long lifetime, ras has become a master planner, an expert fighter.
Ras al ghul dc animated universe batman wiki fandom. Sep 07, 2018 this entry was posted on friday, september 7th, 2018 at 12. None of this is a criticism, its just what the guy does. Ras al ghul talia al ghul tim drake red robin the new batman female villains batman the animated series bruce timm arkham city female hero deviantart is the worlds largest online social community for artists and art enthusiasts, allowing people to connect through the creation and sharing of art. It is a shame in my mind that the series ended after volume three volume four is not a direction continuation of the series. Decades later, ras al ghul s presence was first made known to batman through a rogue splinter group of the society of shadows. Talia al ghul appears as a playable character in the portable version of lego batman 2. It features the return of ras al ghul after his last encounter in the demons quest. The animated series episode the demons quest part 1 note. Batman unmasks ras al ghul david warner as its leader. Talia s decision to side with ras at this episode s end could justify his change of mind. The animated series episode has the greatest ending, and can the dark knight survive being stranded in the egyptian desert.
Avatar was the 69th produced episode overall and the fourth episode produced in the second season. The animated series, and one episode of batman beyond. This character is exclusive to the continuity of the 19661968 batman television series, the 1966 batman feature film, the tiein 202019 comic book series and the 2016 and 2017 animated movies, batman. Jul 30, 2015 ras al ghul in talia s body batman beyond ruben acosta. Talia was the daughter of the man known as ras al ghul. Decades later, ras al ghuls presence was first made known to batman through a rogue splinter group of the society of shadows. She was held in high esteem among all of ras al ghul s children, despite the fact that he considered. But as good as it was for its heroes, the real attraction was the villains, and thats why were sitting down with all 85 episodes of the original batman.
At the headquarters of the league of assassins, ras al ghul grooms damian wayne son of his daughter, talia, and batman to succeed him as head of the league. The animated series is an american television series based on the dc comics superhero batman, which was produced by warner bros. Evolution of talia al ghul in cartoons in 7 minutes 2019 duration. Ras al ghul meaning the demons head in arabic is an ecoterrorist who has lived for over six centuries through the use of lazarus pits. Its odd that the villain and batman never clash again in this series given the conclusion. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. Talia was the daughter of the man who calls himself ras al ghul and one of his most loyal members of the society of shadows. Later, ras al ghul met batman directly and told him that talia had been kidnapped along with his ward, robin. Dec 29, 2009 batman gets wrapped up in a bad saturday morning serial, as he reunites with talia al ghul to prevent her father from obtaining an ancient egyptian gods secrets of immortality. Introduced in episode 50 off balance, she is sent to go after vertigo her fathers exservant in gotham city. The animated series is not far removed from a form of moral pedagogy. The animated series talia al ghul femme fatales statue entertainment earth exclusive is made of pvc and stands 9inches tall on an amazing diorama base. Tas, which originally aired on the fox kids block from 1992 to 1995, is one of the most popular and groundbreaking series in western animation. She has been both lover and mortal enemy to batman, and is the mother of damian wayne.
In her youth, talia travelled the world with her father learning and adapting his intellect and skills which she proves to. In her first appearance, off balance, she was played by former supergirl actress, helen slater. Notably, he is directly responsible for twofaces creation and he hires bane in an attempt to have batman killed, sparking the formers antagonism towards and obsession with the latter. A mystic egyptian scroll donated to the gotham museum by bruce wayne is stolen by ras al ghul. Together the two stopped count vertigos scheme, but talia doublecrossed batman following her fathers instructions. During her task, talia first met batman, beginning the pairs onoff again romance. View an image titled talia al ghul art in our batman.
The animated series commissioner gordon count vertigo harvey bullock leslie thompkins ras al ghul rewatches robin surrogate father figure talia al ghul. Duvall studied in heidelberg, participating in the universitys fencing club. This sensational statue presents talia with a gun in her left hand and her mask of the anubis, just as she appeared in batman. In the twopart episode, the demons quest, ras adapted his attempts from the comic. The staff can be used to steal supermans powers and transfer them to ras. Evolution of talia al ghul in cartoons in 7 minutes 2019 youtube. Batman the animated series rogues gallery part 3 characters. Talia is the daughter of the legendary warrior ras al ghul, and a loyal member of the society of shadows that he leads. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. Like clockwork, ras al ghul is on another quest for power, as usual dragging batman away from gotham. While not on the same level as the joker or ras al ghul in this regard, thorne is the series most prominent white collar criminal.
The league is attacked by a group of assassins led by slade wilson, ras al ghul s initial choice for successor before meeting batman. This time, were looking at two cases of batman discerning a mystery plot from ras al ghul with two very different results. Although not much is known about this event, it is known that talia betrayed her father and helped batman stop ras al ghul one last time. Batman and talia try to catch up with him but vertigo uses the device to. The animated series season 1 watch online for free in hd quality with english subtitles.
Talia al ghul dc animated universe villains wiki fandom. The episode introduces talia, one of batmans most enduring love interests and her father ras al ghul, one of the most formidable foes in the batman mythos. Off balance is an episode of the first season of batman. Unlimited, is viewed by many a batman fan to be the definitive interpretation of the titular character. Largely considered to be one of the best versions of the caped crusader, as well as one of the greatest animated series of all time, batman. She would occasionally betray her father and help batman or vice versa. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Talia al ghul batman arkham city art and dc entertainment have announced the inclusion of two more characters in batman. Theres plenty of action, explosions and a believable set piece onboard a hydrogen. Sep 06, 2017 incidentally, the mad hatter was voiced by roddy mcdowall, making him the only actor to play a villain on both batman. Around this time, bruce and talia dated at least once in milan. Her mothers name, the details of her early life, training, or education have never been disclosed, not even whether or not she has siblings besides her halfbrother, arkady duvall.
This version serves as the head of ras al ghuls squad of elite female assassins. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of batman. But avatar adds a distinctly raiders of the lost ark flavor, not just with the overseas flying graphics but also the archaeological expedition. A worldly and cultured elite warrior, talia is the leader of her own cult of combatants, similar to the league of assassins, as well as the mentor of yao fei. The demon reborn is the first episode of the fourth season of superman. Episodes 1 to 28 were released on dvd in the batman. The animated series the demons quest talia al ghul dc dceu my upload. Talia al ghul batman 1966 tv series dc database fandom. He orchestrated a series of events to eliminate vertigo from the picture and acquire a sonic drill, using his daughter talia to carry out his will. The animated series, thrusting batman into a globespanning adventure in the vein of the indiana jones films as he stops his most powerful enemy from reviving an ancient egyptian empress.
Dans cet episode, ras vieillit inexorablement et rien, ni meme les puits. Ras al ghul meaning the demons head in arabic 1 is an ecoterrorist who has lived for over six centuries through the use of lazarus pits. Talia al ghul appears in dc universe online, voiced by ellie mcbride. Part i tv episode 1993 helen slater as talia al ghul. She traveled the world with her father and learned numerous skills from him. Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5, 1992, to september 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. That would be the final volume of batman adventures, alternately written by ty templeton and dan slott. Talia al ghul is the daughter and righthand of ras al ghul and a loverenemy of batman and mother of damian wayne. The demons quest is an adaptation of two specific batman comic book stories.
Talia is the daughter of ras al ghul and one of his most loyal members of the society of shadows. Looking to extend his life even further, ras al ghul. The animated series featured talia al ghul, and her father, as recurring characters. He was an ecoterrorist who has lived for over 600 years through the use of lazarus pits. This is the 60th episode to be produced and the 57th to be aired. Production order season one on leather wings, christmas with the joker, nothing to fear, the last laugh, pretty poison, the underdwellers, p. Talia is the daughter of ras al ghul and the heir to his worldwide criminal empire. September 18, 1999 ras al ghul and his society of shadows arrive in metropolis to steal a mythical staff currently on exhibit. A mysterious man called ras al ghul appears at the batcave claiming to have a clue about his whereabouts.
This template will categorize articles that include it into batman tv series characters. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the dc comics universe, and specifically based on the justice league superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous justice league animated series. Talia al ghul was a playable character in the nintendo ds version of lego batman. Ras al ghul batman 1966 tv series dc database fandom.
The animated series and the adam west batman tv series, where he appeared as. Robin disappears, and mystery man ras al ghul walks into the batcave. As for avatars assertion that ras is willing to sacrifice talia for his goals, his later dcau appearances contradict this. Both talia and catwoman featured prominently in the series, though it was the former who wound up having a stronger claim to batman s love. She was held in high esteem among all of ras al ghuls children, despite the fact that he considered women to be inherently inferior to men. The animated series off balance the nostalgia spot. That set the stage for his subsequent appearances each as the episodes primary villain.
Ras al ghul dc animated universe villains wiki fandom. That set the stage for his subsequent appearances each as the episode s. The animated series the demons quest talia al ghul. Jonah hex discovers arkday duvall and ras al ghul duration. Her mothers name, the details of her early life, training, or education were never disclosed. The animated series and a posthumous antagonist of batman beyond. Each figure comes with characterspecific accessories. Talia al ghul originally referred to as simply talia is the daughter of ras al ghul. Each of these villains has given batman an episodes worth of grief on their own. These week, were looking back on two stories that begin with the premise that ras al ghul is dead, with batman and talia paired on an adventure.
It depicts the coming of ras al ghul to metropolis and the last team up of superman and batman in this series. Where i have a problem with this episode is the treatment of talia. The two will cross paths in a few episodes, but in that episode ras al ghul is more of a vehicle to tell the tale of another character and only really crosses paths with batman at its conclusion. The moment thoth initially appears as a young pretty woman, as she arises from the lazarus pit and seduces ras, only to reveal her true self as an aged hag after she embraces him, is similar to a scene in the shining where jack portrayed by jack nicholson, who coincidentally played the joker in tim burtons 1989 batman movie. Arkham city art gallery featuring official character designs, concept art, and promo pictures. The animated series, and the 52nd of the overall series.
Talia is the daughter and top henchwoman of ras al ghul, the leader of the society of shadows. And back then, an old west episode felt odd, but it all gels quite nicely. Avatar is an episode of the second season of batman. Robin is kidnapped, and batman unexpectedly joins forces with ras al ghul, whose daughter talia has also been taken. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show batman. It is up to batman to locate and rescue superman from the immortal foe. One of the worlds greatest spymasters, talia is a woman perpetually caught between the visions of the two most important men in her life. Talia al ghul is an antagonist of the dc animated universe.