Batman: The Animated Series
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The Forgotten - S1-E23

Bruce Wayne: What IS this?
Salvo Smith: If it's moving, it's a rat. If it isn't, it's a cooked rat.
(00:06:00)

Sammo

Christmas With the Joker - S1-E38

Robin: OK, I'll make a deal with you. If we go out on patrol, and Gotham is quiet, with no sign of the Joker, we come back here, have Christmas dinner, and watch It's A Wonderful Life.
Batman: You know, I've never seen that. I could never get past the title.
(00:02:20)

Sammo

On Leather Wings - S1-E2

Batman: Someone is setting me up
Alfred: My Heavens! You mean it was not you tossing guards out of windows last night?
Batman: I only toss butlers, Alfred.
(00:04:55)

Sammo

Heart of Ice - S1-E3

Other mistake: When Batman is watching the security footage of Victor Fries' accident, at first Fries is addressing the camera directly which follows him and pans according to his movements and Ferris Boyle interrupting him, which would suggest a second person was in the room with a handheld camera. But after Ferris Boyle enters the room and orders Fries' experiment terminated, there are several cuts from various angles in the room suggesting surveillance cameras. The surveillance style footage also often conveniently cuts to the face of whichever person happens to be speaking or will cut to a certain angle in order to put emphasis on the action, all of which would require multiple mounted cameras and purposeful editing by either Boyle or one of his subordinates, which would be completely illogical since they don't want anyone to see the footage in the first place. (00:12:20 - 00:13:55)

Phaneron

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Trivia: The series was animated on darker (typically black) paper as opposed to standard white paper. This helped aid in the show's aesthetic, and also helped save time when animating nighttime sequences, since they wouldn't have to paint the entire background black.

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