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Bruce Wayne aka Batman, The Main Character of the series.
Batman is a superhero series by DC Comics.
Publication
Batman is owned by DC Comics.
His first appearance was Detective Comics #27 on May 1939
Movies
- Batman (July 16th 1943)
- Batman (July 30th 1966)
- Batman (June 23rd 1989)
- Batman Returns (June 19th 1992)
- Batman Forever (June 16th 1995)
- Batman & Robin (June 20th 1997)
- Batman Begins (June 10th 2005)
- The Dark Knight (July 14th 2008)
- The Dark Knight Rises (July 16th 2012)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 25th 2016)
- The Lego Batman Movie (February 10th 2017)
- Batman Ninja (April 24th 2018)
- Batman: The Long Halloween (June 22nd 2021 (Part 1) & July 27th 2021 (Part 2))
- The Batman (March 4th 2022)
TV
- Batman (January 12th 1966 - March 14th 1968)
- Batman: The Animated Series (September 5th 1992 - September 15th 1995)
- Batman Beyond (January 10th 1999 - December 18th 2001)
- The Batman (September 11th 2004 - March 22nd 2008)
- Batman: The Brave and The Bold (November 14th 2008 - November 18th 2011)
- Beware The Batman (July 13th 2013 - September 28th 2014)
- Batman: Caped Crusader
Video Games
- Batman (1986) for Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, MSX, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Batman (December 22nd 1989) for NES, Game Boy, and SEGA Gensis/Mega Drive
- Batman Returns (February 26th 1993) for Amiga, Atari Lynx, Game Gear, Master System, SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, SEGA CD, MS-DOS, NES, Super NES
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin (December 1994) for Game Gear, SNES, SEGA CD, and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive
- Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker (November 20th 2000) for N64, Playstation, and GBA
- Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (October 16th 2003) for GBA, GameCube, Xbox, and PS2
- Lego Batman: The Video Game (September 23rd 2008) for Mac, PC, Mobile Devices, Nintendo DS, PS3, PS2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360
- Batman: Arkham Asylum (August 25th 2009) for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and Mac
- Batman: Arkham City (October 18th 2011) for PS3, PC, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Mac
- Lego Batman 2: DC Super Hereos (June 19th 2012) for PC, Mac, PS3, PlayStation Vita, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360
- Batman: Arkham Origins (October 25th 2013) for PC, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PS3
- Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (November 11th 2014) for PC, Mac, PS3, PS4, PlayStation Vita, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, iOS, Xbox 360, and Xbox One
- Batman: Arkham Knight (June 23rd 2015) for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows
- Batman: The Telltale Series (August 2nd - December 13th 2016) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
- Batman: The Enemy Within (August 8th - March 27th 2018) for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
Sub-Series
- Batman & Robin
- Batman Beyond
- Batman/Superman
- Lego Batman
Spin-Offs
- Joker
- Batgirl
- Catwoman
- Nightwing
- Robin
- Harley Quinn
- Gotham
Links to other series
Mascot link: Props of The Dark Knight Rises are available for Xbox Avatars.
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Superman | August 1958 | Both series have frequently interacted, the first time being in the World's Finest Comics magazine which included mainly stories from both series; the first in-universe link between both series was in The Adventures of Superman Radio Show, which occasionally co-starred Batman and Robin. |
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November 1965 | Batman and Godzilla was supposed to be in a movie crossover battle together. |
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The Green Hornet | September 28, 1966 | The Green Hornet and Kato appear in the Batman episodes "The Spell of Tut", "A Piece of the Action", and "Batman Satisfaction". Additionally, Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet is a crossover between the two series. | 1 |
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The Bill Dana Show | October 20, 1966 | Jose Jimenez appears in the Batman episode "The Yegg Foes in Gotham". | 1 |
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Felony Squad | November 16, 1996 | Sam Stone from Felony Squad appears in the Batman episode "The Impractical Joker". | 1 |
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Hogan's Heroes | December 01, 1966 | Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes appears in the Batman episode "It's How You Play The Game". | 1 |
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The Addams Family | December 07, 1966 | Lurch from The Addams Family appears in the Batman episode "The Penguin's Nest". | 1 |
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The Monkees | March 11, 1968 | The Penguin from Batman appears in the Monkees episode "Monkees Blow Their Minds". | 1 |
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Sesame Street | March 13, 1970 | Batman and Robin appear in an episode of Sesame Street teaching about how to safely cross the street while trying to catch the joker. | 1 |
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House of Mystery | January 1971 | The story in The Brave and the Bold #93 is a crossover between the two series, and the House of Mystery also appears in All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12; additionally a character dressed like Cain appears in Batman #237. | 1 |
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Scooby-Doo | September 15, 1972 | Batman and Robin meet the Mystery Gang while trying to stop Joker and Penguin. Also Batman appears in Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "What a Night, For a Dark Knight!". | 1 |
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The Shadow | November 1973 | Batman encounters The Shadow in Batman vol. 1 #253 and #259. | 1 |
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Joker | May 1975 | The Joker series is a spin-off of Batman. | 1 |
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Hulk | September 1981 | Batman and The Hulk had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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Peanuts | February 1987 | Batman: Year One issue #1 features a Snoopy lamp in one panel. | 2 |
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Batgirl | 1988 | Batgirl series is a spinoff to Batman. | 1 |
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Captain N | November 11, 1989 | The Captain N: The Game Master episode "Simon the Ape-Man" features a reference to Batman. | 2 |
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Shinobi | December 02, 1989 | Batman is a boss in Revenge Of Shinobi. |
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The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic | March 1991 | Batman appears as one of many guest characters. | 1 |
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Judge Dredd | December 1991 | Batman and Judge Dredd had a comic book crossover. | 1 |
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Predator | December 1991 | Batman and Predator had a comic book crossover series together called Batman versus Predator. | 1 |
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Catwoman | July 06, 1993 | Catwoman series is a spinoff to Batman. | 1 |
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Super Sentai-Power Rangers | September 16, 1993 | In the episode "Happy Birthday , Zack" Ernie compares the Power Rangers to Batman. | 3 |
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Animaniacs | October 19, 1993 | Batman and Robin appear in an episode of Animaniacs. | 1 |
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Spawn | 1994 | Batman and Spawn had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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The Punisher | June 1994 | Batman and The Punisher had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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Spider-Man | September 1995 | Batman and Spider-Man had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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Anno Dracula | November 1995 | The character Langstrom of Gotham University in Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron is based on Kirk Langstrom from Batman. | 3 |
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Captain America | December 1996 | Batman and Captain America had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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Daredevil (Marvel) | December 01, 1997 | Batman has a comic crossover with Daredevil in Daredevil and Batman: Eye for an Eye. | 1 |
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Alien | 1998 | Batman and Aliens had a comic book crossover together called Batman/Aliens. | 1 |
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Pokémon | 1999 | Batman from Batman Beyond partakes in the Kids WB Pokémon Battle for the Badge; Ash Ketchum also meets Batman characters Kids' WB promos. | 1a |
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Men in Black | 1999 | Batman has a meeting with Agent J & Agent K from Men in Black in a Kids' WB promo. | 1a |
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Captain Planet | 1999 | Batman discusses with Superman and Agent J & Agent K from Men in Black about letting Captain Planet join their team. | 2 |
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Detention | 1999 | Batman meets Jim Kim from Detention who is disguised as him, Batman asks for a hall pass and Jim gives him a fake one. | 1a |
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Hellboy | January 1999 | There is a two issue crossover miniseries between Batman, Hellboy and Starman. | 1 |
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Starman | January 1999 | There is a two issue crossover miniseries between Batman, Hellboy and Starman. | 1 |
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The Darkness | August 01, 1999 | Batman and The Darkness had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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7th Heaven | 2000 | Terry McGinnis from Batman Beyond shows up to the Camden family's door for a date with Lucy in a 7th Heaven promo. | 1a |
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The Mask | 2000 | The Mask meets The Joker in a four issue comic series. | 1 |
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Harley Quinn | December 2000 | Harley Quinn series is a spinoff to Batman. | 1 |
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The Zeta Project | January 27, 2001 | The Zeta Project is a spin-off of Batman Beyond. | 1 |
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Static Shock | January 17, 2004 | Batman Beyond appears in the Static Shock episode, Future Shock. | 1 |
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The Fairly OddParents | July 03, 2004 | In the episode Channel Chasers they go to the show Blackbird and Sparrow, a parody of Batman and Robin. | 3 |
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UNO | 2005 | There are many format crossover UNO games between the two series. | 3 |
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Robot Chicken | March 6, 2005 | Many Robot Chicken episodes feature Batman | 3 |
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The Spirit | January 2007 | Batman/The Spirit is a crossover between the two series. | 1 |
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The Big Bang Theory | April 21, 2008 | There are many references to Batman in The Big Bang Theory. | 2 |
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Nostalgia Critic | May 04, 2008 | The Nostalgia Critic reviews "Batman & Robin", later he reviews other stuff from Batman. | 2 |
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Smosh | June 14, 2008 | Batman and Robin appear in Batman's Cool Internet Video. | 2 |
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Angry Video Game Nerd | July 22, 2008 | The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews various Batman games in the fifty-second and fifty-third episodes of the series, and also plays some Batman games in the episode "Tiger Electronic Games". | 2 |
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Lego City | September 23, 2008 | The Lego City sets 7236 Police Car and 7991 Recycle Truck make an appearance in Lego Batman: The Videogame. | 1 |
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Atop the 4th Wall | November 10, 2008 | Linkara reviews Batman #147. | 2 |
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U.B. Funkeys | April 02, 2009 | Batman and The Joker appear as U.B. Funkeys. | 1a |
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Doc Savage | November 11, 2009 | Batman and Doc Savage had a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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Doodle God | June 11, 2010 | In Run Santa Run mode of Doodle God, a character looking like Batman is one of the people you need to give a present to which is The Joker. |
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Happy Friends | July 02, 2010 | Happy Friends includes Batman references. | 3 |
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WordGirl | September 07, 2010 | Becky mentions how the bat signal is for a different superhero in the WordGirl episode “The Homerun King”. | 3 |
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Nemesis (Icon Comics) | 2010 | the main characters in nemesis are based on batman characters | 3 |
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Ready Player One | August 16, 2011 | The Batcave is mentioned in Ready Player One. The Batcave, Bruce Wayne, Two Face, Joker, and the 1989 Batman film are mentioned in Ready Player Two. | 2 |
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Space Ghost | October 14, 2011 | Space Ghost appears in Batman: The Brave and The Bold. | 1 |
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Mortal Kombat | December 07, 2011 | Kano makes an appearance in Batman: Arkham City Lockdown; while the Joker is a DLC character in the first Kombat Pack for Mortal Kombat 11. | 1 |
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Hot Wheels | 2012 | Many Batman-themed Hot Wheels cars, as well as a set of Batman V Superman Hot Wheels, a Batman & Rogue Gallery 5-Pack, and a Batcave track set have been released. | 2 |
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Bravoman | June 05, 2012 | Strip #27 from the Bravoman web comic references Batman, while "Bravoman & Alpha Boy" from strip #34 is a straight parody. | 2 |
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Death Battle! | August 10, 2012 | Batman,The Joker, Bane, Batman Beyond, and Nightwing have been subjects for Death Battle! | 2 |
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Dick Tracy | November 18, 2012 | A character resembling the Penguin from Batman makes a cameo in a Dick Tracy comic strip. | 3 |
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Injustice | April 03, 2013 | Batman characters are playable in the game. | 1 |
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Scribblenauts | September 24, 2013 | Scribblenauts Unmasked features spawnable objects from the Batman series. | 1 |
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Puzzle & Dragons | October 30, 2013 | As part of special collaboration events, Puzzle & Dragons featured a dungeon with characters from Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight; Poison Ivy also appeared in Puzzle & Dragons during the DC Universe collaboration event. | 1a |
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LittleBigPlanet | December 2013 | A Batman costume is available in the DC pack for LittleBigPlanet 2. | 2 |
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The Lego Movie | February 07, 2014 | Batman charaters appear in the lego movie series; the short Batman's A True Artist as well as the lego batman movie and it's sets,shorts, and cancelled sequel are part of both series. | 1 |
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Yo-kai Watch | March 05, 2014 | Episode 8 of Yo-Kai Watch features an allusion to Batman. | 2 |
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Steven Universe | April 23, 2014 | A giant penny similar to the one found in Batman's Batcave can be seen in the Steven Universe episode "Lion 2: The Movie". | 3 |
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Gotham | September 22, 2014 | Gotham is a spinoff to the Batman series. | 1 |
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Duck Dodgers | November 11, 2014 | The Green Loontern from Duck Dodgers appears in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. | 1 |
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Annie | December 19, 2014 | William mentions Batman in the 2014 Annie film. | 2 |
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Bella and the Bulldogs | February 14, 2015 | Batman is referenced in Bella and the Bulldogs. | 2 |
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Fairy Tail | February 28, 2015 | In episode 222 of Fairy Tail, Gajeel and Pantherlily dress up in what resembles Batman and Robin. | 3 |
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Meets World | July 17, 2015 | The new English teacher has the students reading a Batman graphic novel in Girl Meets World. | 2 |
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Wander Over Yonder | August 17, 2015 | The episodes "The Fremergency Fronfract" and "The Boy Wander" from Wander Over Yonder feature references to several Batman series. | 3 |
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Hotel Transylvania | September 25, 2015 | Dennis mentions Batman in Hotel Transylvania 2. | 2 |
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Lego Dimensions | September 27, 2015 | characters and elements from batman appear in lego dimensions | 1 |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | November 2015 | Batman and TMNT will have an upcoming comic book crossover. | 1 |
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | December 23, 2015 | The comic Batman '66 Meets the Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a crossover between the two series. | 1 |
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Rocket League | March 08, 2016 | The Batmobile appears as DLC in Rocket League, while the DC Super Heroes DLC pack added the "'89 Batmobile" and The Dark Knight Rises Tumbler from the movie of the same name. | 1 |
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The Avengers (ITV) | June 08, 2016 | The comic Batman '66 Meets Steed and Mrs Peel is a crossover between the two series. | 1 |
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Target | December 11, 2016 | Lego Batman appears in a Target musical called Target Holiday 2016 Mini-Musical: The Nutcracker. | 1a |
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Lego Minifigures | January 01, 2017 | The two Lego Batman Movie collectable minifigures series are considered format crossovers and Batman is included in the DC Comics series of colectable minifigures | 3 |
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Harry Potter | January 29, 2017 | Voldemort appears in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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Lord of the Rings | January 29, 2017 | Sauron appears in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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The Wizard of Oz (MGM) | January 29, 2017 | The Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys appear in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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Gremlins | January 29, 2017 | Gremlins appear in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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Clash of the Titans | January 29, 2017 | The Kraken appears in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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King Kong | January 29, 2017 | King Kong appears in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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The Matrix | January 29, 2017 | Agent Smith appears in The LEGO Batman Movie. | 1 |
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Looney Tunes | June 28, 2017 | Batman meets Elmer Fudd in Batman/Elmer Fudd Special. | 1 |
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Arena of Valor | November 04, 2017 | Batman and the Joker appear in Arena of Valor. | 1 |
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Pop Team Epic | March 28, 2018 | A Nendoroid set of Popuko and Pipimi dressed as Batman and the Joker from Batman Ninja was produced and accompanied by a short animated clip. | 2 |
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Archie | July 18, 2018 | In The Punisher meets Archie the evil Archie look alike goes to a Union Station where one of the town selections is Gotham which is Batman's Hometown. Later Archie would officially cross paths with Batman in Archie meets Batman '66 | 1 |
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One Piece | August 20, 2018 | Chapter 914 of One Piece features a SMILE Devil Fruit user under the name “Batman”. | 3 |
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The Maxx | August 28, 2018 | Batman and the Maxx have a comic book crossover together. | 1 |
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The Freddy Funko Show | September 15, 2018 | Batman and Robin appear in The Freddy Funko Show episode "Batman and Robin". | 1 |
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Taiko no Tatsujin | November 19, 2018 | Taiko no Tatsujin Plus features two songs from Batman Ninja. | 2 |
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Unikitty! | February 4, 2019 | Unikitty takes Batman’s suit in the Unikitty episode “BatKitty”. | 1 |
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Fortnite | September 21, 2019 | Several Batman themed skins and items appear in Fortnite; Tilted Towers was changed to Gotham City as part of a limited-time event. | 1 |
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The Umbrella Academy | July 31, 2020 | Number Five mentions Batman in The Umbrella Academy episode “The Frankel Footage”. | 2 |
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Dylan Dog | 2020 | Batman and Dylan Dog have a crossover comic together. | 1 |
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Spitting Image | October 30, 2020 | A reoccurring sketch in Spitting Image is Foxman a parody of Batman heroes and villains. | 3 |
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Gossip Girl | August 05, 2021 | Batman was mentioned in the Gossip Girl episode “Hope Stinks”. | 2 |
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SINoALICE | September 16, 2021 | Batman appears in SINoALICE during a special collaboration with DC characters. | 1 |
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MultiVersus | November 18, 2021 | Batman is a playable character in MultiVersus. | 1 |
