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Why the change on Bat-Mite's costume?

posted 13 years ago by DwightFry
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In the comics, he wears a much more faithful, albeit quite silly still, version of the Batsuit. In the cartoon, he seems to wear a cheap rabbit costume and a pajama. That without mentioning the green skin (the comic version had [Caucasian] human flesh looking colored skin). Some kind of copyright issue?

They managed to take one of the goofiest characters ever to appear in a superhero comic book, and make it even goofier!

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[–] grendelkhan 12 years ago

No copyright issues, as Filmation had the rights to adapt the comics. More than likely, they just wanted the character to stand out a bit and add a bit of visual variety. Batgirl's costume was colored slightly differently than batman's, as well. Filmation tended to go for broader strokes for humor.

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