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TT part of the DCAU?

posted 8 years ago by Milk_Tray_Guy
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I know that TT isn't generally looked on as being part of the DCAU, but I found this;

"About Teen Titans: There has been a concerted effort among Teen Titans fans to wedge the show into DCAU continuity thanks to the Teen Titans episode Lightspeed and the Justice League Unlimited episode Patriot Act as they both featured voice actors from both shows ( Micheal Rosenbaum as Flash and Mike Irwin as Speedy) and say that Teen Titans could fit as a prequel to Batman: The Animated Series. While I'd like nothing more than to include Teen Titans as it would make the DCAU even more well-rounded I don't think those two little clues are definitive proof of it being canon. It COULD fit if you tried really hard but so could Brainiac Attacks and Krypto the Superdog. A lot of big "buts" have to take place to make it fit."

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/updated-definative-unofficial-dc-animated-universe-timeline-major-spoilers.4187791/

What's your view, do you regard TT as DCAU?

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[–] watcher101 8 years ago

Technically, yes. It's well known that the DC universe is a multiverse, containing infinite different realities and timelines, some of which characters have crossed over into. Teen Titans is another one of those alternate realities. So, technically, yes, it is part of the DCAU, just in a different universe/reality/dimension/timeline/whatever.

[–] Milk_Tray_Guy 8 years ago

It's well known that the DC universe is a multiverse, containing infinite different realities and timelines...

True, but that same argument could be used for including the DCUAOM under the banner of the DCAU - and DC stress that they're two very different and unconnected things.

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[–] Milk_Tray_Guy 8 years ago

Technically, yes. It's well known that the DC universe is a multiverse, containing infinite different realities and timelines, some of which characters have crossed over into. Teen Titans is another one of those alternate realities. So, technically, yes, it is part of the DCAU, just in a different universe/reality/dimension/timeline/whatever.

You may be interested in this thread about Teen Titans and other DC animated shows, also from toonzone.net (from 2007)...

"The DCAU (Timmverse) is at the moment officially on hold and possibly dead, but upon reflection I think that a good case can be made that all the series and movies from Teen Titans to the present which are not considered within the DCAU (Timmverse) are all alternate dimensions/universes within the DCAU (Timmverse) multiverse. I know some will think I'm crazy, but hear me out.

Let's start with Superman: Brainiac Attacks, it has many of the same voice actors from Superman: TAS as well as the same character designs. Duane Capizzi has said that BA isn't in continuity with the DCAU and I don't debate that. It would take alot of unnecessary mental gymnastics to make it fit. However, if it's set in a dimension/universe within the DCAU multiverse, it doesn't require the same continuity but still remains canon.

Next, let's take a look at Legion of Superheroes. First off, there are interviews of producer James Tucker saying it might have been brought into the DCAU. Also, there are many homages to the DCAU within LOSH such as the phantom zone projector. Besides the fact that James Tucker worked on Justice League Unlimited. The main thing that makes LOSH not in the main DCAU continuity is that the LOSH's Superman is a teenager in the present day instead of the late 70's/early 80's.

Teen Titans is easy to make a connection to the DCAU because of the homages to the DCAU in it and the homages to TT in the DCAU and the fact that for one or two seasons Bruce Timm was a producer or executive producer (I forgot which). Also, a crossover was considered but scrapped because of the difficulty of reconciling the very different animation styles enough to make it possible. Then, there's Glen Murakami having worked on DCAU projects.

Now for the tougher argument, making the case for The Batman. First, Alan Burnett, one of the Big Three of the DCAU, being a producer. Second, Harley Quinn being introduced and in an episode written by Paul Dini. Third, the use of voice actors from the DCAU. Fourth, how the Robin in TB looks like he could be a younger version of the Robin from TT.

The other post-DCAU series and movies would be connected for similar reasons."

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/case-for-expanding-the-dcau-multiverse.4569031/

There are some interesting replies.

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[–] Darwinskid 8 years ago

No, beyond the vastly different art styles and tone the inclusion of the show in the DCAU wouldn't add up given that,
-Speedy and Robin are about the same age on TT, but Speedy appears the same in his cameo in JL:U, which is set after Batman: TAS and its reaunch where Dick Grayson becomes Nightwing.
-It would mean the Titans were formed before the Justice League, to accommodate the younger Dick Grayson in the series.
-We only get fairly small nods to Batman on TT every once in a while but nobody else like Superman or Wonder Woman or even Barry Allen and Aquaman. Even when the Titans encounter potentially world ending events never once is the League brought up in conversation or asked to assist in some way shape or form.

The Titans *do* exist in the DCAU though, but we never saw them together as a team, most we got was Batman telling Static Shock, which was in the DCAU, that Robin( Tim Drake) was "with the Titans..."

Interestingly, one of the original ideas was to have a TT show based in the DCAU when it was in development and a test pilot was made but development shifted into it becoming its own thing basically.

[–] Milk_Tray_Guy 8 years ago

Interestingly, one of the original ideas was to have a TT show based in the DCAU when it was in development and a test pilot was made but development shifted into it becoming its own thing basically.

That is interesting. Any idea why they decided to change course?

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