Batman's Hero: The Gray Ghost | Batman The Animated Series

[@SerumLake]

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[@Filmation77]

I personally think The Grey Ghost role helped Adam West find closure with His Legacy as Batman. And also, most modern younger fans probably just knew him as Mayor Adam West on Family Guy (not his Batman fame)

[@Davidofthelost]

He will always be The Grey Ghost and Catman

[@Abdega]

I wish Adam West accepted that James Bond role long ago, He turned it down on principle saying the role “will always belong to a Brit” but it would have been nice to see how his career would have turned out

[@jerm70]

​@Abdega Nah its good that he accepted that a Brit should play the iconic British character.

[@michaelnally2841]

Fun fact, Adam west actually requested to play Bruce’s father in the 1989 Batman film but they refused his request. I don’t know if that was on Tim Burton, Warner bros, or whomever. But he requested that as a bit of a “passing the torch” as it were and I think he accomplished that here.

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

@@michaelnally2841 He did eventually get to play Thomas Wayne in Batman: The Brave and the Bold years later.

[@Lionstar16]

The fact that Beware the Grey Ghost (one of the best BTAS episodes) would never have been made if Adam West hadn't agreed to voice the Grey Ghost sounds volumes for how important it was for the crew to have him on board - thank you Adam :)

[@SerumLake]

Funnily enough, they did have a backup if Adam West turned them down: Gary Owens, the original voice of Space Ghost.

[@thegladve]

​@@SerumLakewhat I loved beyond the superficial idea of one Batman meeting another was the idea of making the most out of a situation even if it seems like you have nothing at all instead of bitching, moaning and generally making the entire world into a one big scapegoat, but then again maybe the last part could be my own world view seeping through.

[@lenny_1369]

@@SerumLake i have never heard of Space Ghost until now, but thats awesome, the writers really have a passion for what the Grey Ghost stands for

[@louthegiantcookie]

I always thought it was incredibly sweet to have Adam West voice this role. It was kind of a meta thing, no? To me, it was almost like the episode was saying that even if Adam's Batman was funny and silly, it still made people happy and had worth. Also, the ending is my favourite in the whole show, just for how kind Bruce is to him.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

💯💯💯

[@tcrpgfan]

And that ending, where Bruce in his everyday persona repeats a lime he said to Simon earlier in the Batcave just clinches it. It clues Simon in on who Bruce really is without saying anything extra.

[@SPAnComCat]

The Two Batman Actors will always Live in Our Hearts until the End of Time. Rest In Power Kevin Conroy and Adam West.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

🦇🦇

[@GrievousReborn]

I like how they got Adam West to voice the character a little nod to him being Batman

[@jordanloux3883]

The creators said they would only do the episode of Adam voiced Trent.

[@TheKyrix82]

​@jordanloux3883 I was going to say, if I recall, there was no second choice for a voice. If West said no, the Episode would never be made

[@shelbybunny]

it wasnt a little nod, the entire grey ghost character is an homage to adam west’s batman

[@eviljust9793]

Rip to both Batman. West was a wholesome take on the character and was a sweet man. Conroe was a nuanced take on the character and was a genuine soul. I am truly grateful to live in a timeline where both men brought their talents into our lives.

[@mechajay3358]

I like that the Gray Ghost makes only one appearance in the show. It just makes the episode all the more memorable. Adam West did an incredible job in the role, especially the significant behind it. RIP to him and Kevin Conroy.

[@Xehanort10]

Justice League Unlimited showed that the Gray Ghost show was still popular even in Terry McGinnis's childhood.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Franchise, you mean, since they watched a movie focusing on the character. Won't be surprised if the film is the DCAU's equivalent of The Batman 2022.

[@levievil9220]

I wonder if terry watched the grey ghost and thought he was cool

[@Hack_Man_VII]

Hell yes! This is easily my personal favorite episode of BTAS! A character study that can also be seen as a passing of the torch between Batman actors. So cool! The story is touching, and really tugs at my heartstrings. Adam West gives a great performance as well, and really sells the character's struggle with being typecasted. Moreover, I will always tear up a little when Batman reveals how much the Gray Ghost inspired him as a kid. Adam saying that "it really wasn't all for nothing" after Kevin says "The Gray Ghost was my hero" punctuates the moment so perfectly. I also love the knowing smile he gives when Bruce Wayne covertly tells him he's Batman. It's a perfect capstone to the story!!!

[@JanetStarChild]

Beautifully put. One of my favorite episodes too; definitely among the top 5.

[@ninjoshday]

It would be cool if they reintroduced the Gray Ghost as a new character who was so inspired by the in-universe TV show that he took up the mantle for himself. I could imagine a story where he's put in conflict with the copyright owners of the franchise, who hate that he's using their IP despite the new hero's vigilantism increading the popularity of the franchise

[@GPS_DS]

They could get Micheal Keaton or Christian Bale to play him.

[@mesektet5776]

Kevin Conroy met Adam West thanks to the Gray Ghost. About a year ago they got a chance to reunited. Hope they enjoy each other’s company.

[@AngryNerdBird]

It couldn't have been a year or two ago, West died in 2017.

[@Ability-King-KK]

@@AngryNerdBird Yes he did. And Conroy passed in 2022, little over a year ago. They reunited and I too hope they are enjoying each other's company over there.

[@jacktoma21]

To shine some light on Sheryl Walker and the music team. I really like the Grey Ghost theme and especially the slower more sentimental version that plays at the cave

[@SerumLake]

I was absolutely convinced that Shirley Walker wrote The Grey Ghost theme because it reminded me of her work on the original Flash tv show, but no, it was Carl Swansea Johnson. Now there was a dude that completely understood his assignment!

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

A fantastic and true historic episode with two iconic Batman figures of the 60s and 90s

[@SellavinAtoms]

RIP Adam West.

[@Hack_Man_VII]

The man will never be forgotten. He really was one of a kind.

I just love everything about this episode. In real life, a lot of celebrities who end up as washed up has-beens deserved a far better end than what they ultimately got and the fact this episode sorta saved Adam West's career made it better.

[@fenrirsrage4609]

As a kid I had a CD with this very episode. I was young so I didn't know the significance of Adam West yet, the episode was so good that it still stuck with me that when I grew up and learned who Adam West was. My enjoyment for the episode increased!

[@zemox2534]

Watching Kevin and Adam bounce off each was great. The Grey Ghost is one of my favourite episodes, and it still puts a smile on my face every time I watch it. Adam gave a terrific performance as Trent. It really makes feel for both the character and the actor, because they are the same man. The struggle Adam faced was heart breaking, and I am happy he found peace later on. It reminds me of Arthur Conan Doyle and his resentment of his own creation Sherlock Holmes. The character was so famous, he overshadowed his own creator and his other works. I am curious to hear what you have to say about Freeze. So many people have analysis Freeze and his arc in BTAS, I can't think of anything that has not been said already.

[@dlxmarks]

I think actors (usually TV ones) closely associated with one role have to decide if it limited their career due to typecasting or if it gave them a firm base of fame because there's no guarantee they would have had a career without it.

[@dejaypage1575]

Honestly the idea of Simon Trent’s character being the inspiration for a Gray Ghost Vigilante could work as a concept.

[@jvstice56]

A character who never would've even came into existence without Adam's involvement. It goes to show just how impactful Adam's Batman truly was, and despite what Warner Bros. of the 80s tried, it was impossible to escape the legacy his rendition left behind. Paul Dini knew this, and the episode itself was both a subtle and not-so-subtle homage to his Batman. It was always a great thing to hear how much Adam loved the role of Batman after he re-embraced it. Sometimes, a bit of campiness helps make a character more grounded. It worked very well in B:TAS after all.

[@lmswentzeljr]

It was fitting having Adam West play a character similar to his real life experience. It was cool having 2 Batman's work together

[@Fry1743]

There's a poster of the Gray Ghost in the elevator at the movie studios in the Batman Arkham Knight game, and it makes me smile when I see it as it makes me think of that episode as it's one of my favourite. And it was a nice touch having Adam West do the voice. Adam West also voices the mayor of Gotham in The Batman animated series.

[@jordanloux3883]

The Gray Ghost makes an appearance in Clayface: One Bad Day, where Basil tries to start over in Hollywood and be the actor he always wanted to be. And he gets a role in The Gray Ghost movie adaptation that Bruce is a producer on. As you can imagine, things don't go well.

[@SerumLake]

Yeah that was one of the better One Bad Day specials. Thanks for reminding me of the Grey Ghost cameo!

[@CapnAlces]

Had Kevin lived a bit longer, I would have liked to see HIM play Simon Trent in a future project. I think the character could be an interesting way to reflect on Batman's history and evolution as a character, featuring different Bat-actors in his role as new performers take up the Batman mantle. But I think we got a similarly inspired episode in Brave and the Bold's "In the Chill of the Night", which featured Conroy and Hamill has DC spirits of Justice and Vengeance. As well as Adam West and Julie Newmar playing Bruce's parents. What a cast! Looking forward to Freeze. He is one of my absolute favorites, the posterchild for BTAS's ability to refresh the franchise, and also the villain I have most identified with. Don't worry, I'm getting better.

[@ForrestFox626]

And now I'm depressed

[@levievil9220]

Dammit I wish that was true like each past iteration voice acts the grey ghost because that honestly would give them all two roles for the symbolism

[@strandedgeek9877]

Given that Lego Batman 3 was a love letter to all Batman's history including Adam West being a guest star of the series, I thought it was cool you could play as not only as the Adam West era version of Batman characters, and Adam West himself, you also could play as the Grey Ghost too.

[@Xehanort10]

5:00 Like he said in the episode "So it wasn't all for nothing."

[@benjaminfeld6388]

Maybe some characters don't translate well from one form of media to another. But maybe they don't have to. Personally I really liked the Grey Ghost. It was an interesting story about a struggling actor. Added another layer of depth to Batman's back story. Serve as an excellent homage to old pulp heroes like the shadow in the Green hornet. I personally even think the bad guy was an interesting twist. He could be seen as a take on obsessed fans that take things too far. Yes it was kind of funny to. But I still like to see it as relatable. Even if the Grey Ghost never makes any more appearances in the comics I think he's made a big enough impact on my life at least.

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

Did You Know? In *_Batman: Arkham Knight_* , there's a fun little Easter egg related to Grey Ghost. In Barbara's room in the Clock Tower, there's a poster for a movie called *_The Ghost in Grey_* starring Simon Trent. Also, in the BTAS episode, when Trent is looking through his collection of GG episodes, if one looks carefully some reels have fun Batman callbacks: *Dr. Death* (Batman's first supervillain) *The Doll Maker* (a famous DC villain) *Gray Ghost Returns* (a possible nod to _The Dark Knight Returns_ )

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Don't forget *Spy Smashers,* after the Fawcett Comics Batman expy (and a noted member of the Justice League Unlimited in the DCAU).

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

Aw cool!@@michaelandreipalon359

[@Elfenlied8675309]

And Johnny C is in Arkham Knight as one of the people infected with Joker's blood. Johnny Charisma.

[@nickdavis5420]

It’s interesting he was in justice league unlimited suggesting he becomes a hero later to be the hero he inspired others to be .

[@troperhghar9898]

I would love to see a scene of Batman driving the batmobile around gothem and on the radio is playing an audio drama version of the Grey Ghost as hammy and old fashioned as possible When no one's around to see him bruce also mouths along with the audio drama

[@jamesbrice3267]

That scene of Bruce sitting down and reliving his favourite childhood series is probably the most wholesome part of the entire series.

[@NitwitsWorld]

It's interesting to note that the animated show Batman: The Animated Series from the 90s had to come up with a new origin story for Batman, the Grey Ghost, because the original hero who inspired Batman's origin, Zorro, was not in the public domain at that time. This was done in order to avoid any copyright issues.

[@TransPandaArt]

🌓Funny, we didn't realize he appeared in so little outside of BTAS when we stumbled upon him, guess that's what being the Annie and Clayface fan gets you lol. But you're absolutely right, we always saw Gray Ghost as a perfect blip in time, an encapsulation of how Batman and by extension the creators of BTAS wouldn't be here without Adam West's depiction of the character. It doesn't really make sense to keep the character ongoing because it's paying homage to something that's... already done it's job, in a sense. The Gray Ghost does work rather well as a character you want to use as a shorthand "metaphor for previous batman content that influenced this", but not really a *character*, you know? In a gift story we wrote for a friend, we paid homage to how Batman of Zur-en-arrh's yellow bat symbol predated Batman's version of it, by making the same thing happen to the Grey Ghost's goggles, kyahaha!

[@austinsmith1524]

Even as an adult this is one of those episodes that just makes me feel like a kid again whenever I watch it, hearing both Conroy and West back and forth just brings pure joy to me

[@deviltime009]

This character had such a deep impact for me in a different way. I was never a fan of the 60's batman so I didn't care much for Adam West except for voice roles where he was a parody of himself (family guy for example). But one person was a huge fan of the show, my dad. He grew up with Adam West Batman the same way I grew up with Kevin Conroy Batman. In a way it's a nice parallel between our generations. My hero looked up to my dads hero. I only wish I took the chance to tell Adam that when I met him years ago

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

Beware The Grey Ghost easily became one of my favorite BTAS episodes because the idea of Batman being inapired by a regular man just trying to do what was right is amazing. I didn't know that Adam West voiced him, but the fact that he did was a sign of him literally passing the torch to Kevin.

[@geronimus-prime]

*Proposal:* Maurice LaMarche voices an Orson Welles-style F-for-Fake illusionist who used to voice the Grey Ghost on the radio. « _The Shadow knows!_ » In his middle age, he has become a Hearst-like print media mogul ( « _Rosebud!_ » ) disgusted by the fact that the more lucre he accumulates, the more his only choices are evil ones. His mind snaps, and he once again becomes _The Grey Ghost,_ - this time recast as a working-class avenger using vigilante tactics to frustrate both organized crime and legitimate corporate tyranny. This runs him afoul of the law and puts him on Gotham's most wanted list. But will the Batman dare stop him? The elephant in the bat-cave for over half a century has been Batman's pro-establishment politics. Whilst America's ruling class pillages the country and rapes the world, Batman is content to beat up on pickpockets and homeless junkies in the alleyways of Gotham. The Grey Ghost is a challenge to both the Batman's conscience and his loyalties. Of course I realize what I've just said... Radio... Print media... It kinda points to the fact that I think Batman ought to be set in the 1930s and 40s. (Which I do.)

[@batnerd5148]

Now I’m imagining Batman staring at his shelf full of Grey Ghost figures, trying to convince himself to put some of them up on eBay and failing miserably like any other collector.

[@snakes3425]

More so because a lot of his collection were likely gifts from his parents and Alfred and carry sentimental value and memories of happier times before that terrible night and one man's rash act forever changing the course of Bruce's life.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"The curse of physical media." Honestly, digital media is getting even more ephemeral. Companies can just, at random, decide to remove it from sale and it disappears. Depending on the platform, that can even mean that copies you "bought" disappear, too. At least with physical media, it takes an active effort to destroy them.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

A double-edged sword, I admit, but if it means an easier job to wipe out trash like Spy Kids and unnecessary remakes like Adam Sandler's The Longest Way if me and others had our way... Either way, always pays to preserve original material. Looking at you, lost source codes for great video games.

[@SerumLake]

You say that, but the second and third disk of my Batman Beyond DVDs randomly stopped working, and I look after my stuff. No scratches, warping, or blemishes as far as I can see. I try to get digital backups whenever I can.

[@CapnAlces]

Space is also a serious concern for physical media. That's why those digital backups are the way to go.

[@beastmaster0934]

And now both are gone RIP Adam West And RIP Kevin Conroy

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

_Beware the Gray Ghost_ honestly made me tear up when I recently rewatched it. It's just, I dunno, kind of the perfect story.

[@qdaniele97]

I love that scene from Batman Beyond where old Bruce randomly decides to don the Grey Ghost hat and googles to fight off Inque after she smashed their glass case wreaking havoc in the bat cave 😁

[@doomyboi]

I'm legitimately surprised they never just tried to make comics about the kinds of pulp hero stories that Batman would have seen in his childhood. That was my first thought when you said he had comic appearances.

[@d.j.w2600]

Ditto

[@arrowheadlock8774]

The only complaint I have about the concept of the Grey Ghost is that with Kevin Conroy's passing, we'll never get a spiritual successor of this episode where Conroy plays the role of Simon Trent and passes the torch to the next quintessential voice of Batman

[@blazerocker1734]

I love the way you say "Batman". With your voice, accent and delivery I bet you'd make a good Alfred in an animated series role.

[@Dar-oi3tw]

Fun fact, Adam West also voiced the Mayor of Gotham in the show called The Batman for several episodes.

[@PhantomObserver]

I would suspect that there’s a world in the DC Multiverse, adjacent to the one featuring the DCAU, where a “real-life” Grey Ghost battles crime in cooperation with Justice League’s Justice Battalion. He’d be essentially an analogue of the Golden Age Sandman.

[@dawnevergarden3275]

No mention of Brave and the Bold Gray Ghost kinda makes me sad with the discussion of Adam West as the Gray Ghost. Still a fine episode though.

[@Champsr0ck2247]

I love wholesome love letter episodes like this and Batman The Brave and The Bold's "Chill of the Night". Shows how much the crew loves their titular superhero, paying respect to the generation that came before.

[@thecastaways2]

I’m a massive BTAS fan. I watched through it over and over again when I was younger. Aside from MARVEL’s Spider-Man, Batman was my second favorite superhero. I love your video essays man, keep them up!

[@MarioGMan25]

I wouldn't mind Grey Ghost appearing in new Batman shows played by other Batmen. Imagine if he showed up in The Batman 2 as played by Micheal Keaton or something.

[@VALonYouTube]

That's quite an intriguing idea, but WB already wasted Michael Keaton in a fairly recent DC film by paying him to reprise his role of Batman in The Flash.

[@MarioGMan25]

@VALonKZbin and George Clooney so we need to figure out something else.

[@crimsonnemesis3511]

I love that Adam West was the voice of The Gray Ghost! I wish they would bring at least the name Gray Ghost to the comics by giving the mantle to Tim Drake.

[@VALonYouTube]

Thank you so much for this video. 😀 And even though I love the Beware the Gray Ghost episode in BTAS, I will never forget the excitement I felt seeing Batman donning the Gray Ghost costume to face The Scarecrow in Batman Gotham Adventures #3.

[@The_Big_Jay]

It's funny you mentioned The Shadow because early Batman was plagiarized from The Shadow comics, not just in terms of concept, but panels were directly traced from The Shadow in Batman's early comics.

[@takenname8053]

Never knew there were so many characters originating from BTAS

[@LuigianoMariano]

The Gray Ghost is a very important cautionary tale of how risky it is for a character to jump from still-frame comics to full-motion animation to the silver screen. And vice-versa.

[@theimperialcombine]

I honestly feel bad for many of the old actors of Yesteryear who had trouble finding work due to associations with certain characters Things weren't Easy for Everyone, A Sad example would be George Reeves and how playing Superman ruined his career to the point of being pushed into Ending his own life, We're lucky to have Adam to be there and staying strong both his loved ones and The People who supported him, The Acting Business is very cruel and its quite sad to know how taught things were for him, I think a lot of us can relate to Adam When it comes to struggling to find work. Rest in Peace Adam west, both you and Kevin will both be the cape crusaders of our hearts.

[@erikjimenez8671]

There is a way to bring the gray ghost to the comic books. Have it written as a traditional pulp comic set in Gotham during the 1920s. Retelling the events of Gotham’s first crime fighter vigilante leading up to the televised series that Bruce watched as a child.

[@unknownfrequency7024]

It does suck that Adam didn’t enjoy the Batman fame at first but let’s be honest we without him batman wouldn’t be where he is today. RIP to both Batman legends

[@stingerjohnny9951]

4:35 ok, the guy on the left went above and beyond for that penguin cosplay!

[@camerondodge2070]

Finally, someone who doesn't hate Gotham Academy! Seriously, it's hard to talk about my love for that series. Also, I'm pretty sure DC is operating on a 'everything is in continuity unless you don't want it, let the writers pick and choose which bits to put in' basis. I don't want to imagine the headache that will cause.

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

We Already Lost both Two Legends behind the Caped and Cowl, but if this Episode ever be Remake in the Batman: Caped Crusader we can have Zachary Gordon Batman TBATB as the Grey Ghost, i still Hope Jensen Ackles be the New Series Batman, and if we got an Episode with a New Grey Ghost we have Rino Romano playing it!

[@robquin1525]

4:40 I too met Kevin Conroy I told him Batman beyond and Arkham City were both a total blast as a child and as a teen and to tell Mark Hamill I said hi It was Cleveland Comic-Con 2016 I even got his autograph and I got it framed a picture of the last frame of the animated series intro with the lightning bolt behind Batman.

[@Dante-Balisk]

I enjoy the idea of Batman being inspired by the Gray Ghost, with how the Adam West Batman was done more towards a child demographic and would fit the demographic for a young Bruce Wayne. Would be nice if they could keep the character as a reference to Adam West somehow, and could reinvent the character like they did with the Red Hood, have someone else get inspired by the actor and steal his costume to become a vigilante.

[@BoopaKing]

I find it pretty heartwarming that Adam West is just as much seen as Batman as Kevin Conroy is.

[@djchappell1726]

It's interesting how perception works. The Adam West Batman series is the only series, beyond some recent live action TV series, that I could not connect with. I remember Adam West for his appearances in Wester action-comedies. I don't know how Bruce would have described the Grey Ghost character, but I hope 'Competent Gunless Noir Deputy' wouldn't be too far off.

[@Hogan231]

Rest In Peace Adam West and Kevin Conroy.

[@marscaleb]

If I were in charge of writing any stories for the franchise, I would make an in-universe episode of Grey Ghost.

[@ironbison1357]

I think the problem with Ghost not catching on (apart from the lack of support from DC, par for the course in this case), is that it seems that writers/creators place him in modern times. I would love a book where he's set back a few decades where the GG can flourish and not be hindered by modern times and technology

[@Puppy_Puppington]

My favorite childhood Batman animated series episode

[@samprastherabbit]

Probably of my favourite episodes for a rainy day when I want comforting nostalgia and a cup of tea 😅

[@starkilr101]

Inside the show he’s voiced by Adam West and shows us some happy moments from Bruce’s childhood. The comics, different story but the overall feel is still there.

[@zacharylund6926]

I love this episode one I always come back to. Meet Kevin at a con was star struck and didn’t get much words in. Moment I’ll always remember was when he gave the Batman speech and jumped on the table. Rip

[@Shinobin333]

I'm surprised there wasn't a universe in the multiverse in which the grey ghost was an actual hero and not just an actor

[@JustADemon2023]

I’m glad to have watched this episode. I grew up watching both versions of Batman, and to know Adam West portrayed a character that went through a similar experience he did, it just adds so much to the story of a man bound by his past and learning to embrace it. Actors and actresses can easily become icons, legends who’ll never be forgotten, but many fear being typecast, it’s understandable when they want others to know the other work they’ve done and that they can portray more than one or two characters. It’s what I found so interesting about Christopher Lee as he also never wanted to be known as, “That one guy who played that one character”. I find it to be a common fear for those who gain some sort of fame, that they’ll only be remembered for doing one or two things when they feel like they have more to offer.

[@foxpokemonforever4775]

This just made me realize that the one Ducktales 2017 episode is very likely an homage to this episode of BtAS. Jim Cummings, the voice of the original Darkwing Duck, was brought in to voice the actor who played Darkwing Duck in the in-universe TV show. That's way too similar to this situation to be just a coincidence; Darkwing is basically the Disney Duck version of Batman! (Albeit much more goofy and clumsy)

[@vonfaustien3957]

I have to admit having the 60s batman vouice an expy of the character the Batman "creators" plageri... were inspired from (panel to panel for entire book issues in some cases) was a neat callback to Batmans roots.

[@rainbowtoyfunrandomess1982]

Adam West as Gray Ghost is just too good! Adam West may not be around anymore, but at least he gave us a good voice performance in Batman The Animated Series! He's also so mysterious and I love it!🤩

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

This was great episode and when I got older it got even better

[@levesteM]

For a different point, Flash giving Bruce a Grey Ghost toy nearly brought a tear to my eye. Stuff like this is why Wally's actually my favourite DCAU character.

[@CaptainJoosh]

Something to note, is that the episode wouldn't have been made if Adam didn't agree to voice Simon. It was made 100% with him in mind.

[@TroyUlysses]

I immediately thought of Hollis Mason and Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl in Watchmen, when I first saw The Grey Ghost episode. I also saw similarities with George Reeves struggles finding different work while everyone saw him as "Superman." I would also add, I saw a lot of The Grey Ghost in "The Batman" by Mat Reeves (is there a clause if your name is Reeves or a variation you must do a DC hero 😄). But that could be more to do with Mat Reeves using a lot of elements from West's Batman, which intern became part of the The Grey Ghost.

[@_spartan11796]

Rest in peace to both Batmans

[@raulbetancourt5795]

I teared up while Simon was destroying his room, it was too much.

[@Pikashades]

I kind of looked at the Grey Ghost as the created-as-an-original-character because the the B:TAS crew couldn't use The Shadow in the show. Those restrictions work well in fueling the creativity in creating something original that can make a bigger impact, when done right, than some rehash of a pre-existing character that just ends up growing the pile of endless different variations.

[@mikevivian3648]

oh wow! This is my favorite ep of batman:tas. With Adam west voicing Simon trentt, well how could i now love it I think you're right. This doesn't translate well to comics but still a fantaastic ep! Thanks!

[@petefischer3820]

Thank you for the video. I think you overlooked the fact that young Terry McGuinnis was heading out of a Gray Ghost movie with his parents when Phantasm decided to not assisinate his parents.

[@wezweasel]

It is usually said not to meet your heroes, but this episode always spoke differently. Hope to someday meet my Grey Ghost and doing good things together. Appreciate you and your contributors work in bringing this type of content out.

[@jacktheripper3118]

This ep of btas made me cry and still does each time bc it’s Adam west passing on batman to Kevin conroy. Like I loved both shows as a kid and like the end king scene of him finding out who Bruce is just makes it all nice. Idk this ep means a lot to me

[@ValdVincent]

They also refused to make physical releases of the Adam West batman for long time, meaning he never got much royalties on his role. It's a tragic character that doesn't turn to crime, and doesn't have a lot of money, neat foil to batman over all. I could see The Grey Ghost and The Question teaming up, maybe Vigilante, and Nightwing as well.

[@anthonyoliver418]

Personally I love how Adam West got to play a hero in a more serious/emotional Batman story, makes me wish he would reenact the more emotional scenes in Btas with him as Batman in the same sort of videos and events voice actors would do, and I do think he went on to leave a positive impact with his version of Batman, which led to him being less of a joke and more of a supplier of small bits of hope when it comes to what he did, which in my eyes made him just like the more serious version of Batman he always wanted to be, by inspiring that in way he knew how to in the cape and cowl.

[@stephentrumbleanimation2579]

If Conroy were still with us (😢), he would have been the only actor who could do a satisfying Gray Ghost performance, whilst meeting a new younger animated Batman incarnation.

[@Compucles]

Don't forget that the Gray Ghost kind of appeared in "Batman Beyond." When Inque found the Batcave, Bruce put on the Gray Ghost costume that he had on display as a makeshift disguise.

[@missmeme3946]

i am sure this episode was tribute for adam West and batman tv series and i think keven was a fan of the batman tv series because he said i used to watch your show with my father bruce timm entered himself in the episode, maybe because he is a fan too

[@AnimeAngel88]

I will say that it's funny that the 'actor' playing the new Gray Ghost in the comic was named Trystan Zale, a clear reference to Bale playing Batman in the Nolan trilogy.

[@Mvmrobots4030]

What i like the most about the episode is how they figured out who the mad bomber really was

[@ahmedtta3914]

Dont forget he did appeard as a cameo poster in ahrkam knight

[@FreakyLynx]

It was a genius move to have Adam West as the VA.

[@cane6074]

Always like the idea that batman was in part inspired by a childhood superhero to become what he is and gets meet his idol and gets to fight alongside him, did not know it was Adam west who voiced the character!

[@Cowboycomando54]

I also love how the Grey Ghost is referenced in the Batman Beyond series as a movie that Terry greatly enjoyed.