BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Reaction! | S1 x E4 | Heart of Ice

[@texastea.2734]

In recent comics Mr freeze has been helping batman and comes to realize they are kindred spirits with him saying to batman “Gotham is your Nora” After being asked by bats why hes helping him

[@GrayMoe]

"...some place where a warm hand waits for mine." 😭 bro

[@N0-1_H3r3]

Paul Dini's writing on this episode completely reinvented the character, and Michael Ansara's voice performance delivers the character's cold-hearted anger and despair so well (Ansara was a long-time TV and movie actor, but I know him best in this role and as the Klingon, Commander Kang, in the original Star Trek).

[@TeyesonBee]

This episode won a Daytime Emmy for writing, and it deserves it!

[@HeroesKey]

Heart of Ice is such an iconic episode of this show. Co-creator and writer Paul Dini did such a phenomenal job in rewriting Mr. Freeze, who before this episode was mostly known for being a silly and forgettable villain in both the comics and in the more campy 1960s Batman show. But this episode forever changed Freeze into a more complex character with a very tragic backstory. I absolutely love a lot of the lines in this episode, mainly from Mr. Freeze. You can hear the cold and emotionless tone in his voice when he speaks. But you can feel the anger and utter sadness in what he says. Especially at the end when he says how he failed his wife. It’s such an emotional and heartbreaking scene but it’s one of the reasons why I and many others love this episode so much! You can understand why it won the show a Daytime Emmy award. Also it’s okay for you to empathize with Mr. Freeze. I know I did. I never really considered Mr. Freeze a full on villain because all he really cares about is saving his sick wife. It’s true that he shouldn’t just kill innocents just to get what he wants but with his backstory, you can understand the rage he has towards those who had wronged him and turned him into what he is. I’m once again so thrilled you enjoyed this iconic and memorable episode Meg! The next two part episode is another outstanding episode that I think you’re gonna love. It’s another heavy episode but it’s also pretty dark too. So can’t wait to see what you think

[@HeroesKey]

Also regarding movies with Mr. Freeze, there is Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero that is set in this universe that was released in 1998 that you can check out later. There is also the live action movie Batman & Robin with Mr. Freeze as the main villain but unfortunately that movie is just downright awful and does not do any of the characters justice at all, including Mr. Freeze. So I'd stay clear of that movie completely

[@HeroesKey]

@@The_Phantasm You are correct. He was originally called Mr. Zero in the comics before the 60's tv show renamed him Mr. Freeze and soon after the comics changed his name to that as well

[@HeroesKey]

Oh and I'm with you on the soundtrack in this episode Meg! It's definitely one of my favorites of the show. It is very whimsical and winter like

[@subscorpion9560]

Mr Freeze is the reason why I love tragic villains. the ones who have a reason why they commit crimes and have a legitimate cause even though they are hurting others or worse. I can't help but feel bad for Mr. Freeze :'(

[@fynnthefox9078]

Usually people who deserve it.

[@t.r2603]

The music was done by Shirley Walker. She was responsible for a lot if iconic cartoon themes of the 90's before unfortunately succumbing to cancer in the early 00's.

[@HeroesKey]

Also fun fact Meg, Ferris Boyle in this episode was voiced by Mark Hamill. This was actually Mark's first voiceover for the show, not Joker. Interestingly, Tim Curry was already casted to voice The Joker. But apparently the producers didn't think the voice Curry provided fit the character. So they recasted him and brought Mark in and of course the rest is history. Although in a later episode, they actually play a repeated soundbite of Curry's Joker laugh and it sounds so much different to Mark's

[@MegMage]

Oh I love Tim Curry, but I'm also grateful they recast because Mark Hamill is a legendary Joker!

[@HeroesKey]

@@MegMage You are absolutely right! Mark is a legendary Joker. He's probably the best Joker of all time to me

[@nataliapanfichi9933]

​@@MegMagegotham is a stand in for new york city because of all the crime and the the costume weirdos walking like it's nobody's business.

[@Fatalbeast22]

And thus you meet one of batman most tragic and honestly understandable villians, dude just wanted to save his wife.

[@SuperRodimusPrime]

This is one of the greatest shows ever made. It’s timeless.

[@maxacorn]

before this, mr. freeze was a d-list supervillain. after this episode, it completely changed the character. it was so good, this became his canon origin in the comics.

[@otaku-sempai2197]

A significant Mr. Freeze story is the animated movie Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero. It is set between the end of The Adventures of Batman and Robin (Fox) and the beginning of The New Batman Adventures (Kids WB).

[@raytheuglymusician2453]

I think I can speak for everyone when I say that the best Batman villains are ones that you don’t feel right calling villains. Mr. Freeze, ultimately, is just Bruce if he’d gone down a slightly different path.

[@shawnthompson2303]

Think of it, Batman! To never again walk upon a summer's day with the wind in your face, or a warm hand to hold. Oh, yes.... *I'd kill for that.* 🔴❄🔴

[@supremedream1764]

Earlier after Batman saw how Victor Fries became Mr. Freeze, Freeze said he wasn’t able to shed any tears. After taking one look of that dancing replica of his wife, he cries his heart out. I love the way the writers humanized his character.

[@drew_M]

"This music sounds like winter." - MegMage 2022 4:30 Three strikes against this episode - Batman, while wearing gloves, doesn't have his mask covering his mouth. He didn't cover his mouth when sneezing. And Alfred isn't social distancing properly. The bad guy is properly isolating, though, which saves it. 3 CDCs out of 10 7:10 Gah I miss NYC. And that's a big reason. 9:22 And its 30 years old. And it only gets better. I wish I could see it again through my kid eyes, thank you for letting me share in your journey.

[@no1guy825]

even more poignant than the snowglobe image is the ballerina/dancer in a music box. This might be a replica of Nora that Victor made...or a gift he bought for her; they don't say. It perfectly parallels Nora as a woman frozen in place, encased in glass. Victor is trying to bring Nora back by studying her condition, but the final touch of the music box freezing to his touch might allude to what life would've been like if she was revived - him being unable to directly touch her.

[@Fettman89]

That's how you know it's a good villain, if you can sympathize, even for a second.

[@VforVictory00]

That's what makes Batman and other heroes like him so great. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for the greater good of the world, even if it costs them their happiness.

[@Kladyos]

This episode created the modern Freeze backstory, which was shoddily adapted into Batman Forever

[@manehriimao2079]

There is definitely a movie set in this universe called Batman and Mr Freeze: Sub Zero. It's even more emotional and will make U love him even more. Great work Meg and keep it up. 👏👏👏👏

[@keremmazman3761]

She should watch that after finishing original BTAS

[@mungobaggins8197]

One of my favorite things about this series is that it really makes you understand why every villain deserves to be in an asylum rather than prison. It makes you really want them to be rehabilitated and saved.

[@WolfHreda]

Before this episode, Mr. Freeze was just a one-note villain with a gimmick. This episode gave him so much pathos and made him a much better character. Also, they made a full-length movie called Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero a few years after Mask of the Phantasm. While it's not quite MotP, it's still very good. Certainly better than Batman & Robin, as movies go.

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

"I shouldn't be sympathizing with the villains..." That's one of the best elements of many Batman stories: that the villains are not entirely black and white (they kind of used to be, because comics in other time had to be more simplistic, almost by law); quite some are people who, in a turning point of their lives, went down a rabbit hole and haven't found their way back (which is their tragedy and why they have to be also stop: that they have motives doesn't mean they are free to drag others to their chaos and pain). Besides, these characters underline a bit the general spirit of Gotham City: in a place that has lived under the shadow of corruption for that long, not all the monsters can be easily identified because they wear an elaborated costume. If they can be eventually redeemed or not... that's a different commentary about the nature of humanity in itself. "Should I see other films featuring Mr. Freeze" Well, after the Tim Burton films, Mr. Freeze appears in the fourth film of that franchise (Batman & Robin), played by Arnold Schwarzenegger; but... many consider it's generally a horrible film (I guess you can enjoy some bits, but it's up to you XD).

[@stevetheduck1425]

'Batman Subzero' animated movie is a continuation of these Mr. Freeze episodes, with Freeze further along in losing his humanity, and actually has Batgirl trying to save him , even as he wants to harvest her 'somethings' to save his Wife.

[@Robert.Marazita]

Loving this series! So thankful I found you via Mass Effect

[@Grizzlox]

Animated Batman is so kind, caring, compassionate, supportive, dependable, and trustworthy... no wonder I never feel like any of the movie versions ever measure up.

[@Ahturos]

Mr Frezze among Riddler was the hardest characterfor them to have multiple times becuse Friezze´s story is short and simple. They only use him a few times but he got a amazing arc that gose from this, to the movie Sub-Zero, to Season 4 of Batman and finally Batman Beyond that finish it all. Riddler was hard becuse they felt the riddles they come up with would be to hard for children watching or to simple for Riddler to use. So he barely got this 3 episodes he is relevent in. Season 4 only have him in the background, never as a character.

[@SchulzEricT]

I'm mean, you're *supposed* to sympathize with the villain. He's a villain, but he's not a cackling, evil villain, he's definitely sympathetic. Mr Freeze, prior to this ep, wasn't really like that; he was a much more one-note villain. This episode re-worked his character entirely to make him a character you can understand and sympathize with, that was entirely the point. And, of course, it really worked. Incredible writing.

[@nightwing7820]

2:09 well he is a doctor

[@superheroesrock1239]

The line “Good night humanitarian” is actually repeated in batman arkham origins when you defeat mr freeze. They based that mission on this episode which is why it’s one of the best

[@superheroesrock1239]

Also you can watch batman and mr freeze subzero which is a film that takes place in this show.

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@superheroesrock1239 Yeah but is not as good as MotF. The trailer for the movie is really misleading saying Batgirl plays a bigger role.

[@keny1555]

Freeze gets brought back in an episode of Batman Beyond and its equally if not even sadder than this episode. Then again Batman Beyond was pretty damn dark in general so...

[@keremmazman3761]

Well he has one more BTAS episode, a movie and one TNBA episode before Batman Beyond.

[@keny1555]

@@keremmazman3761 Yeah, I know, but the Batman Beyond one is just so sad in my opinion.

[@Destroya7961]

Before this episode Mr.Freeze in the comics was a joke villain who threw freeze puns out left and right he was literally a low rent rip off captain cold from the flash comics then Paul Dini and Bruce Timm took Mr.Freeze and completely changed him and made him the most sympathetic villain the backstory they came up with in this episode was so good that the comics use it to this very day so in short Paul Dini and Bruce Timm took a joke villain and made him into a sympathetic icon

[@joshuawebb5891]

This is why i was so livid at what Schumacher did. Freeze was such a tragic character, and he got turned into a cheap punchline

[@brandonlewis2861]

This episode was the where Mr.Freeze really got his start and became the character know and love today.

[@davidosclay852]

Mr. Freeze was a tragedy villain and great character of Batman the animated series. This episode was the first won a emmy award. The 2nd won emmy was Robin's Reckoning, the sad story of Robin.

[@NecropsY1]

a good villian is also human , and these villians are very human

[@fynnthefox9078]

Unless it's Joker or Scarecrow.

[@joshuawells835]

Not only did this episode win a Daytime Emmy (the first animated tv show episode to do so, if I recall correctly), it also rewrote Bat Canon and made Mr. Freeze a more sympathetic villain, one Batman fans everywhere feel a great sorrow for.

[@Batlabs96]

Shirley walker was one of the best composers in the world in my opinion

[@mmxxiii9503]

Mark Hamil did a great job on this episode. Mr Freeze is one of my favorite villains: his reasons are comprehensible and aa a viewer we just feel fie him, almost wanting to help him

[@SnarkKnight1]

If you ever get to Batman Beyond...it's worth it.

[@blueroninstudios]

Bruce is very relatable in so far as much as most of us want him to catch the badguys it should come as no surprise that he also wants to save them if they can be saved. Some of them are too far gone (The Joker) but some have storylines where they've been redeemed, saved, or because of Batman, became heroes (Harley Quinn).

[@thedragon133]

"What killed the Dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!" ... oh, wrong Mr. Freeze :D

[@zebbailey1727]

Bruce Timm creator of the series directed this episode, he even did all the character designs except for Mr. Freeze and The Riddler which were done by Mike Mignola and this episode is one of Bruce Timm's 3 favourite episode's

[@solblackguy]

One of the wildest things about this phenomenal episode is that a lot of people don't remember that it's just an episode. The pacing and writing is done so well that we all have a Mandela Effect thinking it's a movie.

[@Batmanfan5]

RIP Michael Ansara 1922-2013 He was perfect Mr.Freeze in this BTAS Episode MegMage.

[@ethangonzalezllera6133]

Mr. Freeze❄ Poor man. I hope that someday, they find a cure for him.

[@Xehanort10]

1:30 Mark Hamill voices Ferris Boyle in this. He got the Joker role instead of Tim Curry.

[@MrGamer07100]

I hope you see the movies too. Mask of the Phantasm and Subzero.

[@HeroesKey]

Yes! Mask of the Phantasm is a must after Meg finishes Season 1. Sub Zero can be saved for a little later

[@MrGamer07100]

@@HeroesKey Yep.

[@supergirlvideoclips894]

Batman and Robin movie deals with this. Its very campy and goofy though 😂😂😂

[@HeroesKey]

Yeah but tbh that movie to me does a horrible job of it. I know they tried incorporating his backstory from this show but I feel like it just didn't work. Here you could really understand and feel empathy for him. But in the movie, he feels more like a joke and I mean he literally is. Just saying ice puns to people. I get if some people like the movie then to each their own but to me I really dislike that movie a ton save for maybe one line that Batman says to Freeze towards the end

[@SchulzEricT]

@@HeroesKey Yeah... Batman '66 (or whatever) really nailed the campy tone perfectly. I honestly didn't like the tv show, but the movie was perfect (for what it was trying to be). Some people have defended Batman & Robin because they say it's supposed to be campy, but it's just bad; Batman '66 stands in stark contrast to B&R, illustrating what proper camp looks like.

[@HeroesKey]

@@SchulzEricT Agreed! I never was a fan of the Batman '66 movie and show. But the 66 movie and show were miles better to me than Batman & Robin. At least with the 60's Batman, it was meant to be campy and silly to go with that era whereas Batman & Robin, I don't even want to really call it being campy. It was just awful

[@SchulzEricT]

@@HeroesKey Yeah, like, B&R *tried* to be camp, but failed.

[@imaratspal]

This episode retconned the Mr. Freeze character going forward

[@TheChickenlittle11]

Nora isn’t dead, she’s just been in Cryostasis and there’s a movie that concludes her story that you can watch.

[@persephonebonner5733]

There is a great episode of Batman Beyond having to do with Mr. Freeze called "Meltdown". I highly recommend the whole series as it is Gotham 40-ish years in the future so there is a hint of cyberpunk too

[@DevlinBlake]

The series was always Batman at his best. No show before or since ever came close for doing it for me.

[@stevetheduck1425]

If you see the Batman 1966 TV series, you will see just how ridiculous and campy a villain Mister Freeze used to be. The only joke was a blue middle-aged man using 1960s teen-ager slang like 'wild'. That was the time when the Batman TV was so popular that many an excellent actor wanted to play a villain on the show, but quality was slipping from late in the first series until the end, Batgirl lifting things a bit for girl-watchers, but not much good. There was also a 1960s Batman movie, using the TV show as a plan, with a sort of Secret Society of Super-Villains of most of the Bat-rogues gallery.

[@Batlabs96]

I've always felt like you could feel sorry for freeze

[@marcsteiger7806]

After watching the episode titled “Deep Freeze” I recommend you watch the animated movie “Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero”.

[@nigeltrotter2886]

11:24- I can. Victor is innocent. The City is guilty and the city failed Nora and the city got to pay.

[@nigeltrotter2886]

That is just way too sad and I completely understand Mr Freeze's actions. Do it all for Nora, Fries. It's all for Nora. 10:30- Good, I sympathize with him too.

[@nicktroisi6347]

Mr. Freeze is my absolute favourite Batman villain.

[@Dubbel12]

Ah yes, one of the legendary episodes

[@robertombricen7966]

I can't wait for you to react to Baby Doll, no spoilers, but that episode will make you cry.

[@fynnthefox9078]

Before this episode, Mr. Freeze was just a criminal with a freeze ray called Mr. Zero. Afterwards, Freeze became a more complex and sympathetic character. As well as receiving a better, more iconic, design.

[@comicscookingmore8113]

Mr. freeze is my favourite batman villain

[@Cjbronx88]

There is a batman animated series movie called sub zero. And its withMr. Freeze. Its preety good as well

[@biguy617]

There is a Batman animated movie that is canon with this Freeze. Batman Subzero

[@umer515k7]

that opening shot chills me(pun intended)

[@devondavis4295]

Great episode 🔥

[@Shego2Drakken]

Yeah, the temperature of the soup caused the glass of Freeze's containment dome to crack. (Though I have to admit, as someone who played Batman: Arkham City a few times before I ever watched this episode, it does feel a little anticlimactic by comparison.)

[@robbayern529]

If you want to watch the show in the order it was meant to watch The production order is listed correctly on Wikipedia.

[@HeroesKey]

There's honestly no correct order to follow with this show. Whether it's the production order or the HBO Max order that Meg is using doesn't make a difference for continuity. Plus she's already 4 episodes in. I think she can just stick to it so it doesn't cause a bunch of confusion for her

[@allysanchez5630]

Ferris Boyle, that heartless slime 😡

[@stevetheduck1425]

This episode had such influence that the next live-action appearance of Mister Freeze was planned to be Patrick Stewart in a film of essentially this story. Then a new and foolish director got hold of that project and replaced Stewart with Arnold Schwarzenegger spouting stupid 'ice to meet you' pun-ettes. It was the worst Batman movie until the next one. Then there were no more for a decade, leaving the animated shows and movies to do it so much better.

[@ericrinehart477]

So good love the batman show it was my religion when I was a kid

[@JonCombo]

8:30 No, just...ice.

[@shirgaming2072]

Always is a great pleasure to see your videos 😊 i love your work please continue to do so! Your amazing! Have a nice day 🙂

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

: D

[@tylerchurch1152]

Im kinda confused at the order you are going in, tbh lol

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

In the end.... She fails him