The original Robin storms off after Batman interrogates a suspect… in front of the criminal's wife and son. That ended their relationship… I don't remember any of this motorcycle business.

Sins of the Father
It's going to be a while before Sava has the chance to discuss it, but have you noticed how wildly different Batman's reaction is to the second Robin? All that caring and nurturing must have been knocked out of him by villains in the past decade, because he's got none of it for Tim Drake.

You don't know the half of it. It's revealed in Batman Beyond that they started a May/September relationship before going their separate ways.

(spit take)

No way! Worse than the Christmas episode of Star Wars?

While you're at it, get Superman, and Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. And oh yes, Batman Beyond! (Static Shock is purely optional, though. You can probably skip The Zeta Project.)

In fairness to DC, there are a variety of Toyman characters, from the dopey jester in Superfriends to the child murderer you described. I can't remember a single time when the Toyman in the Superman animated series involved himself with children, at all, and I'm pretty sure that was by design.

You should just throw Hippo Potty Mouth a bone and make the answer to your next riddle "a ballpoint banana."

You can't copyright natural resources?
Hmm, never seemed to be a problem for Cargill. Then again, even the Joker isn't THAT evil.

If you'll watch it again, notice that you never see "Batman" or the bureaucrat talk… you just hear them as they're shown from the back. It's one of those things you don't notice until you watch it again knowing they switched places.

It did! It would have gotten an F otherwise.

Not a very subtle name, is it?

I had to do this.
"Why couldn't she have the fish part on the top and the lady part on the bottom…?!"

Yeah, Brad Bird did that episode of Amazing Stories. He had nothing to do with the sitcom that came later, which is why it was boring and cancelled at the speed of light. The only thing I remember about the television series was the dog getting its temperature taken from the other end. It only went downhill from…

He seemed really intent on reminding readers that Demitrite makes you sprout wood, too. I like Alfred, don't get me wrong, but I don't really want to imagine him running around with a tuxedo tent.

1990s animators were masters at riding the knife's edge of acceptable content. It was the same way with Ren and Stimpy… John K. snuck so much past the radar, and his matching wits with the censor-happy Nickelodeon producers is what made the first couple seasons of that show so wonderfully subversive. Then when the…

They were pretty vague about what happened, though. You never see him jumping off the side of the bell tower… instead, he runs toward the edge, then plunges into a dark void. WE knew what happened, but maybe kids under eight wouldn't. At least that's what Broadcast Standards and Practices must have thought.

Y'know…
…they actually did a DCAU version of "For the Man Who Has Everything." I think it was an early Justice League Unlimited episode if memory serves. It's mostly focused on Superman, but Batman gets a brief taste of the Black Mercy as well.

I'd put Superman on par or slightly above Gotham Knights. They're both streamlined adaptations of the original Batman: The Animated Series, but Superman had the advantage of a new cast of characters, rather than reintroducing the old ones with jarring, often continuity-breaking designs.

You know what? Castlevania: Symphony of the Night did the same thing, offering an incredible gothic experience and wrapping it up with some drippy, forgettable love song. Note that the song in question was removed and replaced with a more fitting tune in later releases of the game. Shame that Warner didn't do that…