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Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series - The Clock King (Patreon)

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2022-11-18 05:00:04
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2023-01

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Batman: The Animated Series made a habit of giving corny old villains memorable makeovers, and The Clock King stands as one of the most stunning examples. Like many of Batman's most sympathetic foes, his story is one of a normal guy completely undone by a very bad day. In this case, we've got an uptight weirdo who gently transitions into becoming an even more time-obsessed domestic terrorist after a series of unfortunate events. What makes this episode so great, and why do anxious podcasters relate so much to Temple Fugate? Listen in to find out and learn every possible time-related pun!

Note to listeners: We were just as shocked and saddened as you about the unexpected death of Kevin Conroy on November 10th. Since we recorded half of this podcast miniseries before his passing, we actually won't be talking about it until we cover "Read My Lips" on December 8th.

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Frank Grimes

The fact they put clock king in Arkham Asylum and you had to visit on specific dates to get the trophy/achievement will never not be funny

Seth

Rest in Power to the definitive Batman Kevin Conroy

Chris Dobson

Great BTAS episode. As a lawyer, the part that's the most unrealistic to me is that he has a 3 p.m. coffee break and his appellate hearing is *after* that? I don't do appellate work, but every judge I've ever been in front of starts their docket at either 9 or 10 a.m. and then has afternoon hearings at 1 or 1:30, I've never had any hearing start after 2 unless it was originally scheduled for the morning. Also the judge is making a default judgment on an appeal because one witness was late? Fugate needs to get *that* guy run out of town! He's a menace! Also Last of the Mohicans rules, Michael Mann directed, DDL is great, it's a fun adventure movie. And DDL's character is a white guy, so I'm not sure what you mean by a part he wouldn't play today.

Crushogre
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Yeah, he isn't the last of the mohicans, his adoptive father is.

Robert Denby

I had a great time discovering an Alan Rachins role you didn’t mention when I was watching this episode with friends a few months ago. I looked him up, saw that he was in Showgirls. Found his scene on youtube, and immediately remembered his most memorable line. I then said something to the effect of “This is the guy in Showgirls who makes the dancers put ice on their nipples!” There was a pause and one of my friends said, “I don’t know what to do with this information, Rob.” The Last of the Mohicans is a problematic fave for me. Everyone forgets its a Michael Mann movie, but it has his style of action sequence in it. Wes Studi is fantastic in it, and its no wonder Mann gave him a small role in Heat a couple years later. Sadly its hard to track down the best version of it now, which is the original theatrical version. Mann has recut it TWICE since it was in theaters and both hurt the flow of the movie.

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

It really DOES read like Clock King is on the spectrum when you revisit this as an adult that is friends with autistic people. And that fits Batman's rogues gallery, many of whom do not age the best when you consider that they probably have a mental health disorder that's on the DSM-5 - but tbf, there have been stories that address this better and make a point about Arkham being corrupt and ineffectual for what would REALLY make these people better. -- In any case, this episode was my introduction to the Clock King as a kid, and kind of set an impossible quality standard for him that I can't say I've seen matched or surpassed, in the rare time that he actually appears. He's sort of on the level of Cluemaster or Calendar Man, I would say, though because of Stephanie Brown's existence and stories like The Long Halloween, those characters have had more of an impact on modern comics. Speaking of which, that gender-bent Calendar Woman episode of the revised season of BTAS is underrated IMO

Scott Scallion

It's hard to not read the Clock King in a modern parasocial context, where people form deep grudges grudges against public or quasi-public figures. With the internet, these types of personal slights can easily get amplified into pile-ons, harassments campaigns, and all sorts of accusations. It's a good reminder that, even if you think you have a legitimate issue, don't let your desire for justice consume you to the point that you're transformed into a villain yourself.

Joe Hodgson

Like last week's episode, this is one I can appreciate more now than I did when I saw it as a kid. When bumpers for this episode would be shown, I would roll my eyes with "Not that dweeb again," but now I find more humor in the guy than I did then. I think we all know someone who is at least a little bit like The Clock King which makes it more entertaining and even relatable. And I do find this episode is much better than his return episode in which it felt like the writers no longer felt The Clock King could exist on his own and needed some superpower to remain relevant. It does seem absurd on the surface that Sunrise would be "fired" from the show, though I suppose it makes some sense if they felt they were paying for Sunrise, but getting something the company farmed out. They certainly did better work than others, but I do recall a common complaint from Timm would be if he felt Batman started to look too "anime" and would push back. I'm not sure if that criticism was ever directed at Sunrise though. Akom was definitely the worst of the bunch. If anyone is curious, the episode "Joker's Wild" is the straw that broke the camel's back when it comes to Akom and it is a disaster by the standards of the show (compare it to late 80's DiC or HB and it's not so bad) which is a shame because that is a pretty "loony" Dini episode that would have greatly benefited from being handled by a better studio.