#Batman beyond splicers

[mr-kench]

I was rewatching Batman Beyond (great show, highly underrated) the only context you need for the show is that this is in the not so distant future l, Bruce is an old man and passed to torch to a new kid named Terry McGinis. It got to the episode that really got me thinking. Not in a philosophical way or anything but just in a “humanity would 100% do this if they could” sort of way. The basic premise is that theirs a new type of body altering fashion trend. Theirs people in the show that try to justify it as basically being a tattoo and others outright saying that logic is completely bullshit. It’s called Splicing. It’s a gene lab that cracked the code on splicing DNA for immediate and near painless transformation to the body using animal DNA. It doesn’t need to be the whole body as one girl altered her eyes to have green cat eyes. However theirs some that went full body basically becoming anthro animals, a guy that became part snake, another became part bull and a different one became part hyena. Naturally the guy in charge of this was evil and the side effect of this was increased aggression.

However that’s not what I want to focus on. Instead I want to focus on the concept of Splicing itself. Theirs tons of people who would 100% be on board for this if it was possible myself included. Having claws and fangs sounds badass. Plenty more would be willing to go all the way and become hybrids being half human and half whatever other animal. At the same time plenty of concerned adults in the show were against this. With Terry’s little brother wanting to get spliced and his mom saying no. When asked why she’d be against it since she has a tattoo she says “the difference is that I don’t have antlers growing out of my head”

Excluding the obligatory evil plot it’s a pretty good examination of theoretical Trans Humanism. I’m confident it’s going to be a thing if we make it that far as a civilization. Theirs plenty of usefulness in the technology and it’s cool looking besides but there would naturally be concerns from others seeing people willingly leave behind their humanity and become something objectively not human.

It’s an interesting thought and one that’s crossed my mind. If Splicing was real would any of you want to do it? If so how would you want to be spliced, full body, only small features?

[titleknown]

I will say, I was watching Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, and it was mentioned the Joker was hiding in the "Jolly Jack Toy Factory," and like, given the existence of a very specific artist by that name, an internet search for that location probably would've been much less straightforward.

Like, I can hear the conversation in my head:

"Tim, why are there multiple pictures of skyscraper-sized busty splicers in the Bat-Computer?" "Joker virus."

[dreamy-lion]

Ghoul and Woof, from Batman Beyond

[timearremer]

Oh, I always wondered about this moment - why do his claws and hand suddenly grow? The WIP script makes it clear: this was initially meant to be more detailed, with his hands changing into full eagle talons (and with his facial features changing to match, why couldn't we have gotten that?? sadness...)

Of course this is setup for the originally-planned finale of the episode where he was meant to cycle through multiple chimeric forms (manual shapeshifting, without the use of further serum) under his own power before Terry's injections caused him to lose control. I guess it's up for interpretation whether this brief and his line in the finished episode about being unable to control the changing (which makes little sense in the episode's final form) are leftovers, or whether this ability of his is still meant to be canon.

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC: Next Generation

A little twist on Danny meeting Terry Mcginnis, aka the Batman from Batman Beyond

This would be an older Danny, maybe he stopped aging, maybe he didn’t, but at this point he’s been around the block a few times.

Danny first sees the new Batman as Fenton, not Phantom. Maybe he’s surrounded by members of the Jokerz gang, and Terry drops down to save this guy before things escalate. Danny could have handled things on his own but he’s not exactly going to tell that to the new guy. 

He takes a bit of a shine to Terry. He could just ask Bruce who the new guy is, but he wants to have fun with it. Terry is still new, a little sloppy, he needs someone to train him up a bit in ways old Brucie can’t do on his own anymore. So he decides to make a little game of things.

Danny slips into the role of antagonist/rogue, not for any nefarious purpose, simple to give Terry a proper challenge. It’s all a game and he’s just training the new guy, and if that involves LARPing a Villain, so be it. 

He leaves enough clues that Bruce figures him out immediately. The old man must approve, because he would have told him to stop otherwise.

Meanwhile, Terry is confused when the new villain he had been trying to catch saves him when things go south with a bunch of splicers

[maxknightley]

I've been watching Batman Beyond with the gf and I have to say that S2E1 has aged uhhhhh INSANELY badly. you're telling me that between "people gene-splicing themselves into cool furries" and "government official fearmongering about SPLICER VIOLENCE and IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE" I'm supposed to side with the narc???

[theyre-gay-because-i-say-so]

Today's LGBT+ Headcanon is;

Woof from Batman Beyond-Nonbinary, Demiromantic and Gay

Species: Splicer

Requested by Anon

Status: Alive

[hanasnx]

user hanasnx, do u have any fave eps of batman beyond?

-🍃

yes!

season 1

disappearing inque: inque and terry kiss and i ship them

season 2

splicers: humans with physical animal traits hit hard

hooked up: something about the living life inside a bubble thing really fascinated me

the last resort: we see terry have a tender moment with chelsea and confront a problem as terry mcginnis as well as batman

april moon: loved this one. hot gf cheats on old man doctor with bad guys and the doctor does some fucked up shit to those bad guys

season 3

out of the past: young bruce deals with being incapable and then learns the way to get it is not what he wants and he has to deal with it instead. move on, and accept that it's in the past. loved the villain too

unmasked: terry unmasking for a scared little boy who does his best to protect him :) gotta love it

[schway-beyond]

inque is clayface, spellbinder is an old Batman villain that was never adapted to the DCAU, the splicers are clear links to manbat...you gotta strike a balance between old and new, you gotta have fun and throw them in the cyberpunk blender, why aren't they playing to the strengths of the setting? Who knows

You aren’t wrong, but many of the Batman Beyond villains also serve as Spider-Man analogues. Blight is Green Goblin, Spellbinder is Mysterio, Stalker is Kraven, etc. Terry himself is a very clear take on a Spidey-like character, albeit less nerdy and more “teenage dirtbag.” I almost think the Spider-Man influences are more important to capturing the appeal of Terry stories than traditional Batman stuff is

[adaru32]

I've been meaning to make a ref sheet of one of my villain OCs for a long time. He comes from a story of mine from 2006 or 2007 called Ascension, with inspirations coming from Resident Evil, Carrie, the Splicers episode of Batman Beyond, and Xenomorphs from the Alien series. He's a mad scientist that disguised his twisted lab as a psychiatric hospital. His goal is to create B.O.Ws for his own personal gain, and to impress a mysterious group that have taken a liking to his practices. He became a B.O.W after his daughter Paige gave him a taste of his own medicine for what he did to her mother/his wife, other innocent bystanders, and me who's the main protagonist of the story.

My mutant form has gone through a couple changes, and am still figuring out how I want it to look. Derek's hasn't changed one bit from the original concept I gave him, only his head was bigger before (his head was meant to be small like what's shown on the ref sheet here). I thought about making him taller (like about 12-20 feet tall), but I'm going by the measurements on how I drew him and the average floor to ceiling height (which would make him about 8-10 feet tall). Done on Sai with an Intuos Medium Pro tablet and mouse. Texting done on Photofiltre.

[geekcavepodcast]

“Batman Beyond: Neo-Year” Gets Sequel “Batman Beyond: Neo Gothic”

Writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and artist Max Dunbar reunite for a sequel to their Batman Beyond: Neo-Year comic series titled Batman Beyond: Neo Gothic.

“Terry McGinnis defeated the evil A.I. controlling Neo-Gotham and asserted himself as the one true Batman, but his next battle will bring him to the remains of Old Gotham. Children are going missing and being swallowed by the city’s old bones. Batman Beyond will have to go underground, led by a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi, to find the children and confront the city’s buried sins. What happened to the green of the city? What happened to magic? And what villains never left old Gotham?” (DC Comics)

Batman Beyond: Neo Gothic #1, featuring a main cover by Max Dunbar, open to buy variant covers by Christian Ward and Ejikure, a 1 in 25 ratio variant cover Belén Ortega, and a 1 in 50 ratio variant cover by Dike Ruan, hits stores and digital on July 25, 2023.

(Image via DC Comics - Max Dunbar’s Cover of Batman Beyond: Neo Gothic #1)

[dispatchdcu]

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Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic #1 Preview:  Terry McGinnis defeated the evil A.I. controlling Neo-Gotham and asserted himself as the one true Batman, but his next battle will bring him to the remains of Old Gotham. Children are going missing and being swallowed by the city’s old bones. Batman Beyond will have to go underground, led by a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi, to find the children…

[timearremer]

One of these two starts making a wolf howl immediately after this shot lol. (probably Ramrod) I can't imagine either of them has wolf genetics so are they just really into the general animal kingdom / hunter-theming? If they were furry-adjacent to begin with, it would explain a lot.

King Cobra is also hissing triumphantly during this which definitely isn't how snakes do it (though I appreciate it still). So these guys making animal sounds, at least, is less animal impulse and more their personal enthusiasm for the whole thing.

Earlier Cobra does it a few times to scare bystanders, which feels more snake-appropriate. I've always liked him quite a bit for how good and reptilian-alien his face is, even though I definitely wish he had more of a snout, or a tail. His look combined with Cuvier's snake tail at the end were major influence on my decision to have my own character be a snake.

[bathtub4rats]

Has there been any other Batman Beyond characters you’ve wanted to draw?

Oh OH definitely! I’ve been meaning to draw Shriek for a while now, I love him and his costume is so fun, I love the like bear paws he’s got

I also been wanting to draw Blight and some splicers maybe