This Batman Mystery Has Never Been Solved

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  @CasuallyComics · 2 years ago · pinned

  Did this show need more Ellen Yin?

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  @TetsuShima · 2 years ago (edited)

  I get why they got rid of Yin after the second season, since Batgirl and Robin would need their own screen time once they were introduced. However, completely erasing the character was simply unnecesary, as they could have simply given her a more limited role. At least it's good to know that, in the episode set in the future, it is mentioned that she will become the new Commissioner

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  @NathanWeeks · 2 years ago

  Looking at Ming-Na Wen's filmography, her live-action career really took off right when she left The Batman, including starring in a few shows that weren't picked up or were cancelled, some big parts in other shows, and soon followed by successful main cast roles like in Stargate Universe. Whether it was "too busy" or "wanted more money", I think at that point it was probably both, and both well deserved.

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  @TetsuShima · 2 years ago (edited)

  Ellen Yin was a pretty badass Batman character. Shame she wasn't later incorporated into the comics, like Harley Quinn, Lock-Up and other DCAU characters

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  @ActionPackedFTW · 2 years ago

  This show is ridiculously underrated.

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  @TimPoultney · 2 years ago

  &quot;Yin... What&apos;s become of us?&quot;<br><br>There was real gold hidden just below the surface in The Batman, under all the sharp lines and sharper chins.

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  @PhantomObserver · 2 years ago

  One other thing to mention: Renee Montoya.<br>It may seem unfair, but Yin / Bennett gave off pretty much the same vibes as Crispus Allen / Renee Montoya in the comics, so when the question came up “can we use Ellen Yin in the mainstream comics?”, the answer was a short “why? we already have Montoya”.

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  @ravenwilder4099 · 2 years ago

  I assume Ellen Yin was a casualty of The Batman constantly retooling itself. As you mentioned, the third season introduced Batgirl, focused HARD on that part of the story, and had an overall shift in the way it told its stories. Then Season 4 brought in Robin, and there was a MARKED shift in tone, making it a lot more similar to BTAS. Then Season 5 changed things to a proto-Brave &amp; The Bold, with Batman teaming up with a different superhero each episode.<br>I miss Yin, though. Their dynamic with Batman in Season 2 was a lot of fun.

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  @mrbrainly · 2 years ago

  The DC character limiting policy was so condescending, like people couldn&apos;t understand that separate shows were, well, separate

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  @encyclogeekia1865 · 2 years ago

  I loved this show’s art style so much! I really want to see Yin appear in other Batman media, even if only as a cameo.

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  @Able406 · 2 years ago

  For me the mystery around it stems largely from the way her exit was done. &nbsp;She wasn’t “written out” per se since there was no explanation given as to her disappearance, she’s just there one episode and suddenly gone the next. &nbsp;Night in the City (her final appearance) literally focuses on her journey and ends with her getting PROMOTED and becoming an official sidekick to Batman. &nbsp;It felt like a cliffhanger almost, like how will their relationship develop from here? &nbsp;Then the show goes out of its way to never use her again, including a very conspicuous absence in Ethan Bennett’s next spotlight Clayfaces. Like you said, Yin was integral to the Bruce-Ethan dynamic and they talk about their history together in that episode without even mentioning her? &nbsp;Using the flashback with clayface assuming her likeness was just salt in the wound. &nbsp;Theres no way when 2.13 was written, it was intended to be her final appearance. &nbsp;Just kind of a bummer cause she was one of the largest contributions this show gave to the Batman mythos (with a person of color no less) and then they just pretended it never happened.

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  @The_Phantasm · 2 years ago (edited)

  I really loved The Batman. While not quite as good as Batman The Animated Series, some characters like Catwoman, Hugo Strange, Batgirl and surprisingly Firefly were handled much better than in BTAS. It also has one of the best alternative versions of Clayface and I absolutely loved Robert Englund as the Riddler and is probably my second favourite Riddler after Wally Wingert from the Arkham games.

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