In the stories pilot episode
we see approximately 30 years
into the future an aged Bruce
Wayne is having increasing
difficulty handling criminals
he once subdued with ease. One
day a heart attack forces him
to betray a lifelong personal
principle by threatening a
criminal with a gun, and
subsequently Wayne decides to
retire f
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In the stories pilot episode
we see approximately 30 years
into the future an aged Bruce
Wayne is having increasing
difficulty handling criminals
he once subdued with ease. One
day a heart attack forces him
to betray a lifelong personal
principle by threatening a
criminal with a gun, and
subsequently Wayne decides to
retire from crimefighting
permanently.The story then
jumps 20 years from the
conclusion of present day DCAU
(as evident by the commentary
found on Batman Beyond: Season
One). Gotham is a city of the
future equipped with
staggering high rises and
hovering/flying vehicles.Wayne
is now a virtual recluse
living in bitter isolation
with no companion but his
guard dog Ace. It is implied
by virtue of his continuing to
fight crime long after he
should have, his retaining the
costumes worn by Robin,
Nightwing and Batgirl and a
conversation that even before
he had a heart attack
something horrible transpired
that caused Wayne to sever his
ties with the Justice League
and forbid his disciples from
ever again assuming their
alter-egos. The events which
caused all of this was finally
revealed in Batman Beyond:
Return of the Joker.One
evening while out on a walk
Wayne gets involved with a
fight between Terry McGinnis
and a pack of Jokerz; the
exertion aggravates an
apparent heart condition and
Terry has to help him back to
Wayne Manor. While staying at
the mansion, Terry discovers
the entrance to the Batcave,
and later returns to 'borrow'
the Batsuit to avenge the
death of his father (who had
accidentally become involved
in the revelation of a secret
biological weapons
development). As crime and
corruption are beginning once
again to rear their ugly heads
in Gotham, Wayne feels he has
no choice but to allow Terry
to assume the Batman
alter-ego.Young McGinnis
continues the battle against
crime tutored by Bruce, and
aided by a new black-and-red,
high-tech batsuit that
augments his abilities, fires
Batarangs from the wrists,
flies using jets fired from
the feet, allows eavesdropping
through a hypersensitive touch
microphone, and provides
camouflage abilities. He has
his own rogues gallery, such
as the seductive shapeshifter
Inque, the confusing hypnotist
Spellbinder, the bitter, deaf
sound expert Shriek, the most
deadly of the League of
Assassins Curare, the insane
terrorist Mad Stan, and the
African hunter Stalker.
However, on occasion he is
also forced to face his
mentor's old foes, such as the
atrophying Mr. Freeze, Bane
(elderly, wasted, and dying
from his consumption of Venom,
the substance that gave him
his strength), the immortal
Ra's al Ghul, and even the
reborn Joker.Terry's greatest
initial foe is Derek Powers, a
ruthless billionaire who took
over WayneCorp and was later
accidentally mutated into a
radioactive monstrosity who
called himself Blight. Powers
had Terry's father murdered
after Mr. McGinnis discovered
Powers was in the process of
developing a biological
weapons program. The first
season ended with a showdown
between Batman and Blight
aboard an abandoned nuclear
submarine, where Powers was in
hiding after his identity as
Blight was revealed to the
world by his ambitious son
Paxton, who planned to usurp
his father as chairman of
Wayne-Powers.Maxine 'Max'
Gibson (voiced by Cree Summer)
is a 17-year old computer
genius who discovers Batman's
secret identity. Since she
discovered Terry's alter-ego
she's been helping him with
everything from computer
hacking, to babysitting, to
coming up with excuses for
Terry's girlfriend Dana Tan.
Max plays an integral part in
Batman's war on crime,
essentially as his
Alfred.Terry also finds one
other ally, though a
begrudging one: Barbara
Gordon, the former Batgirl.
Having followed in the
footsteps of her father, James
Gordon, Barbara is now Police
Commissioner of Gotham City,
and she is unhappy with the
idea of a new Batman,
especially a teenager, as she
is still haunted by the same
event that caused Wayne to go
into isolation. However,
knowing from personal
experience that she cannot
deter Terry anymore than she
could have been deterred from
being Batgirl, she relents,
possibly also out of respect
for her mentor, the original
Batman. Also, passing lines
between Barbara and Bruce
suggest that, at the time of
Batgirl's retirement, the suit
had bullet holes in it that
had not yet been repaired. It
is implied early on in the
series that Barbara and Bruce
were in love for a period of
time. It is also confirmed
during Batman Beyond: Return
of the Joker that Dick Grayson
(Nightwing) is still alive in
this time period.

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