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Was Batman Beyond shaped by The Mask of Zorro?
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About a year or so before the debut of the [I]Batman Beyond[/I] cartoon, Amblin Entertainment released the film [I]The Mask of Zorro[/I]. Both feature a badly-aging hero passing his disguise on to an (originally in BB's case) unrelated young successor from the wrong side of the tracks, and a sometimes contentious relationship between the mentor and the protege.
Has anyone heard anything that suggests [I]Batman Beyond[/I] was inspired by [I]The Mask of Zorro[/I]? Given that Douglas Fairbanks' film [I]The Mark of Zorro[/I] is cited as one of the influences on Batman's creation and early development, it would make for an interesting symmetry.