Originally Posted by
TheBatman
I mean, Batman's the only one who's been successful with a variety of tones. Sure, some can try and write off Adam West Batman by saying "It was only popular for two years", but that ignores the continued years of popularity the show had through syndicated reruns. We can try and write off The Brave and The Bold cartoon by saying it wasn't as popular as BTAS, but then again, no Batman cartoon has been as popular as BTAS, not even the "dark" ones. At the end of the day, TB&TB was successful in it's own right.
But he has gotten away with it. We haven't seen a light hearted Batflick in 25 years. We're about to get Grimdark Batfilms for most of this decade.