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A number of disputes as to the canon of certain DC comics-related animated series have surfaced in the
DC animated universe article. A series (and/or its animated movie counterpart) shall not be included in the article unless it meets most of the following criteria:
The series in question has at least one crossover episode with a known DCAU series.
Static Shock, for example, wasn't considered canon until its first Batman crossover episode.
The project at hand must heavily involve either
Bruce Timm or
Paul Dini, the fathers of the DCAU (not including spin-off films from a DCAU series).
The series doesn't directly contradict established DCAU continuity.
The Batman, for example, directly conflicts with
Batman: The Animated Series, so it cannot be considered canon.
The series utilizes the same basic Bruce Timm animation style as the rest of the DCAU series.
Teen Titans uses a radically different animation style from
Justice League, for example.
The series must use the same key voice actors that were used in the various DCAU shows. Some exceptions apply, but if
Batman appears, for example, he must be voiced by
Kevin Conroy.
A series/film/comic/etc. must be released before it can be added to the article. Speculation on whether an upcoming project is canon or not is not a verifiable fact, unless verifiable sources exist stating prior to release that it is in fact canon.
The following notes have been condensed from previously discussed topics:
Neither
The Batman nor
Krypto the Superdog are considered DCAU canon, as they each take place in their own unique continuities. So they, their various animated film spin-offs, and their comic series' will not be added to the article.
Batman Beyond,
The Zeta Project, and
Static Shock are confirmed DCAU canon via crossovers, references, allusions and staff confirmation, regardless of fan acceptance.
Most DCAU comic series can be considered as canon, as long as they do not expressly contradict a televised episode. In many cases the stories actually expand upon events show in the various animated series and films. However, not every story in every issue can be canonical - some are expressly out of canon - and very few (excluding mini-series and annuals) have actually been confirmed as in-continuity.
Teen Titans is highly debatable, and no sources exist which directly confirm or deny its continuity, and so unless a new source appears, the article should remain ambiguous to its canonicity.
Superman: Brainiac Attacks is not currently considered DCAU canon despite many points that suggest it could be. Until solid staff confirmation as to its place in canon is released, it will not be added to the article.
It has been confirmed by Bruce Timm in a previous interview that the DCAU does not age in real time, which in turn makes the so-called
Tim Drake/Batman Beyond timing paradox moot.
Aging in Real Time
According to one of Timm's post as wf.toonzone.net, the DCAU doesn't age in real time, easily making it possible for Tim Drake to still be a boy in BB: Return of the Joker.
He is a boy in the flashback or in the real life, when he is about 60s? I didn't understand what you want to say.
Batman tas
A request concerning the DC Adventures Comics
I was wondering if there's be consideration on making and entire page dedicated to the comics based on the DCAU. If yes, I have some info I'd be ready to supply to it, such as:
A. DC Comics Characters who didn't appear in the DC Animated Cartoons.
Well, each of the DC Adventures series' have their own pages. Why not just add your information to the various DC Adventures series' articles? Chances are if you made a whole new page to deal directly with the things you listed (and what we spoke of above) it would be deleted by someone for being original research (aka non-verifiable facts).
I think someone stupid didn't like them and think that his personal preferences are more important than reality, in which this movies od course are part of DCAU.
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17:11, 26 February 2023 (UTC)reply
This page needs some cleaning up. First off, not everything is in the continuity is included. I don't know who keeps taking out Batman and Harley, but it's a part of the continuity. I don't like the film, but I'm less a fan of revisionist history. The film was marketed as a Batman: The Animated Series movie. Also, if Bruce Timm says something is in continuity, why is there an asterisk to it? Then there are things that were never said to be in continuity considered to be (the Batman Beyond short, the various pitches/test reels/short pilots), and then there's offshoot material and whatnot.
Also, the future of the DCAU needs to be revised or removed. There's a quote from 2009 about whether there would be future projects, and then again in 2015, and one from 2018 from Conroy when the last project in the DCAU was in 2019.