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Aquaman's Outrageous
Adventure!
Original Airdate - January 8th, 2010
Aquaman attempts to take a family vacation with
Mera and Arthur Jr., but can't resist helping
heroes along the way. Just as he finally
promises the family 'no more heroics,' Batman is
trapped by the Pengiuin.
Written by Steven Melching Directed by Ben
Jones Animation by MOI Animation
Review by TBD
Media by Warner Bros. Animation |
Cast
Diedrich Bader as Batman Dee Bradley Baker as
Clock King John DiMaggio as Aquaman Will
Friedle as Blue Beetle Sirena Irwin as Mera
Stephen Root as Penguin Preston Strother as
Arthur Jr. James Arnold Taylor as Green
Arrow
Music
Theme Written and Performed by Andy Strumer
Music by Michael McCuisition, Lolita Ritmanis,
Kristopher Carter
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Media
Video
Clip
Review
Hey, look, it’s a season 2 episode that doesn’t deal
with Plastic Man! Okay, the last one didn’t involve him
either, but I digress. I’m slightly disappointed that
they didn’t continue the multi-parter teaser serial that
started in “Revenge of the Reach,” but I suppose they
want to space it out. Unfortunately, the teaser for this
episode really failed to deliver. While it was cool to
see Batman in a World War I setting and flying a
biplane, I was really pulled out of it when Batman
opened fire with his machine gun. He could be aiming
away from the pilot, granted, but it was still Batman
blatantly using a gun. Plus, the involvement of aliens,
and a too easily convinced German fighter pilot teaming
up with Batman to take on said aliens, it just didn’t
mesh well at all. Feel free to skip this teaser!
The main story of the episode manages to immediately
make you forget the shortcomings of the teaser, however,
as it delves humorously into Aquaman’s family life.
Simply put, it’s very akin to the National Lampoon’s
Vacation movies, but in a superhero setting with one of
the most underrated superheroes of all time. This
setting, combined with Dimaggio’s brilliant voice work,
manages to keep the laughter coming. Aquaman along with
his wife and son travel throughout pretty much any
Midwest/East coast fictional city that has ever popped
up in the DC Universe, but Aquaman misses his heroic
moments. Throughout the episode he manages to
hilariously handle the two, until finally realizing that
he should enjoy the vacation. This, of course, can’t
last, and he is soon called upon by Batman for help
against the Penguin. This is the debut of the Penguin
for Brave and the Bold, after only being featured as a
figment of Bat-mite’s runaway imagination in “Legend of
the Dark-Mite!”
Unfortunately, the Penguin’s
voice acting is a disappointment. The voice doesn’t
really feel all that fitting to him, and whenever he
attempts a maniacal laugh it sounds more like he’s
eating something in an exaggerated manner. It just
doesn’t work, but it’s really the only thing of the main
story that didn’t. The rest is a fantastic comedic
adventure involving tons of recurring heroes and
villains - even if it’s only a brief cameo as a
miniaturized hero fights a bug-themed villain on a
window. I must give the creators behind it extra credit
for the brilliant use of Aquaman’s 1970’s aquatic
camouflage for the costume of his son. Not only was it
great to see the cool color scheme used, but it was also
a subtle adaptation of teenagers often wearing
camouflage as everyday clothing. Don’t miss this
episode!
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