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The Last Patrol!
Original Airdate - October 8th, 2010
The outsider-heroes The Doom Patrol are pulled
out of a hasty retirement when supervillains
begin trying to assassinate them -- or perhaps
re-unite them?
Written by J.M. Dematteis Directed by Ben
Jones Review by Andrew
Media by Warner Bros. Animation |
Cast
Diedrich Bader as Batman Dee Bradley Baker as
Brain/Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man Corey
Burton as Killer Moth / General Zahl Oliva
d'Abo as Elasti-Girl David K. Hill as
Negative Man Richard McGonagle as Chief
Henry Rollins as Robotman Stephen Root as
Penguin / Carnival Barker Fred Tatasciore as
Mutant Master/Arsenal Mae Whitman as Batgirl
Music
Theme Written and Performed by Andy Strumer
Music by Michael McCuisition, Lolita Ritmanis,
Kristopher Carter
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Review
Ever since his subtle debut amongst the horde of
hallucinated villains from Bat-Mite’s fanboy delusions,
fans have been eagerly awaiting the appearance of
Batman’s most truly dubious foe, THE MONAR- no, Killer
Moth. At last, he has been given the spotlight (briefly)
to show off the glory that… honestly, he didn’t do much.
No, the show was stolen by a rather decent, if rushed,
introduction of Batgirl. It’s not quite comparable to
previous Batgirl introductions, but it was nice to see
they immediately put her into a position to show she can
handle herself quite well. Overall a pretty exciting
teaser, even if it was a little too packed to completely
allow either Killer Moth or Batgirl to properly shine.
Although as of late they have had something of a
correlation between teaser and main story, this time
around there is a complete disconnection between the two
as it delves into the history and current status of the
Doom Patrol. Out of the various heroes and heroic teams
that this show has introduced, this is certainly one of
the most unique ways they’ve gone about it. Introducing
each character individually by having them be
reluctantly recruited through an attack was a helpful
way to not only show off their personality, but also how
they deal with a threat. This made it all the more
interesting once they’re eventually joined back together
and have to remember how to work as a team. However,
it’s a bit annoying that because so much time is spent
on this, the episode’s time doesn’t allow for much more
development and so their tenure as a rejoined team
doesn’t last long.
The various villains are made
up of a cadre of strange creatures that are weirder than
the last as the episode goes on, and even get into a
point where the characters actually have to poke fun at
the ridiculous names - mostly “Animal-Vegetable-Mineralman.”
The Brain, however, is a reappearing character as he was
first introduced in “Journey to the Center of the Bat,”
although I don’t recall his accent in previous
appearances. In fact, it was a bit distracting since he
sounded so eerily similar to Prince Naveen from Disney’s
“Princess and the Frog.” There is one really annoying
aspect to all of these villains, though, none of them
were particularly threatening. I was intrigued by the
Doom Patrol, but bored from the villains’ lack of doing
anything worthwhile - even though the episode eventually
turned to tragedy.
Overall, it’s a decent episode
with not only the incredibly dark aspect of a hostage
getting murdered during a rescue, but also the
unfortunate fate of the Doom Patrol themselves, to
really throw the entire thing for a loop. It’s
definitely a Recommanded see, but it does feel as though
too much was packed in for this introduction, especially
since their ultimate fate feels very rushed. Plus,
Batman seemed a bit out of character at times… I think
episode probably should have either been a dual parter
or used the teaser in order to give the history of the
Doom Patrol. Oh, and it’s certainly A LOT of death to
feature only two episodes after the tragic loss of
another hero in the Starro episodes.
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