Batman: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up The Tim Burton Movies

Batman: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up The Tim Burton Movies

For those unfamiliar with Frank Miller’s distinctly dark reimagining of Batman’s origins, Tim Burton might have seemed like an odd choice to direct a Batman movie, and given Michael Keaton’s notoriety as a comical actor, he might have seemed like an even odder choice to put on the cape and cowl.
Yet as this meme suggests, the two men couldn’t be more alike and perfect for their interpretations of Batman and his mythology. Without Burton’s unique visual storytelling, who knows where the Batman franchise would be at the moment.

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The Batsuit That Michael Keaton Couldn’t Move In

Batman is full of references and jokes by The Joker alluding to Batman as the campy superhero he was in the ’60s, including a reference to him “washing his tights”. But Burton’s vision was meant to change public perception of Batman, and one of the most prominent ways to do this was to make the Batsuit look far more menacing.
But, as this meme suggests, there wasn’t much mobility to the Batsuit in the Tim Burton Batman movies, though as live-action Batsuits rank, it’s still considered one of the best. Not only is it one of the most iconic, but it’s also the first to emphasize a body armored look after Adam West’s blue and grey costume.

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Batman’s Disappearing Trick

By now, Batman leaving mid-conversation is as much a part of his legacy as the Bat Signal. Once he’s got the information he needs, he disappears, and it started with Burton’s Batman movies. His sudden departure adds to the mystique surrounding him, making him seem even more supernatural than the Batsuit already does.
Batman’s social faux pas aside, the act also serves two other purposes; to reveal that Batman does, in fact, have a sense of humor, and that grief can so affect a person — in this case, the deaths of his parents — that anything unnecessary to the direct containment of criminals is deemed superfluous and unworthy of his attention.

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The Cat & The Bat

Batman Returns introduces one of Batman’s greatest villains and love interests, Catwoman, played to purr-fection by Michelle Pfeiffer. The tragedy of their romance gives the movie a certain poetic depth, and as this meme implies, it’s just not Christmas until The Bat and The Cat fall in love.
By setting the movie during the holidays, Burton makes the merry macabre, and the macabre merry, turning traditions on their head and adding to the surreal nature of the film. Ring in the season with Catwoman’s classic line, “Mistletoe is deadly if you eat it, but a kiss is even deadlier if you mean it.”

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Liking Gritty Superhero Movies Before It Was Cool

Now there are a lot of gritty superhero movies like The Batman, but when Burton’s Batman movies came out, superhero movies were still bright and colorful, like Superman III. Burton was really taking a chance developing a comic book character in a way that had the potential to be offputting.
Even with how colorful The Joker and his goons were, Batman and Batman Returns weren’t movies made for kids. They had adult, mature themes, lots of violence, and some pretty disturbing visuals, paving the way for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and all the other dark superhero movies after it.
Tim Burton’s Batman Used Guns

For the most part, Batman never uses a gun because a gun was used to kill his parents, and when a trailer premiered for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016 depicting Batman holding a rifle (which turned out to shoot a tracker), fans collectively voiced their discontent, completing forgeting other times Batman used a gun.
Batman uses a gun in Batman to prove a point and, since it’s based on Frank Miller’s comics (where he also uses guns a handful of times), it makes sense from a canonical point of view. It’s also possible that Burton didn’t expect to be making any sequels to Batman, and thus could depict his superhero using guns without worrying about continuity.

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Batman & The Joker Made Each Other

To some, Jack Nicholson’s Joker will forever be the definitive version of the Clown Prince of Crime, with his performance becoming the gold standard against which all other actors are compared. His interactions with Keaton in Batman form the core drama of the movie, with each character having inflicted lasting scars on the others’ psyche.
This Batman meme pokes fun at the dilemma the movie puts forth; would Batman exist without The Joker, and would The Joker exist without Batman? They each “made” each other based on their chosen actions in a single moment, and are perhaps destined to be intertwined forever.
Tim Burton’s Batman Was A Murderer

Fans couldn’t believe how much of a stone cold killer Batman was in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, slicing through groups of criminals in warehouses like they were birthday cake. He seemed completely different than the heroic vigilante they remembered…or was he?
Zack Snyder introduced a lot of great characters into the DCEU, one of them certainly being Ben Affleck’s hardened and cynical Batman, who used every method at his disposal to strike fear into the criminals of Gotham City. In fact, his murderous ways were a key plot point to the movie, with even Alfred getting concerned he had “lived long enough to become the villain.”

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Michael Keaton As Batman

It’s well known that Michael Keaton was an unorthodox choice to play Batman, especially given his hilariously bizarre performance in Burton’s Beetlejuice one year before Batman’s release. Now, he’s become a fan-favorite version of the Caped Crusader, responsible for great nostalgic affection.
For being known as a funnyman, there’s nothing lighthearted about Keaton’s performance, and the funniest quotes from these Batman movies are given to The Joker. Instead, Keaton played Batman (and Bruce Wayne) as an awkward, haunted, complex person; in other words, the sort of person whose traumatic childhood would make them dress up like a bat to fight crime.
One Of These Batman Movies Is Not Like The Others
Following the success of Burton’s two Batman movies, it was hoped he might team up with Keaton to make a third, but that wasn’t to be. Keaton was replaced by Val Kilmer and Batman Forever was released, marking a complete departure from the dark and gritty feel of Burton’s vision.
Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies were a return to the bright and more comedic approach to a comic book character and weren’t as well-received as a result. By the time Batman & Robin came out, all semblance of the Burton Batman movies was gone. Fortunately, their legacy endures through these memes, celebrating how crucial they were to forming the foundation of Batman’s current personification.

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Batman: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up The Tim Burton Movies

For those unfamiliar with Frank Miller’s distinctly dark reimagining of Batman’s origins, Tim Burton might have seemed like an odd choice to direct a Batman movie, and given Michael Keaton’s notoriety as a comical actor, he might have seemed like an even odder choice to put on the cape and cowl.
Yet as this meme suggests, the two men couldn’t be more alike and perfect for their interpretations of Batman and his mythology. Without Burton’s unique visual storytelling, who knows where the Batman franchise would be at the moment.

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The Batsuit That Michael Keaton Couldn’t Move In

Batman is full of references and jokes by The Joker alluding to Batman as the campy superhero he was in the ’60s, including a reference to him “washing his tights”. But Burton’s vision was meant to change public perception of Batman, and one of the most prominent ways to do this was to make the Batsuit look far more menacing.
But, as this meme suggests, there wasn’t much mobility to the Batsuit in the Tim Burton Batman movies, though as live-action Batsuits rank, it’s still considered one of the best. Not only is it one of the most iconic, but it’s also the first to emphasize a body armored look after Adam West’s blue and grey costume.

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Batman’s Disappearing Trick

By now, Batman leaving mid-conversation is as much a part of his legacy as the Bat Signal. Once he’s got the information he needs, he disappears, and it started with Burton’s Batman movies. His sudden departure adds to the mystique surrounding him, making him seem even more supernatural than the Batsuit already does.
Batman’s social faux pas aside, the act also serves two other purposes; to reveal that Batman does, in fact, have a sense of humor, and that grief can so affect a person — in this case, the deaths of his parents — that anything unnecessary to the direct containment of criminals is deemed superfluous and unworthy of his attention.

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The Cat & The Bat

Batman Returns introduces one of Batman’s greatest villains and love interests, Catwoman, played to purr-fection by Michelle Pfeiffer. The tragedy of their romance gives the movie a certain poetic depth, and as this meme implies, it’s just not Christmas until The Bat and The Cat fall in love.
By setting the movie during the holidays, Burton makes the merry macabre, and the macabre merry, turning traditions on their head and adding to the surreal nature of the film. Ring in the season with Catwoman’s classic line, “Mistletoe is deadly if you eat it, but a kiss is even deadlier if you mean it.”

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Liking Gritty Superhero Movies Before It Was Cool

Now there are a lot of gritty superhero movies like The Batman, but when Burton’s Batman movies came out, superhero movies were still bright and colorful, like Superman III. Burton was really taking a chance developing a comic book character in a way that had the potential to be offputting.
Even with how colorful The Joker and his goons were, Batman and Batman Returns weren’t movies made for kids. They had adult, mature themes, lots of violence, and some pretty disturbing visuals, paving the way for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and all the other dark superhero movies after it.
Tim Burton’s Batman Used Guns

For the most part, Batman never uses a gun because a gun was used to kill his parents, and when a trailer premiered for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016 depicting Batman holding a rifle (which turned out to shoot a tracker), fans collectively voiced their discontent, completing forgeting other times Batman used a gun.
Batman uses a gun in Batman to prove a point and, since it’s based on Frank Miller’s comics (where he also uses guns a handful of times), it makes sense from a canonical point of view. It’s also possible that Burton didn’t expect to be making any sequels to Batman, and thus could depict his superhero using guns without worrying about continuity.

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Batman & The Joker Made Each Other

To some, Jack Nicholson’s Joker will forever be the definitive version of the Clown Prince of Crime, with his performance becoming the gold standard against which all other actors are compared. His interactions with Keaton in Batman form the core drama of the movie, with each character having inflicted lasting scars on the others’ psyche.
This Batman meme pokes fun at the dilemma the movie puts forth; would Batman exist without The Joker, and would The Joker exist without Batman? They each “made” each other based on their chosen actions in a single moment, and are perhaps destined to be intertwined forever.
Tim Burton’s Batman Was A Murderer

Fans couldn’t believe how much of a stone cold killer Batman was in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, slicing through groups of criminals in warehouses like they were birthday cake. He seemed completely different than the heroic vigilante they remembered…or was he?
Zack Snyder introduced a lot of great characters into the DCEU, one of them certainly being Ben Affleck’s hardened and cynical Batman, who used every method at his disposal to strike fear into the criminals of Gotham City. In fact, his murderous ways were a key plot point to the movie, with even Alfred getting concerned he had “lived long enough to become the villain.”

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Michael Keaton As Batman

It’s well known that Michael Keaton was an unorthodox choice to play Batman, especially given his hilariously bizarre performance in Burton’s Beetlejuice one year before Batman’s release. Now, he’s become a fan-favorite version of the Caped Crusader, responsible for great nostalgic affection.
For being known as a funnyman, there’s nothing lighthearted about Keaton’s performance, and the funniest quotes from these Batman movies are given to The Joker. Instead, Keaton played Batman (and Bruce Wayne) as an awkward, haunted, complex person; in other words, the sort of person whose traumatic childhood would make them dress up like a bat to fight crime.
One Of These Batman Movies Is Not Like The Others
Following the success of Burton’s two Batman movies, it was hoped he might team up with Keaton to make a third, but that wasn’t to be. Keaton was replaced by Val Kilmer and Batman Forever was released, marking a complete departure from the dark and gritty feel of Burton’s vision.
Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies were a return to the bright and more comedic approach to a comic book character and weren’t as well-received as a result. By the time Batman & Robin came out, all semblance of the Burton Batman movies was gone. Fortunately, their legacy endures through these memes, celebrating how crucial they were to forming the foundation of Batman’s current personification.

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