Beware the Batman

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4 titles to watch before Beware the Batman — 90h 10m in total.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1Optional background1h 16m★ 7.7
A separate adaptation of Batman and Alfred Pennyworth; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Beware the Batman’s story continuity.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2Optional background1h 18m★ 7.9+1 before this
A separate adaptation of Batman and Alfred Pennyworth; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Beware the Batman’s story continuity.
Teen Titans Go!Optional background86h 25m★ 6.4
A separate adaptation of Batman and Alfred Pennyworth; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Beware the Batman’s story continuity.
LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes UniteOptional background1h 11m★ 6.5
A separate adaptation of Batman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Beware the Batman’s story continuity.

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Story prerequisites are curated. Likely prerequisites are inferred from sequel numbering or explicit synopsis references. Recommendations are earlier stories in the same continuity; background picks are separate adaptations. Series lists cover whole shows, not an episode-by-episode watch order.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Beware the Batman is title 69 of 118 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Begin here for the computer-animated version of Bruce Wayne’s early career with Alfred and Katana. Other Batman origin stories take Bruce through different versions of Gotham.

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