Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials

RELEASED 9 Sept 20121h 7m · 3 episodes

The three DC Comics television specials from Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken, collected in broadcast order.

WATCH NOTE

Collects three Robot Chicken DC television specials broadcast September 9, 2012, April 6, 2014 and October 18, 2015. Apple presents them as collection season 1 episodes 1–3. Parent-series guides place them beside Robot Chicken seasons 6, 7 and 8; Apple's separate Magical Friendship episode uses S7E21. The third special's movie listing repeats existing coverage. Tom Sheppard and Zeb Wells direct III; Apple credits Seth Green as Batman, Robin and Aquaman and Jonathan Banks as Composite Superman. Fourteen additional character associations are verified. Robin's specific identity, Composite Superman and other unmatched supporting profiles, complete installment-specific production and voice credits, and silent/background appearances remain unresolved. Apple lists collection durations of 23, 22 and 23 minutes, while its separate III episode lists 22 minutes; exact presentation durations remain unresolved.

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4 titles to watch before Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials — 13h 59m in total.

Green Lantern: The Animated SeriesOptional background8h 41m★ 7.8
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials’s story continuity.
Justice League: DoomOptional background1h 17m★ 7.4
A separate adaptation of Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman and Green Lantern and Cyborg and Lois Lane and Martian Manhunter and The Flash; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials’s story continuity.
Superman vs. The EliteOptional background1h 16m★ 6.9
A separate adaptation of Superman and Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials’s story continuity.
The Dark Knight RisesOptional background2h 45m★ 7.8+2 before this
A separate adaptation of Batman and Catwoman and Scarecrow; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials’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

Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials is title 114 of 118 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Start with Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special, then watch Villains in Paradise and Magical Friendship in that order. These three stop-motion DC parody specials form Robot Chicken's own trilogy, collected together here; their separate episode and movie listings repeat the same specials.

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Seasons & episode progress

Release order · 3 episodes

E1 · Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special9 Sept 2012 · 0h 22m E2 · Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise6 Apr 2014 · 0h 22m E3 · The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship18 Oct 2015 · 0h 23m