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The Batman :: A Matter of Family (04x01)
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| Title: | A Matter of Family |
| Episode #: | 04x01 |
| Production Number: | 401 |
| Original Airdate: | Saturday September 23rd, 2006 |
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Episode Summary |
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In the fourth season premiere, low-life Tony Zucco demands protection money from the flying graysons, a family of acrobats. The family declines. In retaliation, Tony kills John and Mary Grayson, leaving their son Dick an orphan. Batman then takes it upon himself to take down Zucco, and get revenge for young Dick, though he soon finds himself bonding with Dick. Will this bond cause Batman to bring in a new partner...?
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Robin debuts in this episode.
| The Robin design is based off of the one in Teen Titans.
| Kevin Conroy played Batman in the 1992 television hit, Batman: The Animated Series. Mark Hamill played the Joker in the same television show, as well. The appearance of these two in this episode seems to be a nod at this show's inspiration.
| In the comic books, Robin was the first partner to Batman, not the second.
| A couple of scenes from this episode where shown during a preview video at the San Diego comic book convention.
| Dick's parents are named John and Mary Grayson.
| Tony Zucco makes his first appearance in continuity.
| Robin's costume alludes to the original Dick Grayson costume from the comic books... if you look hard you can see young Robin wearing pixie boots.
| Batman's jaw is a little more squared in this episode, and the rest of the season.
| Clips of Robin were added to the main sequence.
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John Grayson: I'm telling you, Mary, a leash is the only answer for that boy! Wait for us, son!
| Robin: How 'bout ... Robin?
Batman: Like the bird?
Robin: It's a family name.
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Where did Robin get the cape that he used for his costume?
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Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamil:
Many fans believe that the reason that these two people where added to the cast for this season was to give fans of the DCAU a nod to the two most well-known voice actors of the entire continuity.
| Batman's Robin's Father?:
By placing Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman, as the voice of John Grayson, the creators are kind of making it seem as though Batman is Robin's father... anothing interesting fact would be that by having Mark Hamill play Tony Zucco, they are also making it seem as though Batman was killed by the Joker.
| The Funeral:
At the funeral of John and Mary Grayson, it is raining. During Thomas and Martha Wayne's funeral, it was also raining based off of various Batman mythos...
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