When we first meet temple fugate, its even years prior to the events of batman. Real name temple fugate, a play on the latin phrase tempus fugit which translates to time flies, he encounters hamilton hill one day on the train looking rather tense. The series focused on the adventures of the alter ego of millionaire bruce wayne, batman, a dark vigilante hero who defends gotham city from a variety of creative and psychotic villains. The clock king is the twentyfifth episode of batman. Hill notices how tense he is, and fugate stiffly informs him that he is preparing to appear in court to appeal.
Nov 02, 2009 15 the clock king most people remember the clock king as one of the typically ridiculous villainsoftheweek from the adam west batman series. Clock king temple fugate by dawidarte on deviantart. It is also a play on the latin phrase tempus fugit, which means time flies. He was thought dead after his first appearance, but batman had a premonition hed return like so many others. He was obsessed with time to the point where where he knows how long something has lasted down to. The wb wanted more episodes of batman, so 24 new episodes were produced, which. The animated series the clock king tv episode 1992 alan rachins as clock king, temple fugate. The clock king season 1, episode 25 the clock king is a green arrow villain that transitioned into batmans rogues by appearing in the 60s batman tv series, and for his animated debut, writer david wise uses the b.
Temple fugate and oswald cobblepot find themselves escaping blackgate prison together after discovering each other as cell neighbors. The animated series ended production, the show was moved from fox to the wb channel, which was airing and producing superman. Throughout his sixtyfive year career, batman has made his mark in most every conceivable form of media comic books, video games, radio programs, liveaction television, a number of feature films and serials, among others but one of the most compelling visions of the caped crusader, arguably the most outside of the original comics, is this animated series. The animated series is broadly considered one of the best portrayals of batman ever. The animated series for a second season of the series, they insisted that robin be given more screentime. Tas or btas is a fourtime emmy awardwinning american animated series adaptation of the comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero, batman. Mar 08, 2019 the clock king, real name temple fugate, hasnt been heard from in quite some time.
Mayor hill, who merely persuaded fugate to take a later coffee break, which ended in disaster. The series was based on the popular batman comics created by bob kane. Temple fugate becomes the clock king and targets mayor hill for revenge. He attempts to discredit mayor hill, whom he blames for his misfortunes, and later kidnaps him. Plant monster by dawidarte on deviantart popular all time your spot for viewing some of the best pieces on deviantart. Fugate was an odd, lonely man who was obsessed with time and with being punctual. Temple fugate feels harddone by a wouldbe mayor of gotham whose intervention leads to fugate turning up late for a court meeting which.
Batman gets outcrazyprepared at one point when fugate knew hed have a gas mask, so he uses a pump that removes air, instead of poisoning it. Batman found another clock bomb and searched the manufactorers information and found that the clock was sold to a man called temple fugate and also discovered his address. The original episodes, produced by bruce timm and eric radomski, were first aired on the fox network from 1992. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. The episode begins by detailing the somewhat tragic origins of a man named temple fugate voiced by future norman osborn, alan rachins. Fugate kidnaps hill, intending to do away with him to accomplish his revenge. The show not only boasted groundbreaking animation, it was also incredibly well written, with many of its episodes focusing on deeper backstories for its characters. Batman the animated series was a cartoon that premiered on september 5, 1992, based on the comic series created by bob kane, as well as the burton movie adaptations. Clock king was created by france herron and lee elias. Top 24 batman the animated series episodes part 1 by. A professional efficiency expert, temple fugate was advised to deviate from his schedule for once in his life by future gotham mayor, hamilton hill, only to have an unfortunate accident delay his arrival to an important court date and cause the financial ruin of his company.
His name is a reference on the latin phrase tempus fugit, literally meaning,time flies. The clock king returns to carry out his vendetta against mayor hill. The animated series season 1 episode 14 watch online. Time out of joint is an episode of the second season of batman. Temple is a consultant for an organization being sued for millions of dollars. Aug 04, 2017 its finally time to take a look at the batman the animated series episode that introduced temple fugate aka the clock king. Watch now for free featured browse more titles movies. A professional efficiency expert, temple fugate was advised to deviate from his schedule for once in his life by future gotham mayor, hamilton hill, only to have an unfortunate accident delay his arrival to. Its finally time to take a look at the batman the animated series episode that introduced temple fugate aka the clock king.
Temple fugate is the head of a time and motion study consulting company who is being sued for all its. The animated series and the adam west batman tv series, where he appeared as. This time the clockmad criminal hopes to murder hill. Like the best origin episodes, the clock king is built on the psychological. The animated series and the first appearance of the clock king in the dc animated universe. Clock king dc animated universe dc comics media wiki. Temple fugate aka the clock king is an antagonist in batman. The animated series be arranged in such a way that it tells an ongoing story more in the line of a standard serialized comic or. Bruce timm and paul dini gave the character new life and real menace in this episode, in which timeobsessed efficiency expert temple fugate follows some advice to break away from his regimented schedule for a longer lunch break, and ends up having. Sketch for episode 25 of batman the animated series the clock king by george caltsoudas. It features the last appearance on the series of the clock king.
The animated series, the clock king is recreated as temple fugate the name being a play on the latin phrase tempus fugit, meaning time flies. After his company goes bankrupt without a hearing, temple fugate takes up the mantle of the clock king and pursues the one who he believes responsible for his loss. Here are the 21 best batman animated series episodes, ranked, including classic episodes with joker. Temple fugate got a job acting as butler to an inventor who just crafted a device that can toy with the acceleration of. The animated series season 1 episode 14 after his company goes bankrupt without a hearing, temple fugate takes up the mantle of the clock king and pursues the one who he believes responsible for his loss. The animated series is the first ever land before timebatman crossover tv series planned to be made by daniel esposito.
He is an actor and writer, known for showgirls 1995, l. On a gotham city subway, attorneyatlaw hamilton hill sits next to temple fugate, a businessman typing intently on a laptop computer. Trivia alex, marty, melman, gloria, the penguins of madagascar, king julien, maurice. This clock kings name, temple fugate, is clearly a play on the latin phrase tempus fugit, which means time flies. After they part ways they become pen pals where the clock king attempts to get a job under his new partner, whom is only interested in keeping the man as a friendly companion. Fugate is the head of a law firm, but is being sued by a rival firm. After his company goes bankrupt, temple fugate becomes the clock king. Nov 28, 2016 batman has had a lot of animated outings such as batman beyond or the more recent batman unlimited, but none have been as definitive as batman. The animated series, recreated for the show as temple fugate. Sep 06, 2017 incidentally, the mad hatter was voiced by roddy mcdowall, making him the only actor to play a villain on both batman. His name is a reference on the latin phrase tempus fugit.
Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5, 1992, to september 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. Temple fugate, the clock king, was an efficiency expert with a grudge against mayor hill. The clock king is easily one of batmans sillier villains, but hes a decent fir for such a silly episode. When he met the mayor of gotham city, he told him to relax for a while and take an early coffee break at 3. Batman steps in to break her out of jail and clear her name. Batman later investigates the main control of the traffic lights to find a clue that lead him to the strange man. The animated series be arranged in such a way that it tells an ongoing story more in the line of a standard serialized comic or modern television show. The temple fugate identity for clock king is completely original to batman. Its implied that he was a middleaged man when he broke his routine for the first time in his life cut lex luthor a check. Fugate sets out to seek his revenge against the man whom he blames for his misfortunes. Temple fugate was this even before he became the clock king.
These disasters are a result of temple fugate, the clock king, who is attempting to discredit mayor. The animated series season 1 episode 14 online the clock king. Tas, which originally aired on the fox kids block from 1992 to 1995, is one of the most popular and groundbreaking series in western animation. The animated series is played by alan rachins and is a former effciency expert for his own company. The animated series took the name and modus operandi of an established comics villain. The animated series the clock king tv episode 1992. Alan rachins was born on october 3, 1942 in cambridge, massachusetts, usa.
The clock king, real name temple fugate, hasnt been heard from in quite some time. These shows were merged as part of an hourlong segment called the. The clock king appeared in several issues of the second volume of the batman adventures comics, where it was revealed that he rigged the gotham mayoral election which ousted hill and elected the penguin into office. Temple fugate was an efficiency expert that ran his own company. Temple fugate was once a businessman who love to keep everything on the dot, presumably because he may suffer from. Incidentally, the mad hatter was voiced by roddy mcdowall, making him the only actor to play a villain on both batman. Top 24 batman the animated series episodes part 1 by jjhatter. A time maniac like fugate should have known this fact about clocks. These shows were merged as part of an hourlong segment called the new batmansuperman adventures. Temple fugate was once a businessman who love to keep everything on the dot, presumably because he may suffer from obsession compulsive disorder, or ocd.
He has been married to joanna frank since march 11, 1978. Aug 31, 2019 when we first meet temple fugate, its even years prior to the events of batman. The animated series, the clock king is recreated as temple fugate the name being a play on the latin phrase tempus fugit, meaning time flies who first appears in the episode the clock king and later returns in the episode time out of joint voiced by alan rachins. The clock king is easily one of batman s sillier villains, but hes a decent fir for such a silly episode. Time out of joint was the 73rd produced episode overall and the eighth episode produced in the second season. Tas villain revamp model to ditch the camp of clock kings previous iterations. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. Seen as an entry point for younger viewers to the series, robin was proven to sell toys and about to make his bigscreen debut in batman forever, so it made sense.
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