When you can't use Batman in your story ...
These shows have characters that fill the space Batman would, if he could. The characters have a combination of abilities, gadgets, background, personality traits, etc. similar, or in homage to or in parody of, Bruce Wayne & Batman.
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- DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.Nite Owl
- CreatorAlfred GoughMiles MillarStarsTom WellingMichael RosenbaumAllison MackA young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimAndrew KreisbergStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseySpoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
- 2009–201123mTV-Y76.8 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael GerardStarsAlimi BallardSteve BlumDavid BoatThanos challenges the Grandmaster for the Mindstone. They pit three Squaddies (Iron Man, Hulk & Scarlet Witch) vs the Squadron Supreme (Nighthawk, Hyperion & Power Princess).Nighthawk
- DirectorPhilip PignottiJeff AllenStarsAdrian PasdarFred TatascioreRoger Craig SmithThe Squadron Supreme's fastest member Speed Demon is on the loose and wreaking havoc throughout Avengers Tower. Hulk must save the day by fighting the high velocity villain. Meanwhile, the other Avengers face off against Hyperion.Nighthawk
- DirectorChris R. NotarileStarsChris R. NotarileTony DadikaEvan RubinTed Kord / The Blue Beetle
- StarsDonald McKinneyChristopher D. TurnerKevin GreenTed Kord, AKA The Blue Beetle, Returns, only to be thrust into a new mystery - Why is he back? How is he back? Just what is Dr. Hypnovert's powers?.Ted Kord / The Blue Beetle
- CreatorBen EdlundStarsTownsend ColemanMicky DolenzRob PaulsenAn invulnerable, somewhat dim, superhero protects The City from all manner of evil-doers.Die Fledermaus
- CreatorBen EdlundStarsPatrick WarburtonDavid BurkeLiz VasseyThe story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book.Batmanuel
- CreatorTony SalernoStarsBrady WilliamsWillie AamesMaylo McCaslinMiles Peterson had everything: Money, power, fame...Until he lost it. Then Miles finds the power of God and harnesses that power to become Bibleman.Bibleman
- StarsJim CummingsTerence McGovernChristine CavanaughA bumbling superhero battles crime with the help of his daughter and pilot sidekick.Darkwing Duck
- DirectorChris OlsenPhil VischerStarsMike NawrockiTim GregoryPhil VischerWhen Junior asparagus breaks his Dad's bowling plate, Junior lies about it, then Junior lies more until he can't stop. And his friend fib, grows big and takes over Bumblyburg!Larry-boy
- DirectorPhil WeinsteinStarsDiedrich BaderSandra BernhardTate DonovanIn this light-hearted spoof of Batman, one night, Herc runs into the Grim Avenger, a secretive self-narrating masked superhero-detective with a cape, who watches over the city at night. He's tracking down the Minotaur, so Herc joins him.Theseus
- DirectorRich AronsStarsJoe AlaskeyDon MessickJohn KassirPlucky wants to be in the newest blockbuster movie of Batman. After a lot of trouble for him and Hamton, they manage an audition. Their performance is a disaster but Plucky lands a part. He quits after finds out he's used as a stunt.Batduck
- DirectorGwyneth GibbyStanley YungStarsMichelle LintelFrank GorshinMartin KoveThis is essentially three episodes of the TV series together. The villains included in this are Firearm, Flashpoint and Clockwise.Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
- DirectorJonathan WinfreyStarsJoan SeveranceWhip HubleySherrie RoseDarcy is back on the force, but still fights on as the Black Scorpion because "it's in her nature." This time, she fights Gangster Prankster; and a new villian emerges when the Mayor tries to protect his federal earthquake relief money: Aftershock. When the two villians team up and kidnap Argyle's girlfriend, Black Scorpion is faced with the theft of the Scorpionmobile and the imminent destruction of Angel City.Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
- DirectorJonathan WinfreyStarsAshley PeldonRick RossovichMichael WisemanDarcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her superhero garb can stop him with the assistance of a petty thief named Argyle and a really cool car.Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
- CreatorRoger CormanCraig J. NeviusStarsMichelle LintelScott ValentineBTThe City of Angels is falling apart, and crime has invaded the city to its very core. The mayor is corrupt, the police are incompetent, the city needs a cipher to take control of the situation.Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
- DirectorGwyneth GibbyStarsGuy BoydEnya FlackMartin KoveThis movie appears to be a compilation of the first two episodes of the Black Scorpion television series.Darcy Walker / Black Scorpion
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- 1987–19886.4 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorKent ButterworthDavid MarshallRalph BakshiStarsPatrick PinneyBill FarmerMichael PatakiMighty's crime-fighting colleague, Bat-Bat, is doing more damage with his stale wisecracks than with his fists. A mighty intervention may be needed. / Mighty and Pearl have to be shrunk to microscopic size to cure the ailing U.S. President. They take a trip through his bloodtsream and encounter the unexpected.Bat-Bat
- CreatorPhil VischerStarsShari BelgeauMarc GraueLee MarshallDuring times of trouble Larryboy sometimes asks for help. When a statue is made of Larry's help but not him, Larryboy gets jealous and starts putting people down. He doesn't realize that by doing so leads to disaster!
- DirectorPhil VischerStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerG. BockAny rumors caught your ear lately? Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot start spreading rumors when they took a figure of speech too literally, which spread over Bumblyburg like a weed - threatening to engulf the whole town. Even Larry-Boy was helpless against the Rumor Weed. Thankfully, Dad Asparagus saves the day when he arrives and convinces the town that God doesn't want us to tell stories that hurt people; He wants us to spread nice words.
- DirectorTim HodgeStarsMike NawrockiPhil VischerCynthia WestLarryboy, Alfred, and many other citizens of Bumblyburg must face the temptations of the Bad Apple.