What if BATMAN VILLAINS Were BATMAN?! (Stories & Speedpaint)

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Published 2023-06-19
On my ‘Spider-man Villains as Spider-man’ episodes, I got a lot of requests for the same thing but with Batman and his rogue’s gallery! With The Flash Into the Bat-everse having just come out, it seemed like a perfect time to try it!

In this episode we’ve got a Two-face who was saved by Batman then took over his roll as Gotham’s protector. We also have a Mr Freeze who is inspired by the death of his wife and some encouragement from Bruce Wayne becomes an icey version of Batman. Then there is a plant manipulating Bat in Poison Ivy. Finally, we have Riddler as a version of Batman who’s parents were killed by a dark version of Bruce Wayne.

Hope you all enjoy these alternate Batman takes in: What if BATMAN VILLAINS Were BATMAN?! (Stories & Speedpaint)

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00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - Two Face
06:45 - Mr Freeze
13:09 - Poison Ivy
18:03 - The Riddler
21:38 - Outro and Positive Note


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All Comments (21)
  • @comicfan1324
    We always talk about how Batman reflects the darkness from these feelings, but we never think about how the villains can reflect the light of the Batman
  • @Exe_gaming030
    I think the best part about this idea is that it just makes sense with Batman’s villains, even the Joker has become Batman… a weirdly large amount of times
  • @KidGamer77
    can i just say the concept of a villain becoming a hero because of boredom is absolutely genius and i love it? The Riddler's story is so in character while also being so clever and fun. It's so GOOD.
  • @comicfan1324
    I always thought Harvey Dent would make a pretty interesting Batman, especially with how his suit could be split down the middle
  • I really liked the riddler story! Why these villains would become "bat themed" if they turned good is a hard thing to justify, the riddler story did it really well while staying exceptionally true to the character! Good work on that one!
  • @miniman649
    the riddler-bat story could easily be something that is an actual comic. It fits so perfectly with his character.
  • @jondw
    I love your twist to the Two-Face coin thing, just a perfect way to have him keep such an iconic item while still keeping with the feel of Batman
  • Freeze has to be my favorite of this batch, his suit makes me think of something Benny would build
  • The two-face batman is truly an example peak art of this channel! Also, further requests to do something with Battle Cats
  • I like how compared to your Spider Man counterparts, these Bat Men (and Woman) have on average more self-centred motives, the biggest example being the holder of my favourite design; Riddler Bat (or as I’ve taken to calling him, Bat Box, as a play off of Black Box). I also really liked the Two-Faced Bat, especially with the bloody bat symbol and the almost veiny design of the left side of the costume, plus using a doubled-head coin as a fear tactic is genius. This video was awesome, and I’d love to see more from this series, especially with some lesser-known villains as well! Keep up the stellar work! Today is Day 61 of me requesting Shovel Knight characters as dragons.
  • @WaltDevil060
    Name ideas for all of them Mr. Freeze: Frost Wing Riddler: The Grifos (which means riddle in Greek) Poison Ivy: I don't have any ideas about this one, so I am also gonna go with Poison Bat Two Face: Crimson Shadow (because his face and what he wears are a combination of black and red)
  • I love Poison Ivy’s story in this I wish there was a comic storyline I could get
  • @Clemerlen
    I think you should revisit this topic with a few others from Batman's rouge gallery, like Clayface, Penguin, Harley, Killer Croc, or Babydoll as a few examples.
  • Here are some more suggestions: 1. Batman villains as Batman part 2 (Clayface, Joker, Penguin, & Scarecrow) 2. Video game powerups as fantasy armors part 2 3. My Singing Monsters as fantasy beasts part 6 (Dipsters & seasonal monsters) 4. Plz make some episodes inspired by Transformers: ROTB & Pixar's latest films. What do u think?
  • The art is incredible and the stories behind the art is just so intriguing! You’re one of my biggest inspirations! I’d love to see a part 2 and a dinosaur fantasy armor (Pharaoh Spinosaurus!!!)!
  • This was an awesome video. The different paths you made for these villains is so captivating. All these different versions of DC and Marvel are stories I truly wish had their own multiverse. A completely different and fresh spin that I could get invested in if these got their own stories.
  • Your doing same thing you did for Spider-Man, but for Batman this time?! AWESOME!😃🦇 Two-Face- Two-Face deciding to become the new Batman after Bruce almost gets arrested and then dies?! That sounds really interesting! Mr. Freeze- avenging Nora by protecting the city. 👍 Poison ivy- she would actually make a great bat person! The Riddler- so he basically became Batman to get attention? THIS WAS A GREAT EPISODE!👏
  • @mr_rapthor
    Amazing art as usual! I would like to suggest two things: 1. Machines from the Horizon games as fantasy beasts. I would love to see you tackle the machines from the horizon games but I wasn't really sure which universe they would fit in but now I think I have a decent suggestion of lore: The Makinas are great half-beast half-golem creatures that have the ability to terraform biomes and are extremely old, most have been in Hibernation for millenia, but with the recent upheaval of magic in Tayrun's World, these beasts have been waking up. The more peaceful ones at first, but with the 'help' of some unfriendly neighbourhood cults, the more dangerous extinction-class creatures have awakend been awakend with their programming telling them to eradicate everything so that a new world can be terraformed. 2. Team fortress 2 weapons as Fantasy armours. I hope this is relatively self-explanatory, perhaps Vesilia could tell of an relative working for two rival brothers fighting over some territory and they both need armour for their mercenaries. If you've read this far, thank you for reading!
  • @finnover9781
    Potential other Batman Villains to use: 1) Scarecrow 2) Harley Quinn (you knew she was coming) 3) Clayface (He wanted to just play Batman in a film. Now he can do one better and be the Bat!) 4) Killer Croc (crocodiles eat bats in real life- also, in the Suicide Squad film, Croc mentions that eating people gives him their strengths and abilities- maybe he ate Batman and inherited his heroism in the process?) How do these sound, Christian?