In an interview with Science Fiction in 2017 to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of “Batman: The Animated Sequence,” Bruce Timm admitted that the recognition and demanding success of the present have been surprising. Regardless of that, Timm nonetheless had religion in himself and the manufacturing staff of the present to remain true to the essence of Batman and his rogue’s gallery:

“I imply, we sort of all the time knew that we had a variety of religion in our strategy to the present. As a result of it appears sort of like, ‘effectively, it is not mind surgical procedure,’ you understand? However it looks like we cherry-picked stuff from the whole historical past of Batman within the comics, the flicks, the serials, and the TV present, and we took issues and sort of messed round with them. However for essentially the most half, we actually stayed trustworthy to the spirit of the character and the spirit of the comics.” 

Villain origin story episodes in “Batman: The Animated Sequence” are among the greatest examples of staying trustworthy to the spirit of the comics whereas additionally carving their very own path. Episodes comparable to “Two-Face Components I & II” and “Feat of Clay” are tragic origins of Batman villains Two-Face and Clayface that, whereas completely different from the comics in some key elements, retain every part vital in regards to the characters and their relationship with Batman. Apart from the basic understanding that Timm and Co. had of Batman comics, the Batman excessive that everybody was driving off of on the time led the creator to imagine that the present could be successful.