The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving!

## Plot

Doctor Man-Hat-Ted Monologues his way through the years, cataloging the ever increasingly confusing continuity of the larger DCAU. The dates below are listed in chronological sequence, though they weren't visited in that order.

### September 27th, 1994

DC Comics publishes The Batman Adventures Annual #1

### April 25th, 1995

Ted Kendrick buys The Batman Adventures Annual #2.

### September 6th, 1996

Ted Kendrick watches the Superman: The Animated Series debut "The Last Son of Krypton" in his childhood home.

### Spring 1997

Adventures in the DC Universe #1 releases.

### April 23rd, 1997

Ted Kendrick reads Batman & Robin adventures #19 on his southern parents upholstered davenport.

### October 4th, 1997

"World's Finest" brings Batman and Superman together for the first time as if The Batman Adventures #25 never occurred.

### May 9th, 1998

Ted Kendrick watches "The Demon Within" on Kid's WB in his childhood home.

### September 9th, 1998

Ted Kendrick holds Batman and Robin Adventures #15 side by side with Batman: Gotham Adventures issue #6, appreciating the flow of story telling from one issue to the next.

### September 14th, 1998

Ted Kendrick watches "The Ultimate Thrill" on Kid's WB in his childhood home.

### September 18th, 1998

Ted Kendrick watches "Cult of the Cat" in his childhood home.

### July 2004

Ted Kendrick purchases a copy of Modern Masters vol. 3: Bruce Timm on it's first day out. Unfortunately, his loyalty discount doesn't apply to non-comic purchase, and thus he must pay full price. His hands are adult sized despite being 13 years old.

### September 4th, 2004

Ted Kendrick watches "Fearful Symmetry" on Toonami in his new home.

### January 7th, 2005

Bruce Timm pens The Peanuts Time Post on the ToonZone Forums

### June 4th, 2005

Justice League Unlimited's "Double Date" debuts.

### February 16th, 2006

Justice League Unlimited's "Dead Reckoning" airs

### August 1st, 2017

Ted Kendrick receives a digital version of Back Issue #99 accompanying his physical order.

### August 14th, 2017

Ted Kendrick watches Batman and Harley Quinn at his apartment.

### March 16th, 2019

Ted Kendrick talks to Adventures in the DC Universe artist John DeLaney at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington about his time drawing that book.

### March 29th, 2019

"Justice League vs. The Fatal Five" releases.

## Continuity

* Footage from The INSANELY COMPLETE History of TITANS & DOOM PATROL! (DC Universe Year 1) is used.
* Doctor Man-Hat-Ted voices disdain for *Batman & Harley Quinn*
* Ted's conversation with John Delaney is seen in JOHN DELANEY Talks "Adventures in the DC Universe"

## Background Information

### Production Notes

* James spent $49 printing pages at Staples for this video. Meanwhile, Mattie was at a Bernie Sanders rally that night.
* Mattie pitched "The Ever Changing History of the DCAU" and "Does Continuity Even Matter?" as potential titles. James came up with "The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving!", and "Does Continuity Even Matter?" ended up on the thumbnail.

### Trivia

* Ted's dialogue is meant to reference Watchmen's Dr. Manhattan
* "Anyone with that kind of release schedule should be ashamed of themselves" is a reference to Legacies of the DCAU.

## Cast

 John Delaney | Himself (Archival Footage)