The D.C. Comics Animated Universe is complicated, which is one of the reasons that I'm drawn to it (no pun intended). Figuring out how all the pieces of it fit together has been part of the fun for me. The continuity was there to explore and organize, though much of it was left open to interpretation. Here's the viewing order that I've come up with that makes the most sense to me. If you have any questions on why I chose this order or these dates click on the appropriate link below. I'm not saying this is how everyone should view it; this is just my personal way of doing so. Thanks.
[This page is a work in progress - much of this will probably be changed and reorganized before I'm finished]
1992:
001 2x04 Robin's Reckoning, Part I
002 2x05 Robin's Reckoning, Part II
003 1x12 It's Never Too Late
004 1x27 Mad as a Hatter
005
1x25 The Clock King
006 1x09 Be A Clown
007 1x04 The Last Laugh (April 1)
008 2x26 Zatanna
009 3x08 Read My Lips
010 1x15 The Cat and the Claw, Part I
011 1x16 The Cat and the Claw, Part II
012 2x07 Night of the Ninja (June)
013 1x05 Pretty Poison
014 1x01 On Leather Wings (July 13)
015 2x16 Day of the Samurai
016 2x27 The Mechanic
017 1x14 Heart of Ice (August)
018 1x03 Nothing to Fear
019 3x09 The Worry Men
020 2x13 Joker's Wild
021 1x18 Beware the Gray Ghost (October 19, 1992)
022 1x20 Feat of Clay, Part I
023 1x21 Feat of Clay, Part II
024 1x17 See No Evil
025 3x17 Time Out of Joint
026 1x26 Appointment in Crime Alley (November)
027 2x02 Perchance to Dream
028 2x08 Cat Scratch Fever
029
1x02 Christmas with the Joker (December 24-25)
1993:
030 2x03 The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
031 2x10 Heart of Steel, Part I
032 2x11 Heart of Steel, Part II
033 2x15 Moon of the Wolf (after 'Cat Scratch Fever')
034 3x03 Blind as a Bat
035 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
036 2x12 If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (Daniel Mockridge)
037 1x10 Two-Face, Part I (May 1993)
038 3x28 Deep Freeze (sometime before His Silicon Soul)
039 2x14 Tyger, Tyger (after 'Cat Scratch Fever' before 'Terror in the Sky')
040 2x01 Eternal Youth
041 2x25 Paging the Crime Doctor
042 2x20 What is Reality?
043 3x18 Catwalk (Penguin is free)
044 1x22 Joker's Favor (Late September 1993 - Joker / Harley free - captured)
045 1x13 I've Got Batman in My Basement
Halloween Flashback - Poison Ivy
046 2x21 I Am the Night (November 1993)
047 1x23 Vendetta
048 1x11 Two-Face, Part II (November 1993)
052 1x24 Fear of Victory [Two-Face, Ivy, Joker in Arkham, Football Season]
053 3x07 Fire From Olympus [Two-Face, Ivy & Joker in Arkham]
054 1x28 Dreams in Darkness [Two-Face, Ivy & Joker in Arkham]
055 3x06 His Silicon Soul ('months' after 'Heart of Steel, Part II')
056 3x15 The Terrible Trio
057 2x17 Terror in the Sky
058 3x11 A Bullet For Bullock (December 1993 - after Christmas but before New Year's)
1994:
3x01 Shadow of the Bat, Part I (Two-Face)
3x02 Shadow of the Bat, Part II (Two-Face Captured)
3x27 Make 'Em Laugh (takes place during "Shadow of the Bat, Part I")
3x23 Riddler's Reform
049 2x23 The Man Who Killed Batman (Joker / Harley - after Joker's Favor - Joker / Harley free before and after)
050 2x06 The Laughing Fish (Joker / Harley free - Harley captured while Joker escapes)
051 3x16 Harlequinade (before Harley's Holiday - after Vendetta - Croc / Mad Hatter / Ventriloquist/Ivy mentioned as being at Arkham - after Joker's Favor) - BATGIRL MENTIONED????
2x28 Harley and Ivy (Harley, Ivy & Joker in Arkham at end)
1x19 Prophecy of Doom
3x19 Bane (Croc Captured episode - in Arkham in Trial)
2x18 Almost Got 'Im (Catwoman - Penguin, Two-Face, Ivy, Joker & Harley captured - after "Bane")
2x22 Off Balance (features giant penny)
1x06 The Underdwellers
3x21 The Lion and the Unicorn
3x04 The Demon's Quest, Part I (features giant penny)
3x05 The Demon's Quest, Part II
2x09 The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne (Penguin, Joker, Two-Face captured)
3x12 Trial (Ivy is sentenced to Arkham after being apprehended by Batman (so not in 'Almost Got 'Im) - after Harley & Ivy - final Van Dorn)
3x10 Sideshow (final Killer Croc - after Trial - escapes & captured)
3x25 Harley's Holiday (Scarecrow captured - Harley Released - after Harlequinade - Ivy)
1x07 P.O.V.
2x19 Birds of a Feather (final Penguin - after Sideshow, Joker & Two-Face in prison)
3x13 Avatar
1x08 Forgotten (August?)
3x22 Showdown (final Ras Al Ghul episode)
3x24 Second Chance (final Two-Face, several months since Peng & 2F fell out - Peng in prison)
3x26 Lock-Up (Ivy in news report - back in town on crime spree 6 months before - Scarecrow, Harley & Ventriloquist in Arkham 7 months ago December - Harley & Scarecrow now)
3x20 Baby-Doll (Ivy mentioned - old reference)
084 3x14 House & Garden (final 'Poison Ivy' at least six months after her last appearance)
085 3x29 Batgirl Returns (Final Catwoman)
086 2x24 Mudslide (final Clayface)
087 Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero (final Freeze / Batgirl - after Batgirl Returns)
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1996-1998
1996:
088 1x01 The Last Son of Krypton, Part I
089 1x02 The Last Son of Krypton, Part II
090 1x03 The Last Son of Krypton, Part III (Batman referenced)
091 1x04 Fun and Games
092 1x05 A Little Piece of Home
093 1x06 Feeding Time
094 1x07 The Way of all Flesh (1 year before Action Figures)
095 1x08 Stolen Memories
096 1x09 The Main Man, Part I
097 1x10 The Main Man, Part II
098 1x11 My Girl (Batgirl referenced)
099 1x12 Tools of the Trade
100 1x13 Two's a Crowd
101 1x14 The Prometheon
102 1x15 Blasts From the Past, Part I
103 1x16 Blasts From the Past, Part II
104 1x17 Livewire
105 1x18 Speed Demons (introduces The Flash & The Weather Wizard)
1997:
106 4x15 Cult of the Cat
107 2x01 Identity Crisis
108 4x04 Double Talk
109 2x02 Target
110 4x20 Mad Love
111 2x03 Action Figures (1 year after The Way of All Flesh)
112 4x10 Torch Song
113 2x04 Mxyzpixilated
114 4x13 Mean Seasons
115 2x05 Double Dose
116 4x11 The Ultimate Thrill
117 2x06 Solar Power
118 4x02 Sins of the Father
119 2x13 Father's Day (June 15, 1997 - about half way through the year)
120 4x08 Growing Pains
121 2x07 Monkey Fun
122 4x05 You Scratch My Back
123 2x08 Brave New Metropolis
124 4x03 Cold Comfort (August 20, 1997)
125 2x09 Ghost in the Machine
126 2x10 World's Finest, Part I (Harley Quinn, Joker, Alfred, Bruce / Batman)
127 2x11 World's Finest, Part II
128 2x12 World's Finest, Part III
129 2x14 The Hand of Fate (introduces Dr. Fate)
130 4x07 Joker's Millions (1 month after World's Finest, Part III)
131 2x15 Bizarro's World
132 4x24 Judgment Day
133 2x16 Prototype
134 4x01 Holiday Knights (after Growing Pains - December 1997)
1998:
135 2x17 The Late Mr. Kent
136 4x06 Never Fear
137 2x18 Heavy Metal
138 4x14 Critters
139 3x01 Warrior Queen
140 4x17 Old Wounds
141 3x02 Apokolips...Now! Part I
142 3x03 Apokolips...Now! Part II
143 4x09 Love Is A Croc (Superman Hands Full - after returning?)
144 3x04 Little Girl Lost, Part I (Supergirl introduced)
145 3x05 Little Girl Lost, Part II
146 4x18 The Demon Within (Introduced Jason Blood / Etrigan)
147 3x06 Where There's Smoke
148 3x07 Knight Time (Bane, Batman / Bruce, Gordon, Mad Hatter, Penguin, Riddler, Robin, Roxy Rocket)
149 3x09 Obsession
150 4x22 Chemistry (Ivy is free - escapes - Jason Blood - Ryder - before Creeper)
151 3x10 Little Big Head Man
152 4x20 Girl's Night Out (Superman is Away - Supergirl / Livewire appear)
153 3x11 Absolute Power (Superman is Away)
154 4x16 Animal Act
155 3x12 In Brightest Day (introduces the Green Lantern Corps)
156 4x23 Beware The Creeper
157 3x13 Superman's Pal
158 4x19 Legends of the Dark Knight
159 3x14 Fish Story (introduces Aquaman)
160 4x12 Over the Edge
161 3x15 Unity (Batgirl mentioned)
162 3x16 The Demon Reborn (Alfred, Batman / Bruce, Ra's al Ghul, Talia, Ubu)
163 3x17 Legacy, Part I
164 3x18 Legacy, Part II
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Gotham Girls:
1x01 The Vault
1x02 Lap Bat
1x03 Trick or Trick, Part I
1x04 Trick or Trick, Part II
1x05 A Little Night Magic
1x06 More Than One Way
1x07 Precious Birthstones
1x08 Pave Paradise
1x09 The Three Babes
1x10 Gardener's Apprentice
1x11 Lady-X
2x01 Hold That Tiger
2x02 Miss Un-Congeniality
2x03 Strategery
2x04 Baby Boom
2x05 Cat -n- Mouse -n- Cat...
2x06 Bat'ing Cleanup
2x07 Cat Sitter
2x08 Gotham Noir
2x09 Scout's Dishonor
2x10 I'm Badgirl
3x01 Ms.-ing in Action [Part I]
3x02 Gotham in Pink [Part II]
3x03 Hear Me Roar [Part III]
3x04 Gotham in Blue [Part IV]
3x05 A Cat in the Hand [Part V]
3x06 Jailhouse Wreck [Part VI]
3x07 Honor Among Thieves [Part VII]
3x08 No, I'm Batgirl! [Part VIII]
3x09 Signal Fires [Part IX]
3x10 Cold Hands, Cold Heart [Part X]
Chase Me
Lobo:
01 Lobo is a Four Letter Word [Part I]
02 Market Day [Part II]
03 Pit Stop [Part III]
04 It's Fraggin' Time Again
05 Payback Time
06 Bustin' Out of Oblivion, Part I
07 Bustin' Out of Oblivion, Part II
08 Bustin' Out of Oblivion, Part III
09 Lobo for President
10 Breakout
11 When Pigs Fly
12 Arms and the Main Man
13 Eat This
14 Repeating Offender
15 Fanboy Special
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2000:
Static Shock
Shock to the System
Aftershock
The Breed
Grounded
They're Playing My Song
The New Kid
Child's Play
Sons of the Fathers
Winds of Change
Bent Out of Shape
Junior
Replay
Tantrum
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2001:
Justice League / Static Shock
1x01 Secret Origins, Part I
1x02 Secret Origins, Part II
1x03 Secret Origins, Part III
The Big Leagues (Batman, Robin, Gordon, Bullock & Joker)
1x04 In Blackest Night, Part I
1x05 In Blackest Night, Part II
Power Play (Green Lantern mentioned)
1x06 The Enemy Below, Part I
1x07 The Enemy Below, Part II
Brother-Sister Act
1x08 Injustice For All, Part I
1x09 Injustice For All, Part II
Static Shaq
1x10 Paradise Lost, Part I
1x11 Paradise Lost, Part II
Frozen Out (December - happens near Chanukah?)
1x12 War World, Part I
1x13 War World, Part II
Sunspots
1x14 The Brave and the Bold, Part I
1x15 The Brave and the Bold, Part II
Pop's Girlfriend
1x16 Fury, Part I
1x17 Fury, Part II
Duped
1x18 Legends, Part I
1x19 Legends, Part II
Jimmy
1x20 A Knight of Shadows, Part I (Etrigan)
1x21 A Knight of Shadows, Part II (Etrigan)
Hard as Nails (Batman / Bruce, Bullock, Gordon, Alfred, Ivy, Harley - Teen Titans reference)
1x22 Metamorphosis, Part I
1x23 Metamorphosis, Part II
Gear
1x24 The Savage Time, Part I
1x25 The Savage Time, Part II
1x26 The Savage Time, Part III
2002:
Static Shock / Justice League
Static in Africa
2x01 Twilight, Part I (Brainiac / Darkseid)
2x02 Twilight, Part II (Brainiac / Darkseid)
Shebang
2x03 Tabula Rasa, Part I
2x04 Tabula Rasa, Part II
The Usual Suspect
2x05 Only a Dream, Part I
2x06 Only a Dream, Part II
A League of Their Own, Part I (Justice League / Brainiac)
A League of Their Own, Part II (Justice League / Brainiac)
2x07 Maid of Honor, Part I
2x08 Maid of Honor, Part II
Showtime
2x09 Hearts and Minds, Part I
2x10 Hearts and Minds, Part II
Consequences
2x11 A Better World, Part I
2x12 A Better World, Part II
Romeo in the Mix (Teen Titans reference)
2x13 Eclipsed, Part I
2x14 Eclipsed, Part II
Trouble Squared
2x15 The Terror Beyond, Part I
2x16 The Terror Beyond, Part II
Toys in the Hood (Superman / Toyman / Darci)
2x17 The Secret Society, Part I
2x18 The secret Society, Part II
The Parent Trap
2x19 Hereafter, Part I (Kalibak, Livewire, Metallo, Kyle Rayner, Toyman, Weather Wizard, etc)
2x20 Hereafter, Part II
Flashback
2x21 Comfort & Joy
Blasts From the Past
2x22 Wild Cards, Part I
2x23 Wild Cards, Part II (final appearances of Joker & Harley Quinn before "Return of the Joker")
Fallen Hero (Green Lantern / Sinestro - before Starcrossed - Watchtower & GL's look)
2x24 Starcrossed, Part I
2x25 Starcrossed, Part II
2x26 Starcrossed, Part III
*Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2003:
Static Shock / Justice League Unlimited
Future Shock (final Tim Drake before "Return of the Joker" 2043; first Batman Beyond / Kobra)
1x01 Initiation
She-Back (Justice League Watchtower on poster outside comic shop)
1x02 For the Man Who Has Everything
Out of Africa
1x03 Hawk and Dove
Army of Darkness
1x04 Fearful Symmetry
No Man's an Island
1x05 Kids' Stuff
Hoop Squad
1x06 This Little Piggy
Now You See Him...
1x07 The Return
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
1x08 The Greatest Story Never Told
Linked
1x09 Ultimatum
Wet and Wild
1x10 Dark Heart
Kidnapped
1x11 Wake the Dead
Power Outage [Series Finale]
1x12 The Once and Future Thing, Part I: Weird Western Tales (Warhawk intro, Batman Beyond, Static)
1x13 The Once and Future Thing, Part II: Time, Warped (2051 Batman Beyond, final Static)
2004:
1x14 The Cat and the Canary
1x15 The Ties That Bind (AKA Miracles Happen)
1x16 The Doomsday Sanction
1x17 Task Force X
1x18 The Balance
1x19 Double Date
1x20 Clash
1x22 Hunter's Moon (AKA Mystery in Space)
1x21 Question Authority [Part I]
1x23 Flashpoint [Part II]
1x24 Panic in the Sky [Part III]
1x25 Divided We Fall [Part IV]
2005:
2x01 I Am Legion
2x02 Shadow of the Hawk
2x03 Chaos at the Earth's Core
2x04 To Another Shore
2x05 Flash and Substance
2x06 Dead Reckoning
2x07 Patriot Act
2x08 The Great Brain Robbery
2x09 Grudge Match (final Nightwing)
2x10 Far From Home (final Supergirl)
2x11 Ancient History
2x12 Alive! [Part I]
2x13 Destroyer [Part II] (final appearances of MANY DCAU characters!)
2040:
35 years after "Destroyer".
Batman Beyond / The Zeta Project Viewing Order
1x01 Rebirth,
Part I (opening set in 2020; 15 years after "Destroyer")
1x02 Rebirth, Part II [Kaznia
mentioned]
1x03 Black Out
1x04 Golem
1x09 The Winning Edge
[Bane]
1x08 Dead Man's Hand
[The Royal Flush Gang,
Selina Kyle mentioned]
1x06 Heroes
1x10 Spellbound
[Princess Audrey collection,
Dick Grayson referenced]
1x07 Shriek
1x12 A Touch of Curare [Barbara's
history with Dick & Bruce discussed]
1x11 Disappearing Inque
1x05 Meltdown
[Mr. Freeze]
1x13 Ascension
2041:
2x03 Joyride
2x02 Earth Mover
2x01 Splicers
2x04 Lost Soul
[Bobby Vance
- son of Bobby Vance
from JLU's
"Task
Force X"]
2x06 Bloodsport
2x05 Hidden Agenda
2x07 Once Burned
[Royal Flush Gang]
2x08 Hooked Up
2x09 Rats
2x10 Mind Games
[Edgar Mandragora
from
JLU's
"Double
Date"]
2x11 Revenant
2x12 Babel
2x20 Zeta [Zeta
Introduced - August 11, 2041 (6 days after going renegade)
Central City
/
Dakota]
2x16 The Last Resort (Zeta referenced)
The Accomplice
2x13 Terry's
Friend Dates a Robot
His Maker's Name
3x12 Countdown [before "Shadows" - Zeta, Ro, Agents West, Bennett & Lee appear]
Change of Heart
2x14 Eyewitness
Remote Control
2x15 Final Cut
The Next Gen
2x17 Armory
West Bound
2x18 Sneak Peek
Hicksburg
2x21 Plague
[Kobra from "Future Shock"
re-introduced, at least 2031, return of Stalker from "Bloodsport"]
Crime Waves
2x19 The Eggbaby
Taffy Time
2x22 April Moon
Ro's Reunion
2042:
Shadows
[after
Countdown
-
Batman Beyond
appears]
2x24 Payback
Kid Genius
2x23 Sentries
of the Last Cosmos
Absolute Zero
3x04 Big Time
[before "Ace in the Hole", before "Betrayal"]
Wired, Part I
Wired, Part II
3x02 Untouchable
Hunt in the Hub
2x25 Where's Terry?
Ro's Gift [Edgar Mandragora
from
JLU's
"Double Date"
&
Batman Beyond's
"Mind Games"]
2x26 Ace in the
Hole
Quality Time
(Zeta went renegade August 5, 2041)
3x09 Betrayal
Resume Mission
3x06 Speak No
Evil
Lost and Found
(Zeta's mission before
Batman Beyond's
"Zeta"
revealed)
3x03 Inqueling
On the Wire
3x13 Unmasked [Kobra
in flashbacks to 2041]
Cabin Pressure
3x10 Curse of
the Kobra, Part I (Kobra,
Kairi Tanaga from "Day
of the Samurai")
3x11 Curse of the Kobra, Part II (final
Kairi Tanaga, Kobra)
The Wrong Morph
3x05 Out of the
Past
(final
Ra's al Ghul
/
Talia;
Catwoman, Zatanna &
Lois Lane pictured, Robin
mentioned)
Eye of the Storm
3x07 The Call,
Part I (Barda, JLU,
Superman, Warhawk)
3x08 The Call, Part II
(Barda,
JLU, Preserver,
Starro, Superman,
Warhawk)
The River Rising
3x01 Kings'
Ransom
(Royal Flush Gang, final Paxton Powers
- Batman Beyond finale -
50 years after BTAS)
The Hologram Man
(The Zeta Project Series Finale)
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (final Joker / Tim Drake / Harley Quinn / Batgirl)
2069:
27 years after "Return of the Joker";
65 years after "Divided We Fall";
Bruce Wayne is 107 years old.
Justice League Unlimited, Volume 1, Disc 4,
Episode 26:
Epilogue
2979:
922 years after "Epilogue".
Superman: The Animated Series, Volume 3, Disc 2, Side A, Episode 08:
New Kids in Town (Final Brainiac, Lana Lang, Legion, Ma & Pa Kent, Superman)
