Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Movie, 1993, Animated, Set in Gotham City
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is #5 of 26 in release order and #7 of 26 in chronological order in the Batman.
The story
Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm recap
A cloaked killer called the Phantasm begins murdering Gotham gangsters, and witnesses blame Batman, so the police and city councilman Arthur Reeves start hunting him. Flashbacks show Bruce Wayne years earlier, before he took up the cape, falling in love with Andrea Beaumont. Bruce is ready to give up his vow to fight crime and proposes, but Andrea leaves the country with her father Carl, a businessman in debt to the mob, and sends Bruce a goodbye letter. Heartbroken, Bruce puts on the cowl for the first time. In the present, Andrea returns to Gotham as the remaining mobsters from her father's old partnership are killed one by one. Batman discovers that the mob had the Joker, then a nameless hitman, kill Carl.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ending explained
The Phantasm is Andrea, avenging her father. The last surviving mobster turns to the Joker for protection, and the Joker kills him. At the abandoned Gotham World's Fair, Batman fights the Joker as the Joker sets off explosives; Andrea appears, takes the Joker and disappears with him in the smoke. Bruce finds her locket in the Batcave, and Andrea is last seen alone at night on the deck of a cruise ship, leaving Gotham behind.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is streaming on YouTube (free) and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Batman: The Animated Series, before Batman Forever.
- Chronological order: after Batman: The Animated Series, before Batman Beyond.
What to watch before Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: The Animated Series (1992), which Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) continues.
Cast
- Kevin Conroy as Batman (voice)
- Dana Delany as Andrea Beaumont (voice)
- Hart Bochner as Arthur Reeves (voice)
- Stacy Keach as Phantasm and Carl Beaumont (voice)
- Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Valestra (voice)
- Dick Miller as Chuckie Sol (voice)
- John P. Ryan as Buzz Bronski (voice)
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Alfred (voice)
- Bob Hastings as Commissioner Gordon (voice)
- Robert Costanzo as Detective Bullock (voice)
- Mark Hamill as the Joker (voice)
- Jane Downs as Additional Voices (voice)
Directed by Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski.