Batman Celebrates "Christmas", Beyond Gets "Unmasked"

[James Harvey]

This weekend will be a rare Batman filled weekend for Canadian fans, and the Americans who can get Canadian cable! The Canadian channel will show two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and the much anticipated episode of Batman Beyond entitled "Unmasked". Here's the rundown for the Saturday morning of December 22nd:

7am (ET):
Batman Episode #002 - Christmas With The Joker
Original Airdate - November 13th, 1992.

Written by Eddie Gorodetsky - Directed by Kent Butterworth

The Joker takes over Gotham's airwaves and terrorizes the city during Christmas. Holding Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock, and Summer Gleason hostage, he challenges Batman to find him before midnight, or else the hostages will have a very un-merry Christmas.

9:30am (ET):
Batman Episode #086 - Holiday Knights
Original Airdate - September 13th, 1997 - Fifth Season Premiere (TNBA).

Written by Paul Dini - Directed by Dan Riba

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy kidnap Bruce Wayne with Ivy's hypnotic lipstick, and use his credit cards to treat themselves to a Christmas shopping spree; Bullock and Montoya stake out a Gotham Department Store for pick pockets, but in actuality, it turns out to be the return of Clayface; Joker plans to kill all the people celebrating in Gotham Square on New Year's Eve with a sonic weapon. It is up to Batman and Robin to stop him before the stroke of midnight.

10am (ET):
Batman Beyond Episode #047 - Unmasked
Original Airdate - December 18th, 2001 - Series Finale.

Written by Hilary J. Bader - Directed by Kyung-Won Lim

Terry remembers a time, early in his Batman career, when he foolishly revealed his identity to a young boy -- leading to his being kidnapped by a cell of Kobra operatives.

Sounds like a great line-up - don't miss it!