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Batman: The Animated Series episode
“Bane”
Episode no.	Season 02 Episode 076
Writer(s)	w
Director	d
Original airdate
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Bane is the 10th episode of Season 2 of Batman: The Animated Series. It first premiered on September 10, 1994.

[edit] Summary

Batman comes face to face with his most powerful adversary yet, the chemically charged assassin, Bane. Originally hired by Rupert Thorne to kill Batman, Bane plans on taking control of Thorne's criminal empire once Batman is destroyed. It's a fight to the death with all of Gotham in the balance as Batman takes on the man who has vowed to break the Bat.

[edit] Notes

• This episode marks the first animated appearance of Bane.

• Bane comic version wears a full-face mask, but the animated version wears a similar mask that exposes his nose and mouth.

• The producers didn't like Bane because they felt he was a gimmick character. Later they decided to make him appear in the series because they considered him the perfect rival to Batman, both in brains as in brawn.

• Bane's Modus Operandi in the episode is similar (but minor) to his strategy in Knightfall: Testing Batman by seeing him facing other enemies (ALL his enemies in Knightfall, only Killer Croc in the episode) and only after that facing the Dark Knight by himself.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Kevin Conroy	Batman
Loren Lester	Robin
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	Alfred Pennyworth
Aron Kincaid	Killer Croc
Joe Lala	Dicky the Thug
Diane Michelle	Candice
Henry Silva	Bane
John Vernon	Rupert Thorne