[Batman TAS] -Heart of Ice-

[Exccentrous1]

I don't think I've ever felt compassion for a true villain before seeing the story of Mr. Freeze.

[pauliebaseball1]

My pick to play Freeze has been and always will be David Strathairn. Most know him from "Good Night and Good Luck" (he was Murrow).

[J223522]

I recently got all 4 seasons of the series and I just watch this episode. When I was a kid I actually cried a little. I'm 23 now and this scene still manages to get me a little teary eyed. It's just amazing how they turned this character into a Shakespearean tragedy. He's not a villain because he wants to be, but because he has to be.

[JLacay]

Batman forever and batman and the brave the bold does not have this kind of mr freeze he is the saddest villain ever

[FlyingFocs]

I just love how Batman is watching him at the end. Like he too feels sorry for Freeze.

Funny how this episode, this 20 miunte episode, is better than most of the movies.

[cartmansfat123]

I think they should have chosen Christopher Loyd over Arnold in the Joel Schumacher movie.

[MyWilliam1996]

God, this is a brilliant version of the Freeze character, I feel so sorry for him, I sort of wish he'd won in this episode. its just annoying mr. Freeze is more commonly associated with the stupid pun spewing asshole from Batman And Robin

[ironballs16]

@MyWilliam1996 He did win, after a fashion - the executive (voiced by Mark Hamill) was given the tape where he'd caused the incident, all but insuring that his company would get a PR hit, and he'd probably get the boot due to it.

[MyWilliam1996]

@ironballs16 Yeah, but he still ended up in jail, feeling bad that he ( in his mind) failed his beloved Wife.

[BlackMaskStudios]

This was the first BTAS episode I ever watched. My brother was with me and at the end I looked over and realized he was crying. And then I realized that there were tears in my eyes too. This cartoon was exceptional. It dealt with some really deep stuff.

[Sandvichnsuch]

This would move me to tears if there were tears left to be shed.

[Meow4evr]

Still one of my favourite episodes.

[bradprime4]

i have this on dvd this episode one of the best

[Johnlindsey289]

Great episode, he is always the most tragic villain on Batman TAS.

[RobertAniFreak]

I cant help but fell sorry for him... Once a scientist wanting to save his wife, today a misunderstood lonely soul :(

[apatano20]

This episode made me cry when I was a kid

[zomaster1]

wait but didn't he have a happy ending in the end? i think in one of the animated films she found a cure and saved his wife and himself but he couldn't be with her in the end but knowing she's alive and well was enough for him,

[SolidMike84]

@zomaster1

Have you seen "Batman Beyond"?

[zomaster1]

@SolidMike84 what im talking about has nothing to do with the series. it was just a animated movie that didn't tie into the show.

[skeletor718]

@zomaster1 The movie Batman subzero did tie in to the show. But he never cured himself but lost his body and was nothing but a head and thats why he couldn't be with his wife.

[zomaster1]

@skeletor718 awwww ok.

[chessdude111]

even batman had to look twice

[Erikjust]

Actually it was the guys behind Batman the Animated series who "ruined" Mr Freeze.

Before that Mr Freeze was an ice villain who used because of a botched experiment with an ice gun froze himself.

He then started to run around doing all kinds of ice related crimes if anything Batman and Robin got closer to the original silver age version of him.

That being said Batman the Animated series took an otherwise dull villain and made him great.

[Lamporre]

Call me crazy, but I really wish "Heart of Ice" had been the only time we see Mr Freeze in TAS. Extending an already perfect story arc just didn't work in this case. This should have been the last time we see him, silently weeping in his cell, lamenting his life and his failed revenge. What other purpose could you give him that would improve his character?

[demiser21]

@Lamporre are you kidding the movie Sub-zero, the later episode Cold Comfort and his episode in Batman Beyond were all great and had important purposes. In Sub-zero it explores what he is willing to do to get his wife back. In the Cold Comfort he is expressing his rage, his wife is saved but he can never be with her. The Batman Beyond episode is all about coming to terms with his life and death.

[Lamporre]

@demiser21

Meh, I didn't like the idea of bringing the wife back. I liked it much better when it was implied that she could never come back. Makes the end of "Heart of Ice" all the more tragic and sad.

[J223522]

@demiser21 I agree. I liked what they did with his character. They turned him into a Shakespearean character with a very emotional and sad story from beginning to end. We see how it all began, the lengths he's willing to go for his wife, the rage and sadness he feels, and then we see it all come to a tragic end where the character finally finds peace with himself.

[DRisLegend200919]

this was way better than the movies

[the5timechimp]

This scene makes me tear up every damn time, so well delivered...Its so weird that Freeze claims to have lost all his feelings in the episode when in reality his problem is that he feels too much....the anguish and pain somehow translates beyond its medium..amazing stuff.

[DoubleAgent244]

batman TAS taught me not all bad guys are bad guys

[DeathDealer1997]

Freeze is one of the few villans who actually has a reason for being evil

[TheLakabanzaichrg]

he sounds as badass aas darth vader but has the frozen heart of a poet

[Davesknd]

The saddest thing is that Freeze is basically immortal. Not only separated from his wife, but forced to stay in a world without her.

[DancingSword]

This speech made me cry the last time I watched it.

[1215ra]

While the Joker will always be my all-time favorite Batman villain, this portrayal of Mr.Freeze is a super close second! I've seen this clip over ten times but it still makes me teary-eyed each time. The respect they give to this figure, one who was easily forgettable before this point, is just awe-inspiring.

I'd love to see Nolan or anyone use this version of Mr.Freeze in a movie so long as he is given the depth he had in "Heart of Ice".

I know this is long but there's so much to say!!

[IRONHIDE434]

Victor is the only villan Batman has any sympathy for because he knows what it's like to lose something so special to you.

[temeencimo]

I remember watching this episode as a kid,:)

[TheStealthX]

This episode actually won awards for how good it was, you know. True story

[BohemianScandalous]

Oh man, I can feel myself tearing up.

[z3link]

One of the top 3 best episodes of Batman The Animated series ever

[MrHEC381991]

i like how sometimes at the end of nearly every episode it finnishes with Batman walking away.

I think this is the only episode where he looks over his shoulder.

[NarutooftheRasengan]

Absolutely beautiful....T_T

[jimmycage316]

:'(

[silverhawkflash]

Who would you think could make a good actor to play Mr. Freeze in a movie? I'm nominating Patrick Stewart.

Arnold Schwarzenegger would've been good if they didn't try to make Mr. Freeze some kind of cold-themed comedian. If Arnold Schwarzenegger played Mr. Freeze just like he played the T-800/T-850 Terminator, it would've worked.

[BooJoMan]

@silverhawkflash I always thought patrick stewart too. And yeah totally agree with the arnold thing, though i do find it fucking hilarious how he plays him. Hilariously bad i mean.

[lolinternetslol]

@silverhawkflash

I think that while he might look the part and would be very good; I'm not sure if he'd quite match (the part in TAS at least). Just my opinion.

[garydocool]

I've failed you... I wish there was some other way for me to say it. I cannot. I can only beg your forgiveness, and hope that you're waiting somewhere... someplace, where a warm hand waits for mine

[DancingSword]

This made me cry. ;_;

[JetsFan369]

If I had one wish in the world it would be for them to have made more of BTAS episodes.

[themetalsonic94]

I think this version of Mr.Freeze is what makes the episode the best of BATMAN:THE ANIMATED SERIES.He's a tragic figure who does not seek wealth or power but vengance against Boyle and make him and everyone feel his pain.

[emmactress1894]

Damn, for an animated series this is pretty darn good!

[MasterZim91]

on a serious note i think hes the only villian in batman i feel bad 4 cause everything was taken from him and this was one sad as hell scene

[agwoodliffe]

This scene had me in tears

[The1910Phantom]

I've failed you.... I wish there were another way for me to say it...but I cannot.... I can only beg your forgiveness...and pray you hear me somehow...someplace.... Someplace...where a warm hand waits for mine....

(those 54 seconds are probably the most emotional and most heartbreaking moment of this episode.) :'(

[foodbug]

Batman is the warm hand

[SamCohenoftheJews2]

@Cardboredbawx Maybe those chemicals from the lab accident did something to his voice box.

[thedocbat]

My favourite episode of the whole show, next to Joker's Favour

[jayorteg713]

so beautiful

[steelsoldier17]

Anyone who watches this and is not touched on some emotional level truly possesses a heart made of ice.

[ebonywinged]

This episode CREATED that character... and he is my favorite.

[HolySasquatchTurd]

@ebonywinged Very true. If you like Freeze you should check out Paul Dini's Mr.Freeze comic that came out after this. Not much of a title for the comic but it has a really cool back story to when Victor is a kid.

[sunainahussain]

@bigkong20 Then see it NAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWW­!

[cpuneronet]

god damn this is the best like 54 secs in tv ever!

[maxpower789z]

Arnold ruined this for everyone.

[3SirCrimson3]

@maxpower789z Ice to see you!

[gregapugh124]

this is one of the greatest moments of the greatest show ever how many times in a tv show can we become moved by what we see not just this sence but many thought out the series truly magnificent

[c21hustle]

I just hope that if Chritopher Nolan or whoever else makes another Batman movie, that they watch this episode and make him very similar to it

[ShadowRaven85]

looking for the full version of the ventriloqiust on batman the animated seris.

[Zeruel3]

The re-vamped Mr Freeze is definitly the crown jewel of Batman TAS

[Pandora6767]

Honestly...it breaks my heart everytime I watch this, everytime I hear his dialogue. I wants to hug him! :'(

[scallywag86]

next film, harley quinn? Joker`s mutilated wife...that way the joker comes back in a way and it would be a loving tribute to Mr Ledger. I`d say Freeze...but who would play him? You need a refined voice and someone who can play a person devoid of all emotion and humanity. I`d joke with Nicholas Cage but...in all seriousness I have to say Phil Seymour Hoffman. He COULD do it

[MedievalMind]

@scallywag86 I have always thought Patrick Stewart could play Mr. Freeze, though people may not be able to look past star trek.

[maxpower789z]

@MedievalMind I think Stewart could do it, absolutely....depends on how into the character he gets...and he's one of those hardcore actors

[bigladygagafan1118]

poor mista freezzzzz

[FrauofGermany]

This clip made my heart freeze.

[robblindsay]

Mr Freeze is one of the best thought out Batman Villans in that he's not really a villan. I think we can ignore Arnie's deadful portrayal of him and hope the new series of films revisits him with a suitable actor (it was a shame because despite the general crapness of the film they actually got his story right unlike the recent animated series where he's just a one-dimensional bad-guy)

[Pandora6767]

@robblindsay I completely agree. I've been thinking that perhaps the actor Arnold Vosloo, the guy that played the high priest Imhotep in, "The Mummy," to be Mr. Freeze in a Batman film. However, that is just a thought, besides he WOULD be better at it then Schwarzenegger did for the role.

[amalgamation25]

when i saw this as a kid, i nearly cried. such suffering from a villain character, it was awesome.

[KisameHoshigaki707]

Definetly one of the many golden episodes in Batman: The Animated Series. Every time I hear that music box theme, I feel all sad and cold inside. Just like Mr. Freeze.

[gregpugh123]

man TAS batman greatest show ever best villans even baby doll was symperthetic and mr freeze is one of the best and this secn and all the others prove it one of the best villans and best cartoon ever made EVER!!

[agmdam]

this episode made me cry :, (

[hall9111]

Thank you Joel Shumaker, you ruined the image of one of the greatest Batman villians!

[CurseCreep]

@hall9111 i actually think this part of Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin, was the one thing Schumaker caught well

[hall9111]

@CurseCreep Now when you say well, do you mean awe-shockingly awful or sickingly loathsome?

[Mrwinnerguy]

@hall9111 It's ok, Arkham City made him cool again (no pun intended)

[swellingsuperman]

As he touches the snow dome w/ Nora I notice that the glass dome condenses. Was his "love" generating heat - as in a warm touch? Take a look and see.

[robbo2788]

Yes thats probably true!!! You have to admit scenes like this are aimed at adults, its truely fantastic

[jdury]

Great catch!

[Vorhias]

THIS is why Batman: TAS was so awesome.

Moments like this.

[AllHailShemp]

Poor Freeze, I know how he feels.

[newguy33X]

What a sad scene.

[CultofJ]

Less than thirty mins. and that episode is better than all the Batman movies that came out in the 90s.

[steelsoldier17]

@CultofJ you're not counting Mask of the Phantasm and Sub Zero, right?

[spazzzh20]

@CultofJ Do you mean live action movies or all of them. Because all the animated ones like mask of the phantasm and mystery of the batwomen and sub zero were amazing.

[PunkMetalero9666]

@CultofJ except batman returns, wich came ut in 1992

[immajusticeleague]

@CultofJ I thought Mask of The Phantasm was better

[Goatmon]

@CultofJ Except Mask of the Phantasm. 

[Everettememory]

he should have cried crystal frozen tears

[Tacklevines]

That actually was the original storyboard concept, Freeze's tears turn into snowflakes on the way down.

Bruce Timm and the creative team have said if they could go back and re-do any episode of the series, they'd do this one and add that to this scene.

Still one of the most moving scenes in any tv show, cartoon or otherwhise.

[YaoiHuntressEarth]

That very scene made me cry the first time I saw it and still gets me a little misty-eyed each time.

[Jherm226]

"Think of it, Batman. To never again walk on a summer's day with a hot wind in your face... and a warm hand to hold. Oh yes. I'd KILL for that!"

[painzlife]

@Jherm226

best line

probbly the only cartoon that has meaning

deep in emotions and creativity

something that todays cartoons lack

[painzlife]

@Jherm226 

[painzlife]

@Jherm226

best line ever

full and deep in emotions

somethings that todays shows lack indeed

[redplague888]

This was a sad episode. Of all the villains in this series, Two-Face and Mr. Freeze are the only ones we can truly feel sympathy for. Freeze was just an ordinary man and in the blink of an eye, everything he cared about, everything that made him what he was got taken away from him.

[rachelthedemon]

I sorta feel sorry for Clayface in that way, too. If anything, Dagget's the true villain. Hagen was a victim of circumstance and greed.

[redplague888]

True, but I'm not so sure about Clayface. People who cared about him tried to help him, but he got arrogant and overconfident. Even the Dark Knight wanted to help, but Clayface refused to acknowledge that help.

[rachelthedemon]

You can say the same of Two-Face and Freeze, and especially Phantasm. Each of them cared more about revenge than anything else. And really, encountering villains like that is what keeps Batman on his side of the line and reinforces his personal code of honor; while he fights crime to "avenge" his parents, he doesn't let that desire consume him the way he's seen it consume others. Watching those people destroy their lives by being obsessed with vengeance keeps the "man" in "Batman."

[redplague888]

Heeeeey, you're good! I never thought of it like that. You opened my eyes up to something rachel. Thanks!

[rachelthedemon]

Thanks. It's something TAS really built his character on through episodes like "It's Never Too Late," "Robin's Reckoning," and "Day of the Samurai." But Alfred's quote from Mask of the Phantasm finally put it out in the open: "Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce. I've always feared that you would become that which you fought against. You walk the edge of that abyss every night, but you haven't fallen in and I thank heaven for that."

[YaoiHuntressEarth]

That's very true.  It's what makes Batman's villian so wonderful.

[kyletonarella]

i know how he feels poor guy