Origin of Clayface

[WPstudios009]

he looks scary in arkham city

[ReeceDogg100]

1:48 Bad luck for 7 years.

UNLUCKY!!!!

[CidTheNinja]

the animation is insanely well done

[xkeo21]

0:37, Blowjobs ?

[thelizard1111]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha 7:06 to 7:28 is funny

[ReeceDogg100]

@thelizard1111 ?

[thelizard1111]

poor clayface all he wanted is a cure but the fuckin batman didnt let him.why does batman do that

[mkoo]

Now that was a performance of a lifetime

[cookiecrispfiend666]

Wow this is bad ass :-)

[GoldenGyroBalls]

Geez, when did the comment section for this vid turn into a Nolan hate-fest? Every artist has a different take on Batman. There's no definitive Batman; He just is.

Anyway, this pit is pretty fucking amazing. At once terrifying and saddening.

[Ruach]

To be fair this was about the only cartoon that was this good when it came out... or ever for that matter. It's like comparing everything to the best thing you've ever seen.

[bb072010]

Por clay face

[LeSage013]

"I know who I am! I'm the dude playin' the dude disguised as another dude!"

Sorry, can't resist when I watch the breakdown scene. XD

[LeSage013]

God... the clayface's back story got me teary eyed... as do all the back stories of the villains in BTAS.That's how all monsters began... human, and hurt.

[trust626]

i wonder if we'll ever see clayface batman movie

[EdgeHeadFUHaters]

"A death scene so real...it fooled us all."

*Spoilers, don't read ahead if you are playing Arkham City.*

Joker's ending in that game. You never know, it might not be Mark Hamill playing him but once again, you never know.

[drzerogi]

It's missing the part where he confronts Dagget. Great scene.

[misty11]

7:31 to 8:17

when he talks like that and with the music.... it made this one of the BEST endings in the animated Batman series in history. and when clayface started laughing i got goosebumps through my entire body.

[smileyboy2021]

clayface made me like transformations :D

[NukemToTheGrave]

Haha, Seawater for analysis

[DANI476]

clayface is like the sandman of marvel....only he's made out of clay

[NukemToTheGrave]

@DANI476

of marvel?

[ThePinkMan]

@NukemToTheGrave Marvel, as opposed to DC. They're comic book companies. DC produces Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman among other titles. Marvel produces Spider-Man, Hulk, X-men, and many more. 

[TheodoreMcFail]

Clayface just wanted some attention.

[MarkArandjus]

So... much... good.... production!!!!

[sloud5432]

this brings back memories. this scared the fuck out of me when i was a kid...

[BigTWhitz]

"seawater for analysis" is the new crimson fever

[kire501]

Badass

[thedowner]

I like this version of clayface the best.

[Harrawesome]

Wow! You can even form clothes out of your skin! LOL!

[Johnlindsey289]

@Harrawesome

That's a good line

[Supermanlova22]

Clayface is the most badass villian ever

[sswriter09]

I wish cartoons were still this dark and gritty. Every time I see an action cartoon on TV now I find myself wishing the writing was as good as this was.

[Wookieman008]

@sswriter09 Each series has something that makes it special, I fail to see the reason why people need to compare cartoons to one another.

[TheSilverPhoenix100]

seriously one thing this show did and did very well was make even the most b list villians seem intresting Clay face, Mr freeze, Harley Quinn all such awsome and amzing characters

[rubberduckDKify]

LOL! it was just sea water!

[fangthelycan]

DC really knows how to make sympathetic villains.

[gdf40]

Is it just me, or is 5:32 to 5:59 just the most gorgeous piece of character animation out there?

[JoeRobot17]

I remember watching this:D I loved it

[CrazyGamerDragon64]

I like the end "You know what I would have given for a death scene like this? Too bad I won't be able to read the notices." Nice line

[beachannarutoman]

all i have to say is best batman show ever

[RoboJules]

Jesus Christ, Nolan's dry, forcefully dark shtick ain't got nothing on what TAS accomplished in a mere 30 minute episode. This is why I still watch this series to this very day; it's a true masterpiece to be remembered.

[TheKamacuras]

HOLY FUCK! RON PERLMAN!

[TheGreatIbbolia]

How did he fool Fox? That's not hard, Seth Macfarlane does it all the time.

[jagatome]

this was an awesome show when it was on and still is. gotta love how freaking intense they made it and to think it was a kids.

[mccinable25]

Should have had clayface in the new movie

[alphakellen]

@mccinable25 I know! I think he would have been an awesome addition. But I think that would be too far fetched for Nolans taste.

[WebVManReturns]

I don't even think the comic book series had writing as good as Batman: The Animated Series.

[Sakor998]

@WebVManReturns Some comics had better writing.

[stefanocts]

@WebVManReturns yeah if you think about it, the writing started to progress around a bout the same time as the animated series

[fwwaller]

my favorite episode of the whole series

[yogurtpimp]

Gees... what a whiny little bitch.

[TheBriansDenn]

Another good guy gone bad cause he was fucked by some corporate dick head. *sigh*

[ChuggerNutts]

Anyone else flinch every time Batman punched the wall?

[Pengalor]

Anyone know which Batman this was? I would love to catch this series.

[badguy254]

@Pengalor batman: the animated series

[hentaipanda07]

1.56-1.58 ... don't worry Matty , it's happened to the best of us !

[kendrat199]

Naked Bruce Wayne doesn't have any genitals...

[EclipseHedgehog]

teddy may be a tad gay but at least he's trying to cheer Matt up like a good friend should.

[hentaipanda07]

@EclipseHedgehog

With a name like Teddy , was there ever any doubt ?

[ButterflyWars]

Clayface kinda looks like Juggernaut in this cartoon.

[mithers123]

BATMAN, The greatest American Superheroes of all Time.

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I like Spawn alot also

[1spacemannsam]

clayface vs sandman

[Ninearm]

IT WAS THE PERFORMANCE ... OF A LIFETIME !!!!

[MrHarrylime79]

For me this was the best episode in the series (there were so many great ones but this was the best).

It focused as all good Batman stories did on the tragedy of the villain's story. This made the cartoon as adult as it was for children. Many episodes had similar depictions of other villains and this made for great TV.

[Johnlindsey289]

@MrHarrylime79

Indeed, loved it since 11 and even my mom and 20 year old bigger brother who was a DC/Marvel fan liked it

[chucktestaable]

I shit bricks when I was kid after watching it.

[Wierdperson31]

It's a shame Clayface never got cured. They just decided it would be easier to kill him off.

[TwittSoup]

Ron Perlman is incredible

[Wizard8166]

See, before it became "New Batman Adventures", Clayface was a great character... then they made him more sadistic...

[Superbat577]

Definitely one of my favorite episodes. The writing and animation was great and the "death" and ending scene was a great example of how incredible the series was.

[HeyYoKillEmo]

As a kid....this show was Incredible!Yes, with a capital "I".

[DerpKlown]

id freak the fuck out if i saw a crazy bitch laughing

[CrimsonNineTail]

They say that Clayface's morphing was Warner Bros Animation best achievement in animation.

Also Ron Pearlman as Clayface FTW :)

[rang3r34]

Read the Legends of the Dark Knight comic called "Clayface: I, Clay" I think it was from the mid 90s. VERY cool Clayface story done in a cool 1940's fashion!

[Johnlindsey289]

@rang3r34

Oh yes i like that one, Clayface is my second fave villain from Batman with Joker being number one and Two-Face is number 3

[rang3r34]

@Johnlindsey289 Bane is another favorite of mine too!!

[Johnlindsey289]

@rang3r34

Yes he's cool while i also like Catwoman (originally a villain now anti-heroine), Phantasm, Croc, Poison Ivy (Hubba hubba), Harley (Double hubba hubba), RedHood, Riddler, Penguin, Scarecrow, Mad Hatter and Professor Milo. You remember Milo? the Moe from 3 Stooges lookalike voiced by Treat Williams? and Captain Clown will always be the greatest henchman ever.

[rang3r34]

@Johnlindsey289 Yes! Great characters and AWESOME voice talent and deep stories in TAS! Better than most stuff on TV these days.

[Johnlindsey289]

@rang3r34

did you think Hagen when deformed looked like Roland Reagan?

[rang3r34]

@Johnlindsey289 LOL!! Kinda!

[Johnlindsey289]

@rang3r34

What is your opinion on Ron Perlman as the voice of Matt/Clayface?

[rang3r34]

@Johnlindsey289 Awesome. I didn't even know it was him til a while back! He was also HooDoo Brown in the video game "Gun" and Justice in Afro Samurai. All three are 5 star performances!

[rang3r34]

THIS is the BEST Batman ever. Bale is pretty close, though.

[Johnlindsey289]

@rang3r34

Kevin Conroy is awesome as Batman and wasn't Perlman perfection as Clayface/Matt Hagen?

[GeoMan123451]

Christ, intense much?!

[Johnlindsey289]

Wouldn't it be nice if ReNUyu was for real? that could help people with imperfections and wrinkles, it's better than cosmetic surgery. Who would have loved to see a Brave and The Bold episode with Captain Marvel as a guest star and have BlackAdam with an army of monsters with Clayface, Solomon Grundy, Man-Bat, Anthony Romanus Werewolf, Tygrus, Killer Croc and Etrgrin that attacks Gotham yet our heroes fight them?

[DogoHalibar]

@Johnlindsey289 They'd have to deal with its addictiveness though.

[Johnlindsey289]

@DogoHalibar

I guess your right but what about one that works for 73 hours instead of 24 hours? and what if Clayface fought the other Batman TAS monsters especially the DCAU monster Solomon Grundy i mentioned?

[1moe7]

I'd love to be clayface

[GALVANICSMILE]

This was the best version the new one is shit

[YGP]

This was the most intense animated version of Batman ever. Fucked me up as a kid.

[ilike2setcraponfire]

@YGP what is it called?

[AudioMachine1234]

I actually thought that clayface was a pretty good guy

[aoinatafanboy84]

Funny that this is probably the point that got him to now be the voice and body of Hellboy.

[VaciliNikoMavich]

Mustache man gasps too much xD

[aimzsuth]

some of the shapes made by the lump of clay at the end r genitals u can see if u slow it down lol

[viciousclan]

Starting at 0:51 to 1:43 is what Spiderman 3's Venom/Eddie Brock & Spiderman/Peter Parker should've gone through. The movie could've been about Peter and Eddie's struggle with the symbiont: mentally, physically and socially. Instead Sam Raimi decides he knows whats best for a Spiderman movie and hands us that bile of a movie. Hey Sam hears a suggestion, go into seclusion and read up on Spiderman for about 5 yrs then come back with some type of vision and RESPECT for SOMEONE else's creation.

[ShadowSonic2]

@viciousclan The whole Venom story was forced on the movies in the first place, since the original plot had nothing to do with the symbiote or Brock. If Raimi had been told back when he did SM2 that Venom would be the third movie he'd have included Brock earlier and developed him properly for SM3's story. Most of SM3's problems were due to Avi Arad, not Raimi.

[Crimsonjett]

This show was brilliant, loved watching it every morning growing up. Clayface really creeped me out as a kid though. Harley Quinn and Clayface it's criminal that two of my favourite Batman villians have yet to make an appearance in the recent Batman movies.

[Blasted2Oblivion]

while I do think clayface was one of the best villains ever, my obsession with correction forces me to point out that he could change his basic shape but he wouldnt be able to change his size without breaking at least one law a physics. Thats not even to mention the massive heat buildup the constantly shifting form would make.

[videogamenostalgia]

@Blasted2Oblivion To be fair, you're talking about a cartoon where a man has every cell in his body changed into clay and is able to function more-or-less the same as usual, so scientific issues with the shape changing process should be the least of your problems...

[Blasted2Oblivion]

@videogamenostalgia very true. A bigger problem is that I am spending time to actually notice and point out mistakes like that.

[MrKennash05]

Ah poetic justice. 

[hamsterminator]

For some reason this episode really scared me when I was younger :s

[Shizzmonger]

@hamsterminator me too dude

[jpez563]

@hamsterminator i could see y

[HuggumsMcgehee]

@hamsterminator Glad I'm not the only one.

[MaverickXIII]

@hamsterminator i always thought scarecrow was scary/creepy as a kid, he just gave off this eerie aura when he shows up

[peadarrock12]

@hamsterminator Me too.

[alphakellen]

@hamsterminator For some reason? Haha I think it's pretty obvious why. His death scene was jacked up haha

[TehPiemaygor]

It said sea water. Way to bluff batman.

[croadjar]

why didnt the idiot just close his fuckin eyes!

[aoinatafanboy84]

@croadjar If you would notice, Hagen didn't even LOOK at the photos when he was transforming or if he did. It was at a glance and nothing focused.

[makemoneyspendmoney]

clayface > sandman

[Malatrova]

@makemoneyspendmoney sorry , clayface was first, he appears in the 50's and Sandman in the 60's

[makemoneyspendmoney]

@Malatrova

Um that's why I said he's better than sandman? lol

[TheFrog606]

no..pictures of myself, my only weekness!!!

[Tirseau]

Ron Perlman is a voice-acting beast.

[TheMeanBeanz]

3:21: Pause. The dark knight points you and says I LIEK CHOCOLATE MILK.

[toshio1334]

So he turned into Fran in the end?

[challengingshout]

There ya gofolks, bruce wayne has no penis

[TheValiantBob]

I think I like Clayface's origin better from the show The Batman. he was Bruce's best childhood friend, and a cop. but then the Joker kidnapped him, and subjected him to crazy experiments and psychological torture. he still though held on to humanity, and thanks to Bruce, helped him turn back on the right track. however, he wanted to kill the Joker to stop him from ever doing that to anyone ever again, and went insane. it is really tragic, much better than the one here.

[redhurricane24]

@TheValiantBob Except it was a mix of The Killing Joke, while Ethan Bennett himself was supposed to be a stand-in for Two Face. The Batman TV show didn't create that origin, it borrowed those elements, whereas the Feat of Clay story was all Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.

[seminoleboy96]

@TheValiantBob why is it almost all of batmans enemies used to be his friends? I mean ur story sounds alot like hush

[aoinatafanboy84]

@seminoleboy96 Two-Face, Penguin, Hush, Black Mask. All either friends of Wayne's personally or family friends. I was wondering the same thing.

[Bacillus4]

@TheValiantBob and yet I prefer the Mr. freeze from this series, with his tragic backstory, than the mindless jewel theif...

[BlushGush]

That Crimson Fever scene stuck in my mind as one of the best scenes ever in this series. Batman has a sense of humor, see.

"You crazy."

Oh, no Sh*t little guy!

[TheFacelessone86]

Ah how I love to see the old Batman animated series from the 90's. I think this version and Batman: Beyond were the only good one's now there is crappy versions -.-...

[aoinatafanboy84]

@TheFacelessone86 The New Adventures of Batman too. It was an intermediary between this Batman and Batman Beyond.

[pete1210able]

Poor Clayface

[GarlandFraser]

1:41 Someone wants to get laid.

[DoubleMiz]

2:43 Seriously ladies - have you ever heard a sexier "I know" in our lives? XD

[BlushGush]

@DoubleMiz Nope, never. Thanks for that Kevin Conroy. On a bad day, his voice will make any woman happy.

[MannPower]

@darkmike126 Don't forget the whole retro-futuristic 1940's pulp serial feel. I think that's what really gave it its charm.

[mydickmilk]

HAHAHAHA DID ANYONE PAUSE IT WHEN THE JAR FELL AND SAW IT WAS ONLY SEA WATER HAHAHAHA!!!!!

[KendoSF13]

Now THIS show had character development down to a T.

[ShanePonMusic]

@KendoSF13 Which Batman series is this?

[KendoSF13]

@ShanePonMusic Batman: The Animated Series

[VenomShock]

Not only was this series among the best that ever played on television...

But this episode in particular is probably the best one. It's so haunting and nightmarish that it's stuck with me since I first saw it. That bit at the end still gives me the chills.

[krivers16]

@VenomShock I am agree with you, it is one of the best episodes, or maybe the best and the animation was awesome. Don't you think that got some resemblance with the symbiote (from Spiderman)?

[TheSilentShane]

For its time, the animation for Clayface was fantastic.

[Raynor9X9]

@darkmike126 you mean the kind of shows that didn't kill braincells? :P

[Raynor9X9]

"Then how did he fool FOX?"

I lol'ed at that

[Bjoolz]

I remember owning this one on VHS. Oh so good, but oh so scary

[TheAltair4]

Clayface would have been awesome in a live action Batman film.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

Indeed and Superman has fought this mount of clay did you know that? and wasn't Ron Perlman awesome as this guy?

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Yep, and Ron was the absolute perfect choice to voice the character.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

Afterall Superman and Green Lantern are some of the only DC JLA characters that can defeat Clayface, even Plastic-man and Shazam (aka Captain Marvel) can stop him. DId you know Ron was also the voice of Driller on POV

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Clayface is definitely one of the stronger, more invincible villains alright. Ron always does great voice work, even as Driller, and he's one of my top favorite character actors. He's a great guy and i was truly honored to have met him as a kid and get his autograph.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

And do you think Matt Hagen looked like Ronald Reagan when disfigured?

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 lol. Yeah, sort of.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

What if Renuyu was for real? i mean one that works for 72 hours instead of 24 hours, that would be helpful for people with imperfections and wrinkles even to remake a face however you choose.

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Well, it would certainly be a lot easier and more convenient than having cosmetic surgery but i would never use the stuff myself. I might OD on it and turn into a clayface myself. lol

[Johnlindsey289]

Perlman rocked! adored this show since i was 11 when it first aired cause i've been a Batman fan since i saw the 1989 movie 5 times in theaters as a kid

[WilldoggDepp]

By far one of the best cartoons of the 90's!

[Johnlindsey289]

@WilldoggDepp

You grew up with this when you were 10 or 11 too? i've been a Batman fan since i saw the 1989 movie in theaters 5 times and even had the comics and merchandise plus saw Batman Returns the same year when i was 11, this show ruled my world.

[ronoc9]

Clayface is definitely one of the most underestimated Batman characters.

[airHaakon]

@ronoc9 hes a great part in arkham city

[ronoc9]

@airHaakon oh he's in it? I heard a rumor before the release but just thought it was a rumor, especially since he was in arkham asylum, but only for a cameo and they didn't let u see him changing. Please tell me he's a boss.

[airHaakon]

@ronoc9 Yes hes a boss, this is a spoiler so dont read if you are gonna play the game.

Hes acctually also the joker. joker gets sick by the virus which made him a monster in the first game. Then the joker infects us with his blood in the arkham city game and we got to get the cure. and in the end the joker supposedly is cured cuz he stole the cure we just found. and we can see that hes ok but really thats just clayface disquesd as joker and the real joker is still sick, so we then fight clayface

[Johnlindsey289]

@airHaakon

Would you like to see Mad Hatter and Professor Milo as other villains in the next game?

[ShadowSonic2]

@ronoc9 Funny thing is, this Clayface doesn't exist in the comics (there are like 7 guys called Clayface there): The writers took the first 3 Clayfaces and merged them together into this guy (the first was an actor, the second was a guy called Matt Hagen and the third was a deformed guy who turned into Clayface from experiments to cure his deformity).

[ronoc9]

@ShadowSonic2 I remember reading that somewhere. Plus, in the "the batman" animated series for WB, I thought it was strange that the made the cop into clay-face. I love this one though, because its fits into a theme throughout the batman series; people's are distorted based on their character (i.e. the joker is a clown, which is made to be comforting to children, but it evil, OR, Bat's a scary, but here's they're good). Clayface was an amazing actor, to the point of literally becoming anyone.

[ShadowSonic2]

@ronoc9 Yeah, since there have been so many Clayfaces (and this one was a combo of three of them) it made sense that "The Batman"'s version of Clayface was a new character as well.

The very first Clayface, from back in the 1940s? He didn't even have superpowers, he was just an actor with really good make-up skills (he was like an evil Lon Chaney) that fooled people.

[pete1210able]

Poor Clayface

[no5W155]

@darkmike126 i apologize for my ignorance, but what does TAS mean? i used to love this show

[sroseify]

@no5W155 TAS stands for The Animated Series :)

[no5W155]

@sroseify thank you:D