Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (film) arrested. Injured, Batman returns to the Batcave with Kelley, and allows her to become his protégée in spite of protests from his butler, Alfred Pennyworth. Batman has Kelley disguise herself as a Mutant, and she lures the gang to a sewer outlet at the West River. At the Gotham City Police Department, the Mutant leader murders the mayor during negotiations. Commissioner Gordon deliberately releases the leader, providing an escape from the building, which leads to the sewer outlet. Before the amassed Mutants, Batman fights the leader in a mud pit; the mud slows the leader, removing his physical advantage, and
Batman: The Animated Series dialogue from the trailer.<ref name="BTAS/TDKR trailer">BTAS/TDKR trailer on The Hub, Web Video.</ref> "Batman: The Animated Series" has been consistently ranked as one of the greatest animated television shows ever made, as well as the most faithful Batman animated series to date. It has been critically and commercially acclaimed for its sophistication, mature writing, voice acting, orchestrated soundtrack, artistic ambition, and faithfulness to the source material. In its 1992 year-end issue, "Entertainment Weekly" ranked the series as one of the top television series of the year. In his reference book, "Batman: The Complete History", Les Daniels described "The Animated Series" as