Honestly I find this idea of the Terrible Trio as a very interesting foil to Batman. Like him, they're rich as hell guys from Gotham's oldest and wealthiest families who decided to go out at night in animal themed disguises. But they are Batman's opposites in every other way. Bored rich assholes who do this for the thrills and because they think themselves untouchable vs. Batman's selfless crusade to help people. They could have done more with this.

I'd like to see a different version of this episode where the Terrible Trio are Vigilantees for Sport, a kind of warped mirror of Batman, where they take no account for civilian casualties having no care for the common person

One of the easy pitfalls of Batman is the potential glorification of the rich, which is why eps. like this are good. Bruce is the exemption not the rule.

I think the terrible trio have great potential for a modern update. With the trend of “bank robbers w recognizable masks” I think they would be perfect for a opening movie action set piece where batman takes down the world famous bank robbers Mr. Fox Hawk and GW (great white). You could even have a scene transition to a tacky news headline that says “terrible trio trapped!”

Idk i think they have potential

I think this concept could work in live action, but it definitely needs some expansion I think this episode is middle-of-the-road, so I don't hate it as much as Bruce Timm does.

I really like this episode exactly because of what you said about the theming of the episode, with these spoiled, insecure rich guys, and how they compare to Batman, based on how they choose to use their wealth

Pretty much agree with  the sum up of this episode: It's  weak but it's by no means the worst.   They make the Terrible Trio a foil or evil counterpart to what Batman could have been if he'd  gone another route.  Like Bruce Wayne,  The Trio are from elite families  , however while Bruce  became a better  - albeit flawed man who honed his skills , used his resources  to protect the innocent and fight crime, the Trio on the other hand  are a bunch of apathetic  rich thugs , who use their skills to rob and terrorise the elite of Gotham simply just  for kicks  .   As pointed out in the video  The Terrible Trio  would have likely  bought their way out of jail time  -  if  their victims   hadn't  been Gotham's elite families .   Even if you hate the episode, seeing  the leader Fox/ Warren Lawford   really get his comeuppance  in prison   with the added implication that Warren's  cellmate  is going to make his life a living hell or even worse make him a prison wife  is very satisfying. It also  reiterates the Trio were never really men to be feared or repected outside of their wealth . When they're met with an actual physical  threat  they're actually  quite pathetic .

Seeing Fox saying...
I'll get justice!
The best money can buy!
Then seeing him sentenced, and going to a cell with cockroaches, not to mention a big, MEAN guy who is his cellmate, made this a favorite of mine.
Seeing Fox go from a spoiled, overprivileged rich jerk, to a terrified jailbird, is satisfying to me!

I really hate the line in the episode "Scoundrels like these are worse than the Joker. At least, he's got madness as an excuse". It makes it seem like three boring rich guys are worse than one of the biggest mass murderers in the history of the world.

I actually like this episode. It’s opposite of other villains like the joke. It’s not a bad day its a boring day

Not gonna lie, that shot of Batman looming in the darkness while a grown man - wearing a Fox Mask, the symbol of a Predator - runs away scared by Batman reminds me of the scene from JJK where Itadori Yuji chases down Mahito in the mental snowy forest.

Did Gege take homage from Btas? Not sure, but that's a fun idea to think about.

Honestly, every time someone talks about what they think is the worst episode, I end up just being really indecisive about what I think is the worst episode, because even the episodes in this series that aren't the best are still pretty good.
And I definitely wouldn't put this on either the best or worst list.

I met Alan Burnett at a comic con a few weeks ago and he said one of the first Batman comics he read featured The Terrible Trio. He said that after he used them in Batman TAS and The Batman, he was told by others not to use them anymore. I told him that I actually like the episode and it has a great guest cast.

When I was a kid this was my least favorite BTAS episode--but when I rewatched it recently it was OKAY, but I got why I didn't like it as a kid. It went in rather heavy on the psychological profile of three guys that boils down to "they're just assholes". So, for kid me, there wasn't a lot of spectacle here--just some assholes being assholes for several minutes.

I at least liked the idea of Bruce tackling the rest of Gotham's rich and powerful. Shows why he's different from them. Even down to the fact that they have their riches given to them, like Bruce. Animation wise, I can see why though, it wasn't the strongest in the series, compared to Bane, On Leather Wings, Two-Face, His Silicon Soul or Feat of Clay. I would say that I've got Batman in my Basement is still worse.

I remember in 2004 the Batman cartoon; the Terrible Trio were 3 college students who were bullied.  They used Kirk Langstrum/Man-Bat's formula to turn themselves and their bullies to animal hybrids.  Thier's was altered to keep their conscious intact while the bullies gave them their animal mentality.

Ironically this one of my favorite episodes of the series. The villains feel very real verses the usual extremes we see in the rogues gallery. What holds this episode back is that the crimes the Trio commit aren't grand enough. I feel like Batman only gets involved because they effect Bruce Waynes' inner circle.

I was baffled by the hate of this episode. I always thought it was okay.  If anything, it has aged well.

I've always found this episode incredibly satisfying, mainly because there are SO many rich people in real life who I wish would end up like them.

2:31 Hey, it's Steve Korte! He's the DC licensing editor who hired me to pencil a BTAS coloring book in 1998. Nice to see him pop up in this video!