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April 7, 2001 TV Episode The Zeta Project

Studio
Warner Bros. Television Animation
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

After IU7 attacks Zeta in a shopping mall, Batman gets his hands on damaged video footage and mistakenly believes Zeta has reverted to killing. Feeling responsible for letting Zeta run free, Batman sets out to hunt down his former friend.

Characters

Zeta/Zee, Rosalie "Ro" Rowan, Agent James Bennett, Agent West, Agent Lee, Terence "Terry" McGinnis/Batman, Bruce Wayne, Dr. Rashad, SWAT Captain

Credits

Directing

Director
Jim Maltby

Producing

Producer
Robert Goodman, Liz Holzman
Executive Producer
Jean MacCurdy
Supervising Producer
Alan Burnett
Associate Producer
Haven Alexander

Writing

Writer
Rich Fogel
Assistant to Writers
Xandy Sussan

Voices

Voice
Diedrich Bader (Zeta/Zee), Julie Nathanson (Rosalie "Ro" Rowan), Kurtwood Smith (Agent James Bennett), Michael Rosenbaum (Agent West), Lauren Tom (Agent Lee), Will Friedle (Terence "Terry" McGinnis/Batman), Kevin Conroy (Bruce Wayne), Hamilton Camp (Dr. Rashad), Lionel Mark Smith (SWAT Captain), Eli Marienthal (Young Zee)

Crew

Production Design
Rosalina Tchouchev
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Hargreaves
Music Mixer
Mako Sujishi
Production Coordinator
Steve Kindernay
Voice Director
Andrea Romano
Animatics
Justin Schultz
Character Designer
Ovi Nedelcu

Production notes

In this spin-off from the blockbuster animated series Batman Beyond, futuristic vehicles, weapons and technology meld with the touching and humorous story of two misfits who need each other to survive in a dangerous world. Zeta was originally designed as a weapon, but is now a renegade, searching for his creator. Travel to tomorrow for a heartfelt kaleidoscope of adventure.

Reviews

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orient_celtsApril 2, 2004

I watched this episode yesterday and now I'm pinching myself for not keeping close attention to the series. The highlights of the episode were: Z transforms to a little kid in order to process fun leading him to be befriended by a kid, the scene between the doctor explaining Z about the newest scanning hospital equipment, the hospital bedside scene where Z questions himself whether he should let Ro continue to accompany him in his search for the developers, Batman mistakes Z as the originator of the mall rampage lastly, the final destruction of the other infiltration unit at the hospital. The incidences of mistaken identities made by Batman against Z heightened the already suspenseful segment since the second infiltration unit seemed unstoppable and I had thought Z would be destroyed. The story was good and I didn't see immediately that the hospital's scanning equipment would be instrumental in destroying the 2nd infiltration robot. I enjoyed watching the episode and I can't wait what will happen next.