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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Yeah, he appeared in that and the Mystery of the Batwoman movie, which is where they gave him that horrid accent.

I think his appearance in TAS was to show that he was really only a one trick pony and there was nothing more behind his character other than a marketing gimmick.

The crazy part about the accent in the Batwoman movie is he was voiced by Hector Elizondo who has Puerto Rican ancestry but man it just doesn't go too well with Bane. Some people say the voice was also too soft and to a point I agree but when I hear Silva's latter version I think Bane can work with a non-heavy voice.

Poor Bane. As we have said he really was just a gimmick villain upon his premiere regardless of whether or not he was well done. I think he was solidly delivered from the start but was never meant to be played out beyond Knightfall. But then he came back in Bane of the Demon and Legacy and he was awesome again! Then years later Gail Simone kinda reinvented him for Secret Six and I thought it really worked to show his evolution into a more chill guy. Then the new 52 happened and he's back to a drug dependent monster state. He's one of my favorite Batman villains but it all rides on some of his earliest stuff and the rare occasions that other media gets him right.