Television
Batman: The Animated Series
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Man-Bat was the first villain to appear in DC Animated Universe. He appeared in the pilot "On Leather Wings", unfortunately this was his only appearance. The next Man-Bat seen was actually his wife in "Terror in the Sky". Finally, Langstrom made an appearance in "Tyger, Tyger". This version of the character is relatively unchanged from his comic counterpart; he was voiced by Marc Singer, with Man-Bat voiced by Frank Welker.
Batman Beyond
In this series, the trend of"splicing", which involves combining both animal and human DNA, has become a fad. Terry McGinnis (the Batman Beyond) is captured by the leader of the splicers, Abel Cuvier aka Chimera, and is injected with vampire bat DNA. His new appearance resembles that of Man-Bat. He is later turned back to normal by Wayne.
The Batman
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Man-Bat appeared three times in the cartoon The Batman. His first appearance was in "The Man Who Would Be Bat". He later appeared in "Pets" and "Rumors". This version had a complete change from his counterpart: He is unmarried, he works for Wayne Corp, he's a little more paranoid and crazy, and Man-Bat is white with red eyes as opposed to the traditional brown with yellow. He was voiced by Peter MacNicol.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
In the episode "The Last Bat on Earth!" when Batman is transported to the future, to the time of Kamandi and Dr. Canus, to capture the time traveling Gorilla Grodd, who has taken control of the apes of that time period, Batman needs some items from the Batcave. When they go into the Bat-Cave, he finds that the cave is occupied; occupied by "Man-bat" looking creatures, which, like the current animals of this time period, can talk. Somewhat angry that his cave is being used as a roost (like he doesn't use as one either...), Batman and Kamandi drive them out, after defeating their leader. Later in the episode, they decide that,
You fight as one of us. You fly like one of us. We will fight with you, Batman.
So, they help them defeat Grodd, his army and "Tiny". The actual 21st century Man-bat has yet to appear.
Beware the Batman
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A more heroic version of Man-Bat appears in this series, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes. He is initially a scientist who is forcibly mutated by his own work after being held hostage by Professor Pyg and Mister Toad. The two villains force him to do their bidding, but he is eventually rescued by Batman and Katana. In the finale, he joins the show's version of the Outsiders.
Justice League: Gods & Monsters Chronicles
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The heroic version of Kirk Langstrom appears in this spin-off, with Michael C. Hall reprising his role from the movie. Like in the film, this version of Kirk Langstrom is Batman rather than Man-Bat.
Harley Quinn
Man-Bat appears in multiple episodes of Harley Quinn, most memorably as Harley and Poison Ivy's defense attorney during a "kangaroo court" that Two-Face was putting them through.
Animated Films
Son of Batman
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Kirk Langstrom appears in the movie, voiced by Xander Berkley. In the film, Deathstroke kidnaps Langstrom's wife and daughter in order to force him to create the Man-Bat formula for the League of Assassins. He is also responsible for the mutagen used by Killer Croc. Langstrom and his family are later rescued by Batman and Robin.
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts
Man-Bat appears as one of the villains in the movie, voiced by Phil LaMarr.
Justice League: Gods & Monsters
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Kirk Langstrom appears as one of the main characters in this film, voiced by Michael C. Hall. In this alternate universe, Langstrom is the anti-hero known as Batman, albeit with a more lethal method of fighting crime. Flashbacks reveal that while in college, Kirk was diagnosed with cancer, and developed a potential cure from his research on bats. While the cure worked, it had the unforeseen side effect of transforming him into a bloodthirsty vampire. After being found by this reality's version of Superman, Langstrom joined the Justice League.
Video Games
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