Jimmy Humphrey
70 episodes listed below
Fast Batman banter with deep cartoon memory.
Almost Got 'Im follows Batman: The Animated Series with a panel of fans who mix episode recap, release-order trivia, comic history, and loose table talk. The conversation moves quickly, but it keeps circling back to what made stories like Robin's Reckoning, The Laughing Fish, and The Demon's Quest stick.
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Almost Got 'Im is built for Batman: The Animated Series fans who like their rewatch shows conversational, referential, and a little unruly. It is not polished criticism from a distance. It sounds closer to a familiar panel trading memories, jokes, corrections, and very specific DC animation knowledge until the episode under discussion comes into focus. Brandon, Jimmy, and Mike anchor the recent run, with Sean Coutts returning for the Robin's Reckoning two-parter. The show is usually about Batman, but its borders are porous. A Batman episode can lead to Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Smallville, World's Finest, Hush 2, Max becoming HBO Max again, or the many versions of Ra's al Ghul across animation and live action. That sprawl is the point. The hosts keep the main text in view while letting adjacent fandom history explain why a character, design, or release order choice matters. The pacing is quick. Jokes arrive before the previous thought has fully cooled, and the group often leaves in the false starts, self-corrections, and awkward transitions that give the show its texture. Still, it is not random noise. The conversations repeatedly return to concrete episode details: original air dates, episode order oddities, casting choices, animation designs, story structure, cliffhangers, and the emotional weight of episodes like Robin's Reckoning. The Summer Superman specials show the same approach stretched across a broader cape-mythology canvas. Those episodes move from Superman origins and creator-rights history to casting lists, movie reactions, and animated-series comparisons. The result is fan talk with memory behind it. It can be silly. It can be blunt. It can also pause long enough to treat a great animated moment as great. Jimmy's producer role becomes part of the ongoing texture, especially when the group jokes about marathon recordings and editing burdens. Mike's absences and check-ins turn into recurring comic business. The news desk of Summer Gleason gives the show a familiar launchpad for franchise updates before the main discussion begins. Almost Got 'Im works best for listeners who enjoy the connective tissue around a beloved show as much as the episode recap itself. It is a rewatch podcast with a crowded shelf of comics, cartoons, movies, streaming quirks, and half-finished jokes always within reach.
Made for: For Batman: The Animated Series fans who enjoy casual but informed episode talk, DC animation history, and comic-book side paths. It especially suits listeners who like panel chemistry more than tightly scripted critique.
What sets it apart: The show stands out through its energetic group dynamic and willingness to chase every relevant tangent, from Ra's al Ghul voice casting to streaming order weirdness. It feels like fandom history being remembered in real time, not recited from notes.
Join your hosts Brandon and Jimmy as they go through every episode of the groundbreaking 90's classic, Batman: The Animated Series.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Animated Batman becomes a lively critical subject through close observation, adaptation history and the hosts' willingness to argue over small creative choices.
Brandon, Jimmy and Mike treat Batman: The Animated Series as the center of a much larger screen-and-comics history. Their rewatch conversations move from close reactions to an episode into voice casting, character design and the ways figures such as Ra's al Ghul change across…
Batman canon becomes your group chat, where Kevin Conroy, Hush, and even Scampy Grampy all get airtime.
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A loose, Ra's-focused season opener that pairs The Demon's Quest with a Batman Beyond bonus.
Almost Got Him opens its sixth season with Brandon, Jimmy, and Mike returning to Batman: The Animated Series and putting Ra's al Ghul at the center of The Demon's Quest, with a Batman Beyond bonus built around Out of the Past.
A Superman detour driven by cast trivia, design nitpicks, and Batman comparisons.
Almost Got 'Im's Summer Superman Special part 3 widens into Superman: The Animated Series and leans hard on the Batman animation veterans behind it, with Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, Paul Denny, and Dan Reba all in view.
A roomy Superman tour that moves from origins and stories to film, TV, rights history, and a final ice cream memory.
Almost Got Him shifts its usual Batman: The Animated Series lens toward Superman for a World's Finest detour, and the episode covers a lot of ground without pretending to be tidy about it.
The Laughing Fish turns Almost Got 'Em into a loose, useful run through HBO Max news, toys, Hush 2, and Superman plans.
The Laughing Fish uses Almost Got 'Em as a flexible anchor, letting the Batman: The Animated Series favorite sit naturally alongside HBO Max news, toy talk, and a later Hush 2 discussion.
A crossover chat for Batman animation fans who like voice-acting talk and loose, off-the-cuff franchise banter.
Almost Got Him and TurtleCast fold into one crossover episode, with Brandon, Jimmy, Mike, and Billy riffing through a Channel 6-style news bulletin before settling into Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Every Simpsons joke gets its footnotes.
Animation nostalgia, argued the long way around.
Springfield rewatched, argued, and rewritten.
Almost Got Him's season six premiere pairs Batman the Animated Series's The Demon's Quest parts 1 and 2 with Batman Beyond's Out of the Past while Brandon, Jimmy, and Mike mark the podcast's 60-episode Batman the Animated Series milestone.
The hosts and guest Sean Coutts discuss the two-part Batman The Animated Series episode 'Robin's Reckoning', covering its 1993 air dates and episode order discrepancies.
The hosts discuss Batman: The Animated Series episode 50 featuring Zatanna, with humorous banter and a fake news segment about Mike's mountain climbing mishap.
Brandon and Jimmy host a podcast episode reviewing 'The Man Who Killed Batman' from Batman: The Animated Series, originally aired in 1993.
Brandon and Jimmy host a Batman: The Animated Series podcast episode discussing their return to Batman topics after a Superman series and teasing upcoming content.
Almost Got 'Im turns to Superman: The Animated Series.
It turns into Superman day at Almost Got Him.
Brandon, Jimmy, and Mike discuss Batman: The Animated Series episode 46, “The Laughing Fish,” alongside news about DC, Marvel, and Warner Bros.
Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collide as Brandon, Jimmy, Mike, and Billy turn the episode into a cross-posted Almost Got Him and TurtleCast special.
This episode features a conversation with writer Rocko Jerome about his comic book work on Ghost Agents and his fandom for Adam West's role in the Batman: The Animated Series episode 'Beware the Gray Ghost'.
This episode of the Batman: The Animated Series podcast features hosts Brandon and Jimmy discussing Mother's Day, the Kentucky Derby, and turtle races in a casual, humorous conversation.
Hosts Brandon and Jimmy celebrate the one-year anniversary of their Batman: The Animated Series podcast, discussing episode 20 titled 'Vendetta' and reflecting on their journey.
This podcast episode celebrates the one-year anniversary of 'Almost Got 'Im' by discussing the Christmas-themed Batman the Animated Series episode 'Christmas with the Joker'.