List of "God" utterances in the DCAU
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The following is a list of times in which the phrase "My God!" and other variations has been spoken in the DCAU. During the production of Batman: The Animated Series, such references were very rare in an animated series, since censorship rules generally forbade references to religion, especially when used as a curse. As time went on, it became more commonplace to use the phrase.
| Exclamation | Speaker | Context | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| My God! | Batman | After watching the video of Nora and Victor Fries's cryonic accident. | Batman: TAS, "Heart of Ice" |
| Alfred | Seeing Bruce Wayne become Batman for the first time. | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | |
| Expedition team member | Seeing the submarine crew frozen. | Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | |
| Gregory Belson | Upon recognizing Victor Fries. | ||
| Pedestrian | Seeing a crashing plane falling in her direction. | Superman: TAS, "The Last Son of Krypton, Part III" | |
| Angela Chen | As she recognizes Lois Lane, after thinking she was dead. | Superman: TAS, "Brave New Metropolis" | |
| Pedestrian | As a horde of parademons attack the crowd. | Superman: TAS, "Apokolips... Now!, Part II" | |
| Batgirl | Seeing Tim Drake turned into "Joker Junior." | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | |
| Bruce Wayne | Watching Tim Drake turned into The Joker. | ||
| Oh, my God! | Harvey Bullock | Seeing that Commissioner Gordon has been shot. | Batman: TAS, "I Am the Night" |
| Lana Lang | Running after Clark Kent towards the scene of an explosion. | Superman: TAS, "The Last Son of Krypton, Part II" | |
| Pedestrian | As the crowd sees Mala and Jax-Ur. | Superman: TAS, "Blasts From the Past, Part II" | |
| Female Vacationer | Seeing the tidal wave that is caused by the Prometheon's landing in the sea. | Superman: TAS, "The Prometheon" | |
| Ben Mardon | Seeing a storm brewing above his his brother's cabin. | Superman: TAS, "Speed Demons" | |
| Lois Lane | Seeing a display of Superman clones. | Superman: TAS, "Identity Crisis" | |
| Reporter | As Livewire appears on the press conference. | Superman: TAS, "Double Dose" | |
| Lois Lane | Realizing that she is in another dimension. | Superman: TAS, "Brave New Metropolis" | |
| Lois Lane | Seeing Superman and Supergirl lying unconscious on the ground after being hit by a Kryptonite missile. | Superman: TAS, "Legacy, Part I" | |
| Harley Quinn | Uttered thrice after Bruce Wayne falls down an elevator shaft. | The New Batman Adventures, "Holiday Knights" | |
| Tim Drake | Uttered thrice as the Batboat speeds toward a rock wall. | The New Batman Adventures, "Sins of the Father" | |
| Batgirl | Seeing Mr. Freeze's disembodied head. | The New Batman Adventures, "Cold Comfort" | |
| Barbara | As she steps into the Batcave and realizes Bruce is Batman. | The New Batman Adventures, "Old Wounds" | |
| Batman | Realizing who Annie's "dad" really is. | The New Batman Adventures, "Growing Pains" | |
| James Gordon | When he realizes that Batgirl, who is dying is his arms, is really Barbara. | The New Batman Adventures, "Over the Edge" | |
| Bobbi Sommer | When she sees the "ghost" left a message for her. | Batman Beyond, "Revenant" | |
| Bill Wallace | When he sees what has become of Tony Maychek | Batman Beyond, "Earth Mover" | |
| Dana Tan | When she is surrounded by Ratboy's mutated rats | Batman Beyond, "Rats" | |
| Oh, God! | LexCorp technician | As Brainiac's ship descends from the sky. | Superman: TAS, "Stolen Memories" |
| Trish Mills | As Corey Mills starts behaving erratically. | Superman: TAS, "Prototype" | |
| Girl | Running after Jimmy. | Superman: TAS, "Superman's Pal" | |
| Tim Drake | When he remembers he killed the Joker. | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | |
| Oh, my Lord! | Hamilton Hill | Realizing that the Clock King is the man from the subway years ago. | Batman: TAS, "The Clock King" |
| Dr. March | Realizing that his daughter, Francine, has been infected with the Man-Bat formula. | Batman: TAS, "Terror in the Sky" | |
| Pierce Chapman | Upon seeing Veronica Vreeland chained to a chandelier. | Batman: TAS, "Birds of a Feather" | |
| Hamilton Hill | When Joker starts the countdown on a nuclear bomb. | Batman: TAS, "Harlequinade" | |
| Lois Lane | When she sees Superman strapped to Darkseid's tank. | Superman: TAS, "Apokolips... Now!, Part II" | |
| General Wells | When the Imperium base emerges from the meteorite. | Justice League, "Secret Origins, Part II" | |
| Blond Woman | When the Imperium mother ship surfaces. | Justice League, "Secret Origins, Part III" | |
| My Lord! | Trish Mills | Watching Corey on TV use excessive force. | Superman: TAS, "Prototype" |
| Oh, good Lord! | Alfred | Realizing that Batman had been replaced by a duplicant. | Batman: TAS, "His Silicon Soul" |
| Good Lord! | Sul-Van | Seeing Jor-El wounded. | Superman: TAS, "The Last Son of Krypton, Part I" |
| Professor Felix | As the volcano starts to erupt. | Superman: TAS, "Action Figures" | |
| James Gordon | As Farmer Brown's goat barges in his office and starts talking. | The New Batman Adventures, "Critters" | |
| Alfred | As he realizes who The Judge really is. | The New Batman Adventures, "Judgment Day" | |
| Superman | Witnessing Hades turning Felix Faust into a decrepit state. | Justice League, "Paradise Lost, Part II" | |
| Cop | Noticing Metamorpho as a morphing pile of mud next to a car he accidentally hit. | Justice League, "Metamorphosis, Part I" | |
| Metamorpho | Realizing that he has been set up by Simon Stagg. | Justice League, "Metamorphosis, Part II" | |
| Emil Hamilton | Realising what Lex Luthor's plans with Cadmus were. | Justice League Unlimited, "Panic in the Sky" | |
| Dear Lord! | Alfred | Upon seeing Red Claw has launched a nuclear warhead at London. | Batman: TAS, "The Lion and the Unicorn" |
| Thank God! | Cop | Telling James Gordon a subway crash only caused minor injuries. | Batman: TAS, "The Clock King" |
| James Gordon | Seeing Barbara emerge, unhurt, from the exploding Cybertron building. | Batman: TAS, "Heart of Steel, Part II" | |
| Tina | Seeing Jimmy is unharmed, after being jumped by muggers. | Superman: TAS, "Superman's Pal" | |
| Batgirl | When she wakes up from her dream and realizes that Batman and her father are alive. | The New Batman Adventures, "Over the Edge" | |
| God, no! | Lois Lane | After Clark asks her if she had ever been to Kansas. | Superman: TAS, "The Last Son of Krypton, Part II" |
| Godspeed, lad. | Alfred | As Robin leaves the Batcave to follow the link between Bruce Wayne and Kyodai Ken. | Batman: TAS, "Night of the Ninja" |
| God rest [object]. | Leslie Thompkins | Referring to Thomas Wayne. | Batman: TAS, "Paging the Crime Doctor" |
| For God's Sake. | Arthur Reeves | While trying to resist to the Joker venom. | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm |
| Lex Luthor | Urging Harley Quinn to take control of the Lexwing. | Superman: TAS, "World's Finest, Part III" | |
| Godsend. | James Gordon | Referring to Gil Mason. | Batman: TAS, "Shadow of the Bat, Part I" |
| Joyce Caulder | What she thought the Brain Trust was at first. | Batman Beyond, "Mind Games" | |
| Jeez! | Palmer | While checking counterfeit money. | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm |
| Toby Raynes | Seeing Dan Turpin rebel, and wondering whether's he's crazy. | Superman: TAS, "Apokolips... Now!, Part II" | |
| Amy | Upon seeing the Doomsday Magnet. | Superman: TAS, "Little girl Lost, Part II" | |
| Shuttle captain | Upon being hit by a strange spaceship, she utters the long version "Jeez Louise" | Superman: TAS, "In Brightest Day..." | |
| Arms dealer | After his stash of weapons is destroyed by a stray shot of J-Man. | Batman Beyond, "The Winning Edge" | |
| Cop | Upon seeing D-Struct's rampage. | Static Shock, "The Breed" | |
| Goon | Utters the long version "Jeez Louise" upon seeing the Batman is really the Batwoman. | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | |
| Stargirl | Upon seeing the state of Warlord's army. | Justice League Unlimited, "Chaos at the Earth's Core" | |
| Madre de Dios! (Mother of God!) | Renee Montoya | Upon hearing of Batman's supposed death. | Batman: TAS, "The Man Who Killed Batman" |
| Driver | As he sees Superman and the Flash dashing by the tollbooth. | Superman: TAS, "Speed Demons" | |
| Renee Montoya | Seeing Clayface materialize before her. | The New Batman Adventures, "Holiday Knights" | |
| Please, God, no! | Terry McGinnis | Seeing the chaos at the Batcave caused by Joker's invasion. | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker |
| Vaya con Dios. (Go with God) | Vigilante | To Shayera as she takes off to surrender herself to Paran Dul. | Justice League Unlimited, "Hunter's Moon" |
| Egad (By God) | Penguin | Seeing "Gordon's brat" in the queue in front of the Iceberg Lounge. | The New Batman Adventures, "Joker's Millions" |
| Seeing multiple Batwomen | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman |
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- In Batman: The Animated Series,
"The Lion and the Unicorn", Red Claw mockingly states "God save the Queen". - In Superman: The Animated Series,
"Tools of the Trade", Bruno Mannheim asks "Where in God's name are we?" as he ventures in Apokolips. - In Superman: The Animated Series,
"Warrior Queen", when Sazu warns Maxima that her counselors are waiting, Maxima retorts "Let them wait. God knows I have". Also, later on, Angela Chen sends a "Thank you!" heavenward, after her "prayer" for a new story about Superman is answered. - In Justice League,
"Maid of Honor, Part II", the Kaznian Minister uses the phrase "in the fear of God" while performing the wedding of Vandal Savage and Princess Audrey. - In the most overtly religious episode of the DCAU, Static Shock's "Frozen Out", Static eventually turns to the sky itself to lament his busy schedule, asking if He "ever had one of those days". Apart from identifying Static as a Christian, it also identifies Frieda as Jewish (like in the comics) and Omar as Muslim.
- In Justice League Unlimited,
"The Greatest Story Never Told", Dr. Tracy Simmons says, "Oh, my-" upon seeing her colleague Daniel Brown transformed into a "living black hole", before she is cut off by Booster Gold. - In Justice League Unlimited,
"The Balance", Shayera Hol warns a group of really stupid demons that she is an angel, and they don't want to mess with her "Boss". - In the Justice League Unlimited episode "Epilogue", both Terry McGinnis and Amanda Waller reference "the Lord" in spontaneous dialog.
- Although references to religion are usually barred, Harley Quinn makes a couple of exclamations in Yiddish, a subtle indication that she is Jewish (this was made explicit in the comic book on which the The New Batman Adventures episode "Holiday Knights" was based).
- Dan Turpin of the Metropolis SCU is clearly Jewish, as he also exclaims in Yiddish and his funeral ceremony in Superman: The Animated Series,
"Apokolips... Now!, Part II" is performed by a rabbi.
