Deleted Scenes - The Batman cartoon that never was~

You like Batman?
You like cartoons?

Here's a post about a Batman cartoon that never got made...thankfully?

The classic, the modern and the Bold!

Around the 2000s, with a new Batman movie work in the works, DC wanted a new animated show with the Bat.
What did they do?
What did they try?

Going in a completly different path than Bruce Timm's cartoon, that's what!

The original drawing that started it all.

This is not a fake!
The original idea was inspired by this artwork above.
It would have been called Gotham High, would be a funny/humourous Bat-show featuring a young Bruce Wayne at school. Most classmates would have been some of his rogues redesigned. The idea was pitched by Jeff and Celeste, the artist/writer duo.

Here's the official original synopsis:
"We all go through incredible changes as teenagers: growth spurts, bad skin, a sudden insatiable need to uphold justice and avenge your murdered parents…. Well, that is if you’re Bruce Wayne.
As if being a freshman at Gotham High wasn’t tough enough, Bruce’s insomnia and technological fascinations are taking their toll. Instead of spending his time studying, he has begun to obsess over an emerging personality trait: Batman. But under the watchful eye of his guardian and steward, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce is forced to put his intelligence to good use: graduating high school. But given his classmates, can Bruce survive Gotham High?"

And a comment from the author on this show:
"Hey everybody! We have a huge treat in store for you this week from the Jeff and Celeste vault of awesomeness. Batman is both mine and Celeste’s favorite superhero and some time about a year and a half ago, we were approached to create a spec series based off of an old drawing of mine that we then sent to DC. Unfortunately, the project got lost in the sea of all the other Batman related projects in the works. But hey, it was still fun to make. "

And now some pics to illustrate this cartoon:

It looks like it had potential.... for great things and catastrophe.
Barbara Gordon/future-Batgirl in love with Bruce Wayne doesn't ring right to me, even in a parody....

And don't call this a Teen Titans rip-off. I doubt TT was around when they started working on this (perhaps TT is what came out of this cancelled project?)

Source: via nerdbastards.com