# New alleged casting list for next Batman movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alleged-casting-list-for-next-batman-movie/477695 "2008-12-18T03:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alleged-casting-list-for-next-batman-movie/477695/61 "2008-12-19T14:42:18Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Second, why would a ninja drag a smaller, weaker, less stealthy, less intimidating apprentice into battle? I think the obvious answer is from the _Tiny Toons_ episode “The Return of Batduck.” Plucky was The Duck Knight, battling evildoers from the shadows, while they aimed their guns at Decoy, the Pig Hostage! Why else would a ninja superhero dress his less stealthy sidekick in red and green, with a big yellow circle over his heart? ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alleged-casting-list-for-next-batman-movie/477695/62 "2008-12-19T14:54:39Z")
Burt Ward as Batman’s dad. How cooool would _THAT_ be?? ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alleged-casting-list-for-next-batman-movie/477695/63 "2008-12-19T15:19:43Z")
[Eddie Murphy will NOT be playing “The Riddler.”](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28298887/) What’s limp for the bull is chilly for the cook. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-alleged-casting-list-for-next-batman-movie/477695.md?page=3)