Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (also known as
Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker in Europe and Australia) is a 2000
direct-to-video animated film featuring the comic book
superhero Batman and his archenemy,
the Joker. It is set in the
continuity of the animated series
Batman Beyond, in which Bruce Wayne has retired from crime fighting, giving the mantle of Batman to high school student
Terry McGinnis, and serves as a sequel to both and
The New Batman Adventures. As in the TV series,
Will Friedle and
Kevin Conroy star as Terry McGinnis and Bruce Wayne, respectively.
Mark Hamill, who played the Joker opposite Conroy in
Batman: The Animated Series and
The New Batman Adventures, reprises his role.