<P> In the 1960s Batman television series and its 1966 movie offshoot, Robin (Dick Grayson) was played by Burt Ward . </P> <P> In DC Comics related cartoon series, produced by Filmation and Hanna - Barbera throughout the 1970s and 1980s, such as the Super Friends, Robin (Dick Grayson) was voiced by Casey Kasem or Burt Ward . Both the live - action and animated versions wore the standard Robin costume, much like the film serial versions of the 1940s . He is not paired with Batman in the Cartoon Network programs Justice League and Justice League Unlimited due to the Bat - Embargo which limited the use of Batman - related characters from any media source outside of the new Batman Begins movie franchise and The Batman animated series . </P> <P> The Dick Grayson version of Robin made his first appearance during the first season of Batman: The Animated Series (1992--1995), voiced by Loren Lester . He only made occasional appearances due to Bruce Timm's insistence that Batman worked best as a solo hero as already proven in the first two Burton films . The second season was known as The Adventures of Batman and Robin, as per orders of the Warner Bros. executives who wished for more frequent appearances of Robin to be made throughout the season . </P> <P> The Tim Drake version of Robin appears as the second incarnation in The New Batman Adventures (1997--1998). This continuity does not include Jason Todd by name, but the cartoons describe Drake as a combination of all three Robins . Versions of the Carrie Kelley (Anndi McAfee) and 1950s (Brianne Siddall) Robins, both in the original costume, also make short appearances on the show in a dream sequence from the episode "Legends of the Dark Knight". </P>

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