<P> Before its release, the film was heavily edited to remove scenes of intense violence, and some dialogue was altered, thus creating the "Not - Rated" version of the film . The original version was subsequently released on DVD following an online petition to have the original version released . It received a PG - 13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for violence, the first animated Batman film and from Warner Bros. Family Entertainment to do so . </P> <P> Mephisto Odyssey and Static - X contributed the song "Crash (The Humble Brothers Remix)" on the film's soundtrack, along with a music video directed by Len Wiseman featured on the DVD . </P> <P> In Neo-Gotham City in 2039, the Joker mysteriously resurfaces after having disappeared 30 years earlier, taking over a faction of the criminal gang Jokerz . Bruce insists that the Joker must be an impostor despite the evidence, claiming to have witnessed the Joker's death after their last battle . Later, Terry and his girlfriend Dana are attacked by the Jokerz at a nightclub while the Joker simultaneously ambushes and attacks Bruce in the Batcave, poisoning him with his trademark toxin and leaving him for dead . </P> <P> At Terry's insistence, Barbara reluctantly tells him what really happened to the Joker--the reason she and Bruce believe him to be dead . Decades earlier in 2009, after Nightwing (Dick Grayson) moved to the adjoining city of Blüdhaven to fight crime on his own, the Joker and Harley Quinn kidnapped Tim Drake, Dick's successor as Robin, disfigured him to look like the Joker, and tortured him for three weeks, at which point Tim revealed Batman's secrets . After the Joker sadistically taunted both Tim and Batman himself, Batman furiously attacked the Joker for what he did to Tim . During the final battle, although the Joker attempted to make Tim kill Batman, Tim turned on the Joker and killed him before suffering a mental breakdown caused by the guilt of murdering . Batman and Batgirl comforted Tim and then buried the Joker's body in a mineshaft deep beneath Arkham Asylum, while Tim was eventually rehabilitated by Dr. Leslie Thompkins but Bruce forbade to him resume his vigilante role . </P>

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