led ▁Bat man " ▁where ▁Bat man ▁is ▁pres umed ▁killed ▁and ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁k iller ▁Sid ney ▁Deb ris ▁goes ▁to ▁Thor ne ▁for ▁help ▁and ▁rec ount s ▁the ▁story ▁to ▁the ▁mob ▁b oss ; ▁and ▁" B ane " ▁where ▁Thor ne ▁h ires ▁B ane ▁to ▁kill ▁Bat man ▁but ▁is ▁fo iled ▁when ▁the ▁Dark ▁Knight ▁defe ats ▁B ane ▁and ▁reve als ▁B ane ' s ▁event ual ▁plan ▁to ▁us ur p ▁Thor ne ' s ▁emp ire ▁with ▁help ▁from ▁his ▁tre acher ous ▁secretary ▁Cand ice . ▁He ▁makes ▁minor ▁appearances ▁in ▁" V end etta ", ▁" Sh adow ▁of ▁the ▁Bat , ▁Part ▁I " ▁and ▁" Second ▁Ch ance ". ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁animated ▁series ▁The ▁Bat man ▁briefly ▁featured ▁Thor ne ▁( vo iced ▁by ▁Victor ▁Brand t ) ▁in ▁its ▁pilot ▁episode ▁" The ▁Bat ▁in ▁the ▁B elf ry ". ▁Imp licit ly ▁one ▁of ▁Goth am ' s ▁last ▁" normal " ▁crime ▁b oss es , ▁he ▁is ▁quickly ▁app reh ended ▁by ▁Bat man , ▁leaving ▁Goth am ' s ▁under world ▁open ▁for ▁claim ing ▁by ▁Bat man ' s ▁traditional ▁ro g ues ▁gallery . ▁He ▁makes ▁several ▁came os ▁in ▁subsequent ▁episodes , ▁such ▁as ▁" A ▁M atter ▁of ▁Family " ▁and ▁" R um ors " ▁( where ▁he ▁is ▁shown ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁tit ular ▁character ' s ▁capt ives ).