Merry Little Batman

Merry Little Batman is a Christmas movie produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on characters from DC. Originally planned for Cartoon Network's ACME Night block and previously a Amazon Prime Video exclusive by Amazon MGM Studios, it is now a national direct-to-digital release.

Summary[]

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An animated family action comedy destined to join the rogue's gallery of classic holiday movies. When a six-year-old Damian Wayne finds himself alone in Wayne Manor, he must transform into "Little Batman" in order to defend his home and Gotham City from the crooks and super villains intent on destroying Christmas.

Song[]

"All I Really Want for Christmas" - Lil Jon

Cast[]

Voice actor/actress	Character(s)
Luke Wilson	Bruce Wayne/Batman
Yonas Kibreab	Damian Wayne/Little Batman
James Cromwell	Alfred
David Hornsby	The Joker Fireman
Dolph Adomian	Mr. Freeze Annoyed Man
Michael Fielding	Terry
Brian George	The Penguin
Theresa McLaughlin	Poison Ivy
Cynthia McWilliams	Vicki Vale
Natalie Palamides	Francine
Reid Scott	Commissioner Gordon
Chris Sullivan	Bane
Keith Ferguson	Scratch voice match for Luke Wilson
Carmen Infantino	Himself
Therese McLaughlin	Hostage Woman Concern Citizen
Cynthia McWilliams	Police Dispatch Angry Shopper Band Leader
Natalie Palamides	Shopper Mom
Bumper Robinson	Food Court Dad Worried Man
Isaac Robinson Smith	Hostage Man Store Clerk Police Officer
Roger Craig Smith	Flashback Cop
Fred Tatasciore	Santa Scarecrow Crazy Man
Courtenay Taylor	Kid Shopper Worried Woman

Accolades[]

The movie was nominated for the 2024 Annie Award for Best Character Design - Feature, with David Hornsby's portrayal of the Joker also being nominated for Best Voice Acting - Feature. However, it lost both awards to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Nimona, respectively. It is currently nominated for the 2025 KidScreen Award for Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie in the Kids category.

Gallery[]

Merry Little Batman – Official Trailer - Prime Video

External links[]

Merry Little Batman at the Internet Movie Database
Merry Little Batman at the Movie Database
Merry Little Batman at Behind the Voice Actors
Merry Little Batman at RetroJunk.com

Warner Bros.

Movies
Warner Bros. Pictures	Christmas in Connecticut • Gremlins • Lethal Weapon • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation • Batman Returns • Jack Frost • The Polar Express • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • Fred Claus
New Line Cinema	The Long Kiss Goodnight • Elf • The Nativity Story • Four Christmases • A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas • The Conjuring 2 • Collateral Beauty • Shazam! • 8-Bit Christmas
Blue Ribbon Content	A Christmas Story 2 • A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
Warner Bros. Television	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure • The Year Without a Santa Claus • Christmas on the Square

Live-action television episodes
**Friends and Joey**	"The One With the Monkey" • "The One With Phoebe's Dad" • "The One Where Rachel Quits" • "The One With the Girl from Poughkeepsie" • "The One With the Inappropriate Sister" • "The One With the Routine" • "The One With All the Candy" • "The One With the Holiday Armadillo" • "The One With Monica's Boots" • "The One with Ross's Step Forward" • "The One With the Creepy Holiday Card" • "The One With Christmas in Tulsa" • "Joey and the Plot Twist" • "Joey and the Christmas Party"
DC Comics	"Season's Greedings" • "Home is Where the Hurt Is" • "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" • "Lexmas" • "Gemini" • "Year's End" • "Three Ghosts"
Other shows	"A Semi-Merry Christmas" • "Mel, the Magi" • "Mel's Christmas Carol" • "'Tis the Season to Be Jealous" • "A Christmas Story" (Growing Pains) • "The Kid" • "It's Not Easy Being Green" • "A Christmas Story" (Just the Ten of Us) • "Santa Goes Downtown" • "Let It Snow" • "The Night Court Before Christmas" • "Santa on the Lam" • "Have Yourself a Merry Winslow Christmas" • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel" • "Christmas is Where the Heart is" • "Miracle on Elm Street" • "Fa La La La Laagghh!" • "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" • "Deck the Malls" • "The Christmas Show" • "The Man Who Canceled Christmas" • "Christmas Day-Ja Vu" • "A Country Christmas" • "The Gift" • "A Miracle Happens Here" • "Homeless for the Holidays" • "Do You See What I See" • "The Miracle Worker" • "How the Finch Stole Christmas" • "The Greatest of Gifts" • "I'll Be Home For Christmas" • "Hindsight" • "Twas the Night" • "All About Christmas Eve" • "City of Mercy" • "Meet the Cuban Parents" • "Christmas Punch" • "A Clear and Presentless Danger" • "George is Being Elfish and Christ-Misses His Family" • "Santa's Secret Stuff" • "A Very Supernatural Christmas" • "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" • "The Maternal Congruence" • "The Santa Simulation" • "The Cooper Extraction" • "The Clean Room Infiltration" • "Christmas" (The Middle) • "A Simple Christmas" • "A Christmas Gift" • "Christmas Help" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Christmas Wall" • "Not So Silent Night" • "A Very Marry Christmas" • "The Christmas Miracle" • "It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas" • "Jolly Red Elf" • "The World Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" • "Santa's Village of the Damned" • "Walnuts and Demerol" • "Warning, It's Dirty" • "One False Move, Zimbabwe!" • "Give Santa a Tail-Hole" • "On Vodka, On Soda, On Blender, On Mixer" • "Family, Bublé, Deep-Fried Turkey" • "Home for Christmas" • "Jingle Bell Glock" • "The Walk-Out" • "Yule Never Know" • "Merry Ex-Mas" • "A Very Carrie Christmas" • "Veronica's Christmas Song" • "Veronica's Secret Santa" • "An Echolls Family Christmas" • "One Angry Veronica" • "Hell Hath No Furies"

Animated productions
Looney Tunes and related shows	The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives • Bedtime for Sniffles • Gift Wrapped • Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales • "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" • "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" • "Jingle Boo" • "The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert" • "A Christmas Plotz" • "Little Drummer Warners" • "No Time for Christmas" • "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" • "It Happened One Night Before Christmas" • "In Arms Way" • "The Twelve Days of Christmas" • Christmas Eve with Yakko, Wakko & Dot • "Noel" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Banks of the Delaware River" • "Feather Christmas" • "Yule Be Sorry" • "Christmas in July" • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • "A Christmas Carol" • "Tis the Seasoning" • "Winter Blunderland" • "The Legend of Burrito Monday" • Bugs Bunny's 24-Carrot Holiday Special • "Looneyburg Lights" • "How the Brain Thieved Christmas" • "Santamaniacs" • "Winter Blunderland"
DC Comics	"Christmas With the Joker" • "Holiday Knights" • "Frozen Out" • "Comfort and Joy" • "Storybook Holiday" • "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" • "Second Christmas" • "The True Meaning of Christmas" • "Halloween v Christmas" • "Teen Titans Save Christmas" • "Party Animal" • "Beast Boy on a Shelf" • "Christmas Crusaders" • "A Holiday Story" • "The Great Christmas Caper"
Hanna-Barbera co-productions	"A Dickens of a Christmas" • A Scooby-Doo! Christmas • "Ho Ho Horrors" • Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale • Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers • "The Plight Before Christmas" • "Scary Christmas" • "Scroogey Doo" • "It's a Wacky Life" • "Dashing Thru the Snow" • "Signed, Sealed and Wacky" • "The Spirit of Frostnos" • Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land
Other cartoons	"Yuletide and Redtide" • A Cool Like That Christmas • "Santa Mask" • The Polar Express • "The Match Before Xmas" • A Miser Brothers' Christmas • "Da Grinchy Code / Duck" • "FROST / Undercover Claus" • "Fantastic Four Christmases / Red and White Collar" • Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas • "Christmas in Oz" • "Top of the Naughty List" • "Mandora Saves Christmas" • Beebo Saves Christmas

Albums
Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas • A Hip-Hopera Christmas • Merry Christmas: Animaniacs & Looney Tunes • The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas • A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas

Christmas Specials Based on Comic Books
DC Comics	"Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper" • Batman Returns • "Christmas With the Joker" • "Season's Greedings" • "Home is Where the Hurt is" • "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" • "Holiday Knights" • "Frozen Out" • "Comfort and Joy" • "Lexmas" • "Gemini" • "Storybook Holiday" • "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" • "Second Christmas" • "The True Meaning of Christmas" • "Halloween v Christmas" • "Teen Titans Save Christmas" • "It's a Superful Life" • "Fortress of Solidarity" • "Super Gift Swap" • Shazam! • "Beast Boy on a Shelf" • "Christmas Crusaders • "A Holiday Story" • "The Great Christmas Caper"
Marvel	"Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas" • "Reinforcement" • Iron Man 3 • "Nightmare on Christmas" • "It's a Wonderful Smash" • Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! • "Jingle Bell Rock" • "The Moon Knight Before Christmas" • "The Present" • "A Very Spidey Christmas" • Spider-Man: No Way Home • "Halted Holiday" / "Merry Spidey Christmas" • The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special • "A Snow Day for Aunt May"
Archie	"A Girl and Her Cat" • "Sabrina Claus" • "Christmas Amnesia" • "Sabrina, Nipping at Your Nose" • "The Christmas Phantom" • "Witchmas Carole" • "Sabrina's Perfect Christmas" • "It's a Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Christmas" • "Chapter Twenty-Two: Silent Night, Deadly Night"
Other companies	The Smurfs' Christmas Special • "Baby's First Christmas" • 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy • We Wish You a Turtle Christmas • "Santa Mask" • "The Tick Loves Santa!" • "The Black Christmas Syndrome" • Richie Rich's Christmas Wish • "The Christmas Aliens" • Gotta Catch Santa Claus • The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol • "The Christmas Star" • O Holy Knight!

Merry Little Batman

Contents

Summary[]

Song[]

Cast[]

Accolades[]

Gallery[]

See also[]

External links[]