![]() And the show’s bad guy Blight can also be seen among the villains. ![]() The Batcave has racks full of alternate Batsuits, including the Batman Beyond suit. When starting up the Batmobile we hear "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed!" which is the same thing Burt Ward's Robin would say in the show. The back of a magazine has an ad for "Barris Automotive" which is a tribute to the show's Batmobile designer George Barris. Commissioner Gordon's partner is named O'Hara, a nod to Chief O'Hara in the show. There’s also the inclusion of the villain Egghead, a bad guy created for the show played by Vincent Price. And continuing the Adam West Batman love, we hear the theme song a couple times like when we hear the Batmobile’s horn and when Batman beatboxes. TV References While talking about crime in Gotham City, Barbara Gordon’s presentation includes images of Batman: The Animated Series and one of its animated movies, The Mask of the Phantasm, not to mention an image from Frank Miller’s iconic The Dark Knight Returns comic, the cover to Batman’s first comic appearance in Detective Comics #27, and even the Lewis Wilson serials, Batman’s first-ever on-screen appearance You’ll notice that when Alfred suits up, he first wears Adam West’s Bat-suit and then switches to the same domino mask that Alan Napier’s Alfred would wear when he went on missions during the show. There are a lot of custom Batmobiles and other Bat-vehicles in the cave, but there’s also recreations of movie Batmobiles like the Tumbler from Christopher Nolan movies and the Batmobiles from Batman (1989) and Batman Forever. Another Suicide Squad dig comes when Killer Croc swims underwater to simply push a button, a joke about how there wasn’t much point to his role in the movie. When Batman remarks that recruiting a group of criminals to fight other criminals is a stupid idea, he’s taking a swipe at Suicide Squad. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice gets a nod when Batman names Superman as his greatest enemy. And Shreck’s Department Store from Batman Returns can be glimpsed in the city. The Penguin is modeled after Danny DeVito's appearance and he rides the same Duck-mobile seen in Batman Returns. LEGO Joker uses a line borrowed from Jack Nicholson's Joker, "Where does he get all those wonderful toys?" When Batman and Robin are speeding around in the Batmobile and screech to a halt to avoid hitting an elderly lady crossing the street, it’s a nod to a hijacked Batmobile almost doing the same thing in Batman Returns. Batman’s playlist is titled "Let's Get Nuts,” referencing what Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne said to Jack Nicholson’s Joker. There’s a couple more Tim Burton Batman references. When the Joker hijacks the plane (humorously called "McGuffin Airlines," a plot device used to move the story forward), the pilot brings up how Batman always beats him by mentioning the “two boats” from the end of The Dark Knight and “the time with the parade and the Prince music?” from the Joker parade float sequence in Batman (1989). ![]() When Batman and Robin fight together, they hit the bad guys so hard that words describing the impact materialize in the air, a throwback to the signature onomatopoeia used during fight scenes. Speaking of Adam West’s Batman, Robin finds the Bat-Shark Repellant while exploring the cave. All get LEGO-ized as Alfred lists them off, save for 1966’s Batman: The Movie which shows live-action Adam West.
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