The Dark Knight Rises Easter Eggs in DKR

[Broseph44]

The whole Gotham being overrun and cut off from everyone else pretty much just like No Mans Land.

 

[Great Mind(s)]

It's too bad Selina didn't have the LOST numbers on that card...

 

[dmorley21]

I didn't see anyone post this yet, but Fox made a cryogenic sleep joke to Bruce. Seems like a possible reference to Mr. Freeze in the way Two-Face and Catwoman were alluded to in previous films.

 

[scifiwolf]

With all the potential "judges" being mentioned in this thread, I was just thinking how much I can't wait for the Crane gifs when members get banned.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

might be kind of a stretch....

but did Bane in the leather jacket and red helmet, remind anyone else of...

...red hood


if anything it was kinda reminiscent of Bruce in the jacket and helmet in TDK

 

[The Guard]

I figured it was a nod to Chris O'Donnel's Dick Grayson.

 

[Mito88]

I think I was the only one in the theater that got really excited when he showed up.

dont remember this, details?

 

[Just_Human]

I figured it was a nod to Chris O'Donnel's Dick Grayson.

- Is it just me or was Blake wearing a similar jacket when he went to the Batcave ?

- also, little Talia stabbing a prisoner; little Bane did that in the comics

 

[Rowsdower!]

I guess Talia stabbing Batman was a subtle nod to the Ra's line in Batman Begins about walking up behind someone and stabbing them in the heart. It's not really an Easter egg, but if you don't have BB fresh in your mind (or if you haven't seen it WAY too many times like I have) you might miss it.

 

[Victarion]

Was that Nolan, Emma and the kids in the picture Selina picks up? It was where she and Jen were in a ransacked house and Jen's commenting on how great everything is. Selina replied with her "This is (was?) someone's house."

 

[jacobed]

I believe its Nolan's relative who makes it into every movie.

 

[wootbaby]

I guess Talia stabbing Batman was a subtle nod to the Ra's line in Batman Begins about walking up behind someone and stabbing them in the heart. It's not really an Easter egg, but if you don't have BB fresh in your mind (or if you haven't seen it WAY too many times like I have) you might miss it.

Nice one!

Also

- the scene with the fireplace closely resembles the scene with the fire on the frozen lake in BB. Miranda talks about her father, Ras talks about his wife and child

- Bruce keeps saying it's important that Batman "could be anyone" Bane says that the trigger man to destroy Gotham could be any citizen of Gotham

- Batman's mask covers all except the mouth. Bane's mask only covers his mouth

- Selina asks Bruce who are you pretending to be. Bruce says "Bruce Wayne eccentric billionaire

- Blake throws away his gun in disgust after he shoots the thug at the cement factory

- Bane finds Gordon's speech after he orders the thugs who captured him to search Gordon's body the night of the party

- Blake knows where to look for Gordon at the runoff the of sewers because that's where the body of the orphan was earlier in the movie

- the scene where Selina comes in blasting at Bane to save Bruce is reminiscent of female Robin coming in blasting to save Bruce from the Mutant Leader in TDKR

- the fight scene where Bane breaks Batman in front of his minions is reminiscent of both the Mutant Leader breaking Batman in front of his minions in TDKR and the image of Bane from Knightfall

- Bane snapping the handcuffs in that scene is reminiscent of the Mutant Leader snapping his handcuffs while in custody

- Bane snapping Daggets neck is reminiscent of the Mutant Leader in TDKR snapping the neck of the mayor

- Bruce wants to be a symbol for the citizens of Gotham to RISE in BB. in DKR Bane mocks that by calling for the citizens of Gotham to RISE against the system's injustice (effectively instituted by Batman and Gordon)

- it's hinted that Miranda is Talia:
- she sabotages the mission to mark the radioactive trailer by telling Gordon to mark the wrong truck
- the prison doctor tells of patching up Bane after the attack on the child and her mother. but the child who escapes has no wounds
- both the doctor and his assistant in the prison never confirms when Bruce asks them repeatedly if Bane is the child (they stop telling the story or change the subject

- the imagery of Bruce rising from the pit is same as the image of Thomas Wayne rescuing Bruce from where he has fallen at the beginning of BB

- Batman begins when Ras tries to make Bruce his successor. Batman ends when Bruce is able to find his own successor

- Blake refuses to wear "masks" hinting that he will be a new type of hero for Gotham... the one that Gotham needs right now after the death of Batman

- Blake operating in full daylight, unlike Batman hinting that he will be a new type of hero for Gotham... the one that Gotham needs right now after the death of Batman

- Blake's detective work and deductive skills evoke Batman's detective activities in the comics

- the eulogy Gordon reads is from the Tale of 2 Cities

- when showing him the Bat for the first time Fox tells Bruce "you will fix the autopilot"

- Selina Kyle probably came back because like with Blake, the National Guard didnt know about the bomb and probably blew the tunnel she was going to use to escape

- Bruce goes to the exact same cafe that Alfred told him about on the day of Alfred's vacation to see him

- when the special forces guys come to meet Gordon he tells them he has "dozens" of men but after Bane hangs them, there's less than 10 who show up on D Day

- the old guy among "Gordon's men" at the end of the movie is the old timer cop who is a fan of Batman and tells the rookie "boy you are in for a show tonight" and "put that gun away before you hurt yourself"

- like the autopilot modes on the Batmobile in TDK (loiter, intimidate) which can operate independently, the Bat's autopilot evidently had different modes which allowed batman to bail out over the ocean and sent it on fly mode into the ocean. it may in fact have been pre programed for all such contingencies by Batman beforehand

- because it's "clean energy" the residual fallout will have no ill effects on Gotham

- in BB Fox tells Bruce that his father "nearly bankrupted" Wayne Enterprises trying to save the poor, in DKR Bruce nearly bankrupts Wayne Enterprises trying to find clean energy "to save the world"

- the immediate shot of Bruce after he escapes the prison is approaching a large town with many building and telephone poles from which he could contact anywhere in the world

- even in Middle East prison, the tortured doctor knows who Bruce is "he asks how much you will pay us to let you die"

- it's hinted that Bruce has secret accounts independent of Wayne Enterprises (much like Fox keeps the Applied Sciences off the books) as contingencies to use as Batman

- in BB Nolan makes it clear the Bruce has funds other than Wayne stock... he mentions to Earle about "various charitable organizations, trusts and so on" that Bruce used to buy majority share in Wayne Enterprises

- the pearl necklace that Selina steals is the same necklace that Thomas Wayne showed Bruce the day of their murder as a present to Martha. it is the most precious thing in the world to Bruce because his father died when Chill spotted the necklace and pointed the gun to Martha and he put his body in front of him to shield her.

- the necklace is missing after the death of Batman. since it was kept in an "uncrackable" safe that only Batman or Catwoman could break into. it either means Batman is alive or that Selina took the pearls. and given her own sense of honor established in the movie, Nolan's Selina would have never taken the pearls

- it's 23 days between the death of the special ops forces and Bruce's return to Gotham (Bruce makes 2 attempts at climbing out of the pit, so we don't know exactly how many days it was)

- Bane quotes Bruce's training under Ras during their battle "theatricality and deception, powerful agents to the uninitiated"

- Bane first engages Bruce on a landing with little maneuverability to test him before fighting him on the ground

- Batman defeats Bane armed with the knowledge of why he wears that mask from the prison doctor, by focusing on his breathing apparatus in the final fight

- Talia probably never was intimate with Bane. because she calls him her "friend" when they part and there's no physical intimacy

- the face you see when Talia's "protector" in jail is shown is Bane actor Tom Hardy's real face

- Batman and Bane both see themselves as "protectors" (Batman for Gotham, Bane for Talia) and as Ras' "heirs"

- the events in Batman Begins probably occur shortly after Bane's expulsion from the league. it's even possible that after he found Bane lacking, Ras specifically went out to test Bruce as his heir

- Bruce never "beat" Ras or Bane technically speaking. Ras has Bruce beat until he realized that the train was going to crash in BB and he only died because he didn't have the same gear that Bruce had to escape. Although he got the better of Bane, Catwoman is the one who actually kills Bane.

- the blood transfusion during the plane crash from Pavel was to put his DNA into the other victim, so the CIA would confirm him as on the crash



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sooooooo many Easter Eggs. and I'm leaving out at least a dozen others because I can't remember atm.

the awesome thing is how unlike other movies, these easter eggs TIE ACROSS ALL 3 MOVIES like Nolan planted them years in advance

 

[Alvin Draper]

Not really an easter egg but Wade Williams, one of the men escorting Selina Kyle in Blackgate, voiced Black Mask in Under the Red Hood

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Nice one!

Also

- the scene with the fireplace closely resembles the scene with the fire on the frozen lake in BB. Miranda talks about her father, Ras talks about his wife and child

- Bruce keeps saying it's important that Batman "could be anyone" Bane says that the trigger man to destroy Gotham could be any citizen of Gotham

- Batman's mask covers all except the mouth. Bane's mask only covers his mouth

- Selina asks Bruce who are you pretending to be. Bruce says "Bruce Wayne eccentric billionaire

- Blake throws away his gun in disgust after he shoots the thug at the cement factory

- Bane finds Gordon's speech after he orders the thugs who captured him to search Gordon's body the night of the party

- Blake knows where to look for Gordon at the runoff the of sewers because that's where the body of the orphan was earlier in the movie

- the scene where Selina comes in blasting at Bane to save Bruce is reminiscent of female Robin coming in blasting to save Bruce from the Mutant Leader in TDKR

- the fight scene where Bane breaks Batman in front of his minions is reminiscent of both the Mutant Leader breaking Batman in front of his minions in TDKR and the image of Bane from Knightfall

- Bane snapping the handcuffs in that scene is reminiscent of the Mutant Leader snapping his handcuffs while in custody

- Bane snapping Daggets neck is reminiscent of the Mutant Leader in TDKR snapping the neck of the mayor

- Bruce wants to be a symbol for the citizens of Gotham to RISE in BB. in DKR Bane mocks that by calling for the citizens of Gotham to RISE against the system's injustice (effectively instituted by Batman and Gordon)

- it's hinted that Miranda is Talia:
- she sabotages the mission to mark the radioactive trailer by telling Gordon to mark the wrong truck
- the prison doctor tells of patching up Bane after the attack on the child and her mother. but the child who escapes has no wounds
- both the doctor and his assistant in the prison never confirms when Bruce asks them repeatedly if Bane is the child (they stop telling the story or change the subject

- the imagery of Bruce rising from the pit is same as the image of Thomas Wayne rescuing Bruce from where he has fallen at the beginning of BB

- Batman begins when Ras tries to make Bruce his successor. Batman ends when Bruce is able to find his own successor

- Blake refuses to wear "masks" hinting that he will be a new type of hero for Gotham... the one that Gotham needs right now after the death of Batman

- Blake operating in full daylight, unlike Batman hinting that he will be a new type of hero for Gotham... the one that Gotham needs right now after the death of Batman

- Blake's detective work and deductive skills evoke Batman's detective activities in the comics

- the eulogy Gordon reads is from the Tale of 2 Cities

- when showing him the Bat for the first time Fox tells Bruce "you will fix the autopilot"

- Selina Kyle probably came back because like with Blake, the National Guard didnt know about the bomb and probably blew the tunnel she was going to use to escape

- Bruce goes to the exact same cafe that Alfred told him about on the day of Alfred's vacation to see him

- when the special forces guys come to meet Gordon he tells them he has "dozens" of men but after Bane hangs them, there's less than 10 who show up on D Day

- the old guy among "Gordon's men" at the end of the movie is the old timer cop who is a fan of Batman and tells the rookie "boy you are in for a show tonight" and "put that gun away before you hurt yourself"

- like the autopilot modes on the Batmobile in TDK (loiter, intimidate) which can operate independently, the Bat's autopilot evidently had different modes which allowed batman to bail out over the ocean and sent it on fly mode into the ocean. it may in fact have been pre programed for all such contingencies by Batman beforehand

- because it's "clean energy" the residual fallout will have no ill effects on Gotham

- in BB Fox tells Bruce that his father "nearly bankrupted" Wayne Enterprises trying to save the poor, in DKR Bruce nearly bankrupts Wayne Enterprises trying to find clean energy "to save the world"

- the immediate shot of Bruce after he escapes the prison is approaching a large town with many building and telephone poles from which he could contact anywhere in the world

- even in Middle East prison, the tortured doctor knows who Bruce is "he asks how much you will pay us to let you die"

- it's hinted that Bruce has secret accounts independent of Wayne Enterprises (much like Fox keeps the Applied Sciences off the books) as contingencies to use as Batman

- in BB Nolan makes it clear the Bruce has funds other than Wayne stock... he mentions to Earle about "various charitable organizations, trusts and so on" that Bruce used to buy majority share in Wayne Enterprises

- the pearl necklace that Selina steals is the same necklace that Thomas Wayne showed Bruce the day of their murder as a present to Martha. it is the most precious thing in the world to Bruce because his father died when Chill spotted the necklace and pointed the gun to Martha and he put his body in front of him to shield her.

- the necklace is missing after the death of Batman. since it was kept in an "uncrackable" safe that only Batman or Catwoman could break into. it either means Batman is alive or that Selina took the pearls. and given her own sense of honor established in the movie, Nolan's Selina would have never taken the pearls

- it's 23 days between the death of the special ops forces and Bruce's return to Gotham (Bruce makes 2 attempts at climbing out of the pit, so we don't know exactly how many days it was)

- Bane quotes Bruce's training under Ras during their battle "theatricality and deception, powerful agents to the uninitiated"

- Bane first engages Bruce on a landing with little maneuverability to test him before fighting him on the ground

- Batman defeats Bane armed with the knowledge of why he wears that mask from the prison doctor, by focusing on his breathing apparatus in the final fight

- Talia probably never was intimate with Bane. because she calls him her "friend" when they part and there's no physical intimacy

- the face you see when Talia's "protector" in jail is shown is Bane actor Tom Hardy's real face

- Batman and Bane both see themselves as "protectors" (Batman for Gotham, Bane for Talia) and as Ras' "heirs"

- the events in Batman Begins probably occur shortly after Bane's expulsion from the league. it's even possible that after he found Bane lacking, Ras specifically went out to test Bruce as his heir

- Bruce never "beat" Ras or Bane technically speaking. Ras has Bruce beat until he realized that the train was going to crash in BB and he only died because he didn't have the same gear that Bruce had to escape. Although he got the better of Bane, Catwoman is the one who actually kills Bane.

- the blood transfusion during the plane crash from Pavel was to put his DNA into the other victim, so the CIA would confirm him as on the crash



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sooooooo many Easter Eggs. and I'm leaving out at least a dozen others because I can't remember atm.

the awesome thing is how unlike other movies, these easter eggs TIE ACROSS ALL 3 MOVIES like Nolan planted them years in advance

Most of those aren't easter eggs, just plot points of the movie...

 

[bweurk]

am i the only one who saw an obvious reference to the "chi-chi joke" by Crane when he says "death.... by exile!"?

 

[Just_Human]

Not sure if it's an easter egg...

In TDK :

Batman : "I don't need help ! Rawarargrrr! "
Crane : " not my diagnosis "

In TDKR:

Batman to Catwoman : " ... I'm gonna need your help .. grumblawar "

 

[ComicStalker]

Selina Kyle's Date of Birth was listed as Sept 21st 1985

 

[wootbaby]

Most of those aren't easter eggs, just plot points of the movie...

Easter eggs are hidden references, messages, or in-jokes

If you're going to nitpick, a line from a movie such as "theatricality and deception power agents for the uninitiated" is not a PLOT POINT. If you're going to play semantics get it right. A line isn't a plot point, nor is a reference to the comics or a parallel to another movie a "plot point."

2 more:

Bruce tells Selina: "I think there's more to you" like he told Rachel after she found him the naked chicks at the hotel in BB "there's more to me than this..."

Alfred tells Bruce the story of the man in Burma who could not be bargained with, reasoned or intimidated who just wants to watch the world burn... just as Bane cannot be bargained with, bought or reasoned with (Daggett's money, the government's appeasement, the threat of the military etc) but just wants to watch it all burn

 

[Kryptonian Warrior]

I'm sure it's already been mentioned, but the "Alligator in the sewer" reference.

 

[Mito88]

Nice one!

Also

- the scene with the fireplace closely resembles the scene with the fire on the frozen lake in BB. Miranda talks about her father, Ras talks about his wife and child

- Bruce keeps saying it's important that Batman "could be anyone" Bane says that the trigger man to destroy Gotham could be any citizen of Gotham

- Batman's mask covers all except the mouth. Bane's mask only covers his mouth

- Selina asks Bruce who are you pretending to be. Bruce says "Bruce Wayne eccentric billionaire

- Blake throws away his gun in disgust after he shoots the thug at the cement factory

- Bane finds Gordon's speech after he orders the thugs who captured him to search Gordon's body the night of the party

- Blake knows where to look for Gordon at the runoff the of sewers because that's where the body of the orphan was earlier in the movie

- the scene where Selina comes in blasting at Bane to save Bruce is reminiscent of female Robin coming in blasting to save Bruce from the Mutant Leader in TDKR

- the fight scene where Bane breaks Batman in front of his minions is reminiscent of both the Mutant Leader breaking Batman in front of his minions in TDKR and the image of Bane from Knightfall

- Bane snapping the handcuffs in that scene is reminiscent of the Mutant Leader snapping his handcuffs while in custody

- Bane snapping Daggets neck is reminiscent of the Mutant Leader in TDKR snapping the neck of the mayor

- Bruce wants to be a symbol for the citizens of Gotham to RISE in BB. in DKR Bane mocks that by calling for the citizens of Gotham to RISE against the system's injustice (effectively instituted by Batman and Gordon)

- it's hinted that Miranda is Talia:
- she sabotages the mission to mark the radioactive trailer by telling Gordon to mark the wrong truck
- the prison doctor tells of patching up Bane after the attack on the child and her mother. but the child who escapes has no wounds
- both the doctor and his assistant in the prison never confirms when Bruce asks them repeatedly if Bane is the child (they stop telling the story or change the subject

- the imagery of Bruce rising from the pit is same as the image of Thomas Wayne rescuing Bruce from where he has fallen at the beginning of BB

- Batman begins when Ras tries to make Bruce his successor. Batman ends when Bruce is able to find his own successor

- Blake refuses to wear "masks" hinting that he will be a new type of hero for Gotham... the one that Gotham needs right now after the death of Batman

- Blake operating in full daylight, unlike Batman hinting that he will be a new type of hero for Gotham... the one that Gotham needs right now after the death of Batman

- Blake's detective work and deductive skills evoke Batman's detective activities in the comics

- the eulogy Gordon reads is from the Tale of 2 Cities

- when showing him the Bat for the first time Fox tells Bruce "you will fix the autopilot"

- Selina Kyle probably came back because like with Blake, the National Guard didnt know about the bomb and probably blew the tunnel she was going to use to escape

- Bruce goes to the exact same cafe that Alfred told him about on the day of Alfred's vacation to see him

- when the special forces guys come to meet Gordon he tells them he has "dozens" of men but after Bane hangs them, there's less than 10 who show up on D Day

- the old guy among "Gordon's men" at the end of the movie is the old timer cop who is a fan of Batman and tells the rookie "boy you are in for a show tonight" and "put that gun away before you hurt yourself"

- like the autopilot modes on the Batmobile in TDK (loiter, intimidate) which can operate independently, the Bat's autopilot evidently had different modes which allowed batman to bail out over the ocean and sent it on fly mode into the ocean. it may in fact have been pre programed for all such contingencies by Batman beforehand

- because it's "clean energy" the residual fallout will have no ill effects on Gotham

- in BB Fox tells Bruce that his father "nearly bankrupted" Wayne Enterprises trying to save the poor, in DKR Bruce nearly bankrupts Wayne Enterprises trying to find clean energy "to save the world"

- the immediate shot of Bruce after he escapes the prison is approaching a large town with many building and telephone poles from which he could contact anywhere in the world

- even in Middle East prison, the tortured doctor knows who Bruce is "he asks how much you will pay us to let you die"

- it's hinted that Bruce has secret accounts independent of Wayne Enterprises (much like Fox keeps the Applied Sciences off the books) as contingencies to use as Batman

- in BB Nolan makes it clear the Bruce has funds other than Wayne stock... he mentions to Earle about "various charitable organizations, trusts and so on" that Bruce used to buy majority share in Wayne Enterprises

- the pearl necklace that Selina steals is the same necklace that Thomas Wayne showed Bruce the day of their murder as a present to Martha. it is the most precious thing in the world to Bruce because his father died when Chill spotted the necklace and pointed the gun to Martha and he put his body in front of him to shield her.

- the necklace is missing after the death of Batman. since it was kept in an "uncrackable" safe that only Batman or Catwoman could break into. it either means Batman is alive or that Selina took the pearls. and given her own sense of honor established in the movie, Nolan's Selina would have never taken the pearls

- it's 23 days between the death of the special ops forces and Bruce's return to Gotham (Bruce makes 2 attempts at climbing out of the pit, so we don't know exactly how many days it was)

- Bane quotes Bruce's training under Ras during their battle "theatricality and deception, powerful agents to the uninitiated"

- Bane first engages Bruce on a landing with little maneuverability to test him before fighting him on the ground

- Batman defeats Bane armed with the knowledge of why he wears that mask from the prison doctor, by focusing on his breathing apparatus in the final fight

- Talia probably never was intimate with Bane. because she calls him her "friend" when they part and there's no physical intimacy

- the face you see when Talia's "protector" in jail is shown is Bane actor Tom Hardy's real face

- Batman and Bane both see themselves as "protectors" (Batman for Gotham, Bane for Talia) and as Ras' "heirs"

- the events in Batman Begins probably occur shortly after Bane's expulsion from the league. it's even possible that after he found Bane lacking, Ras specifically went out to test Bruce as his heir

- Bruce never "beat" Ras or Bane technically speaking. Ras has Bruce beat until he realized that the train was going to crash in BB and he only died because he didn't have the same gear that Bruce had to escape. Although he got the better of Bane, Catwoman is the one who actually kills Bane.

- the blood transfusion during the plane crash from Pavel was to put his DNA into the other victim, so the CIA would confirm him as on the crash



-

sooooooo many Easter Eggs. and I'm leaving out at least a dozen others because I can't remember atm.

the awesome thing is how unlike other movies, these easter eggs TIE ACROSS ALL 3 MOVIES like Nolan planted them years in advance

uhh do you know what "easter egg" means?

 

[scifiwolf]

uhh do you know what "easter egg" means?

Nobody seems to. The Killer Croc reference is an easter egg, but only if Nolan intended it to be. "Alligators in the sewers" is a common urban myth, found in many cities around the world. The Selina Kyle mug shot could be an easter egg, but again, it's a common enough setup for a mug shot that it's a stretch.

After that, I have yet to see anything that qualifies as an easter egg, not just people connecting the dots that are intended to be connected. Give me an R2-D2 in Star Trek, and I'll give you credit for an easter egg.

 

[Revenant]

Easter Eggs can only be found in DVD'S after they have been manually been unlocked, EVERYBODY knows this.

 

[Cannikin]

- because it's "clean energy" the residual fallout will have no ill effects on Gotham

Off topic, but that's not what clean energy means.

 

[Mito88]

Off topic, but that's not what clean energy means.

lol that list doesnt have 1 easter egg

 

[Schlosser85]

- even in Middle East prison, the tortured doctor knows who Bruce is "he asks how much you will pay us to let you die"

- it's hinted that Bruce has secret accounts independent of Wayne Enterprises (much like Fox keeps the Applied Sciences off the books) as contingencies to use as Batman

These are just plot points of the movie. You have no idea what "easter egg" means.