The Dark Knight Rises Easter Eggs in DKR

[The Guard]

Alligators in the sewers" is a common urban myth, found in many cities around the world

Ah, but "giant alligators"?

Which is what Croc historically wrestled.

 

[scifiwolf]

Which is why I didn't completely dismiss it. I said it very well could be, or couldn't. If Nolan says it is, then it is. If he says it has nothing to do with Killer Croc, then it doesn't. It's just too ambiguous to be taken seriously as an "Easter egg." I hope it is, as I think it's a brilliant nugget to throw in there.

 

[Alexroberts]

Spoiler

Yes. After the credits the screen shows the rubble/destruction in Gotham. The camera shows someone step out of the fog, you only see his shoe step down. He bends down and grabs a batarang that was just laying there. He takes a sigh and stands up again and you see it's Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul. He then says "I should have known that to conquer fear you must alley with an agent of chaos..."

He then turns around and faces the camera and continues "Together, let us break the Bat." Then you see out of the fog Adrian Brody as The Joker steps out, holds his card up then laughs before quickly throwing his card towards the screen.

Lies. I saw it and i didn't see that. I wish that was true.

 

[Spuzz]

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."

You sir are wrong. Nothing you listed was an easter egg. Get over it.

 

[Schlosser85]

And nothing you listed was a "hidden referece, message, or in-joke".

 

[scifiwolf]

Things like Pixar placing that Pizza Planet truck in their movies is an Easter egg. Joker's mask being from the original appearance in the 60's TV show is an easter egg. The piano notes themselves to get into the Batcave is an easter egg. They're little nuggets that are in there for fun, but not meant to be noticed.

Any one of the 872,345 lines of dialogue in TDKR which refer to BB and TDK are not Easter Eggs.

 

[ComicStalker]

What exactly were the piano notes? I know they were 2 notes each with 3 sets. Something like C,B...A,G...C#,D#

 

[scifiwolf]

I actually don't know. I tried searching for it the other night, but just kept getting directed to sheet music or people playing various themes or parts of scores on the piano. I'll probably go back and watch BB and see if I can figure it out in a screencap.

 

[Uroboric Forms]

Spoiler

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

I'm not sure you quite know what easter eggs are.

 

[ComicStalker]

What I posted for the notes is very close. It might even be right, but probably not. If I see it again I am gonna make a point to watch.

 

[wootbaby]

You sir are wrong. Nothing you listed was an easter egg. Get over it.

Dont stand on formalities esquire. They were easter eggs like you get from the pagan bunny. You get over it.

 

[Antrax255]

I noticed that Blake choose four of the orphans to help him bka Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damien or I could be wrong.

 

[ComicStalker]

Is the date September 21st 1985 significant to Catwoman or Batman in general?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Dont stand on formalities esquire. They were easter eggs like you get from the pagan bunny. You get over it.

Annnd troll confirmed.

 

[Alvin Draper]

So does Wade Williams count as an easter egg? He voiced Black Mask in Under the Red Hood.

Not sure if anyone read it, it got lost between the 'that's not an easter egg' posts...

 

[GarysMyOldman]

I'm sure it's been mentioned but here's a visual for it.

 

[Themanofbat]

- 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"

That one was awesome... straight out of the first issue of The Dark Knight Returns...

 

[AnneFan]

Anne's mugshot is definitely very similar to the comic panel.

 

[Golgo-13]

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

Yeah, these are plot points..but great ones. I had made a thread for plot points and cut pasted and quoted your points there..

 

[TanneRain]

Wait, what mask of Joker's is a throwback to the 60's?

 

[dmorley21]

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.

What about Fox's joke about cryo-sleep that I mentioned earlier? He's the one who makes the reference to Bruce's suit in TDK protecting him from cats. Obviously, there isn't another movie planned, but that to me seems like a reference to Mr. Freeze's predicament. I guess it's a stretch, but no more than the cats comment in TDK in my mind.

 

[shauner111]

That's just it. The alligator comment was kind of just a sarcastic comment, told to Blake by one of the police officers no? Because of the sewer mention. But the cryo-sleep line from Fox to Bruce just made me think of the "Cats" comment from TDK.

Back in 08 when i first saw/heard Lucius say that to Bruce it was immediately a Catwoman reference to me. Now in a similar situation between Lucius and Bruce, Jonah writes that in the dialogue? Maybe im reading too much into it but id like to think it's a nod to Freeze

 

[Isis]

The obvious one would probably be the masquerade ball. It seems to be a nod to Batman Returns.

What about Fox's joke about cryo-sleep that I mentioned earlier? He's the one who makes the reference to Bruce's suit in TDK protecting him from cats. Obviously, there isn't another movie planned, but that to me seems like a reference to Mr. Freeze's predicament. I guess it's a stretch, but no more than the cats comment in TDK in my mind.

The could be a reference to Batman Returns as well. Pfeiffer's Catwoman pierces Batman's bullet-proofed suit with her claw.

 

[The Guard]

I think the cryogenic sleep line was more about Bruce being frozen in time...in his pain. I suppose it works as an indirect Mr. Freeze reference.

Wait, what mask of Joker's is a throwback to the 60's?

The bank robber mask he wears. Its from the 60's show.

 

[ComicStalker]

Not sure if its an easter egg or not. But there is a shot in the first Bane/Batman fight that we saw in the trailers before the movie where Batman is backing up and breathing heavy and we see Bane stalking up the steps towards him. The same shot is also in the 2nd Bane/Batman fight on the steps of City hall. Almost exact same shot.