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* Whenever Bruce and Terry discuss on how to with deal with women in relationships becomes funny when Creator/KevinConroy came out of the closet.
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* The 2-part "The Call" episode introduced the future incarnation of the Justice League, which included Aquaman's daughter. Aquaman and his family would be featured in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse with just a baby son then, like the main comics' continuity. In the decades after this ''Beyond'' episode aired, DC Comics retconned Aquaman and Mera's son's existence out of continuity, and later features them having a daughter.
* The 2-part "The Call" episode introduced the future incarnation of the Justice League, which included Aquaman's daughter. Aquaman and his family would be featured in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse with just a baby son then, like the main comics' continuity. In the decades after this ''Beyond'' episode aired, DC Comics retconned Aquaman and Mera's son's existence out of continuity, and later features them having a daughter.
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* The 1999 ongoing tie-in comic had its antepenultimate story consist of a two-parter titled "In Blackest Day", which featured a monochromatic villain called Black Light who used a ring enabling him to emulate the abilities of a Green Lantern. This predates DC's ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' event, which revolved around a Black Lantern Corps consisting of black power rings raising the dead as zombies clad in black and white costumes, by eight years.
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* The 1999 ongoing tie-in comic had its antepenultimate story consist of a two-parter titled "In Blackest Day", which featured a monochromatic villain called Black Light who used a ring enabling him to emulate the abilities of a Green Lantern. This predates DC's ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' event, which revolved around a Black Lantern Corps consisting of black power rings raising the dead as zombies clad in black and white costumes, by eight years.years.
* Whenever Bruce and Terry discuss on how to with deal with women in relationships becomes funny when Creator/KevinConroy came out of the closet.
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* While Terry and Max are going over Presidents for school, Max describes Clinton as "the fun one, then came the boring one." (the episode aired during the 2000 presidential elections) UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's stint as president was a lot of things, but it's probably safe to say that ''boring'' wasn't one of them. Given the series debuted in 1999, chances are [[FailedFutureForecast the writers were expecting]] UsefulNotes/AlGore, who actually has a reputation for being boring, to win the upcoming 2000 election.
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* While Terry and Max are going over Presidents for school, Max describes Clinton as "the fun one, then came the boring one." (the episode aired during the 2000 presidential elections) UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's stint as president was a lot of things, but it's probably safe to say that ''boring'' wasn't one of them. Given the series debuted The third season was airing in 1999, 2000, so chances are [[FailedFutureForecast the writers were expecting]] UsefulNotes/AlGore, who actually has a reputation for being boring, to win the upcoming 2000 imminent election.
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* While Terry and Max are going over Presidents for school, Max describes Clinton as "the fun one, then came the boring one." (the episode aired during the 2000 presidential elections) UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's stint as president was a lot of things, but it's probably safe to say that ''boring'' wasn't one of them. This would have been even more hilarious if Al Gore, Given the series debuted in 1999, chances are [[FailedFutureForecast the writers were expecting]] UsefulNotes/AlGore, who actually has a reputation for being boring, had won to win the upcoming 2000 election.
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* The series’s comparisons to the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' mythos become this when future ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]]'' actor Creator/AndrewGarfield revealed he had a childhood friend named Terry [=McGinnis=].
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* One of the members of the JusticeLeague named Warhawk, in the episode ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E10E11TheCall The Call, Part 1]]'', seemingly dies and Terry is accused of killing him. Then in Creator/WillFriedle's next big voice-over role, ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', his character Ron actually kills a GalacticConqueror named Warhok in the GrandFinale.
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* In ''Babel'', [[MakeMeWannaShout Shriek]] holds Gotham's sanity hostage and demands Batman's life in exchange for their safety and sense of security. [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sounds familiar, right?]] There's even a scene of the formerly grateful populace turning on Batman when the going gets tough.
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* In ''Babel'', [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream Shriek]] holds Gotham's sanity hostage and demands Batman's life in exchange for their safety and sense of security. [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sounds familiar, right?]] There's even a scene of the formerly grateful populace turning on Batman when the going gets tough.
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* In his second appearance, the Stalker teams up with Batman to catch shapeshifting criminal False Face. A year later, Carl Lumbly (Stalker's voice actor) takes a more prominent role in the DCAU as the shapeshifting ComicBook/MartianManhunter.
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* The 1999 ongoing tie-in comic had its antepenultimate story consist of a two-parter titled "In Blackest Day", which featured a monochromatic villain called Black Light who used a ring enabling him to emulate the abilities of a Green Lantern. This predates DC's ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' event, which revolved around a Black Lantern Corps consisting of black power rings raising the dead as zombies clad in black and white costumes, by eight years.
* The 1999 ongoing tie-in comic had its antepenultimate story consist of a two-parter titled "In Blackest Day", which featured a monochromatic villain called Black Light who used a ring enabling him to emulate the abilities of a Green Lantern. This predates DC's ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' event, which revolved around a Black Lantern Corps consisting of black power rings raising the dead as zombies clad in black and white costumes, by eight years.
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* In "Countdown", Zeta disguises himself as Batman to escape the NSA. Diedrich Bader would later voice [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold two different]] [[WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn Batmen]] years later.
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HilariousInHindsight in this series.
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* Being set in the future tends to attract this from time to time, whether it is Terry quipping "Who reads newspapers anymore?" (in "The Winning Edge") or reviewing the Presidents with "Clinton was the fun one, then came the boring one." (in "Mind Games"). By the time of the series a perfect score on the fictional test called the GAT is 2400 (see the example in SecondPlaceIsForLosers), which as of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT#_2005_changes 2005]] it has been for the SAT.
* "My father's name was pronounced 'Raysh', [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy not 'Razz']]."
* In the pilot episode, a Jokerz member says "[[Film/TheDarkKnight Let's put a smile on his face]]" while brandishing a knife. Ever since TDK came out, one may now consider it retroactive fanon that that particular Jokerz member was intentionally quoting one of the signature lines of his "hero."
* In "Countdown", Zeta disguises himself as Batman to escape the NSA. Diedrich Bader would later voice [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold two different]] [[WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn Batmen]] years later.
* During "Disappearing Inque" while interrogating a captured Terry about who Bruce is, Inque asks [[spoiler: "Is he your father? ''Grandfather?''"]] Come an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' a few years later, we find out [[spoiler:Bruce ''is'' Terry's father.]]
* "Zeta" starts off with a lecture about the theory that one's genetic makeup makes a person inclined to act a certain way and brings up the question of free will. Terry wonders if being Batman makes him naturally suspicious. [[spoiler:As Terry would find out later, he does have Batman's genes that might make him naturally suspicious.]]
* Melanie Walker (a.k.a. Ten) is the daughter of King (voiced by Creator/GeorgeLazenby), in real life, George has a daughter named Melanie, who became one of the most successful real estate brokers in New York.
* A Batman musical? Thrown in as a joke in the episode Out of the Past, as [[Theatre/BatmanTheMusical one was being considered at the time]]. Fast-forward several years to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold a new Batman series]]...
** Or [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark another hero getting a very similar musical in real life]]...
** And then the Series/{{Arrowverse}} cast former ''Series/{{Glee}}'' stars as the Flash and Supergirl, which eventually resulted in a musical two-parter across the two shows.
* The series’s comparisons to the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' mythos become this when future ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]]'' actor Creator/AndrewGarfield revealed he had a childhood friend named Terry [=McGinnis=].
* One of the members of the JusticeLeague named Warhawk, in the episode ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E10E11TheCall The Call, Part 1]]'', seemingly dies and Terry is accused of killing him. Then in Creator/WillFriedle's next big voice-over role, ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', his character Ron actually kills a GalacticConqueror named Warhok in the GrandFinale.
* The episode ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E7Unmasked Unmasked]]'' revolves around a young boy [[Series/CobraKai named Miguel Diaz being targeted by a Cobra worshipping cult]].
* While Terry and Max are going over Presidents for school, Max describes Clinton as "the fun one, then came the boring one." (the episode aired during the 2000 presidential elections) UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's stint as president was a lot of things, but it's probably safe to say that ''boring'' wasn't one of them. This would have been even more hilarious if Al Gore, who actually has a reputation for being boring, had won the 2000 election.
* The respirator an elderly Bane wears in "The Winning Edge" is remarkably similar in appearance to the one he would wear in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
* Terry, at one point, calls Ace [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby]]. Ace was voiced by Creator/FrankWelker, who would provide the voice of Scooby-Doo just a couple of years later, although he was no stranger to the franchise as he's also been the voice of Fred since [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou the first series]].
* Spellbinder's mask bears a resemblance to the first two worn by [[BigBad Tobi]]/[[spoiler: Obito]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Tobi's last mask also looks like Batman villain Onomatopoeia, who premiered in the comics around the same time, though he doesn't appear in the DCAU.
* This isn't the last time that Music/HenryRollins (voice of Mad Stan) would play an [[BombThrowingAnarchist anarchist terrorist]] in a {{sequel series}} of an action cartoon. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' Season 3, he voiced [[BigBad Zaheer]]; who basically follows the same political ideology (though is very different personality-wise, being much more stoic than [[LargeHam Stan]]). Not to mention having different abilities (Zaheer has [[BlowYouAway wind superpowers]] rather than [[MadBomber throwing bombs]]).
* When Bruce regains his youth, Terry refuses to be Robin. Terry's voice actor, Will Friedle, would later voice Tim Drake a.k.a. Red Robin in ''Anime/BatmanNinja''.
* The first episode has J-Man declaring his gang's name in front of Bruce before being beaten up. 17 years later, this was seen as a metaphor for the negative reception of Creator/JaredLeto's take on the Joker in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''.
* In ''Babel'', [[MakeMeWannaShout Shriek]] holds Gotham's sanity hostage and demands Batman's life in exchange for their safety and sense of security. [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sounds familiar, right?]] There's even a scene of the formerly grateful populace turning on Batman when the going gets tough.
* The thug who whales on Bruce during his heart attack that led to his retirement was voiced by Creator/RinoRomano, who'd go on [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman to voice Bruce himself]].
* In his second appearance, the Stalker teams up with Batman to catch shapeshifting criminal False Face. A year later, Carl Lumbly (Stalker's voice actor) takes a more prominent role in the DCAU as the shapeshifting ComicBook/MartianManhunter.
HilariousInHindsight in this series.
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* Being set in the future tends to attract this from time to time, whether it is Terry quipping "Who reads newspapers anymore?" (in "The Winning Edge") or reviewing the Presidents with "Clinton was the fun one, then came the boring one." (in "Mind Games"). By the time of the series a perfect score on the fictional test called the GAT is 2400 (see the example in SecondPlaceIsForLosers), which as of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT#_2005_changes 2005]] it has been for the SAT.
* "My father's name was pronounced 'Raysh', [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy not 'Razz']]."
* In the pilot episode, a Jokerz member says "[[Film/TheDarkKnight Let's put a smile on his face]]" while brandishing a knife. Ever since TDK came out, one may now consider it retroactive fanon that that particular Jokerz member was intentionally quoting one of the signature lines of his "hero."
* In "Countdown", Zeta disguises himself as Batman to escape the NSA. Diedrich Bader would later voice [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold two different]] [[WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn Batmen]] years later.
* During "Disappearing Inque" while interrogating a captured Terry about who Bruce is, Inque asks [[spoiler: "Is he your father? ''Grandfather?''"]] Come an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' a few years later, we find out [[spoiler:Bruce ''is'' Terry's father.]]
* "Zeta" starts off with a lecture about the theory that one's genetic makeup makes a person inclined to act a certain way and brings up the question of free will. Terry wonders if being Batman makes him naturally suspicious. [[spoiler:As Terry would find out later, he does have Batman's genes that might make him naturally suspicious.]]
* Melanie Walker (a.k.a. Ten) is the daughter of King (voiced by Creator/GeorgeLazenby), in real life, George has a daughter named Melanie, who became one of the most successful real estate brokers in New York.
* A Batman musical? Thrown in as a joke in the episode Out of the Past, as [[Theatre/BatmanTheMusical one was being considered at the time]]. Fast-forward several years to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold a new Batman series]]...
** Or [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark another hero getting a very similar musical in real life]]...
** And then the Series/{{Arrowverse}} cast former ''Series/{{Glee}}'' stars as the Flash and Supergirl, which eventually resulted in a musical two-parter across the two shows.
* The series’s comparisons to the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' mythos become this when future ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Spider-Man]]'' actor Creator/AndrewGarfield revealed he had a childhood friend named Terry [=McGinnis=].
* One of the members of the JusticeLeague named Warhawk, in the episode ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E10E11TheCall The Call, Part 1]]'', seemingly dies and Terry is accused of killing him. Then in Creator/WillFriedle's next big voice-over role, ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', his character Ron actually kills a GalacticConqueror named Warhok in the GrandFinale.
* The episode ''[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E7Unmasked Unmasked]]'' revolves around a young boy [[Series/CobraKai named Miguel Diaz being targeted by a Cobra worshipping cult]].
* While Terry and Max are going over Presidents for school, Max describes Clinton as "the fun one, then came the boring one." (the episode aired during the 2000 presidential elections) UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's stint as president was a lot of things, but it's probably safe to say that ''boring'' wasn't one of them. This would have been even more hilarious if Al Gore, who actually has a reputation for being boring, had won the 2000 election.
* The respirator an elderly Bane wears in "The Winning Edge" is remarkably similar in appearance to the one he would wear in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
* Terry, at one point, calls Ace [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby]]. Ace was voiced by Creator/FrankWelker, who would provide the voice of Scooby-Doo just a couple of years later, although he was no stranger to the franchise as he's also been the voice of Fred since [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou the first series]].
* Spellbinder's mask bears a resemblance to the first two worn by [[BigBad Tobi]]/[[spoiler: Obito]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Tobi's last mask also looks like Batman villain Onomatopoeia, who premiered in the comics around the same time, though he doesn't appear in the DCAU.
* This isn't the last time that Music/HenryRollins (voice of Mad Stan) would play an [[BombThrowingAnarchist anarchist terrorist]] in a {{sequel series}} of an action cartoon. In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' Season 3, he voiced [[BigBad Zaheer]]; who basically follows the same political ideology (though is very different personality-wise, being much more stoic than [[LargeHam Stan]]). Not to mention having different abilities (Zaheer has [[BlowYouAway wind superpowers]] rather than [[MadBomber throwing bombs]]).
* When Bruce regains his youth, Terry refuses to be Robin. Terry's voice actor, Will Friedle, would later voice Tim Drake a.k.a. Red Robin in ''Anime/BatmanNinja''.
* The first episode has J-Man declaring his gang's name in front of Bruce before being beaten up. 17 years later, this was seen as a metaphor for the negative reception of Creator/JaredLeto's take on the Joker in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''.
* In ''Babel'', [[MakeMeWannaShout Shriek]] holds Gotham's sanity hostage and demands Batman's life in exchange for their safety and sense of security. [[Film/TheDarkKnight Sounds familiar, right?]] There's even a scene of the formerly grateful populace turning on Batman when the going gets tough.
* The thug who whales on Bruce during his heart attack that led to his retirement was voiced by Creator/RinoRomano, who'd go on [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman to voice Bruce himself]].
* In his second appearance, the Stalker teams up with Batman to catch shapeshifting criminal False Face. A year later, Carl Lumbly (Stalker's voice actor) takes a more prominent role in the DCAU as the shapeshifting ComicBook/MartianManhunter.
