History MythologyGag / BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold

* Though the differences between the DC Universe and the Brave and the Bold (Barbara Gordon still being Batgirl rather than Oracle and Huntress wearing her Silver Age costume are the two biggest examples) make an accurate adaptation impossible, the BirdsOfPrey homage episode is written in the style of the comic (unsurprising, seeing how they have [[GailSimone the same writer]]), and even features the heroines calling themselves "The Birds of Prey" during a musical number.

* In "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!", BoosterGold mentions that Skeets can turn into a giant insect, a reference to the plot of [[FiftyTwo 52]].

* "Mystery In Space!" has repeated use of the TMS Explosion, a piece of StockFootage frequently used in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and other bits of the {{DCAU}}.

* The conversation in CrazyPrepared (specifically, that Poison Ivy has brainwashed Superman to fight Batman) is basically an early fight in [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman:_Hush the Hush story arc]].

* "Mystery In Space!" has repeated use of the TMS Explosion, a piece of StockFootage frequently used in ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and other bits of the {{DCAU}}.

*** Not to mention the Shakespeare bust hiding the button to the secret entrance, music based on Neal Hefti's score for the 1966 show, a quick cut of them putting their seatbelts on in the Batmobile (which looks more like the George Barris version), a wall-climbing moment, [[PowZapWhamCam Dutch Angles]], ''and'' a "Holy ____!" CatchPhrase! The only thing we ''didn't'' get were superposed sound effects (but see "Legends of the Dark Mite!")...

** Bat-Mite decides to give Batman a new look, and cycles through several different costumes that Batman has worn in the past. They include the Vampire Batman costume from ''Batman and Dracula: Red Rain'' ('''[[AwesomeButImpractical "Imposing, but too]] {{Dracula}}."'''), Bat Hombre from the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ('''[[MrFanservice "Too dashing."]]'''), the Adam West Batsuit ('''"''[[HypocrisyNod Too]]'' {{camp}}y..."'''), the rubber bat-nipple suit from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' ('''"[[{{Squick}} Too icky...]]"'''), Zebra Batman ('''"[[ContinuityPorn Too confusing!]]"'''), and Batman's hulking grim look from TheDarkKnightReturns ('''"[[DarkerAndEdgier Too psycho...]]"''').

* In "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!", every time AQUAMAN sees another hero and decides to head out to help, there's a brief flash to a ''{{Superfriends}}''-style title card, complete with the classic scene transition noise from ''Superfriends''. You know the one.

** One of the Faceless Hunter's trophies is Gleek the Space Monkey from {{Superfriends}}. He has others of a ''JusticeLeague'' Thanagarian, the Silver Age Brainiac (A Coluan?) and a [[NewGods Parademon]] .
** The Metal Men combining to form Alloy is a reference to Alloy from ''KingdomCome'', who is described, you got it, as the combined form of the Metal Men.

* The sideshow in "The Last Patrol!" features a variety of posters for Comicbook/DoomPatrol related acts: Rhea Jones, a surreal magnetic butterfly woman from GrantMorrison's run; Baboshka, a human stacking doll also from Morrison's run; Beast Boy (Yes, [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans that one]]) shown in his original pompadoured glory; Shasta the Living Mountain from Morrison's satiracal Doom Force issue; Comicbook/FlexMentallo, a Charles Atlas inspired Superhero that got DC in all sorts of trouble; and Dorothy Spinner, a monkey faced girl that can bend reality. Notably, Flex Mentallo's name isn't on his card. Gee, I wonder why.

* After ariving in a blasted present, Booster Gold exclaims "oh, boy." This is a reference to his second series, the use of which was in turn a reference to ''QuantumLeap''. Double ref!

* In "The Super Batman from Planet X!", the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh resembles the DCAU Batman. His secret identity Tlano even looks identical to Bruce Wayne as he looks in the earlier seasons of ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

** The impostor Batman looks a lot more like {{DCAU}} Batman than this version does, because it resembles the old Bob Kane Batman (right down to the purple gloves); there's even a {{Homage Shot}} of his first pose in costume from the original origin story, which itself was a {{Homage}} to a pose from {{Tarzan}}. Owlman's own costume also has more elements of this look than any of his comics counterparts, particularly the outward pointing ears; this also makes him look quite similar to Justice Lords Batman from ''JusticeLeague''.

* In "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!", {{Booster Gold}} mentions that Skeets can turn into a giant insect, a reference to the plot of [[FiftyTwo 52]].

'''Thomas Wayne:''' ''Impeccable'', [[{{Series/Batman}} old chum]].

** One of the Faceless Hunter's trophies is Gleek the Space Monkey from {{Superfriends}}. He has others of a ''JusticeLeague'' Thanagarian, the Silver Age Brainiac (A Coluan?) and a [[{{NewGods}} Parademon]] .

* The episode "Emperor Joker" has buttloads. To start things off, the opening has references to Detective Comics #241 "The Rainbow Batman!", Batman #134 with the Rainbow Creature, and Firefly's original schtick with colors and light instead of fire. The episode proper has Bat-Mite reading an entry out of Who's Who.
** Bat-Mite's Joker museum from "Emperor Joker" features:

*** Replicas of the Jokermobile and Jokergyro, introduced in ''Batman'' #37 and used in multiple SilverAge stories and the 2000s Grant Morrison run on ''Batman''.

** The episode's title is a reference to the infamous ''{{Knightfall}} storyline.

* After being shocked by [[Comicbook/BlackLightning Black Lightning]], Wildcat says: "It's gonna take a whole lot more than a little {{static shock}} to slow this old man down".
* The Roast of Batman cold open featured Mr. Freeze with a Germanic accent making awful puns, a reference to ArnoldSchwarzenegger's infamous portrayal of the character in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''

* The sideshow in "The Last Patrol!" features a variety of posters for Doom Patrol related acts: Rhea Jones, a surreal magnetic butterfly woman from GrantMorrison's run; Baboshka, a human stacking doll also from Morrison's run; Beast Boy (Yes, [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans that one]]) shown in his original pompadoured glory; Shasta the Living Mountain from Morrison's satiracal Doom Force issue; FlexMentallo, a Charles Atlas inspired Superhero that got DC in all sorts of trouble; and Dorothy Spinner, a monkey faced girl that can bend reality. Notably, Flex Mentallo's name isn't on his card. Gee, I wonder why.
*** And for that matter, Zahl's Parisian plot hinges upon a barely seen painting- a nod to the Painting that Ate Paris from Morrison's run. When the Patrol breaks up, Negative Man can be seen in the long coat and glasses from Morrison's run. And lastly, the ending of the story is based explicitly on [[spoiler:the Doom Patrol's final Silver Age story from Doom Patrol 121, in which the Doom Patrol sacrifice themselves to save fourteen fishermen in the Maine town of Codsville.]]

** The episode ends with a futuristic Damien dramatically overlooking the classic into to WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, standing atop the rooftop just like his old man. His daughter/Robin resembles Carrie Kelly from ''TheDarkKnightReturns''.

* The African member of the Batmen of All Nations is Impala, who isn't actually based on Batman but was a member of a similar MultinationalTeam in the comics, the Global Guardians.

* In "Shadow of the Bat!", Vampire Batman asked if Martian Manhunter's blood is green (which Two-Face asked Riddler in ''BatmanForever''). At one point, he turns into a demonic bat-creature like in Scarecrow's hallucination in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Nothing to Fear".

** Bat-Mite decides to give Batman a new look, and cycles through several different costumes that Batman has worn in the past. They include the Vampire Batman costume from ''Batman and Dracula: Red Rain'' ('''[[AwesomeButImpractical "Imposing, but too]] {{Dracula}}."'''), Bat Hombre from the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ('''[[MrFanservice "Too dashing."]]'''), the Adam West Batsuit ('''"''[[HypocrisyNod Too]]'' {{camp}}y..."'''), the rubber bat-nipple suit from BatmanAndRobin ('''"[[{{Squick}} Too icky...]]"'''), Zebra Batman ('''"[[ContinuityPorn Too confusing!]]"'''), and Batman's hulking grim look from TheDarkKnightReturns ('''"[[DarkerAndEdgier Too psycho...]]"''').

* The Roast of Batman cold open featured Mr. Freeze with a Germanic accent making awful puns, a reference to ArnoldSchwarzenegger's infamous portrayal of the character in ''BatmanAndRobin''

** The title of "Legends of the Dark Mite!" is a play on that of the classic BTAS episode "Legends of the Dark Knight."

* All three (thus far) of the Batman's Greatest Cases cold opens are mashups of memetastic Silver Age stories and other Silver Age hoopla. The first mixes the Rainbow Batman from Detective Comics 241 with the original Firefly from Detective Comics #184 and the Rainbow Creature from Detctive Comics 134; the second mixes the Mummy Batman and Robin from Detective Comics 320 with King Tut (AKA the Pharaoh) from the Adam West show, complete with buttermilk; the last mixes the Jungle Batman from Batman 72 with Golden Age Catwoman and Mogo the Bat-Ape from Batman 114.

* There are two for ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' in the "Worlds War" short. First is the Alien that the Titans fought in "Stranded" in one of the worlds that Adam Strange planet hopped to. And the next is a short appearance of Le Blanc falling on the ground after a fight with Batman. You dont see his face but his clothes look like they do in the show.

* One of Fun Haus' gadgets is a bomb shaped like the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' villain Baby Doll. Tragically, she does not coo "I didn't mean to!" after exploding, [[CaptainObvious probably due to having exploded.]]

* Green Arrow's impression of Batman uses the "I Am The Night" speech from ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Speedy uses "Holy" much like [[Series/{{Batman}} Burt Ward]].

* In "Legends of the Dark Mite!", when Bat-Mite fantasizes that he is Batman, he stands on a rooftop dramatically while lightning strikes in the background, just like in the opening to ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

** The episode ends with a futuristic Damien dramatically overlooking the classic into to BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, standing atop the rooftop just like his old man. His daughter/Robin resembles Carrie Kelly from ''TheDarkKnightReturns''.

* In "Shadow of the Bat!", Vampire Batman asked if Martian Manhunter's blood is green (which Two-Face asked Riddler in ''BatmanForever''). At one point, he turns into a demonic bat-creature like in Scarecrow's hallucination in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Nothing to Fear".

** Also, Batman has a daughter, a la Huntress who was the daughter of the Golden Age/Earth-Two Batman and Catwoman.

** Also, Batman has a daughter, a la Huntress who was the daughter of the Golden Age/Earth-Two Batman.
* After being shocked by [[Comicbook/BlackLightning Black Lightning]], Wildcat says: "It's gonna take a whole lot more than a little [[StaticShock static shock]] to slow this old man down".

** Bat-Mite decides to give Batman a new look, and cycles through several different costumes that Batman has worn in the past. They include the Vampire Batman costume from ''Batman and Dracula: Red Rain'' ('''[[AwesomeButImpractical "Imposing, but too]] {{Dracula}}."'''), Bat Hombre from the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ('''[[EstrogenBrigadeBait "Too dashing."]]'''), the Adam West Batsuit ('''"''[[HypocrisyNod Too]]'' {{camp}}y..."'''), the rubber bat-nipple suit from BatmanAndRobin ('''"[[{{Squick}} Too icky...]]"'''), Zebra Batman ('''"[[ContinuityPorn Too confusing!]]"'''), and Batman's hulking grim look from TheDarkKnightReturns ('''"[[DarkerAndEdgier Too psycho...]]"''').

* The Roast of Batman cold open featured Mr. Freeze with a Germanic accent making awful puns, a reference to ArnoldSchwarzenegger's infamous portrayal of the character in ''BatmanAndRobin''

** The episode ends with a futuristic Damien dramatically overlooking the classic into to BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, standing atop the rooftop just like his old man.

* After being shocked by [[Comicbook/BlackLightning Black Lightning]], Wildcat says: "It's gonna take a whole lot more than a little [[StaticShock static shock]] to slow this old man down".

* The Creature Commandos section of "Four Star Spectacular!" is an adaptation of a Commandos story from Weird War Tales #100, sans GI Robot, with the Ultra Humanite added in. The Humanites' dinosaur body may count as a gag in and of itself- it's only been used once, in All-Star Squadron, and was never seen on Dinosaur Island, where it was said to be taken from.

* Joker thanking Joe Chill for creating Batman in "Chill of the Night!" may be a sly nod to the 1989 ''Batman'' movie where it was the Joker himself (long before his fateful accident) who killed Bruce's parents.

** In the same episode, the alternate outfits Batman wore throughout the episode were based on various Batman toys released in the past.

** In the same episode, Arthur Jr. wears the deep sea camouflage costume briefly worn by AQUAMAN in late 80s comics.

* The end of "The Knights of Tomorrow!" shows the new Batman and Robin punching Mister Toad, [[MadScientist Professor Pyg]], [[IAmAHumanitarian Eduardo Flamingo]] and other villains that were featured in the "Batman and Robin" comic.

* In "Mitefall", Bat-Mite has Batman use {{handguns}}, like in the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] and ''Batman: Year Two''.

** Also, it's part of a flashback seen while in a DeathTrap by the Penguin. It's a stretch, but the choice of Penguin for the villain in the here-and-now after a Killer Moth flashback makes sense: in ''TheBatman'', Killer Moth was worked for the Penguin (and in that story, he was mutated from a human form similar to his TB&TB look to his monstrous current form.)

* "Night of the Batmen!" is based on a story from the tie-in comic book series for the show, but also features a ton of nods to various Batman incarnations. Plastic Man takes on the form of [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the DCAU Batman]] and the Batman from ''TheDarkKnightReturns''. And the ending features the return of the alternate universe Batmen from the Owlman episode, though now joined by [[Series/{{Batman}} the Adam West Batman]], [[BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]], the DCAU Batman, the FrankMiller Batmen, and TheBatman.

* One of Fun Haus' gadgets is a bomb shaped like the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' villain Baby Doll. Tragically, she does not coo "I didn't mean to!" after exploding, partly due to having exploded.