History MythologyGag / BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold

* The conversation between Paco and Jaime 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]].

* When Aquaman starts reading from his memoirs he mentions that his first memories are of a lighthouse, referencing how a lighthouse has been some part of several of his comicbook origins.
** Likewise, the cheesy names AQUAMAN gives his past adventures would fit in very well with the actual titles of his comic books from about 50 years ago.

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

* In the comic, Red Tornado blows up. A lot. Guess what happens at the end of his ChristmasEpisode? [[spoiler: He blows up.]]

* Batman and Guy Gardner: [[spoiler: ONE PUNCH]]. In an episode written by J.M. [=DeMatteis=], who co-wrote [[JusticeLeagueIternational the comic]] where said iconic Guy-and-Batman encounter first occurred.

** This also serves to poke fun of the fact that Green Arrow was originally just Batman with an arrow theme.

* Batman and Guy Gardner: [[spoiler: ONE PUNCH]]. In an episode written by J.M. [=DeMatteis=], who co-wrote [[JusticeLeaguerInational the comic]] where said iconic Guy-and-Batman encounter first occurred.

* When AQUAMAN starts reading from his memoirs he mentions that his first memories are of a lighthouse, referencing how a lighthouse has been some part of several of his comicbook origins.

* Batman and Guy Gardner: [[spoiler: ONE PUNCH]]. In an episode written by J.M. [=DeMatteis=], who co-wrote the comic where said iconic Guy-and-Batman encounter first occurred.

* It might be a stretch, but having Loren Lester, best known to {{DCAU}} fans as Dick Grayson, voice Hal Jordan makes some sense. A Batman/Superman comic found the duo in a universe where the JusticeLeague and ComicBook/TeenTitans are the [[AmalgamUniverse Justice Titans]]. The Nightwing of said universe was also Comicbook/GreenLantern. So you had Hal Grayson: Night Lantern.

** 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 ''WesternAnimation/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.)

*** The covers to ''Batman #251'''s "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" (notable for reintroducing the Joker has a homicidal madman), ''The Brave and the Bold'' #191's "Only Angels Have Wings", and ''Batman'' #11.

** Also, when lampshading his Joker immunity in the same episode, Joker notes that he's been "blown up, knocked down smokestacks and fed to sharks," three ways he seemed to die in famous storylines (the last two happening in Mad Love and The Laughing Fish respectively, two stories famously adapted in this show's predecessor BTAS).
** 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 ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', and the robbers are Mutants.

** He's even voiced by the DCAU batman voice KevinConroy

* 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 (well, and Batman, obviously) 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.

** All of the villains summoned up in Bat-Mite's fantasy (Mr. Polka Dot, Tiger Shark, Mr. Zero ''et al'') were actual villains who had appeared in [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBook/{{Batman}} comics and, in a handful of cases, virtually never since.

** Don't forget his stint as [[spoiler:the Judge]] in the final episode of TheNewBatmanAdventures.

** 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 [[Series/{{Batman}} 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 Comicbook/TheDarkKnightReturns ('''"[[DarkerAndEdgier Too psycho...]]"''').

* In "Battle of the Superheroes!", Batman battles Superman using [[TheDarkKnightReturns a familiar suit of]] PoweredArmor.

* "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 [[WesternAnimation/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]], [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]], the DCAU Batman, the FrankMiller Batmen, and WesternAnimation/TheBatman.

** 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'', and the robbers are Mutants.

** AdamWest voices Thomas Wayne in "Chill of the Night!" and has this exchange with Batman:

** Superman turning into a jerk by red kryptonite is also a nod to ''{{Smallville}}'', which red kryptonite removes Clark's inhibitions and makes him act on erotic and selfish emotions.

** [[Film/{{Batman}} "I'm Batman..."]]. Also, in "Game Over For Owlman!," he calls the Batmobile by remote, and stops it via voice command, ''exactly'' like he does in the 1989 film.

** In the "Trials of the Demon!" [[BatmanColdOpen cold open]], Scarecrow has four {{Mooks}} dressed up in themed outfits to surround and attack Batman [[MookChivalry one by one]], exactly like [[Series/{{Batman}} Adam West]] used to fight every week.

* Bane's appearance in "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!" has him, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries once again]], ''attempt'' to [[{{Knightfall}} break Batman's back]].

* 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 ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* The Bat-Bots in "Plague of the Prototypes". In case anyone missed where they came from, Black Mask says "You're trading punches with me, while the city's heading for KingdomCome!"

** Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman meeting in a diner recalls ''KingdomCome'' -- but not as much as the future seen at the end, where the three of them look ''exactly'' like they do in ''Kingdom Come''.

* In "Bold Beginnings," GreenArrow comments that as evil as the Cavalier is, he likes his goatee. In practically every other modern incarnation, Green Arrow has one himself. The same episode mentions Batman having gone through a "dark loner phase" before the events of this series.

* In "Triumvirate of Terror!", Joker infiltrates Paradise Island by [[VillainousCrossdresser dressing as]] [[TheDarkKnight a woman]].

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