History MythologyGag / BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold

* 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 ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

** The Comicbook/MetalMen combining to form Alloy is a reference to Alloy from ''Comicbook/KingdomCome'', who is described, you got it, as the combined form of the Metal Men.

** The President seen in the future is Prez Rickard, the 18 year old POTUS and star of his own self-titled series in the early 1970s (modern fans probably know him from that one issue of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.

** The final group shot in the series finale, which shows Batman and his heroic allies saying goodbye to the viewers, has the number of the stage in the back lot saying ‘Stage 27’, referring to the 27th issue of ''Detective Comics'', Batman's debut. [[http://dailypop.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/batman_braveandbold_mitefall_farewell.jpg]]

* In "The Golden Age of Justice", Batman uses Per Degaton's Spear of Destiny to temporarily de-age the JSA, and Degaton says he'll send them to Valhalla. In ComicBook/PostCrisis continuity, the reason the JSA weren't ''quite'' as old as they should be was that they'd spent years in a dimension based on Norse mythology where they didn't age.

*** The only known story where the Joker blew up is alongside Red Skull in the Elseworlds ''Batman/Captain America''.

* , The main plot of the episode "Battle of the Superheroes!" is a complete homage to Silver Age Superman stories and mythology (which is lampshaded by ComicBook/JimmyOlsen): Jimmy Olsen's portrayal and his signaller pocket watch, Lois Lane with her Silver Age haircut and wedding dreams about Superman, Lex Luthor as a fat evil scientist, Krypto the superdog, Red Kryptonite, the embottled city of Kandor, Mxyzptlk with proeminent tooth and returning to 5th Dimension when spelling his name backwards, and Brainiac with his small monkey pet (Koko); Mayor Swan is named after artist Curt Swan, who drew many such stories.

* In "Battle of the Superheroes!", Batman battles Franchise/{{Superman}} using [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns a familiar suit of]] PoweredArmor.
** Also, the battle between Superman and Batman is almost identical in shots for the battle between Superman and Comicbook/{{Darkseid}} in the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. Presumably to show how Superman isn't holding back in this fight.
** The episode is also filled with dozens of references to Silver Age "Superdickery" Superman stories. ComicBook/JimmyOlsen even lampshades it. Mayor Swan is named after artist Curt Swan, who drew many such stories.

** Lois has an ImagineSpot about being married to Superman and having half-Kryptonian children. This scenario (her and Superman sitting on a picnic blanket while their twins play Catch! with a boulder) is a direct recreation of the cover of an issue of her own comic series that dealt with the exact same story.

** The President seen in the future is Prez Rickard, the 18 year old POTUS and star of his own self-titled series in the early 1970s.

** The abandoned theater Music Meister converts into a death trap has signs for numerous DC teams that double as AGoodNameForARockBand, including: Inferior 5, Metal Men, The Great Ten, Injustice Gang, Boy Commadoes, Female Furies, Monster Society of Evil, Rocket Rollers, Challengers of the Unknown, Tornado Twins, and Trenchcoat Brigade.

* Blue Bowman is one of the original evil mirror versions of the heroes, but his name isn't. Z list Batman villain Signalman used it for a short time in the 70s. Scarlet Scarab, meanwhile, was the name of ''Marvel'''s CaptainErsatz Blue Beetle.

* Blue Bowman is one of the original evil mirror versions of the heroes, but his name isn't. Z list Batman villain Signalman used it for a short time in the 70s.

* "Siege of Starro" includes a HomageShot of the titular villain's first appearance on the cover of ''ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold'' #28, though the heroes involved are different.

* Part one of "The Siege of Starro!" has a scene where [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] fights a mind-controlled Guy Gardner. In the comics, the two did not like each other during their time with the Justice League, where Guy routinely referred to Marvel as "Captain Whitebread".

* The conversation between Paco and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle 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]].

** Joker owing his thanks to Joe Chill for creating Batman 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.

* The Wonder Woman opening of "Scorn of the Star Sapphire" had the old live action ''Series/WonderWoman'' theme song playing in the background. And when she throws her tiara they use the live-action show's sound effect.

* The training outfit that ComicBook/CaptainAtom wears after losing his powers in "Powerless!" is his original costume from his first appearance in Creator/CharltonComics.

* This is apparently Jaime's thing: He later speculates the exact classic origin of the Comicbook/GreenLantern, which Paco dismisses as ridiculous.

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

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

** Bat-Mite's fantasy also has a clear visual reference to ''Detective Comics'' #365, "The House the Joker Built", with a funhouse having a [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]-shaped door.

** And in "Death Race To Oblivion!", Bats takes out [[spoiler:Mongol]] with One Punch. And [[HypocriticalHumor Guy mocks him for being so weak as to go down with one punch.]]
* In the comics, ComicBook/RedTornado blows up. [[TheWorfEffect A lot]]. Guess what happens at the end of his ChristmasEpisode? [[spoiler: He blows up.]]

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

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

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

* 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 Batman: The Animated Series]]''.

** During the Comic-Com moment, Bat-Mite's description of Batman as "a tortured avenger crying for Mommy and Daddy" echoes the Joker's line from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondTheReturnOfTheJoker'', when he described Batman as "a scared little boy in a playsuit, crying for Mommy and Daddy."

* "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. Comicbook/PlasticMan takes on the form of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the DCAU Batman]] and the Batman from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. 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 Creator/FrankMiller Batmen, and WesternAnimation/TheBatman.

* In the end of "Night of the Batmen" one of the alternate dimension Batman clones is [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]], which in turn could possibly mean that this is an alternate Earth in the DCAU multiverse.

** 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 ''[[Comicbook/BatmanVampire 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/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' ('''"[[DarkerAndEdgier Too psycho...]]"''').

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

*** 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 costume Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} wears in this episode is one of her comic counterpart's older SilverAge looks.

* In "The Golden Age of Justice", Batman uses Per Degaton's Spear of Destiny to temporarily de-age the JSA, and Degaton says he'll send them to Valhalla. In PostCrisis continuity, the reason the JSA weren't ''quite'' as old as they should be was that they'd spent years in a dimension based on Norse mythology where they didn't age.

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

** Also, the battle between Superman and Batman is almost identical in shots for the battle between Superman and Comicbook/{{Darkseid}} in the final episode of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. Presumably to show how Superman isn't holding back in this fight.

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

** In fact the title is an explicit ShoutOut to "Crisis Above Earth-One!", the story that killed off the [[GoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Mr. Terrific (and took place at a mixer between the JLA and JSA).

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

* The Red Hood is the Joker's former villanous identity, used by the last hero to stand against the Injustice Syndicate.

** Proto, the prototype Bat-Bot who stays in the Batcave and plays with Ace is possibly inspired by Ned, the late 90s Superman Robot who stayed in the Fortress of Solitude and played with Krypto.