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* [[spoiler:Superman turning the tide of the battle on the heroes' favor with his presence alone when he is brought back and managing to curbstomp Steppenwolf]] is highly similar to ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''' story mode.
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* [[spoiler:Superman turning The Justice League being forced to [spoiler:bring back Superman to life to help them, who manages to turn the tide of the battle on the heroes' favor with his presence alone when he is brought back and managing to curbstomp Steppenwolf]] is highly similar to ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''' story mode.mode where [[spoiler:Superman is transported to the Injustice Earth, manages to save his fellow members and defeat the BigBad, Regime! Superman]].
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* The Atlantean King that gets one of the Mother Boxes, in the flashback, is blonde and wears orange body armor, a reference to Aquaman's classic look.
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* Wonder Woman's ability to keep pace with a machine gun and deflect all its bullets at lightning speed is reminiscent of a scene in the first episode of Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman TV show.
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* Bruce says that humanity acts like "the DoomsdayClock has a snooze button", inadvertently (or deliberately, given Creator/GeoffJohns' involvement) plugging the DC Comics event ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' even before it's out.
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* The strange plant life that begins to grow around the battle site [[spoiler: when the Mother Boxes are separated]] is based on the flora of New Genesis, Apokolips's [[ChaoticGood Chaotic]] GoodCounterpart.
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* The strange plant life that begins to grow around the battle site [[spoiler: when the Mother Boxes are separated]] is based on the flora of New Genesis, Apokolips's the [[ChaoticGood Chaotic]] GoodCounterpart.GoodCounterpart of Apokolips.
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* The strange plant life that begins to grow around the battle site [[spoiler: when the Mother Boxes are separated]] is based on the flora of New Genesis, Apokalips's [[ChaoticGood Chaotic]] GoodCounterpart.
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* The strange plant life that begins to grow around the battle site [[spoiler: when the Mother Boxes are separated]] is based on the flora of New Genesis, Apokalips's Apokolips's [[ChaoticGood Chaotic]] GoodCounterpart.
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* In the post-credits sequence [[spoiler:the escaped Lex Luthor]] is shown to have a pair of BodyguardBabes standing right behind him during the meeting, just as he often does in the comics.
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* In the post-credits sequence [[spoiler:the escaped Lex Luthor]] is shown to have a pair of BodyguardBabes standing right behind him during the meeting, just as he often does in the comics. They aren't named in the movie, but one of them is [[spoiler:blonde and the other is black]], fitting the descritpion of [[spoiler:Luthor's]] most famous bodyguards, [[spoiler:Mercy and Hope]].
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** From a more obscure source, an alternate version of Jordan's predecessor Abin Sur wore a similar cape on Earth-20 during ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' series.
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* The strange plant life that begins to grow around the battle site [[spoiler: when the Mother Boxes are separated]] is based on the flora of New Genesis, Apokalips's [[ChaoticGood Chaotic]] GoodCounterpart.
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* Steppenwolf attempts to terraform the earth by combing all three motherboxes. This has not happened in the comics, but the characters from New Genesis, The Forever People, use a motherbox to combine and form the Infinity Man.
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* Steppenwolf attempts to terraform the earth by combing all three motherboxes. This has not happened in the comics, but the characters from New Genesis, The Forever People, use a motherbox to combine and form the Infinity Man.
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*** The music in Flash's scenes heavily uses themes from the Arrowverse's Flash series.
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* Its not the first time that a demonic being told Hippolyta that "[she] would love him". Steppenwolf's [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty treatment]] of her is highly reminiscent of Hades in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Curiously, both being share a similar background as evil deities trying to take over the world in the distant past and the Amazons being charged with guarding one of the items that are important to their return.
* Its not the first time that a demonic being told Hippolyta that "[she] would love him". Steppenwolf's [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty treatment]] of her is highly reminiscent of Hades in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Curiously, both being share a similar background as evil deities trying to take over the world in the distant past and the Amazons being charged with guarding one of the items that are important to their return.
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* Parademons being [[WasOnceAMan formally normal beings that were forcibly turned into monsters]] is lifted from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', which coincidentally was an adaptation of the New 52's foundation of the Justice League.
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* The nature of [[spoiler:Superman's revival and unstable state is suspiciously similar to the use of a Lazarus Pit. Major Batman villain Ra's al Ghul is well known for using these pits to maintain his youth and revive from death. At the cost of temporary insanity after each use.]]
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* Bruce gets the Kent farm back for Clark, alluding to the time in the comics when he bought Clark and Lois their apartment.
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* The unnamed Lantern who fought Steppenwolf thousands of years ago sports a cape, just like the Alan Scott Lantern whose appearance predates Hal Jordan in the comics.
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* Arthur remarks to Diana at one point that they should get together, even though their people don't always get along, [[CallForward alluding to]] the [[DivineConflict complicated affair]] they have in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.
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* At one point, Cyborg says his signature ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' catchphrase, "Booyah".
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* At one point, [[spoiler:After Steppenwolf gets beamed back to Apokolips]], Cyborg says his signature ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' catchphrase, "Booyah".
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* One of the Gotham scenes during the prologue has a building with "Janus" written on it. In the comics, [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Black Mask]] inherited a company named Janus Cosmetics.
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* At one point, Cyborg says his signature ''WesternAnimation/Teen Titans'' catchphrase, "Booyah".
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** Speaking of, Creator/DannyElfman makes liberal use of Creator/JohnWilliams' iconic Superman theme in this film's soundtrack.
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** Speaking of, Creator/DannyElfman makes liberal use of Creator/JohnWilliams' iconic Superman theme in this film's soundtrack.soundtrack, as well as his own ''Batman'' theme song from Creator/TimBurton's [[Film/{{Batman}} 1989 film]].
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* When pressed about his skills, Barry Allen starts mentioning various technical skills and that he knows sign language, specifically gorilla sign language. One of the Flash's most famous enemies is Grodd, an intelligent, telepathic gorilla.
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* This version of Victor Stone became Cyborg after suffering near-fatal injuries in a car wreck, rather than a lab accident. This was actually Cyborg's origin in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' as well.
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* The film's Comic Con poster (pictured above) is visually inspired by the works of famed comic book artist Creator/AlexRoss.
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* Barry putting his hand on the glass of the parlor and his father doing the same. It mirrors a similar gesture from the ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Flash]]'' CW series.
* At one point, Alfred says that he misses the days where all Batman had to worry about was "exploding wind-up penguins", a nod to one of Batman's most iconic rogues, the Penguin.
* The film's Comic Con poster (pictured above) is visually inspired by the works of famed comic book artist Creator/AlexRoss.
* The stakes of the movie escalates to a point where the skies turn red. The idea of a Red Sky is significant to a number of CrisisCrossover events, particularly the renowned ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. In a more general sense, though, is that a number of comics utilize a red sky for strictly stylistic purposes, especially Batman and his adaptations.
* Batman had a dream of the world ending, and using that dream as the inspiration to put a team together to stop that future from coming. This was a plot point in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman]]'' run.
* Lois's dream of Clark returning has him standing in the middle of a cornfield, wearing a black and red plaid shirt at sunset. An iconic image from Richard Donner's ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''.
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* At one point, Alfred says that he misses the days where all Batman had to worry about was "exploding wind-up penguins", a nod to one of Batman's most iconic rogues, the Penguin.
* The film's Comic Con poster (pictured above) is visually inspired by the works of famed comic book artist Creator/AlexRoss.
* The stakes of the movie escalates to a point where the skies turn red. The idea of a Red Sky is significant to a number of CrisisCrossover events, particularly the renowned ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. In a more general sense, though, is that a number of comics utilize a red sky for strictly stylistic purposes, especially Batman and his adaptations.
* Batman had a dream of the world ending, and using that dream as the inspiration to put a team together to stop that future from coming. This was a plot point in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman]]'' run.
* Lois's dream of Clark returning has him standing in the middle of a cornfield, wearing a black and red plaid shirt at sunset. An iconic image from Richard Donner's ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''.
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