History Trivia / BatmanArkhamAsylum

*** In the French dub, several voice actors from previous adaptations reprised their roles here:

** From ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In addition to the Joker and Gordon, Adrien Antoine as Batman/Bruce Wayne.

** In the French dub, several voice actors from previous adaptations reprised their roles here:
** From the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedUniverse: Pierre Hatet as the Joker, Jean-Claude Sachot as Commissioner Gordon and Bane, Vincent Violette as Scarecrow, and Bruno Dubernat as Killer Croc.

* Enter the Visitor Center. Check out the Joker statue, turn away, and look back. It's posed differently now!
** [[spoiler: Maybe that's because it's not really a statue...]]
** The same thing happens to Clayface in his cell; when you rescue the Warden, make a trip down to the cell and he'll look just like Sharp, and if you talk to him he'll claim you saved an imposter. Turn away, and you'll hear him shape-shift; a look back reveals he's turned into Commissioner Gordon.
*** A clue that Clayface isn't who he claims to be: if you look at him in detective mode, you can't see his skeleton.
** Also, after you find Ra's al Ghul, be sure to stop by the morgue again later that night; his body will have disappeared.

* RoleReprisal: From ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Creator/KevinConroy reprises the roles of Batman and Thomas Wayne, Creator/MarkHamill reprises the role of the Joker, and Arleen Sorkin reprises the role of Harley Quinn.

** As noted before, Creator/TomKane is Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp, and Mark Hamill is the Joker and Scarface.
** Steve Blum voices many incidental voices, so this is expected. It's first noticeable in the introductory sequence with the doctor yelling at a guard to take the Joker away after the Joker offends the doctor by offering to drop his pants.

* CrossDressingVoices: Kimberley Brooks voices Young!Bruce. Yes, you heard right, [[Franchise/MassEffect Ashley f'n Williams]] was the goddamn Batman.
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** From ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Creator/KevinConroy reprises the roles of Batman and Thomas Wayne, Creator/MarkHamill reprises the role of the Joker, and Arleen Sorkin reprises the role of Harley Quinn.
** Creator/TomKane is Commissioner Gordon, Quincy Sharp, and the Spirit of Arkham.
** Kimberly Brooks ([[Franchise/MassEffect Ashley Williams]]) is Oracle, young Bruce Wayne, and Dr. Cassidy.
** Adrienne Barbeau ([[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Catwoman]]) is Dr. Whistler.
** Creator/CreeSummer is Dr. Young.
** Tasia Valenza ([[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Sniper Wolf]]) is Poison Ivy and Martha Wayne.
** Creator/SteveBlum is Killer Croc.
** Creator/FredTatasciore is Bane.
** Creator/WallyWingert is the Riddler.
** Dino Andrade ([[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Ragou]]) is the Scarecrow. He was also the husband of the late Creator/MaryKayBergman, who voiced Batgirl in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''.
** Danny Jacobs ([[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar King Julien]]) is Victor Zsasz and Frank Boyles.
** James Horan ([[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Wheeljack]]) is Jack Ryder.
** Duane R. Shepard, Sr. ([[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Stew]]) is Aaron Cash.
** Creator/RickDWasserman is young Jim Gordon.
** Roger Rose ([[WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow Doctor Strange]], [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Superman]], [[VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance Vision]]) is William North.
** Creator/ChrisCox is Eddie Burlow.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: ''Arkham Asylum'' was going to be a rhythm game, where the fight scenes would become upbeat 2D dance scenes and you would have to press the right colored buttons on cue, almost like in ''VideoGame/RockBand''. This whole idea came from these two stories from [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/10/02/news_2f00_batmanarkhamasylumtidbits.aspx the developers]] and from director [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130114065406/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/214519/blog/batman-started-life-as-a-rhythm-action-game/?site=psm Sefton Hill]]. You can still see traces of this in the freeflow combat sections, which do feel rather like a rhythm game at points.[[note]] You can mash like hell during fight sequences and do alright, but the game rewards you with stronger attacks and more XP for timing your strikes, not getting hit, and not whiffing on attacks, which requires a more methodical, rhythmic pace of attack.[[/note]]

** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', [[Creator/RickDWasserman Young!Jim Gordon]] is Thor, Absorbing Man, and Surtur; [[Creator/FredTatasciore Bane]] is the Hulk, Red Hulk, the Thing, Graviton, Mandrill, Volstagg, Fernis, and Yon Rogg; [[Creator/WallyWingert the Riddler]] is Hank Pym and M.O.D.O.K.; Eddie Burlow is Hawkeye, Crimson Dynamo, Fandral, and Rattler, and [[Creator/TomKane Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp]] are Ultron, Jasper Sitwell, and Professor Thornton.

** Chris Cox ([[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Hawkeye]], [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Captain Atom]]) is Eddie Burlow.

* CrossdressingVoices: Kimberley Brooks voices Young!Bruce. Yes you heard right, [[Franchise/MassEffect Ashley f'n Williams]] was the goddamn Batman.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: ''Arkham Asylum'' was going to be a rhythm game, where the fight scenes would become upbeat 2D dance scenes and you would have to press the right colored buttons on cue, almost like in ''VideoGame/RockBand''. This whole idea came from these two stories from [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/10/02/news_2f00_batmanarkhamasylumtidbits.aspx the developers]] and from director [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/214519/blog/batman-started-life-as-a-rhythm-action-game/?site=psm Sefton Hill]]. You can still see traces of this in the freeflow combat sections, which do feel rather like a rhythm game at points.[[note]] You can mash like hell during fight sequences and do alright, but the game rewards you with stronger attacks and more XP for timing your strikes, not getting hit, and not whiffing on attacks, which requires a more methodical, rhythmic pace of attack.[[/note]]

* CrossdressingVoices: Kimberley Brooks voices Young!Bruce. Yes you heard right, [[Series/MassEffect Ashley f'n Williams]] was the goddamn Batman.

* The ArkhamCare tie-in website lists its partners as Wayne Enterprises for the computer and security systems and [[spoiler:Ace Chemical Processing for pharmaeceuticals. The factory was the birthplace of the Joker, when he fell into a vat of acid that turned his hair green, and his skin chalk white. [[MultipleChoicePast Probably]].]]

** For fans of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', including its spin-offs like ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' and the movies, in addition to Batman, Thomas Wayne, Joker, and Harley Quinn retaining their voice actors, Dr. Whistler is Catwoman, Oracle is [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman Kathy Duquesne]], and Dr. Young is Max Gibson.
** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', [[Creator/RickDWasserman Young!Jim Gordon]] is Thor, Absorbing Man, and Surtur; [[Creator/FredTatasciore Bane]] is the Hulk, Red Hulk, the Thing, Graviton, Mandrill, Volstagg, Fernis, and Yon Rogg; [[Creator/WallyWingert the Riddler]] is Hank Pym and M.O.D.O.K.; [[Creator/ChrisCox Eddie Burlow]] is Hawkeye, Crimson Dynamo, Fandral, and Rattler, and [[Creator/TomKane Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp]] are Ultron, Jasper Sitwell, and Professor Thornton.

* ContestWinnerCameo: There is a set of stairs near Clayface's cell that lead to a cell where a creepy prisoner is held. He is actually the winner of a Gamespot contest in which the winner got their face and name put in the game. His name, Luke Oliver, shows up on the Joker's party list.

** Duane R. Shepard Sr. ([[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Stew]]) is Aaron Cash.

* TalkingToHimself: As noted before, Creator/TomKane is Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp, and Mark Hamill is the Joker and Scarface.

* ContestWinnerCameo: There are a set of stairs near Clayface's cell that lead to a cell where a creepy prisoner is held; He is actually the winner of a Gamespot contest in which the winner gets their face and name put in the game, and he is mentioned on Joker's party list as Luke Oliver.* HeyItsThatVoice:

* HeyItsThatVoice:

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: ''Arkham Asylum'' was going to be a rhythm game, where the fight scenes would become upbeat 2D dance scenes and you would have to press the right colored buttons on cue, almost like in ''VideoGame/RockBand''. This whole idea came from these two stories from [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/10/02/news_2f00_batmanarkhamasylumtidbits.aspx the developers]] and from director [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/214519/blog/batman-started-life-as-a-rhythm-action-game/?site=psm Sefton Hill]]. You can still see traces of this in the freeflow combat sections, which do feel rather like a rhythm game at points.[[note]] You can mash like hell during fight sequences and do alright, but the game rewards you with stronger attacks and more XP for both timing your strikes, not getting hit, and not whiffing on attacks, which requires a more methodical, rhythmic pace of attack.[[/note]]

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: ''Arkham Asylum'' was going to be a rhythm game, where the fight scenes would become upbeat 2D dance scenes and you would have to press the right colored buttons on cue, almost like in ''VideoGame/RockBand''. This whole idea came from these two stories from [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/10/02/news_2f00_batmanarkhamasylumtidbits.aspx the developers]] and from director [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/214519/blog/batman-started-life-as-a-rhythm-action-game/?site=psm Sefton Hill]]. You can still see traces of this in the freeflow combat sections, which do feel rather like a rhythm game at points.

* The ArkhamCare tie-in website lists its partners as Wayne Enterprises for the computer and security systems and [[spoiler:Ace Chemical Processing for pharmaeceuticals]] [[spoiler:The factory was the birthplace of the Joker, when he fell into a vat of acid that turned his hair green, and his skin chalk white.[[MultipleChoicePast Probably]].]]

** TomKane is Commissioner Gordon, Quincy Sharp, and the Spirit of Arkham.

** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', [[Creator/RickDWasserman Young!Jim Gordon]] is Thor, Absorbing Man, and Surtur; [[Creator/FredTatasciore Bane]] is the Hulk, Red Hulk, the Thing, Graviton, Mandrill, Volstagg, Fernis, and Yon Rogg; [[Creator/WallyWingert the Riddler]] is Hank Pym and M.O.D.O.K.; [[Creator/ChrisCox Eddie Burlow]] is Hawkeye, Crimson Dynamo, Fandral, and Rattler, and [[TomKane Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp]] are Ultron, Jasper Sitwell, and Professor Thornton.
* TalkingToHimself: As noted before, TomKane is Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp, and Mark Hamill is the Joker and Scarface.

** WallyWingert is the Riddler.

** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', [[Creator/RickDWasserman Young!Jim Gordon]] is Thor, Absorbing Man, and Surtur; [[Creator/FredTatasciore Bane]] is the Hulk, Red Hulk, the Thing, Graviton, Mandrill, Volstagg, Fernis, and Yon Rogg; [[WallyWingert the Riddler]] is Hank Pym and M.O.D.O.K.; [[Creator/ChrisCox Eddie Burlow]] is Hawkeye, Crimson Dynamo, Fandral, and Rattler, and [[TomKane Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp]] are Ultron, Jasper Sitwell, and Professor Thornton.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: ''Arkham Asylum'' was going to be a rhythm game, where the fight scenes would become upbeat 2D dance scenes and you would have to press the right colored buttons on cue, almost like in ''VideoGame/RockBand''. This whole idea came from these two stories from [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/10/02/news_2f00_batmanarkhamasylumtidbits.aspx the developers]] and from director [[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/214519/blog/batman-started-life-as-a-rhythm-action-game/?site=psm Sefton Hill]].

** Dino Andrade ([[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Ragou]]) is the Scarecrow.

** Roger Rose ([[WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow Doctor Strange]], [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Superman]]) is William North.

** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', [[Creator/RickDWasserman Young!Jim Gordon]] is Thor, Absorbing Man, and Surtur; [[Creator/FredTatasciore Bane]] is the Hulk, Red Hulk, the Thing, Graviton, Mandrill, Volstagg, Fernis, and Yon Rogg; [[WallyWingert the Riddler]] is Hank Pym and M.O.D.O.K.; and [[Creator/ChrisCox Eddie Burlow]] is Hawkeye, Crimson Dynamo, Fandral, and Rattler.