History Trivia / BatmanArkhamKnight

** Instead of Kimberley Brooks or Kelsey Lansdowne, Creator/AshelyGreene voices Barbara Gordon.

** Gordon has been recast yet again, though it is currently unknown who will be voicing him this time.

** Another common theory was that he was Azrael, who, like Todd, has been teased in a recent countdown trailer in his familiar costume. The jury's still out on the other theories, though.

** Another common theory was that he was Azrael, who, like Todd, has been revealed in a recent countdown trailer in his familiar costume. The jury's still out on the other theories, though.

* {{Jossed}}: Due to multiple similarities between other characters, a number of people insisted (despite Rocksteady repeatedly stating otherwise) that the Arkham Knight was an already existing character with a new alter ego, not a new character developed from scratch by Rocksteady and DC. The most popular theory being that he was Jason Todd. This speculation all but disappeared the moment that a Red Hood story DLC was announced, showing Jason in an entirely different, more familiar costume. The jury's still out on the other theories, though.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/JohnNoble replaces Dino Andrade as the Scarecrow.

* DevelopmentHell: Not quite, but dangerously close. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced.[[note]]Mentioned in an interview that Arkham Knight was supposed to come out in January 2014, though it may have been speculation[[/note]] ''Arkham Knight'' was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Soon after, rumors began surfacing online that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed by Rocksteady on June 3, 2014, with it's new release date of June 2, 2015 being confirmed on September 9,2014. Then on March 23, 2015, it was delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to develop the game and ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* {{Jossed}}: Due to multiple similarities between other characters, a number of people insisted (despite Rocksteady repeatedly stating otherwise) that the Arkham Knight was an already existing character with a new alter ego, not a new character developed from scratch by Rocksteady. The most common theory being that he was Jason Todd. This speculation all but disappeared the moment that a Red Hood story DLC was announced, showing Jason in an entirely different, more familiar costume. The jury's still out on the other theories, though.

* DevelopmentHell: Not quite, but dangerously close. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced.[[note]]Mentioned in an interview that Arkham Knight was supposed to come out in January 2014[[/note]] ''Arkham Knight'' was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Soon after, rumors began speculating that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed on June 3, 2014. It was revealed on September 9, 2014 that the new date would be June 2, 2015. Then on March 23, 2015, it was delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to develop the game and ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* {{Jossed}}: Due to multiple similarities between the two characters, a number of people insisted (despite Rocksteady repeatedly stating otherwise) that the Arkham Knight was Jason Todd, not an original villain created for the game. This speculation all but disappeared the moment that a Red Hood story DLC was announced, showing Jason in an entirely different, more familiar costume.

* DevelopmentHell: Not quite, but dangerously close. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced.[[note]]Mentioned in an interview that Arkham Knight was supposed to come out in January 2014[[/note]] ''Arkham Knight'' was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Soon after rumors began speculating that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed on June 3, 2014. It was revealed on September 9, 2014 that the new date would be June 2, 2015. Then on March 23, 2015, its been delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* DevelopmentHell: Not quite, but dangerously close. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced.[[note]]Mentioned in an interview that Arkham Knight was supposed to come out in January 2014[[/note]] ''Arkham Knight'' was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Then rumors began speculating that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed on June 3, 2014. It was revealed in September that the new date would be June 2, 2015. Then on March 23, 2015, its been delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Bordering on DevelopmentHell. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced. ''Arkham Knight'' was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Then rumors began speculating that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed on June 3, 2014. It was revealed in September that the new date would be June 2, 2015. Then on March 23, 2015, its been delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Bordering on DevelopmentHell. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several time before it was officially announced. It was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Then rumors began speculating that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed on June 3, 2014. It was revealed in September that the new date would be June 2, 2015. Then on March 23, 2015, its been delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* DevelopmentHell: Not quite but dangerously close. If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several time before it was officially announced. It was announced on March 4, 2014 with a release date of October 14, 2014. Then rumors began speculating that Arkham Knight was being delayed to 2015, which was officially confirmed on June 3, 2014. It was revealed in September that the new date would be June 2, 2015. Then on March 23, 2015, its been delayed another three weeks to June 23, 2015. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to ensure that the series goes out with a bang.

* ActorAllusion: The E3 trailer for Arkham Knight has Scarecrow declare that he'll drag Gotham into oblivion, alluding to John Noble's role as Unicron in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

*** John Noble ([[Series/{{Fringe}} Walter Bishop]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Denethor]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Unicron]], [[WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound Brainiac]]) is the Scarecrow, replacing Dino Andrade from ''Arkham Asylum''.

* TheOtherDarrin: John Noble replaces Dino Andrade as the Scarecrow.

* TheOtherDarrin:
** John Noble replaces Dino Andrade as the Scarecrow.

* ActorAllusion: The E3 trailer for Arkham Knight has Scarecrow declare that he'll drag Gotham into oblivion, alluding to John Noble's role as [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Unicron]] in the series finale, ''Predacons Rising''.

** John Noble replaced Dino Andrade as the Scarecrow.

*** John Noble ([[Series/{{Fringe}} Walter Bishop]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Denethor]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Unicron]]) is the Scarecrow, replacing Dino Andrade from ''Arkham Asylum''.

*** John Noble ([[Series/{{Fringe}} Denethor]], [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Denethor]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Unicron]]) is the Scarecrow, replacing Dino Andrade from ''Arkham Asylum''.

*** Creator/TroyBaker as Two-Face.

* ActorAllusion: The E3 trailer for Arkham Knight has Scarecrow declare that he'll drag Gotham into oblivion, alluding to John Noble's role as [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Unicron]] in Predacons Rising.

Returning from the prior games...

* RoleReprisal:
** Creator/KevinConroy as Batman.
** Creator/NolanNorth as the Penguin.
** Creator/TaraStrong as Harley Quinn.
** Creator/WallyWingert as the Riddler.
** Creator/TroyBaker as Two-Face.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Returning voice actors include...
*** Creator/KevinConroy as Batman.
*** Creator/NolanNorth as the Penguin.
*** Creator/TaraStrong as Harley Quinn.
*** Creator/WallyWingert as the Riddler.
*** Creator/TroyBaker as Two-Face.