History Trivia / BatmanBeyondReturnoftheJoker

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Once again, Mark Hamill as the Joker. This is the first thing he did as Joker that made him uncomfortable

** Tim Drake's blonde wife is a nod to [[Characters/BatmanAndBatFamily Stephanie Brown]], who was Tim's girlfriend in the comics at the time. It was acknowledged in the DVD commentary of the movie.

** [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Melissa Joan Hart]] provides the voice of the Dee-Dee twins, HenryRollins is Bonk, [[Series/{{Smallville}} Michael]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Rosenbaum]] is Ghoul, and Creator/FrankWelker is Woof. Chucko is played by Don Harvey, but you're not likely to recognize his voice.

** The original ending was going to have it turn out the Joker [[spoiler:actually was Tim Drake, with no microchip involved]], but that didn't sit well with the test audience.

*** Bruce's visit to the remains of Arkham Asylum to find clues on the Joker's return. He is unknowingly followed by Terry. (Storyboard drawings, however, do appear as deleted scenes, which were present on both versions of the DVD as part of the special features.)

** Creator/RachaelLeighCook is the voice of Terry's friend Chelsea.
** And of course, Creator/MarkHamill's back as the Joker.
** And on that note, Creator/KevinConroy's back as Bruce, Creator/WillFriedle as Terry, and TaraStrong as Batgirl.

* WordOfGod: The writers admitted that as they talked about the novel, ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', one night, after the book came out but while the movie was being made, elements inspired by the novel description of Hannibal Lecter made their way into the Joker designs for the movie--the slicked-back hair on the future Joker and the {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} on both the future and flashback/''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' Joker designs.

** [[spoiler:Harley survived her death in the flashback because of the serum Ivy gave her in "Harley & Ivy".]]

** During the flashback, The Joker wears the "Kiss the Cook" apron in both the cut and uncut versions. Originally it was going to say "''Kill'' the Cook", but the execs decided that the words would be too gruesome.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Anyone who has seen the edited version of this film knows what I'm talking about. TheOtherWiki has a list of changes [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Beyond:_Return_of_the_Joker#Re-editing here.]]

** [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Melissa Joan Hart]] provides the voice of the Dee-Dee twins, HenryRollins is Bonk, [[Series/{{Smallville}} Michael]] [[JusticeLeague Rosenbaum]] is Ghoul, and Creator/FrankWelker is Woof. Chucko is played by Don Harvey, but you're not likely to recognize his voice.

** And on that note, KevinConroy's back as Bruce, Creator/WillFriedle as Terry, and TaraStrong as Batgirl.

** The original ending was going to have it turn out the Joker [[spoiler:actually was Tim Drake, with no microchip involved]], but that didn't sit well with the test audience.

* TooSoon: The reason there is both a cut and uncut version of this movie - the original release date came shortly after the Columbine shootings.

** And of course, MarkHamill's back as the Joker.

** Tim Drake's blonde wife is a nod to [[{{Characters/BatmanAndBatFamily}} Stephanie Brown]], who was Tim's girlfriend in the comics at the time. It was acknowledged in the DVD commentary of the movie.

** [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Melissa Joan Hart]] provides the voice of the Dee-Dee twins, HenryRollins is Bonk, [[{{Smallville}} Michael]] [[{{Justice League}} Rosenbaum]] is Ghoul, and Creator/FrankWelker is Woof. Chucko is played by Don Harvey, but you're not likely to recognize his voice.

** And on that note, KevinConroy's back as Bruce, WillFriedle as Terry, and TaraStrong as Batgirl.

** Tim Drake's blonde wife is a nod to [[{{Characters/BatmanAndBatFamily}} Stephanie Brown]] (Spoiler/[[{{Comicbook/Robin}} Robin]] IV/[[{{Comicbook/Batgirl}} Batgirl]] IV), who was Tim's girlfriend in the comics at the time. It was acknowledged in the DVD commentary of the movie.

** [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Melissa Joan Hart]] provides the voice of the Dee-Dee twins, HenryRollins is Bonk, [[{{Smallville}} Michael]] [[{{Justice League}} Rosenbaum]] is Ghoul, and FrankWelker is Woof. Chucko is played by Don Harvey, but you're not likely to recognize his voice.

** The original ending was going to have it turn out the Joker [[spoiler:actually was Tim Drake, with no microchip involved]], but that didn't sit well with the test audience.

** [[QuantumLeap Dean Stockwell]] is the adult Tim Drake.

[[Foreshadowing Foreshadowing:]]
* A year before the film was released, the Batman Beyond episode Joyride aired. In one scene, a group of Jokerz are digging underground, if you look you can spot the Joker's skeleton. Now remember what Barbara said about Joker being buried under Arkham...

** The original ending was going to have it turn out the Joker [[spoiler:actually was Tim Drake, with no microchip involved]], but that didn't sit well with the test audience.

*** Batman's interrogation of the Penguin in the flashback. Both were part of the script that got cut out of the movie due to time and pacing concerns, as confirmed in the commentary.

** And on that note, KevinConroy's back as Bruce, WillFriedle as Terry, and TaraStrong as Batgirl.

** [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Melissa Joan Hart]] provides the voice of the Dee-Dee twins, HenryRollins is Bonk, [[{{Smallville}} Michael]] [[{{Justice League}} Rosenbaum]] is Ghoul, and FrankWelker is Woof. Chucko is played by Don Harvey, but you're not likely to recognize his voice.

** [[SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Melissa Joan Hart]] provides the voice of the Dee-Dee twins, HenryRollins is Bonk, MichaelRosenbaum is Ghoul, and FrankWelker is Woof. Chucko is played by Don Harvey, but you're not likely to recognize his voice.