1 | * "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE30PerchanceToDream Perchance to Dream]]" consists mostly of an extended dream sequence created by the Mad Hatter to keep Batman trapped in a dream world. After Batman finally wakes up into reality, he looks at the elaborate head rig created by the Mad Hatter, and calls it "[[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 the stuff that dreams are made of]]". |
2 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE50OffBalance Off Balance]]", Batman asks Talia whose side she is on. "That would be telling" she replies. Almost every episode of ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' started with that dialogue. |
3 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE3NothingToFear Nothing to Fear]]" the security guard in the beginning is reading a comic book called ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. |
4 | ** [[ComicBook/TheFlash Star Labs]] is also cited in a list of potential sources of the Scarecrow's fear gas. |
5 | ** In a later episode, "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE10TorchSong Torch Song]]", Bruce is discussing a ongoing case with Barbara Gordon. When he asks, "What are you doing tonight?" she replies, [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "The same thing we do every night, Pinky."]] He does not get the reference. |
6 | * At the start of "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE41JokersWild Joker's Wild]]", the Joker is whistling the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes theme. |
7 | ** Not two minutes later, he busts out a Beaky Buzzard impression. |
8 | ** In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE2ChristmasWithTheJoker Christmas with the Joker]]", he sings "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" as he escapes Arkham. |
9 | * In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE5YouScratchMyBack You Scratch My Back]]", a list of ships includes ''[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Andrea Doria]]'', ''[[Series/GilligansIsland SS Minnow]]'', ''[[Literature/TheBountyTrilogy HMS Bounty]]'', and ''[[Film/ThePoseidonAdventure Poseidon]]''. |
10 | * Two-Face's suit is a rather obvious reference to the famous ''Film/Scarface1983'' poster. |
11 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE11TwoFacePart2 Two-Face: Part 2]]", while robbing one of Rupert Thorn's fronts, Two-Face says "[[Series/TheOuterLimits1963 Do not attempt to adjust the picture, I'm in control!]]" |
12 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE34TheLaughingFish The Laughing Fish]]" Joker pulls a wrench out of a box with the words "[[Series/HomeImprovement Binford Tools]]" written on it. |
13 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE55TheMechanic The Mechanic]]", one of the Penguin's henchmen celebrates their apparent victory against Batman by saying [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes "T-t-t-that's all, folks!"]] |
14 | * In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE23BewareTheCreeper Beware the Creeper]]", not only does the Creeper look similar to and act just like WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}, but he talks to a woman through her window and when she screams and runs... |
15 | -->'''The Creeper:''' [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Okay, I love you, buh-bye!]] |
16 | * The robots in the opening to "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE19DeepFreeze Deep Freeze]]" are based on both ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheMechanicalMonsters''. |
17 | * [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Cybertron]] Industries appears in "Heart of Steel". |
18 | ** Karl Rossum, the owner of Cybertron Industries and one of the pioneers in A.I. research and robotics, is named for Capek's play ''Theatre/{{RUR}}'' (for ''Rossum's Universal Robots''), the origin of the term "robot." |
19 | ** In addition, Karl Rossum is voiced by Creator/WilliamSanderson in a clear nod to his role on ''Film/BladeRunner'', with HARDAC's robot replacements being very similar to Replicants. |
20 | * Poison Ivy's license plate in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE56HarleyAndIvy Harley and Ivy]]" is "[[Film/CitizenKane Rosebud]]". |
21 | ** And a few seconds after that Ivy tells Harley, "[[{{Film/Casablanca}} This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship]]." |
22 | * "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE33RobinsReckoningPart2 Robin's Reckoning: Part 2]]" has a shout out to ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' when Dick strikes a similar pose to Kaneda on his bike. |
23 | * At the end of "Joker’s Wild", the inmates in Arkham are watching ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' cartoons. |
24 | * To ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'', where one thing Sally said to Linus in the pumpkin patch was, "If you try to hold my hand, I'll slug you!"; near the beginning of "Joker's Wild", in the lounge at Arkham Asylum, Joker cozies up next to Poison Ivy, and teasingly says, "If you hold my hand, I'll ''slug'' you!" |
25 | * The poster for the magician [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} The Great Prosciutto]] in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE9BeAClown Be a Clown]]" is a cartoonified portrait of Creator/AlanMoore. |
26 | * Anthony Romulus from “[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE43MoonOfTheWolf Moon of the Wolf]]“ has eyebrows that meet in the middle which, according to ''Film/TheCompanyOfWolves'', is a sign that a person may well be a werewolf. |
27 | * "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE3Trial Trial]]" has Batman capturing the skull gang's leader, who wears a T-shirt that's exactly like ComicBook/ThePunisher's logo. |
28 | * At one point when Batman and Robin are artificially sped up, Robin quips: "[[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Faster than a speeding bullet..!]]" |
29 | * Creator/AdamWest, Batman of ''Series/Batman1966'', guest-starred in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE18BewareTheGrayGhost Beware the Gray Ghost]]". |
30 | * "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE16HarleysHoliday Harley's Holiday]]", Harley Quinn, upon returning to Arkham, says the line, "Home again, home again, jiggity jig." It's a reference to the scene where one of the toys says the same line when J.F. Sebastian comes home with a woman in ''Film/BladeRunner''. |
31 | * In [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE25TheClockKing "The Clock King"]], the streets have the names from various comics and animation artist who worked at Batman: Keith Weesner, Jack Schiff, Jerry Robinson, Norm Breygfole, Alex Toth, and Kurt Busiek. |
32 | * "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE9Catwalk Catwalk]]" has Selina Kyle quoting Creator/RudyardKipling's [[Literature/JustSoStories "The Cat who Walked by Himself."]] |
33 | * The [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090729221039/dcanimated/images/b/b3/Riddlers_Reform-Title_Card.png title card]] for "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE14RiddlersReform Riddler's Reform]]" bears a resemblance to a famous [[http://ifanboy.com/articles/great-pages-the-amazing-spider-man-50/ page]] in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' #50. |
34 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE41JokersWild Joker's Wild]]", Batman exclaims [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Camelot" when he encounters the model]] detailing the original theme of Kaiser's casino. |
35 | * In "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE7Harlequinade Harlequinade]]", when Harley does her impromptu musical number she instructs the orchestra that she will be singing in the key of A flat, as Lina does for her impromptu musical number at the end of ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' (and in very nearly the same nasal voice). |
36 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE2ChristmasWithTheJoker Christmas with the Joker]]", the taxidermy horse that "pulls" the Joker's sleigh in his pirate TV broadcast has [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas a single trimmed tree branch tied to its forehead with string]] to pass it off as a "reindeer". Joker also knocks over [[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas a pathetic-looking bare-branched little Christmas tree]]. |
37 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE44DayOfTheSamurai Day of the Samurai]]", the antagonist's hideout is at 563 [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Tezuka]]. |
38 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", the Joker's eulogy for the presumed dead Batman starts thusly: |
39 | -->'''Joker:''' Dear friends... Today is [[Film/TheDayTheClownCried the day that the Clown cried]]. |
40 | * In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE40IfYoureSoSmartWhyArentYouRich If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?]]" Batman immediately deduces the Riddler's reference to a lyric from the ''{{Theatre/Oklahoma}}'' song "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'." Robin [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure fails]] to get the reference to "corn as high as an elephant's eye," and Batman has to explain it to him. |
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