Line #30 Trivia/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns


1	!!!Trivia for [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns the comic]]:
2	* FollowTheLeader: This miniseries singlehandedly ushered in the new age of Cranky Batman.
3	* PostReleaseRetitle: The comic was originally titled ''"Batman: The Dark Knight"'' when it was first released, with "Returns" only being used in the first issue, with the other three issues [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming being given different titles using "The Dark Knight" name]][[note]]The other three issues were called ''"Batman: The Dark Knight Triumphant"'', ''"Batman: Hunt The Dark Knight"'', and ''"Batman: The Dark Knight Falls"''[[/note]]. It wasn't until DC compiled the issues into one book shortly after it concluded that the entire run would be titled ''"Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"''.
4	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
5	** ComicBook/GreenArrow was absent, and instead it is Bruce who releases the Kryptonite Gas from his suit. There was also a moment where the sky momentarily opens up and reveals the sun, briefly healing Superman and thereby avoiding the CurbStompBattle that we all know and love. Bruce also taunts him about Lois to engage his BerserkButton, which ultimately leads to his defeat. In this version, however, Bruce barely survives the battle and ends up in a intensive care, where Federal Agents anxiously wait to question him. Alas, Bruce manages to swallow a pill hidden inside his arm that allows him to fake his death and to continue to work undisturbed. The final shot would've emphasized the theme that while Bruce Wayne dies, the Dark Knight lives.
6	** The President also dies in an early draft of "The Dark Knight Falls" when the Coldbringer hits, the EMP hitting Air Force One and causing it to crash.
7	** In the book itself, it's only implied that the Joker killed Jason Todd. Rumor has it that not only was that fact going to be originally outright stated in the text but that it'd be stated the Joker ''raped'' Jason before he killed him. Supposedly, DC stepped in and made Frank take it out. However, even so, Frank Miller's Joker has been stated anyway to be a rapist in further works set in the Dark Knight Universe, aside the hint that he may have raped Selina Kyle after mind-controlling her.
8	** While the book ends with Batman faking a heart attack, symbolizing that Bruce Wayne has died but the Dark Knight lives on, Creator/FrankMiller [[https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/10/28/frank-miller-original-ending-batman-dark-knight-returns/ revealed]] at the London Comic Con 2018 that his original ending was more a TheHeroDies-one in which Batman would have been gunned down by the GCPD members led by Commissioner Ellen Yindel.
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10	!!!Trivia for [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns the animated film]]:
11	* ActingForTwo:
12	** Creator/CarlosAlazraqui voices Hernando and Congressman Noches
13	** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices Anchor Carla and Sarah Eissen Gordon
14	** Creator/GregEagles voices Mackie and Ben Derrick
15	** Creator/MauriceLaMarche voices Anchor Tom and Dr. Herbert Willing
16	** Creator/YuriLowenthal voices a rookie police officer and a Son of Batman
17	** Creator/TressMacNeille voices Bruno, Selina Kyle, and an old lady
18	** Creator/JimMeskimen voices General Briggs and President Reagan
19	** Creator/RobPaulsen voices Rob (one of the Mutant Gang members) , Jeff Adams, and a robber
20	** Creator/TaraStrong voices Michelle, Anchor Trish, Kevin Ridley, the young Bruce Wayne, Elsie, and a boy the Joker kidnaps
21	** Creator/JamesPatrickStuart voices Murray, Governor Mahoney, and a radio announcer
22	** Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor voices Mr. Hudson and a store owner
23	** Creator/BruceTimm voices Thomas Wayne and a fireman
24	** Creator/FrankWelker voices Mayor Stevenson, Lieutenant O'Halloran, Frank, and a weather man
25	** Creator/GaryAnthonyWilliams voices Anchor Bill and the Mutants Leader
26	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Became ''The Dark Knight: The Rebirth of a Legend'' in Russia.
27	* TheDanza: Creator/RobPaulsen as Rob and Creator/FrankWelker as Frank.
28	* RealitySubtext: Much of the psychoanalysis and discussion surrounding Batman are things that have been said about him in real life.
29	* RoleReprise: In the French dub, several voice actors from previous adaptations reprised their roles here:
30	** From the ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'': Creator/JacquesCiron as Alfred.
31	** From the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse: In addition to Alfred, Jean-Claude Sachot as Commissioner Gordon and Creator/EmmanuelJacomy as Superman/Clark Kent.
32	** From ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In addition to Alfred and Superman, Xavier Fagnon as the Joker[[note]]except for Part 1, where his only line of dialogue is done by Jérôme Pauwels[[/note]] and Kelvine Dumour as Selina Kyle.
33	** From ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice\|2010}}'': In addition to Gordon, Alfred, Superman, and the Joker, Jérôme Pauwels as Oliver Queen.
34	** From ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'': In addition to Gordon, Jérôme Pauwels as Two-Face/Harvey Dent.
35	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Amazon has had issues with people mistaking the film as the DVD for ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' or thinking that it's [[OlderThanTheyThink a ripoff]] of it.

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