History Trivia / BatmanArkhamKnight

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: One possible interpretation of the ending, given how Rocksteady has said that this will be the last Batman game they will make. Batman [[spoiler:is forced to reveal his secret identity to the world, and in response to this activates the Knightfall Protocol, which involves blowing up Wayne Manor and the Batcave, seemingly killing Bruce and Alfred with it. While it's left ambiguous if Bruce and Alfred are actually killed, and the 100% ending shows a shadowy Batman-like figure continuing to protect Gotham, the fact remains that it would be very difficult to continue making games in this continuity while keeping up at least a semblance of the traditional Batman mythos, clearing the slate for a reboot in the manner of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.]]

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: One possible interpretation of the ending, given how Rocksteady has said that this will be the last Batman game they will make. Batman [[spoiler:is forced to reveal is his secret identity to the world, and in response to this activates the Knightfall Protocol, which involves blowing up Wayne Manor and the Batcave, seemingly killing Bruce and Alfred with it. While it's left ambiguous if Bruce and Alfred are actually killed, and the 100% ending shows a shadowy Batman-like figure continuing to protect Gotham, the fact remains that it would be very difficult to continue making games in this continuity while keeping up at least a semblance of the traditional Batman mythos, clearing the slate for a reboot in the manner of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.]]

** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5jrxnv/im_sefton_hill_creative_director_at_rocksteady/?ref=search_posts According to Sefton Hill in a Reddit AMA event]], the ending credits were planned to have an interactive combat sequence were the player would beat down the ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments game's developers]]''. Each knockout would have activated slow motion during which the game showed the name and role of the downed developer.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/KevinConroy voices both Batman and his evil double Hush.

* Originally, Explosive Gel wasn't going to be a selectable gadget in this game, and would only be usable in "context specific situations".

** There's a DummiedOut bio for Zsasz, hinting that he was originally going to be in this game (beyond minor references and a cameo). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NpvarYe5e8 One data miner even found voice clips that basically prove a mission about Zsasz.]]

* IKnewIt:
** Several people correctly speculated that the plot of ''Arkham Knight'' would involve a power-vacuum after the death of the Joker, based solely on the ending to ''Arkham City'' and that Scarecrow would be the BigBad based on his hidden room in Falcone Shipping.
** Regarding the Joker, two sets of theories came up regarding his fate. One set of fans believed that the character was completely dead and would be exempt from JokerImmunity [[spoiler:or being resurrected somehow]], and the other set of fans believed the same, but were under the impression that [[spoiler:the character would be seen in hallucinations and flashbacks]]. '''Both''' groups were correct.
** A lot of people correctly predicted that the Arkham Knight's true identity was [[spoiler:the Arkham-verse's version of Jason Todd]].
** It was also widely speculated that [[spoiler:the climax would happen at Arkham Asylum.]]
** Many people figured out that it was Creator/JohnNoble who voiced Scarecrow before the official reveal.

** In the Japanese dub of the game, Batman and [[spoiler:The Joker]] are dubbed by [[spoiler:their dub actors in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, Creator/ShinshuFuji and Creator/KeijiFujiwara, respectively. The latter has also previously done Joker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.]]

** In the Japanese dub of the game, [[spoiler:Creator/KeijiFujiwara]] reprises his role as [[spoiler:the Joker from the Japanese dubs of both ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'']].

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** In the Japanese dub of the game, [[spoiler:Creator/KeijiFujiwara]] reprises his role as [[spoiler:The Joker from the Japanese dubs of both ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', despite being from different continuities]].
** The Brazilian dub retains most of the reprisals from ''Origins'' while bringing in the Scarecrow and Catwoman of Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy. There is also a weird variant, as Manolo Rey is Robin in both games... even if they're different people (''Knight'' has Tim Drake instead of Dick Grayson, who has already changed identities to Nightwing).

* TalkingToHimself: Kevin Conroy voices both Batman and his evil double Hush.

* DevelopmentHell: If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced.[[note]]Mentioned in an interview that the game was supposed to come out in January 2014, though it may have been speculation[[/note]] ''Batman: Arkham Knight'' was officially announced on March 4, 2014 and was originally intended to be released on October 14, 2014. Soon after, rumors began surfacing online that it 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. Then on March 23, 2015, it was delayed another three weeks to June 23, nearly four years after ''Batman: Arkham City''. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to develop the game because they were not entirely familiar with the next-gen toolkit and wanted to push the game to perform to its high ambitions (no loading times and a large map). This was also a reason for the PC PortingDisaster since Rocksteady's attention entirely went towards the console release and hardware.

** The Brazilian dub retains most of the reprisals from ''Origins'' while bringing in the animated Harley Quinn, and Scarecrow and Catwoman of The Dark Knight Trilogy.

** The Brazilian dub retains most of the reprisals from ''Origins'' while bringing in the Scarecrow and Catwoman of The Dark Knight Trilogy.

* FanNickname: This version of Tim Drake gets called “Tim Shady” on certain parts of the internet due to his resemblance to Music/{{Eminem}}.

* RoleReprise: In the Japanese dub of the game, [[spoiler:Creator/KeijiFujiwara]] reprises his role as [[spoiler:The Joker from the Japanese dubs of both ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', despite being from different continuities]].

* DescendedCreator: Everyone in Pauli's diner except the culprit who releases the fear-toxin is based on one of the game's creators. Yes, Rocksteady's staff got their kicks by ''massacring themselves'' in the game's opening encounter.

* DevelopmentHell: If Kevin Conroy can be believed, the game was delayed several times before it was officially announced.[[note]]Mentioned in an interview that the game was supposed to come out in January 2014, though it may have been speculation[[/note]] ''Batman: Arkham Knight'' was officially announced on March 4, 2014 and was originally intended to be released on October 14, 2014. Soon after, rumors began surfacing online that it 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. Then on March 23, 2015, it was delayed another three weeks to June 23, nearly four years after ''Batman: Arkham City''. The reason being that Rocksteady needed more time to develop the game because they were not entirely familiar with the Next-Gen toolkit and wanted to push the game to perform to its high ambitions (No loading times and a large map). This was also a reason for the PC PortingDisaster since Rocksteady's attention entirely went towards the console release and hardware.

* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Rocksteady confirming the Joker would stay dead (his role as a SpiritAdvisor notwithstanding) turned out to be this as many initially assumed Rocksteady were being a bunch of {{Lying Creator}}s and the Joker would come back and once again pull a HijackedByGanon. Granted, the latter still happened, but it was also still during the Joker's aforementioned spirit role and he was still dead.]]

* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Rocksteady confirming the Joker would stay dead (his role as a SpiritAdvisor notwithstanding) turned out to be this as many initially assumed Rocksteady were being a bunch of {{Lying Creator}}s and the Joker would come back and once again pull a HijackedByGanon.]]

* PropRecycling: Besides the obvious reused assets from past games, the rocket-propelled grenades that carjackers will fire at the Batmobile during chase sequences are actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHiC1i608Ok&t=15m40s Deadshot's shell casings]] from ''Arkham City''. However, because they move so quickly you can only really tell [[FreezeFrameBonus in Photo Mode]].

* {{Jossed}}:
** The opening cutscene shows Joker's corpse being cremated; Rocksteady bigwig Sefton Hill admitted at E3 2015 that this was done entirely to demonstrate to fans that Joker was KilledOffForReal and wouldn't be coming back, either as himself or the Arkham Knight. [[spoiler:Not alive, anyway - he shows up in flashbacks and as a hallucination.]]
** Many people thought that the Arkham Knight would be the BigBad since his name is also the name of the game. This was not the case, and Sefton Hill confirmed that the villain was named after the game, not the other way around.

* {{Blooper}}: Due to the way the challenge mode character selector was implemented (Quickly in a patch), the predator mode enemy chatter can make some mistakes, such as mentioning the "Bat" even if you are not playing as him, and sometimes even the wrong gender pronouns. This is rare, however.

* RoleReprisal; In the Japanese dub of the game, [[spoiler:Creator/KeijiFujiwara]] reprise his role as [[spoiler:The Joker from the Japanese dubs of both ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', despite being from different continuities]].

** There's a DummiedOut bio for Zsasz, hinting that he was originally going to be in this game (beyond minor references and a cameo).
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NpvarYe5e8 One data miner even found voice clips that basically prove a mission about Zsasz.]]

* TheOriginalDarrin: Not only did Creator/KevinConroy return as Batman, but so did Creator/SteveBlum as Killer Croc after the character was voiced by Creator/KharyPayton in ''Origins'' and [[spoiler:Creator/MarkHamill came back as the Joker.]] Likewise after ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' saw the characters recast with Creator/JenniferHale, Matthew Grey Gulber, and Creator/HyndenWalch in the respective roles, ''Knight'' sees the return of Tasia Valenza as Poison Ivy, Creator/WallyWingert as the Riddler, and a version with Creator/TaraStrong as Harley.