History Trivia / BatmanBegins

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/BreakfastOnPluto Kitten and the Father]] aren't so nice this time around.
** [[Series/LawAndOrder Michael Cutter]] and [[Series/SugarRush Stella Daniels]] are Batman's parents.
** The old homeless guy that Bruce gives his coat to is [[Film/{{Snatch}} Boris the Bullet-Dodger]].
** And the boy he rescues from Zsasz (along with Rachel) is [[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey]].
*** Which becomes HilariousInHindsight as most viewers who know Joffrey end up wanting the boy to be killed horribly by the manic hordes.
** [[ThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]] is Bruce Wayne's Mentor... [[PlayingAgainstType and he's trying to turn him to the Dark Side!]]
** [[TheFullMonty Gerald]] seems to be doing very well for himself [[spoiler: for a while]].
** Mr. Zsasz is played by Tim Booth, lead singer of the popular {{Britpop}} band James.
** Detective Flass is [[Series/SonsOfAnarchy Bobby Munson]]
** [[Film/BladeRunner Roy Batty]] was in charge of Wayne Enterprises before Bruce returns.
** Bruce Wayne's close childhood friend is [[{{Series/DawsonsCreek}} Joey Potter]].
** Bruce himself is [[AmericanPsycho Patrick Bateman!]]

** Detective Flass is [[SonsOfAnarchy Bobby Munson]]

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: At least one critic, noting that the movie makes reference to a (fictional) "depression", and perhaps also remembering the origin of the Batman character, believed that in ''Batman Begins'' Bruce was a child sometime in the 1930s...[[FridgeLogic which, of course, would mean that he became Batman (in this continuity) in the mid-1950s at the latest, which is obviously not true]]. The parody of this movie on ''TheSimpsons'', ''Bartman Begins'', ran with this by having the story be set blatantly in the '30s.

** [[BreakfastOnPluto Kitten and the Father]] aren't so nice this time around.

* UnderAgeCasting: Katie Holmes played an assistant district attorney despite being 26 years old and looking to be about 23. She should still be in law school by all accounts. Aside from that, she was romantically involved with Creator/ChristianBale who is older by a decent amount.
** To top this, according to the original script Holmes's character is supposed to be some two or three years older than Bale's, to justify her being an intern at the DA office when he's still an undergrad. In real life, Bale is some five years older than Katie Holmes.
** If she'd gone to law school straight out of college, she'd have graduated at 24 or 25. The only thing unlikely given her youth and inexperience is that she'd be handling cases--especially major, high-profile ones--on her own, but she'd still be able to work in the DA's office. It's not as much a stretch as other examples.
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', she is replaced by Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal who appears only slightly older than Holmes (indeed, she is a year older). In that film, she was still the assistant DA in a love triangle between the aforementioned Bale and the even older Aaron Eckhart's Harvey Dent.

* StarMakingRole: Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. While ''AmericanPsycho'' was a cult hit, ''Batman Begins'' is the film that made him a bona-fide star.

* DyeingForYourArt: Christian Bale had to quickly bulk up after his incredible weight loss for ''Film/TheMachinist''. He succeeded in packing on the muscle in a short amount of time and actually discovered that he actually ''overdid'' it (making him look to bulky and stout for a character that has to be quick on his feet) and had to slim back down during production.

** The old homeless guy that Bruce gives his coat to is [[{{Snatch}} Boris the Bullet-Dodger]].

** [[Series/LawAndOrder Michael Cutter]] and [[SugarRush Stella Daniels]] are Batman's parents.

** [[ThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]] is Bruce Wayne's Mentor... and he's trying to turn him to the Dark Side!

** And the boy he rescues from Zsasz (along with Rachel) is [[GameOfThrones Joffrey]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Wachowskis were given the choice of directing this movie or their sequels to ''Film/TheMatrix''.

** [[LawAndOrder Michael Cutter]] and [[SugarRush Stella Daniels]] are Batman's parents.

** [[StarWarsEpisodeIThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]] is Bruce Wayne's Mentor... and he's trying to turn him to the Dark Side!

** [[LawAndOrder Michael Cutter]] is Thomas Wayne, Batman's father.