History YMMV / TheDarkKnightRises

** Batman [[spoiler:once again saves Gotham [[Film/BatmanTheMovie by ridding it of a bomb...]]]]

** The blonde trader at the stock exchange who Bane chokes to death is played by Creator/GlennPowell, whose career took off afterwards.

** [[spoiler: Talia is widely considered to be this. She isn't established as the infamous daughter of Ra's al Ghul until almost the last minute, at which point she has little to do outside of give exposition, drive a truck and die. Her only real purpose is to create a plot twist, which was a glaringly disappointing execution of her character considering that in the year this moive came out, comic-book Talia was establishing herself as a proper arch-nemesis to Batman.]]

** [[SmugSnake John Daggett]] [[BullyingADragon tries to intimidate Bane]] [[spoiler:and gets strangled to death doing so]]. Ben Mendelsohn, who plays Daggett, would star as Imperial Director Orson Krennic in ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/RogueOne'', where he faces Vader himself, and again, [[spoiler:nearly]] gets strangled while trying to be intimidating, with Vader countering "Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director.".

** The blonde trader at the stock exchange who Bane chokes to death would go onto become [[Series/ScreamQueens2015 Chad Radwell]], [[Film/TopGunMaverick Hangman]] and [[Film/TheExpendables3 one of The Expendables]].
** Congressman Gilly would later go on to play a less flattering version of [[Film/Joker2019 Thomas Wayne]].

** This is the first time Ben Mendelsohn aggravates a masked supervillain with a breathing problem. [[Film/RogueOne It won't be the last.]]
** Comedian and film critic Tony Piluso, was an extra for the football stadium scene. Piluso occasionally has joked that ''The Dark Knight Rises'' is the best Batman movie, because he "helped make it".

** The last cinematic appearance of Catwoman was in the universally reviled [[{{Film/Catwoman2004}} 2004 film]], and even this film only refers to her as [[ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames Selina Kyle]], possibly to distance itself from that. And while her portrayal in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' is still beloved to this day, it also added a supernatural origin to her powers that wasn't really in keeping with comic book lore. This film's Selina/Catwoman goes back to the roots of her being a criminal who eventually reforms, and has an interesting dynamic with Batman.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The film received a PG-13 rating in the US and a 12A in the United Kingdom, not to mention an M (suitable for 15 years and over) in Australia, owing to its brutal violence and dark themes - you know, for kids! However, that didn't stop Mattel making a ''The Dark Knight Rises'' toy line.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/AnneHathaway as the AntiHero Selina Kyle initially raised quite a few eyebrows. This vanished when the film came out and critics and viewers agreed she did a fantastic job and was one of the best parts of the film.

** Bruce Wayne's doctor is [[Series/Supergirl2015 Mr Mxyzptlk]]. knowing this, maybe he caught on that Bruce was Batman but decided keeping the mystery would be more fun?