10 Awesome Easter Eggs From The LEGO Batman Movie

8) The Dark Knight Trilogy

The LEGO Batman Movie doesn’t just favour the classics, though, as it also includes several callbacks to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

First of all, the logo used in the film’s title card is the version of the Batsymbol used by Bale’s Batman, only rendered in LEGO. In the opening credits, the Warner Bros. logo with a blue hue is used, just as it was in Nolan’s movies. In the actual film itself, LEGO Bane might have the luchador mask and venom tubes of the comic book iteration, but his fur-lined coat and British accent are ripped straight from Tom Hardy’s version in The Dark Knight Rises. 

Naturally, there are many nods to Heath Ledger’s iconic take on the Joker in The Dark Knight as well. During the movie, we learn that Batman enjoys a good romcom. At one point. he’s seen watching Jerry McGuire and bursts out laughing when Tom Cruise utters the famous line, “you complete me.” This line was, of course, also uttered by Ledger’s Joker.

The Joker’s famous pencil-based “magic trick” scene is referenced here, too – not once, but twice. In the Joker’s cell at Arkham Asylum, a poster reads “no stationary.” Later, Batgirl knocks the nail (or pencil) on the head by saying, “you wanna see a magic trick?” to a villain she’s fighting.