

Another Suicide Squad dig comes when Killer Croc swims underwater to simply push a button, a joke about how there wasn’t much point to his role in the movie. When Batman remarks that recruiting a group of criminals to fight other criminals is a stupid idea, he’s taking a swipe at Suicide Squad. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice gets a nod when Batman names Superman as his greatest enemy. And Shreck’s Department Store from Batman Returns can be glimpsed in the city. The Penguin is modeled after Danny DeVito's appearance and he rides the same Duck-mobile seen in Batman Returns. LEGO Joker uses a line borrowed from Jack Nicholson's Joker, "Where does he get all those wonderful toys?" When Batman and Robin are speeding around in the Batmobile and screech to a halt to avoid hitting an elderly lady crossing the street, it’s a nod to a hijacked Batmobile almost doing the same thing in Batman Returns. Batman’s playlist is titled "Let's Get Nuts,” referencing what Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne said to Jack Nicholson’s Joker. There’s a couple more Tim Burton Batman references. When the Joker hijacks the plane (humorously called "McGuffin Airlines," a plot device used to move the story forward), the pilot brings up how Batman always beats him by mentioning the “two boats” from the end of The Dark Knight and “the time with the parade and the Prince music?” from the Joker parade float sequence in Batman (1989). When Batman and Robin fight together, they hit the bad guys so hard that words describing the impact materialize in the air, a throwback to the signature onomatopoeia used during fight scenes. Speaking of Adam West’s Batman, Robin finds the Bat-Shark Repellant while exploring the cave. All get LEGO-ized as Alfred lists them off, save for 1966’s Batman: The Movie which shows live-action Adam West. Movie References Alfred recalls Batman’s history by referring to all of the live-action Batman movies: Batman v Superman, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Batman and Robin, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, and Batman (1989).
