Film references

Casting sides

The casting sides that were discovered in March 2007 contain plot points that all appear in the film.

Characters

The following characters appear in the film.

• The Joker

• Gothamusd.net mentions the bus line being rerouted in District 22, and in the TDK IMAX prologue, the Joker is seen escaping the bank heist in a yellow school bus conspicuously marked "District 22."
• The sixth episode of Gotham Tonight, which became available on July 11, has a breaking news segment referring to the bank robbery that takes place during the opening sequence of The Dark Knight. As mentioned in the Gothamusd.net June 20 update, there is a field trip on July 11. This might explain how the Joker is able to escape the robbery within a line of yellow school buses.
• The kidnappings (and later murders) of Maroni associates Stevie and Romeo allow the Joker to find which bank held most of the mobs' money, in order to make the most powerful statement during the bank heist opening sequence.
• Joker is seen wearing a Dent support sticker at one point in the film.
• He uses the ammonium nitrate stolen from the Gotham harbor docks
  to carry out a "social experiment" by holding two Gotham ferries hostage.

• Batman/Bruce Wayne

• It is mentioned in several areas that Bruce Wayne has moved into an exclusive penthouse in Gotham's downtown area after Wayne Manor has burnt down.

• Harvey Dent

• Participants voted Harvey Dent as Gotham City District Attorney, the title he holds at the start of the film.
• Referred to as "Gotham's White Knight."
• The slogan "I believe in Harvey Dent" is said by Bruce Wayne when showing his support for Dent, and is later given a deeper meaning at the end of the film, when
  Batman takes the blame for the murders that Two-Face committed, so that Dent's legacy as Gotham's "White Knight" will remain.
• It is revealed that Dent's extensive Internal Affairs investigations
  led to MCU officers giving Dent the nickname "Two-Face."

• Lt. Jim Gordon

• Rachel Dawes

• Police Commissioner Gillian Loeb

• Lucius Fox

• Salvatore Maroni

• Gambol

• The Chechen

• Mike Engel

• Shown as host of multiple episodes of Gotham Tonight several times in the film. The seventh episode of Gotham Tonight, alluded to in the sixth episode, partially appears, when Mike Engel can be seen interviewing Mayor Anthony Garcia. Mike Engel is later
  taken hostage by the Joker, but is rescued later by Batman.

• Albert Rossi

• After being arrested for voter intimidation, he appears as a witness testifying against Sal Maroni,
  then pulls a gun on DA Harvey Dent, but it misfires and he is taken into custody.

• Brian Douglass

• Appears in the film as the head Batman copycat, and is
  taken hostage by the Joker, then killed and his body (complete with crude Batsuit) publicly displayed.

• Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow

Plot-related references

• Gothamnationalbank.com

• The Admin account holder at Gothamnationalbank.com/Admin is the bank manager seen at the film's opening bank heist sequence.

• Citizensforbatman.org

• Evolves from a support site for Batman into a full-fledged community of organized vigilantes who emulate Batman.
  They appear in the film as Batman copycats, complete with crude Batsuits, although they can be differentiated from the real Batman by their unabashed use of guns.
• Similar to some takedowns that are references in CFB Underground, early in the film
  a group of them attempt to take down a drug deal between Scarecrow and the Chechen, but are foiled by Batman.

• Gpdmcu.com

• The Gotham Police Major Crimes Unit plays a significant part in the film, and Gordon openly (albeit not publicly) lets Batman work with them on their investigations.
• Joker is
  captured and taken to the MCU, but he manages to escape.
• Corruption in Gotham PD
  trickles even into the MCU, when corrupt cops help Joker kidnap Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes.

• Thegothamtimes.com

• Joker provides a clue as to his future target in his own reprint of The Gotham Times, which Gordon and Batman find at the scene of a crime. It even appears slightly Jokerized.
• There is a plot point involving Wayne Enterprises technology where
  Batman uses a new wireless technology system to secretly monitor all cell-phone users in Gotham, which threatens his relationship with Lucius Fox.
  Various characters are also seen in the film using Nokia phones.
• Ballerina Natascha Patrenko appears in the film as Bruce Wayne's date at a fancy restaurant, where he is introduced to Harvey Dent.
  Bruce Wayne also takes the entire Gotham ballet company on an impromptu yacht trip as part of a Batman-related alibi, causing the ballet performances to be canceled.

• Gcferries.com

• The Liberty Ferry is mentioned in the film.
• Two ferries are involved in the movie's climax.