BATMAN RETURNS: Fans Have Spotted An Easter Egg Teasing THE FLASH In The 1991 Classic

BATMAN RETURNS: Fans Have Spotted An Easter Egg Teasing THE FLASH In The 1991 Classic

While this is obviously a major coincidence, eagle-eyed fans have spotted an Easter Egg in 1991's Batman Returns which references both the Flash and possibly even Jesse Quick. Check it out right here...

By JoshWilding - Jul 06, 2020 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash

We recently learned that Michael Keaton is in talks to reprise the role of the Caped Crusader in The Flash after playing the character in Batman and Batman Returns. Needless to say, that has fans seriously excited, and it sounds a lot like he will be sticking around as Bruce Wayne for a while. 

A lot of people have understandably decided to revisit both movies in recent weeks, and some eagle-eyed viewers have now picked up on an apparent nod to the Fastest Man Alive. 

During the masquerade ball that Bruce and Selina Kyle both attend, an extra can be seen in the background who is quite clearly dressed up as the Jay Garrick version of the Flash. He even has a partner wearing a hood and red mask, a costume which appears to be a nod to Jesse Quick.

Chances are director Tim Burton included this because he's a fan of the Golden Age Flash, or it could even be that one of the sequel's costumers decided it would be a fun Easter Egg to include. Whatever the case may be, it's certainly a more noteworthy Easter Egg than before, especially with Keaton's Dark Knight set to debut in the DC Extended Universe courtesy of The Flash.

Take a closer look at this Batman Returns Easter Egg in the video below: 
 

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RolandD
RolandD - 7/6/2020, 11:55 AM
Did anyone even call them Easter Eggs back then?
RolandD
RolandD - 7/6/2020, 12:20 PM
@NicolausCopernicus - LOL. Of course I googled after I spoke. Apparently Easter Egg was used as a term as far back as 1979 for video games. I only remember hearing it for about the last 10 years or so.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/6/2020, 1:59 PM
@RolandD - Yeah I think it first originated in Video Game culture, IIRC
RolandD
RolandD - 7/6/2020, 2:14 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - That's what I saw when I looked it up. Thanks!
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/6/2020, 2:16 PM
@RolandD - No problem. More info here:

http://theuijunkie.com/gaming-first-easter-egg/
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 7/6/2020, 11:56 AM
Coincidence? Probably.

Fun nod to comics? Potentially
Origame
Origame - 7/6/2020, 1:00 PM
@DannRamm113 - especially since the jay garrick helmet is based on the god mercury.
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/6/2020, 11:56 AM
Was Tim Burton even a comic book fan? Outside of The Killing Joke I mean
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/6/2020, 12:05 PM
@TheJustinHammer - I disagree. Penguin and Catwoman felt like completely new characters, his Bruce was a bookish nerd and his Batman was fine with killing dudes. He made interesting movies, but I wouldn’t call them comicbooky
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 7/6/2020, 12:08 PM
@tmp3 - I dont know for sure. But, I could imagine him liking some Golden Age stuff as well as serials.
Origame
Origame - 7/6/2020, 12:15 PM
@TheJustinHammer - his movies in general are very comicbooky. And considering all the fundamental facts about the characters he got utterly wrong and kevin smith confirming that tim burton never read a comic book before...
Origame
Origame - 7/6/2020, 12:19 PM
@AzulaCipher - what comic books have you read that gave joker a name and backstory? And considering batman doesnt have his no kill rule and he killed batmans parents means the very relationship between him and batman is completely different. Not to mention penguin is supposed to be a sofisticated gentlemen and never grew up in the sewers, and catwoman is an actual burglar and not a domestic terrorist.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 7/6/2020, 12:21 PM
@tmp3 - @TheJustinHammer -



Burton is a weirdo. Comicbook fans are usually weirdos. But it does not follow that Burton is a comicbook fan.
RolandD
RolandD - 7/6/2020, 12:26 PM
@Spock0Clock -

Origame
Origame - 7/6/2020, 12:27 PM
@TheJustinHammer - yes, your delusions are strong.
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