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  1. what-if (what-if): The Dark Knight Rises → Justice League. Imagined bit: Aquaman confronting Bruce Wayne over the fish killed by the nuclear blast in The Dark Knight Rises.
    “Do you know how many fucking fish died when you exploded that nuclear weapon over the ocean?”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:36:11 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): The Batman → The Dark Knight Rises. The ocean bomb-disposal sequence is thought to be directly referenced in the final act of Dark Knight Rises.
    “this sequence, a lot of people think, is directly referenced by the final act of Dark Knight Rises.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:18:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): The Dark Knight Rises → Tim Drake. Nolan's Robin take is basically Tim Drake, and a speaker wishes it had been 10 percent more obvious.
    “And I wish Nolan had just gone 10%, you know, more obvious with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:28:17 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Batman (franchise) → The Dark Knight Rises. All the post-West movies are on a race to self-serious credibility.
    “It's been this race to self-serious credibility.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:04:50 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): The Batman → The Dark Knight Rises. The giant bomb, the film's most iconic image, is what Dark Knight Rises lifts.
    “This is the thing that Dark Knight Rises kind of lifts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:14:38 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. theme (comparison): Batman & Robin → The Dark Knight Rises. Joke: Bane's 2nd best performance is Batman & Robin; Dark Knight Rises is the other Bane movie.
    “I would say it's probably Bane's 2nd best performance in a movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:46:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. what-if (what-if): Vanilla Sky → The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan did a better version of this movie, and Dark Knight Rises shares a disfigured billionaire heir plot.
    “I just realized Dark Diet Rises is also about a disfigured billionaire air who falls in love with a woman who tries to kill him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:28:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)