The Batman's Ending Copied Batman Forever's Riddler Gag In Arkham
WARNING: This article contains spoilers for The Batman.
Both Batman Forever and The Batman featured the Riddler, and there's a similar element in how the films used the villain. Released in 1995, Batman Forever saw Batman being recast for the first time while the film brought together rising star Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones in the roles of Riddler and Two-Face. 27 years later, one of the smartest villains from Batman's rogue's gallery has returned to theaters, now played by Paul Dano.
Once again leaning into the darker and more violent side of Batman, The Batman took the Dark Knight back to his roots with a classic detective story. Robert Pattinson was chosen by Matt Reeves to play this younger Batman, and a stellar cast filled out the rest of the film's roles, including Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kule, and John Turturro as Carmine Falcone. Inspired by stories like Year One and The Long Halloween, The Batman brought an unexplored side of not just Batman but his villains to the big screen.
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Paul Dano's Riddler and Jim Carrey's Riddler couldn't be more different, but one of the former’s last scenes in The Batman was very reminiscent of Edward Nygma's final appearance in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever. In Batman Forever, Edward Nygma announces to everyone that he knows who Batman is. However, it was nothing more than a psychotic break from Nygma, who had had his mind melted by his own device. Just as in Joel Schumacher's film, Robert Pattinson's Batman had to run towards Arkham after suspecting that the Riddler (going by his original name, Edward Nashton, in Reeves' film) might know his true identity. In The Batman, the
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