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Keep an eye out around Arkham City and you'll spot a green neon sign for something called the Black Canary in a few different spots. It's a nod to the character existing somewhere in this universe well before she actually shows up properly in Arkham Knight, tucked away for eagle-eyed players to notice years early.
Producer Phil Lord told Empire that where the first film leaned on one dominant animation style, this sequel juggles six of them. The idea was to make every new universe feel like it was hand-drawn by a completely different artist, so the visuals actually carry the emotion of wherever Miles has landed rather than just looking impressive for its own sake.
Dig into the game's files and the Dodo is classed as a car, not a plane, which explains why it shrugs off crashes like a road vehicle and can even use a handbrake. It's the only aircraft in the whole series with brakes for that exact reason.
The Weinstein Company had handled the show's American distribution for years, but once the allegations against Harvey Weinstein went public, the production pulled the company's logo from the credits almost immediately, one of the earliest concrete industry reactions once the #MeToo story broke.
Party hats go all the way back to 24th December 2001, when Jagex dropped Christmas crackers across the world and let players pull them together for a random coloured hat. They don't give a single stat bonus — they're purely cosmetic — which makes it even funnier that they've since become the ultimate symbol of old-school wealth in the game.
Rockstar didn't just build LifeInvader as an in-game joke, they actually launched Lifeinvader.com as a working promotional site just before release, complete with browsable fake profiles and brand tie-ins. It stuck around online for a full decade before Rockstar finally shut it down, quietly redirecting visitors to the main GTA portal instead.
Glide over to one of the tall floating docks out on the water and you'll spot a big pile of hay sitting on top. Take a closer look and you'll find Scarecrow's original burlap mask just lying there in it, with no explanation given whatsoever. Nobody quotes or references it, it's just there for anyone curious enough to check.
Years before Illumination got the rights, Sony was quietly trying to build its own Mario movie franchise. Emails leaked in the 2014 Sony hack revealed producer Avi Arad had met with Nintendo, and executive Amy Pascal had even floated Genndy Tartakovsky as a director, though it never got past early talks.
By the end of season two, Mel Medarda is given a significant magical boost tied to her Noxian bloodline, which lines up with theories that she'll be the connective thread between Arcane and whatever region-based show comes next, given her family ties run straight through Noxus.
