10 INSANE Batman: Arkham Shadow Easter Eggs, Hidden Details & Secrets

[@CaptainEggcellent]

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[@MB-hy7nb]

I’ve read that you can type phone numbers from the previous Arkham games and it works Also try and look at the file Harvey Dent is holding at the beginning of the game

[@FieraMyst]

3:54 While that stance is much like one seen used by Nightwing, anyone skilled in using batons or similar weapons will use it as well, and while the hairdo is very similar to the aforementioned hero, it can't be him just due to Dick Grayson's background, because, A: Batman took him under his care and mentorship after Dick's parents were murdered and trained him to be the first Robin. and was Robin well into his early adulthood before becoming Nightwing and founding the Teen Titans after he had a falling out with his long time friend and mentor.

[@WayWardWonderer]

The Batman identity theory board is also a reference to "Batman" the movie from 1989. The press office writing stories about the mysterious Batman have the exact same board on their wall.

[@shawneebushatz1963]

4:12 It is Dick Grayson because literally in the credits Dr. Leslie Tomkins talks to Bruce about him saying she was "looking into that young rat king follower" for him, and in the game files the characters texture are labeled as Nightwing/Dick Grayson

[@HansDampf-bt8jy]

But that doesn't make any sense lorewise. Bruce Wayne took Dick Grayson under his wing right after the Flying Grayson's were killed.

[@RealWingGaster]

@@HansDampf-bt8jy it's never stated in the arkham games that bruce takes in dick directly after his parents are killed in the arkhamverse

[@jardex2275]

@@HansDampf-bt8jy Arkham lore doesn't always align with the main series. For instance, the Penguin in the Arkham games had a broken bottle jammed into his skull, which makes it look like he's wearing a monocle.

[@totalcreativegaming6681]

The Young Rat at 4:10… if you look at his jacket it’s apparently a Haley’s Circus or Flying Grayson’s jacket. Which is another hint that he’s Dick Grayson.

[@anactualpotato4197]

i feel like it's gotta be nightwing as that one thug, the stance could've totally been a coincidence but there's pretty much no reason for the hood to fall back and reveal the same exact hair that nightwing has

[@damienrodriguez1943]

Dick was never a thug his origins in arkham is still the same as ever you can find signs for the Flying Graysons around

[@Zookielol]

​@damienrodriguez1943 that doesn't totally discredit the theory, it could just mean that when Dicks parents were murdered he went down the wrong path for a bit until batman decided to get him on the straight and narrow

[@ReplicateDrop]

He has the same voice actor, and the end credits has dialogue saying there is a former rat thug(a kid) who Bruce should talk to. It's 100% dick grayson.

[@shawneebushatz1963]

It is Dick Grayson because literally in the credits Dr. Leslie Tomkins talks to Bruce about him saying she was "looking into that young rat king follower" for him

[@VulpisFoxfire]

@@Zookielol Except...didn't Bruce adopt him right after that event happened?

[@zaryfromzarysmaze7674]

On the same newspaper with the reference to Batmite, you can see that the name of the gang's leader is "Payday", and since Gotham is inspired by New York and Payday 3 takes place in New York, I think it's a safe bet to say that it's a reference to the Payday Gang from the Payday franchise.

[@xavianuddin8769]

the guy watching at the beginning looks like batmans shadow from later in the game

[@vincem2320]

The young thug is Dick Grayson. In game other thugs talk about how talented he is with acrobatics and is a quick learner. Another is at the very end of the credits, Bruce is scheduled to meet Dick Grayson the young rat thug he fought that gave him a little challenge and hints he’s up for adoption. It’s definitely him. What’s crazy is that this was an untrained Dick Grayson and he was giving Batman a challenge. Crazy he wasn’t even Robin yet

[@ByakkoFox]

If you listen to the end credits, it confirms it’s Nightwing

[@missiontom3221]

5:47 OFFICER BALLS!!! BWAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA

[@thesurp72520]

There's evidence that that other Batman and that dark creature that we saw as Matches was entering Blackgate was Barbara as Batgirl. In the GCPD, we see a newspaper article about how a Batman like vigilante saved Gordan from Killer Moth, which is how she became Batgirl in the Arkham comics. As well, we see her in Shrike's apartment, which means that she's been getting more involved in the physical side of stuff. Also, she would be smaller than Batman, which would explain what the thugs saw.

[@OhNoTheFace]

After credit sequence all but confirms your Nightwing thoughts :O

[@shawneebushatz1963]

6:56 There's more to that easter egg, like one of the radio stations has Vic Sage talking about conspiracies, Vic Sage is The Question another DC superhero who is a conspiracy theory nut

[@Welshman336]

Harley Quinn is a doctor at Arkham, and no one finds it weird she adds the Joker's face to photos of men...

[@contentcreations6810]

You are the sweetest KZbinr of Easter eggs

[@RedJason5]

8:00 I think it’s batgirl because in the game Barbara (I think I spelled it correctly) feels like she has fought people before, and it says the the bite size bat saved Gordon, which is like her origin in that batgirl begins (I think that’s the right comic), where she like took a bat suit that I think the GCPD made and fought some people and has saved Gordon which could mean that newspaper meant batgirl

[@Some_random-man716]

5:48 officer balls

[@joshuamccowat8461]

Bwahahahaha

[@polishautistic2137]

4:16 someone got to look to the game files the textures names says directly its Dick Grayson known as Nightwing also on the jacket he has a logo of the circus the flying Graysons where in and after beating throwing him through the wall litteraly on the left theres a poster of canceled show of flying Graysons implying Tony Zucco already killed his parents and later in credits we can hear dialoge between Bruce and Leslie about an young rat whos under her care Bruce asked about and the striker whos in arkham shadow his "brother" in comics is a Nightwing villlain

[@Bobbybillybillbob]

I loved the little touches like Brenden and Boles being guards at Blackgate, Firefly and Black Mask and Joker in solitary, Bird, Boyle, Bronze Tiger and Ricky Loose Lips all cameo in Blackgate!

[@thegoldennoob108]

Something even cooler about the Harley Quinn part is when you die on the sniper tower segment, the death dialogue is "Mr.J was right. You really can't make a difference." Which is a nod from one of Arkham asylums interview tapes

[@blueblack2479]

5:58 the caption got me XDXDXD when Eggcellent Mispoken on close caption

[@NazeehYauqoob]

for the figure which stands upon the gargoyle isn't Batman himself; but I do believe that is the Phantasm; from the movie Batman and the Mask of the Phantasm. now when it come to the dues that uses the fighting stance similar to Nightwing, I do not think that's him. The way he stands is a pretty natural martial art, kung fu, and other mixed-martial art stance. so being Nightwing is in my opinion just a coincidence.

[@BlasticityMajor]

This is so good to hear! Good luck with the 1M Mr. Eggcellent! I’m a big fan!

[@dgruici]

If I recall, the board at 3:10 is a reference to the first Keaton Batman movie. When we see Knox walking into the office, before he meets Vale, the other reporters make fun of him. One says, "Oh! Hey! Count Dracula" and the other asks about Bigfoot.

[@odinbaj9559]

I’m pretty sure when you go check on Otis Flannegan in solitary you can see that Jokers cell is open and that he was checked out by Harley Quinn.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Well, she was checking him out even when he was in his cell.. :-)

[@odinbaj9559]

I should have probably provided context (It was after she quit)^^

[@jordancarpenter6816]

I could be wrong (as I've not played this game yet) but at 06:39 when you're talking about the radio stations, that voice sounds like the character Jack Ryder who appears in numerous other Arkham games. In the comics, Jack Ryder is a journalist and talk show host, who is also a metahuman that transforms into - The Creeper.

[@StrikerJaken]

Pretty new to your channel. Love the hidden details thing. I might have one for you. Takes aprox 3 hours of time though: In Breath of Fire 3, you start of with the main protagonist Ryu as a scared child. He will fight accordingly, waving his sword wildly while looking away from the enemy. However, when he looses his friends and comes across a girl (who turns out to be the princess) he takes on a more serious fighting style.

[@calvindmncn8085]

Hidden secret The fastest gun in uncharted 2 is the tranquilizer, if you put yourself On a ledge, Nathan will fire in bursts (3 second shots) with the tranquilizer gun

[@Sir_Matter]

I 100% believe that the rat you fight in the prologue, is Dick Grayson. 1) The fighting stance and hair are for sure sign. 2) Shrike, the guy that burns himself at the end of the prologue, is a character in the comics that has been friends with Dick in his younger years. and in the game shrike does have a younger accomplice that sees him as a younger brother, which is the same guy you fight in the theater. 3) And finally, In the end credits you get a message from Leslie Thompkins, talking about how she found the wayward rat the he was looking for and that he should speak to him. Showing that specific character wasn't just some random goon. in all honesty i really like the route they took to show off the beginnings of all these characters, it certainly fills a lot of potholes in the Arkham games and I can safely say this is in my top three best Arkham games.

[@Welshman336]

I ain't ever gonna play this game, so might as well check out some of its easter eggs, details, and/or references

[@LARVideos]

You definitely might play it some day. You're gonna get a new console at some point. Might as well make it a VR console.

[@Welshman336]

@LARVideos literally just got me a switch (i also have a ps4 & 5). Won't say I'll never get VR, but undoubtedly later than sooner

[@LARVideos]

@@Welshman336 Maybe with the quest 4. Those games are gonna be even better.

[@Gamer3427]

@@LARVideos A lot of people don't really have the space to play VR games, or at least not the majority of them since many aren't really designed to be played while sitting on a couch or at a desk. There's also a lot of people who can't play VR due to things like motion sickness, or who would just rather play games without motion controls. Not knocking VR itself, since if I could afford a good setup and had enough space for it, I'd probably pick up a set. Just saying there's plenty of reasons many people won't ever get a VR setup.

[@LARVideos]

@Gamer3427 Actually, it's rare for VR games not to be designed with sitting in mind. Room scale games are rare. Regarding motion sickness, it's not particularly hard to get over for the few people that do get it. In terms of space, all you really need is enough space to rotate with a computer chair and swing your arms around. These misconceptions about VR being difficult to get into continue to keep people from getting into something genuinely amazing to experience. An experience more next gen than slightly better graphics.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Did not expect this game to be more superior than Arkham VR let alone be bigger than Half-Life: Alyx... anyways, Batman: Arkham series fan here. Will try to say more, whilst doing some clarification if not commentary. Warning, there'll be SPOILERS. - The first detail should be added to "Developer's Foresight" for TV Tropes. - Just watched a recent Batman Arkham Videos video, and well... you'll be surprised on how many of the phone numbers are actually in the other Arkham games. Oh, and Harvey Dent's hotline has an Uncharted reference involving a certain Latin phrase, and since he's voiced by one Troy Baker... - To refer to that clipboard room, there's all that talk of a "Copy-Bat" who saved Commissioner Gordon from Killer Moth... did Camouflaj actually reference the Batman: Arkham Knight - Batgirl Begins comic? If so, that's one deep cut reference! - Yes, that's Richard "Dick Grayson", the first Robin, all right. Also has the same voice actor as in Origins (Josh Keaton, to be exact) and has a Haley's Circus jacket... oh, and what should follow after Arkham Shadow are the events of the Arkham Origins multiplayer, featuring Batman and Robin cleaning up against gangs led by the Joker and Bane. - ...This is new. I know this is the later "Shadow of the Batman", but even then, that's a Fear Toxin induced hallucination, so it appearing here doesn't seem real. Oh, and I doubt this is Azrael from Arkham City to Knight. (Edit: A commenter mentioned that this should be Andrea Beaumont a.k.a. the Phantasm who's well known from the DC Animated Universe; that raises more questions.) - Speaking of gadgets like the Decoder, the Explosive Gel used in the game works similarly to the Gel Launcher from the Metroidvania Arkham Origins: Blackgate, which is set between, well, Origins and Shadow. A rough game, but not too bad in hindsight. - Here's a thing about Harleen Quinzel here, according to a Patient Interview between her and the Joker. Apparently, the chronogically later Arkham Asylum Patient Interviews are actually them roleplaying, which retcons away what seemed to be a lore inconsistency started by Origins. - Again, referencing this "Copy-Bat".

[@scorpionhasashi00]

4:21 probably just a “reskin” Nightwing was a young kid in the circus who was adopted by Batman after his parents death

[@joshuaperry3529]

I have the exact same Batman picture with the joker but it’s so much smaller and lights up

[@MasterDomolvl]

Frank Boles really reminds me of Shay Cormac from Assassin's Creed Rogue

[@RealWingGaster]

this game is essentially a love letter to arkham fans, it has way more easter eggs and lore details than any other arkham game.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

5:39 OFFICER BALLS

[@natagu5794]

4:10 It's not Dick Grayson. If the game is really canon to the Arkham games, then he has the same backstory as he has in the comics, which doesn't include him working for the Rat King.

[@nicholasdomingue8449]

The rat king follower may be Jason Todd who later becomes Red Hood.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Isn't that kid a bit old to be proto-Nightwing? After all, Grayson spent a good amount of time as a Robin before he left to become Nightwing.

[@cole6843]

Well there's only eight years between origins and knight.

[@gregatkins7196]

The end of the game almost certainly confirms that Rat is Dick Grayson.

[@porgus4001]

4:56 (SPOILERS) it looks like the nightmare Batman that appears in the scarecrow fight later in the game

[@sethchritton9926]

2 new games in the Arkham universe and still no one's shown the alternate dialogue in Knight if you spare (or then shoot after sparing) the penguin as Joker

[@loags22]

Gonna be honest. Not what I expected him to look like

[@itsame43]

I do think the goon is nightwing

[@hellogoodbye7629]

Bonus Easter Egg: The Joker's phone number (4242) spells out HAHA

[@jonathanbosak8581]

5:41 Officer Balls

[@thechronicleminder]

0:40 I thought he is Eddie Hall

[@JPGpack]

I think I’m over qualified for this video Not only did I beat the story I also 100% it

[@Welshman336]

I'm pretty sure Azrael has been tailing Batman for a long time

[@connorhendry4613]

I could be wrong but isnt the board with batman possible identities a refrence to the dark knight film were they show on screen who they think the dark night is ?

[@shawneebushatz1963]

5:28 It's super fucking obvious what it is, it's Batman's "Shadow" that you fight later in the game

[@rosenslavchev3462]

Egg mentioned officer balls Bwahahhahahha

[@Nuniixo]

I have no idea about the shadow figure watching you. If anyone's got any ideas about it please let me know

[@sourkoyote]

Is that you at 0:42? You already sound like James Corden but if you ALSO look like him too, that would definitely be enough to change my opinion of you.

[@CaptainEggcellent]

@@sourkoyote 😂😂😂 I do not look like James Corden!

[@rcdrow2964]

is there any Riddler info in it

[@thesmokingmonke-y]

YES THANK YOU EASTEREGG MAN I LOVE YOU MUAH

[@jadendatguy]

Yess kinggg🎉

[@Zero316]

Is the Batman Arkham Origins COD multiplayer cannon? If so why wouldn't Batman know that's Dick undercover?

[@chee.rah.monurB]

Huh,I'm early.

[@Match25]

Bruce Wayne, 0.2% lol

[@JoshDyce]

Hi

[@doctorfrosty3546]

Arkham Asylum has the Riddler ask if the player looked up a guide on the internet, so… yeah, not that impressive here.

[@MrManCave]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@KillerCornMuffin]

Wow they royally fucked Nightwing. It's just as backwards as the Flash becoming the Flash BEFORE getting into CCPD forensics in the DCU. Also this game looks terrible and fuck the meta quest.

[@Defnotarab420]

Yippeeeeee

[@Cyclone718]

Meta?! Urgh no thanks

[@kodytheshorty]

Ngl I always thought you were black

[@Tarthalas]

meta sucks, out of usa the guarranty is instantly void...im in mexico

[@gamesilove7]

The only Batman game that I would never play 😑 fudge vr!