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Hey, It's That Voice!: Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are again reprising the roles of Batman and the Joker. Likewise, Tom Kane, Kimberly Brooks, Wally Wingert, Tasia Valenza, Fred Tatasciore, Danny Jacobs, and James Horan reprise their respective roles from the first game as Quincy Sharp, Oracle, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, Bane, Zsasz, and Jack Ryder. Though Tom doesn't reprise the role of Commissioner Gordon and Fred gets double duty as the voice of Solomon Grundy.
- Kevin Conroy also plays Thomas Elliot.
- Kate Beckett is Talia al Ghul.
- Dee Bradley Baker is Ra's Al Ghul.^[1]
- Maurice LaMarche is Mr. Freeze and Calendar Man.
- David Kaye takes over the role of Commissioner Gordon from Tom Kane.
- Tara Strong is Harley Quinn.^[2]
- Grey DeLisle is Catwoman.^[3]
- Troy Baker is Two-Face and Robin.
- Nolan North plays Penguin, but puts on a cockney accent for the role. Makes it hard to believe that Dead pool/Superboy/Nathan Drake is really him. He is also Black Mask.
- Hugo Strange is voiced by Corey Burton, once again emulating Christopher Lee.
- Steve Blum lends his talent, of course. But his performance as a random thug in the beginning of the game will have you blinking and wondering, "When did Oghren get so tall?"
- Mad Hatter wants both Batman's cowl (and his belt) and the crest on Birdman's helmet.
  - He was also Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat as well as Doctor Octopus.
- Khary Payton, a.k.a. Cyborg and Aqualad, is Azrael.
- Kari Wahlgren is Vicki Vale, which begs the question: When did Raine Sage become a news reporter?
- Rick D. Wasserman (Thor) is Clayface.
- Chris Cox (Captain Atom, Hawkeye) is Deadshot.
- Killer Croc is now voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, who is certainly no stranger to voicing reptiles.
Shout-Out:
- The entire idea of turning a city into a prison and asylum and allowing the inmates to create their own world harkens to John Carpenter's Escape from New York.
- Wonder City is a ruined, Zeerust model utopia powered by Applied Phlebotinum that eventually drove the inhabitants crazy. Sound familiar?
- When you return to the Steel Mill, Joker gives a lengthy speech about "your favorite TV show" - Lost ("You've been with it through the ups, the downs, the contrived coincidences, and then you wondered: why did it end up in a church?!").
- Also, Riddler's "challenges" heavily resemble the traps used in the Saw films.
  - And it doesn't stop there: he introduces each challenge with a video featuring himself explaining the rules and on at least one occasion, refers to said challenge as a "game", two things Jigsaw is famous for.
- Somewhere between a shout out and a Mythology Gag, one of the buildings you clear snipers from during the Vikki Vale mission is called Dini Towers, also one of the 13th Precinct cops is called Miller.
- Zsasz also mentions the Sprang bridge.
- When Catwoman opens the suitcase she was looking for, it emits a bright light.
The plot itself borrows ideas from Knightfall and No Man's Land, among other famous Batman stories. A lot of the Joker/Batman dynamic is reminiscent of The Killing Joke.

↑ He was previously the Scarecrow on Batman the Brave And The Bold
↑ Her past Batman credits include Batgirl in the third season of Batman: The Animated Series, Vicki Vale in The Batman vs. Dracula, and Huntress in Batman the Brave And The Bold.
↑ Like Tara Strong, she did voices in the DCAU incarnation of Batman (she, along with the returning Tasia Valenza voiced the two servant girls sent to look after Max in the second part of "Curse of the Kobra" on Batman Beyond), The Batman (most notably, Robin's mother and a Gender Flipped version of Vulture of the Terrible Trio), and Batman the Brave And The Bold (Black Canary).

[1] He was previously the Scarecrow on Batman the Brave And The Bold

[2] Her past Batman credits include Batgirl in the third season of Batman: The Animated Series, Vicki Vale in The Batman vs. Dracula, and Huntress in Batman the Brave And The Bold.

[3] Like Tara Strong, she did voices in the DCAU incarnation of Batman (she, along with the returning Tasia Valenza voiced the two servant girls sent to look after Max in the second part of "Curse of the Kobra" on Batman Beyond), The Batman (most notably, Robin's mother and a Gender Flipped version of Vulture of the Terrible Trio), and Batman the Brave And The Bold (Black Canary).

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-* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Kevin Conroy]] and [[Mark Hamill]] are again reprising the roles of [[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman and the Joker]]. Likewise, [[Tom Kane]], Kimberly Brooks, Wally Wingert, Tasia Valenza, [[Fred Tatasciore]], Danny Jacobs, and James Horan reprise their respective roles from [[Batman Arkham Asylum|the first game]] as Quincy Sharp, Oracle, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, Bane, Zsasz, and [[The Creeper|Jack Ryder]]. Though Tom doesn't reprise the role of Commissioner Gordon and Fred gets double duty as the voice of Solomon Grundy.
+* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Kevin Conroy]] and [[Mark Hamill]] are again reprising the roles of [[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman and the Joker]]. Likewise, [[Tom Kane]], Kimberly Brooks, Wally Wingert, Tasia Valenza, [[Fred Tatasciore]], Danny Jacobs, and James Horan reprise their respective roles from [[Batman: Arkham Asylum|the first game]] as Quincy Sharp, Oracle, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, Bane, Zsasz, and [[The Creeper|Jack Ryder]]. Though Tom doesn't reprise the role of Commissioner Gordon and Fred gets double duty as the voice of Solomon Grundy.
 ** [[Kevin Conroy]] also plays {{spoiler|Thomas Elliot}}.
 ** [[Castle|Kate Beckett]] is Talia al Ghul.
-** [[Dee Bradley Baker]] is Ra's Al Ghul.<ref> He was previously the Scarecrow on ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''</ref>
+** [[Dee Bradley Baker]] is Ra's Al Ghul.<ref> He was previously the Scarecrow on ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''</ref>
-** [[Maurice La Marche]] is Mr. Freeze and Calendar Man.
+** [[Maurice LaMarche]] is Mr. Freeze and Calendar Man.
 ** [[David Kaye]] takes over the role of Commissioner Gordon from Tom Kane.
-** [[Tara Strong]] is Harley Quinn.<ref>Her past Batman credits include Batgirl in the third season of ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'', Vicki Vale in ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'', and Huntress in ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''.</ref>
+** [[Tara Strong]] is Harley Quinn.<ref>Her past Batman credits include Batgirl in the third season of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Vicki Vale in ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'', and Huntress in ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''.</ref>
-** [[Grey Delisle]] is Catwoman.<ref>Like Tara Strong, she did voices in the [[DCAU]] incarnation of Batman (she, along with the returning Tasia Valenza voiced the two servant girls sent to look after Max in the second part of "Curse of the Kobra" on ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]''), ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' (most notably, Robin's mother and a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] version of Vulture of the Terrible Trio), and ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' ([[Black Canary]]).</ref>
+** [[Grey DeLisle]] is Catwoman.<ref>Like Tara Strong, she did voices in the [[DCAU]] incarnation of Batman (she, along with the returning Tasia Valenza voiced the two servant girls sent to look after Max in the second part of "Curse of the Kobra" on ''[[Batman Beyond]]''), ''[[The Batman]]'' (most notably, Robin's mother and a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] version of Vulture of the Terrible Trio), and ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' ([[Black Canary]]).</ref>
 ** [[Troy Baker]] is Two-Face and Robin.
-** [[Nolan North]] [[Playing Against Type|plays Penguin,]] but puts on a cockney accent for the role. Makes it hard to believe that [[Hulk Vs|Dead]][[Spider Man Shattered Dimensions|pool]]/[[Young Justice (Animation)|Superboy]]/[[Uncharted|Nathan Drake]] is really him. He is also Black Mask.
+** [[Nolan North]] [[Playing Against Type|plays Penguin,]] but puts on a cockney accent for the role. Makes it hard to believe that [[Hulk Vs|Dead]][[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions|pool]]/[[Young Justice (animation)|Superboy]]/[[Uncharted|Nathan Drake]] is really him. He is also Black Mask.
-** Hugo Strange is voiced by [[Corey Burton]], [[Kingdom Hearts|once]] [[Star Wars the Clone Wars (Animation)|again]] [[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|emulating]] [[Christopher Lee]].
+** Hugo Strange is voiced by [[Corey Burton]], [[Kingdom Hearts|once]] [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|again]] [[Thundercats 2011|emulating]] [[Christopher Lee]].
 ** [[Steve Blum]] lends his talent, of course. But his performance as a random thug in the beginning of the game will have you blinking and wondering, "When did [[Dragon Age Origins|Oghren]] get so ''tall''?"
-** Mad Hatter wants both Batman's cowl ([[Justice League (Animation)|and his belt]]) and [[Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law|the crest on Birdman's helmet.]]
+** Mad Hatter wants both Batman's cowl ([[Justice League (animation)|and his belt]]) and [[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|the crest on Birdman's helmet.]]
-*** He was also [[The Batman (Animation)|Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat]] as well as [[The Spectacular Spider Man|Doctor Octopus]].
+*** He was also [[The Batman|Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat]] as well as [[The Spectacular Spider-Man|Doctor Octopus]].
-** Khary Payton, a.k.a. [[Teen Titans (Animation)|Cyborg]] and [[Young Justice (Animation)|Aqualad]], is  {{spoiler|Azrael}}.
+** Khary Payton, a.k.a. [[Teen Titans (animation)|Cyborg]] and [[Young Justice (animation)|Aqualad]], is  {{spoiler|Azrael}}.
-** [[Kari Wahlgren]] is Vicki Vale, which begs the question: When did [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Raine Sage]] become a news reporter?
+** [[Kari Wahlgren]] is Vicki Vale, which begs the question: When did [[Tales of Symphonia|Raine Sage]] become a news reporter?
-** Rick D. Wasserman ([[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Thor]]) is  {{spoiler|Clayface}}.
+** Rick D. Wasserman ([[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Thor]]) is  {{spoiler|Clayface}}.
-** Chris Cox ([[Justice League Unlimited|Captain Atom]], [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Hawkeye]]) is Deadshot.
+** Chris Cox ([[Justice League Unlimited|Captain Atom]], [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Hawkeye]]) is Deadshot.
-** Killer Croc is [[The Other Darrin|now voiced by]] [[Dee Bradley Baker]], [[Spider Man (Video Game)|who is]] [[Spider Man 2 Enter Electro (Video Game)|certainly]] [[The Spectacular Spider Man (Animation)|no stranger]] [[Star Wars the Clone Wars (Animation)|to voicing]] [[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|reptiles.]]
+** Killer Croc is [[The Other Darrin|now voiced by]] [[Dee Bradley Baker]], [[Spider-Man (2000 video game)|who is]] [[Spider Man 2 Enter Electro|certainly]] [[The Spectacular Spider-Man|no stranger]] [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|to voicing]] [[Thundercats 2011|reptiles.]]
 * [[Shout-Out]]:
-** The entire idea of turning a city into a prison ''and'' asylum and allowing the inmates to create their own world harkens to [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Escape From New York]]''.
+** The entire idea of turning a city into a prison ''and'' asylum and allowing the inmates to create their own world harkens to [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Escape from New York]]''.
-** Wonder City is a ruined, [[Zeerust]] model utopia powered by [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that eventually drove the inhabitants crazy. [[Bio Shock|Sound familiar]]?
+** Wonder City is a ruined, [[Zeerust]] model utopia powered by [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that eventually drove the inhabitants crazy. [[Bioshock|Sound familiar]]?
 ** When you return to the Steel Mill, Joker gives a lengthy speech about "your favorite TV show" - ''[[Lost]]'' ("You've been with it through the ups, the downs, the [[Contrived Coincidence|contrived coincidences]], and then you wondered: why did it end up in a church?!").
 ** Also, Riddler's "challenges" heavily resemble the traps used in the ''[[Saw]]'' films.
 *** And it doesn't stop there: he introduces each challenge with a video featuring himself explaining the rules and on at least one occasion, refers to said challenge as a "game", two things [[Saw|Jigsaw]] is famous for.
-** Somewhere between a shout out and a [[Mythology Gag]], one of the buildings you clear snipers from during the Vikki Vale mission is called [[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Dini]] Towers, also one of the 13th Precinct cops is called [[Frank Miller|Miller]].
+** Somewhere between a shout out and a [[Mythology Gag]], one of the buildings you clear snipers from during the Vikki Vale mission is called [[Batman: The Animated Series|Dini]] Towers, also one of the 13th Precinct cops is called [[Frank Miller|Miller]].
 ** Zsasz also mentions the Sprang bridge.
 ** When Catwoman opens the suitcase she was looking for, [[Pulp Fiction|it emits a bright light]].