The Dark Knight - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[wallace]

The bus crashing backwards into the bank in the opening sequence was much harder to pull off than was anticipated. The bus had to be taken apart and reassembled inside the building (a disused post office), concealed behind a large false wall, and then propelled backwards with an air cannon.

[sara]

It was confirmed in August 2018 that had the ferry passengers triggered the detonator, they would have blown themselves up rather than the adjacent ferry. This follows The Joker's theme of misleading his victims.

[phyllis]

After seeing his performance in Thank You for Smoking (2005), Christopher Nolan thought that Aaron Eckhart would be perfect for the role of District Attorney Harvey Dent.

[harry]

In the "Two ships" game theory scenario, The Joker is seen with all three of the Chechen's dogs. In Greek Mythology, Cerberus is the "hound of Hades", who guards the gates of Hell, and is usually is presented as a three-headed dog. Though this may come off as purely coincidental, The Joker's deeds and personality are emblematic of Pluto, Lucifer, and other demonic entities, and the image of him with three dogs, gives that notion further validation.

[beth]

The Batman comic books The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke, The Man Who Laughs, and the first two untitled stories to feature The Joker character served as an influence on this movie's storyline.

[ronnie]

A video game adaptation was in production, but was cancelled due to technical difficulties in development. Though the game was picked up by British game developing company Rocksteady and re-worked into Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009).