Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Injoke: Batman's use of a microphone and simple voice command to stop the Batmobile inches from himself is a reference to 1989's Batman directed by Tim Burton in which Batman, portrayed by Michael Keaton, performs a similar task.

Injoke: The plot device of an enemy stealing Batman's files on how to defeat his teammates is taken from the "Tower of Babel" arc of JLA (issues #43-46). The method used to defeat Plastic Man (freezing using Mr. Freeze's technology) is the same one used here.

On the episode's premiere airing, transmission was delayed by a half hour so that it aired at 8:30 Eastern.

Injoke: There are several homages to the 60s Batman series. Batman's flashback to being attacked by a giant clam is from the cliffhanger for "The Joker's Hard Times." The flashback to the keycutter deathtrap is from "The Impractical Joker". That episode also featured a Wax Spray Chamber that turned Robin into a wax sculpture, similar to the deathtrap Owlman offers to the Joker. The electric chair deathtrap is from "The Greater Mother of Them All" (with Ma Parker, not the Joker). And the freeze gun that Owlman uses against Plastic Man is taken from the weapon used by the various Mr. Freezes throughout the series.

Injoke: The costume which Owlman uses while framing Batman is the exact design depicted in Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939 while being called "The Bat-Man." The costume can be identified by the long curved ears on the cowl, simple yellow belt, purple hand gloves rather than Batman's iconic finned gloves and an earless bat symbol. The series notably omits the costumes use of a gun which was present in the earlier comics prior to the depiction of Batman's vow against the use of firearms.