Ever since the first game launched back in 2009, one thing has been made perfectly clear: the Batman: Arkham games are a love letter to the Caped Crusader. Aside from a few early side scrollers, most of Batman's video game adventures were some of the worst ever released. Batman: Arkham Asylum changed that, and since then, the Dark Knight has finally gotten the treatment he deserves.

One of the reasons that fans have embraced the games (other than the fact that they're amazing) is because of the attention to detail. Sure, Rocksteady could have stopped once they finished making an awesome game, but instead, they littered the world with secrets and references to the rest of the Dark Knight's lore. It makes the world feel fleshed out, even if the stories themselves are relatively self-contained.

The Batman: Arkham series has hundreds of these secrets and Easter eggs lying around, so narrowing it down to only 10 across the three games was next to impossible. Nevertheless, we did it - here are the Top 10 Batman: Arkham Easter eggs:

Arkham Origins

It's a classic:

During the game's final sequence in Blackgate Prison, the Joker can be heard singing "Jingle bells, Batman smells..." This is a reference to the first episode of Batman: The Animated Series, and an inmate can be found singing the same song in another section of the game (jump to 0:48 to see it).

Not yet ready for field testing:

Any time the player returns to the Batcave, unfinished versions of items in future games can be found: both the Batmobile and Line Launcher are incomplete and still being assembled.

Arkham Asylum

Ra's al Ghul, in the flesh:

While Ra's al Ghul doesn't get any real screen time in Arkham Asylum, his body bag can be found within the asylum's morgue. Later on in the game, returning to the morgue will reveal that Ra's al Ghul's body has mysteriously vanished...

Rocksteady's gone mad:

Throughout much of the game, taking a closer look at the inmates' photo IDs will reveal that several of them are based off of Rocksteady Games employees.

Jumping the gun:

This is the Easter egg to end all Easter eggs, while simultaneously announcing the game's sequel: by destroying an unmarked wall with an explosive gel, Batman can find a secret room containing detailed blueprints and schematics for something called 'Arkham City...'

Arkham City

Spoiler Warning:

The opening shot of Catwoman's first mission is that of a painting: specifically, a painting titled 'Cain and Abel: The Duality of Man.' The pose in the painting is almost identical to that of Batman and the Joker during the game's conclusion.

Killer Croc's vacation:

Despite being one of the major villains in the first game, Killer Croc only appears in Arkham City after traveling through the sewers following the first fight with Ra's al Ghul. He'll comment on how Batman 'smells like death' and retreat back under the water.

Pregnancy scare:

In one of the game's early sections, players can find one of Harley Quinn's pregnancy tests - and it reads as positive. However, during the Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC, even more tests are found: all are negative, and one box reads "May provide false positive."

Everyone loves the holidays:

Calendar Man can be found during the very first section of the game, in the basement of the Arkham City Courthouse. Returning to him on holidays (and the anniversary of Rocksteady's founding) throughout the year will result in unique dialogue for each.

Copycat killer:

After the Joker is supposedly cured of his condition, players will enter a boss fight. Scanning the Joker during this boss fight reveals that he has no bones - or, as the story soon confirms, he's just Clayface in disguise.

Jumping the gun, Part II:

After the game has been completed, secret radio messages can be found throughout the map using the Cryptographic Sequencer. Once found, these messages will give the player a code - once decoded, the messages are revealed as threats from the Scarecrow, hinting at the setting of the upcoming Arkham Knight.

While all of these Easter eggs are great, it's only a fraction of the secrets that the developers have hidden within their games. There are easily over a hundred Easter eggs strewn throughout the entire series - in this regard, the Batman: Arkham games are unlike any other.

Here's hoping that Batman: Arkham Knight has just as many secrets as the last three games!

Batman: Arkham Knight is scheduled to hit store shelves on June 23.

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