Trivia: Comedic actor Thomas Lennon has a small role as the doctor Bruce sees for a check-up before he visits Gordon. Lennon previously played a similar role in director Christopher Nolan's "Memento" (as the doctor the character Sammy Jenkis visits). Lennon stated that Nolan specifically wanted him for the role of the doctor in this film, and has speculated that perhaps Nolan considers them to be the same character.
Trivia: The kicker for the opposing team is actually the mayor of Pittsburgh Luke Ravenstahl, who was a kicker in college.
Trivia: The voice-over montage by Gordon after the bomb detonates and continues as Bruce's eulogy, are direct quotes from Charles Dickens' 1859 novel "A Tale of Two Cities" (with a couple of slight wording variations to account for the setting).
Trivia: In the scene where John Blake visits Bruce Wayne in his mansion, you can see a bust of C-3PO behind Blake and to his right. As Blake gets up to leave, you can see the bust in greater detail. (00:26:55 - 00:29:10)
Trivia: At the football stadium the R on one of the Gotham Rogues banners is the Robin logo.
Trivia: There is a subtle tribute to one of the film's graphic novel inspirations, "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller (1986). In both the 2012 film and 1986 graphic novel when the Gotham Police Department are pursuing Batman, the veteran policeman offers some advice. The line spoken by the veteran policeman to the younger policeman in the film ("Oh boy, you're in for a show tonight, son.") is a nod to the line said by the veteran policeman in "The Dark Knight Returns" ("We're in for a show, kid.").
Trivia: At the Gotham Rogues game, the man in the suite with the mayor of Gotham is Thomas Tull; the owner of Legendary Pictures and a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Trivia: Selina Kyle is never referred to as "Catwoman" in the film.
Trivia: While the actual pit was a set and Hollywood magic, the exterior of the prison [once Batman escaped] is Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India. A set of circular stones mark the supposed "entrance" to the pit. However, the interior of the prison, which had all of the wall/stairs, have a real life inspiration. Chand Baori, was built in the ninth century, and has 3,500 steps across 13 stories. Apparently, the priests who lived there also liked to chant as they descended the steps to reach water.
