It should come as no surprise that Traveller’s Tales, a developer headquartered in Knutsford in England, has a very British sense of humour–sorry, humor. But what does surprise me is that the developers managed to squeeze a reference to Limmy’s Show, the surreal sketch comedy show that premiered on BBC Two Scotland, into a game like Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, because the joke is so oddly specific that even I, a British man and Limmy megafan, would have probably missed it if I wasn’t already subscribed to the r/Limmy subreddit.
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight isn’t even technically out yet, as it actually releases on May 22, but those who purchased the Deluxe Edition of the game get to play it three days early. That probably explains why full playthroughs of the game are already up on YouTube.
The clip in question that I’m about to show you is apparently from the final mission of the game, but I’ve rewatched it about ten times, and I personally don’t feel like the 20-second-long video really spoiled much. Also, c’mon; this is Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight we’re talking about here. I’m not playing it for the plot, I’m playing it for the jokes.
Speaking of jokes, I’d love to hear in the comments if a single American on Kotaku even understands why this dumb reference made me audibly wheeze when I first heard it.
At first, I thought maybe it was a stretch, and that “She’s turned the WayneTech against us!” was merely coincidentally similar to the “She’s turned the weens against us!” but there’s no way. The fact that Traveller’s Tales cast Matt Berry as Bane is all the proof I need that they knew what they were doing here.