20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Dark Knight Rises

20. Commissioner Gets Batman's Last Word Once More

Throughout Nolan's epic series of Bat-flicks, Bruce Wayne/Batman's relationship with Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon very much acts as one of the key foundations for much of the emotionally charged and routinely mesmerising set-pieces unfolding on the streets of Gotham.

And in a rather subtle nod to the bond the Commissioner shares with The Caped Crusader in each of the gripping tales, Nolan actually went out of his way to have Gordon be the last person The Bat converses with before each of his films reaches its conclusion.

In Batman Begins said conversation comes in the form of discussing the arrival of a certain iconic villain who also has "a taste for the theatrical".

The Dark Knight sees Batman convince his old ally to help forge the lie that will ensure Harvey Dent remains Gotham's White Knight.

And, sure enough, The Dark Knight Rises depicts the masked vigilante's final words under the cowl of "a hero can be anyone..." being uttered to Gordon as the Bruce Wayne penny finally drops.