Suicide Squad: 30 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

So, where do I start? Suicide Squad hasn't exactly gone as planned for Warner Bros (at least not critically) - the film currently sits on less than 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, word of mouth among "professionals" is not good and there is a very definite split between fans and critics. Or at least that's what fanboys would have you think.

Regardless of how you feel about the story-telling, the acting, the directing or the editing, Suicide Squad actually is made for the fans, as David Ayer says. That's not to say it isn't supposed to be analysed or criticised (because all art invites that inherently), but rather that it's positively drenched in Batman and wider DC comics lore.

The film is positively bursting with Easter Eggs, in-jokes and references, and there's as much joy to be had for fans in spotting them as there is in watching Harley Quinn steal scenes or Jared Leto chew scenery. So pay attention, puddins.

Here are the biggest and best Easter Eggs from Suicide Squad...

In Deadshot's prologue, we see him casually taking out a contract while talking to an unseen Gotham underworld villain and extorting him for twice the agreed price because he's a "d*ckhead". Nice business acumen there, Floyd.

Anyway, the character on the phone is called Angelo, who expresses the power of his connections and who is clearly some sort of mobster. That leads to Angelo Mirti, a member of the Falcone Crime Family who acts as the bodyguard for Falcone's daughter Sofia Gigante.

The actor behind the voice is also a Batman veteran, Robin Atkin Downes who has lent his voice to no fewer than 17 DC properties in animation, video games and live action (most recently playing Detective Bullock in The Killing Joke and doing Doomsday's vocals for Batman v Superman). Fourteen of those jobs were directly related to Batman.