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Watch: Funny 'TDKR' Parody of 'Batman Smells' from Dan Eckman

by Alex Billington
July 12, 2012
Source: Funny or Die

"Jingle bells. Batman smells. Robin laid an egg." Everyone knows that classic "children's parody rhyme" involving Batman's smelly ways. What if, instead of all the comics, Christopher Nolan's Batman series was based on that rhyme as the source? Our friends behind Derrick Comedy—director Dan Eckman, producer Meggie McFadden and DC Pierson—put together this parody trailer for Funny or Die that obviously plays on the current popularity of The Dark Knight Rises, but mixed with the "Batman smells" rhyme. It's short, funny, and will hopefully bring a smile to your face with all the more serious Batman buzz at the moment.

"Christopher Nolan picked some unusual source material for the final Dark Knight movie." Here's the video:

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