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Thunder rolls, the screen goes dark, and a beam climbs into the clouds. Then something with wings cuts across the light.
That was the core of the batman google easter egg from 2022. Press Light the signal above for our version. You steer the beam, and each flyer you hold in it counts as spotted.
Batman Google Easter Egg Timeline
- 1939Batman first appears in Detective Comics #27.
- February 2022Google adds the egg before the film The Batman opens. Searching Gotham City, Bruce Wayne or Bat-Signal shows a small signal icon.
- February 2022A Google spokesperson says the egg will stay live for one year. Warner Bros. did not sponsor it.
- March 4, 2022The Batman opens in cinemas.
- July 2022The Gotham City version gets fresh attention in a Hacker News thread.
- 2026This page rebuilds the effect with an original flyer and a beam you control.
Searching Batman or The Batman did not fire the effect. Reports at launch named the three phrases above.
How the Night Sky Works Under the Hood
A canvas sits on top of the mock results. Each frame, the code paints it near black, then cuts a soft round hole where your beam points.
The Beam
Your pointer sets a target. The beam eases toward it a little each frame, so it sweeps instead of jumping. A pale cone joins the lamp at the bottom to the circle.
The Flyers
Each flyer is a small set of curves. Its wing tips rise and fall on a sine wave, which reads as flapping. New ones cross at random heights and speeds.
Thunder and Lightning
The flash is a white layer that fades in under a second. Thunder comes from the Web Audio API, which plays short noise through a low filter. Sound starts after your first tap.
Variants of the Batman Google Easter Egg
Google gave three doors into the same scene. Our page adds two ways to play it.
| Version | How it starts | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Gotham City search | Tap the signal icon | Night sky, beam and a swinging hero |
| Bruce Wayne search | Tap the signal icon | The same scene |
| Bat-Signal search | Tap the signal icon | The same scene |
| Night mode here | Light the signal, or press B | Steer the beam and spot flyers |
| Storm mode here | Storm button, or press S | Lightning and thunder every few seconds |
People type this in many word orders, from batman easter eggs google to batman easter egg google. All of them lead back to the same 2022 trick.
For another film tie-in, see the star wars google easter egg. Want the lights low all day? Google black keeps the whole page dark.
Batman Google Easter Egg Not Showing? Try These Fixes
- Search one of the three trigger phrases, not the word Batman.
- Google planned a one-year run, so the icon may no longer appear.
- On this page, press Light the signal first. The beam waits for night.
- No thunder? Tap the stage once. Browsers hold back sound until you do.
- On a phone, drag a finger across the dark area to move the beam.
- Press Dawn or Esc to bring the page back.
More film and show tricks sit on the google easter eggs hub.
FAQs
How do you get the Batman easter egg on Google?
Search Gotham City, Bruce Wayne or Bat-Signal, then click the signal icon in the results. That was the method in February 2022, when Google added the egg ahead of the film The Batman.
Why doesn’t searching Batman show the easter egg?
The word Batman on its own did not trigger it. Reports from February 2022 list three phrases that did: Gotham City, Bruce Wayne and Bat-Signal. Each one showed the same small signal icon.
Does the Batman Google trick still work?
It may not. Google told reporters in February 2022 that the egg would run for one year. This page rebuilds the night sky and the beam, so you can play it without a search.
What happens in the Google Batman easter egg?
The page turns into a cloudy night and a beam lights the signal in the sky. Then Batman swings across the screen on a grappling line, and the page brightens back to normal.
