As a treat for Batman fans, the Robert Pattinson starrer film The Batman was released on March 4, with Edward “Riddler” Nigma being the primary antagonist. Hence, the film takes Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, on a riddle-solving adventure as the Riddler throws some of the most thought-provoking riddles and ciphers for the greatest detective of the DC universe in the latest movie. However, not all the riddles were for Batman. There is a real-world easter egg riddle for all Batman nerds that hints at a possible sequel to the movie. Read along to find out how you can access the riddle and solve it even.
If you watched The Batman in the theaters following its release, I’m sure you’d know about the “el rata alada” reference, which was decoded by Batman’s trusted butler Alfred from a cipher left by the Riddler in the movie. While Batman could not understand the riddle at first, he later discovered, thanks to Oswald “Penguin” Cobblepot, that it was a hint for a URL.
Now, rataalada.com is a special website that has been designed to reflect the Riddler’s theme from the movies. It gives you a cipher that you can decode using Riddler’s keys, which are customized alphabets to decode the cipher. You can access rataalada.com by simply typing the website address in your browser’s URL bar or by clicking right here.
Upon visiting the website, you are greeted with the signature green question-mark logo of the Riddler, blinking on your screen. After a few seconds, the website automatically starts generating some random codes and numbers relating to Batman’s comic editions (we will come back to this later).
After the completion of the first process, you see a new screen (screenshot above), with a “Click for Reward” button and a loading sign stuck at a certain percentage. Upon clicking the given button, you see a new image (attached below) open up in another tab of your browser. This is the riddle that you need to decode.
How to Decode the Cipher?
Now, if you are a hardcore Batman fan, I’m sure you are dying to decode the riddle and read the hidden message. However, before you can do anything, you need the keys that the Riddler followed to turn his message into a cipher.
Upon decoding the cipher using the above keys, there is a message that clearly hints at a sequel of the recently-released film. The decoded message follows the Riddler’s perspective and says: “You think I’m finished. But perhaps, you don’t know the full truth. Every ending is a new beginning. Something is coming.”
