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Alfred Addresses Commissioner Gordon's Funeral Call
Alfred Pennyworth
One moment, it's Commissioner Gordon. No doubt calling for details on the funeral.
[answering the phone]
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Balancing Domestic Affairs and Chaos
The President
Son, you know I like to keep you out of domestic affairs, what with all the ruckus you stir up.
Superman
Yes, sir.
The President
But, well, it's a ruckus I'd like you to straighten out. Involving a friend of yours in Gotham City. It's all well and good to have a wild bronco on the ranch now and then. Does the hands good to break him in. But if the bronco up and kicks over the fence, and gets all the other horses crazy, well, that's bad for business.
Superman
I understand, sir.
The President
Now, I'm not asking you to put him down. Not yet, anyway. But settle him. Ride him around the yard a few times, if you have to. You know what I'm asking.
Superman
Sir, I can talk to him, but...
The President
I'd just hate for things to get out of hand. You know how to get in touch with him, don't you, son?
Superman
He's not hard to find, sir.
The President
Good boy.
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Retirement and Responsibility in Heroism
Bruce Wayne
You cost me hours of work last night.
Clark Kent
Then I'll get right to it. You have to go back into retirement. You're upsetting too many people.
Bruce Wayne
Mm-hmm.
Clark Kent
Why do you always have to be like this? You played right into their hands last time. When the parents groups and the subcommittees came after us, you're the one they pointed to. You act like a criminal!
Bruce Wayne
We are criminals, Clark. We always have been. You're still one, too. Only difference is, you have a boss.
Clark Kent
And you answer to no one. You know, we almost had this talk ten years ago, when you wouldn't go along with the deal we made. Everyone else agreed. Diana went back to her people. Hal left the planet...
Bruce Wayne
And Oliver? Did he agree?
Clark Kent
That's not how I wanted that to go.
Bruce Wayne
He was all torn up about it too.
Clark Kent
He made it necessary, like...
Bruce Wayne
Like I'm about to?
Clark Kent
Do you even remember why you retired?
Bruce Wayne
I remember.
Clark Kent
Look, either shut it down or one of these days someone with authority is gonna tell me to come stop you. And when that happens...
Bruce Wayne
When that happens? May the best man win.
Clark Kent
I have to go. We'll finish this later.
[hears his pager watch ping]
Bruce Wayne
No hurry.
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A Risky Stunt and Concerned Friendship
Commissioner Gordon
That was some stunt you pulled at the racetrack.
Bruce Wayne
It keeps the blood flowing.
Commissioner Gordon
So long as most of it stays inside you, Bruce.
Bruce Wayne
Not worried about me, are you Jim?
Commissioner Gordon
Let's just say I'm glad you survived Batman's retirement and I was hoping you'd keep it that way.
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Confrontation for Control of Gotham City
Mutant Leader
Batman! Show yourself! Face me fool, and I will kill you! I will show you who rules Gotham City!
Batman
Alright, son. Show me.
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The Joker's Perspective on His Actions
David Endochrine
Joker, you've asked for a chance to share your side of things. I'm told you've killed about six hundred people. How exactly does your side of that go?
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
Stop right there! This is a sensitive man, and I won't have him being harassed.
The Joker
That's alright. I want them to get me.
[brushes Wolper's hand off his shoulder]
David Endochrine
Alright, then.
The Joker
That's why I'm gonna kill everyone in this room.
[sips coffee from one of the show's branded mugs; the audience murmurs uneasily]
David Endochrine
Okay... I think that's a little more insight than we had in mind.
[nervous]
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
It's okay, he doesn't really mean that. He's just trying to ease the tension.
David Endochrine
Funny way to go about it.
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
You have to remember, this man isn't responsible for those killings. He's merely a victim of the Batman's psychotic obsession.
The Joker
I thought I was Batman's psychotic obsession.
[the audience laughs]
David Endochrine
So you think the Batman's the real sicko here.
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper
Without a doubt. He's an obsessive-compulsive, narcissistic hero-complexed sociopath. I would love a shot at him as a patient.
The Joker
Do guests get to keep these?
[holds up coffee mug]
David Endochrine
Heh. Sure, you do whatever you want with it. We got a closet full of them.
The Joker
So long as you won't miss it.
The Joker
Breathe, David. Breathe.
[inhales deeply, the filters his henchman provided him protecting him from the effects]
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The Joker's Reflection on Happiness
The Joker
So many faces... so few smiles.
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Authority and Accountability in a Troubled World
Batman
You say you answer to some sort of authority. They only want me dead because I'm an embarrassment. Because I do what they can't. What kind of authority is that?
Superman
It doesn't matter. It's their world, and they won't stand for you anymore. If it isn't me, it'll just be someone else.
Batman
Really? Who do they send after you?
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Alfred's Concern About Bruce's Nocturnal Activities
Alfred Pennyworth
Master Bruce. You set off the alarm, sir. This somnambulism is becoming a problem, especially for those of us with a penchant for sleeping at night.
[finding Bruce in the Batcave]
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Confrontation of Guilt and Responsibility
Batman
No more! All the people I've murdered... by letting you live.
[he hurls Joker against the wall]
The Joker
I never kept count.
[spits blood]
Batman
I did!
[lifting Joker by the scruff of the neck]
The Joker
I know...
The Joker
...And I love you for it. It's finally here, isn't it? The moment we've both dreamed about!
[he slashes Batman's chest; tackles Batman to the ground, raising his knife to stab]
The Joker
Oh, don't tell me you're gonna fall asleep before we finish! You have gotten old, haven't you?
[feigning sympathy]
The Joker
Not quite how I imagined it, but we can still end on a high note!
The Joker
You're in trouble now...
[chuckling, in a sing-song voice]
The Joker
Go ahead. Say this has never happened to you before.
Batman
Shut up.
The Joker
Make me! Come on, finish me.
The Joker
Ahh, doesn't matter... I win. I made you lose control... ...and they'll kill you for it. See you... in hell!
[laughing; laughs]
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A Tense Confrontation Between Heroes
Superman
What are you doing?! Do you want me to kill you?
Batman
Oh, you're not going to kill me. Now!
Batman
It wasn't easy to make, Clark. It took years and cost a fortune. Luckily, I had both.
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Commissioner Gordon Reflects on Quitting Cigars
Commissioner Gordon
Wife made me quit the cigars.
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Confrontation Between Batman and Superman
Superman
We don't have to do this.
Batman
Sure we do.
Superman
Bruce, be reasonable. You know what my orders are.
Batman
Your "orders"?
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Establishing Order in Gotham City
Batman/Bruce Wayne
Tonight I am going to maintain order in Gotham City. You are going to help me. But not with these. These are loud and clumsy. These are the weapons of cowards. Our weapons are precise and quiet. In time I will teach them to you. But for tonight, you will rely on your brains and your fists. Tonight, we are the law. Tonight, I am the law.
[to the "Sons of Batman", after the EMP blast that knocked out power in Gotham; takes a gun from one of the gang members; snaps rifle in half, shows them some batarangs]
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Confronting Mortality and Power Dynamics
Batman
You're feeling it now, aren't you? What the rest of us live with every day. Your own mortality. Don't worry, you'll survive. The kryptonite will work its way out of your lungs soon enough.
Superman
Bruce... your heart...!
Batman
But I didn't have to go easy on you. A different binding agent, a stronger mix. I want you to remember that, I wanted to remind you to stay out of my way. In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you.
Superman
Bruce!
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Alfred's Dark Reflection on Despair
Alfred Pennyworth
If it's suicide you're after, I have an old family recipe. It's slow and painful. You'd like it.
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Batman Defines His Intentions as a Hero
Batman/Bruce Wayne
You don't get it, son. This isn't a mud hole. It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.
[to Mutant Leader]
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The Man Who Defeated You
Batman/Bruce Wayne
In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you.
[to Superman]
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Confrontation of Strength and Weakness
Batman/Bruce Wayne
You try to hold me back, but you're weak. You know it in your soul. You're nothing but a hollow shell. A rusty trap. The time has come.
[thinking to himself, about going back to being Batman]
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Gotham Mourns Bruce Wayne's Death
Lola Chang
Funeral proceedings are underway today for Bruce Wayne, as Gotham City still reels from last week's spectacular revelation that the world-famous billionaire was the Batman. All of Wayne's secrets, his methods and tools and his decades as the Batman, died with him as Wayne Manor burned to the ground. The fire was apparently set by his butler, who himself died of a stroke at the scene. Every penny of Wayne's wealth, all of his accounts and financial holdings, have also disappeared.
Selina Kyle
You've got some nerve showing up here! I know who killed him, damn you!
James Gordon
Selina, don't. It's no use. Let's go. Were you a friend?
[to Clark, as Selina leaves sobbing]
Clark Kent
I think so. I honestly couldn't say.
James Gordon
Sounds about right.
[leaves]
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The Rise of the Sons of Batman
Mutants
Slice and Dice!
[catchphrase]
Mutant Leader
We will kill the old man, Gordon. We will chop him, we will grind him. We will bathe in his blood. I, myself, will kill the fool Batman. I will rip the meat from his bones and suck them dry. Don't call us a gang. Don't call us criminals. We are the law. Gotham City belongs to the Mutants.
Son of Batman
The Mutants are dead. This is the new face of the law. We are the Sons of Batman. And Gotham's criminals are about to enter hell.
[former Mutant gang member, after the defeat of their leader]
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