Batman (1989) - Quotes

Taglines: Justice is always Darkest before the Dawn.

Taglines: Only one will claim the night.

Alfred: I thought champagne would be in order, ma'am.

Vicki: [goes into the waiting car, Alfred goes into the driver's seat to start the car] Hi, Alfred.

Alfred: Mr. Wayne told me to tell you that he might be a little late.

Vicki: [gives a knowing smile] I'm not a bit surprised...

Harvey Dent: We've received a letter from Batman this morning. "Please inform the citizens of Gotham that Gotham City has earned a rest from crime. But if the forces of evil should rise again to cast a shadow on the heart of the city, call me".

Alexander Knox: Question: How do we call him?

Commissioner Gordon: [[w:Bat-Signal|signal; activates searchlight] He gave us this ]!

Batman: [punches Joker and knocks him against a bell, before grabbing him] Excuse me. You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? I'm going to kill you!

Joker: You idiot! You made me, remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!

Batman: [smirks; punches Joker in the stomach and knocks him through a wall] I know you did. You killed my parents.

Joker: Wha-What? What are you talking about?

Batman: I made you; you made me first.

Joker: [puts on a pair of glasses; Batman knocks him over the side] Hey, bat-brain, I was a kid when I killed your parents! I mean, I say I made you, you've gotta say you made me...how childish can you get? You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you? Huh!?

Vicki: Hi. Tell me if I'm crazy. But that wasn't just another night for either of us, was it? I mean, we both got to each other, didn't we? Why won't you let me in? Why?

Bruce: You got in.

Vicki: I've loved you since I met you. But I don't know what to think of all this. I really don't.

Bruce: Look, sometimes I don't know what to think about this. It's just something I have to do.

Vicki: Why?

Bruce: Because nobody else can. Look, I tried to avoid all this, but I can't. This is how it is. It's not a perfect world.

Vicki: It doesn't have to be a perfect world. I just gotta know, are we going to try to love each other?

Bruce: [short pause] I'd like to. But he's out there right now. And I've got to go to work.

Bruce: What's on your mind, Alfred?

Alfred: I have no wish to spend my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons.

Vicki: Some people say that you're as dangerous as the Joker.

Batman: He's psychotic.

Vicki: There are some people who say the same thing about you.

Batman: What people?

Vicki: Well let's face it, you're not exactly..."normal", are you?

Batman: It's not exactly a "normal" world, is it?

The Joker: Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Bruce Wayne: What?

The Joker: I always ask that of all my prey. I just... like the sound of it.

The Joker: [chuckles] So gentlemen, that's how it is. Until Grissom, uh, resurfaces, I'm the acting President, and I say starting with this anniversary festival, we run this city to the ground.

Gangster: Why don't we hear this from Grissom?

Tony: Yeah, and what's with that stupid grin?

The Joker: Life's been good to me.

Tony: What if we say "No"?

The Joker: Well, Tony, nobody wants a war. And if we can't do business, why, we just shake hands and that'll be it.

Carl Grissom: [turns around] That you, sugar bumps? Who the hell are you?

The Joker: It's me..."sugar bumps".

Carl Grissom: [alarmed] Jack? Oh...thank God you're alive! I heard you'd been-

Carl Grissom: Your life won't be worth SPIT!

The Joker: I've been dead once already. It's very liberating. You should think of it as...therapy.

Carl Grissom: [last words] Jack, listen. Maybe we can cut a deal.

The Joker: [emerging into the light; commences to laugh maniacally as he repeatedly shoots Grissom dead] Jack? Oh, Jack is dead, my friend. You can call me...Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier! Ohh, what a day!

Nick: Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man! Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man!!

Batman: I'm not gonna kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.

Nick: What ARE you?!

Batman: [tosses him onto a rooftop and flies off] I'm Batman.

The Joker/Jack Napier: [addressing Gothamites; he and the crowds laugh; looks up into the sky and sees the Batwing; to Bob the Goon; to crowd in the street as the other goons prepare their own gas masks and he brings out a radio transmitter] And now, folks, it's time for "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money. And where is the Batman? He's at home, washin his tights! Winged bat flies through the night and finds me ready. Bob, Mask. And now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said, If you've gotta go, go with a smile!

The Joker/Jack Napier: [in TV ad; extends X sound as a hiss] New and improved Joker products! With the new secret ingredient - Smylex! Now, let's go over to our blind taste test. Uh-oh. He don't look happy. He's been using Brand X! But with new and improved Joker brand...I get a grin, again and again! That luscious tan! Those ruby lips! And hair color so natural, only your undertaker knows for sure! I know what you're saying: Where can I get these fine new items? Well, that's the gag. Chances are, you've bought em already! So remember, put on a happy face!

The Joker/Jack Napier: Batman? Batman? Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press?! This town needs an enema!

The Joker/Jack Napier: [reads newspaper] Winged freak terrorizes". Wait till they get a load of ME!