Roger Craig Smith credited as playing...
Batman • Bruce Wayne
- Alfred Pennyworth: Master Bruce. Stop. Master Bruce. BRUCE!
- Bruce Wayne: What are you...
- Alfred Pennyworth: I will not in good conscience allow you to go. You are outmatched by these assassins and...
- Bruce Wayne: I'm what?
- Alfred Pennyworth: ...you're not some hardened vigilante. You're a young man with a trust fund and too much anger. You are in over your head and I don't want this to be your end.
- Bruce Wayne: Alfred, who do you see when you look at me? The boy whose shoes you used to tie every morning, the teenager you drove to his first date? While you are here every night, I am out there... the ONLY THING between the innocent and the predatory...
- Alfred Pennyworth: You may be, but...
- Bruce Wayne: No, not 'may be'. I am. When the mugger or the thief stop to think twice, that is fear. That is what I am. That is why they hired assassins - because I am the reason the criminals breathe easier when the sun rises. So no, Alfred, I am NOT in over my head. Tonight will not be my end. But it will be theirs.
- Alfred Pennyworth: I hope you will try to keep a low profile tonight, sir.
- Bruce Wayne: Trust me. I'll take out those assassins before they even know I'm there.
- Alfred Pennyworth: It's not just that. If some curious child looks out to see who's pattering across their rooftop, they'll expect Santa Claus, not a black-clad, bat-creature.
- Bruce Wayne: I don't patter.
- [Alfred groans]
- Batman: I'm on your side.
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: My side? My side works within the law. My side doesn't leave suspects with broken bones and missing teeth. We've earned Gotham's respect!
- Batman: If that were true, I wouldn't be here.
- Branden: [Branden and his squad arrive, armed to the teeth] Gordon, clear the line of fire!
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: Hold your fire. If he moves, take him down.
- [to Batman]
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: You've got nowhere to run.
- [Batman throws a smoke pellet, as Branden and his team fire. Batman proceeds to get Gordon to safety]
- Alfred Pennyworth: Sir, I've highlighted a nearby manhole on your map. Those sewer tunnels lead directly under the GCPD.
- Bruce Wayne: Good work, Alfred.
- Alfred Pennyworth: And sir, do try to keep out of the uh... muck down there. Remember who has to clean your suit.
- The Joker: [laughing hysterically] Oh... Oh Bats, what a night!
- [Batman lifts him and slams him against a pillar]
- The Joker: Fresh off the kill, and back for more, eh?
- Batman: Bane's still alive.
- [Joker's smile fades, and he checks his heart monitor, only to find Batman's words are true]
- The Joker: Now that's. Not. Funny.
- [Pulls out a gun, in which Batman lets go, punches Joker, and is hit by a rebound]
- The Joker: All this... all this rage! All directed at and for WHAT? You know, if you'd just let me finish a sentence you might LEARN something! You might learn that were not so different. You might even learn something about yourself!
- Batman: You need to learn to shut up.
- The Joker: You know it's sad really, makes me think you don't care to see the good side in me. Well, I guess learning is a lot to ask from you, meat-for-brains.
- [Batman knocks gun out of his hand, and kicks him far]
- The Joker: Is all of this for you? Or for me? You must know that I'm a lost cause... Oh, but there's still hope for you!
- [laughs]
- The Joker: I have great hopes for you... So go on! Don't stop now!
- [after more fighting, Joker is thrown against a window]
- The Joker: [Picks up glass shards:] You just can't get it through your thick skull. WE BOTH EXIST BECAUSE OF THEM!
- Batman: Give up, you've lost!
- The Joker: [Batman beats Joker brutally, throwing him at a Tomb] That's why you do it, isn't it? You LIKE the way it feels, its what you need!
- [Batman lifts Joker and throws him on the ground]
- The Joker: Come on baby, beat me till your knuckles bleed! And don't stop there, you know there's only one way to stop me!
- [Batman grabs Joker, shaking him while Joker hallucinates seeing a Bat-monster. Batman finally punches him unconscious]
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: [after Batman brutally beats the Joker into submission] Any one of my guys would've killed him.
- Batman: [hands Gordon back his gun] The city deserves better than that.
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: Y'know, my daughter thinks of you as a hero.
- [points gun]
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: But I still have to bring you in.
- Escaped Convict: When I get out, I'm coming for you. You and your whole stinkin' family.
- Batman: You shouldn't have said that!
- [knocks him out]
- Deathstroke: Apparently Joker's afraid of me. Wouldn't let me out. Good. I don't like having my time wasted.
- Batman: You should've known trying to kill me WAS a waste of your time.
- Deathstroke: Heh. Well, you won't have to worry about that anymore. Not unless someone else puts up fifty million bucks.
- Batman: I wasn't worried.
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: [after Batman has apprehended the last escaped convict] Alright, that's all of them. Thanks, Batman, I owe you one.
- Batman: Then do me a favor: tell your people to back off and let me do my job.
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: I'll think about it.
- Batman: Well don't take too long. I have a feeling we'll be doing this again real soon.
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: Hello? Uh... Batman?
- Batman: Gordon?
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: Sorry to, uh, interrupt. Barbara gave me this frequency. I was wondering if you could help me with something.
- Batman: Is there a problem?
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: That depends. If we can contain this in time, it should be alright.
- Batman: Contain what?
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: We've got some Blackgate escapees stirring up trouble in the city, and after tonight's events, I'm a little short staffed at the moment.
- Batman: So you want me to bring them in?
- GCPD Captain James Gordon: Well, that's what you do, right?
- Batman: I'll see what I can do.
- Alfred Pennyworth: I know I haven't always been supportive of what you do... but I understand now. Go, they need you out there.
- Bruce Wayne: I can't defend Gotham. I can't even defend my own home.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Master Bruce...
- GCPD Dispatcher: [over radio] Multiple casualties reported! Code Ten! I repeat, Code Ten! Any available unit, repeat, any available unit, please respond...
- [Bruce turns off the radio]
- Alfred Pennyworth: Master Bruce, now is not the time for doubt!
- Bruce Wayne: I can't do it. I can't stop them.
- Alfred Pennyworth: No, you can't... not on your own. But it's high time you realize you're a man, not an island.
- [Alfred places the cowl in front of Bruce]
- Alfred Pennyworth: And a man's strength comes not from just brawn and intelligence... but also from his allies.
- [Alfred turns the radio back on]
- GCPD Dispatcher: Priority one alert: the Joker has escaped from his cell and is leading the riots at Blackgate. Repeat: the Joker has taken over the entire prison. Multiple casualties, multiple hostages - civilians and prison guards. Again, we have lost Blackgate. Captain Gordon is calling on anyone, *anyone*, for assistance!
- [Bruce puts the cowl on]
- Alfred Pennyworth: They need you.
- Bruce Wayne: No, they need *us*.
- Escaped Convict: They say you're the savior of the city or something.
- Batman: Something like that.
- [cold cocks him]