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BATMAN - FOREVER

Arkham Asylum

Where is the other guard?

He is inside watching him, sir.

Hell of a night out there, doc...

Hell is in here.

Mr. Dent?

Counselor?

Harvey?

Two-Face?

"The Bat Must Die"

Harvey Two-Face is still at large and extremely dangerous...

and in other news today, billionaire Bruce Wayne has extended his trend-setting, profit-sharing program...

to the employees of the highly successful Electronics Division of Wayne Enterprises.

- Mr. Wayne! - Hello, Fred.

Your inspections are a departmental highlight.

Oh my God, it is him!

I am a winner!

I am a winner!

I am a winner!

I am a winner!

Bioremediation. Alternative fuel.

Mr. Wayne, look at that time.

Perhaps we should get to R&D as soon as possible...

Mister...?

Oh... Bruce Wayne.

In the flesh.

No, that's my name... And are you?

Nygma. Edward, Edward Nygma.

You hired me personally.

Just as I say to everyone.

We've never actually met,

but your name was on the hiring slip.

I have it...

I'm gonna need that hand back, Ed.

Oh, yes! Of course, I'm sorry...

It's just that...

You are my idol.

Back to work, Edward.

And some people have been trying to keep us apart...

- Back to work, Edward! - It's okay...

So, Mr. Nygma, what's on your mind?

Precisely!

What's on all our minds?

Brain waves!

The future of Wayne Enterprises ...

is brain waves!

I'm gonna have to apologize, Mr. Wayne.

I personally terminated his project this morning!

It's okay.

I have it!

Voila...

My invention...

beams any TV signal directly into the human brain.

By stimulating neurons... Manipulating brain waves, if you will...

This device makes the audience feel like they're inside the show.

Why be brutalized by an uncaring world?

Did you say "manipulating brain waves"?

Well... Yes.

But...

Someone like you would never need it.

Someone so...

Intelligent, witty and...

charming.

I just need a bit of aditional funding for human trials!

Let me show you, please! -Now listen, Ed...

I want a full set of technical schematics on this, okay?

I want you to know we'll be full partners in this, Bruce Look at us, two of a kind!

You call my assistant, Margaret. She'll set something up.

Uhh... That's not... Gonna be good for me.

I need an answer now.

I think I deserve it.

I'm sorry, Ed, then the answer is no.

Tampering with people's brain waves,

mind manipulation,

It just raises too many questions.

Sorry.

Thanks, everybody... Keep up the good work. Factory looks great.

Alright, everyone! Back to work!

We'll discuss this later!

You were supposed to understand ...

I'll make you understand.

Lock.

Chair.

Alfred.

I saw the signal, sir.

All is ready.

Can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you, sir?

I'll get drive-thru.

You're counting on the winged avenger to deliver you from evil,

Aren't you, my friend?

Are you gonna kill me?

Maybe, maybe not. You could say we're of two minds on the subject.

You a gambling man?

Let's say we flip for it?

One man is born hero, his brother a coward.

Babies starve, politicians grow fat,

holy men are martyred and junkies grow legion.

Why?

Why, why, why, why, why?

Luck!

Blind, stupid, simple, doo-dah..

Clueless luck!

A random toss...

The only true justice.

Let's see what justice has in store...

for you!

It's like the touch of God!

Wait, wait, wait...

The fortune smiles! Another day of wine and roses...

Or... in your case, beer and pizza!

Out of here, guys!

- But you said you'd let me live! - Too true! And so you shall!

Nothing's better than live bait to trap a bat.

Hot entrance.

Two-Face?

Two guards are dead.

He's holding a third hostage. Didn't see this one coming.

We should have, tho...

The Second Bank of Gotham on the--

Second anniversary of the day I captured him.

How could Two-Face resist?

I'm Chase Meridian.

I asked Dr. Meridian to come to Gotham to consult on this case. She specializes in--

Abnormal psychology, multiple personalities. I read your work.

Insightful...

Naive but insightful...

I'm flattered.

Not every girl makes a superhero's night table...

Can we reason with him?

He is holding innocent people up there.

It won't do any good.

- He'll slaughter them without thinking twice. - Agreed.

A trauma powerful enough to create an alternate personality leaves the victim--

In a world where normal rules of right and wrong no longer apply.

Exactly.

Like you.

Let's just say I could write a hell of a paper

on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent.

Bats aren't rodents, Dr. Meridian.

Really? I didn't know that.

You are interesting.

And call me Chase.

By the way, do you have a first name, or do I just call you "Bats"?

Let's start this party with a bang!

Very punctual. Even for his own funeral.

Boys! Kill the bat.

Blast him!

Open Sesame...

Going down?

It's a trap!

Attention citizens of fair Gotham!

When we open that safe, we'll have everything we ever wanted:

Enough cash to rain down upon fair Gotham, a glorious flood of chaos.

And, of course... ...you, my boy, dead!

Oh no, it's boiling acid!

For your dying pleasure, we are serving the acid that made us the men we are!

- Hold on. - Yes!

Haul away!

Yes! Haul away!

- Give me your hand. - Don't let go!

I need to borrow this.

Hey! Hey, that's my hearing aid!

Thanks.

No more!

Hang on.

"Hang on"?

Get him down! Get him down!

Take it easy with him, fellows...

You're gonna be alright, young man... Just stay calm. Easy, that's it...

If the bat wants to play, we'll play!

This will fix him!

Hang on, Batty!

Let's see...

Yes!

Yes, yes, yes! Oh happy day!

Farewell forever to that pointy-eared night rat!

Face!

Hey, Face!

You need help, Harvey, give it up!

It's too good to be true...

What is this lethal curl in your lip?

What is that homicidal gleam in the eye?

You're a killer, too! And you know it!

Have the good taste to die!

See ya!

You're a killer, too! And you know it!

OK...

Now I've got it!

“Too many questions. There's too many questions. ”

"There's just too many..."

I will show you that it works!

What the hell is going on here?

I told you this project is terminated! I'm calling security!

Caffeine will kill ya!

Rise and shine, little guinea pig.

What are you doing, Nygma? Untie me!

This won't hurt a bit.

At least, I don't think it will.

What are you doing?

Nygma! You touch that switch, and--

Which one, this?

Losing resolution...?

More power!

Edward Nygma, come on down!

You are the next contestant on "Brain Drain"!

I'll take what's inside thick skull number one!

What have we got for him, Johnny?

Oh, Stickley, I'm having a breakthrough!

And a breakdown? Maybe!

Nevertheless, I'm smarter. I'm a genius.

No, several geniuses.

A gaggle, a swarm,

...a flock of freaking Freuds!

Riddle me this, Fred.

What is everything to someone...

...and nothing to everyone else?

Your mind, baby!

Now mine pumps with the power of yours!

"I'm sucking up your IQ''

"Vacuuming your cortex"

"Feeding off your brain."

What a rush!

What the hell just happened?

A very surprising side effect.

While you were mesmerized by my 3-D TV...

...I utilized your neural energy to grow smarter.

Bruce Wayne was right!

You demented, bizarre, unethical toad!

It is brain manipulation!

I'm reporting you to the FCC!

The human experimentation board! The AMI!

And the police!

You are going up on charges...

...to court, to jail...

...and then to a mental institution for the rest of your life!

But, first and foremost, Nygma, you are fired!

Do you hear me? Fired!

I don't think so.

Fred, babe! You are fired...

or should I say...

Terminated?!

Surf's up, Big Kahuna!

Nice form, but little rough on the landing...

He may have to settle for the bronze...

"Questions", Mr. Wayne?

My work raises too many questions?

Why hasn't anybody...

Put you in your place?

Harvey Dent, once Gotham's districts attorney...

...was horribly scarred by underworld kingpin, Boss Maroni.

Although Batman tried to save him...

Dent's left brain damage transformed him into a violent criminal

Who blames Batman and who has vowed to destroy the Dark Knight.

Harvey Two-Face is extremely dangerous.

It was Commissioner Gordon, sir.

There's been an accident at Wayne Enterprises...

- Horrible way to die. - Yes.

The video surveillance cameras are down here.

Good. We'll drench the river, but with that current, I doubt we'll ever find the body.

Why?

Oh, why?

I just can't believe it.

Two years working in the same office...

He was like my father...

My brother...

or a cousin that visits all the time.

Get a grip, Edward.

I found this in my cubicle.

You'll find the handwriting matches his exactly, as does sentence structure and spelling.

I couldn't possibly continue on here...

The memories...

This is last night's security log.

There's Stickley.

Pretty cut and dry.

RE: My Suicide. Goodbye, cruel world!

Yup... Definitely suicide.

Thank you very much for your help, Bruce. We'll be in touch.

Stickley's suicide... It doesn't make sense. Thanks. I want full benefits for his family.

Suicide's not covered by our corporate insurance policy.

I know. Full benefits.

Gossip Gerty's called to rock you 32 times. Who are you taking to the charity Circus?

I'll let you know. What's this?

I don't know.

I didn't see anyone.

"If you look at the numbers on my face,

you won't find 13 anyplace..."

That's hideous...

What does it mean?

It's a riddle.

"Numbers on my face ... 13."

1 through 12.

The answer is a clock.

Who would send you a riddle?

That, Maggie ...

It's the riddle.

"E-Nygma No Trespassing"

Guess what I did today?

Wayne Manor.

See you soon...

Doctor Meridian, please. Thank you.

I...

I guess I'm early.

I have an appointment.

I'm Bruce Wayne.

Good.

Then you can afford to buy me a new door.

I... Sorry.

You... Sounded like you were in...

You know, trouble.

I prefer healthy expressions of violence as opposed to breaking and entering...

So... How can I help you, Mr. Wayne?

Someone's been senting me love letters...

One at my office and one last night, at my home.

Commissioner Gordon thought you might give me your expert opinion.

A clock.

Clock.

"Tear one off and scratch my head.

...what once was red is black instead."

A match.

My opinion: this letter writer is a total wacko.

"Wacko?"

Is that a technical term?

Patient may suffer from obsession...

...with potential homicidal tendencies.

Is that better for you?

So, what you're saying is...

...this guy's a total wacko.

Exactly.

He's obsessed with you.

His only escape may be to purge the fixation.

To kill me.

I think you understand obsession better than you let on.

You have a thing for bats?

That's a Rorschach, Mr. Wayne.

An inkblot.

People see what they want.

I think the question would be:

Do you have a thing for bats?

Still playing with dolls, doctor?

She is a Malaysian dream warden.

Some cultures believe she protects you from bad dreams.

It's silly to you, I'm sure.

You look so sad.

Do you need one?

Me? No. Why would I?

You're not exactly what you seem... Are you, Bruce Wayne?

What is it you really came here for?

Yikes, time's up.

That's usually my line.

Listen, I'd love to stay here chatting...

Hmmm... Would you?

I'm not so sure.

I really gotta get you out of those clothes...

Excuse me?

And into a black dress.

Tell me, doctor Do you like the circus?

Ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls of all ages...

Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth!

Bruce, who is this beautiful young woman you're with?

Dr. Chase Meridian.

A doctor? What kind of doctor?

for Gotham's Childrens Hospital.

Let's thank our largest single donor: Bruce Wayne!

Ladies and gentlemen ...

70 feet above ground,

performing feats of unimaginable aerial skill ...

The Flying Graysons!

Listen... I'm going rock climbing this weekend...

Would you like to join me?

Oh... Umm... I'd like to...

I love climbing. I mean... I really love it...

But...?

I've met someone.

That's fast work. You just moved here.

Well you could say he just kind of...

dropped out of the sky and ...

Bang!

I think he felt it too.

Sure did.

What?

Who wouldn't? - And now...

Richard, the youngest Flying Grayson ...

will perform the awe inspiring...

Death Drop!

Without the safety...

of a net!

Okay, let's go!

Ladies...

and Gentlemen!

At this time the new management of the Circus International invites you forget...

this good, clean, wholesome All-American fun...

and join us in a celebration of absolute chaos...

and true justice!

Bring it on! Now!

Tonight, a new act for your personal amazement

We call it "Massacre under the Big Top".

If we may direct your attention to the middle of the center ring...

Inside this harmless looking orb are two...

That's TWO... hundred sticks of TNT.

And in our innocent hand...

A radio detonator.

What the hell do you want, Harvey?

What, Mr. Mayor?

One simple thing: Batman.

Bruised, broken, bleeding,

In a word: DEAD!

Batman?

Who do we have before us?

Gotham's finest...

..well-to-do...

... and influential.

Surely one of you knows who Batman is.

Hell, odds are one of you pasty-faced twits is Batman!

You have two minutes!

Harvey!

I'm Batman!

Bruce!

We can stop them.

Go out on the rigging.

Be careful.

Don't worry, mom.

Go to work, boys!

Our kind of day.

Reach for it! Stop it!

Oh my God!

Bruce. Good of you to take him in. He hasn't anyone now.

We've had him filling out papers all day... He hasn't slept, he hasn't even eaten!

Welcome, Master Grayson.

I am Alfred.

How you doing, Al?

There's a room prepared for you upstairs, but perhaps you'd like to get something to eat first.

Okay, I'm outta here.

Excuse me?

I figured telling that cop I'd stay here for a while

save a truckload of social service interviews and charity, so uh...

No offense, but no, thanks. See ya.

Take it easy, Al.

Where will you go? The circus must be halfway to Metropolis by now.

I'll get a fix on Two-Face...

and I'm gonna kill him.

Killing Two-Face won't take the pain away...

It'll make it worse.

Spare me the sermons, alright Bruce?

I don't need your advice. And I don't need your charity.

Nice bike.

You hang out at a lot of biker bars, Bruce?

You're almost on empty. Why don't you...

Fill it up in the garage. There's not a gas station around here for miles.

The pump's over here...

Is this a garage or a car museum, Bruce?

It's a 1917 Harley! - Yup

Indian Classic, fully restored...

This is a Vincent Black Knight!

They only make like a hundred of these!

101, actually... She is my favorite.

And you've got two of them.

Yeah, that one doesn't run, tho...

Throtle sticks on this one.

Alfred's actually a very good mechanic, but...

Some of these need a lot of work.

Someone were to fix 'em up...

they could keep one as a fee.

Anyway, have a nice trip...

I'm sure you'll land on your feet.

Is the young Master leaving?

Pity.

I'll just toss this away, then... Perhaps the dogs are hungry.

Hey, Al, wait up...

Master Bruce?

Master Bruce?

Just like my parents... It's happening again.

A monster comes out of the night. A scream, two shots...

I killed them.

What did you say?

He killed them, Two-Face.

He slaughtered that boy's parents.

No no. You said "I" "I killed them."

Take care of the kid...

Certainly, sir.

Can I help you settle in, Master Grayson?

No. Thanks. I won't be staying long...

Is this a Robin?

My brother's wire broke once and I swong out and grabbed him.

My father said I was his hero.

I flew in like a Robin.

Some hero I turned out to be.

Ah, but your father was right...

You are a hero. I can tell.

Throw this away, will you, Alfred? I won't be needing it anymore.

I think I'll just put it in here.

Broken wings mend in time.

One day, Robin will fly again.

I promise.

Commissioner Gordon?

He's at home.

I sent the signal.

What's wrong?

Last night at the bank, I noticed something about Two-Face...

His coin. It's his Achilles heel.

It can be exploited.

I know.

You call me here for this?

The Batsignal is not a beeper.

Well, I wish I could say that my interest in you is ...

purely professional.

Are you trying to get under my cape, doctor?

A girl can't live by psychosis alone...

It's the car, right? Chicks love the car...

What is it about the wrong kind of man?

In grade school it was guys with earrings.

College: motorcycles, leather jackets.

Now...

Black rubber.

Try firemen. Less to take off.

I don't mind the work. Pity I can't see behind the mask...

We all wear masks...

My life is an open book. You read?

I don't blend in at a family picnic.

Oh, we could give it a try. I'll bring the wine...

You bring your scarred psyche.

Direct, aren't you?

You like strong women.

I've done my homework.

Or do I need skin-tight vinyl and a whip?

I haven't had that much luck with women.

Maybe you just haven't met the right woman.

I saw the signal.

- What's going on? - Nothing.

False Alarm.

Are you sure?

Women.

We'll drive, thank you.

The Puzzler?

The Gamester?

Captain Kill?

Question Mark Man?

No no...

Thank you! Thank you so much!

The Bat's stubborn refusal to expire...

It's driving us insane!

Don't worry, baby...

You'll kill him soon.

Besides...

I made your favorite tonight:

Sparkling champagne,

a yummy poached salmon with little itty-bitty quail eggs,

and a creamy, dreamy... Lemon souffle.

No, I made your favorite:

A charred heart of black boar...

...a side of raw donkey meat...

...and a Sterno and grain alcohol, straight up, baby!

Perfect!

Ladies, you spoil us!

We have two minds about what to eat first.

What!

I hope you made extra...

Who the hell are you?

Just a friend...

But you can call me ...

The Riddler.

I'll call you dead, is more like it! How did you find us? Talk!

But then if I talked, what would keep you from slaying me, O Segregated One?

By the way...

That's never going to heal if you don't stop picking.

Let's see if you bleed green. -Harvey!

I don't think it's me you wanna kill...

It's too easy for someone as powerful as you...

and you.

But Batman....

There's a challenge.

Kill the bat! Sounds like a good idea...

But have you thought it through? A few bullets, a splash of blood, then what?

Wet hands.

Post-homicidal depression.

Why not humiliate him first? -Yeah...

Expose his frailties,

Then, when he is at his weakest...

Crush him!

I see that...

...sparkle in your left eye.

I can help you get Batman.

That is, if you'II...

...spare my life for just a few moments.

Thank you.

I simply love what you've done with this place,

"Heavy Metal meets House and Garden".

Beautiful.

It's so dark and gothic,

and disgustingly decadent...

Yet so bright and chipper,

and conservative.

It's so... You!

And yet so YOU!

Very few people are both the summer and winter, but ...

You pull it off nicely.

What's the point, big boy?

Has anyone ever told you, you have a serious impulse-control problem?

This is the point.

This is how I found you...

Let me demonstrate:

This is your brain on The Box.

This is my brain on The Box.

Does anybody else feel like a fried egg?

I'll have a bit more, thank you.

Oh, there is more...

But only the first one's free.

Here's the bargain:

You will help me steal production capital...

so that I can put a box on every tv's in town,

And become Gotham cleverest, carbon-based life form!

And in return...

Is everybody paying attention?

I will help you solve the greatest riddle of all.

The mother of all the riddles.

Who is...

Batman?

You have broken into our hideout.

You have violated the sactity of our lair.

For this, we should crush your bones into powder.

However, you pose the most interesting proposition...

Therefore: Heads, we accept... And tails, we blow your damn head off.

Here's a good one.

No, no, no!

There... Is a good one!

CRIME IN PROGRESS

A little off the ears, Batman?

Don't shoot me, please.

Hey Two-Face, show me how to punch a guy!

It's very simple, my boy. Ball up the fist, reach way back,

and assert yourself.

That looks like fun!

Let me try, let me try!

Ball up the fist, reach way back... Assert yourself! Ow!

One hundred thousand, two hundred and twenty ....

One hundred and...

I lost count!

Hey, got the Black Night started...

Sounds great, thanks.

You wanna grab the Harley and we'll go for a ride?

Look, I appreciate the gig, alright?

But... We're not gonna be buddies...

You don't even know me.

I know you're in a lot of pain because of your family.

I know you feel responsible.

I don't know you, but... I'm like you.

I don't think so...

Have you given much thought to your future?

The Wayne Foundation has an excellent Scholarship Fund.

Look! He is my future, alright?

Dick... Don't let the love of your family twist into hatred for Two-Face.

That's too easy.

Look, no offense, but...

I don't think you got a lot to teach me.

Don't be too sure.

Leave it, Master Dick, I'll look into it.

I am not used to being waited on, Al.

And in Gotham last night...

another robbery perpetrated by the cities Green Suited Menace.

Resulting in millions in diamonds stolen with no sign of Batman.

Teamed with Two-Face, this new criminal's pattern of marking his crimes with puzzles...

Has Gothamites calling him "The Riddler".

Apparently, you and Batman have a common enemy...

That was with the morning mail.

"The eight of us go forth, not back, To protect our King...

...from a foes attack."

Chess pawns.

Clock.

Matches.

All physical objects. Manmade.

Small in size, light in weight.

What's the connection?

With all due respect, sir, I think that's why they call him The Riddler...

May I help you, Master Grayson?

How come this is the only locked door in this museum?

What do you got back there?

Master Wayne's dead wives...

The silver closet. On your way.

Now you can be part of the action...

Nygma Tech brings the joy of 3D entertainment into your living room!

Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you...

My vision!

The box in every home in America,

and one day... the world!

In local news, Edward Nygma's 3D box...

...has become the rage of Gotham.

Rioting occurred last night at electronic stores which were sold-out.

There's hardly a home without the Nygma Tech box.

Critics have claimed the box turns Gothamites into zombies.

But Edward Nygma just shrugs:

"That's what they said when TV was invented."

Master Dick?!

Here up, Al...

Just checking, young sir.

Now!

INTRUDER ALERT. INTRUDER ALERT.

Oh, I have something for you. It's on the table.

I hope you like it.

Call it "clinical intuition".

I thought your dreams might need changing.

My parents were murdered in front of me...

when I was just a kid.

I don't remember a lot of what happened, but...

what I do, comes to me in my dreams... Flashes...

There's a new element now, though... I haven't seen it before.

It's a red leather book.

And something else...

My dreams are coming to me when I'm awake, now...

Bruce, you're describing repressed memories.

Images of a forgotten pain that's trying to surface.

Damn, wait... I'll be right back!

TODAY'S PSYCHOLOGY Batman: A Psychological Profile.

Schizophrenic Diagnosis Form #39

Is it possible there's an aspect of your parents' death that you haven't faced?

You were so young when it happened.

Maybe I'll leave you two alone...

This goes way beyond taking your work home, doesn't it, doctor?

All right.

I think he's fascinating.

Clinically.

Why does a man do this?

It's as if he's cursed to pay some great penance...

What crime could he have committed to deserve a life of nightly torture?

It's more than just...

...professional interest, isn't it, Chase?

Bruce, are you jealous?

No... I can't be jealous of Batman.

I want to be close, but you won't let me near.

What are you protecting me from

Do you want to know me?

Do you want to know who I am?

I guess...

...we're all two people.

The one in daylight, and the one we keep in shadow...

Rage...

...violence...

...passion. (beeping)

Excuse me.

I'm kind of busy...

I'm sorry to bother you, sir...I have some rather distressing news about Master Dick.

What? Is he alright?

I'm afraid Master Dick has... gone traveling.

He ran away?

Actually, he took the car...

He boosted the Jag?

Not the Jaguar. The other car....

The Bentley?

No, sir...

The other car.

Come for a little ride in my love machine, babies?

Wait a minute... That's not Batman!

What are you talking about?

That's Batboy!

You ain't the Bat.

Hey! Hey, let her go!

Who the hell are you?

I'm Batman.

Hey, so I forgot my suit, alright?

Come on! Run!

Wait! Doesn't Batman ever kiss the girl?

-Go! -Thanks, you saved my life!

I could definitely get into the superhero gig...

Bastard!

It should've been you! It's your fault!

If you had told Two-Face who you were at the circus,

they would still be alive!

If Bruce Wayne could've given his life for your family,

he would have.

All I can think about, every second of the day, is getting Two-Face.

He took my whole life.

When I was out there tonight,

I imagined that was him that I was fighting...

Even when I was fighting you.

And all the pain went away...

Do you understand?

Yes, I do.

Good.

Cuz you gotta help me find him.

And when we do,

I'm the one who kills him.

So, you're willing to take a life...

Only if it's Two-Face.

Then, it will happen this way:

You make the kill,

but your pain doesn't die with Harvey, it grows...

So you run out into the night to find another face.

And another. And another...

Until one terrible morning, you wake up and realize

that revenge has become your whole life.

And you won't know why.

You can't understand...

Your family wasn't killed by a maniac.

Yes, they were.

We're the same.

If we are the same, Bruce, help me. Train me. Let me be your partner.

No.

I can't.

You still have a choice.

Look, Bruce...

I'm a part of this, whether you like it or not.

And tonight, all of Gotham's society has turned up for Edward Nygma's...

...gala unveiling of his new, improved box.

Thanks, Al.

My pleasure, sir.

They'll be dinning and dancing the night away...

...in the glamorous roof of the Ritz Gotham.

Mr. Nygma, what's it like to have your face on the cover of every magazine in Gotham?

Edward, how does it feel to be the city's newest, most-eligible bachelor?

Gotham must know!

There's Bruce Wayne!

Brucie!

Oh, Eddie, he is too cute!

How come you don't look so good in that suit?

Shut up. You're here to work!

- How's my mole? - Fine.

What about rumors of a Nygma Tech takeover of Wayne Enterprises?

Nygma Tech stock is outselling Wayne Enterprises two to one.

Are you yesterday's news, Bruce?

Yes, yes and yes.

Bruce, old man.

The press wonders what it's like to be outsold, outclassed, out-coifed and...

...generally outdone in every way.

Hello Edward. Congratulations.

Great party. Nice suit.

Wit. Good.

And you are?

Chase.

And what a grand pursuit you must be.

I'm Bruce Wayne, Miss...?

You can call me anything you want.

Ladies and gentlemen...

...the future!

My New Improved Box offers fully-interactive holographic fantasies.

Edward, you're dashing and a genius.

How do you create these images, hon?

That, my dear, is my little secret.

Fully-interactive holographs.

Only a high-frequency carrier wave, beamed into the brain...

...could create such images.

Yeah... And you wish you thought of it.

Yes, don't be a sore loser, Brucie.

Step inside. Give it a try.

Edward... If you can introduce images into the mind,

what prevents you from extracting images out of the mind?

Oh, too timid to try my machine!

Just say so!

Shall we dance?

Naughtie, naughtie.

Looking for something?

I was just wondering how you turn it off...

Huh... Clever.

Thanks.

My pleasure...

Good evening, Mr Wayne...

Relax.

Tell me your...

dreams.

Tell me...

your fantasies.

Tell me your secrets.

Tell me...

your deepest...

darkest...

fears.

Relax, folks!

It's only an old-fashioned, low-tech stickup!

We're interested in the basics:

Cash, jewelry, cellular telephones.

Hand them over nice and quietly, and no one will be hurt!

Emergency, Alfred.

Yes, sir.

Be calm, guys!

Be calm, everybody! Just stay calm!

You're ruining my big party!

Are you insane?

We're sick of waiting for you to deliver Batman.

Patience, O Bifurcated One.

Patience, hell! We want him dead!

And nothing brings out the Batman like a little murder and mayhem!

You could have let me in on the caper.

We could have organized it, planned it, pre-sold the movie rights!

Your entrance was good, his was better.

The difference?

Showmanship!

- Emergency, Alfred. - Oh, sir....

I could be fired for this.

Perhaps they'll have me back at Buckingham Palace.

All right, boys! Phase Two!

My place, midnight.

Danger: Gas

Nothing like a bad case of gas!

Why can't you just die?

Hi.

What the hell do you think you were you doing?

You got a real gratitude problem, you know that, Bruce?

I need a name. Batboy? Nightwing?

I don't know, what do you think?

What's a good sidekick name?

How about "Dick Grayson, college student"?

Screw you!

I just saved your life. You owe me.

You are totally out of control...

You're gonna get yourself killed!

You're looking at your new partner.

No!

Bruce. Whenever you go out at night I'll be watching.

And wherever Batman goes, I'm gonna be right beside him.

I mean... How are you gonna stop me?

I can stop you.

Al, hang this next to the Batsuit,

where it belongs.

And you're encouraging him...

Young men with a mind for revenge need little encouragement.

They need guidance.

You above all should know the consequences of the life you choose.

Kenneth Frequency, GNN News.

Gotham City's answer to the...

"Wild West Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" was played out tonight as

"Gunfight At The Disfunctional Subway System".

Every demented outlaw, from Toledo to Timbuctu,

has come to town to do battle with Batman!

Result? Joe and Jane Q, normal citizen are left tolling...

...the tax bag for for trash mass transit system...

...with nothing to show for their failed dreams but a question on their lips...

Why?

In the Wild West, bad men came into town to see who was fastest gun alive:

Them or the sheriff?

At least the sheriff wore a badge!

All Batman wears is a mask!

No one asked him to fight crime,

and until he stops, every nutcase with a grudge

will be invading our border to see who's faster!

What will these weirdos destroy next?!

A library?! A museum?! City Hall?!

Our lives and property are in danger from this menagerie of costume freaks!

Batman, if you really want to help Gotham City, turn in your cape.

Hang up your mask, put the Batmobile on the box!

In a word: Retire.

I am Kenneth Frequency.

They want me to retire, Alfred...

Your parents are avenged.

The Wayne Foundation contributes a fortune to anti-crime programs,

and the police handle much of the villainy...

Why not retire, sir?

Even Chase called being Batman a curse.

The night of my parents wake, Alfred,

I remember running, falling, the bat...

There was something else.

Or was it just the bat?

What was I running from?

Is that what all this is?

A little boy being afraid of a monster in the dark?

What else was it, then?

Maybe I didn't become Batman to fight crime...

Maybe it was to fight that fear...

And instead, you became the fear...

If that's true, then... Batman is my enemy.

Can I give up?

Can I leave the shadows?

You'll never know until you try...

Dr. Meridian seems a good place to start...

I've never been in love before, Alfred...

Go to her.

Tell her how you feel.

She wants Batman, not Bruce Wayne.

Let the lady decide for herself.

Dr. Meridian speaking, hello?

Hello? Who is this? Who is this?

Who am I, Alfred?

I don't know anymore...

Sorry... I...

I can't believe this...

I've imagined this moment since I first saw you. Your...

Your eyes...

your lips...

your body...

And now I have you and...

I'm wishing you were somebody else.

I guess a girl has to grow up sometime...

I've met someone.

He's...

Well, he's not you...

I hope you can understand.

I understand.

Well...

BATMAN SURVIVES SUBWAY SABOTAGE

That's just what I said.

Then I taught my doggy a new trick:

How to map the human mind.

Would you like to see what our old friend Bruce Wayne has in his head?

Riddle me this...

What kind of a man has Bats on the Brain?!

Go ahead, you can say it...

You're a genius.

Oh, stop!

So, from this day on...

Batman is no more.

You can't just quit! I mean...

There's monsters out there... Batman has to protect the innocent!

I've dedicated my life to helping strangers I've never met...

Faces I've never seen.

Well...

The innocent aren't faceless anymore.

You can't tell me what I'm gonna do with the rest of my life.

Look, my dad told me that "Every man goes his own way."

Well, my way goes to Two-Face...

You gotta help me!

And if you do find Harvey...

and then you kill him...

What next?

Exactly.

Then you'd be alone, like me...

No, you've got to let this go.

Listen to me, Dick... I'm your friend.

I don't need a friend right now, alright? I need a partner.

Two-Face has gotta pay.

Please.

Chase is coming over for dinner. I'm going to tell her ...

Everything.

Come on upstairs, we'll talk.

- Good evening, Dr. Meridian... - Good evening, Alfred...

- Happy Halloween... - Happy Halloween to you...

Well... I asked you here tonight because there's something that I wanted to tell you...

I wanted to tell you something too.

Umm-- What I wanted--

Go ahead, go first...

All right, okay... Umm...

Trick or Treat!

All my life I have been...

I have been attracted to a certain kind of man...

The wrong kind of man. And...

I mean, look at what I do for a living Right?

And since...

Since I met you, I...

Oh God!

Why am I so nervous? Oh!

And don't eat too much tonigh! Or you'll be sick...

- Happy Halloween! - Happy Halloween!

Bruce, what's wrong?

It's happening again.

Flashes... My parents' death.

Your memories are trying to break through... Don't fight them...

I want to tell you something...

Something I've never told anyone.

It's alright.

It's alright, I'm here...

I'm here...

The night of my parents' wake...

The priest's words gave no comfort.

Of course.

There, on my father's desk,

The Red Book.

His journal.

He'd written in it every day of my life.

And now he'd never write in it again.

At that moment, I knew...

my life would never be the same.

I raced... Out into the storm...

Trying to outrun the rage...

and the pain.

Then I fell...

I fell forever...

The cave was monstrous...

It must've been there for centuries...

In there,

deep in the shadows,

I saw...

It was coming toward me...

I was scared at first, but only at first...

The figure in the dark was my destiny.

It would change my life forever.

I would use it's image to strike terror into the hearts of those who did evil..

I would ensure what happened to me would never happen to anyone else again.

I would have my revenge.

Bruce... What are you trying to tell me?

Chase, I'm ...

- Trick or Treat? - Twick or Twitt?

Trick..!

Remember the plan,

seize and capture.

No killing...

This goes double for you.

If I was a superhero,

where would I hide?

Spank me...

INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!

"Intruder alert! Intruder alert!"

Shut up!

Now... That's impressive!

You know, it's always risky introducing a tame animal into the wild...

They may have trouble adapting to their new environment...

Somebody call the Fat Lady!

She's on in five...

"Joygasm!"

No!

Don't kill him.

If you kill him...

We'RE FIVE LITTLE ITEMS OF AN EVERYDAY SORT

He won't learn nothing...

Master Bruce?

Master Bruce?

How are you, young man?

You haven't called me that for a long time...

Old habits die hard.

Are you alright?

Where's Chase?

I'm afraid they've taken Dr. Meridian...

Master Dick has run away...

The cave has been destroyed...

And there's another riddle.

I'm coming, my sweet!

Like the jacket?

It keeps me safe when I'm jogging at night...

Batman will come for me!

Batman?! Batman, you say?!

Coming for you!? Hoo hoo!

I'm...

Counting on it!

I remember my life as Bruce Wayne, but all this...

This is the life of a stranger.

You were shot in the head, sir.

There is something else...

Alfred, I feel...

Afraid.

Master Bruce, son.

You gave up being Batman to save Dick Grayson...

But perhaps you also gave him up...

...because you never faced why you became him in the first place.

My nightmare...

Your nightmares are there.

And until you face them, I fear you will spend your life fleeing...

"Bruce insists on seeing a movie tonight..."

"Martha and I have our hearts set on zorro, so...

"...Bruce's cartoon will have to wait until next week."

It's not my fault.

It's not my fault...

Master Bruce?

I'm Batman, Alfred...

Batman.

What is that? Where is that coming from?

There!

Who the hell is doing that?

The Riddler!

"We're five little items, of an everyday sort..."

"You'll find us all, in A Tennis Court."

In...

A-E-I-O-U.

The vowels.

Not entirely unclever, sir, but...

But what do "a clock", "a match", "chess pawns",

and "vowels" have in common? What do these riddles mean?

Every riddle has a number in the question. And they arrived in this order:

- 13, 1, 8 and 5. - 13, 1, 8 and 5...

What do they mean?

Perhaps letters of the alphabet?

Of course, 13 is M.

1 is A, 8 is H, and 5 would be E.

M-A-H-E.

Perhaps 1 and 8 are... 18.

18 is R.

M-R-E.

How about ...

"Mr. E"?

- Mystery. - And another name for "mystery"?

Enigma!

"Mr. E. Nygma".

Edward Nygma.

Stickley's suicide was obviously a computer generated forgery...

You really are quite bright, despite what people say...

Are all the batsuits destroyed, Alfred?

All except the prototype with the sonar modifications you invented, but you haven't tested it yet...

Tonight's a good night.

What do you suggest, Alfred?

By sea?

Or by air?

Why not both?

Who's your tailor?

I took the liberty, sir.

R? What's that stand for?

Robin.

Riddler and Two-Face can make a pretty lethal combination...

I figured you could use a hand...

Two against two are better odds.

I can't promise I won't kill Harvey.

"A man's gotta go his own way."

A friend taught me that.

Not just a friend.

A partner.

He's not coming...

Shut it down.

Wait a minute... Wait a minute!

Go, go!

A-14.

Hit!

Sw-eet!

B-12.

Hit!

And my favorite vitamin, I might add...

Oh, that sinking feeling...

I like this game!

C-9!

You sank my battleship!

Who? Me?!

This is your captain speaking:

Pleace return to your seats. We will be experiencing turbulence...

I got him!

I hope they can find the little black box...

Now...

The real game begins!

Holy rusted metal, Batman!

The ground it's all metal.

- It's full of holes, you know? Hole-y. - Oh

Robin, wait!

The whole island's moving!

Looking for us?

That was for my mother!

My father!

My brother!

And this is for me!

Finally justice is served!

Let us die!

You're a man after our own heart, son...

I'll see you in hell.

I rather see you in jail.

Good boy, good boy...

The bat has taught you very well.

It's noble.

Stupid...

but noble.

Riddle me this...

Riddle me that...

Who's afraid of the Big Black Bat?

No more tricks, Edward.

Very well then.

Let's get real.

Release Chase. This is between you and me.

And me...

and me!

You've been sucking Gotham's brain waves...

...and now you've deviced a way to read men's minds.

You betcha!

Soon my little box will be on countless TV's around the world...

...feeding me credit card numbers,

bank codes,

sexual fantasies and little white lies!

Into my head, they'll go.

Victory is inevitable!

For if knowledge is power,

then a god ...

Am...

...I!

Was that over the top? I can never tell.

By the way, I've seen your mind... Freak!

Yours is the greatest riddle of all:

Can Bruce Wayne and Batman ever, truly, coexist?

We'll find out today!

But first... Let's meet our contestants!

Behind curtain...

...number one!

The absolutely fabulous Dr. Chase Meridian!

She enjoys hiking, getting her nails done,

and foolishly hopes to be the love of Bruce's life!

And, behind... Curtain number two!

Fatman's one and only partner.

This acrobat-turned-orphan...

likes Saturday morning cartoons,

and dreams one day being...

Bare naked with a girl!

And below these contestants...

My personal favorite:

A watery grave!

Just a little touch...

And 5 seconds later these two day players are...

Gullfood on the rocks below!

Not enough time to save them both...

Which one will it be, Batman?

Bruce's love,

or the Dark Knight's junior partner?

There is no way for me to save them or myself...

This is all one giant dead trap.

Judges?

I'm sorry, you're answer must be in the form of a question!

But thank you for playing...

Wait!

I have a riddle for you...

For me?

Really?

Tell me.

"I see without seeing...

To me, darkness is as clear as daylight."

What am I?

Please!

You are as blind as a bat!

Exactly!

Bummer!

Thanks.

All those heroics for nothing.

No more riddles, no more curtains one and two!

Just plain curtains!

Aren't you forgeting something, Harvey?

Your coin.

You're always of two minds about everything...

Yes, of course... You're right, Bruce.

Emotions are always the enemy of true justice.

Thank you, you've always been a good friend.

Why?

Why can't I kill you?

Too many questions...

Poor Edward...

I had to save both...

You see, I'm both Bruce Wayne and Batman.

Not because I have to be... Now,

because I chose to be.

ARKHAM ASYLUM

Thank you for responding to my request for a consultation, Dr. Meridian...

Edward Nygma...

has been screaming for hours, that he knows the true identity ...

...of Batman.

Edward?

Who is it...?

Is Doctor Meridian, Chase...

Do you remember me?

How could I forget?

Dr. Burton tells me...

You know who Batman is?

I can't tell you if you don't say "please"...

Edward, please...

Who is Batman?

I am Batman!

Your secret is safe.

He is a definitely... a wacko.

Wacko? Is that a technical term?

Listen...

I won't be needing this anymore...

Thank you for giving me a new dream.

Don't work too late...

Does it ever end, Alfred?

No, Dr. Meridian...

Not in this lifetime.