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Can I persuade you to take a sandwich?
I'II get drive-through.
You're counting on the Winged Avenger
to deIiver you from eviI...
...aren't you, my friend?
Are you going to kiII me?
Maybe, maybe not.
We're of two minds on the subject.
Are you a gambIing man?
Let's say we fIip for it?
One man is born a hero,
his brother a coward.
Babies starve, poIiticians grow fat...
...hoIy men are martyred,
and junkies grow Iegion.
Why?
Why, why, why, why, why?
Luck!
BIind, stupid, simpIe, doo-dah...
...cIueIess Iuck!
The random toss...
...is the onIy true justice.
Let's see what justice has in store...
...for you.
It's Iike the touch of God.
Wait, wait, wait.
Fortune smiIes.
Another day of wine and roses.
In your case, beer and pizza.
Out of here, guys!
-But you said you'd Iet me Iive!
-Too true!
And so you shaII! Nothing's better
than Iive bait to trap a bat.
Hot entrance.
Two-Face?
Two guards are dead.
He's hoIding a third hostage.
Didn't see this one coming.
We shouId have.
The Second Bank of Gotham--
Second anniversary
of the day I captured him.
How couId he resist?
I'm Chase Meridian.
I asked her to come here to consuIt
on the case. She speciaIizes in--
AbnormaI psychoIogy,
muItipIe personaIities. I read your work.
InsightfuI.
Naive, but insightfuI.
I'm fIattered. Not every girI
makes a superhero's night tabIe.
Can we reason with him?
-He's got innocent peopIe up there.
-It won't do any good.
-He'II sIaughter them without a thought.
-Agreed.
A trauma powerfuI enough to create
an aIternate personaIity Ieaves one--
In a worId where normaI ruIes
of right and wrong no Ionger appIy.
ExactIy.
Like you.
I couId write a heII of a paper on a man
who dresses Iike a fIying rodent.
Bats aren't rodents, Dr. Meridian.
ReaIIy? I didn't know that.
You are interesting.
And caII me Chase.
By the way, do you have a first name,
or do I caII you Bats?
Let's start this party with a ***!
Very punctuaI, even for his own funeraI.
Boys!
KiII the Bat!
BIast him!
Open sesame.
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!
It's boiIing acid!
For your dying pleasure, we are serving
the acid that made us the men we are!
No!
-HoId on.
-Yes!
HauI away!
Yes! HauI away!
-Give me your hand.
-Don't Iet go!
I must borrow this.
That's my hearing aid!
Thanks.
Wow! My shoes are meIting!
No more!
Hang on.
Hang on?
Get him down.
Get him down.
Take it easy with him.
You'II be aII right. Just stay caIm.
This'II fix him!
Hang on, Batty!
Let's see.
Yes!
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
Oh, happy day!
FareweII forever to that...
...pointy-eared night rat!
Face!
You need heIp. Give it up.
Have the good taste to die!
See you!
Despite a valiant effort
last night by Batman...
...Harvey Two-Face is still at large
and extremely dangerous.
In other news today...
...billionaire Bruce Wayne extended
his profit-sharing program...
...to the employees of the successful
electronics branch of Wayne Enterprises.
Mr. Wayne.
Your inspections are
a departmentaI highIight.
Oh, my God, it's him.
I am a winner. I am a winner.
I am a winner.
I am a winner.
Bioremediation. AIternative fueI.
Mr. Wayne, Iook at that time.
Perhaps we shouId get to R & D
as soon as possibIe.
Mister...?
Oh, Bruce Wayne.
No, that's my name. And you are?
Nygma.
Edward.
Edward Nygma. You hired me personaIIy.
Just Iike I teII everyone.
We've never actuaIIy met, but your name
was on the hiring sIip. I have it.
I need that hand back.
Oh, yes, of course.
I'm sorry.
It's just that...
...you're my idoI.
Back to work.
And some peopIe have been trying
to keep us apart.
Back to work.
It's okay.
What's on your mind?
PreciseIy.
What's on aII our minds?
Brain waves.
The future...
...of Wayne Enterprises...
...is brain waves.
I must apoIogize, Mr. Wayne.
-I terminated his project today.
-It's okay.
I have it!
My invention...
...beams any TV signaI directIy
into the human brain.
By stimuIating neurons,
manipuIating brain waves...
...this device makes the audience
feeI Iike they're inside the show.
Why be brutaIized by an uncaring worId?
Did you say ''manipuIating brain waves''?
Yes.
But...
...someone Iike you wouId never need it.
Someone so...
...inteIIigent, witty and...
...charming.
I need a bit of additionaI funding
for human triaIs. Let me show you, pIease!
Now, Iisten...
...I want a fuII set of technicaI schematics
on this, okay?
We'II be fuII partners in this, Bruce.
Look at us! Two of a kind!
You caII my assistant, Margaret.
She'II set something up.
That's not...
...going to be good for me.
I need an answer now.
I think I deserve it.
I'm sorry, then the answer is no.
Tampering with peopIe's brain waves...
...mind manipuIation...
...it just raises too many questions.
Sorry.
Thanks, keep up the good work.
The factory Iooks great.
AII right, everyone!
Back to work!
We'II discuss this Iater!
You were supposed to understand.
I'II make you understand.
Lock.
Chair.
I saw the signal.
All is ready.
Commissioner?
He's at home.
I sent the signaI.
What's wrong?
Last night at the bank I noticed
something about Two-Face:
His coin.
It's his AchiIIes' heeI.
It can be expIoited.
I know.
You caIIed me for this?
The BatsignaI is not a beeper.
I wish I couId say that my interest
in you was...
...pureIy professionaI.
Are you trying to get under my cape?
A girI can't Iive by psychoses aIone.
It's the car, right? Chicks Iove it.
What is it about the wrong kind of man?
In grade schooI: guys with earrings.
CoIIege: motorcycIes, Ieather jackets.
Now...
...bIack rubber.
Try a fireman. Less to take off.
I don't mind the work.
Pity I can't see behind the mask.
We aII wear masks.
My Iife's an open book. You read?
I don't bIend in at a famiIy picnic.
We couId give it a try. I'II bring the wine...
...you bring your scarred psyche.
Direct, aren't you?
You Iike strong women.
I've done my homework.
Or do I need skintight vinyI and a whip?
I haven't had much Iuck with women.
Maybe you just haven't met
the right woman.
I saw the signaI.
-What's going on?
-Nothing.
FaIse aIarm.
Are you sure?
Women.
Now I've got it!
''Too many questions.
There's too many questions.
''Too many....''
I'II show you it works!
What the heII is going on here?
I toId you this project is terminated!
I'm caIIing Security!
Caffeine wiII kiII you!
Rise and shine, IittIe guinea pig.
What are you doing?
Untie me!
This won't hurt.
At Ieast, I don't think it wiII.
What are you doing?
You touch that switch and--
This?
Losing resoIution.
More power!
Edward Nygma...
...come on down!
You're the next contestant on...
...Brain Drain!
I'II take what's inside
thick skuII number one!
What have we got for him?
Oh, StickIey, I'm having a breakthrough!
And a breakdown? Maybe!
NevertheIess, I'm smarter. I'm a genius.
No, severaI geniuses.
A gaggIe, a swarm...
...a fIock of freaking Freuds!
RiddIe me this, Fred.
What is everything to someone...
...and nothing to everyone eIse?
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 heII just happened?
A very surprising side effect.
WhiIe you were mesmerized
by my 3-D TV...
...I utiIized your neuraI energy
to grow smarter.
Bruce Wayne was right!
You demented, bizarre, unethicaI toad!
It is brain manipuIation!
I'm reporting you to the FCC!
The human experimentation board!
The AMI!
And the poIice!
You are going up on charges...
...to court, to jaiI...
...and then to a mentaI institution
for the rest of your Iife!
But, first and foremost,
Nygma, you are fired!
Do you hear me? Fired!
I don't think so.
HeIp!
Hang on!
Babe!
You are fired!
Or shouId I say...
...terminated?
Surf's up, Big Kahuna!
Nice form, but rough on the Ianding.
He may have to settIe 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 District Attorney...
...was horribly scarred
by underworld kingpin, Boss Moroni.
Although Batman tried to save him...
...Dent's left-brain damage
turned him into a violent criminal...
...who blamed Batman
and who has vowed to destroy him.
Harvey Two-Face is extremely dangerous,
repeat, extremely dangerous.
That was the Commissioner.
There's been an accident
at Wayne Enterprises.
HorribIe way to die.
The surveiIIance cameras are down here.
We'II dredge the river, but with
that current, I doubt we'II find the body.
Why?
Oh, why?
I just can't beIieve it.
Two years working in the same office.
He was Iike my father...
...my brother...
...or a cousin that visits a Iot.
Get a grip, Edward.
I found this in my cubicIe.
You'II find the handwriting matches his,
as does the sentence structure.
I couIdn't possibIy continue on here.
The memories....
This is Iast night's security Iog.
There's StickIey.
Pretty cut and dry.
Yes, definiteIy suicide.
Thanks very much for your heIp, Bruce.
We'II be in touch.
StickIey's suicide doesn't make sense.
I want fuII benefits for his famiIy.
Suicide's not covered
by our corporate insurance poIicy.
I know. FuII benefits.
Gossip Gerty caIIed 32 times.
Who are you taking to the Charity Circus?
I'II Iet you know. What's this?
I don't know.
I didn't see anyone.
''If you Iook at the numbers on my face...
''...you won't find 13 anypIace.''
That's hideous.
What does it mean?
It's a riddIe.
''Numbers on my face...13.''
One through tweIve.
The answer is a cIock.
Who wouId send you a riddIe?
That, Maggie...
...is the riddIe.
Guess what I did today?
Wayne Manor.
See you soon.
Dr. Meridian, pIease. Thank you.
I...guess I'm earIy.
I have an appointment.
I'm Bruce Wayne.
Good.
Then you can afford to buy me a new door.
I'm sorry.
You...sounded Iike you were in...
...you know, troubIe.
I prefer heaIthy expressions of vioIence
as opposed to breaking in.
So...
...how can I heIp you?
Someone's been sending me Iove Ietters.
One at my office and one at my home.
Commissioner Gordon thought
you might give me your opinion.
A cIock.
CIock.
''Tear one off and scratch my head.
''What once was red is bIack instead.''
A match.
My opinion: this Ietter writer is a wacko.
''Wacko?''
Is that a technicaI term?
Patient may suffer from obsession...
...with potentiaI homicidaI tendencies.
Is that better for you?
So, what you're saying is...
...this guy's a totaI wacko.
ExactIy.
He's obsessed with you.
His onIy escape may be
to purge the fixation.
To kiII me.
I think you understand obsession
better than you Iet on.
You Iike bats?
That's a Rorschach, Mr. Wayne.
An inkbIot.
PeopIe see what they want.
The question is: do you Iike bats?
StiII pIaying with doIIs?
She's a MaIaysian dream warden.
Some cuItures beIieve she protects you
from bad dreams.
It's siIIy to you, I'm sure.
You Iook so sad.
Do you need one?
Me? No. Why wouId I?
You're not exactIy what you seem,
are you?
What is it you reaIIy came here for?
Yikes, time's up.
That's usuaIIy my Iine.
I'd Iove to stay here chatting--
WouId you?
I'm not so sure.
I must get you out of those cIothes.
Excuse me?
And into a bIack dress.
TeII me, Doctor, do you Iike the circus?
Ladies and gentlemen...
...boys and girls of all ages...
...welcome to the greatest show on earth!
Who is this beautifuI young woman
you're with?
Dr. Chase Meridian.
A doctor?
What kind of doctor?
...for Gotham Children's Hospital.
Let's thank our largest single donor:
Bruce Wayne!
Ladies and gentlemen...
...70 feet above the ground...
...performing feats
of unimaginable aerial skill...
...the Flying Graysons!
Listen...
...I'm going rock cIimbing this weekend.
WouId you Iike to join me?
I'd Iike to.
I Iove cIimbing. I reaIIy Iove it.
But?
I've met someone.
That's fast work. You just moved here.
You couId say he just...
...dropped out of the sky and...
...***!
I think he feIt it too.
He sure did.
What?
Who wouIdn't?
Now...
...Richard...
...the youngest Flying Grayson...
...will perform the awe-inspiring...
...death drop...
...without the safety...
...of a net!
Let's go.
You'II be okay.
Ladies...
...and gentlemen!
Now, the new management
of the circus invites you to forget...
...this good, wholesome fun...
...and join us in a celebration
of absolute chaos...
...and true jesters!
Bring it on!
Now!
Tonight, a new act for your...
...personal amazement.
We call it, ''Massacre under the Big Top. ''
Let us direct your attention to the ring.
Inside this harmless-looking orb are two...
...that's two hundred sticks of TNT.
And in our innocent hand...
...a radio detonator.
What do you want?
Want, 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...
...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!
We can stop them.
Go out on the rigging.
Be carefuI.
Don't worry.
Go to work, boys!
Our kind of day.
Reach for it! Stop it!
Oh, my God.
It's good you took him in.
He hasn't anyone now.
He's fiIIed out papers aII day.
He hasn't sIept or eaten.
WeIcome, Master Grayson.
I'm AIfred.
How're you doing, AI?
There's a room prepared for you.
But perhaps you'd Iike to eat first.
Okay, I'm out of here.
Excuse me?
TeIIing that cop I'd stay here...
...saved me a Iot
of sociaI-service interviews.
So, no offense, but no thanks. See you.
Take it easy.
Where wiII you go? The circus
must be haIfway to MetropoIis.
Get a fix on Two-Face.
Then I'II kiII him.
KiIIing Two-Face won't take the pain away.
It'II make it worse.
Spare me the sermons, aII right?
I don't need your advice or your charity.
Nice bike.
Hang out at a Iot of biker bars?
You're aImost on empty.
FiII it up in the garage.
There's no gas station for miIes.
The pump's over here.
Is this a garage or a car museum, Bruce?
That's a 191 7 HarIey.
Yep.
Indian CIassic, fuIIy restored.
This is a Vincent BIack Knight.
They onIy made a hundred.
A hundred and one, actuaIIy.
She's my favorite.
You've got two.
That one doesn't run.
The throttIe sticks on this one.
AIfred's a good mechanic, but...
...these need a Iot of work.
If someone were to fix them up...
...they couId keep one.
Anyway...
...have a nice trip.
You'II Iand on your feet.
Is the young master Ieaving?
Pity.
I'II just toss this away then.
Perhaps the dogs are hungry.
Hey, AI, wait up.
Master Bruce?
Just Iike my parents.
It's happening again.
A monster comes out of the night,
a scream, two shots.
I kiIIed them.
What did you say?
He kiIIed them.
Two-Face.
He sIaughtered that boy's parents.
No, no.
You said, ''I kiIIed them.''
Take care of the kid.
CertainIy, sir.
Can I heIp you settIe in, Master Grayson?
No.
Thanks, I won't be staying Iong.
Is this a robin?
My brother's wire broke once
and I swung out and grabbed him.
My father said I was his hero.
I fIew in Iike a robin.
Some hero I turned out to be.
But your father was right.
You are a hero. I can teII.
Throw this away, wiII you?
I won't need it anymore.
I think I'II just put it in here.
Broken wings mend in time.
One day Robin wiII fIy again.
I promise.
We'II drive.
The PuzzIer?
The Gamester?
Captain KiII?
Question Mark Man?
Thank you. Thank you so much.
The Bat's stubborn refusaI to expire...
...is driving us insane!
Don't worry, baby.
You'II kiII him soon.
Besides...
...I made your favorite:
SparkIing champagne and...
...yummy poached saImon
with IittIe quaiI eggs and...
...a creamy...
...dreamy...
...Iemon souffIè.
No, I made your favorite:
A charred heart of bIack boar...
...a side of raw donkey meat...
...and a Sterno and grain aIcohoI,
straight up, baby!
Perfect!
Ladies, you spoiI us!
We're of two minds about what to eat first.
What?
I hope you made extra.
Who the heII are you?
Just a friend.
But you can caII me...
...The RiddIer.
I'II caII you dead, is more Iike it!
How did you find us? TaIk!
But then if I taIked, what wouId keep you
from sIaying me, O Segregated One?
That's never going to heaI
if you don't stop picking.
Let's see if you bIeed green.
It's not me you want to kiII.
That's just too easy for someone
as powerfuI as you and...
...you.
But Batman...
...there's a chaIIenge.
KiII the Bat! Sounds Iike a good idea.
But have you thought it through? A few
buIIets, a spIash of bIood, then what?
Wet hands.
Post-homicidaI depression.
Why not humiIiate him first?
Yeah.
Expose his fraiIties. Then, when he is
at his weakest...
...crush him!
I see that...
...sparkIe in your Ieft eye.
I can heIp you get Batman.
That is, if you'II...
...spare my Iife for just a few moments.
Thank you.
I Iove what you've done with this pIace.
Heavy MetaI meets House and Garden.
BeautifuI.
It's so dark and Gothic and...
...disgustingIy decadent.
Yet so bright and chipper and...
...conservative.
It's so you!
And yet, so you!
Very few peopIe are both a summer
and a winter, but...
...but you puII it off niceIy.
What's the point?
Has anyone ever toId you, you have
a serious impuIse-controI probIem?
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 anyone eIse feeI Iike a fried egg?
I'II have more.
There's more. But onIy the first one's free.
Here's the bargain:
You'II heIp me steaI production capitaI...
...so I can put a Box on every TV in town...
...and become Gotham's cIeverest,
carbon-based Iife form!
And in return....
Is everybody paying attention?
I wiII heIp you soIve the greatest riddIe
of aII.
The mother of aII riddIes:
Who is...
...Batman?
You broke into our hideout.
You vioIated the sanctity of our Iair.
We shouId crush your bones into powder.
But you pose an interesting proposition.
Therefore, heads: we accept,
and taiIs: we bIow your damn head off.
Here's a good one.
No, no, no!
There is a good one.
-Leave that. I'II attend to it.
-I'm not used to being waited on.
Don't shoot me!
Don't eyebaII me! Give me that!
Two-Face, show me how to punch a guy!
It's dead simpIe, my boy.
BaII up your fist, reach back...
...and assert yourseIf.
That Iooks fun. Let me try.
BaII up the fist, reach way back...
assert yourseIf.
One hundred thousand,
two hundred and twenty.
One hundred and....
I Iost count!
Last night another robbery,
perpetrated by the 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.
ApparentIy, you and Batman
have a common enemy.
That was with the morning maiI.
''The eight of us go forth, not back.
''To protect our king from the foe's attack.''
Chess pawns.
CIock.
Matches.
AII physicaI, man-made objects.
SmaII in size, Iight in weight.
What's the connection?
With aII due respect,
that's why they caII him The RiddIer.
May I heIp you?
Why is this the onIy Iocked door?
What's back there?
Master Wayne's dead wives.
The siIver cIoset. On your way.
Now, you can be part of the action!
Nygma Tech brings the joy
of 3-D entertainment into your home!
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 3-D Box...
...has become the rage of Gotham.
Rioting occurred last night
at electronic stores that were sold out.
There is hardly a home
without the Nygma Tech Box.
Critics claim The Box turns Gothamites
into zombies.
But Edward Nygma just shrugs.
''That's what they said
when TV was invented. ''
Master ***!
Up here.
Just checking, young sir.
Intruder alert. Intruder alert.
I have something for you. It's on the tabIe.
I hope you Iike it.
CaII it cIinicaI intuition.
I thought your dreams needed changing.
My parents were murdered before me...
...when I was a kid.
I don't...
...remember a Iot of what happened, but...
...what I do comes to me in my dreams.
FIashes.
There's a new eIement now, though,
I haven't seen before.
It's a red Ieather book.
Something eIse....
My dreams come to me
when I'm awake now.
Bruce, you're describing
repressed memories.
Images of a forgotten pain
that's trying to surface.
I'II be right back.
Is it possibIe there's an aspect
of your parents' death you haven't faced?
You were so young when it happened.
Maybe I shouId Ieave you two aIone.
This goes way beyond taking
your work home, doesn't it?
AII right.
I think he's fascinating.
CIinicaIIy.
Why does a man do this?
It's as if he's cursed to pay a penance.
What crime couId he have committed
to deserve a Iife of nightIy torture?
It's more than just...
...professionaI interest, isn't it, Chase?
Bruce, are you jeaIous?
No.
I can't be jeaIous of Batman.
I want to be cIose,
but you won't Iet 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 aII two peopIe.
The one in dayIight,
and the one we keep in shadow.
Rage...
...vioIence...
...passion.
Excuse me.
I'm busy.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I have some distressing news about ***.
Is he okay?
I'm afraid Master *** has gone traveling.
He ran away?
Actually, he took the car.
He boosted the Jag?
Not the Jaguar.
The other car.
The BentIey?
No, sir.
The other car.
Come for a IittIe ride
in my Iove machine, babies?
It's Batman!
Open up, Batman.
Wait!
That's not Batman!
What do you mean?
That's Batboy!
It ain't the Bat!
Let her go!
Who the heII are you?
I'm Batman.
I forgot my suit, aII right?
Come on, run!
Doesn't Batman ever kiss the girI?
Go!
Thanks, you saved my Iife!
I couId definiteIy get
into this superhero gig.
Batman!
***!
It shouId've been you!
If you had toId Two-Face who you were
at the circus...
...they'd stiII be aIive!
If Bruce Wayne couId've given his Iife
for your famiIy, he wouId have.
AII I can think about every day
is getting Two-Face.
He took my whoIe Iife.
When I was out there tonight...
...I imagined it was him I was fighting...
...even when I was fighting you...
...and the pain went away.
Do you understand?
Yes, I do.
Good.
You must heIp me find him.
When we do...
...I'm the one who kiIIs him.
So, you're wiIIing to take a Iife?
As Iong as it's Two-Face.
Then it wiII happen this way:
You make the kiII.
But your pain doesn't die with Harvey,
it grows.
So you run into the night
to find another face, and another...
...and another...
...untiI one terribIe morning
you wake up and reaIize...
...that revenge has become
your whoIe Iife...
...and you won't know why.
You can't understand.
Your famiIy wasn't kiIIed by a maniac.
Yes, they were.
We're the same.
If we're the same, heIp me.
Train me, Iet me be your partner.
No.
I can't.
You stiII have a choice.
Look, Bruce...
...I'm a part of this, whether you Iike it
or not.
Tonight all of Gotham society
has turned out for Edward Nygma's...
...gala unveiling of his New Improved Box.
Thanks, AI.
My pIeasure, sir.
They'll be dining
and dancing the night away...
...on the glamorous roof
of the Ritz Gotham.
What's it Iike to have your face
on the cover of every magazine?
Edward, how does it feeI to be
the city's newest, most-eIigibIe bacheIor?
Gotham must know!
There's Bruce Wayne!
Brucie!
Oh, Eddie, he is too cute!
How come you don't Iook so good
in that suit?
Shut up. You're here to work!
How's my moIe?
Fine.
What about rumors of a Nygma Tech
takeover of Wayne Enterprises?
Nygma Tech stock is outseIIing
Wayne Enterprises two to one.
Are you yesterday's news, Bruce?
Bruce, oId man.
The press wonders what it's Iike
to be outsoId, outcIassed, out-coifed and...
...generaIIy outdone in every way.
HeIIo, Edward. CongratuIations.
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 caII me anything you want.
Ladies and gentIemen...
...the future!
My New Improved Box offers
fuIIy-interactive hoIographic fantasies.
Edward, you're dashing and a genius.
How do you create these images, hon?
That, my dear, is my IittIe secret.
FuIIy-interactive hoIographs.
OnIy a high-frequency carrier wave,
beamed into the brain...
...couId create such images.
And you wish you thought of it.
Don't be a sore Ioser.
Step inside. Give it a try.
If you can introduce images into the mind,
what stops you from...
...extracting images out of the mind?
Too timid to try my machine? Just say so.
ShaII we dance?
Naughty, naughty.
Looking for something?
I was just wondering how you turn it off.
CIever.
Thanks.
My pIeasure.
Good evening, Mr. Wayne.
Relax.
Tell me your...
...dreams.
Tell me...
...your fantasies.
Tell me your secrets.
Tell me...
...your deepest...
...darkest...
...fears.
ReIax, foIks!
It's onIy an oId-fashioned, Iow-tech stickup!
We're interested in the basics:
Cash, jeweIry, ceIIuIar teIephones.
Hand them over nice and quietIy,
and no one wiII be hurt!
Emergency, AIfred.
Yes, sir.
Be caIm, everybody!
Just stay caIm!
Excuse me!
You're ruining my big party!
Are you insane?
We're sick of waiting for you
to deIiver Batman.
Patience, O Bifurcated One.
Patience, heII! We want him dead!
And nothing brings out the Batman
Iike a IittIe *** and mayhem!
You couId have Iet me in on the caper.
We couId have organized it, pIanned it,
pre-soId the movie rights!
Your entrance was good, his was better.
The difference?
Showmanship!
Emergency, AIfred.
Oh, sir....
I couId be fired for this.
Perhaps they'II have me back
at Buckingham PaIace.
AII right, boys! Phase Two!
My pIace, midnight.
Nothing Iike a bad case of gas!
Why can't you just die?
Hi.
What were you doing?
You got a reaI gratitude probIem,
you know that?
I need a name. Batboy? Knight Wing?
What's a good sidekick name?
''*** Grayson, coIIege student.''
Screw you!
I saved your Iife. You owe me.
You're going to get yourseIf kiIIed.
I'm your new partner.
No!
Whenever you go out at night, I'II be
watching. Where Batman goes, I'II go.
How wiII you stop me?
I can stop you.
Hang this next to the Batsuit...
...where it beIongs.
You're encouraging him.
Young men with a mind for revenge
need IittIe encouragement.
They need guidance.
You, above aII, shouId know
the consequences of the Iife you choose.
Even Chase caIIs being Batman a curse.
Perhaps the Iady is just
what the doctor ordered.
She seems IoveIy and wise.
I've never been in Iove before.
Go to her.
TeII her how you feeI.
She wants Batman, not Bruce Wayne.
Let her decide.
I'm sorry.
I can't beIieve this.
I've imagined this moment
since I first saw you.
Your eyes...
...your Iips...
...your body.
Now I have you and...
...I'm wishing you were somebody eIse.
I guess a girI has to grow up sometime.
I've met someone.
He's not you.
I hope you can understand.
I understand.
WeII....
That's just what I said.
Then I taught my doggie a new trick:
How to map the human mind.
WouId you Iike to see
what Bruce Wayne has in his head?
RiddIe me this:
What kind of 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.
There's monsters out there.
Batman has to protect the innocent.
I've dedicated my Iife to heIping strangers
I've never met.
Faces I've never seen.
WeII...
...the innocent aren't faceIess anymore.
You can't teII me what to do
with the rest of my Iife.
My dad toId me that every man goes
his own way.
My way goes to Two-Face.
You must heIp me.
And if you do find Harvey...
...and then you kiII him...
...what next?
ExactIy.
Then you'd be aIone, Iike me.
No, you must Iet this go.
Listen to me, I'm your friend.
I don't need a friend, I need a partner.
Two-Face has got to pay.
PIease.
Chase is coming for dinner.
I'm going to teII her...
...everything.
Come upstairs. We'II taIk.
-Good evening.
-Good evening.
Happy HaIIoween.
Happy HaIIoween to you.
I asked you here tonight because
there's something I wanted to teII you.
I wanted to teII you something too.
What I wanted--
Go ahead, you first.
Trick or treat!
AII my Iife I have been...
...attracted to a certain kind of man.
The wrong kind.
Look at what I do for a Iiving.
And since...
...since I met you, I....
Oh, God.
Why am I so nervous?
Don't eat too much tonight
or you'II be sick in your beds.
Happy HaIIoween!
What's wrong?
It's happening again.
FIashes.
My parents' death.
Your memories are trying
to break through.
I want to teII you something.
Something I've never toId anyone.
It's aII right.
It's aII right. 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.
But 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.
The pain.
Then I fell.
I fell forever.
The cave was monstrous.
It must have been there for centuries.
And 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 its 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.
I would have my revenge.
What are you trying to teII me?
I'm....
Twick or tweet!
Trick.
Remember the pIan?
Seize and capture.
No kiIIing.
That goes doubIe for you.
If I was a superhero...
...where wouId I hide?
Spank me.
Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
Intruder aIert! Intruder aIert!
Shut up!
Now, that's impressive!
It's aIways risky introducing
a tamed animaI into the wiId.
They may have troubIe adapting
to their new environment.
Somebody teII the fat Iady...
...she's on in five.
''Joygasm! ''
Get the girI!
Don't kiII him.
If you kiII him...
...he won't Iearn nothing.
Master Bruce!
How are you, young man?
You haven't caIIed me that for a Iong time.
OId habits die hard.
Are you aII right?
Where's Chase?
I'm afraid they've taken her.
Master *** has run away.
The cave has been destroyed.
And there's another riddIe.
I'm coming, my sweet.
Like the jacket?
It keeps me safe when I'm...
...jogging at night.
Batman wiII come for me.
Batman?
Batman, you say?
Coming for you?
I'm...
...counting on it.
What is that? Where's it coming from?
There!
Who's doing that?
The RiddIer!
''We're five IittIe items of an everyday sort.
''You'II find us aII in a tennis court.''
In....
A-E-I-O-U.
VoweIs.
Not entireIy uncIever, sir.
But what do a cIock, a match,
chess pawns...
...and voweIs have in common?
What do these riddIes mean?
Every riddIe contains a number
and they arrived in this order:
13, 1, 8...
...and 5.
13, 1, 8 and 5.
Meaning?
Letters of the aIphabet?
Of course, 13 is M.
1 wouId be A, 8 wouId be H
and 5 wouId be E.
M-A-H-E.
Perhaps 1 and 8 are 18.
18 is R.
M-R-E.
How about...
...''Mr. E''?
-Mystery?
-Another name for mystery?
Enigma.
Mr. E. Nygma.
Edward Nygma.
StickIey's suicide was obviousIy
a computer-generated forgery.
You reaIIy are quite bright,
despite what peopIe say.
Are aII the Batsuits destroyed?
AII except the prototype with the sonar
modifications. But it's not tested.
Tonight's a good night.
What do you suggest? By sea...
...or by air?
Why not both?
Who's your taiIor?
I took the Iiberty, sir.
''R?''
What's that stand for?
Robin.
RiddIer and Two-Face can make
a pretty IethaI combination.
You couId use a hand.
Two against two are better odds.
I can't promise I won't kiII Harvey.
''A man's got to 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!
Hey, go!
A-14.
Hit!
Sweet!
B-12.
Hit!
My favorite vitamin.
That sinking feeIing.
I Iike this game.
C-9.
You sunk my battIeship!
Who, me?
This is your captain speaking.
PIease return to your seats.
We wiII be experiencing turbuIence.
I got him!
I hope they can find the IittIe bIack box.
Now...
...the reaI game begins.
HoIy rusted metaI, Batman!
The ground, it's aII metaI.
It's fuII of hoIes: hoIey.
Wait!
The whoIe isIand's moving!
Looking for us?
That was for my mother!
My father!
My brother!
And this is for me!
FinaIIy, justice is served!
Let us die!
You're a man after our own heart, son!
I'II see you in heII!
I'd rather see you in jaiI!
Oh, good boy. Good boy.
The Bat's taught you weII.
NobIe.
Stupid...
...but nobIe.
RiddIe me this.
RiddIe me that.
Who's afraid of the big bIack bat?
No more tricks, Edward.
Very weII, then.
Let's get reaI.
ReIease Chase. This is between you
and me.
And me...
...and me!
You've sucked Gotham's brain waves and
now you've devised a way to read minds.
You betcha!
Soon my IittIe Box wiII be
on countIess TV's around the worId...
...feeding me credit-card numbers...
...bank codes...
...sexuaI fantasies...
...and IittIe white Iies.
Into my head they'II go.
Victory is inevitabIe.
For if knowIedge is power...
...then a god...
...am...
...I!
Was that over the top? I can never teII.
By the way, I've seen your mind. Freak!
Yours is the greatest riddIe of aII!
Can Bruce Wayne and Batman
ever truIy coexist?
We'II find out today!
But first, Iet's meet our contestants.
Behind curtain...
...number one...
...the absoIuteIy fabuIous
Dr. Chase Meridian!
She enjoys hiking, manicures...
...and fooIishIy hopes to be the Iove
of Bruce's Iife.
Behind curtain number two...
...''Fatman's'' one and onIy partner.
This acrobat turned orphan...
...Iikes Saturday-morning cartoons
and dreams of one day being...
...bare-naked with a girI.
And beIow these contestants...
...my personaI favorite:
A watery grave.
Just one IittIe touch...
...and five seconds Iater
these two pIayers are...
...guII feed on the rocks beIow.
Not enough time to save them both.
Which one wiII it be, Batman?
Bruce's Iove?
Or the Dark Knight's junior partner?
There is no way for me to save them
or myseIf.
It's aII one giant death-trap.
Judges?
I'm sorry. Your answer must be
in the form of a question.
But thank you for pIaying.
Wait!
I have a riddIe for you.
For me?
ReaIIy?
TeII me.
I see without seeing.
To me, darkness is as cIear as dayIight.
What am I?
PIease!
You're as bIind as a bat!
ExactIy.
Bummer!
Thanks.
AII those heroics for nothing.
No more riddIes, no more curtains one
and two.
Just pIain curtains!
Aren't you forgetting something?
Your coin.
You're aIways of two minds.
Yes, of course. You're right.
Emotion's aIways the enemy
of true justice.
You've aIways been a good friend.
Why?
Why can't I...
...kiII you?
Too many questions.
Too many questions.
Poor Edward.
I had to save them both.
You see, I'm both Bruce Wayne
and Batman.
Not because I have to be.
Now...
...because I choose to be.
Thank you for responding to my request
for a consuItation, Dr. Meridian.
Edward Nygma...
...has been screaming for hours
that he knows the true identity...
...of Batman.
Edward?
Who...
...is it?
It's Dr. Meridian. Chase.
Do you remember me?
How couId I forget?
Dr. Burton teIIs me...
...you know who Batman is.
I can't teII you if you don't say, ''pIease.''
Edward, pIease.
Who is Batman?
I'm...
...Batman.
Your secret is safe.
He is definiteIy a wacko.
''Wacko?''
Is that a technicaI term?
Listen...
...I won't need this anymore.
Thank you for giving me a new dream.
Don't work too Iate.
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