Alfred Pennyworth: Are
you coming back for long to Gotham for long,
sir?
Bruce Wayne: As long as it
takes. I'm gonna show the people of Gotham
that their city doesn't belong to the criminals
and the corrupt.
Alfred
Pennyworth: In the depression, your
father nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises
combating poverty. He believed his example
could inspire the wealthy of Gotham to save
their city.
Bruce Wayne:
Did it?
Alfred Pennyworth:
In a way. There murders shot the wealthy and
the powerful into action.
Bruce
Wayne: People need dramatic examples
to shake them out of apathy and I can't do
that as Bruce Wayne, as a man I'm flesh and
blood I can be ignored I can be destroyed
but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible,
I can be everlasting.
Alfred
Pennyworth: What symbol?
Bruce
Wayne: Something elemental something
terrifying.
Alfred Pennyworth:
I assume that as you're taking on the underworld
this symbol is a persona to protect those
you care about from reprisals.
Bruce
Wayne: You thinking about Rachel?
Alfred Pennyworth: Actually,
sir, I was thinking about myself. |
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Lt. James Gordon: I never
said thank you.
Batman:
And you'll never have to. |
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| Bruce Wayne: Gotham isn't
beyond saving. |
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Lucius Fox: [Bruce
Wayne is recovering after being poisoned by
Scarecrow] I analysed your blood and
isolated its receptor compounds and it's catalyst
based.
Bruce Wayne: Now
you know I don't understand any of that.
Lucius Fox: I know, I just
wanted you to know how hard it was. Bottomline
I synthesised an antidote.
Bruce
Wayne: Could you make more?
Lucius Fox: Why? Planning
on gassing yourself again, Mr Wayne?
Bruce Wayne: Well, you know
how it is, Mr Fox. You're out at night, looking
for kicks and someone's passing around the
weaponised Hallucinogens.
Lucius
Fox: I'll bring what I have. The
antidote should inoculate you for now. |
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Lt. James Gordon: You're
just one man.
Bruce Wayne:
Now we're two.
Lt. James Gordon:
We? |
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Flass: [taking a bribe]
Don't suppose you want a taste... But I figure,
we keep offering, sooner or later, you get
wise. Y'know... Makes some of the enforcers
a little nervous - you not cutting in on this...
Lt. James Gordon: I'm
no rat! Besides, in a town this dirty, who's
there left to rat to... |
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Bruce Wayne: [phone rings]
Bruce Wayne.
Earle: What
makes you think you can decide who's running
Wayne Enterprises?
Bruce Wayne:
Well, the fact that I own it...
Earle:
What are you talking about? The company went
public a week ago…
Bruce
Wayne: And I bought most of the shares,
through various charitable organizations and
trusts. Look, it's all a bit technical but
the important thing is that the future of
*my* company is secure. Right, Mr. Fox?
Lucius Fox: Right you are,
Mr. Wayne!
[to Earle]
Lucius Fox:
Didn't you get the memo? |
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Bruce Wayne: Mr. Fox, if
you're uncomfortable...
Lucius
Fox: Mr. Wayne, if you don't want
to tell me what you're doing, then if anyone
asks, I don't have to lie. But don't think
of me as an idiot. |
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Batman: Falcone sent them
to kill you.
Rachel Dawes: Why?
Batman: You rattled
his cage.
[throws photos]
Rachel
Dawes: What's this?
Batman:
Leverage. To keep things moving.
Rachel
Dawes: Who are you?
Batman:
Someone like you. Someone who rattled the
cages. |
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Alfred Pennyworth: When
you told me your grand plan for saving Gotham,
the only thing that stopped me from calling
the men in white coats was when you said that
it wasn't about thrill-seeking.
Bruce
Wayne: It's not.
Alfred
Pennyworth: What would you call *that?*
[points to a TV news report showing a
helicopter shot of the Batmobile being chased
down the freeway by police cars]
Bruce Wayne: Damn good television.
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Alfred Pennyworth: I prepared
the master bedroom.
Bruce Wayne:
No, my room will be fine.
Alfred
Pennyworth: With all due respect
sir, Wayne Manor is your house.
Bruce
Wayne: It's not my house Alfred,
it's my father's house.
Alfred
Pennyworth: Your father is dead.
Bruce Wayne: This place
is a mausoleum. If I had my will, I would
tear it down brick by brick.
Alfred
Pennyworth: This house, Master Wayne,
was shelter to six generations of your family.
Bruce Wayne: Why do
you give a damn, Alfred? It's not your family.
Alfred Pennyworth: I
give a damn because a good man once made me
responsible for what was most precious to
him in the whole world. |
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Henri Ducard: Are you so
desperate to fight criminals that you lock
yourself in to take one of them at a time?
Bruce Wayne: Actually,
uh, there were seven of them.
Henri
Ducard: I counted six, Mr. Wayne.
Bruce Wayne: How do
you know my name?
Henri Ducard:
The world is too small for someone like Bruce
Wayne to disappear. |
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Bruce Wayne: [as Alfred
opens the curtains] Bats are nocturnal.
Alfred Pennyworth: Bats
might be, but even for billionaire playboys,
three o'clock is pushing it. The price of
leading a double life, I think. Look at who's
made an impression.
[shows the newspaper to Bruce]
Bruce Wayne: Theatricality
and deception are powerful weapons, Alfred.
It's a good start.
Alfred Pennyworth:
If those are to be the first of many
other injuries to come, it will be wise to
find a suitable excuse. Polo, for instance.
Bruce Wayne: I'm not
learning polo, Alfred.
Alfred
Pennyworth: Strange injuries and
non-existent social life, these things beg
the question as to what exactly does Bruce
Wayne do with his time and his money.
Bruce Wayne: And what does
that make me do?
Alfred Pennyworth:
Drive sports cars, date movie stars, buy things
that are not for sale... who knows, Master
Wayne? You start pretending to have fun, you
might even have a little by accident. |
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