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Bruce Wayne: They told me there was nothing out there,

nothing to fear. But the night my parents were murdered I caught

a glimpse of something. I've looked for it ever since. I went

around the world, searched in all the shadows. And there issomething out there in the darkness, something terrifying,

something that will not stop until it gets revenge... Me.

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Uniformed Policeman #1: [describing the Batmobile] He is in a

vehicle!

Dispatcher: Make and color?

Uniformed Policeman #1: It's a black...

[looks at his partner, who shrugs]

Uniformed Policeman #1: ...tank!

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[Bruce is refusing to demonstrate his commitment to justice by

executing a criminal]

Ra's Al Ghul: You cannot lead these men unless you are

prepared to do what is necessary to defeat evil.

Bruce Wayne: And where would I be leading these men?

Ra's Al Ghul: Gotham. As Gotham's favored son you will be

ideally placed to strike at the heart of criminality.

Bruce Wayne: How?

Ra's Al Ghul: Gotham's time has come. Like Constantinople or

Rome before it the city has become a breeding ground for

suffering and injustice. It is beyond saving and must be allowed

to die. This is the most important function of the League of Shadows. It is one we've performed for centuries. Gotham... must

be destroyed.

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Jumpy Thug: [screaming] WHERE ARE YOU?

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Batman: [appears upside-down behind him, whispering] Here.

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Dr. Jonathan Crane: I am more than aware that you are notintimidated by *me*, Mr. Falcone. But you know who I'm working

for, and when he gets here...

Carmine Falcone: He-he's coming to Gotham?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: Yes he is. And when he gets here, he's not

gonna want to hear that you have endangered our operation just

to get your thugs out of a little jail time.

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Henri Ducard: Are you ready to begin?

Bruce Wayne: I-I can barely stand...

Henri Ducard: [kicks him] Death does not wait for you to be

ready! Death is not considerate, or fair! And make no mistake:

here, you face Death.

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Earle: Jessica, where are you?[walks into outer room]

Bruce Wayne: [to Jessica] Eye on the ball, and...

Earle: Why is no one answering the phone?

[sees Bruce from behind, teaching Jessica to play golf ]

Bruce Wayne: [turning around ] It's Wayne Enterprises, Mr.

Earle, I'm sure they'll call back.

Earle: Bruce? You're supposed to be dead.

Bruce Wayne: I'm sorry to disappoint.

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Jim Gordon: [sideswipes several cars; grimaces] Sorry!

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Bruce Wayne: You were on the board?

Lucius Fox: When your father ran things, yeah.

Bruce Wayne: You knew my father?

Lucius Fox: Oh, yeah. Helped him build his train. Ah, here we

are. Kevlar utility harness. Gas-powered magnetic grapple gun. The three hundred and fifty pound test monofilament. Wonderful

project, your dad's train. Routed it right into Wayne Tower along

with the water and power utilities. Kind of made Wayne Tower the

unofficial centre of Gotham City. Of course, Earle let it go to rot.

Here we are. Nomex survival suit for advanced infantry. Kevlar

biweave, reinforced joints.

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Ra's al Ghul: You are just an ordinary man in a cape! That's why

you couldn't fight injustice and that's why you can't stop this

train!

Batman: Who said anything about stopping it?

[Ra's al Ghul looks up, confused, and sees his own sword jammed

into the brake panel]

Jim Gordon: [blows up the train supports] Yes!

Batman: [reverses his grip and pins Ra's al Ghul to the floor ] Younever learned to mind your surroundings!

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[from trailer ]

Henri Ducard: You traveled the world... Now you must journey

inwards... to what you really fear... it's inside you... there is no

turning back. Your parents' death was not your fault. Your

training is nothing. The will is everything. If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you

become something else entirely. Are you ready to begin?

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mind of your opponent.

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Carmine Falcone: You're taller than you look in the tabloids, Mr.Wayne.

[one of Falcone's attendant bodyguards gives Bruce a rough

going-over to check for weapons but comes up with nothing]

Carmine Falcone: No gun? I'm insulted! You could have just

sent a thank-you note.

Bruce Wayne: I didn't come here to thank you. I came here to

show you that not everyone in Gotham's afraid of you.

Carmine Falcone: Only those who know me, kid. Look around

you: you'll see two councilmen, a union official, a couple off-duty

cops, and a judge.

[ points a gun at Bruce]

Carmine Falcone: Now, I wouldn't have a second's hesitation of

blowing your head off right here and right now in front of 'em.

Now, that's power you can't buy! That's the power of fear.

Bruce Wayne: I'm not afraid of you.

Carmine Falcone: Because you think you got nothing to lose.

But you haven't thought it through. You haven't thought aboutyour lady-friend down at the D.A.'s office. You haven't thought

about your old butler. Bang!

[Falcone pulls the trigger, but the hammer falls on an empty

chamber with a click; he puts the gun away ]

Carmine Falcone: People from your world have so *much* to

lose. Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got

shot, you know about the ugly side of life, but you don't. You've

never tasted desperate. You're, uh, you're Bruce Wayne, the

Prince of Gotham; you'd have to go a thousand miles to meet

someone who didn't know your name. So, don't-don't come down

here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself. This

is a world you'll never understand. And you always fear what you

don't understand. Alright.

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take hold of him, and he struggles against their grip]

Carmine Falcone: Yeah, you got spirit, kid. I'll give you that.

More than your old man, anyway. In the joint, Chill told me, uh,

told me about the night he killed your parents. He said your

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Enormous Prisoner: You are in hell, little man!

[ punches Bruce Wayne]

Enormous Prisoner: And I am the devil!

[ punches him again]

Bruce Wayne: You're not the devil. You're practice.

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Carmine Falcone: [frantically loading his shotgun] What the hell

are you?

[Batman breaks open the limo's sunroof and pulls Falcone out ]

Batman: I'm Batman!

[Batman knocks Falcone out with a headbutt, then notices a bum

watching him. The bum is wearing the coat Bruce gave him years

ago]

Batman: Nice coat.

[Batman flies off with Falcone]

Homeless Man: Thanks.

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[one of Ra's' henchmen watches Wayne Manor burn, to make

sure no one comes out; Alfred sneaks up and knocks him out with

a golf club]

Alfred Pennyworth: I hope you're not a member of the fire

brigade.

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Ra's al Ghul: Justice is balance. You burned my house and left

me for dead. Consider us even.

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Blonde Female Reporter: [making her way through the crowd

leaving the courtroom] Joe! Hey, Joe! Falcone says, "Hi."

[takes out a gun and shoots him]

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Ra's al Ghul: If someone stands in the way of true justice, you

simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart.

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Ra's al Ghul: Tomorrow the world will watch in horror as its

greatest city destroys itself. The movement back to harmony will

be unstoppable this time.

Bruce Wayne: You attacked Gotham before?

Ra's al Ghul: Of course. Over the ages, our weapons have grown

more sophisticated. With Gotham, we tried a new one:

Economics. But we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens...such as your parents. Gunned down by one of the very people

they were trying to help. Create enough hunger and everyone

becomes a criminal. Their deaths galvanized the city into saving

itself... and Gotham has limped on ever since. We are back to

finish the job. And this time no misguided idealists will get in the

way. Like your father, you lack the courage to do all that is

necessary. If someone stands in the way of true justice... you

simply walk up behind them and stab them in the heart.

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Ra's al Ghul: When a forest grows too wild, a purging fire is

inevitable and natural.

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[Batman confronts Ra's, flanked by two of his ninjas]

Batman: It ends here.

Ra's al Ghul: For you and the police, maybe. My fight, however,lies with the rest of Gotham. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a

city to destroy.

Batman: I can't beat two of your pawns?

Ra's al Ghul: As you wish.

[two more ninjas drop down from above]

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[Bruce has been arrested ]Chinese Police Officer: [in Mandarin] He refuses to give his

name.

Chinese Police Officer: Fool, what the hell do I care what your

name is? You're a criminal.

Bruce Wayne: [in Mandarin] I'm not a criminal!

Chinese Police Officer: Tell that to the guy who owned these.

[shows Bruce a box with "Wayne Enterprises" stamped on it ]

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[Bruce awakens from a nightmare]

Thomas Wayne: The bats again?

[Bruce nods]

Thomas Wayne: You know why they attacked you, don't you?

They were afraid of you.

Bruce Wayne - age 8: Afraid of me?

Thomas Wayne: All creatures feel fear.

Bruce Wayne - age 8: Even the scary ones?

Thomas Wayne: Especially the scary ones.

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Jim Gordon: [hearing bat sounds] What is that?







































Batman: Back-up.

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Rachel Dawes - age 8: Finders keepers and *I* found it.Bruce Wayne - age 8: In *my* garden.

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Earle: [to Lucius Fox ] I'm merging your department with

Archives, and I am firing you. Didn't you get the memo?

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Batman: [ perched on the railing of a stairway behind Gordon's

home] Storm's coming.

Jim Gordon: [closing the door to his kitchen where his wife and

son are] The scum is getting jumpy because you stood up to

Falcone.

Batman: It's a start. Your partner was at the docks with Falcone.

Jim Gordon: Well, he moonlights as a low-level enforcer.

Batman: They were splitting the shipment in two. Only half went

to the dealers. Jim Gordon: Why? What about the other half?

Batman: Flass knows.

Jim Gordon: He won't talk.

Batman: He'll talk to me.

Jim Gordon: Commissioner Loeb set up a massive task force to

catch you. He thinks you're dangerous.

Batman: What do you think?

Jim Gordon: I think you're trying to help...

[Gordon looks away momentarily; upon turning back, he finds

that Batman has disappeared ]

Jim Gordon: But I've been wrong before.

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[concerning the memory cloth]

Bruce Wayne: Too expensive for the Army?

Lucius Fox: I don't think they tried to market it to the billionaire,

spelunking, BASE-jumping crowd.

Bruce Wayne: Look, Mr. Fox.Lucius Fox: Yes, sir?

Bruce Wayne: If you're uncomfortable...

Lucius Fox: Mister Wayne, if you don't want to tell me exactly

what you're doing, when I'm asked, I don't have to lie. But don't

think of me as an idiot.

Bruce Wayne: Fair enough.

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Bruce Wayne: I will go back to Gotham and I will fight men like

this, but I will not become an executioner.

Henri Ducard: Bruce, please! For your own sake. There is no

turning back.

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Rachel Dawes: Wait! You could die. At least tell me your name.

Bruce Wayne: It's not who I am underneath, but what I *do* that

defines me.

Rachel Dawes: [realizing] Bruce?

[Batman turns and leaps off the roof ]

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Bruce Wayne: Good morning. I'm here to see Mr. Earle.

Jessica: [without bothering to look up from her desk ] Name?

Bruce Wayne: Uh... Bruce Wayne.

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Maitre D: Sir, the pool is for decoration, and your friends do not

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Bruce Wayne: Well, they're European.

Maitre D: I'm going to have to ask you to leave.

[Bruce starts to write a check ]

Maitre D: It is not a question of money.

Bruce Wayne: [gives him the check ] Well, you see, I'm buyingthis hotel, and uh, setting some new rules about the pool area.

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Bruce Wayne: Give it a try!

[ Alfred turns on the lights of the cave]

Alfred Pennyworth: Charming.

[looks up and sees thousands of bats]

Alfred Pennyworth: At least you'll have company.

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Lucius Fox: Well, what is it today? More spelunking?

Bruce Wayne: No. Today it's BASE-jumping.

Lucius Fox: BASE-jumping. That like parachuting?

Bruce Wayne: Kinda. Do you have any light-weight fabrics?

Lucius Fox: You know... I think I have just the thing.

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Bruce Wayne: [about the prototype Batsuit ] Tear resistant?

Lucius Fox: This sucker will stop a knife.

Bruce Wayne: Bulletproof?

Lucius Fox: Anything but a straight shot.

Bruce Wayne: Why didn't they put it into production?

Lucius Fox: Bean counters didn't think a soldier's life was worth

300 grand. So what's your interest in it, Mr. Wayne?

Bruce Wayne: I wanna borrow it. For, uh, spelunking.

Lucius Fox: Spelunking?

Bruce Wayne: Yeah, you know, cave diving.

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Bruce Wayne: Look, I'd rather Mr. Earle didn't know about me

borrowing it...

Lucius Fox: Mr Wayne, the way I see it, all this stuff is yours

anyway.

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Bruce Wayne: [as Alfred opens the curtains] Bats are nocturnal.

Alfred Pennyworth: Bats may be, but even for billionaire

playboys, three o'clock is pushing it. The price of leading a double

life, I fear. Your theatrics 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 injuries

to come, it would be wise to find a suitable excuse. Polo, for

instance.

Bruce Wayne: I'm not learning polo, Alfred.

Alfred Pennyworth: Strange injuries a 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 someone like 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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Alfred Pennyworth: Master Wayne, you've been gone a long

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Soldier: Get in!

Henri Ducard: Are you so desperate to fight criminals that you

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Bruce Wayne: Actually, there were uh, 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, no matter how deep he chooses to sink.Bruce Wayne: Who are you?

Henri Ducard: My name is merely Ducard, but I speak for Ra's al

Ghul, a man greatly feared by the criminal underworld. A man

who could offer you a path.

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Bruce Wayne: Have you told anyone I'm coming back?

Alfred Pennyworth: I just couldn't figure the legal ramifications

of bringing you back from the dead.

Bruce Wayne: Dead?

Alfred Pennyworth: You've been gone seven years.

Bruce Wayne: You had me declared dead?

Alfred Pennyworth: Oh, actually it was Mr. Earle, he's taking

the company public. He wanted to liquidate your majority

shareholding. Those shares are worth quite a bit of money.

Bruce Wayne: Well, it's a good thing I left everything to you,then.

Alfred Pennyworth: Quite so, sir. And you can borrow the Rolls

if you like. Just bring it back with a full tank.

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Henri Ducard: Your parents' death was not your fault.

[Bruce attacks Ducard with his sword ]

Henri Ducard: It was your father's.[Bruce furiously attacks Ducard, but is easily defeated ]

Henri Ducard: Anger does not change the fact that your father

failed to act.

Bruce Wayne: The man had a gun!

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Bruce Wayne: I've had training!

Henri Ducard: The training is nothing! The will is everything!

[Ducard bests Bruce once again]

Henri Ducard: The will to act.

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Uniformed Policeman #1: At least tell me what it looks like.

[the Batmobile whizzes past ]

Uniformed Policeman #1: Never mind.

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Bruce Wayne: You're gonna destroy millions of lives.Ra's al Ghul: Only a cynical man would call what these people

have "lives," Wayne. Crime, despair... this is not how man was

supposed to live. The League of Shadows has been a check

against human corruption for thousands of years. We sacked

Rome, loaded trade ships with plague rats, burned London to the

ground. Every time a civilization reaches the pinnacle of its

decadence, we return to restore the balance.

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Bruce Wayne: You're vigilantes.

Henri Ducard: No, no, no. A vigilante is just a man lost in the

scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed, or locked

up. But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote

yourself to an ideal, and if they can't stop you, then you become

something else entirely.

Bruce Wayne: Which is?

Henri Ducard: A legend, Mr. Wayne.

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Henri Ducard: But a criminal is not complicated. What you really

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anger, the drive to do great or terrible things.

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Rachel Dawes: [attempting to comfort a frightened child ] It'sokay. No one's gonna hurt you.

The Scarecrow: [tearing in on horseback ] Of *course* they are!

Rachel Dawes: Crane?

The Scarecrow: [leaning towards Rachel and holding up his

finger as though to correct her ] No. Scarecrow!

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[Falcone has been committed to Arkham]Dr. Jonathan Crane: Outside, he was a giant. In here, only the

mind can grant you power.

Rachel Dawes: You enjoy the reversal?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: I respect the mind's power over the body.

It's why I do what I do.

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Bruce Wayne: We need to send these people away now.Alfred Pennyworth: Those are Bruce Wayne's guests out there,

sir. You have a name to maintain.

Bruce Wayne: I don't care about my name.

Alfred Pennyworth: It's not just your name, sir! It's your

father's name! And it's all that's left of him. Don't destroy it.

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[Driving the Batmobile, Gordon squeals to a stop before WayneTower ]

Pedestrian: Nice ride!

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Valet: Nice car.

Bruce Wayne: You should see my other one.

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Henri Ducard: You have learned to bury your guilt with anger. I

will teach you to confront it, and to face the truth. You know how

to fight six men. We can teach you how to engage six hundred.

You know how to disappear. We can teach you to become truly

invisible.

Bruce Wayne: Invisible?

[Ducard shouts in a different language and 2 people dressed in

black flip down from the ceiling]

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Dr. Jonathan Crane: [to Rachel Dawes] This is where we make

the medicine. Perhaps you should have some. Clear your head.

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Batman: [after gassing Crane with his own fear toxin] Who are

you working for? Crane!Dr. Jonathan Crane: Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd

like to make an appointment...

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Bruce Wayne: Rachel I'm sorry I didn't tell you about...

Rachel Dawes: No I'm sorry, the day Chill died I said some

terrible things

Bruce Wayne: But true things I was a coward with a gun, justiceis about more than revenge so thank you

Bruce Wayne: I never stopped thinking about you. About us.

And when I heard you were back, I-I started to hope.

Bruce Wayne: [Rachel kisses Bruce]

Rachel Dawes: But then I found out about your mask.





































Bruce Wayne: Batman's just a symbol, Rachel.

Rachel Dawes: [Rachel touches Bruce's face] No, *this* is your

mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear. The man I

loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But

maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, whenGotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.

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Dr. Jonathan Crane: [the lights have shut off ] He's here.

Arkham Thug #1: Who?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: The Bat-man.

Arkham Thug #1: What do we do?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: What anyone does when a prowler comes

around... call the police.

Arkham Thug #1: You want the cops here?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: At this point, they can't stop us. But the

Bat-man has a talent for disruption. Force him outside, the police

will take him down. Go.

Arkham Thug #1: What about her?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: She hasn't got long. I gave her a

concentrated dose. The mind can only take so much. Now, go!Crane Thug #2: [hesitant ] The things they say about him... can

he really fly?

Crane Thug #1: I heard he can disappear.

Dr. Jonathan Crane: Well, we'll find out, won't we?

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Homeless Man: [watches as Bruce Wayne is thrown out of

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Henri Ducard: When you lived among the criminals, did you

start to pity them?

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yes. I lost many assumptions about the simple nature of right and

wrong. And when I traveled, I learned the fear before a crime and

the thrill of success. But I never became one of them.

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Henri Ducard: Men fear most what they cannot see.

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The Scarecrow: [riding through a riot on a hooded horse]

There's nothing to fear but fear himself!

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Batman: [has laid a snare-trap which yanks Flass by his leg 70

feet into the air ] Where were the other drugs going!

Flass: I never knew! I swear to God!

Batman: Swear to *me*!

[He rapidly lowers a screaming Flass and then yanks him back

up]

Flass: I don't know, I never knew, they went to some guy for a

couple of days before they went to the dealersBatman: Why?

Flass: There was something else in the drugs, something hidden

Batman: What?

Flass: I never went to the drop- off point, it was in the narrows,

cops only go there when they're on force

Batman: Do I look like a cop!

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Jim Gordon: [trying to escape slums] I'll get my car.

Batman: I brought mine.

Jim Gordon: Yours?

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Jim Gordon: I've got to get me one of those.









































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Ra's al Ghul: [fighting Batman on the monorail, dismissively ]

Familiar. Don't you have anything new?[swings sword at Batman, who catches the blade within the spurs

of his gauntlets]

Batman: How about *this*?

[uncrosses his arms and pulls them outward, shattering the

sword ]

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[greets Bruce from the entryway of a private jet, seeing him for the first time after he left Gotham City seven years before to

travel the world anonymously and train himself to fight criminals]

Alfred Pennyworth: You look very fashionable. Apart from the

mud.

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Alfred Pennyworth: [referring to ordering the separate cowl

pieces from Asia] They'll have to be, uh, large orders, uh, to avoidsuspicion.

Bruce Wayne: How large?

Alfred Pennyworth: Say, uh, 10,000.

Bruce Wayne: Well, at least we'll have spares.

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[ Alfred smashes a prototype cowl with a baseball bat ]

Alfred Pennyworth: It's a problem with the graphite, sir. Thenext 10,000 will be up to specifications.

Bruce Wayne: At least they gave us a discount.

Alfred Pennyworth: Quite. In the, uh, meantime, Sir, may I

suggest you try to avoid landing on your head?

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Henri Ducard: [to Bruce] Criminals thrive on the indulgence of

society's understanding.

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Flass: Word on the street is, you got a beef with somebody in the

D.A.'s office.

Carmine Falcone: Is that right?

Flass: And that there's a fat prize waiting for anybody willing to

do anything about it.

Carmine Falcone: So, what's your point, Mr. Flass?

Flass: Have you seen the girl? It's a cute little Assistant D.A.Don't you think that's a little bit too much heat to bring down,

maybe? Even for this town?

Carmine Falcone: Never underestimate Gotham City. People get

mugged coming home from work every day of the week.

Sometimes... sometimes things just go bad.

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Batman: Falcone sent them to kill you.Rachel Dawes: Why?

Batman: You rattled his cage.

[throws photos of Judge Faden with prostitutes]

Rachel Dawes: What's this?

Batman: Leverage.

Rachel Dawes: For what?

Batman: To get things moving.

Rachel Dawes: Who are you?

Batman: Someone like you. Someone who'll rattle the cages.

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Alfred Pennyworth: When you told me your grand plan for

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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 theBatmobile being chased down the freeway by police cars]

Bruce Wayne: [as he fixes his tie] Damn good television.

Alfred Pennyworth: It's a miracle no one was killed.

Bruce Wayne: Didn't have time to observe the rules of the road,

Alfred.

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Henri Ducard: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will

not share.

Bruce Wayne: That's why it's so important. It separates us from

them.

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Flass: [taking a bribe] Don't suppose you want a taste? I just

keep offering, thinking maybe some day you'll get wise.

Jim Gordon: There's nothing wise in what you do, Flass.

Flass: Well, Jimbo, you don't take the taste... makes us guys

nervous.

Jim Gordon: I'm no rat! In a town this bent, who's there to rat to

anyway?

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Rachel Dawes: Deep down you may still be that same great kid

you used to be. But it's not who you are underneath, it's what you

do that defines you.

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Henri Ducard: What are you doing?

Bruce Wayne: What is necessary, my friend.

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Bruce Wayne: Don't turn around, you're a good cop, one of the

few

Jim Gordon: What do you want?

Bruce Wayne: Carmine Falcone brings in a shipment of drugs

every week, no-one brings him down, why?

Jim Gordon: He's put up money with the right people

Bruce Wayne: What will it take to bring him down?

Jim Gordon: Leverage on Judge Faden and a DA brave enough to

prosecute

Bruce Wayne: Rachel Dawes

Jim Gordon: You're just one man?

Bruce Wayne: Now we're two.

Jim Gordon: We?

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Flass: [referring to the Narrows] Cops only go there when they're

in force!

Batman: Do I look like a cop?

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[after taking a ride in The Tumbler ]

Lucius Fox: So, what do you think?

Bruce Wayne: [smiling] Does it come in black?

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[Rachel finds out that Bruce had planned to shoot Joe Chill and

slaps him twice]

Rachel Dawes: Your father would be ashamed of you.

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[repeated line]

Carmine Falcone: Scarecrow. Scarecrow. Scarecrow.

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Female Restaurant Guest: I think the Batman deserves a

medal.

Earle: And a straight-jacket to pin it on.

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The Scarecrow: Boo!

[sprays a dose of fear toxin at Batman]

The Scarecrow: Aw, having trouble?

[Batman starts hallucinating and tumbles backward into an easy

chair ]

The Scarecrow: Take a seat. Have a drink.

[splashes Batman with alcohol]

The Scarecrow: You look like a man who takes himself too

seriously.

[ produces a lighter and lights it ]The Scarecrow: Do you want my opinion? You need to lighten

up.

[tosses the lighter at Batman, setting him on fire]

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[meeting someone introduced as Ra's al Ghul]

Bruce Wayne: You're not Ra's al Ghul. I watched him die.

Henri Ducard: [from behind Bruce Wayne] But is Ra's al Ghulimmortal?

[Bruce turns around to face Ducard ]

Henri Ducard: Are his methods supernatural?

Bruce Wayne: [to Ducard ] Or cheap parlor tricks to conceal your

true identity, "Ra's"?

































Henri Ducard: Surely, a man who spends his nights scrambling

over the rooftops of Gotham wouldn't begrudge me dual

identities?

Bruce Wayne: I saved your life.

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Henri Ducard: Theatricality and deception are powerful agents.

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[Batman flies up to find Ra's al Ghul and his warriors]

Ra's al Ghul: Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality abit... literally.

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Batman: Taste of your own medicine, Doctor?

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Bruce Wayne: Everyone. Everybody.

[cinks his glass]

Bruce Wayne: I, uh... I wanna thank you all for coming here

tonight and drinking all of my booze.

[the guests laugh]

Bruce Wayne: No, really. Uh... There's a thing about being a

Wayne that... you're never short of a few freeloaders, like

yourselves, to fill up your mansion with, so, here's to you people.

Thank you.

Fredericks: That's enough, Bruce.Bruce Wayne: Mm... I'm not finished. To all of you, uh, all you

phonies, all of you two-faced friends, you sycophantic suck-ups

who smile through your teeth at me, please leave me in peace.

Please go. Stop smiling. It's not a joke. Please leave. The party's

over. Get out.

































Fredericks: The apple has fallen very far from the tree, Mr.

Wayne.

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Batman: Blood. Take. Take poison. Blood poison. Poison.

Poisonous.

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[watching Bruce defeat Ducard ]

Ra's Al Ghul: Impressive.

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Carmine Falcone: [feigning insanity ] Yeah, Doctor Crane, I can't

take it anymore. It's all too much. "The walls are closing in." Blah,

blah, blah. Couple more days of this food, it'll be true.

Dr. Jonathan Crane: What do you want?

Carmine Falcone: I want to know how you're gonna convince

me to keep my mouth shut.

Dr. Jonathan Crane: About what? You don't know anything.

Carmine Falcone: I know you wouldn't want the police to take acloser look at those drugs they found. And I know about your

experiments with the inmates of your nuthouse. See, I don't go

into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets. And

those goons you used - I own the muscle in this town. Now, I've

been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning,

it's big, and I want in.

Dr. Jonathan Crane: Well, I already know what he'll say: that we

should kill you.

Carmine Falcone: Even he can't get me in here. Not in my town.

Dr. Jonathan Crane: [sighs, then matter-of-factly ] Would you

like to see my mask? I use it in my experiments. Probably not

very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't

stand it.

[he gets out a mask - a burlap sack stitched and altered to look































like a scarecrow's head - and puts it on]

Carmine Falcone: So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?

[Crane sprays a hallucinogenic gas into Falcone's face; he begins

to scream in terror as the gas takes effect: Crane's voice is

altered, and the mask appears to move like a real face]The Scarecrow: They scream and they cry, much as you're

doing now.

[Cuts to later outside Falcone's cell. He is still screaming]

Dr. Jonathan Crane: Well, he's not faking, not this one. I'll talk

to the judge and see if I can get him moved to the secure wing at

Arkham. I can't treat him here.

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Lucius Fox: [Bruce Wayne is recovering after being poisoned by

Scarecrow] I analyzed your blood, isolating the receptor

compounds and the protein-based catalyst.

Bruce Wayne: Am I meant to understand any of that?

Lucius Fox: Not at all, I just wanted you to know how hard it

was. Bottomline I synthesised an antidote.

Bruce Wayne: Could you make more?

Lucius Fox: You 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, someone's passing around the

weaponized hallucinogens.

Lucius Fox: I'll bring what I have. The antidote should inoculate

you for now.

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Alfred Pennyworth: [to Bruce] Batman may have made thefront page, but Bruce Wayne got pushed to page eight.

[Bruce reads the headline: "Drunken Billionaire Burns Down

Home."]

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Bhutanese Prison Guard #1: [as Bruce Wayne is being pulled

away from a prison rumble by the guards] Solitary!

Bruce Wayne: Why?

Bhutanese Prison Guard #1: For protection!

Bruce Wayne: I don't need protection!Bhutanese Prison Guard #1: Protection for them!

[shows the groaning prisoners Bruce has beaten up]

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Carmine Falcone: Ignorance is bliss, my friend. Don't burden

yourself with the secrets of scary people.

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Bruce Wayne: Gotham isn't beyond saving.

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Dr. Jonathan Crane: Would you like to see my mask? I use it in

my experiments.

[opens his briefcase takes the Scarecrow mask out and holds it

up]Dr. Jonathan Crane: Now, I'm probably not very frightening to a

guy like you, but these crazies... they can't stand it.

Carmine Falcone: So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?

[Crane puts on the mask and releases a spray of fear toxin from

his briefcase; Falcone screams]

The Scarecrow: They scream and they cry. Much as you're

doing now.

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Rachel Dawes: [looking at the ruins of the burned down Wayne

Manor ] What will you do?

Bruce Wayne: Rebuild it. Just the way it was, brick for brick.

Alfred Pennyworth: *Just* the way it was, sir?







































Bruce Wayne: Yeah. Why?

Alfred Pennyworth: I thought this might be a good opportunity

for improving the foundations.

Bruce Wayne: In the south-east corner?

Alfred Pennyworth: Precisely, sir.Share this quote

Ra's al Ghul: Have you finally learned to do what is necessary?

Bruce Wayne: I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you.

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[first lines]Bruce Wayne - age 8: Rachel, let me see! Can I see?

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[as Wayne Manor is burning down]

Bruce Wayne: What have I done, Alfred? Everything my family...

my father built...

Alfred Pennyworth: The Wayne legacy is more than bricks and

mortar, sir.Bruce Wayne: I wanted to save Gotham, I failed

Alfred Pennyworth: Why do we fall sir? So we might learn to

pick ourselves up

Bruce Wayne: You still haven't given up on me?

Alfred Pennyworth: Never

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Flass: What are you waiting for?Uniformed Policeman #1: Back-up.

[Flass looks around - there are at least two dozen uniformed

officers around ]

Flass: Back-up?

Uniformed Policeman #1: The Batman's in there. SWAT's on













































the way, but if you want to go in now, I'll be right behind you, sir.

[ pause]

Flass: [to Gordon, shrugging] SWAT's on the way.

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Bruce Wayne: What's that?

Lucius Fox: The Tumbler? Oh, you wouldn't be interested in that.

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Alfred Pennyworth: Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn

to pick ourselves up.

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Bruce Wayne: [on rooftop inspecting the Bat Signal; taps bat

logo] Nice.

Lt. James Gordon: I couldn't find any mob bosses.

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[trying to lug a burning roof beam off of a helpless Bruce]

Alfred Pennyworth: What is the point of all those push-ups if

you can't even lift a bloody log?

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Henri Ducard: But I know the rage that drives you. That

impossible anger strangling the grief, until the memory of your

loved one is just... poison in your veins. And one day, you catch

yourself wishing the person you loved had never existed so you'dbe spared your pain.

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Dr. Jonathan Crane: Mr. Finch, I think you should check with

Miss Dawes here, just what implications your office has

































authorized her to make. If any.

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Dr. Jonathan Crane: Well, the work offered by organized crimemust have an attraction to the insane.

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Alfred Pennyworth: [walking through the Batcave] In the Civil

War, your great-great grandfather was involved in the

Underground Railroad, secretly transporting freed slaves to the

North. And I suspect these caverns came in handy.

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Falafel Stand Vendor: Flass, I have kids to feed.

Flass: What, they don't like falafel?

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Loeb: Gordon! Gordon! All the city's riot police are on the island

with you.

Jim Gordon: Well, they're completely incapacitated!

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Rachel Dawes: What chance does Gotham have when the good

people do nothing?

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Lucius Fox: [about the microwave emitter ] Earle just fired me

for asking too many questions about it.

Bruce Wayne: I need you to go back to Wayne Enterprises right

now and start making more of that antidote. I think the police are

gonna need as much as they can get their hands on, okay?

Lucius Fox: My security clearance has been revoked.



































Bruce Wayne: That wouldn't stop a man like you, now would it?

Lucius Fox: [smiles] I suppose not.

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[after getting thrown out of Falcone's restaurant, Bruce takes out

his wallet, removes the cash, and throws the wallet into a drum

fire. He then offers the cash to a homeless man]

Homeless Man: For what?

Bruce Wayne: Your jacket.

Homeless Man: Okay.

[as he takes it off, Bruce prepares to throw his own into the fire]

Homeless Man: Hey, hey, hey, let me have it. It's a nice coat.

[They switch coats]

Bruce Wayne: Be careful who sees you with that. They're going

to come looking for me.

Homeless Man: Who?

Bruce Wayne: Everyone.

[He runs off ]

Homeless Man: It's-it's a nice coat...

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Henri Ducard: Your anger gives you great power. But if you let

it, it will destroy you. As it almost did me.

Bruce Wayne: What stopped it?

Henri Ducard: Vengeance.

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[Ra's Al Ghul says something in a foreign language]

Henri Ducard: What are you seeking?

Bruce Wayne: I seek the means to fight injustice, to turn fear

against those who prey on the fearful.

Henri Ducard: To manipulate the fears of others, you must first

learn to master your own, are you ready to begin?

Bruce Wayne: I-I can barely stand











































Thomas Wayne: And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to

pick ourselves up.

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Henri Ducard: Always mind your surroundings.

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Bruce Wayne: Yield.

Henri Ducard: You haven't beaten me. You have sacrificed sure

footing for a killing stroke.

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Henri Ducard: You are stronger than your father.

Bruce Wayne: You didn't know my father.

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Rachel Dawes: The DA couldn't understand why Faden insisted

on making the hearing public. Falcone paid him off to get Chill

out in the open.

Bruce Wayne: Maybe I should be thanking them.

Rachel Dawes: You don't mean that.

Bruce Wayne: What if I do Rachel? My parents deserved justice.

Rachel Dawes: You're not talking about justice. You're talking

about revenge.

Bruce Wayne: Sometimes they're the same.

Rachel Dawes: No, they're never the same. Justice is about

harmony. Revenge is about you making yourself feel better,

which is why we have an impartial system.Bruce Wayne: Your system is broken.

Rachel Dawes: [Rachel makes a sharp turn] You care about

justice? Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting.

People talk about the depression as if its history. It's not. Things

are worse than ever down here. Falcone floods our streets with









































crime and drugs creating new Joe Chills everyday. Falcone

may've not killed your parents Bruce but he's destroying

everything they stood for.

[She parks in front of a building]

Rachel Dawes: You wanna thank him for that? Here you go. Weall know where to find him, as long as he keeps the bad people

rich and the good people scared no-one will touch him. Good

people like your parents won't stand against injustice, they're

gone.

Bruce Wayne: I'm not one of your good people Rachel.

Rachel Dawes: What do you mean?

Bruce Wayne: All these years I wanted to kill him.

[reveals the gun]

Bruce Wayne: Now I can't.

Rachel Dawes: [Rachel slaps him twice] Your father would be

ashamed of you.

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Batman: [to James Gordon] Don't turn around. You're a good

cop. One of the few.

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Batman: [to James Gordon] Watch for my sign.

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Lucius Fox: [Bruce points to the Tumbler ] The Tumbler? Oh you

wouldn't be interested in that.

[Cuts to Bruce test driving the Tumbler on an indoor course, with

Fox in the passenger's seat describing the vehicle]

Lucius Fox: She was built as a bridging vehicle. During combat,

two of these would jump over a river, towing cables. Over here on

the throttle, flip that open and throttle up. This will boost you into

a rampless jump.

[Bruce goes to flip the throttle]





























Lucius Fox: Not now! Not... not now, Sir!

[Bruce flips it back ]

The Tumbler: Afterburner disengaged.

Lucius Fox: We never could get the damn bridge to work, but

this baby works just fine.[Bruce brings the Tumbler to a stop. He is very impressed ]

Lucius Fox: So what do you think?

Bruce Wayne: Does it come in black?

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Henri Ducard: You've traveled the world to understand the

criminal mind and conquer your fears.

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Rachel Dawes: [to her attacker ] Hold it! That's right. You better

run.

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Batman: Hold on.

Rachel Dawes: What are you doing?Batman: Short cut.

[He takes the Tumbler up to the top of a parking garage. Entering

the garage, he breaks the gate, and the guy at the booth simply

looks on]

Uniformed Policeman #1: Air one to ground. Block that ramp.

[the Tumbler squeezes into a compact parking space, pushing

aside cars in the immediately adjacent spaces]

Uniformed Policeman #1: He's got no way off that roof.

[One of the cops takes out his megaphone and says]

Policeman # 2: Turn off your engine. Step away from the car.

Batman: Trust me.

[ presses a button]

The Tumbler: Weapon system activated.

[He blasts through the concrete barrier at the edge of the roof.

































Then Batman accelerates the Tumbler towards the gap. As the

Tumbler nears the edge, it goes into a rampless jump to scale the

street. It makes its way across city rooftops]

Policeman # 3: Who is this guy?

Policeman # 4: Where's he going?Policeman # 3: He's on the roof.

[He looks up to see debris coming over the edge of the roof ]

Policeman # 4: What street is he taking?

Policeman # 3: He's not on a street. He's flying on rooftops!

[the Tumbler, meanwhile, jumps onto the roof of a church,

destroying part of the roof as it crosses. It eventually jumps onto

a highway, and takes an offramp to the lower level of Wacker

Drive]

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Ra's al Ghul: You were my greatest student. It should be you

standing by my side, saving the world.

Bruce Wayne: I'll be standing where I belong. Between you and

the people of Gotham.

Ra's al Ghul: No one can save Gotham.

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The Scarecrow: [to Rachael] Who knows you're here? Who

knows?

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Lt. James Gordon: The Narrows is tearing itself to pieces.

Batman: This is just the beginning. If they hit the whole city with

toxins, there's nothing to stop Gotham from tearing itself apart

through mass panic.

Lt. James Gordon: How are they gonna do that?

Batman: They'll be using the train.

[as Batman describes what will happen, we cut to a camera view

following the monorail beam]

























Batman: The monorail follows the water mains to the central hub

beneath Wayne Tower. If they get their machine into Wayne

station, it'll cause a chain reaction that'll vaporize the entire city's

water supply.

Lt. James Gordon: Covering Gotham in this poison.Batman: I'm gonna stop them from loading that train, but I may

need your help.

Lt. James Gordon: What do you need?

Batman: [holds up the remote to the Tumbler ] Can you drive

stick?

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Batman: [taps the Bat-signal] Nice

Jim Gordon: I couldn't find any mob bosses

Batman: Well Sergeant

Jim Gordon: Its Lieutenant now, you really started something,

bent cops running scared, hope on the streets

Batman: But?

Jim Gordon: We still haven't picked up Crane or half the inmates

he released from the asylum

Batman: We will, we can bring Gotham back Jim Gordon: What about escalation?

Batman: Escalation?

Jim Gordon: We start carrying semi automatics, they buy

automatics, we start wearing Kevlar, they buy armor piercing

rounds, and *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops.

take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Got a taste for

the theatrical, like you. Leaves a calling card.

Jim Gordon: [Gordon presents Batman with a clear plastic

evidence bag containing what appears to be a single playing

card; Batman turns it over to reveal a "Joker"]

Batman: I'll look into it.

Batman: [turns away from Gordon and walks toward the rooftop

ledge]

Jim Gordon: I never said, "Thank you."











































Batman: [looks back to Gordon] And you'll never have to.

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Henri Ducard: And do you still feel responsible for your parents'death?

Bruce Wayne: My anger outweighs my guilt.

Henri Ducard: Come.

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Alfred Pennyworth: Why bats, Master Wayne?

Bruce Wayne: Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies shared

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Alfred Pennyworth: Are you coming back to Gotham for long,

sir?

Bruce Wayne: As long as it takes. I'm gonna show the people of

Gotham 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 believedthat his example could inspire the wealthy of Gotham to save

their city.

Bruce Wayne: Did it?

Alfred Pennyworth: In a way. Their murders shocked 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 of myself.

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Rachel Dawes: Bruce, I don't suppose there's any way to

convince you not to come.

Bruce Wayne: Someone at this proceeding should stand for my

parents.

Rachel Dawes: We all loved your parents, Bruce. What Chill did

is unforgivable.

Bruce Wayne: Then why is your boss letting him go?

Rachel Dawes: In prison, he shared a cell with Carmine Falcone,

he learned things and he will testify in exchange for early parole.

Bruce Wayne: Rachel, this man killed my parents. I cannot let

that pass. And I need you to understand that, please.

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Alfred Pennyworth: Will you be heading back to Princeton after

the hearing, sir, or can I persuade you to stay on for a day or

two?

Bruce Wayne: I'm not heading back at all.

Alfred Pennyworth: You don't like it there?

Bruce Wayne: I like it fine. They just don't feel the same way.

Alfred Pennyworth: I've 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: No, Alfred, it's my father's house.

Alfred Pennyworth: Your father is dead.Bruce Wayne: This place is a mausoleum. If I have my way, I'll

pull the damn thing down brick by brick.

Alfred Pennyworth: This house, Master Wayne, has sheltered

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. Miss Dawes has offered to drive you to the hearing.

She probably hopes to talk you out of going.Bruce Wayne: Should I just bury the past out there with my

parents, Alfred?

Alfred Pennyworth: I wouldn't presume to tell you what to do

with your past, sir. Just know that there are those of us who care

about what you do with your future.

Bruce Wayne: Haven't given up on me yet?

Alfred Pennyworth: Never.

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Rachel Dawes: The day that Chill died, I... I said terrible things.

Bruce Wayne: But true things. I *was* a coward with a gun.

Justice is about more than revenge, so, thank you.

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[Earle enters the conference room and, in disbelief, sees Fox,

resplendent in a suit and bow tie, distributing materials to board

members seated around the table]

Earle: Fox? I seem to remember firing you.

Lucius Fox: You did. I got another job: Yours.

Earle: On whose authority?

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Rachel Dawes: Hey, what the hell are you doing?

Ra's al Ghul: Gentlemen, time to spread the word. And the word

is panic.

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Ra's Al Ghul: [to Batman] You will never learn.





































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Batman: Well, Sergeant...

Jim Gordon: It's Lieutenant now.Share this quote

Bruce Wayne: I thought the point of solitary confinement was

the solitary part.

Henri Ducard: These men have mistaken you for a criminal, Mr.

Wayne...

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Rachel Dawes: Things are worse than ever down here.

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Loeb: [talking to Gordon on walkie-talkie] Gordon... there's

nobody left to send in.

[the Tumbler jumps across the river ]

Lt. James Gordon: So I'm on my own?

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Bruce Wayne: [seated in the back of his car; he answers the

phone] Bruce Wayne.

Earle: What makes you think *you* can decide who's running

Wayne Enterprises?

Bruce Wayne: Well, the fact that I'm the owner.

Earle: What are you talking about? The company went public aweek ago.

Bruce Wayne: And I bought most of the shares - through various

charitable foundations, and trusts, and so forth. Look, it's all a bit

technical, but the important thing is that *my* company's future

is secure.





































[speaks slightly louder ]

Bruce Wayne: Right, Mister Fox?

Lucius Fox: Right you are, Mister Wayne.

[turns to Earle, takes off his glasses, and relishly says]

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[in the Narrows, a boy goes out onto the balcony to escape his

parents' arguing; he sees Batman hanging on the side of the

building, spying on a nearby one]

Little Boy: It's you, isn't it? Everyone's been talking about you.

Father: [from inside] Get in here!

Mother: [from inside] Don't you yell at him like that!

Little Boy: The other kids won't believe me.

[Batman folds the optic instrument he's been using, and tosses it

to the boy ]

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Rachel Dawes: [Bruce and Rachel haven't seen each other for

years. Bruce is wet from swimming in a "pool" in the restaurant ]

Bruce?

Bruce Wayne: Rachel?

Rachel Dawes: I heard you were back. What are you doing?

Bruce Wayne: Uh, just swimming. Wow, it is good to see you.

Rachel Dawes: You were gone a long time.

Bruce Wayne: I know, how are things?

Rachel Dawes: The same. Job's getting worse.

Bruce Wayne: Can't change the world on your own.

Rachel Dawes: What choice do I have when you're too busyswimming?

Bruce Wayne: Rachel, all- all this, it- it's not me, inside, I am, I

am more.

European supermodel: Come on, Bruce.

European supermodel 2: We have some more hotels for you to





































buy.

Rachel Dawes: Bruce, deep down you may still be that great kid

you used to be, but it's not who you are underneath, it's what you

*do* that defines you.

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Bruce Wayne - age 8: [riding his father's monorail] Did you

build this train, Dad?

Thomas Wayne: Gotham's been good to our family, but the

city's been suffering. People less fortunate than us have been

enduring very hard times. So we built a new, cheap, public

transportation system to unite the city. And at the center...

Wayne Tower.

[We see the building in the skyline from the window]

Bruce Wayne - age 8: Is that where you work?

Thomas Wayne: No, I work at the hospital. I leave the running of

our company to much better men.

Bruce Wayne - age 8: Better?

Thomas Wayne: Well... more interested men.

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Finch: Falcone has half the city bought and paid for. Drop it.

Rachel Dawes: How can you say that?

Finch: Because as much as I care about getting Falcone, I care

more about you.

[Rachel kisses Finch lightly on the cheek ]

Rachel Dawes: That's sweet... but we've been through all that.

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Jim Gordon: This guy did deliver us one of the city's biggest

crime lords.

Loeb: No one takes the law into their own hands in my city.

Understand?

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Ra's al Ghul: When a forest grows too wild a purging fire is

inevitable and natural. Tomorrow, the world will watch in horror

as its greatest city destroys itself. The movement back toharmony will be unstoppable this time.

Bruce Wayne: You've attacked Gotham before?

Ra's al Ghul: Of course. Over the ages our weapons have grown

more sophisticated. With Gothan we tried a new one: economics.

But we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens... such as

your parents. Gunned down by one of the very people they were

trying to help. Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a

criminal. Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself and

Gotham has limped on ever since. We are back to finish the job.

And this time no misguided idealists will get in the way. Like your

father you lack the courage to do all that is necessary. If

someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up

behind them... and stab them in the heart.

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[Rachel grabs a gun to protect herself and a little boy from

escaped asylum inmates]

Little Boy: Batman will save us. He'll come. He'll come.

Rachel Dawes: [raises gun and shields the boy's face] Don't

peek.

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The Scarecrow: They scream, and they cry, much as your doing

now.

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Rachel Dawes: Crane?

Dr. Jonathan Crane: No, Scarecrow!

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Bruce Wayne: Who is he?

[implying the man imprisoned in a wooden cage]

Henri Ducard: He was a farmer. Then he tried to take hisneighbor's land and became a murderer. Now he is a prisoner.

Bruce Wayne: What'll happen to him?

Henri Ducard: Justice. Crime can not be tolerated. Criminals

thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding.

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[last lines]

Jim Gordon: I never said thank you.Batman: And you'll never have to.

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Old Asian Prisoner: You have dream?

Bruce Wayne: Nightmare.Old Asian Prisoner: Worse than this?























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