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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
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[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
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It's a tragedy what's been happening
to the university.
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WOMAN: Robberies, vandalism.
MAN: Where will it end?
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Dr. Long! Dr. Long,
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I'm Summer Gleeson with Gotham Insider.
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Can I ask you a few questions
about the recent robberies?
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All right, but I'm in a hurry.
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Dr. Long, do you have any idea
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why someone would want to
destroy the university?
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No, but one more disaster
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and students will be afraid
to set foot on this campus.
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BRUCE: Hello, Summer.
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Bruce! What a pleasant surprise.
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Dr. Long, have you met Bruce Wayne?
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Your father and I
attended university together.
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-He had big plans for you.
-Well, I guess he'd be pleased.
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Wayne Industries
is more prosperous than ever.
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Pleased? When your father was alive,
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Wayne was a name
that commanded great respect.
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Now, all Wayne stands for
is a self-centered, jet-setting playboy.
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It's lucky your father didn't live to
see what you've done to his good name.
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He'd have died of shame.
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Wait, Dr. Long,
I haven't finished the interview.
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He's probably just venting his anger
over what's happening to the university.
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[LAUGHING]
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Hold it right there!
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Hey, what are you...
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[COUGHING]
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Stop! What the...
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No! No, spiders!
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Get them off of me! No! No!
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[SCREAMING]
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What did you do to him, boss?
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I merely helped him visualize
his innermost terror,
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which is obviously arachnophobia.
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-A-whack-a-what?
-Arachnophobia.
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Fear of spiders, you dimwitted dropout!
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Now, to the vault.
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-Nigel, you'll stand guard here.
-I'm ready for anything.
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Come to Papa.
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Take what you can, then burn the rest.
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Burn it, boss?
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This isn't about money,
it's about revenge.
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HENCHMAN: Help, boss! It's the Batman.
He's got me... [MUFFLED GROANING]
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Climb up there and wait for my signal.
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Sure thing, boss.
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[HENCHMAN SCREAMING]
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[GRUNTING]
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SCARECROW: Welcome, Batman.
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Oh, a gas mask.
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Perhaps you are as resourceful
as they say.
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Who are you?
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I am fear incarnate.
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I am the terror of Gotham.
I am the Scarecrow.
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Give it up. There's no way out.
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Except through you.
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[GROANING]
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Fight all you want, Batman,
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but you must succumb to the fear.
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What hidden terror
keeps the Batman awake at night?
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Come on, you cretins. My work is done.
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MAN: Bruce.
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What?
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Can't be.
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MAN: Bruce...
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Bruce, you have failed me.
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Father?
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You have disgraced the family name.
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Wait.
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Batman, what happened?
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[COUGHING]
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Scarecrow.
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Scarecrow? What do you mean?
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He's right. [COUGHING]
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It was some guy dressed like a scarecrow.
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He tried to torch the bank,
but Batman stopped him.
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All right, then. Where is this scarecrow?
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Well, he got away.
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You mean the commissioner's pet bat here
let him get away?
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What do you got there, vigilante?
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Looks like police evidence.
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Give it up. Now!
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Ooh, looks like I'm going to have to
take it from you.
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Bullock, what the blazes
is going on here?
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"Blaze" is right, Commissioner.
It's attempted arson.
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Zorro here is withholding evid...
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Where the...
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You were saying?
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Ah, never mind.
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SUMMER: [ON TV]
Tonight's arson attempt by someone
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calling himself the "Scarecrow"
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was thwarted by Batman.
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It seems
I have underestimated the Batman.
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But at least the university is finished.
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ANTHONY: Gee, boss, I never liked school.
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But how come you hate
the university so much?
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They tried to destroy me.
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You mean they kicked you out
'cause you weren't smart enough?
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-No, you simpleton.
-Ow!
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I taught there.
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I was a professor of psychology,
specializing in phobias.
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Inducing terror has always intrigued me.
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Even as a boy,
I loved to frighten things.
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People, animals, it was all the same.
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I became obsessed
with fear's crippling power.
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Later, when I became
their leading professor
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of subliminal psychology
at the university,
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I began performing experiments
on fear and its subsequent effects.
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Dr. Long thought I went too far.
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He called me a lunatic.
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So now, they will learn
the true nature of horror.
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Wow. He's a real professor.
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ANNOUNCER: [ON TV]
You'll feel like a million dollars.
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COMPUTER: Exhibit A, scarecrow mask.
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Will analyze and cross-reference.
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[GROANING]
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THOMAS WAYNE: You've failed me, son.
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This is Summer Gleeson, back live
at the Gotham State University.
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The campus bank
was the target of a robbery
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and a malicious arson attempt
by the so-called Scarecrow.
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Though the Batman did thwart the arson,
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he failed to catch the perpetrators.
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Failed to catch the perpetrators.
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Failed. Failed. Failed.
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-Imagine that, sir.
-Huh? What?
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Someone dressed up
in a frightening costume,
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running around scaring people.
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What will they think of next?
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The question is,
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why would Scarecrow
want to destroy the university?
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Perhaps he flunked Phys. Ed.
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Are you all right, sir?
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The Scarecrow drugged me
with some kind of fear toxin.
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I never know when it's going to hit me.
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I'm having horrible visions of my father.
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He says I'm shaming the family name.
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That's rubbish.
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I know your father would be proud of you,
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because I'm so proud of you.
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Come on, it's time for chicken soup
and a good night's sleep.
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-Alfred.
-Yes, sir?
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Thanks.
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-[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
-[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
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-MAN: Hey, what's that?
-[GAS HISSING]
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WOMAN: We're being gassed!
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[ALL SCREAMING]
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[PANICKED CHATTERING]
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WOMAN: They've got guns! MAN: Guns?
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SCARECROW: Thank you, Dr. Long.
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I'll take that.
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-Over my dead body.
-If you insist.
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Oh! [COUGHING]
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What's happening?
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[SCREAMING]
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No!
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Help!
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[LAUGHING]
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Bring him. His torture has just begun.
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[PANICKED CHATTERING CONTINUES]
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No! Get them off my back!
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Batman, I am surprised.
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I thought you'd be home enjoying
my time-released fear toxin.
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[SCARECROW LAUGHING]
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[ALL GASPING]
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SCARECROW: Welcome to
everyone's worst fear.
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Isn't it invigorating?
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It's a giant bat!
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Get him!
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[ALL YELLING]
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[LAUGHING]
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Marvelous. Simply marvelous.
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[LAUGHING]
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My revenge is complete.
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The university is in the grip of fear,
and Batman has been annihilated.
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Huh?
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Annihilated. Destroyed. Dead.
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Then who's that?
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I don't believe it.
Anthony, take care of him.
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Who, me?
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-Er... But, boss...
-Do it!
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End of the line.
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[GROANS]
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[BOTH GRUNTING]
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Look out!
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-Do something.
-Me? You're the genius.
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Oh, no! Look!
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[ANTHONY SCREAMING]
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ANTHONY: Help!
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[ANTHONY SCREAMING]
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What are we going to do, Professor?
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I believe we can leave it
to my fear toxin.
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[GASPING]
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THOMAS WAYNE: Bruce.
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No, not now.
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You are a disgrace.
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No! No!
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You are not my father.
I am not a disgrace.
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I am vengeance.
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I am the night.
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I am Batman!
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No!
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Stop him!
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Gotcha!
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[GROANS]
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No. No more prison walls.
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They're closing in on me. No!
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No!
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It's over, Scarecrow.
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Only for you and the doctor, Batman.
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[LAUGHING]
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-What's going on?
-Just hold on.
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But how?
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COMPUTER: Exhibit A, scarecrow mask.
Analysis complete.
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Substance is manufactured
by five corporations in Gotham City.
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Axis Engineering, Bio Laboratories,
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Crane Chemicals,
Macurity Manufacturing, Star Labs.
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Computer, cross-reference
former employees
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of Gotham State University
with the chemical labs.
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Searching.
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Found. One Jonathan Crane.
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Owner, operator of Crane Chemicals.
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Background on Crane.
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Searching.
Former professor of psychology.
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Specialty, fear and phobias.
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Bingo.
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It's not fair.
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Revenge was within my grasp.
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I was so close.
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[GAS HISSING]
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Hmm?
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[COUGHING]
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What's going on?
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Who's there?
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[SCREECHING]
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[SCREAMING]
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No. Please.
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[YELPING]
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No, stop. Leave me alone.
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What's the matter, Scarecrow?
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Can't handle your own medicine?
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Batman.
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No. Stay away. Stay away, please.
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[LIGHTNING CRASHES]
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Stay away.
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No!
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Oh, yes.
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Look at the facts, Commissioner.
Batman's withholding evidence.
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Even helped the Scarecrow guy escape.
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I'd bet my badge
he and Scarecrow are in cahoots.
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Your badge, eh?
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Huh?
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Now, about that badge...
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