[instrumental music]
[indistinct chatter]
Of course, it's taken me years to put together this collection.
And just as long to convince you
to give us all a peek, Marlowe.
Well, you know what they say.
If you've got it, flaunt it.
[giggling]
[all laughing]
I wonder what's gotten into John.
He finally steps out of the lab and away from his experiments
and suddenly it's, "Hi. John Marlowe, alpha male."
I, for one, think he's much more adorable as the shy geek.
How is it the most attractive ladies
always seem to gravitate to you, Bruce?
Oh, no. We were just talking about these little hot dogs.
Now, Clea, I would think the curator
of the Gotham Museum Of Art
would be much more interested in this.
Ah, yes. Emmerich's "Exponential Angst."
You outbid the museum for this.
It cost a fortune, but it was worth every penny.
And just how many pennies are we talking about?
[crowd gasping]
[indistinct murmuring]
(female #1) 'Who's that? What's he doing here?'
Now step aside, Marlowe
or I make your face resemble that painting.
John, please don't be foolish.
[growls]
Ahh! Unh!
[chuckles] Should've listened to the lady, Johnny.
thump
[groans]
We've got him, Batman.
'That's a broom closet.'
There's no way..
...out?
beep
vroom
[boom]
[music continues]
vroom
clang
[keys clacking]
(Robin) You checked the walls, floor, ceiling?
And the blueprints.
There was no way out of that closet, Robin.
Maybe he was posing as one of the brooms.
[Bat-wave pulsating]
Silent alarm at the Gotham Museum Of Art.
A second art thief, or a second chance?
[train horn blaring]
vroom
[chuckles]
The Batman. Here for another glimpse at my disappearing act?
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
And then we wanna see you saw a lady in half.
There won't be any encore performances tonight.
And what makes you so sure?
Because this time, it's two against one.
Piece of cake.
Numbers can be deceiving.
And so can I.
Two of 'em?
So it would seem. Split up.
[dramatic music]
thwack
[intense music]
Huh! Unh!
(male #1) 'Oh, Batman.'
[Batman grunts]
[man laughs]
beep
whoosh
My broom theory's sounding better all the time.
I know he took the paintings off the wall
but believe me, commissioner, I've triple-checked.
Nothing was stolen. Nothing's even out of place.
[elevator whirring]
Master Bruce, have you been at this all night?
So, any luck?
I recovered a hair sample from the museum security station
where our intruder disabled the cameras.
There was a match.
'John Marlowe.'
So you're saying..
No. I've known John for years.
He's a good man.
And has the perfect alibi.
He was saved from the villain by the Batman himself.
Unless he staged that with someone else
to give him the alibi.
You gotta admit that two men would explain
all that strangeness at the museum.
Well, some of it, anyway.
But if you don't think he's our guy--
No. I can't rule him out just because we're friends.
I have to hope that any further evidence we uncover
will only prove his innocence.
Let's revisit the crime scenes.
There has to be something we've missed.
ding
Bruce, what brings you by?
In all the excitement the other night
I never did get a chance to admire your collection.
Come on. We both know that's not why you're here.
Who can resist a mystery?
You wanna see the closet for yourself.
Guilty as charged.
Be my guest.
[static]
(Alfred on microphone) 'Readings are coming in, Master Bruce.'
Interesting, we're picking up traces
of low-spectrum radioactivity in that closet.
beep
And Master Dick seems to be finding
the same radioactivity at the museum
'on the mysteriously reappeared stolen paintings.'
Thanks for indulging me, John.
Not a problem.
Closet aside, I do have an ulterior motive
for coming here today.
I'm worried about you.
Really?
Something's different, John.
The party, the way you tried to take on that masked thief
even the way you talk.. It isn't you.
What's the matter, Brucie?
Scared of a little social competition?
People change, I apologize if I no longer fit
into some comfortable role you've once defined for me.
I didn't mean to upset you.
I'm sorry.
It's fine.
Truth is, I have been a little all over the place lately.
Oh, my.
[instrumental music]
Okay, still confused.
Marlowe's company's been conducting experiments
in quantum theory for the government.
Which explains why he's radioactive
but what's the deal with him not stealing stuff?
There's always an explanation.
'The readings point to two radiation hot-spots'
in the building.
I'll take this one. You track the other.
- And be care-- - Please don't say it.
Fine. Go.
swish swish
[dramatic music]
beep beep
[keys clacking]
The sign said "Authorized personnel only," Batman.
[grunts]
[groans]
So what happens now, Marlowe?
You teleport away again?
[chuckles] Is that what I've been doing?
No, there's a much simpler explanation
and it's right behind you.
[groans]
Then your quantum technology isn't behind this.
That means all you had
was an accomplice in the same costume.
Getting warmer.
beep
whoosh
[intense music]
[all laughing]
ding
Going up?
Huh.
Enjoying the ride?
Beats the company.
ding
(Everywhere Man #2) 'Penthouse level.'
Nefarious plots, brilliant schemes
doomed heroes.
Have a nice evening.
You've been expected.
Welcome, Batman. We've been waiting for you.
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am the Everywhere Man.
(Everywhere Man #3) 'Batman's in custody'
'but his partner may already be in the building.'
- What's our priority? - Securing the prisoner.
We might need more men.
Then we'll make more.
beep
Okay, so my broom theory was way off.
Time to bust out Batman.
It was the quantum-field research, of course.
It lead to the creation of the Quantex.
With it, I can charge my body's quantum particles..
...and replicate another me.
My energy duplicates can split at will
but with the Quantex, I can also recall them at will..
...even from a distance.
Which is how you escaped from the broom closet.
Sleight of hand, I know, yet effective.
Still, that's only the tip of the Quantex iceberg.
beep
Please, sit down.
I'll stand.
Your device made quantum copies of the art at the museum.
Leaving me free to steal the originals for my collection.
You mean for John Marlowe's collection.
[toilet flushes]
[footsteps]
[synchronized footsteps]
- The prisoner? - Secure inside.
(Robin) 'They must have Batman in there.'
'Uh-oh.'
[sighs]
clang
thwack
[grunting]
beep
whack
Unh..
Hold on, Batman. Almost there.
Hmm?
You're not Batman.
(Batman) 'You're not John Marlowe.'
You're just another counterfeit.
You're hot with the same quantum radiation signature
we found on the copies at the museum.
And there was nothing in his past to suggest
the real John Marlowe would commit these crimes.
Very good, Batman.
I was copy number one.
Sometimes it takes an upgrade to get things right.
Johnny may be a brilliant scientist
but he's also a fool.
He kept me around to be his lab partner
but keep a duplicate around long enough
and you know what you get?
Free will.
Johnny and I both loved our art collection
'but he wasn't willing to do'
what was necessary to add to it.
I was.
Enough with the art collection.
All this power, and we're only stealing paintings.
Excuse me?
Who cares about art?
We could use the Quantex to conquer the world.
Like a bad photocopy
each duplicate is just a little darker than the last.
Shut up!
Don't tell him to shut up. Shut him up.
Look, if you can't handle things, I will.
whoosh
See? Free will.
But I know how to deal with it.
And Johnny didn't.
No, he didn't.
So you got rid of him.
I never get rid of anything.
I'm a collector, Batman.
And you keep your collection close at hand.
John Marlowe's in this building, which is all I wanted to know.
boom
[all coughing]
[growls]
Attention, Everywhere Man
'the Batman is loose in our building.'
'You know the drill. Divide and conquer.'
whoosh whoosh whoosh
(Everywhere Man #1 over PA) 'Fill the corridors.'
'Find the bat. Exterminate it.'
whoosh whoosh whoosh
When all is said and done
he is but one man, but we..
(in unison) We are an army.
(Everywhere Man #4 over PA) 'Batman's been spotted by the atrium.'
'All Everywhere Men to the atrium.'
slam
clang
[grunts]
[coughs]
[men grunting]
thump thump thump
Oh, come now, Batman.
How long do you really think you can last?
'It hardly matters how many of me you break.'
'I'll just make more.'
boom boom boom
[men grunting]
[laughs]
And will they all smell as bad as you?
smack
[grunts]
One more enemy will hardly make a difference against my army.
Yeah, but if I'm not just one more?
(Everywhere Man #1) 'What are you doing with my prototype?'
beep
Check out my army.
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
boom boom boom
[grunts]
How's it going, Batman?
Better, now that you're here, partners.
[Everywhere Men groaning]
Well, if it isn't old Johnny boy.
I knew I should have eliminated you.
'I always was too sentimental.'
True.
You even saved the Quantex prototype.
That's going to be your downfall.
There's a reason a prototype's only a prototype.
'Sometimes it takes an upgrade to get things right.'
[crackling]
Whoa. That's not right.
The unit's overloaded.
Oh, it's worse than that, Johnny.
Your duplicates are unstable.
[grunts]
One solid punch, and poof.
[crackles]
That's it. It's dead.
- We're on our own. - Suits me.
Never was much good at long division.
Cool. You take the high road..
And you take the low road.
[both grunting]
[intense music]
[Batman grunts]
We've just run out of reinforcements.
Let go of me.
Quiet, Johnny boy.
Batman may not know it, but the battle's over.
'It's only a matter of time.'
Did you hear that? It's only a matter of time.
Before you're toast.
(Batman) And before you've outlived your usefulness.
What's copy number one gonna do with so many of you?
'Where could he hide a few hundred Marlowes?'
'And how could he stand the competition?'
'When the fighting's done'
'he'll recall each and every one of you.'
You'll all cease to exist.
What if the Batman's right?
Don't listen to him. Keep fighting.
Hey, think about it. If we win this, we're toast.
Shut up, you traitor!
If one of us survives, we all do.
Then you won't mind if I'm the one surviving.
The Quantex.. As long as he has it, none of us are safe.
You're playing right into his hand.
Don't worry. We'll protect you.
(John) But they all look alike.
How will you know who's with you and who's against you?
[chuckles]
Quiet. You want him to recall all of us?
Now that's a plan.
I'll get it. Get the Quantex!
We can't let him use it.
No. Stop.
Don't make me do it.
beep
poof poof poof
Huh?
You haven't won yet, Batman.
Two against one. Piece of cake.
I'll create another army of Everywhere Men.
With the same result.
Then I'll recall it and start over
as many times as I have to.
Eventually you'll fall.
Will you please shut up?
[clatters]
[sighs]
(John) 'I thought I could help people everywhere'
but all I am is...Nowhere Man.
(Bruce) 'John, it's great of you'
'to donate your entire collection to the museum.'
(John) 'It seemed like the right thing to do'
'after everything I've done.'
But, John, you didn't do anything.
Perhaps, but part of me always wanted to be
more like that other Marlowe.. Confident, cool..
Maybe it's a good thing that the only place
I've ever been comfortable is inside my shell.
(Clea) Any room in that shell for one more?
[sighs] Johnny, you've spent too much time locked away
with your art collection and science projects.
Stay out here with..
With you?
[upbeat music]
screech
vroom
whoosh
[music continues]