Bruce Wayne quotes from Batman: The Animated Series

If you see Batman, tell him I have great respect for him.

Bruce

Why? He's as much a ninja as Kyodai was.

Not so. Batman offered to help his adversary, and a lesser man would have used the secrets of the Onemuri touch against his opponent. Batman is the essence of samurai, Wayne-san. You would do well to remember that.

Bruce

[bows] Domo arigato, sensei.

Bruce Wayne

Bruce Wayne, Dr. Thorne. Thomas Wayne's son. Did you get my letter?

Yes. Thomas Wayne...

Bruce Wayne

I told you I can help with your legal costs, maybe even put in a good word with the judge.

Yes, but what do you get out of it?

Bruce Wayne

Well, there is something you can do for me.

I knew it! I knew there'd be a catch. Sorry, Mr. Wayne. Matthew Thorne is no longer for sale.

Bruce Wayne

I'm not looking for any illegal favors.

What then?

Bruce Wayne

Something you know. Something only you can give me. [pause] Tell me about my father.

You have a call on your private line.

Bruce

Then let's go!

In your condition, sir?

Bruce

If you think a little inconvenience like this is going to stop me...

Indeed.

Bruce

Tell me, Alfred: what's an ancient Mayan witch doctor doing on a Gotham skyscraper?

This isn't one of those Riddler questions, is it?

Bruce

No, but it's just as confusing.

I must say, after all the Hatter put him through, that fellow showed remarkable restraint.

Bruce

When everything was said and done, all the shaman really wanted was to go home. In fact, I hear he even sent the Hatter a farewell gift.

Bruce

Something to ensure that Jervis Tetch only dreams of a good honest life from now on.

Without a doubt, this will be one of the best museum exhibitions Gotham City has ever seen. You can be quite the humanitarian on occasion, Bruce. It's commendable. It's inspiring.

Bruce

It's deductible.

Bruce

You've got a serious priority problem, Ra's. What can be in that tomb that's more valuable than the love of your daughter?

Power, detective. The power once held by almighty Thoth-Khepera, Queen of Two Continents.

Bruce

You surprise me, Ra's. The world's oldest chauvinist chasing after a woman?

Thoth-Khepera was not simply a woman, detective, nor merely a ruler. Through her flowed the power of the gods. With no more than a gesture, she controlled the force of life and death, and with it, she kept a nation under her thumb for one thousand years.

Bruce

You sound like a bad Saturday afternoon serial, Ra's. This is sheer nonsense.

No, detective - I know there is a power there to be tapped! My six hundred years of life are proof of that power.

Farewell, detective. Farewell, Talia. It is said that one finds one's immortality in one's offspring. Alas, I know that to be a lie.

Is this all you do for kicks, Bruce? Charity work?

Bruce

Well, I do have a night life. Pull! [shoots down a clay pigeon] Besides, it's important to help others. It may sound corny, but hey, it's how I feel.

You must recognize that you are a superior animal, Bruce. A member of the elite. Pull! [shoots down another clay pigeon] Take my Delta brothers and me. Why, we've run with the bulls!

Shot game from hot air balloons!

Killed a great white!

We've done it all. Ah, therein lies the problem. After all, what do the rajas do when there are no more tigers to hunt?

Bruce

I'm sure you'll think of something, Warren. [leaves]

Dollar for dollar, that has to be the dullest man in Gotham City.

Riddler

[in Bruce's memory] Those are things of the past, Batman. Ancient history that's gone now. I'm a new man. But you probably won't figure that out before it's too late. [laughs]

Bruce

He did it.

Dick

Who?

Bruce

The Riddler. Remember what he said: "Things of the past." "Ancient history that's gone now." Look.

Dick

Gee, I don't know. His riddles aren't usually that subtle. Besides, he's got a multimillion dollar deal with that toy company. Why would he throw it away over some stupid riddle crime?

Bruce

Because that's the way his warped mind works. He's obsessed.

[seen in half-shadow, making him appear to once again be Harvey Dent instead of Two-Face] Bruce? Good old Bruce. Always there. You never give up on me.

Dick

He's right. You're always there for him.

Bruce

Yes, just like you're always there for me.

Dick

Hey, what are friends for?

Dick

Man, if I spent any more time in that immersion tank, I'd be growing gills.

Bruce

I'm just glad I was able to get you back here in time.

Dick

Thanks. For a while I thought I'd end up like Walker, trapped in a ice cube forever. What about Mr. Freeze? Do you think he's gone for good?

Bruce

I'm not sure. But if Freeze's condition has made him truly immortal we may not have seen the last of him.