Clive Babineaux quotes from IZombie

Clive Babineaux

We'd like to ask you some questions about Syd Wicked.

Houdina

He's not dead. I bet it's a stunt. Syd's very talented.

Liv Moore

Trust me, he's dead.

Houdina

[Houdina smiles] Whatever you say.

Ravi Chakrabarti

Ugh! What is that horrible, horrible smell?

Clive Babineaux

I'm guessing it's the dead body.

Ravi Chakrabarti

So, I took a gander around the room, and found this in the wastebasket, with this lovely note attached. 'Welcome to PrestoFest.' 'Here's a gift from your fellow magicians.' So I thinks to myself, 'Hmm. Okay. Kind of boilerplate stuff.' Maybe they thought the summer sausage would make up for the stock sentiments. But wait, there's more.

Clive Babineaux

We're all hoping.

Liv Moore

[Ravi reveals the old piece of meat] Ugh!

Ravi Chakrabarti

[as Ravi concludes on reading the note] 'Enjoy the decay!'

Clive Babineaux

Normally we bring witnesses down to the station to take statements.

Liv Moore

[Liv smiles] Where's the magic in that?

Clive Babineaux

She was a badge bunny.

Liv Moore

A what?

Clive Babineaux

A badge bunny. A woman who sleeps with cops. Something about the badge turns them on.

Ravi Chakrabarti

[Ravi whispers to himself] I have a badge.

Ravi Chakrabarti

How'd she get your gun?

Clive Babineaux

Stolen from my place the night before her murder.

Liv Moore

She wanted to have something you touched against her skin.

Clive Babineaux

Whose side are you on?

Ravi Chakrabarti

Why did you keep it a secret? You figured Shaft never cooked for his friends, so neither could you?

Liv Moore

It's adorable.

Clive Babineaux

And there it is. Need I say more?

Liv Moore

Oh! Jackpot! We've got a hit. 'I'm gonna need a slim jim, a black hoodie and a head lamp.'

Clive Babineaux

What exactly...

Liv Moore

The less you know the better.

Ravi Chakrabarti

Clive. What's George R.R. Martin up to right now?

Clive Babineaux

[Clive answers seriously] Not writing.

Ravi Chakrabarti

I'm sorry, Seattle has a vigilante crime fighter called The Fog? How did I not know about this?

Clive Babineaux

Oh, we've got a few superhero wannabes here.

Clive Babineaux

Everyone on the force knew this guy. His name is Chris Allred, AKA The Fog. He was a high school shop teacher by day, but at night, he would put on a costume and patrol the streets. He considered himself a real-life superhero.

Liv Moore

So he was crazy?

Clive Babineaux

I was afraid this would happen.

Liv Moore

You were afraid someone would find a grown-ass man in a cape in the back of a garbage truck? Pretty specific fear.

Clive Babineaux

Our mugging victim ID'd her assailants. They're both in the system.

Liv Moore

[Liv in a low voice] They're not in the system. They are the system.

Clive Babineaux

[Clive hesitates] Yeah, not really following.

Liv Moore

[Liv slowly walks up to Clive] There are bad people in this world. We put them in cages, expect them to change, they never do.

Liv Moore

[Liv in a low voice] Ghost Cobra. Gray Area. Superfly. Mega Fist. Blue Swallow. Detective Babineaux needs your help. And someday, you may need his. Think of him as your Jim Gordon.

Clive Babineaux

I'm not your Jim Gordon.

Liv Moore

That's right. He's his own man. Detective Clive Babineaux. Remember that name. Your friend in the Seattle PD.

Liv Moore

The Fog, he was attacked by another guy in a costume. Tic-Tac-Toe Man, or something.

Clive Babineaux

That's Hashtag. I'll bring him in. He's another joker in a mask.

Liv Moore

You know where to find him?

Clive Babineaux

All you have to do is summon Hashtag is to hashtag, Hashtag.