Titans quotes

Hey, can I ask you something?

Dick Grayson

I'm kind in the middle of something.

So, what? You and your sidekick go bad?

Dick Grayson

I'm sorry?

Your partner at Gotham P.D. I mean, I'm no mind reader, it just seems kinda obvious.

Dick Grayson

I guess we had different ideas of how to do the job.

How's that? He on the take? I heard most of Gotham is.

Dick Grayson

No, not him. He was a hero to a lot of people. Including me. A stop-at-nothing guy who solved everything with his fists. I admired him at first, what he did... Or was trying to do. But eventually, I had to walk away.

Why?

Dick Grayson

Because I was becoming too much like him.

So, you're not really, huh?

Dick Grayson

What?

An asshole.

Dick Grayson

Don't tell. It will kill my rep.

Yeah. Well, your secret's safe with me.

Rachel. That's what she calls you. But that is not who you are.

Rachel Roth

Let my mom go.

This woman is not your mother. Tell her. Tell her!

I'm not your mother. But I do love you.

Rachel Roth

No.

You have good inside your heart, sweetheart. Don't do...

[shooting her in the back of the head] There. Now, that's better.

You've always known you were different, haven't you? That you have a destiny.

Rachel Roth

Please...

I have been looking for you for so long.

Rachel Roth

Let me go.

Nothing resembles itself tonight. This dirty room is a church. I appear the villain, but in truth, I am the savior. You... you pose as the innocent, but deep inside... you know you're fecund and damned. You have the skin of a lamb. The sheath by which he will penetrate this world and seed its destruction. But alas, you are the doorway he would walk through upright to put out our sun, and I... cannot allow that to happen. I have to save us all.

Rachel Roth

Don't leave me here.

Dick Grayson

Rachel, you vandalized a police car. You're not going anywhere.

Rachel Roth

You don't understand. You need to lock me up. Please. There is something inside of me. Something evil.

Dick Grayson

I can't give you the kind of help you need. But I will find someone who can.

Rachel Roth

Don't leave me here.

Dick Grayson

Look, I'm sorry. I really am.

[after Robin's appearance is reported] Are you guys sure it's him?

Absolutely, Captain.

We called Gotham PD. He hasn't been seen for over a year. Disappeared, they said.

They thought he might be dead.

Why come here? Why Detroit?

Dick Grayson

The weather?

Let's just hope to hell he's just passing through. You know the problems that these masks bring with 'em. Painted freaks. Psychopaths in drag. Oh, we don't need that shit. We got enough of our own regular problems here.

You're late, Boy Wonder.

Dove

You know he always likes to make a dramatic entrance.

Robin

True.

I thought your boss said to stay away from us.

Robin

I didn't tell him.

So, what is this? A night out with the bad kids?

Robin

Something like that.

Dick Grayson

According to those files, the man who came after you may have been part of some doomsday cult. They apparently believe it's their destiny to prevent the end of the world. Does that mean anything to you?

Rachel Roth

Well, back when I was a kid, you didn't get too angry, or too scared. 'Cause bad things happen.

Dick Grayson

What kind of bad things?

Rachel Roth

I guess I'm an orphan, too, now. That billionaire, Bruce Wayne, he raised you?

Dick Grayson

Yeah.

Rachel Roth

Must've been cool.

Dick Grayson

It was complicated.

Rachel Roth

Does it ever go away?

Dick Grayson

What?

Rachel Roth

The feeling you got left behind.

Dick Grayson

Yeah. Well, no, not entirely.

Rachel Roth

You're gonna leave me, too, aren't you?

Dick Grayson

No. No, I'm not gonna do that.

Dawn Granger

I put Rachel in the spare room and Dick on the couch.

Hank Hall

It's goddamn summer camp. What's he doing here, anyway? Hell of a coincidence, him showing up night before a job.

Dawn Granger

Coincidences happen. What, you think I called him?

Hank Hall

Did you?

Dawn Granger

I'm with you, Hank. Have been, will be. I'm gonna chalk it up to stress that you don't know that. But now that he's here, we can use his help.

Hank Hall

We don't need him. We've been fine.

Dawn Granger

We have been. But "fine" might not be enough to shut this gun op down. The three of us are unstoppable. We could go out on the win you want. And then you can heal, get better. We can get better.

Hank Hall

He won't help us. He only watches out for himself. People don't change, babe.

Dawn Granger

We'll see.

Dawn Granger

It's a big responsibility.

Dick Grayson

What?

Dawn Granger

Taking her in. I mean, I know how healing it must be, doing what Bruce did for you when you lost your parents. But taking care of a kid is complicated, you know that better than anyone.

Dick Grayson

I'm not taking her in. I'm not good at the staying with people part. I don't have to tell you that. Look, I know things are tight around here, so I thought Alfred could give me some money, maybe help out a bit, help out Rachel at the same time. Two birds with one stone. Well, three, I guess.

Dawn Granger

Wait, you want to leave her here?

Dick Grayson

Just for a while, just until...

Dawn Granger

Until when?

Dick Grayson

You don't understand, Dawn. I'm no good at family. I can't... you don't know what I've become.

Dawn Granger

What are you talking about?

Dick Grayson

[his computer beeps] Dawn, do not hit this delivery. Look at the number of security contractors.

Dawn Granger

Hey, don't change the subject. What do you mean "what you've become"?

[suprised to find someone in her apartment crying] What the fuck? [approaching her] Hey, you okay? What's your name?

[stopping the act, she stands up and turns around, revealing a pair of scissors in hand] I don't have a name. Where's your partner? [as she slices Amy's hand, her brother then kneecaps her with a baseball bat] Tell us.

Where is Dick Grayson?

Where's Dick Grayson? Tell us where he is.

Where is he?

[coming in] You sneaky kids. Didn't save any fun for us.

We can still have some fun, dear. [drawing a knife from its block] Can't we?

What now?

Kory Anders

Thought I'd find the answers here.

Don't give up so quickly.

Kory Anders

I know I feel danger. And I can't let her out of my sight. I just don't know why. [showing her the key from her purse] Hey, this doesn't mean anything to you, does it?

Oh, of course. It's from Scooter's Roller Palace just down the road. It's a lively place. The young people quite like it. Hmm. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Well, hello, family.

Dr. Adamson.

I'm making omelets. It seems I may have over-shopped. One less?

We failed.

Clearly. This being who took her from you is unique. We have only recently become aware of her. Granted she is formidable, but she is no Rachel. We built you better than this. [picking up what looks like a detonator] Any last words?

What's so important about this Roth girl, anyway?

Honey, seen, not heard.

No. I appreciate a bit of spirit. This "girl" as you call her is far more than that. Look around you. Oppression. Indignity. Perversion. Pain. All hidden behind smiles of dishonor. Her father will reveal us. When he comes, he will scrub the flesh of this world clean and show us who we really are. But he can't arrive without an invitation. He can't come here without her welcome. But when he does... what dreams may come.

I'd like to see a world like that.

Would you, now? Well, I've already cracked the eggs. Be a shame for them to go to waste. Would you like another chance to bring her to me? To save your last words for another day?

Yes, please.

Research suggests two-parent families have a better chance at success. How about we get you another dad? [Biff and Sis take the butterscotches they were offered out of their pockets] Oh, I wouldn't eat the candies. Now, who likes cheese?

Dick Grayson

[answering a phone call] Grayson.

Don't sound so excited.

Dick Grayson

Sorry. Caught me at a bad time.

I thought you'd be on a beach sipping on a pina colada by now.

Dick Grayson

Yeah, something like that. What's up?

Forensics came back on the Roth murder weapon. There are prints, but they don't belong to your girl Rachel Roth. Traverse City PD called for you this morning about her.

Dick Grayson

About Rachel?

They had an intruder at the Roth crime scene. African-American female. Maybe six foot. Magenta hair. Apparently, she assaulted several officers. BOLO came back with a match on her at a gas station up your way off the 495. Security cameras caught her leaving with a girl matching the description of Rachel Roth. And she left behind a body.

Dick Grayson

I'm on my way.

And Grayson, one more thing. About Rohrbach, she's dead. Murdered.

You know the first rule about running away? It's never about running away. It's about power, at a time in your life when you feel totally powerless. I know you don't think that you can handle what you're going through, but you can. If you just let other people help you. Mr. Wayne understands what you're feeling. He wants to give you a home. That is a gift, Dick. Give it another try. Please. He lost his parents, too.

You don't remember anything?

Kory Anders

Not a thing. Only that I was looking for...

Her.

Kory Anders

Mm-hmm. Did I say why?

You came here a year ago and said only that she was in danger, that they'd found her.

Kory Anders

Who had found her?

You only said you just had to find her. And you did. And you brought her back to us, right as rain and beautiful as ever. You came to us just a baby. You and your mother, Melissa. You stayed with us for a while.

Rachel Roth

You knew my mother?

Yes. How is she? [getting her answer from Rachel's reaction] Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.

Kory Anders

What were they doing here?

Your mother was worried about you. She was trying to protect you.

Rachel Roth

Protect me from what?

I cannot say. You don't remember anything about being here, child?

Rachel Roth

[looking around] That, maybe?

[seeing the painting she means] Oh. Mary meeting the divine. A favorite of mine. What does Mary see? Can forces we consider purely theological take corporeal form? Do you see a figure in the ether trying to emerge? A man?

Rachel Roth

Not sure.