[KEYS JANGLE]
[OPENS BOLT]
ALL RIGHT, JOKER.
TIME FOR YOUR MEDICINE.
BUT MY DEAR FLUNKY,
YOU LEFT THE MEDS OUTSIDE.
NOT THE KIND OF MEDICINE THAT I HAVE IN MIND!
EITHER I'M CRAZY, OR YOU'RE MELTING!
IT'S PAYBACK TIME, JOKER.
YOU'RE GOING TO SUFFER FOR MAKING ME WHAT I AM!
I'LL TAKE WHAT I DESERVE. BUT...
DO I KNOW YOU?
[ROARS]
Joker: HELP!
[PUNCH]
[ROAR]
OUT OF THE WAY, BATS!
JOKER HAS THIS COMING!
NO ARGUMENT THERE, CLAYFACE,
BUT I'M NOT HERE TO HELP HIM.
I'M HERE TO HELP YOU.
HA! THAT THE BEST YOU HAD, BATS?
AAH!
[VOICE MUFFLED]
YOU'RE GONNA GET THE HELP YOU NEED.
AS FOR YOU, JOKER, CONSIDER YOURSELF--
LUCKY.
[GIGGLING]
CLOWN ABOUT TOWN!
COURT IS BACK IN SESSION.
MR. BRENT, YOU MAY CALL YOUR FIRST WITNESS.
YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE CALLS DETECTIVE ELLEN YIN.
DETECTIVE, YOUR FORMER PARTNER STANDS ACCUSED OF RESISTING ARREST
AND OF THE KIDNAPPING AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
OF CHIEF ANGEL ROJAS.
SHOULDN'T ETHAN BENNETT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE CRIMES?
IT ISN'T THAT CUT AND DRY, MR. BRENT.
DETECTIVE BENNETT WAS ALSO KIDNAPPED BY JOKER.
HE WAS SUBJECTED TO INTENSE PSYCHOLOGICAL TORMENT...
AND THEN EXPOSED TO UNSTABLE CHEMICALS...
WHICH MUTATED HIS BODY AND MIND.
OBJECTION!
THIS WITNESS IS NOT QUALIFIED
TO TESTIFY TO CLAYFACE'S STATE OF MIND!
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT TO THE USE
OF THE MEDIA TERM CLAYFACE.
MY CLIENT HAS A NAME. IT IS ETHAN BENNETT.
OBJECTION SUSTAINED.
EH...BOTH OF THEM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND OCCUPATION FOR THE RECORD.
STRANGE.
PROFESSOR HUGO STRANGE.
I'M A SENIOR RESIDENT AT ARKHAM ASYLUM FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE.
MR. BENNETT WAS CLEARLY PSYCHOLOGICALLY TRAUMATIZED
BY OUR FORMER PATIENT JOKER
AND BY HIS OWN TRANSFORMATION.
TRAUMAS HE SUFFERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY?
PRECISELY. TEMPORARY INSANITY, IF YOU WILL.
I'VE SINCE HAD MANY SESSIONS WITH ETHAN.
I CANNOT SPEAK FOR HIS BODY,
BUT I AM CONVINCED HE IS NOW OF COMPLETELY SOUND MIND.
I'M DR. MARK DESMOND,
HEAD OF BIOMED AT WAYNE INDUSTRIES.
MY TEAM HAS RUN A BATTERY OF TESTS OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS.
THOUGH TISSUE SAMPLES WERE EXTRACTED,
WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO DEVISE A CURE FOR MR. BENNETT'S AFFLICTION.
HOWEVER, WE'VE LEARNED THAT EACH TIME BENNETT USES HIS MORPHIC ABILITIES,
HIS MUTATED GENES SELF-REPLICATE.
BUT THOSE MUTATING CELLS QUICKLY FELL INTO REMISSION FROM LACK OF USE
SINCE MR. BENNETT'S CAPTURE.
WE AT WAYNE INDUSTRIES BELIEVE
THAT MR. BENNETT'S HUMAN SIDE CAN REMAIN STABLE
AS LONG AS HE CONTINUES TO EXERCISE MIND OVER MATTER.
I'VE KNOWN ETHAN SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.
HE'S A GOOD MAN, AND HE'S MY BEST FRIEND.
AND DO YOU TRUST HIM, MR. WAYNE, EVEN NOW?
LIKE A BROTHER. I'M PREPARED TO OFFER ETHAN A JOB TODAY
AS HEAD OF SECURITY FOR WAYNE INDUSTRIES.
ETHAN BENNETT, I'M PLACING YOU ON PROBATION.
YOU'RE TO CONTINUE YOUR THERAPY
AND REFRAIN AT ALL TIMES
FROM THE USE OF YOUR SO-CALLED MORPHIC ABILITIES.
YOU WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO REGULAR CHEMICAL TESTING
TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE OBEYING THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR PROBATION.
HUH!
ETHAN, THAT'S IT. YOU'RE FREE TO GO.
FIRST DAY, ETHAN.
YOU NERVOUS?
[CHUCKLES] I WAS A COP FOR 6 YEARS, BRUCE.
I THINK I CAN HANDLE STARING AT A MONITOR.
[BELL DINGS]
Ethan: WHOA.
MAKE THAT... 350 MONITORS.
ALL THE BETTER TO SAFEGUARD
OUR TOP-SECRET DATA, OUR RESEARCH MATERIALS.
NOT TO MENTION MILLIONS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF MODERN ART.
MR. WAYNE HAS QUITE THE COLLECTION.
ETHAN, THIS IS WEBER, THE DAY SHIFT SUPERVISOR
AND OUR RESIDENT ART CRITIC.
HE REPORTS TO YOU.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU ABOARD, SIR.
THANKS. AND IT'S ETHAN.
WELL, I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT, THEN.
HEY, MUST BE NICE.
NICE?
YEAH, HAVING A BILLIONAIRE BUDDY,
YOU KNOW, TO FIX YOUR MISTAKES.
I SUPPOSE THEY'VE ASSIGNED YOU A NEW PARTNER BY NOW.
WELL...NOT EXACTLY.
I MISS IT, YIN. I MISS THE ACTION,
HELPING PEOPLE, THE OLD PROTECT AND SERVE.
BENNETT, DON'T GLAMORIZE IT.
THE JOB TOOK ITS TOLL ON YOU.
IT WASN'T JUST A JOB, YIN.
IT WAS MY IDENTITY, MY LIFE, WHO I AM.
WAS...
[WHISPERING] CLAYFACE!
THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE LET HIM OUT!
THAT'S HIM, ISN'T IT?
[SIGHS]
I TELL YOU, YIN, SOME DAYS I WISH I COULD JUST DISAPPEAR.
UH...LOOKS LIKE I'M A LITTLE SHORT.
DO YOU THINK I CAN OWE YOU 50 CENTS?
NO CAN DO.
[DOOR BELL DINGS]
[CHUCKLING]
ROJAS?
[CHUCKLING]
UH...GO FOR IT, BRO.
IDIOT! YOU WANNA END UP BACK IN THE CELL?
ALL THAT WORK, ALL THOSE MONTHS?
HA. DITCHING ROJAS WAS KIND OF COOL.
GOTTA HOLD MYSELF TOGETHER.
THAT'S IT. GOTTA KEEP BUSY.
GOTTA REMEMBER WHO I AM.
A DARING HIGH-RISE GOLD ROBBERY
COMMITTED BY JOKER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CLOWN GOT IN HERE,
AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE WENT.
HE JUST... STEPPED OFF THE BALCONY
AND DISAPPEARED.
THIS IS LIKELY THE BEGINNING OF YET ANOTHER JOKER CRIME SPREE.
THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE CRAZY CRIME CLOWN
BE STOPPED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT?
GOTTA REMEMBER...
WHO I AM.
HO HO. BENNETT, YOU'RE HERE EARLY.
HAPPY TO BE WORKING.
MR. BENNETT, I FOUND YOU.
TIME FOR YOUR COURT-ORDERED TEST, SIR.
RIGHT WITH YOU, DOC.
HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA!
[CHORTLING]
FOOLS' GOLD!
YOU'RE THROUGH, JOKER!
AH! DETECTIVE.
OR SHOULD I SAY...
NIGHT WATCHMAN?
OH, SO YOU REMEMBER ME NOW.
I NEVER FORGET A FACE I'VE TORMENTED.
SPEAKING OF HAPPY DAYS...
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
WAIT! STOP!
DON'T TELL ME THESE AREN'T SPIFFY CLODHOPPERS!
JOKER, LISTEN--
TO THE SOUND OF YOU GOING SPLAT?
GREAT IDEA!
[CHORTLING]
NO!
MMM. THINK IT GOES WITH THE SHOES?
[SPLAT]
WOWZA! THAT'S A SPLAT!
JOKER!
DETECTIVE BENNETT!
YOU'RE CLAYFACE?
YOU TURNED ME INTO CLAY!
FUNNY. I WAS TRYING TO TURN YOU INTO DUST!
I'M GOING TO CHOP YOU DOWN TO SIZE!
WHO YOU CALLING TALL?
[JOKER GIGGLING]
TTFN--TA TA FOR NOW.
NO!
YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I ALMOST HAD JOKER.
WHO ALMOST HAD JOKER?
AREN'T YOU TAKING A RISK HERE, BENNETT?
IT'S NOT HOW IT LOOKS, BATS.
CLAYFACE DIDN'T TRACK DOWN JOKER.
ETHAN BENNETT DID. CLAYFACE JUST--
REARED HIS UGLY HEAD?
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LOOK, BATS, I'M NOT HEADED FOR A MELTDOWN.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT REVENGE.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE WHAT JOKER DID TO ME
NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE ELSE. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
[LAUGHTER]
GO HOME, BENNETT.
LEAVE JOKER TO ME.
I'LL CUT RIGHT TO IT, ETHAN.
DOCTOR DESMOND SHOWED ME YOUR TEST RESULTS.
THERE'S SOME INDICATION THAT YOU'VE BEEN MORPHING AGAIN.
IS DESMOND GONNA BUST MY PAROLE?
IS HE? ETHAN--
THE RESULTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE,
AND I CONVINCED HIM NOT TO BE HASTY.
BUT ETHAN, YOUR CELLS ARE ACTIVE AGAIN.
IF YOU KEEP THIS UP, YOU COULD PASS THE POINT OF NO--
BRUCE, I SLIPPED.
FOR A SECOND. IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
I'M NOT SPEAKING AS YOUR BOSS, ETHAN.
I'M SPEAKING AS YOUR FRIEND.
WE'VE BOTH SEEN THE NEWS. JOKER'S OUT THERE.
YEAH, I KNOW.
AH!
DESTINY.
WAYNE'S PET FREAK. [SCOFFS]
CAN'T BELIEVE HE REASSIGNED ME TO THE NIGHT SHIFT.
THE NIGHTY-NIGHT SHIFT.
JOKER!
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE!
THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THERE HILLS!
GOIN' UP.
[ALARM BLARES]
JOKER!
CLAYFACE!
JUST THE DO-GOODER I WAS HOPING TO SEE!
I'LL BE THE LAST DO-GOODER YOU'LL EVER SEE!
LET'S DANCE, DRIPPY.
SORRY, FELLAS...
BUT I HAVE TO CUT IN.
BATMAN AND CLAYFACE?
HEE HEE! MY CUP RUNNETH OVER!
STRUGGLING WITH YOUR INNER DEMON AGAIN, BENNETT?
NOT THIS TIME. THE ONLY SPOT IN WAYNE INDUSTRIES
WITHOUT SECURITY CAMERAS--
THOUGHT I MIGHT JUST GET AWAY WITH IT.
JUST DIDN'T COUNT ON YOU GETTING HERE QUITE SO FAST, BATS.
MY, YOU ARE GOOD.
I'LL JUST BE GOING.
WHOA!
NO FAIR! 2 AGAINST 1?
HA HA! WE MAKE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM, BATS.
GIVE IT UP, BENNETT. IN YOUR CASE, DOING GOOD
IS AN ACT OF SELF-DESTRUCTION.
HAD A FEELING YOU'D TAKE THE HIGH ROAD, BATMAN.
GUESS IT'S TIME WE SETTLED OUR DIFFERENCES.
I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY, BENNETT.
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I SEE STANDING BETWEEN ME AND MY FREEDOM.
YOU HAVE OPTIONS.
LIKE PRISON OR ARKHAM?
HMM...I PICK...
ELIMINATING WITNESSES!
THAT'S THE CLAY TALKING, BENNETT.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE BENNETT ENDS
AND CLAYFACE BEGINS?
AAAAHHHH!
SAW THAT COMING!
GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN A NEW TRICK, HUH, BATS?
AH. CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
GO ON, SON. TAKE A LITTLE OFF THE TOP.
SON?!
I MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE. SAID SO YOURSELF.
AND FROM WHERE I DANGLE, YOU MAKE A BETTER VILLAIN THAN VIGILANTE.
[CHORTLING]
BESIDES, CRIME PAYS MORE.
SO COME TO PAPA. JOIN TEAM JOKER!
YOU HAVE A POINT!
BUT CLAYFACE WORKS ALONE!
WAIT. WHAT ABOUT MY CUT?
BENNETT! WHO?
OH, THEY GROW UP SO FAST.
HOLD IT!
WHOA! YIN, YOU WOULDN'T SHOOT YOUR OLD PARTNER, WOULD YOU?
DIDN'T KNOW YOU COLLECTED MODERN ART.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT?
MELT IT DOWN. YOU KNOW, TO JUMP-START MY NEW LIFE.
BENNETT, GIVE UP. IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
ISN'T IT, BATS? LOOK, HERE'S THE PROBLEM AS I SEE IT--
BEING ETHAN BENNETT IS HARD--REALLY HARD.
BEING CLAYFACE IS CAKE.
SO SAY YOUR GOOD-BYES.
THIS IS THE LAST YOU'LL EVER SEE OF HIM.
NOW STEP ASIDE, OR I'LL MASH YOU BOTH--
MASH ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY!
GOOD TO KNOW. YOU JUST MADE THIS A WHOLE LOT EASIER.
DIDN'T EXPECT THAT FROM YOU, YIN.
I GUESS YOU DO HAVE... A NEW PARTNER.
WE'VE REALLY LOST HIM THIS TIME, HAVEN'T WE, WAYNE?
ETHAN'S PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
[GROWLS]
NOW...ONLY CLAYFACE REMAINS.
THE BATMAN.