[maniacal laughing]
[tense music playing]
[bones popping and cracking]
[laughter continues]
[grunts]
Well, well... if it isn't Little Lord Brucie...
Scion of the Wayne dynasty. [laughs]
[grunts]
[Pennyworth] The Prince of Gotham... [chuckles]
And all around petulant fop!
It's the toxin Pennyworth, try to fight it!
Can't feed yourself...
Can't dress yourself... [chuckling]
[grunts]
[laughing]
No friends!
[groans]
No family!
- Just his faithful manservant... - [struggling]
...me!
- [laughing] - [grunting]
Pennyworth... [gasps]
I'm nothing more to little Brucie than an obedient, devoted lackey!
- [laughing] - [gasping]
[struggling] Alfred...
[sighing]
[grunting]
[maniacal laughing]
[gasping, groaning]
[thuds]
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music continues]
[faint maniacal laughter]
- [ominous music playing] - [laughter intensifies]
[Joker] Turning and turning, in the widening gyre,
the falcon cannot hear the falconer.
[theme music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
I'm doing what I can to get the gag removed, Mr. Merkel.
You'll have to promise not to be so...
bite-happy in the future [nervous chuckle].
[distant banging]
[scoffs] Sorry about that. Anyway...
[banging continues]
[clears throat] Your paperwork says you entered the Diamond Exchange,
- assaulted three guards and... [sighs] - [banging continues]
Damn it. Excuse me for one second, Mr. Merkel.
- What in the hell is going on out here? - [clamoring, screaming]
- [maniacal laughter] - [struggling]
[Bullock, taunting] Flass...
Oh, Arnold Flass!
Come on out and play, old buddy!
[gasps] Renee! What the hell!?
[screaming and panicking continues]
Where ya at, Arnie boy...
Olly, olly oxenfree!
[maniacal laughing continues]
Hey...
You ain't Flass.
[laughing]
- [maniacal laughing] - [impact sounds]
- [laughing continues] - [loud grunt]
[infected laughing in unison]
Holy hell.
Oh my God, Dad! Where is he?
[Batman] Phase one.
Injection. Symptoms, uncontrolled laughter and death.
Phase two. Incubation.
Toxin turns to gas in the body.
Expelled when the body reaches saturation [sighs].
Which brings us to phase three...
Airborne gas.
Dementia, enhanced strength, resistance to pain and--
- [groaning] - Easy.
You're not a hundred percent.
[sighs]
[groaning]
At least we know the antitoxin is effective.
It makes no sense...
The gas only infects within a few feet.
Perhaps there is a phase four, sir.
Even if every corpse contaminated five people.
If you want an epidemic, what do you--
Hm.
Of course.
Sir?
Whatever I might have said...
or done, while under the influence of that-- [stammers]
- Well, it was not my true-- - No time for that.
Start making more antitoxin. As much as you can!
[dramatic music playing]
- [engine revs] - [tires screech]
[dramatic music playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
Salutations, brother.
Shall we begin?
Hello!
We have much to do!
And little--
And now we begin.
[laughing and clamoring]
Where is he, do ya think?
I don't know! Last time I saw him we were in the--
[yelping, groaning]
[maniacal laughter]
[Renee] Easy there, Cohen.
You don't wanna do anything crazy.
That's the thing, Montoya...
I really, really do!
[laughter continues]
- [grunting] - [groaning]
- [grunting] - [groaning, laughter]
[panting]
You okay, girls? [grunts]
Happy to see you too.
[laughter and clamoring continues]
My office. It's defensible.
[infected laughing in unison]
[laughing continues outside]
[all panting]
[Barbara sighs]
Well... okay then.
They're gone, but we're stuck up here.
- [groaning] - What now?
Now, we figure out how to stop this.
- [gasping, groaning] - Whoa! Easy boss.
[dramatic music playing]
[Joker] I have been in this cesspool of a city for months, brother.
Watching, planning, working...
[wheels squeaking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Joker] I removed Rupert Thorne and his successor.
I removed the mayor.
A corrupt and craven shadow of a leader.
I... how would you say it? Took the gloves off crime in Gotham.
[elevator door squeaks]
[grunts]
Tonight, I take the police. I take the citizens.
I strip them of all their illusion of order.
[fighting grunts and groans]
Good. This is good.
Tenacity, grit...
Focus, but...
- [blade shing] - [grunting
There is still mercy in there. No?
Mercy... is an anchor!
[fighting grunts and groans]
Surely, you feel the weight of it, dragging you.
[fighting grunts and groans]
Yes... nearly there.
[grunting]
[grunting, panting]
- [dramatic music playing] - [telephone ringing]
- Batman, we need you! - [Pennyworth] Apologies, Ms. Gordon.
The Batman is... unavailable just now.
Well, you need to get him! He needs to know what's happening!
Ah, I presume you've had some exposure to the new toxin.
[sighs] You already know about it. Tell me he's got a cure.
[maniacal laughter]
[Pennyworth] We are synthesizing an antitoxin.
It will take time to--
There is no time! You have to get it here, right now!
This thing is spreading.
There are more infected... already?
There in the streets now, everywhere!
I'm not sure, but I think they spread it by biting.
Phase four...
The Batman has anticipated this, and we are working on a solution--
- [man laughing] - Ms. Gordon?
- Ms. Gordon! Are you there? - [man continues laughing]
Dad?
[maniacal laughing]
Run.
Run!
Fast as you can!
- Go! - [groaning, grunts]
[maniacal laughing continues]
[laughing and clamoring]
[whimpering, groaning]
[Bullock] Flass...
Oh, Flass!
[maniacal laughter]
I got that crazy rhythm for you, buddy.
You know...
Crazy rhythm!
[maniacal laughter continues]
[grunting]
[grunting, maniacal laughter]
[giggling]
Peek-a-boo...
I see... you!
- [gunshots] - [grunting]
Damn. You always were a sap, sloppy Joe.
No matter how many times I try to help you.
No matter how simple I make a scam.
You always fall flat. [chuckles]
You stupid son-of-a--
- [cracking] - [groaning]
[grunting]
- [grunting] - [groaning, yelping]
[maniacal laughter]
[strained] Come on. Come on, sloppy Joe.
Bullock. We're a team, ain't we? Huh? Huh? Right? We gotta work--
[straining] We gotta work together!
[gunshots]
[female reporter on radio] This is an emergency bulletin.
I repeat, this is an emergency bulletin! Gotham City is under attack!
Armed rioters are rampaging through the city!
Attacking and vandalizing anything and anyone they see.
The streets are not safe.
- [distant sirens, alarms] - [citizens clamoring]
[infected laughing]
All citizens should stay inside with the doors and windows locked
until the all clear is sounded!
Police and fire crews are doing all they can to restore order.
But there is no end to the danger in sight!
If you must go out,
make sure you aren't alone and you have protection.
[maniacal laughter]
[Jim] Barbie... [laughter]
Barbie...
Renee.... [maniacal giggling]
Let's play a game, girls!
[maniacal laughter]
Hide and seek!
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Hide and... kill!
[maniacal laughing]
[grunts]
We're sorry, boss.
[groans]
Dad's safe here. He can't hurt anyone.
- If you're going out there-- - Hey, I'm still on the job.
I am not letting you go into that by yourself.
Let's go.
- [citizens screaming and clamoring] - [dramatic music playing]
You are a surprisingly poor student.
You don't need the shadows, brother.
You don't need anything, or anyone.
[grunts]
I'm not your brother.
[yelps]
[fighting grunts and groans]
[gasping, panting]
[distant maniacal laughing]
- [laughing continues] - [distant explosions]
[distant sirens, explosions]
See them down there?
The ants. The vermin.
No better than the so-called "elites" they serve.
You've done this. Why?
A fair question...
The answer...
I suppose I have always been somewhat of a teacher.
- [banging] - [grunts]
Now... I am teaching, you.
[dramatic music playing]
Clever. You are so clever.
I was clever like you once.
Before my eyes opened.
[grunting]
[grunting, panting]
[fighting grunts and groans]
[infected laughing maniacally]
[grunting, groaning]
- Climb down! Hurry! - [clamoring]
[fighting grunts and groans]
[strained groan]
[grunting]
[breathing heavily] Good. This is good.
No games. No cat and mouse.
I've come to awaken you.
- To show you. - Show me what?
[suspenseful music playing]
What you are.
What I am.
You're a monster.
[shouts] No!
You don't say that!
They say that!
The insects, the bugs down there.
Not you!
We're the same.
See me.
See yourself.
I see a criminal.
In Gotham, you're a dime a dozen.
Criminal?
What law could describe us?
We are the wild cards in every deck. We are--
[suspenseful music continues]
We are the strangers, the stalkers, the chaos at the world's heart.
[Joker] This city, you protect...
Destroyed by me with a handful of chemicals.
Chaos erupts like wildfire to consume their paper world.
I am releasing you from these chains.
[laughing, grunting and groaning]
You're free now!
You can stoke that flame.
You can dance in its glow as the insects--
[gasps, groans]
They're people.
They have lives, they have families.
And they have me!
They make you weak.
They drag you into the muck.
You and I? We are alike.
And we are above.
Alone.
[Batman laughing]
You laugh?
What is funny?
How wrong you are.
- [plane flying overhead] - [dramatic music playing]
I'm not alone.
[dramatic music continues]
No...
[shouting] No!
You will learn this, brother.
There is no other way.
And no other teacher.
[maniacal laughter]
[groaning in unison]
[grunting and groaning]
Don't be a fool.
This is no cure.
You only add more weight. More anchors pulling you down.
[machinery shifts]
[grunts]
[Batman groaning]
So stubborn. So willful.
But nearly there...
Still teachable, I think.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed,
and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned.
[groaning]
[grunting]
Rest.
I'll leave you now.
We will finish this another day.
You talk too much.
[gasping, groaning]
Brother.
[groaning, heavy breathing]
Good.
This is good.
But... you haven't won.
You never will.
The joke... is on you.
[slight chuckle]
[chuckling]
[groaning, laughing]
[laughing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Bullock] Hey, Flass.
Hey, you awake over there?
[chuckling, straining]
The doc said they found us together.
Me, shot. [slight chuckle]
You, all busted up.
Worst thing to hit Gotham in a hundred years and...
I'm drawing' a total blank.
[chuckles]
I guess we saved each other from those looney toons, huh?
Always knew you wouldn't ditch me, partner.
Yeah, yeah, sure we did.
Partner.
[Jim] My men haven't turned up anything, but it's only been a day.
We'll find him.
A fall from that height... And you said he was impaled?
We need the body, Commissioner.
We'll deal with it.
You seem different.
This one really got to you, didn't it?
He almost destroyed Gotham.
[Renee] Almost doesn't count.
[dramatic music playing]
You stopped that madman.
And people were saved.
We did that.
All of us.
Against the endless tide.
So lighten up and take the win, caped crusader.
Gotham will bounce back.
We'll see to it.
[credits music playing]