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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

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It's a tragedy what's been happening
to the university.

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WOMAN: Robberies, vandalism.
MAN: Where will it end?

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Dr. Long! Dr. Long,

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I'm Summer Gleeson with Gotham Insider.

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Can I ask you a few questions
about the recent robberies?

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All right, but I'm in a hurry.

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Dr. Long, do you have any idea

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why someone would want to
destroy the university?

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No, but one more disaster

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and students will be afraid
to set foot on this campus.

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BRUCE: Hello, Summer.

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Bruce! What a pleasant surprise.

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Dr. Long, have you met Bruce Wayne?

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Your father and I
attended university together.

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- He had big plans for you.
- Well, I guess he'd be pleased.

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Wayne Industries
is more prosperous than ever.

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Pleased? When your father was alive,

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Wayne was a name
that commanded great respect.

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Now, all Wayne stands for
is a self-centered, jet-setting playboy.

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It's lucky your father didn't live to
see what you've done to his good name.

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He'd have died of shame.

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Wait, Dr. Long,
I haven't finished the interview.

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He's probably just venting his anger
over what's happening to the university.

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(LAUGHING)

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Hold it right there!

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Hey, what are you...

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(COUGHING)

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Stop! What the...

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No! No, spiders!

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Get them off of me! No! No!

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(SCREAMING)

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What did you do to him, boss?

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I merely helped him visualize
his innermost terror,

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which is obviously arachnophobia.

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- A-whack-a-what?
- Arachnophobia.

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Fear of spiders, you dimwitted dropout!

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Now, to the vault.

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- Nigel, you'll stand guard here.
- I'm ready for anything.

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Come to Papa.

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Take what you can, then burn the rest.

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Burn it, boss?

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This isn't about money,
it's about revenge.

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HENCHMAN: Help, boss! It's the Batman.
He's got me... (MUFFLED GROANING)

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Climb up there and wait for my signal.

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Sure thing, boss.

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(HENCHMAN SCREAMING)

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(GRUNTING)

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SCARECROW: Welcome, Batman.

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Oh, a gas mask.

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Perhaps you are as resourceful
as they say.

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Who are you?

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I am fear incarnate.

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I am the terror of Gotham.
I am the Scarecrow.

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Give it up. There's no way out.

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Except through you.

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(GROANING)

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Fight all you want, Batman,

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but you must succumb to the fear.

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What hidden terror
keeps the Batman awake at night?

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Come on, you cretins. My work is done.

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<i>MAN: Bruce.</i>

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What?

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Can't be.

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<i>MAN: Bruce...</i>

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<i>Bruce, you have failed me.</i>

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Father?

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<i>You have disgraced the family name.</i>

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Wait.

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Batman, what happened?

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(COUGHING)

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Scarecrow.

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Scarecrow? What do you mean?

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He's right. (COUGHING)

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It was some guy
dressed like a scarecrow.

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He tried to torch the bank,
but Batman stopped him.

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All right, then.
Where is this scarecrow?

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Well, he got away.

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You mean the Commissioner's pet bat here
let him get away?

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What do you got there, vigilante?

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Looks like police evidence.

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Give it up. Now!

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Ooh, looks like I'm going to have to
take it from you.

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Bullock, what the blazes
is going on here?

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"Blaze" is right, Commissioner.
It's attempted arson.

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Zorro here is withholding evid...

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Where the...

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You were saying?

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Ah, never mind.

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SUMMER: (ON TV)
Tonight's arson attempt <i>by</i> someone

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<i>calling himself the "Scarecrow"</i>

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<i>was thwarted by Batman.</i>

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It seems
I have underestimated the Batman.

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But at least the university is finished.

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ANTHONY: Gee, boss,
I never liked school.

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But how come you hate
the university so much?

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They tried to destroy me.

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You mean they kicked you out
'cause you weren't smart enough?

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- No, you simpleton.
- Ow!

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I taught there.

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I was a professor of psychology,
specializing in phobias.

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Inducing terror has always intrigued me.

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<i>Even as a boy,
I loved to frighten things.</i>

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<i>People, animals, it was all the same.</i>

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<i>I became obsessed
with fear's crippling power.</i>

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<i>Later, when I became
their leading professor</i>

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<i>of subliminal psychology
at the university,</i>

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<i>I began performing experiments
on fear and its subsequent effects.</i>

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<i>Dr. Long thought I went too far.</i>

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<i>He called me a lunatic.</i>

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So now, they will learn
the true nature of horror.

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Wow. He's a real professor.

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<i>ANNOUNCER: (ON TV)
You'll feel like a <i>million dollars.</i>

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COMPUTER: Exhibit A, scarecrow mask.

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<i>Will</i> analyze and cross-reference.

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(GROANING)

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THOMAS WAYNE: You've failed me, son.

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<i>This is Summer Gleeson, back live
at the Gotham State University.</i>

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<i>The campus bank
was the target of a robbery</i>

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<i>and a malicious arson attempt
by the so-called Scarecrow.</i>

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<i>Though the Batman did thwart the arson,</i>

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<i>he failed to catch the perpetrators.</i>

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<i>Failed to catch the perpetrators.</i>

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<i>Failed. Failed. Failed.</i>

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-Imagine that, sir.
- Huh? What?

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Someone dressed up
in a frightening costume,

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running around scaring people.

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What will they think of next?

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The question is,

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why would Scarecrow
want to destroy the university?

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Perhaps he flunked Phys. Ed.

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Are you all right, sir?

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The Scarecrow drugged me
with some kind of fear toxin.

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I never know when it's going to hit me.

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I'm having horrible visions
of my father.

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He says I'm shaming the family name.

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That's rubbish.

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I know your father
would be proud of you,

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because I'm so proud of you.

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Come on, it's time for chicken soup
and a good night's sleep.

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- Alfred.
- Yes, sir?

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Thanks.

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-(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

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- MAN: Hey, what's that?
-(GAS HISSING)

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WOMAN: We're being gassed!

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(ALL SCREAMING)

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(PANICKED CHATTERING)

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WOMAN: They've got guns!
MAN: Guns?

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SCARECROW: Thank you, Dr. Long.

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I'll take that.

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- Over my dead body.
- If you insist.

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Oh! (COUGHING)

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What's happening?

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(SCREAMING)

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No!

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Help!

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(LAUGHING)

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Bring him. His torture has just begun.

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(PANICKED CHATTERING CONTINUES)

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No! Get them off my back!

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Batman, I am surprised.

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I thought you'd be home enjoying
my time-released fear toxin.

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(SCARECROW LAUGHING)

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(ALL GASPING)

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SCARECROW: Welcome to
everyone's worst fear.

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Isn't it invigorating?

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It's a giant bat!

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Get him!

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(ALL YELLING)

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(LAUGHING)

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Marvelous. Simply marvelous.

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(LAUGHING)

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My revenge is complete.

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The university is in the grip of fear,
and Batman has been annihilated.

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Huh?

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Annihilated. Destroyed. Dead.

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Then who's that?

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I don't believe it.
Anthony, take care of him.

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Who, me?

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- Er... But, boss...
- Do it!

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End of the line.

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(GROANS)

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(BOTH GRUNTING)

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Look out!

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- Do something.
- Me? You're the genius.

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Oh, no! Look!

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(ANTHONY SCREAMING)

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ANTHONY: Help!

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(ANTHONY SCREAMING)

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What are we going to do, Professor?

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I believe we can leave it
to my fear toxin.

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(GASPING)

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THOMAS WAYNE: Bruce.

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No, not now.

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<i>You are a disgrace.</i>

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No! No!

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You are not my father.
I am not a disgrace.

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I am vengeance.

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I am the night.

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I am Batman!

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No!

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Stop him!

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Gotcha!

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(GROANS)

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No. No more prison walls.

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They're closing in on me. No!

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No!

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It's over, Scarecrow.

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Only for you and the doctor, Batman.

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(LAUGHING)

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- What's going on?
- Just hold on.

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But how?

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<i>COMPUTER: Exhibit A, scarecrow mask.
Analysis complete.</i>

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<i>Substance is manufactured
by five corporations in Gotham City.</i>

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<i>Axis Engineering, Bio Laboratories,</i>

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<i>Crane Chemicals,
Macurity Manufacturing, Star Labs.</i>

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Computer, cross-reference
former employees

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of Gotham State University
with the chemical labs.

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<i>Searching.</i>

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<i>Found. One Jonathan Crane.</i>

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<i>Owner, operator of Crane Chemicals.</i>

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Background on Crane.

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<i>Searching.
Former professor of psychology.</i>

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<i>Specialty, fear and phobias.</i>

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Bingo.

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It's not fair.

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Revenge was within my grasp.

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I was so close.

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(GAS HISSING)

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Hmm?

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(COUGHING)

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What's going on?

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Who's there?

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(SCREECHING)

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(SCREAMING)

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No. Please.

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(YELPING)

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No, stop. Leave me alone.

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What's the matter, Scarecrow?

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Can't handle your own medicine?

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Batman.

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No. Stay away. Stay away, please.

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(LIGHTNING CRASHES)

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Stay away.

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No!

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Oh, yes.

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Look at the facts, Commissioner.
Batman's withholding evidence.

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Even helped the Scarecrow guy escape.

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I'd bet my badge
he and Scarecrow are in cahoots.

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Your badge, eh?

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Huh?

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Now, about that badge...

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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