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| Joker |
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Do you know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. Your can't savor all the... little emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards? |
| Bank Manager | Do you have any idea who you're stealing from?! You and your friends are dead! |
| James Gordon Jr. | Why's he running, Dad? | |
| James Gordon |
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Because we have to chase him. |
| James Gordon Jr. | He didn't do anything wrong. | |
| James Gordon |
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Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight. |
| Bank Manager | Criminals in this town used to believe in something: honor, respect. What do you believe in, huh? What do you believe in?! | |
| Joker |
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I believe that what doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger. |
| The Chechen |
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What are you going to do with all your money? |
| Joker |
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See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder, and gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap! |
| Batman |
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Don't let me find you out here again. |
| Brian Douglas |
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We're trying to help you! |
| Batman |
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I don't need help. |
| Scarecrow |
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Not in my diagnosis! |
| Brian Douglas |
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What gives you the right? What's the difference between you and me? |
| Batman |
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I'm not wearing hockey pads! |
| Lucius Fox |
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Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck. |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
|
Know your limits, Master Wayne. |
| Batman |
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Batman has no limits. |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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Well, you do, sir. |
| Batman |
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Well, can't afford to know them. |
| Coleman Reese |
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They're trying to kill me! |
| James Gordon |
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Well, maybe Batman will save you. |
| The Chechen |
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What do you propose? |
| Joker |
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It's simple. We, uh, kill the Batman. |
| Salvatore Maroni |
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If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already? |
| Joker |
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If you're good at something, never do it for free. |
| Batman |
|
I need a new suit. |
| Lucius Fox |
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Yeah, three buttons is a little '90's, Mr. Wayne. |
| Batman |
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I'm not talking fashion, Mr. Fox, so much as function. |
| Lucius Fox |
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You want to be able to turn your head. |
| Batman |
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Sure would make backing out of the driveway easier. |
| Joker |
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How about a magic trick? I'm going to make this pencil...disappear. TA-DAH! Bah, it's gone. |
| Batman |
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Then why do you want to kill me? |
| Joker |
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I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no, NO! No. You... you... complete me |
| Batman |
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You're garbage who kills for money. |
| Joker |
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Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. |
| Batman |
|
Where is Dent? |
| Joker |
|
You have all these rules and you think they'll save you. |
| James Gordon |
|
He's in control. |
| Batman |
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I have one rule. |
| Joker |
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Then that's the rule you'll have to break to know the truth. |
| Batman |
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Which is? |
| Joker |
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The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules. And tonight you're gonna break your one rule. |
| Batman |
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I'm considering it. |
| Joker |
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No, there's only minutes left, so you're gonna have to play my little game if you want to save one of them. |
| Joker |
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Oh, you. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever. |
| Batman |
|
You'll be in a padded cell forever. |
| Joker |
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Maybe we can share one. You know, they'll be doubling up, the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds. |
| Batman |
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This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good. |
| Joker |
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Until their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you? No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey. |
| Batman |
|
What did you do? |
| Joker |
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I took Gotham's white knight and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push! |
| James Gordon |
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Harvey Dent never made it home. |
| Joker |
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Of course not. |
| James Gordon |
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What have you done with him? |
| Joker |
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Me? I was right here. |
| Joker |
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Who did you leave him with? Your people? Assuming, of course, they are still *your* people, and not Maroni's. Does it depress you, commissioner? To know just how alone you really are? Does it make you feel responsible for Harvey Dent's current predicament? |
| James Gordon |
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Where is he? |
| Joker |
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What's the time? |
| James Gordon |
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What difference does that make? |
| Joker |
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Well, depending on the time, he may in one spot, or several. |
| James Gordon |
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If we're gonna play games... |
| James Gordon |
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I'm gonna need a cup of coffee. |
| Joker |
|
Ah, the good cop, bad cop routine? |
| James Gordon |
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Not exactly. |
| Batman |
|
People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do? |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice. |
| Batman |
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Well today I found out what Batman can't do. He can't endure this. Today you get to say "I told you so." |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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Today, I don't want to. |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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But I did bloody tell you. |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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I suppose they'll lock me up as well. As your accomplice... |
| Batman |
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Accomplice? I'm going to tell them the whole thing was your idea. |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away. |
| Batman |
|
Then why steal them? |
| Alfred Pennyworth |
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Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. |
| Batman |
|
[about the Joker] Where is he? |
| Salvatore Maroni |
|
Nobody knows, he came to us! |
| Batman |
|
He must have friends! |
| Salvatore Maroni |
|
Friends? Have you met this guy? |
| Joker |
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I had a vision, of a world without Batman. The mob ground out a little profit and the police tried to shut them down, one block at a time. And it was so... boring. I've had a change of heart. I don't want Mr. Reese spoiling everything, but why should I have all the fun? Let's give someone else a chance. If Coleman Reese isn't dead in sixty minutes then I blow up a hospital. |
| Joker |
|
[captured by The Joker, Brian Douglas is being recorded my him] Tell them your name. |
| Brian Douglas |
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Brian... Douglas. |
| Joker |
|
Are you the real Batman? |
| Brian Douglas |
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No. |
| Joker |
|
No? |
| Brian Douglas |
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No. |
| Joker |
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No? Then why do you dress up like him? [dangles Brian's mask in front of the camera] |
| Joker |
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Whooo-hoo-hoo-hoo! |
| Brian Douglas |
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Because he's a symbol that we don't have to be afraid of scum like you. |
| Joker |
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Oh you do, Brian. You really do. Yeah. Oh shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. So, you think Batman's made Gotham a better place? Hmm? Look at me. LOOK! AT! ME! [turns the camera to himself] |
| Joker |
|
You see? This is how crazy Batman's made Gotham! You want order in Gotham? Batman must take off his mask and turn himself in. Oh, and every day he doesn't, people will die. Starting tonight. I'm a man of my word. [laughs] |
| Joker |
|
[The Joker interrupts the mobs meeting with Lau] Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oh hee hee ha ah ooh hee ha ha. And I thought my jokes were bad |
| Gambol |
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Give me one reason why I shouldn't have my boy here pull your head off. |
| Joker |
|
How about a magic trick? [takes a pencil and sticks it into the table] |
| Joker |
|
I'm gonna make this pencil disappear. [Gambol's thug walks towards The Joker, who quickly slams his face into the pencil and kills him] |
| Joker |
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Ta-daa! It's... it's gone. |
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Box Office
Domestic $533,345,358 Foreign +$468,576,467 - = total worldwide gross $1,001,921,825
- - a reported budget of $185,000,000
- = a 441.6% net profit of $816,921,825
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Domestic $533,345,358 Foreign +468,576,467 - = total worldwide gross $1,001,921,825
- - a reported budget of $185,000,000
- = a 441.6% net profit of $816,921,825
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