Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Dreams in Darkness (1992)

Kevin Conroy: Batman

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Quotes 

• Batman : Some thought I'd gone mad. Others thought I always had been. And so they put me where they thought I belonged.

• Batman : "There's always time to heal", the doctor told me, but he was wrong. There was no time left. Not for me, not for him, and not for Gotham City. And as long as I remained trapped in Arkham, there was nothing I could do, except wait for the end and remember the beginning.

• Dr. Bartholomew : It's time we had another chat, Batman. Now, tell me about this supposed gas again.

  Batman : I've already told you. When the gas is put into Gotham's water supply, the entire city will be affected.

  [Standing up] 

  Batman : Why won't you believe me?

  Orderly : Easy.

  Dr. Bartholomew : Well, how could such a complex plan be implemented without attracting attention? I think this plot is just another delusion. And deep down, you believe so too. Otherwise, why come to Arkham? The one place where costumed delusional personalities can receive compassion and help?

  Batman : I didn't come here for help! I came to find the criminal behind all this.

  Dr. Bartholomew : Really, Batman. As if a criminal could run an outside operation from in here. Jack Napier? Harvey Dent? Pamela Isley? Or, as you call them, the Joker, Two-Face and Poison Ivy. We keep them all under constant watch.

  Batman : They're not responsible for this madness. There's only one criminal twisted enough to come up with such a scheme: The Scarecrow.

  Dr. Bartholomew : Professor Crane? What nonsense. I saw him this morning in his cell. He's probably asleep even as we speak.

• Alfred Pennyworth : Here are the reference materials you requested on water purifying systems, sir. Might one inquire what they're for?

  Batman : Someone stole a huge water purification system last month. This device is a miniature test model, which means someone was trying to contaminate the spa's water.

  Alfred Pennyworth : Good heavens. With what?

  Batman : The gas residue was completely oxidized. I can't be sure... yet.

• Batman : [narrating]  He was in no condition to tell me what he was trying to do or who he was working for. My only clues were the strange device he had welded to the drinking water pipe and one half of a video communication link. As for the gas, I thought it had no effect on me, but I was wrong again.

  [as he works, he sees the Joker's reflection in his computer monitor; turning around, he realizes it's just Alfred] 

  Batman : Wha... Alfred?

  Alfred Pennyworth : I beg your pardon, Master Bruce. Did I startle you?

  Batman : No. I must have been staring at the screen too long.

• Dr. Bartholomew : Such a pity. To think, after all he's accomplished, that he should end up here like this. Yes, he does seem calmer. You can turn on the lights, It's all right, Batman. I'm Dr. Bartholomew, your psychiatrist.

  Batman : Did you contact Commissioner Gordon and Dr. Wu?

  Dr. Bartholomew : Calm yourself. Everything is under control.

  Batman : Haven't you listened to anything I've told you?

  Dr. Bartholomew : [to the orderly]  He needs more time. See that he's not disturbed.

  Batman : BARTHOLOMEW! We don't have any more time!

  Dr. Bartholomew : Now, now. There's always time to heal.

• Dr. Bartholomew : He can't possibly have left the grounds. Our security is absolute, completely...

  Batman : No security is absolute. The Scarecrow's already proved that!

• Dr. Bartholomew : I hope I'm not disturbing you.

  Batman : Isn't that why I'm here? Because I'm... disturbed?