Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Series)

The Rise of the Blue Beetle! (2008)

Diedrich Bader: Batman

Quotes 

• Blue Beetle : The meteor! It's like no time's passed since we left.

  Batman : Due to the quantum anomalies of wormholes, none has.

  Batman : [Thinking to himself]  Of course, that's just a fancy way of saying, "That's weird." But half of the things I encounter on this job make no sense. Take this mission. I wanted to see if this kid had hero potential. Instead, I got to see him become one.

• Blue Beetle : This is like a dream come true. Partners with Batman!

  Batman : We're not partners. Not yet, at least.

  Blue Beetle : I know. You teach. I learn.

  Batman : [thinking]  I'm here to learn something, too. I could've asked Green Lantern to help me with this mission. But I wanna find out if Jaime has what it takes to be a hero.

• Green Arrow : What, like you've never made a mistake, Bats?

  Batman : Apparently, I made one when I thought you could help me stop the Clock King.

  Green Arrow : Eh, keep complaining. It gives me more time to show you up.

  Batman : [thinking]  Sure, Green Arrow and I have our squabbles... but that's because we go way back. As competitive as we are, the truth is we make each other better. And though I'd never tell this to his face... there's no one else I'd rather have at my side in a tight jam than him.

• Gibble Leader : The great one has arrived to save our people once again.

  Blue Beetle : Dude, looks like you rock even on the other side of the galaxy.

  Batman : [seeing a nearby statute of the Blue Beetle]  I don't think they're talking about me.

• Blue Beetle : So, where are we?

  Batman : Judging from the position of these stars, I'd say that wormhole has brought us to somewhere on the back side of the Milky Way.

  Blue Beetle : And you know that just by looking at dots of light in the sky? Oh, of course you do.

• Batman : The plan's simple. Just follow my lead and...

  [Jaime rockets away] 

  Batman : Was I unclear?

  Blue Beetle : It's not me! The suit's taken control! Hey! Help!

  Batman : This kind of thing happen often?

  Blue Beetle : [flashing back to his poor attempt to get a little girl's cat out of a tree]  Uh, no.

• Batman : What is this, now? The fifth or sixth deathtrap. I've been tied up to because of you over the years?

  Green Arrow : Hey, I said I was sorry. Up and to the right.

  [Batman presses a button on Arrow's belt, and a trick arrow in his quiver launches, and Batman uses the arrow to free them] 

  Green Arrow : Who knew his wristwatch was equipped with knockout gas?

• Jaime Reyes : [seeing Batman outside his window]  Dude, how long have you been there?

  Batman : Whoa, geek detector's off the charts.

  Jaime Reyes : I bet he wouldn't think that if he knew the truth.

  Batman : Secret identity thing's a bummer, huh? I need your expertise for a little emergency.

  Reporter : [he turns on the TV]  We have breaking news. A meteoroid appears to be on collision course with a space station.

  Jaime Reyes : Just let me change.

  [holding his head and groaning; Batman is unimpressed] 

  Jaime Reyes : Still trying to figure out the on button for this thing.

  Blue Beetle : [the scarab on his back activates and his suit materializes]  Blue Beetle at your service.

• Gibble Leader : Sidekick, why do you not bow?

  Blue Beetle : Sidekick? Uh, this is Batman, the greatest hero, like, ever. I mean, you should be bowing to him.

  Batman : What the blue one is trying to say is that now he has returned. Kanjar Ro will surely be defeated and your people freed.

  Blue Beetle : No! Not what I'm saying! And why are you encouraging this?

  Gibble Leader : [in unison with the others]  All hail the blue one! All hail the blue one!

  Batman : [kneeling]  All hail the blue one.

• Blue Beetle : Whoa. I just saved Batman. I just saved Batman!

  Batman : Way to go, kid.

  Blue Beetle : Let's see what else I can do.

• Blue Beetle : I did it. I did it! I took out a supervillain! I rock!

  Batman : [thinking]  Great. I get to deal with this now.

• Batman : We're going to need an army to defeat an army. They may not be much, but they're all we have. You're gonna have to rally them with some words of inspiration.

  Blue Beetle : What, like in a football movie?

  [sighing] 

  Blue Beetle : Ah, this'll be good.

• Batman : I'll be coming for you, Kanjar Ro.

  Kanjar Ro : You should be more worried about what's coming for you.

• Gibble Leader : If only we could find this "power within" the blue one spoke of.

  Batman : Not a bad idea.

• Blue Beetle : Okay, here's one. It's me versus Kanjar Ro, only my feet are trapped in concrete. Oh, and I'm blindfolded. Who wins?

  Gibble Leader : [with the other Gibbles]  You do!

  Blue Beetle : You guys are good.

  [to Batman] 

  Blue Beetle : Oh, this is so cool.

  Batman : When I said this job was about using your head, I didn't mean for it to *go* to your head.

  Gibble Leader : Oh. Sidekick must not speak in such tones to the Beetle.

  Blue Beetle : Yeah, sidekick.

• Blue Beetle : Okay, what is going on?

  Gibble Leader : Kanjar Ro. He has returned as he does every season to harvest our bodies for fuel.

  Batman : Fuel?

  [taking a sample from the Gibble] 

  Batman : Interesting.

  Gibble Leader : We did not think you would return. Not after your last encounter with Kanjar Ro's terrible gamma gong. But you have returned to save the Gibble people once again. All hail the blue one.

• Gibble Leader : Once again, you have saved our people. More importantly, you have shown us how to save ourselves. And you, Batman, have proven to be a worthy sidekick. Your contributions will be forever remembered.

  Batman : [seeing a statue dedicated to him is smaller than the Blue Beetle's]  They say it's the thought that counts.

• Blue Beetle : So, uh, what am I supposed to say here? "Let's do it"? "Action"? "Move it or lose it"?

  Batman : How about "attack"?

  Blue Beetle : Oh, duh. Attack!

• Blue Beetle : All hail the blue one? Wha... now these people think I can save them. I can barely work this suit, much less be the hero they need.

  Batman : What they need is someone to believe in. And what I need is for you to play along if we're going to save their people.

  Blue Beetle : But I'm telling you, they're not gonna listen to me. You have to come up with a better plan.

  [a Gibble child hands him a drawing in appreciation of his return] 

  Blue Beetle : [giving in]  Okay, what do you want me to do, Bats?

• Blue Beetle : You really think these guys have what it takes to be warriors?

  Batman : Being around their hero will bring out the best in them.

  Blue Beetle : I guess they're not the only ones I'm worried about.

  Batman : [pointing to his brain]  Just remember, this will get you out a lot more jams than this.

  [indicating his utility belt] 

• Blue Beetle : So, uh, I guess in the past, I've handled this sort of thing myself, but this time... um, I'm gonna need your help...

  [glancing at Batman, he gets a thumbs-up] 

  Blue Beetle : ...to fight Kanjar Ro.

  Gibble Leader : Fight Kanjar Ro? How can we? Our weapons are no match for his. And we are weak. You must save us, with your powers.

  Blue Beetle : Dude, I tried.

  Batman : Try harder.

• Blue Beetle : Who are these people and how do they know me?

  Batman : The scarab. Someone had it before you. It must have found a new host after the last guy was killed.

  [Beetle is alarmed] 

  Batman : Or, um, retired.

• Blue Beetle : Look, you guys aren't always gonna be able to rely on me. I mean, what if I've got soccer practice or something? One of these days, you... you might have to save yourselves, and... and the only way to do that is to find the power that's within each of you. So, in conclusion, find the power within, and, um, you know, it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

  Batman : They don't have knees. Now wrap it up.

  Blue Beetle : Now wrap it up.

  Gibble Leader : [chanting with the others]  Now wrap it up!