Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Series)

The Rise of the Blue Beetle! (2008)

Will Friedle: Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle

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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.

• Jaime Reyes : Think you could ever see me being a hero, Paco? You know, like a on a poster up in some kid's bedroom?

  Paco : Beep, beep, beep. Detecting high levels of geek.

  Jaime Reyes : Okay, whatever. Go home. I gotta sleep.

  Paco : Later, Super Jaime.

• Jaime Reyes : Okay, okay, here's one. Poison Ivy has used her mind control spores on Superman to pit him against Batman. Oh, oh, and Batman has no kryptonite. Who wins?

  Paco : Easy. Superman.

  Jaime Reyes : Wrong! Batman. By using his kryptonite.

  Paco : You just said he had no kryptonite.

  Jaime Reyes : Trick question. Batman always has kryptonite.

  Paco : Which I bet he keeps in that utility belt you seem to think holds the answer for any jam he's in.

  Jaime Reyes : It's a big belt.

• Blue Beetle : [disoriented after exiting a wormhole]  Let's ride it again, daddy.

• 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.

• 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.

• Kanjar Ro : You're looking well for a dead man, Beetle.

  Blue Beetle : Kanjar Ro?

  Kanjar Ro : This time, I intend to finish the job.

  Blue Beetle : Come on, suit, do something that goes "boom."

  [straining, he conjures cannons on his hands and blasts Ro backwards] 

  Blue Beetle : That works. Hey, maybe I'm getting the hang of this thing.

• 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.

• Jaime Reyes : "Don't need your help, Bats. I've got this superhero thing down." What was I thinking? Oh, I know. I wasn't. Well, maybe it's time to start. Come on, think. What would Batman do?

  [seeing a control switch, he hocks a wad of spit at it, which shorts out and releases his restraints] 

  Jaime Reyes : Okay, so maybe Batman wouldn't do that, but good enough.

• 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.

• Blue Beetle : Back for another beatdown?

  Kanjar Ro : Yes, only this time I'll be doing the beating.

  Gibble Leader : [with a mortified gasp]  The gamma gong.

  Kanjar Ro : I remembered you had a weakness for a good tune.

  Blue Beetle : [as Ro strikes the gong, his suit begins to malfunction]  My suit. What's happening to it?

  [as he tries to fight back, Ro grabs him and conks his head on the gong] 

  Kanjar Ro : [seeing the suit de-materialize]  A child? My greatest enemy is a child? Then I did crush the beetle the last time we met.

• 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.

• Jaime Reyes : Come on, guys, don't give up. Attack. Remember? Power within?

  Kanjar Ro : Why would they listen to you? You're just some ill-equipped boy playing dress-up.

  [seeing the scarab on his back] 

  Kanjar Ro : But I bet you're not the only one who would look good in blue.

• 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!