Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Series)

Revenge of the Reach! (2010)

Will Friedle: Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes

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Quotes 

• Blue Beetle : Miss me?

  Batman : I knew you wouldn't let us down.

  Blue Beetle : I need you three to pour your remaining ring energy into my armor.

  Guy Gardner : Like that'll ever happen.

  Batman : Another few minutes and we're done for anyway. Why not trust someone for once in your life?

  Guy Gardner : I gotta say, that's pretty ironic coming from you, Bats. But what the heck? Let's do it.

• Blue Beetle : Oa. I can't believe we're really here. And we're actually gonna meet the Corps.

• Guardian : We will have these analyzed, cataloged, and then destroyed. Jaime Reyes, not just the Guardians, but all who live owe you a debt of thanks. However, we must now ask you to surrender the scarab.

  Blue Beetle : But...

  Guy Gardner : Not so fast. When it comes down to it, bug boy here kicked that scarab's tail. If you ask me, the kid proved he can handle this tin suit.

  Guardian : [sharing a look with the other Guardians]  Perhaps Jaime Reyes has proven that he is the master of the scarab.

  Blue Beetle : So does this mean we're buddies, Guy?

  Guy Gardner : Let's not get carried away.

• Armor : Sorry, Jaime. We must submit to the will of the Reach.

  Jaime Reyes : No! We have to make our own choices, use our own will. We're stronger than the Reach, but only together, me and you, the best team ever.

  Armor : We are the Reach.

  Jaime Reyes : No, we are the Blue Beetle!

• Guy Gardner : Power down and turn over the scarab.

  Blue Beetle : Excuse me?

  Guy Gardner : Nobody's holding you responsible, kid. It's the armor. Got you under its influence.

  Batman : What's going on here?

  Guy Gardner : Stay out of this, Bats. Corps business.

• Blue Beetle : Paco, I need...

  Paco : Can I hit you back, Jaime? I'm deep into this new "Blue Beetle" video game.

  Blue Beetle : Pretty awesome, isn't it?

  Paco : Yeah, it's not half as cool as the Aquaman game.

  Blue Beetle : What...? Seriously?

  Paco : Aquaman is the king of the sea, the champion of Atlantis. Outrageous. Blue Beetle, he could be any loser.

  Blue Beetle : Not just any loser.

  Paco : I mean, what's he stand for, anyway? For all we know, the armor's calling the shots.

  Blue Beetle : That is so not true. Yeah, well, do you have any clue how Beetle would take down Evil Star?

  Paco : Whoa, Evil Star? I'm still stuck on Crazy Quilt. How did you get to that level so fast?

  Blue Beetle : That's a good question.

• Batman : [Beetle disengage's Oa's planetary defense system]  Jaime, what are you doing?

  Blue Beetle : [waking from his trance]  Where am I?

  Guy Gardner : In hot water, bug boy.

  Batman : Back off, Gardner.

• Guy Gardner : Sorry, bug boy, but we gotta lock you up in the science cells for your own good.

  Blue Beetle : I don't think so.

  Batman : [breaking up their fight]  Jaime, Guy, break it up.

  Guy Gardner : Why don't you keep out of it?

  Batman : Be a good boy, Guy. Remember what happened last time?

  Guy Gardner : Lucky punch.

  Batman : Now, will somebody other than Guy tell me what this is all about?

• Paco : So, this Evil Star dude gets his powers directly from starlight, right?

  Blue Beetle : Yeah. So what?

  [his antennae warble] 

  Blue Beetle : Got it. Thanks, Paco. One starlight-blocking electromagnetic pulse coming up.

• Guardian : The invasion of Oa has begun. All Lanterns are ordered into space to defend our world.

  Guy Gardner : [to Batman]  Maybe you ought to stay here and babysit the traitor before...

  [he and Kilowog get zapped by Beetle] 

  Batman : Jaime, don't let them control you. They...

  Blue Beetle : [zapping Batman, too]  There is no Jaime. Only the Reach.

• Guardian : The scarab that generates your power, Jaime Reyes, is actually a piece of alien technology that belongs to our sworn enemies, an ancient race called the Reach. Thousands of years ago, we Guardians defeated these cosmic marauders, but not before they seeded countless worlds with scarabs similar to yours. The scarabs give their hosts extraordinary powers, transform them into heroes of their people.

  Guy Gardner : Yeah, until their real programming kicks in and these heroes become the point men for a Reach invasion.

  Blue Beetle : Wait a minute. Are you saying I'm some kind of intergalactic villain?

  Guy Gardner : Loud and clear, punk.

  Batman : I've been training Jaime for months. He's a good kid. If the scarab was controlling him, I'd know it.

  Guy Gardner : Well, if he's such a good kid, then he won't mind giving up the scarab.

  Blue Beetle : I keep the scarab. You want it? You'll have to take it from me.

  Guy Gardner : [conjuring a brick wall to block his path]  In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light.

  Blue Beetle : Poetry?

  Guy Gardner : A sacred oath. That's what I stand for, bug boy. What do you stand for?

  [Beetle doesn't know what to say] 

  Guy Gardner : That's what I thought.

• Batman : Ease up, kid. He's out. You won. We're the good guys, remember?

  Blue Beetle : Sorry. Wait. Did you actually follow me here?

  Batman : I need to know you're ready for solo missions. That's not just a suit of armor you're wearing. It's a weapon.

  Blue Beetle : Weapon? You're talking about my best bud here.

  [his antennae warble] 

  Blue Beetle : Good idea. Take Evil Star to Oa and turn him over to the Green Lantern Corps. Just one thing: which was is Oa?

• Batman : What do you think you're doing?

  Blue Beetle : Saving the universe?

  Batman : You'll be lucky if you can save yourself.

  Blue Beetle : Hang on a second, Bats. Paco, I'm dying here.

  Paco : I think I've got it.

  Blue Beetle : Great. Let me dump this other call. Bats, I've really gotta go.

  Batman : Wait, there's one thing you have to...

  Blue Beetle : Beetle out.

  Batman : [derisively]  Teenagers.

• Blue Beetle : They've got some nerve treating me like this. Suspecting me after all the good I've done. What if they're right? No, no, come on. That's impossible.

  [his antennae warble] 

  Blue Beetle : What did you say?

  [Jaime awakes in what appears to be a dream] 

  Armor : I said, it is nothing personal. This is what I am programmed to do.

  Jaime Reyes : What are you talking about? We're partners, we're friends. Get...

  [getting wrapped up in tentacle-like arms] 

  Jaime Reyes : Hey!

  Armor : Sorry, Jaime. But you belong to the Reach now.

• Armor : Your resistance is futile, Jaime. Our programming cannot be overwritten.

  Jaime Reyes : No, we're stronger than that.

  Armor : The only reason you have been a hero is because the Reach allowed you. Allowed us to be one. Without their will, we are nothing.