Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000 Video)

Angie Harmon: Barbara Gordon

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Quotes 

• Terry McGinnis : What can you tell me about clowns?

  Barbara Gordon : In this town, they're never funny.

• [after his interview with Tim Drake] 

  Terry McGinnis : Were all of you that bitter when you left?

  Barbara Gordon : Comes with the territory, McGinnis. Look up Nightwing someday, has he got stories.

• Terry McGinnis : Now, this Joker...

  Barbara Gordon : Drop it, kid.

  Terry McGinnis : That's what the old man's been saying.

  Barbara Gordon : Listen to him.

  Terry McGinnis : Hey, look, I know this fruitcake was one of the big bad guys from the cape and cowl days.

  Barbara Gordon : He was more than that.

  Terry McGinnis : What, a garden-variety whacko who threatened people with whoopie cushions and squirting flowers? Big deal. I'm shakin'.

  Barbara Gordon : McGinnis! The Joker, the real Joker, was unlike anyone you've ever faced. And for your sake, I hope you never do. If Bruce wants you to drop it, then drop it!

• Terry McGinnis : [watching Jordan Price]  Not every creep in Gotham wears a purple suit.

  Barbara Gordon : It'd make my job easier if they did.

• Barbara Gordon : With his final act of cruelty, the Joker had tainted us all with compromise and deception. I guess he really did have the last laugh after all.

• Barbara Gordon : I thought talking about it would get easier over time, but some hurts never go away. Dick Grayson - Nightwing - had left to establish himself in another city. There were three of us then: Bruce, myself, and Robin; Tim Drake. Robin was out alone that night when he came upon a woman in trouble.

  Harley Quinn : Help! Help! Somebody, please help!

  Robin : Hero time.

  [firing his grappling gun, he swoops in and takes down two thugs] 

  Robin : That evens things up a little.

  Harley Quinn : [revealing herself, hitting him with a mallet]  Not really, Bird Boy.

  The Joker : [entering, laughing]  A bird in the hand...

  Barbara Gordon : We soon realized Tim was missing. Night after night, we scoured the city, running down every lead, pressing every underworld connection. But no one had seen any sign of Robin. For three agonizing weeks, there was nothing. Then one night, we were sent an invitation.

• Terry McGinnis : [after hearing what the Joker did to Tim Drake]  I'm assuming his girlfriend bought it, too.

  Barbara Gordon : They never found her body, but I doubt she'd be starting trouble now.

  Terry McGinnis : And Tim?

  Barbara Gordon : We had a trusted friend, Dr. Leslie Tompkins. It took her a year, but she was able to help Tim back to sanity. Still, things were never really the same. Bruce forbade Tim to be Robin again. He blamed himself for what happened and swore he'd never endanger another young partner. Tim left us soon after that, determined to make it on his own.

  Terry McGinnis : Did they ever patch things up?

  Barbara Gordon : Tim tried once or twice, but you know Bruce. I check up on Tim now and then. He's a top-level communications engineer, married, couple kids. Not too bad, all things concerned.

  Terry McGinnis : He deserved a happy ending. But he still has the most likely connection to that night.

• Terry McGinnis : The Joker knew about Bruce, about me. Probably about you, too.

  Barbara Gordon : Someone knows, I'll give you that, but it's not the Joker. Not the real one.

  Terry McGinnis : Bruce said he was dead.

  Barbara Gordon : And?

  Terry McGinnis : That's it. I know there's more. Barbara, I'm a part of this. I need the answers Bruce can't give me. I deserve them.

• Barbara Gordon : Go away.

  Terry McGinnis : Morning, Commish.

  Barbara Gordon : You understand English, McGinnis? Scram!