Last words in Batman media

Following is a list of last words from various Batman media.

Films

Batman (1989)

• Jack, listen. Maybe we can cut a deal.
  • Who: Carl Grissom
  • Note: Character pleads to Jack Napier to spare him. This is when Jack reveals himself as the Joker. The Joker then shoots Grissom, killing him.

• Sometimes I just kill myself.
  • Who: The Joker
  • Note: Shortly afterwards, as he tried to escape via a rope ladder thrown from a helicopter, the Joker was tied to a nearby gargoyle by Batman's grapple gun. The additional weight slowly dragged Joker off the ladder, causing him to plummet to his death far below.

Batman Returns (1992)

• One way to find out.
  • Who: Max Shreck
  • Note: Max Shreck had a gun and attempted to take out Catwoman's "nine lives", but ran out of bullets with two left. Catwoman then kisses Shreck with a taser, electrocuting him. Batman finds Shreck's charred corpse in the remains of Penguin's lair.

• This heat's getting to me... I'll murder you... momentarily. But first... I need a cool drink... of ice... water... acckkuhh...
  • Who: The Penguin
  • Note: Penguin had earlier fallen through a glass skylight into a pool of toxic waste, but emerged to try to kill Batman, without success. He then dies of his injuries and collapses face first right afterwards, and is pulled into the water by a group of penguins.

Batman Forever (1995)

• Why yes, of course, you're right, Bruce. Emotion is always the enemy of true justice. Thank you. You've always been a good friend.
  • Who: Two-Face
  • Note: Harvey Two-Face encountered Batman and Robin, and was about to shoot them when Batman reminded Harvey that he forgot that he needed to flip his coin. Harvey flipped the coin and Batman threw replicas of his coin toward him. Harvey couldn't tell which one is really his coin, and the confusion caused him to fall into a watery bed of spikes, killing him. His real coin falls into the palm of his hand as his body sinks.

Batman & Robin (1997)

• Dr... Isley? Pamela?(!) You look great... especially for a dead woman!
  • Who: Dr. Woodrue
  • Notes: Having supposedly murdered his former co-worker Pamela Isley, Woodrue witnesses her rebirth as Poison Ivy before his very eyes. Instantly and completely smitten with her newfound, irresistible beauty he quickly succumbs to her seductive advances and indulges in a long, passionate kiss initiated by her- before being gleefully informed that as result of her resurrection her lips were now filled with venom. With that Dr. Woodrue is instantly overcome by the poison and chokes to death.
• [Poison Ivy: We give you life... and we can take it way just as easily!][Right!] [Whatever!] (chuckle dismissively) [I really am to die for...]
  • Who: Mr. Freeze's posted guards in Arkham Asylum
  • Notes: Poison Ivy, having infiltrated Arkham Asylum under guise as Freeze's "sister" has seduced his guards into a love-drunk stupor. Insinuating that while [Mother Nature] can grant life to mankind [she] can kill also. She then kills them both (willingly) in turn with a kiss from her poison-filled lips causing an instant and painful death for both the men.

Batman Begins (2005)

• Thomas!
  • Who: Martha Wayne
  • Notes: Said after her husband, Thomas Wayne, has been shot. She is then shot immediately afterwards.

• Bruce. It's okay. Don’t be afraid.
  • Who: Thomas Wayne
  • Notes: Character, Bruce Wayne's father, is dying of a gunshot wound after being mugged. They had stepped out of a theater when Bruce had been frightened by a performance.

• What the hell is this?
  • Who: Carl Finch
  • Notes: Finch, Gotham's District Attorney, is assassinated after saying this because he discovers a machine that is part of the League of Shadows plan to destroy Gotham.

• Have you finally learned to do what is necessary?
  • Who: Ra's Al Ghul
  • Notes: Batman had saved the character earlier in the film, thinking that he was not Ra's Al Ghul himself. Batman responds to Ra's Al Ghul's last words by saying that although he will not kill Ra's, he doesn't have to save him.

The Dark Knight (2008)

• Nah, I'm done here.
  • Who: Dopey
  • Note: Character is a member of a group of bank robbers. He is assigned with shutting down the alarm. The Joker, however, ordered Happy, another member of the gang, to shoot Dopey after this. Happy complied.

• On the ground! Stay on the ground! Nobody make a move! Nobody! Stay down!
  • Who: Unnamed bank robber
  • Note: Character is a member of a group of bank robbers. He is in charge of "giving the stick up" while the other members do their jobs, but the manager of the bank, who works for the mafia, and had armed himself with a shotgun, shoots him dead after Happy breaks open the lock on the bank vault and the Joker and Grumpy finish tying everyone in the bank up.

• What? No, NO!
  • Who: Happy
  • Note: Character is a member of a group of bank robbers. He opens the vault. The Joker ordered Grumpy, another member of the gang to shoot Happy when this was done. Grumpy asked Happy where Dopey went. Happy complied that the Joker ordered him to kill Dopey when he had shut off the alarm. Grumpy said that the Joker told [him] something similar, before shooting Happy to death.

• Bus driver? What bus driver?
  • Who: Grumpy
  • Note: Character is a member of a group of bank robbers. He asks another one of the members (the Joker in disguise) if he had been ordered to kill him when the robbery was complete (because he was ordered to kill Happy (which he did) who killed Dopey and had correctly assumed he was next). The Joker then replies that "[he will] kill the bus driver". Grumpy is then killed by a school bus that drives through the wall behind him. The driver in question (another member of the gang) is then murdered by the Joker himself.

• What happened to the rest of the guys?
  • Who: Chuckles
  • Note: Character is a member of a group of bank robbers. He arrives via a school bus and accidently runs over grumpy in the process. Not knowing that all of the other bank robbers have been killed by each other, (except for one unnamed one who was killed in self defense by the bank manager) he is killed by the Joker after saying the line.

• So, dead? That's five-hundred.
  • Who: Gambol
  • Note: Gambol is the head of an African American mob who had put a bounty on the joker "500$ Dead one million alive so i can teach him some manners". He is approached by three men who claim to have killed him. Said before the Joker grabs him and slices his left cheek open.

• How'd they get my DNA?
  • Who: Commissioner Loeb
  • Note: Said when Gordon says his DNA was found, making him a target of the Joker, before drinking poisoned scotch.

• Is that a phone?
  • Who: Police officer
  • Note: Said when he sees a cell phone planted by the Joker glowing inside one of his henchmen, which then explodes.

• It's okay, Harvey. It's all right. Listen... some--
  • Who: Rachel Dawes
  • Note: Character is trying to tell Harvey Dent over the phone that someone will rescue her before a large bomb in the room goes off. The bomb explodes and she is killed before the police can reach her.

• [The Joker: All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminal, and I'm gonna give it to them. Tell your men they work for me now. This is my city.] They won't work for a freak!
  • Who: The Chechen
  • Note:The Chechen is a mob boss who had just been betrayed by the Joker. Said to the Joker, after he tells him to tell his men they work for him now. The Joker then suggests chopping him up and feeding him to his dogs to "see how loyal a hungry dog really is," and he is dragged away by two thugs and killed off screen .

• [Two Face: You're a lucky man. But he's not.] Who? [Your driver.]
  • Who: Salvatore Maroni
  • Note: Two-Face shoots his driver in the head, causing the car to crash.

• Tell your son it'll be all right, Gordon. Lie... like I lied.
  • Who: Harvey Dent/Two-Face
  • Note: Character is taunting James Gordon while holding his son hostage. He is referring to earlier in the film, when he tried to comfort Rachel Dawes. Before he can catch the deciding coin flip, Batman tackles him over the side of the building, where he breaks his neck upon impact with the ground.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

• Sir?
  • Who: CIA Agent
  • Note: Says to the interrogating CIA Agent when he notices their plane beginning to shake. Is later killed when Bane's reinforcements crash the plane.

• Have we started a fire?
  • Who: Bane's Henchman
  • Note: About to escape from CIA custody with Bane when the latter informs him that one of them must stay behind in the plane as 'they expect one of us in the wreckage'. He asks this question, to which Bane replies that they have, before staying behind to die in the crash.

• Well congratulations, you got yourself caught. Now what's the next step of your master plan?
  • Who: Interrogating CIA Agent
  • Note: Dies when Bane destroys the plane both of them are on, before Bane escapes with Dr. Leonid Pavel.

• You're pure evil.
  • Who: John Daggett
  • Note: Says this to Bane before his neck is snapped by Bane.

• A training exercise, that’s all. If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got tickets to watch our boys thrash Rapid City.
  • Who: Mayor Garcia
  • Note: Says this to a reporter who questions the masses of cops going underground to get Bane, before attending a football game that is attacked by a series' of explosions from Bane and his men, killed by one that goes off in his viewing box.

• Only me.
  • Who: Dr. Leonid Pavel
  • Note: Said in response to Bane asking him who can defuse the nuclear bomb just activated in front of the entire Gotham City football field, before Bane snaps his neck.

• Has anyone ever made it?
  • Who: Stryver
  • Note: Asks Bane's mercenaries this upon being sentenced to 'exile' by walking across thin ice in the Gotham City river, falling in and drowning shortly after walking out.

• I'll die before I talk.
  • Who: Undercover cop
  • Note: Mortally wounded by Bane's mercenaries before Bane corners him, at which point he says this before Bane crushes his windpipe with his knee.

• Keep moving forward! Flank them at the stairs!
  • Who: Peter Foley
  • Note: Shouts to the 3,000 cops with him to move forward in attacking Bane's mercenaries, and is later killed by Talia Al Ghul in command of one of the stolen Tumblers.

• We both know that I have to kill you now. You'll just have to imagine the fire!
  • Who: Bane
  • Note: Bane is taunting Batman as he prepares to kill him. Just as he prepares to do so, Selina Kyle suddenly appears on a Batpod, and, using a cannon, shoots Bane, killing him instantly.

• Fox showed me how to override the reactor...including the emergency flood. There's no way this bomb will be stopped. Prepare yourselves. My father's work is done.
  • Who: Talia al Ghul
  • Note: Despite Batman forcing her truck off the road with a bomb set to go off and being mortally wounded, Talia believes she has fulfilled her father's mission of destroying Gotham City, but Batman manages to move the bomb over Gotham Bay, seeming to sacrifice himself in the process.

Animation

• (Suprised) You're ....Bruce....Wayne...
• Who: Dracula
  • Source: The Batman vs. Dracula (2005)
  • Note: Dracula, about to be killed by Wayne Industries' solar absorbing machine, is shocked to realise Batman's true identity.

• That's not funny. That's not... (gasp)... (uncut)
• Make him one of us. (cut)
• Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Come on, McGinnis! Laugh it up now! You miserable little punk! Laugh!!! [sing-song tone] I can't hear yooouuu! [Terry: Ha...Ha.] (final)
  • Who: The Joker
  • Source: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
  • Notes: Character technically dies twice in this story, but one of the scenes was edited, hence three quotes:
    • The first occurs after being shot by Robin (Tim Drake). Robin had been brainwashed into becoming the Joker's "son", and had a gun pointed at Batman (Bruce Wayne) before he finally rebelled.
    • This scene is altered in the edited version. The Joker's gun in this version shoots laughing gas, and Robin tackles the Joker instead of shooting him, leading to the Joker's accidental electrocution.
    • The Joker later returns using Tim Drake's body and, at the end, is strangling Batman (Terry McGinnis), who has driven him over the edge by mocking him. Batman manages to electrocute him using a lethal joy buzzer (one of the Joker's favorite weapons), killing him and saving Drake.

Comic books

• To the Roman!
  • Who: The Irish
  • Source: Batman: The Long Halloween
  • Note: A group of five Irish mob crooks who were celebrating being released after confessing to bombing Harvey Dent's house. After making a toast, they are all shot to death by Holiday.

• This is about Falcone. You gotta get the Roman before he gets you.
  • Who: Luigi "Big Lou" Maroni
  • Source: Batman: The Long Halloween
  • Note: Sal Maroni's father. After saying the line to him, he is shot and killed by Holiday.

• Dent? Comin' after me? Is that why you're moving me? Let him come, that rat bast-
  • Who: Salvatore "Sal" Maroni
  • Source: Batman: The Long Halloween
  • Note: Last words before being shot by Alberto Falcone.

• I'll burn it all down before I let a freak have it!
  • Who: Carmine Falcone
  • Source: Batman: The Long Halloween
  • Note: This character makes this remark in regards to his fear of costumed criminals, in particular Two-Face, rising to power within Gotham City. In an ensuing fight between Batman and his rogues gallery, Falcone is shot in the head by Two-Face.

• Please don't kill me, Mr. Dent...
  • Who: Vernon
  • Source: Batman: The Long Halloween
  • Note: Last words before Two-Face (Harvey Dent) flips his coin and shoots him to death.

• (weakly) I am not my father. I just want to live.
  • Who: Alberto "Holiday" Falcone
  • Source: Batman: Dark Victory
  • Note: Character, having been shot, is talking to his sister Sofia, who compares his inability to take a bullet to his father's ability to take five. His sister then strangles him, revealing (to the reader) her identity as an elusive serial killer.

• You still protect him?! He betrayed you and this city. Everything you say you believe in.
  • Who: Sofia Falcone Gigante
  • Source: Batman: Dark Victory
  • Note: Character is talking to Batman about Harvey Dent, the former DA who had recently become the villain Two-Face. Character performed a year long serial killing spree, which would have ultimately ended with the death of Dent, who killed her father. She is interrupted by Batman as she attempts to kill Dent, who shot her in the head while she and Batman fought.

• (weakly) Ack... Can't breathe... [Robin: You're fakin' it. Get up!] Not... Get... Help... Bad Ticker... You... want me... alive... I... know... things... I can give ya the Arkham job... Last...Last October... It was me... and the Maroni brothers... the rats... lissen... Maronis don't work for... Falcones... [Batman: Who do they work for, Zucco?] ...Promise... Keep me alive..? [Batman: I'll do what I can.] Okay... see... they're not just brothers... twins...
  • Who: Tony Zucco
  • Source: Batman: Dark Victory
  • Note: After being chased down by Dick Grayson (soon to be Robin), Zucco suffers from a heart attack and, as he lays dying, confesses to various crimes and gives information that may connect the Maroni brothers to Two-Face.

• I'm really... very disappointed with you, my sweet. The moment was perfect... and you... didn't have the nerve. Paralysis... really... Just an ounce or two more of pressure.. and... do I hear sirens? Yes, coming close... you won't get far... But then... it doesn't matter if you do, they'll kill you for this. And they'll never know that you didn't have the nerve. I'll see you in hell...
  • Who: The Joker
  • Source: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  • Upon realizing that many lives could have been saved by hurting and killing this character, early on. Batman breaks his neck and paralyzes him. The Joker then proceeds to commit suicide by twisting his own neck until it snaps, giving the police the impression that Batman had hurt and killed him by: (defeating him for strangling him.).

• Of course. How utterly proper.
  • Who: Alfred Pennyworth
  • Source: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  • The character has burned down Wayne Manor, his home and place of employment. Character immediately suffers a fatal stroke.

• There will always be a Joker. Because there is no cure for him. No cure at all...just a Batman.
  • Who: Johnny Frost
  • Source: Joker
  • The final inner monologue of the character, before he falls off a bridge after having been shot in the throat by Joker. The story had been told from his perspective, and the character had frequent monologues throughout it to tell about himself and his views.

• Rules are rules. The house always wins. The Black Glove always wins.
  • Who: Dr. Simon Hurt
  • Source: Batman R.I.P.
  • While attempting to excape in a helicopter, this character threatens to release information presented Bruce Wayne's deceased parents as degenerates. Batman jumps onto the helicopter, causing it to crash into a body of water.

Television

• NOOOOOO!!! I've taken a..... life! I've killed a man! My city! My people! WHAT HAVE I DONE?! - NOOOOOOOO!!!
  • Who: The Bat-Duplicate
  • Source: Batman: The Animated Series
  • Notes: Character thought that he had unknowingly killed the real Batman by causing him to fall off a cliff in the Batcave, leaving a piece of his cape. He begins to destroy the Bat-computer where HARDAC is about to be loaded, causing both it and the Bat-duplicate to be destroyed. The real Batman survives by hanging on a cliff.

• You know what I'd have given for a death scene like this? Too bad I won't get to read the notices. (acting)
• Curtain's going down... (apparent)
  • Who: Clayface
  • Source: Batman: The Animated Series.
  • Note: Clayface had a tendency to die at the end of his episodes. At the end of his first it was revealed he faked his death, and at the end of the second he was presumed dead until the producers revived the character when they recreated the show into Batman: Gotham Knights.

• You're pretty strong... for some clown who thinks he's Batman.
  • Who: Mr. Fixx
  • Source: Batman Beyond
  • Character is battling Terry McGinnis, the new Batman, in a submarine. Terry responds with "I am Batman!" before pushing him into a control pad to stun him. The sub soon goes critical and sinks, taking Mr. Fixx with it.

• Believe me, you're the only one who cares.
  • Who: Mr. Freeze
  • Source: Batman Beyond
  • Character has just been urged by Terry to get out of a collapsing building.

• PAAAXTOOON!!! (apparent)
  • Who: Derek Powers, a.k.a. Blight
  • Source: Batman Beyond
  • He was betrayed by his own son, Paxton, who tried to overtake his business empire. Angry to the point of insanity, the radioactive villain unleashed so much radiation that he sunk a submarine and possibly killed himself, though his body was never found (he would return in the accompanying comic book series).

• WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! (apparent)
  • Who: Dr. Able Cuvier
  • Source: Batman Beyond
  • Character had spliced animal genes into himself, becoming a hybrid creature to fight Batman. Batman injected more and more samples into him, and the changes grew out of control. Eventually an explosion was triggered, destroying the warehouse and apparently Cuvier with it (although he would return in the accompanying comic book series).

Video Games

Batman: Arkham Asylum

• How should I know? You think anything he says makes sense? I think he's insane... Oh my God!
  • Who: Dr. Penelope Young
  • She tried to give Batman the security codes to every place in Arkham Island inside Warden Sharp's safe, but was killed when she triggered a bomb the Joker planted in there.

Batman: Arkham City

• Computer, activate Protocol 11... Password: Wayne...
  • Who: Hugo Strange
  • He is dying from being impaled with a sword by Ra's al Ghul and activates a self-destruct sequence.

• No. No, no, no, no..."
  • Who: Ra's al Ghul
  • Last words as Strange activates the self-destruct sequence. He jumps out and is grabbed by Batman, but apparently dies when he impales himself with a sword in an attempt to kill both of them and falls down on a fence. Because his body disappears, some have speculated that he's still alive.

• I'm sorry, beloved. I didn't know...
  • Who: Talia al Ghul
  • To Batman. Last words as she is dying from a gunshot wound inflicted by the Joker.

• That actually is... pretty funny.
  • Who: The Joker
  • Last words as he is dying from an illness. A response to when Batman tells him that, in spite of what he has done and will no doubt do again, he would still have given him the cure and saved him.