Batman Forever

You see, I'm both Bruce Wayne and Batman. Not because I have to be, now...because I choose to be.

Batman Forever is a 1995 film and the third installment in the Burton/Schumacher series of films based on the DC Comics character Batman.

Directed by Joel Schumacher, and written by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, and Akiva Goldman. Based on DC Comics characters created by Bob Kane.

Courage now, truth always... Taglines

Harvey Dent/Two-Face

• One man is born a hero, his brother a coward. Babies starve, politicians grow fat. Holy men are martyred, and junkies grow legion. Why? Why why why why why why? Luck! Blind, stupid, simple, doo-dah, clueless luck!
• [After flipping his coin to decide whether to kill someone] Ah, fortune smiles. Another day of wine and roses, or in your case, beer and pizza!
• The Bat's stubborn refusal to expire...IS DRIVING US INSANE!!
• WHY CAN'T YOU JUST DIE?!
• [After Robin saves him so he can be imprisoned] Oh, good boy. Good boy. The Bat has taught you very well to be noble. [pulls out a hidden gun and points it at Robin's face] Stupid, but noble.
• [before falling to his death] Yes, of course you're right, Bruce. Emotions are always the enemy of true justice...thank you...you've always been a good friend.

Edward Nygma/The Riddler

• [sees Bruce Wayne entering from cubicle] Oh my God, it's him! [to himself] I am a winner. I am a winner. I am a winner. I am a winner.
• [after knocking out Stickley with a kettle] Caffeine'll KILL YA!
• I simply love what you've done with the place. Heavy Metal meets House and Garden. [laughs] Beautiful! [Takes one of his boxes and puts it on the dark side of the room] It's so dark and gothic and disgustingly decadent [Gestures Spice over with a snarl, then takes a box to the light side]... yet so bright and chipper and conservative! [Urges Sugar over with a whistle] [Back to the dark side; speaking sinisterly] It's so you... [to the light side, speaking operatic] And yet so you! Very few people are both a summer and a winter, but... you pull it off quite nicely.
• Has anybody ever told you you have a SERIOUS IMPULSE CONTROL PROBLEM?!?!
• This is your brain on the Box. This is my brain on the Box! DOES ANYBODY ELSE FEEL LIKE A FRIED EGG?!
• JOYGASM!!
• Riddle me this, riddle me that. Who's afraid of the big black bat?
• Somebody tell the fat lady she's on in five!
• [Two-Face is about to finish off Bruce Wayne] NO!! Don't kill him. If you kill him...he won't learn nothing.
• Your entrance was good; his was better. The difference? Showmanship!
• Now...the real game begins!

Dick Grayson/Robin

• I'm Batman. [thugs laugh at him] Hey, so I forgot my suit, all right?
• [kicks Two-Face] That was for my mother! [hits Two-Face again] My father! [punches Two-Face] My brother! And this is for me! [headbutts Two-Face]

Alfred Pennyworth

• Broken wings mend in time. One day, Robin will fly again.
• [discussing Dick with Bruce] Young men with a mind for revenge need little encouragement. They need guidance. You, above all, should know the consequences of the life you choose.

Other

• Newscaster: In local news, Edward Nygma's 3D Box has become the rage of Gotham. Rioting occurred last night at electronic stores which were sold out. There is hardly a home without the NygmaTech Box. Critics have claimed the Box turns Gothamites into zombies, but Edward Ngyma just shrugs: "That's what they said when TV was invented."

Dialogue

Alfred Pennyworth: Can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you, sir?

Batman: I'll get drive-thru.

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Two-Face: You're counting on the winged avenger to deliver you from evil, aren't you, my friend?

Bank Guard: Are you gonna kill me?

Two-Face: Maybe, maybe not. You could say we're of two minds on the subject. Are you a gambling man? What say we flip for it?

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Batman: I read your work. Insightful. Naive, but insightful.

Dr. Chase Meridian: I'm flattered. Not every girl makes a superhero's night table.

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Commissioner Gordon: [about Two-Face] Can we reason with him? He's holding innocent people hostage up there.

Dr. Chase Meridian: It won't do any good. He'll slaughter them without thinking twice.

Batman: Agreed. A trauma powerful enough to create an alternate personality leaves the victim...

Meridian: [interrupting] ...in a world where normal rules of right and wrong no longer apply.

Batman: Exactly.

Dr. Meridian: Like you. [off his look] Well, let's just say that I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent.

Batman: Bats aren't rodents, Dr. Meridian.

Dr. Meridian: [more intrigued] Really? I did not know that. You are interesting...and call me 'Chase'. [Batman looks back up to the bank, Meridian does the same. As she looks up, Batman then walks away] By the way, do you have a first name, or do we just call you "Bats"? [turns and sees Batman is no longer there]

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Bank Guard: Oh no! It's boiling acid!

Two-Face: For your entertainment, we bring you the very acid that made us what we are today!

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[Bruce Wayne visits some scientists at Wayne Enterprises]

Fred Stickley: Mr. Wayne!

Bruce Wayne: Hello, Fred.

Fred Stickley: Your inspections are a departmental highlight.

Edward Nygma: Oh, my God, it's him! [to himself, steeling his nerves] I am a winner, I am a winner, I am a winner! [looking at a green-suited bobblehead figure] I am a winner. [taps it, making it cackle]

Fred Stickley: Bioremediation, alternative fuel... [notices Nygma staring and tries to hurry Wayne past him] Ah, Mr. Wayne, look at that time. Perhaps we should get to R&D as soon as possible--

[Nygma rushes in front of them and holds out his hand]

Bruce Wayne: [shaking it] Mister...?

Edward Nygma: [awed] Ohhh, Bruce Wayne...

Bruce Wayne: No, that's, err, my name. And you are?

Edward Nygma: Nygma. Edward. Edward Nygma. You hired me personally. [grinning] Just like I tell everyone. We've never actually met, but your name was on the hiring slip. I have it.

Bruce Wayne: I'm gonna need that hand back, Ed.

Edward Nygma: [releases it] Oh! Yes, of course, I'm sorry. It's just that... you're my idol.

Fred Stickley: Back to work, Edward. [tries to guide him away]

Edward Nygma: [pulls back sharply and glares at him] And some people have been trying to keep us apart.

Fred Stickley: [sharply] Back to work, Edward!

Bruce Wayne: It's okay. So, Mr. Nygma, what's on your mind?

Edward Nygma: Precisely! What's on all our minds? Brainwaves! [chuckles] The future of Wayne Enterprises... is brainwaves. [rummages through his machinery]

Fred Stickley: [covertly] I'm gonna have to apologize, Mr. Wayne. I personally terminated his project this morning!

Bruce Wayne: It's okay.

Edward Nygma: I have it! [holds his prototype "Box" over his head melodramatically] Voilà! Huh? My invention beams any TV signal directly into the human brain. By stimulating neurons - manipulating brainwaves, if you will - this device makes the audience feel like they're inside the show! Why be brutalized by an uncaring world?

Bruce Wayne: [skeptical] Did you say "manipulating brainwaves"?

Edward Nygma: Well, uh... yes.

Bruce Wayne: Hmm.

Edward Nygma: But... someone like you would never need it. Someone so... intelligent, witty and charming.

[Bruce notices the Bat-Signal in the sky through the window as Nygma speaks]

Edward Nygma: I just need a bit of additional funding for human trials! Let me show you, please!

Bruce Wayne: Now, listen, Ed - I want a full set of technical schematics on this, okay?

Edward Nygma: [eagerly] I want you to know we'll be full partners in this, Bruce! Look at us! Two of a kind!

Bruce Wayne: [trying to leave] You call my assistant Margaret, she'll set something up--

Edward Nygma: [holding him back forcibly] Ahhh... that's not gonna be good for me. I need an answer now. I think I deserve it.

Bruce Wayne: I'm sorry, Ed, then the answer is no. Tampering with people's brainwaves, mind manipulation... it just raises too many questions. Sorry. [to his staff while leaving] Thanks, everybody, keep up the good work. Factory looks great.

Fred Stickley: [claps, following Bruce out] All right, everyone! Back to work! [to Nygma, sharply] We'll discuss this later!

[Nygma watches Bruce leave, looking devastated]

Edward Nygma: [quietly and sadly] You were supposed to understand. [in a darker, more angry tone] I'll make you understand.

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[Batman responds to the Bat-Signal]

Batman: Commissioner Gordon?

Dr. Chase Meridian: [appears] He's at home. I sent the signal.

Batman: What's wrong?

Dr. Chase Meridian: Last night at the bank I noticed something about Two-Face. His coin: it's his Achilles' heel. It can be exploited.

Batman: I know. You called me here for this? The Bat-Signal is not a beeper.

Dr. Chase Meridian: Well I wish I could say that my interest in you was...purely professional.

Batman: You trying to get under my cape, doctor?

Dr. Chase Meridian: A girl can't live by psychoses alone.

Batman: It's the car, right? Chicks love the car.

Dr. Chase Meridian: What is it about the wrong kind of man? In grade school it was boys with earrings. College; motorcycles, leather jackets. Now... [feels his suit, gasps] Black...rubber.

Batman: Try firemen, less to take off. [tries to leave]

Dr. Chase Meridian: [blocking his way] I don't mind the work. Pity I can't see behind the mask. [putting her hands on Batman's cowl]

Batman: [taking her hands away] We all wear masks.

Dr. Chase Meridian: My life's an open book. You read?

Batman: I don't blend in at a family picnic.

Dr. Chase Meridian: Oh, we could give it a try. I'll bring the wine... [opens her coat to reveal a negligee] you bring your scarred psyche.

Batman: Direct, don't you?

Dr. Chase Meridian: You like strong women. I've done my homework. Or do I need skin-tight vinyl and a whip?

Batman: I haven't had that much luck with women.

Dr. Chase Meridian: Maybe you just haven't met the right woman.

[She leans in to kiss Batman, a sudden noise stops them. Commissioner Gordon arrives. Chase promptly puts her coat back on]

Commissioner Gordon: I saw the signal, what's going on?

Batman: Nothing. False alarm.

Dr. Chase Meridian: Are you sure?

[Batman gives a light grin, then jumps over the side of the building, falling and landing inside the Batmobile]

Batman: [sighs] Women.

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[Stickley catches Nygma still working on his "Box" invention in the middle of the night]

Edward Nygma: Okay... Now I've got it! Ha! "Too many questions! There's too many questions! Too many..." [makes whinging noises, then points at a photo of Bruce] I'll show you it works!

Fred Stickley: What the hell is going on here?! I told you this project is terminated! I'm calling security!

[Before Stickley can leave, Nygma knocks him unconscious with a coffee pot]

Edward Nygma: Caffeine will KILL YA!

[Nygma ties him to a chair, places his machine's helmet on his head and then wakes him up by plucking a hair from his moustache]

Edward Nygma: Rise and shine, little guinea pig.

Fred Stickley: What are you doing, Nygma? Untie me!

Edward Nygma: [also wearing a helmet] This won't hurt. At least, I don't think it will. [winks and grins, then heads over to the controls]

Fred Stickley: What are you doing? Nygma, you touch that switch and--

Edward Nygma: Which one, this?! [flicks it and giggles with glee as 3D images appear before an amazed Stickley, then notices a gauge running low] Losing resolution. More power!

[He pulls a lever, causing a sudden burst of energy to flicker between his own brain, Stickley's and the machine; after screaming, spasming and babbling, Nygma gasps and starts to rant]

Edward Nygma: "EDWARD NYGMA, COME ON DOWN! YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ON BRAIN DRAIN!" Um, gee, ooh, uh, I'll take what's inside Thick Skull Number One! "What have we got for him, Johnny?" [laughs] Stickley, I'm having a breakthrough! And a breakdown? MAYBE! Nevertheless, I'm smarter. I'm a genius! No, several geniuses! A gaggle! A swarm! A flock of freakin' Freuds! Riddle me this, Fred! What is everything to someone, and nothing to everyone else? Your mind, baby! And now mines comes with the power of yours! [parodying "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"] I'm sucking up your IQ, vacuuming your cortex, feeding off your brain! [dances to a techno music tune] FRED! [makes lip noises, then shuts off his machine and Stickley goes back to normal; gasping and laughing] What a rush!

Fred Stickley: What the hell just happened?

Edward Nygma: A very surprising side effect! While you were mesmerized by my 3D TV...I utilized your neural energy to grow smarter. [kisses his invention's helmet as he puts it back on the mannequin head]

Fred Stickley: [last words] Bruce Wayne was right! You demented, bizarre, unethical toad! It is brain manipulation! I'm reporting you to the FCC, the Human Experimentation Board, the AMI, and the police! [Edward mockingly gasps and feigns fear, then hums casually as he grabs the chair that Stickley is strapped to and drags it far to face the window] You are going up on charges, to court, to jail, and then to a mental institution for the rest of your twisted little life! But first and foremost, Nygma, you are fired! Do you hear me?! FIRED!

Edward Nygma: [ominously] Oh...I don't think so. [pushes Stickley's chair forward, sending it crashing through the window. Stickley dangles over the edge, with only the helmet's power cord, attached to the power grid, keeping from falling] HANG ON! [rushes forward and grabs him] Fred...BABE!...You are fired! Or should I say...terminated? [takes off the helmet and lets Stickley fall to his death] SURF'S UP, BIG KAHUNAAAA! [a splash is heard] Oooooh, nice form, but a little rough on the landing. He may have to settle for the bronze! [laughs evilly] "Questions", Mr. Wayne?! "My work raises too many questions"?! [goes back to his workstation and goes up to the security camera monitoring it, speaking into it] Why hasn't anybody...put you in your place? [covers the camera with his hand]

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[Bruce shows Chase the riddles he's been receiving]

Dr. Chase Meridian: My opinion: this letter writer is a total wacko.

Bruce Wayne: "Wacko". That a technical term?

Dr. Chase Meridian: "Patient may suffer from obsessional syndrome with potential homicidal tendencies." Does that work better for you?

Bruce Wayne: So, what you're saying is, this guy's a total wacko?

Dr. Chase Meridian: Exactly. He's obsessed with you. His only escape may be to purge the fixation.

Bruce Wayne: To kill me.

Dr. Chase Meridian: I think you understand obsession better than you let on.

Bruce Wayne: [observes a Rorschach on her wall] You have a thing for bats?

Dr. Chase Meridian: Oh, that's a Rorschach, Mr. Wayne. An inkblot. People see what they want. I think the question would be, do you have a thing for bats?

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Two-Face: Ladies, you spoil us! We're of two minds about what to eat first. [Riddler enters behind him and loudly drives his cane into the floor] What?!

The Riddler: I hope you made extra.

Two-Face: Who the hell are you?

The Riddler: Just a friend. [emerging from the shadows] But you can call me...the Riddler. [grins]

Two-Face: [grabs him by the collar] We'll call you dead, is more like it! How did you find us here?! Talk!

The Riddler: But then if I talked, what would keep you from slaying me, O Segregated One? [looks at Two-Face's disfigurement] By the way, that's never gonna heal if you don't stop picking.

Two-Face: Oh? [puts a pistol to Riddler's head] Let's see if you bleed green!

The Riddler: Harvey! [Spice laughs mischievously] I don't think it's me you want to kill. That's just too easy for someone as powerful as you... and you. But Batman? [gasps] There's a challenge! Kill the Bat! Sounds like a good idea! [Two-Face feigns modesty] But have you thought it through? A few bullets hit home, a quick splash of blood, and then what? Wet hands... post-homicidal depression. [feigns whimpering] Why not humiliate him first? Expose his frailties, and then when he's at his weakest... CRUSH HIM! [Two-Face chuckles] I can see that... sparkle in your left eye. [whispering] I can help you get Batman. That is, if you'll... spare my life for just a few moments.

Two-Face: [cocks his head in amusement and puts his gun away] Eh. [puts Riddler down]

The Riddler: Thank you. [normal voice. Walks further into lair] I simply love what you've done with this place. Heavy Metal meets House and Garden. [laughs] Beautiful! [takes one of his boxes and puts it on the dark side of the room] It's so dark and gothic and disgustingly decadent! [gestures Spice over with a snarl, then takes a box to the light side] Yet so bright and chipper and conservative! [urges Sugar over with a whistle. Back to the dark side; speaking sinisterly] It's so you! [to the light side, speaking operatic] And yet so youuuu! Very few people are both a summer and a winter, but... you pull it off quite nicely.

Two-Face: [shoots pistol at the ceiling, the bullet ricochets off-screen] What's your point, big boy?

The Riddler: Has anybody ever told you you have a SERIOUS IMPULSE CONTROL PROBLEM?!?! [Two-Face puts his gun back to Riddler's head] This is the point. [shows brainwave gadget; activates it; camera shows Sugar and Spice being entranced by the brainwave machine] This is how I found you. Let me demonstrate. [sticks gadget on Two-Face's forehead; Two-Face feels the full power of the machine] This is your brain on the Box! This is my brain on the Box! [sticks gadget on his own forehead] DOES ANYBODY ELSE FEEL LIKE A FRIED EGG?!?!

Two-Face: I'll have a bit more, thank you. [reaches for the gadget, but Riddler pulls it away]

The Riddler: Oh, there's more, but only the first one's free. Here's the bargain: you will help me steal production capital, so I can put a Box on every TV in town and become Gotham's cleverest carbon-based lifeform! And in return... [goes to Two-Face] ...is everybody paying attention? I will help you solve the greatest riddle of all. The mother of all riddles! Who is...Batman?

Two-Face: Hmm...You have broken into our hideout. You have violated the sanctity of our lair. For this we should crush your bones into powder. However, you pose a most interesting proposition. [holds up his coin] Therefore, heads, we accept, and tails, we blow your damn head off!

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Alfred Pennyworth: May I help you, Master Grayson?

Dick Grayson: How come this is the only locked door in this museum? What've you got back here?

Alfred Pennyworth: Master Wayne's dead wives. [Dick gives him a look] The silver closet. On your way.

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The Riddler: Hey, Two-Face! Show me how to punch a guy!

Two-Face: It's dirt simple, my boy. Ball up a fist, reach way back, and assert yourself. [punches out cop]

The Riddler: Ooh, that looks like fun! Lemme try, lemme try!

Two-Face: Ball up a fist...

The Riddler: [clenches fist] Ball up a fist!

Two-Face: Reach way back...

The Riddler: [winds up] Reach way back!

Two-Face: And assert yourself.

The Riddler: Assert- [punches another cop, but is ineffective] OW!

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[Alfred brings an envelope to Bruce, who's watching news reports on the Riddler]

Alfred: Apparently, you and Batman have a common enemy. That was with the morning mail. [Bruce opens the envelope, revealing another riddle, the camera cuts to the two of them in the Batcave] "The eight of us go forth, not back; to protect our king from a foe's attack".

Bruce Wayne: Chess pawns. Clock...match...all physical objects, man-made.

Alfred: Small in size, light in weight.

Bruce Wayne: What's the connection?

Alfred: With all due respect, sir, I believe that's why they call him "the Riddler".

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Alfred: [in Bruce's monitor watch] I'm sorry to bother you, sir. But I have some rather distressing news about Master Dick.

Bruce: What? Is he alright?

Alfred: I'm afraid Master Dick has, uhm, gone traveling.

Wayne: He ran away?

Alfred: Actually, he took...the car.

Wayne: He boosted the Jag?

Alfred: Not the Jaguar. The other car.

Wayne: The Bentley?

Alfred: No, sir...the other car.

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Dick Grayson: All I can think about every second of the day is getting Two-Face. He took my whole life. And when I was out there tonight, I imagined it was him that I was fighting, even when I was fighting you. And all the pain went away. Do you understand?

Bruce Wayne: Yes, I do.

Dick: Good, 'cause you gotta help me find him. And when we do, I'm the one who kills him.

Bruce: So, you're willing to take a life.

Dick: Long as it's Two-Face.

Bruce: Then it will happen this way: you make the kill, but your pain doesn't die with Harvey, it grows. So you run out into the night to find another face, and another, and another, until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that revenge has become your whole life. And you won't know why.

Dick: You can't understand. Your family wasn't killed by a maniac.

Bruce: Yes, they were. We're the same.

Dick: If we're the same, Bruce, help me. Train me, let me be your partner.

Bruce: No. I can't. You still have a choice.

Dick: Look, Bruce, I'm a part of this, whether you like it or not.

---

[As Two-Face and his thugs crash Edward Nygma's party]

Edward: You're ruining my big party! Are you INSANE?!

Two-Face: We're sick of waiting for you to deliver the Batman, dear boy.

Edward: Patience, oh bifurcated one-

Two-Face: PATIENCE, HELL! WE WANT HIM DEAD! And nothing brings out the Batman like a little murder and mayhem, baby.

Edward: Well, at least you could have let me in on the caper! We could have organized this, planned it, presold the movie rights! [sees Batman crash through the ceiling] Your entrance was good; his was better. The difference? Showmanship!

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Bruce: WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!

Dick: You got a real gratitude problem, you know that, Bruce. I need a name! "Batboy"? "Nightwing"? I dunno, what's a good sidekick name?

Bruce: How about "Dick Grayson, college student"?

Dick: Screw you! I just saved your life, you owe me.

Bruce: You were totally out of control. You're gonna get yourself killed.

Dick: Your looking at your new partner.

Bruce: No!

Dick: Bruce, whenever you go all night, I'll be watching and wherever Batman goes, I'm gonna be right beside him. I mean, how are you gonna stop me?

Bruce: I can stop you.

Dick: [hands Alfred his costume] Al, put this next to the Batsuit, where it belongs. [gives Bruce a look before leaving]

Bruce: [to Alfred] And you are encouraging him.

Alfred: Young men with a mind for revenge need little encouragement. They need guidance. You, above all, should know the consequences of the life you choose.

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[Bruce and Alfred try to solve Riddler's Clues]

Bruce: "We're five little items of an every day sort; you'll find us all in a tennis court". In...a...E, I, O, U. Vowels.

Alfred: Not entirely unclever, sir. But, what do a clock, a match, chess pawns, and vowels have in common? What do these riddles mean?

Bruce: Every riddle has a number in the question and they write in this order: 13, 1, 8, and 5.

Alfred: 13, 1, 8, and 5.

Bruce: Maybe, perhaps, letters of the alphabet?

Alfred: Of course, 13 is M.

Bruce: 1 would be A, 8 would be H, and 5 would be E.

Alfred: M-A-H-E...

Bruce: Perhaps 1 and 8 are...18?

Alfred: 18 is R. M-R-E.

Bruce: [makes a realization] How about "Mr. E"?

Alfred: "Mystery".

Bruce: And another name for mystery?

Alfred: Enigma.

Bruce: "Mr. E-nigma". Edward Nygma. Stickley's suicide was obviously a computer-generated forgery.

Alfred: You really are quite bright, despite what people say.

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Batman: [preparing to attack the Riddler's island] What do you suggest, Alfred? By sea? [activates the Bat-Boat] Or by air? [activates the Bat Wing]

Robin: [arriving] Why not both?

Batman: [looks over Robin's costume] Who's your tailor?

Alfred: I took the liberty, sir.

Batman: [notices Robin's logo] "R". What's that stand for?

Robin: [gives Alfred a look] "Robin". [Alfred smiles; looks back at Batman] Riddler and Two-Face make a pretty lethal combination. Figured you could use a hand.

Batman: Two against two are better odds.

Robin: I can't promise that I won't kill Harvey.

Batman: "Every man's got to go his own way." A friend told me that.

Robin: Not just a friend... [offers his hand]

Batman: A partner. [shakes Robin's hand]

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[The Riddler and Two-Face play their own "Battleship" game, activating mines against Robin in the Batboat]

The Riddler: A-14!

[Two mines explode, Robin avoids the explosions]

Two-Face: Hit!

The Riddler: Sweet.

Two-Face: B-12!

[more mines explode, but Robin dodges them again]

The Riddler: Hit! And my favorite vitamin I might add.

[Two-Face pushes a button, Riddler chortles in anticipation, with Batman and Robin getting closer to NygmaTech]

Two-Face: Oh, that sinking feeling.

The Riddler: I like this game!

Two-Face: C-9! [the first mine jolts the Batboat, Robin quickly ejects out of the Batboat before the second mine explodes the Batboat]

The Riddler: AAH! YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!

Two-Face: Who, me?

[The Riddler laughs manically as Two-Face wins the battleship]

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Robin: Holey rusted metal, Batman!

Batman: What?

Robin: The ground. It's all metal. It's full of holes. You know, holey.

Batman: Oh.

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The Riddler: Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?

Batman: No more tricks, Edward.

The Riddler: Very well, then. Let's get real!

Batman: Release Chase. This is between you and me.

Two-Face: [entering] And me! [turns to show his scarred side] And me! [he and Riddler laugh]

Batman: You've been sucking Gotham's brainwaves, and now you've devised a way to read men's minds.

The Riddler: [laughs again] You betcha! Soon my little "Box" will be on countless TVs around the world, feeding me credit card numbers, bank codes, sexual fantasies and little white lies! Into my head they'll go. Victory is inevitable! For if knowledge is power...then a god...am...[in a deep, echoing voice] IIIIIIIIIIIII. [pauses for a moment] Was that over the top? I can never tell! [cackles madly] By the way, I've seen your mind, freak! Yours is the greatest riddle of all! Can Bruce Wayne and Batman ever truly coexist? We'll find out today! But first, [into a microphone in his cane] let's meet our contestants! Behind curtain... number... one! The absolutely fabulous Dr. Chase Meridian! She enjoys hiking, getting her nails done and foolishly hopes to be the love of Bruce's life! HA!

Two-Face: [clapping] Heh!

The Riddler: And behind curtain number two! Fatman's one and only partner! This acrobat-turned-orphan like Saturday morning cartoons, and dreams of one day being...bare naked with a girl!

[Two-Face gasps mockingly]

The Riddler: Hee-hee! And below these contestants...my personal favourite: A WATERY GRAVE! [laying a finger against a button his cane] Just one little touch... and five seconds later, these two date players are GULL-FEED on the rocks below! Not enough time to save them both! Which one will it be, Batman? Bruce's love...or the Dark Knight's junior partner? [imitates ticking clock]

Batman: There is no way for me to save them, or myself. This is all one giant death trap.

The Riddler: Judges? [imitating buzzer sound] EEEGH! I'm sorry, your answer must be in the form of a question! But thank you for playing. [prepares to press the button]

Batman: Wait! I have a riddle for you.

The Riddler: [intrigued] For me?...Really? [chuckles] Tell me.

Batman: I see without seeing. To me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?

The Riddler: [scoffs] Please! You're as blind as a bat!

Batman: Exactly!

[He activates eye-shielding lenses in his cowl and throws a batarang into the Riddler's throne, destroying his machine and causing psychic backlash on the Riddler's brain]

The Riddler: Bummer!

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[Defeated, The Riddler lies among the ruins of his machine, driven insane by the surge of brain power]

The Riddler: [delirious] Why? Why can't I kill you?! Too many questions, too many questions...

Batman: Poor Edward. I had to save them both. You see, I'm both Bruce Wayne and Batman. Not because I have to be, now...because I choose to be.

[Riddler looks up at Batman, who then leans in, looking intently at him. Suddenly, Riddler starts screaming hysterically at the vision of a large bat flying at him]

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[Last lines; Dr. Meridian is visiting Arkham Asylum]

Dr. Burton: Thank you for that responding to my request for a consultation, Dr. Meridian. Edward Nygma has been screaming for hours that he knows the true identity of Batman.

[Dr. Meridian goes to Edward's cell. It's dark and looks empty, with only some moonlight shining in overhead]

Dr. Chase Meridian: Edward?

Edward Nygma: [from the darkness, in a sing-song tone] Who...is it?

Chase: It's Dr. Meridian. Chase. Do you remember me?

Edward Nygma: How could I forget?

Chase: Dr. Burton tells me you know who Batman is.

Edward Nygma: I can't tell you unless you say "please".

Chase: Edward, please. Who is Batman?

Edward Nygma: [bursting into a view] I'M BATMAN! [laughs manically as he flaps his arms like wings]

[Outside, Chase goes to Bruce, who's waiting outside, Alfred nearby with a car]

Chase: Your secret is safe. He is definitely a wacko.

Bruce: "Wacko". That a...technical term? [Chase chuckles slightly] Listen... [returns her Malaysian dream warden doll] I won't be needing this anymore. Thank you for giving me a new dream.

[They kiss, Alfred shakes his head with a smile]

Chase: Don't work too late.

[The film ends with Batman and Robin's silhouettes, running forward towards action in front of the Bat-Signal]

Taglines

• Courage now, truth always...
• [from TV spot] The criminal in question. His accomplice in crime. A woman in danger. A partner in training. A hero in black.
• [from TV spot] In a city where evil is everywhere, justice wears a mask.

Cast

• Val Kilmer — Batman/Bruce Wayne
• Jim Carrey — The Riddler/Edward Nygma
• Tommy Lee Jones — Harvey Two-Face/Harvey Dent
• Nicole Kidman — Dr. Chase Meridian
• Chris O'Donnell — Robin/Dick Grayson
• Michael Gough — Alfred Pennyworth
• Pat Hingle as Commissioner Gordon

About Batman Forever

• I also had to go around the world, because no one wanted another Batman movie. So I has to meet with all these distributors in Asia, I also a lot of the toys and merchandise had been returned, it was a loss or something on that. I had to go to toy fairs and toy conventions in Las Vegas, and I had to get up in front of all these people who didn't want it and talk about how great this is going to be. I believed in it, I really did…
• We had plenty of money to do what we wanted and we had wonderful people working on it. I thought the chemistry between Val and Nicole was great, and I thought Jim was just brilliant as Riddler. And Tommy Lee Jones, of course all you had to do was turn on the camera and you're going to get a great performance. It was fun, it was so much fun and not a lot of expectation because of what had happened before and so many people didn't want it. But the toy manufacturers, they were so great to me, they climbed on board. And then the head of Walmart came into the editing room with his entourage. They were dead serious. I showed them some cut-together scenes and some with Jim being hilarious, but they did not respond to anything. They just looked. And I thought, "Well we didn't make that sale", but they went to Bob Daly's office and ordered like $75 million worth of merchandise or something.
  • Joel Shumacher Talks 'Batman Forever' Legacy In Exclusive Interview, Mark Hughes, Forbes, 26 June 2015.
• It was the biggest movie of the year and the cheapest "Batman" ever made. It cost under $100 million, with Val [Kilmer], Nicole [Kidman], even Jim [Carrey] was still coming up. Batman Forever was total passion. My bosses let me change Batman. Jim was inspired as the Riddler. Tom Lee Jones played Harvey Two Face. Drew Barrymore is in it. Debi Mazar plays a bad girl. It has a great cast and everyone did a great job. It was fun to create a "Batman" movie.
  • Joel Schumacher Q&A: Joel Schumacher on 'Batman', Ben Affleck and the Batsuit Nipples, by Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 11 October 2014.
• It was at a restaurant and the maître d' said, 'Oh, I hear you're working with Tommy Lee Jones. He's over in the corner having dinner'. I went over and I said, 'Hey Tommy, how are you doing?' and the blood just drained from his face. And he got up shaking — he must have been in mid kill me fantasy or something like that. And he went to hug me and he said, 'I hate you. I really don't like you'. And I said, 'What's the problem?' and pulled up a chair, which probably wasn't smart. And he said, 'I cannot sanction your buffoonery'.
• He might have been uncomfortable doing that work, too. That's not really his style of stuff.
  • Jim Carrey Tommy Lee Jones Really Hated Working With Jim Carrey on 'Batman Forever', by Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 October 2017.

External links

• Batman Forever quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Encyclopedic article on Batman Forever on Wikipedia