Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012 Video)

Peter Weller: Batman, Bruce Wayne

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Quotes 

• Mutant Leader : [picks up Batman out of mud]  You finished, old man.

  Batman : [headbutts Mutant Leader in broken nose]  You don't get it, son. This isn't a mud hole. It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.

• Rookie Cop : You're under arrest, mister. You just crippled that man.

  Batman : He's young. He'll walk again.

  Batman : [to Femur]  But you'll stay scared, won't you, punk?

• Batman : You try to hold me back, but you're weak. You know it in your soul. You're nothing but a hollow shell. A rusty trap. The time has come.

• Harvey Dent : Cut it out. Just look at me and have your laugh. Get it over with. At least both sides match now, right? Look at me and have your laugh. Who are we kidding? They couldn't fix me. Nothing can change what I am.

  Batman : You and me both.

• Batman : Tell Gordon we have to talk.

  Veteran Cop : Sure thing, Bats. But how's he supposed to get in touch with you...?

  [Batman leaves] 

  Veteran Cop : Oh, yeah. Now I remember.

• Thug : What's happening?

  Batman : Your favorite nightmare. Should last about an hour.

• Mutant Leader : That a tickle?

  Batman : That was a nerve bundle in your deltoid. Might not hurt, but you won't be moving that arm for a while.

• Commissioner Gordon : That was some stunt you pulled at the racetrack.

  Bruce Wayne : Keeps the blood flowing.

  Commissioner Gordon : So long as most of it stays inside you.

  Bruce Wayne : Worried about me?

  Commissioner Gordon : Let's just say I'm glad you survived Batman's retirement and I was hoping you'd keep it that way.

• Mutant Leader : They call us a gang. They think we just noisy kids. Only when they die by our hands will they know Gotham City belongs to the Mutants!

  [crowd cheers] 

  Mutant Leader : Take the guns, take the bombs. Storm police headquarters, and kill... and kill! Bring me the head of the old man Gordon. I will carry it through the streets. And the Batman who thinks he can mess with us... I will tear him limb from limb!

  Batman : Mutants: Surrender now or be destroyed.

  [Mutant gang opens fire on Batmobile] 

  Batman : Don't even wait for an order. Kids today... no respect.

• Mutant Leader : [picks up shell next to fallen Mutant member]  Rubber bullets. Ha! All this metal, and you don't even use it to kill! It's just a shell to keep you safe? What's the matter? Ain't you got the stomach for it? I call you coward! Come out here and face me like a man. I kill you, I eat your heart! Prove you can take me. Prove you can fight with your hands. C'mon, man! You borin' me.

  Alfred Pennyworth : Sir, you can't seriously be...?

  Batman : Mm-hmm.

  Alfred Pennyworth : He's in his prime. He'll kill you.

  Batman : It's the only way I'll know.