The Caped Crusader
Story By David Moore & Kenny Watson
Script By David Moore
Based on Characters from the DC Comic Book Series and the
films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan
Copyright:
2008-2009 DEANPRODUKTIONS, INC.
The camera follows a business suited man with very loud
shoes clomping on the marble floor in Arkham Asylum. A door
opens in front of the man when he stops at one of the cells.
Jonathan Crane, wearing his Scarecrow costume, enters and
sits down.
The Joker is sitting in the cell, in an orange jumpsuit that
all the inmates of the asylum wear. A security
guard/personal body guard for Crane walks in. The Joker
gives the guard a little look, so subtle. The guard walks
behind the Joker and "pretends" to lock his restraints
behind his back. The Joker plays along.
JOKER
Evening, Mister Gas mask.
SCARECROW
Trust me. I don't want to be in
this cell any more than you
do. And seeing how you're already
insane, I guess I can skip that
part.
JOKER
(sarcastically)
Oh, really? Too bad. I was
actually looking forward to
hallucinating.
SCARECROW
I've dealt with thugs like you
before and frankly, I'm not at all
impressed with what I see.
JOKER
Oh... this coming from a man that
just sprays his problems away.
SCARECROW
You didn't think you could get away
with it, did you? You killed
several of my clients, and swindled
them out of their money. Money
that could've supported their drug
rings. You steal from the mob, you
steal from me.
JOKER
Mmmmm, robbing the cradle. By the
way, you wanna know how I got these
scars?
The Joker lifts up his hands, which are not chained
together, and uses the pointer fingers to trace along the
scars on his face. Scarecrow doesn't register the fact that
the Joker is free at first, but backs away once he does.
The Joker jumps across the table in the room and grabs the
Scarecrow by the neck. The Scarecrow hesitates.
JOKER
I go into the hospital, okay? My
wife's just had a baby and I just
can't wait to see them both. So, I
meet the doctor outside and I say,
'Oh, Doc, I've been so worried. How
are they?' And the doctor smiles
and says, 'They're fine. Just fine.
Your wife's delivered a healthy
baby boy and they're both in
tip-top form. You're one lucky
guy.' So then, I rush into the
maternity ward with these flowers.
But it's empty. My wife's bed is
empty. 'Doc?' I say. And I turn
around and the doctor and all the
nurses wave their arms and scream
in my face. 'April fool! Your
wife's dead and the baby's a
spastic! The doc takes a scalpel
and does this, to commemorate the
solemn occasion.
He then looks into Dr. Crane's eyes, with a look of sick
bereft.
SCARECROW
You're sick.
JOKER
I'm going to need your mask.
The guard walking outside is patrolling the halls. He
rounds a corner and sees the Scarecrow mask behind the
Joker's cell. The Joker (in the Scarecrow Mask) taps on the
glass. The guard unlocks the door. The camera pans from
the mask down to the orange prisoner suit, and the guard
gets pummeled by the Joker. The Joker rips off the mask,
picks up the guard's binoculars, and shoves them into his
eyes.
JOKER
To be the first of many! [He laughs
hysterically.]
The Joker turns and skips out into the halls, rounding a
corner while still laughing hysterically.
EXT. TV STATION DAY
SHOT OF GOTHAM CITY'S SKY SCAPE, WITH VOICE OVER PLAYED OVER
SEVERAL SCENES.
The voice over is revealed to belong to a female reporter,
for the GCN (Gotham City Network).
REPORTER
And the terrorist that police call
the "Joker," has reportedly escaped
from Arkham Asylum around 10 AM
this morning. The GCPD is also
looking for other inmates that
might have escaped along with the
Joker, although initial reports
have come back negative. Police
Commissioner Jim Gordon has issued
a statement that the Gotham City
Police Department has suspended all
current active investigations and
also that the Department is
concentrating solely on the capture
and detainment of the Joker. This
includes the ongoing investigation
involving the vigilante known as
the Batman, who is believed to have
murdered 5 people since last month.
EXT. ALLEYWAY NIGHT
The camera pans down from a Gotham City skyscraper. It
reveals a deserted alley, drug dealers and miscreants are
seen in the bowels of the alley. Batman makes a dramatic
entrance, landing on the alley floor. He rises like a
shadow from the darkness.
The Batman holds out a locator, which directs him to a drug
dealer not far away. The dealer saw Batman drop, so started
running the other way. Camera shifts so that the dealer is
looking behind him, and he runs right into Batman's fist.
The camera looks back at the device Batman is holding, which
is going off louder than ever before.
DEALER
Ahh!
BATMAN
(stooping)
You've been dealing with Crane.
DEALER
Well, that's one villain even you
can't keep down.
BATMAN
(looking at the dealer's
stash)
He's giving you less.
DEALER
He doesn't have the time he used
to.
BATMAN
Doesn't he? You have a
choice. Get the maximum amount of
years for pushing, or tell me what
Crane's up to.
DEALER
(laughing)
Word is that the police don't even
work with you anymore! What are
you now? A nobody.
BATMAN
(angrily)
A nobody that wants information.
The Batman grips the dealers collar and hoists him up to his
face. He stares into the dealer's eyes.
DEALER
Why you still worried about drug
dealers when the clown's out of the
box?
BATMAN
Because this city has more than one
enemy.
Batman punches his fist at the dealer's hand that is flat
against the brick wall of the alley. The bones crunch and
the dealer lets out a cry of pain.
DEALER
Oh my god. Oh my god. You
freaking shattered my hand!
BATMAN
(angrily)
Feeling chattier?
DEALER
I don't know much. Just a
place. Overheard it while he was
talking on the phone. OW! The
Waterworks. Gotham
Waterworks. Something there.
BATMAN
(angrily)
That's it?
Batman shatters the dealer's other hand.
DEALER
Ahh! The demon. The demon's
head. That's what he said. The
demon's head is something to do
with the waterworks.
DEALER
Oh my... you're crazy, man! I... I
swear to God that's all I know. I
swear to God!
Batman puts him back down on the ground.
BATMAN
Good luck trying to peddle with two
broken hands.
Batman disappears into the shadows.
EXT. LARGE BUSINESS BUILDING
Camera pans from sun to reveal a tower, presumably in Gotham
City, with many windows.
A young man, in his early twenties, walks up to the building
and opens the front door with a key card. He is dressed in
business attire, and is somewhat stocky. He enters.
The man walks into a conference type room and sits down in
the seat at the head of the large table. He looks at his
watch, as if he is expecting somebody.
ANALYST
(surprised)
Oh...
Suddenly, two other men enter the room, sporting sunglasses
and carrying between them a large television set. The set
the television on the opposite end of the table, facing the
young man.
The television clicks on. It reveals the Scarecrow sitting
in one of his lavish desk chairs.
ANALYST
Dr. Crane.
They both are silent for a few seconds.
SCARECROW
Well, I suppose the first order of
business is obvious...
ANALYST
Sir, the plan had to be set into
motion earlier than expected
because of the complications with
the Batman.
SCARECROW
(sarcastically)
Oh, has the Batman been giving you
too much trouble?
ANALYST
(unsure)
Uhh, yes... sir... he showed up on
the...
SCARECROW
(angrily)
Batman has been at my doorstep
whenever I turn my back. Ever
since he put the Joker away he's
turned all of his attention, and
his knack for disruption, on me,
and my operations. I gave you a
simple task: to release the Joker
on a specific date, and why could
you not keep him in his cell until
then?
ANALYST
Sir... we didn't plan on staging
the breakout until the Sixteenth,
and most assuredly we didn't mean
for you to be in the cell with him,
but the Joker was having a profound
effect on the other inmates,
including inmate number 10025,
Mich...
SCARECROW
I don't care what impact he had on
the inmates. The arrangement was
for the Sixteenth, not before. And
I explained to you why it could not
be before that. The people I'm
working for have a very limited
timetable to execute their plan...
and you have failed them.
The other men in the room press a button on the television
set and a stream of white smoke issues out from the box
towards the business man. The man screams when he sees the
Scarecrow coming out of the television set.
INT. WAREHOUSE BUILDING UNKNOWN TIME OF DAY
The scene opens up with the camera zooming around the floor
of an open warehouse. Tied up in a metal chair is a
prisoner, of no particular political interest. The Joker
appears, laughing that maniacal laugh of his.
The Joker talks into a home camcorder, like the ones he uses
to make statements that air on the news during his last
spree.
JOKER
Hello Gotham! Three messages:
First, to the wonderful folks at
Arkham Asylum. I regret that I had
to leave. The room service was
great, but the other inmates,
weren't crazy enough! Second, to
the citizens of Gotham. Now, you
know what I can do. Last time I
made the mistake of giving you the
power to demand the Batman's
resignation. I've wised up since
then. Take my word for it. If
Batman doesn't reveal himself,
there will not be a single
cockroach living in the alleyways
of our fair city. And third, to
the Batman. I know you're no
murderer. And I know Harvey Dent
wasn't the White Knight that
everyone thought he was.
The Joker licks his lips and tilts the camera upwards.
JOKER
I really appreciate the Gotham
Police giving me the credit for the
late District Attorney's murder,
and as much as I enjoy murder, I
cannot take credit for another
man's handiwork.
INT. GOTHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT
The police department is blatantly going for the Batman in
their pursuit since his "murder" of Harvey Dent. Detective
Campbell paces in his office, apparently contemplating the
recent Joker video.
As the detective paces back and forth, the Batman appears
suddenly without being seen.
BATMAN
Detective Campbell...
CAMPBELL
Uhh... Surprised you didn't clean
this thing up already. You sure
you want to be here? You know,
you're our number two public enemy
right now, behind Joker.
BATMAN
I have to at least let you guys do
something.
CAMPBELL
We pretty much have our hands tied
because of him. He hasn't been
killing anyone yet,
surprising. Basically he's just
been making little appearances all
day. The department's
swamped. Don't have the manpower
for anything else. And it's causing
just a media frenzy, the way that
the news runs this guy like Al
Jazeera constantly running bin
Laden. The media is the right hand
of anarchy.
BATMAN
Just the way the Joker would want
it.
CAMPBELL
Right.
BATMAN
I have a feeling that there's
something bigger than the Joker
this time out there.
CAMPBELL
What do you mean? What could be
bigger than the most lethal
terrorist this city has ever known?
BATMAN
I got a tip a while ago. One of
the goons the Scarecrow hired back
with that whole hallucinogen
fiasco. What is the story with
Gotham Waterworks? What has
changed recently?
CAMPBELL
Well, uh, that's where, uh, they
stored that polluted water from a
while back. The water with the
hallucinogenic inhalant in it.
BATMAN
What happened with the water?
CAMPBELL
Well, I remember Loeb talking about
it when he was commissioner. They
stored it up in the Water Works, in
an isolated tank, until they knew
what to do with it.
BATMAN
Why?
CAMPBELL
They found traces of powdered
uranium in the water. They found
the hallucinogens of course, but
why uranium too? Obviously they
couldn't evaporate it or even clean
it. The EPA had a literal fit over
it.
BATMAN
Tell your men to keep an eye on
that holding tank.
CAMPBELL
Why? You think the Scarecrow has
something planned?
BATMAN
No. I think it's someone
else. Risen from the dead.
CAMPBELL
I'll keep in touch. What do you
think is going on? Do you think
the Joker...
But Campbell stops talking, Batman has already left the
office. Campbell looks unsurprised.
INT. SUBURBAN HOME NIGHT
A pair of dirty hands with writing written on them rest on a
stack of newspapers on a desk. The hands have letters on
each finger, which spell out "Riddle" on them. The
newspapers below them show articles about Harvey Dent, the
GCPD, the Batman, and the Joker. The hands sift through the
papers, circling several items.
The man stands up, but is cloaked in darkness. On the wall
there is a large bulletin board with many pictures tacked on
it. At the top of the board is a photo of Coleman Reese,
and underneath it is several more photos in a column, and
Bruce Wayne's photo is visible on "Possibles."
RIDDLER
The mole... Mr. Reese
(mysteries)... how fitting.
INT. GOTHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT
Campbell sits at his desk, sifting through papers, a worried
look on his face.
A junior detective comes into the office; Campbell looks up,
then back down to his papers.
CAMPBELL
Are the cameras in place?
JUNIOR DETECTIVE
Yes sir.
CAMPBELL
And the patrols?
JUNIOR DETECTIVE
In place.
CAMPBELL
Good. See to it that...
But the detective's comment is cut short as a rocket
propelled grenade hurls into the Major Crimes Unit. The
junior detective is thrown into the other room by the
blast. Campbell takes shelter underneath his desk. A few
seconds pass as the camera stays on Campbell. Large crashes
are heard from the rest of the MCU. Campbell runs out.
The Joker clocks Campbell as he runs out of his
office. Dazed and confused, he is picked up by two of the
Joker's henchmen, wearing clown masks, one with a latex one
used for Halloween, and one wearing a mask made out of
pantyhose. The Joker walks up to him.
JOKER
Hi.
Campbell just looks at him.
JOKER
Where is our mutual friend,
Commissioner Gordon?
Campbell doesn't say anything.
JOKER
Taking a personal day? Still
trying to shut down the mob? Let
me tell you something. You know
... I've done more to eliminate the
mob than this entire police force
has. I burned half their
money. I've killed their
leaders. So really, I'm on your
side. You can trust me.
The Joker smiles very wide. Campbell scoffs.
JOKER
So... You guys still think Batman
killed those 5 people? Is he still
your... target?
CAMPBELL
I can think of at least one who
tops him.
JOKER
What drives a man to kill? Is it
his bad experiences? Is it his
aggressive tendencies? No, not me,
anyway. I kill people because in
their final moments, people show
you who they really are. I don't
think I know YOU, very well,
detective. Have you been speaking
to Batman long? Have you formed a
brotherly loved with that Caped
Crusader?
CAMPBELL
No.
JOKER
Oh well. See, I wanted to kidnap
someone who was close to the
Batman. But, he probably won't
care anyway who I take. You see,
he doesn't respond to limp bodies,
he responds to kidnappings.
The Joker, laughing manically, along with the clowns and
detective Campbell, exit the smoking MCU.
EXT. GOTHAM WATERWORKS NIGHT
A patrolman, Jacob Miller Miller, strolls across the wide
expanse in front of two very large water tanks. He looks up
to the top of one of the tanks, obviously searching for
something.
A second police officer comes around the corner, flashlight
in hand. He looks at the first, surprised.
2ND OFFICER
Oh... hey Jacob. Are you supposed
to be on patrol tonight?
JACOB MILLER
Oh hey. Actually no, but I knew
that Detective Campbell would want
me here.
2ND OFFICER
What does that mean?
JACOB MILLER
Nothing. [He smiles a quick smirk.]
I'll take the south side if you
wanna take the north side.
EXT. ALLEYWAY NIGHT
Batman wanders the alleyways, apparently listening to
people's conversations through his telecommunications
sensor. He puts his fingers to his ear.
BATMAN
Campbell...?
JOKER
You wanted to talk to him?
A look of instant horror flashes across Batman's face.
BATMAN
Joker...
JOKER
Look, listen. Let's save the
theatrics and get down to brass
tax. Now, see. I don't like it
when I'm not the main attraction,
and I really don't like it when you
leave me out of the loop.
BATMAN
This town is not a one man show...
JOKER
I want this town to know who runs
it though, until their spirit
breaks completely...
BATMAN
This city has already showed you it
believes in good.
JOKER
If you give a thousand monkeys a
thousand tests, one is bound to do
well.
BATMAN
(thinking)
What do you want?
JOKER
(laughing)
Oh, not much. I just want my best
friend to come over and play for a
while.
BATMAN
I'll be at the Waterworks. That's
the only place I'll be. I'm not
playing your games, Joker.
JOKER
Oh, so I can fall into your little
trap? Nice of you to offer, Batsy,
but I've got an agenda of my
own. Wait, scratch that. No I
don't.
BATMAN
This isn't a negotiation
Joker! You're not number 1
anymore. Deal with it.
Batman clicks off his communicator. He touches it again.
BATMAN
Alfred?
Alfred Pennyworth on the other line: Yes, master Wayne?
BATMAN
I need you to get a hold of the
GCPD. Tell them to head towards
the Gotham Waterworks.
Alfred on the other line: Yes, of course, master Wayne.
BATMAN
Tell them the Joker will be there,
and to bring a bomb squad. Use the
secure line. And tell them to not
accept an 'All Clear' from any of
their officers at the Waterworks.
Alfred on the other line: Right away, master Wayne.
INT. ARKHAM ASYLUM NIGHT
The Scarecrow talks into a cell phone, his voice modulator
still on.
SCARECROW
Yes, and Jacob Miller is down
there. He will get the job done.
The other person on the line, which is on speaker, is
clearly a woman.
TALIA
Good, and make sure you're far
enough out of the blast radius when
it goes off. The League of Shadows
wouldn't want one of our chief
operatives killed...
SCARECROW
You never divulged me on how much
this explosion is going to
destroy...
TALIA
Oh... all of Gotham, that's for
sure. Some of Trenton, the
outskirts of Metropolis...
SCARECROW
That is too much! Your father
would never allow other cities to
pay for the crime that...
TALIA
Do not talk about my father! You
didn't know him. And besides, he
WOULD have wanted corrupt cities to
pay for the sins they have
committed. They are all
guilty. They should pay. Don't
you know what we do? Our way of
life, our whole crusade is to
restore the balance that the human
race needs. Whenever a
civilization reaches the pinnacle
of its decadence, we restore the
balance. My father failed to
destroy Gotham twice, and I assure
you, it won't take me but once.
SCARECROW
As you wish. [He scoffs.] I will
report to you after we've cleared
our people from the tanks.
EXT. GOTHAM WATERWORKS NIGHT
Officer Jacob Miller is shown strapping bombs to the outside
of the Waterworks tank structure. The other officer
approaches him from behind.
2ND OFFICER
Hey! What are you doing?!
Officer Jacob Miller Miller takes out his sidearm and shoots
the 2nd Officer. He takes out a cell phone and dials a
number.
JACOB MILLER
Yes, they are set and there are no
more police around.
A van pulls up next to the water works. Joker's van.
JACOB MILLER
Wait, boss. Someone just
arrived. Friends of yours?
The Scarecrow's voice is barely heard through the receiver.
JACOB MILLER
Hold on.
The officer pulls out a set of binoculars. He stares into
them as the people from the van pile out. Most of them have
clown masks on, and some just have pantyhose over their
heads. All of them carry semi-automatics as their weapons.
The Joker steps out of the van also. He shouts some orders
to the other clowns. Officer Miller talks back on the cell
phone.
JACOB MILLER
It's the Joker. And he's brought
his clowns.
The Scarecrow is shown in his car driving with his posse.
SCARECROW
We'll be there momentarily. Keep
hidden.
The Scarecrow hangs up the phone. He speaks with the people
in the van.
SCARECROW
This is exactly what should NOT
have happened. We released the
Joker to run rampant in Gotham so
we could accomplish our goal
here. And how did he know to go to
the Water Works?
EXT. GOTHAM WATERWORKS NIGHT
The Joker waves his hand around to set up a perimeter, and
the clowns spread out.
The Batman is shown rounding the corner towards the
Waterworks. He drives his Bat pod straight at the Joker,
but his men step in. Batman jumps off the bike and flies at
one of the clowns, while the Bat pod skids on top of one of
the other clowns.
The Batman uses his fighting skills as all of the clowns
draw around him. The Joker hangs back while his goons fight
the Batman, and shoot at him.
The Joker lunges at Batman, and they trade blows. Batman is
able to unhook a cable from his utility belt, and wraps
hands up. He trips Joker up, and the Joker lands on his
backside.
JOKER
Yay. Now we can talk.
BATMAN
The only person you'll be talking
to is another psychiatrist.
JOKER
Hah. Anywhere is better than
here. You want to know a
secret? I hate the outside. Here,
out here in this urban stink
hole. See, this is where the real
evil takes place. Murder, money,
drugs. It's all a big joke to
me. But to these average people,
to the John Smiths and the Jane
Does, evil is everywhere. And you
think that you can keep me in
Arkham? It's true that from time
to time it's inmates escape, but
they all return- for the world
outside is truly frightening.
BATMAN
I don't know about the security of
Arkham, but I warn you Joker, I
know the security of MY city.
Batman gets up and the Joker laughs hysterically. The Joker
withdraws a knife from his shoe and prepares to battle the
Batman. Jacob Miller then leaps from his hiding place,
aiming at Batman, but the Joker takes him by the back and
puts the knife against his neck.
JOKER
Ladies and Gentlemen! You've read
about it in the papers! Now
witness, before your very eyes,
that most rare and tragic of
nature's mistakes! I give you: the
average man. Physically
unremarkable, it instead possesses
a deformed set of values. Notice
the hideously bloated sense of
humanity's importance. Also note
the club-footed social conscience
and the withered optimism. It's
certainly not for the squeamish, is
it? Most repulsive of all, are its
frail and useless notions of order
and sanity. If too much weight is
placed upon them... they snap. How
does it live, I hear you ask? How
does this poor pathetic specimen
survive in today's harsh and
irrational environment? I'm afraid
the sad answer is, 'Not very well'.
Faced with the inescapable fact
that human existence is mad,
random, and pointless, one in eight
of them crack up and go stark
slavering buggo! Who can blame
them? In a world as psychotic as
this... any other response would be
crazy!
A white van suddenly rounds the corner into the vicinity of
the Waterworks tanks.
JOKER
I hope you already called the popo.
Joker slices Jacob Miller's throat. Joker laughs
hysterically and flings the knife towards Batman. The knife
catches him at the shoulder, but he quickly recovers and
launches out a projectile stream that wraps around the
Joker's feet and trips him.
The van stops abruptly. Out of the back of the van pile out
sharply dressed henchmen of the Scarecrow. The men swarm
around the Joker, still bundled up in front of the
van. Batman is nowhere to be found.
Batman shows up out of the shadows and takes two of the
henchmen by complete surprise. They scream as the Batman
drags them off. The men's semiautomatics go off randomly as
they are dragged off.
The Scarecrow stands behind the remaining henchmen and
whispers to them. The two henchmen lunge at Batman, going
for his abdomen. They use the butts of their guns to ram
into Batman's chest. The Batman lets his mouth open for a
split second to let out a gasp. That's all the Scarecrow
needs.
Scarecrow lunges forward and sprays Batman right in the
mouth with spray. Batman chokes.
Batman starts to hear sounds and see images from his fearful
past. The Scarecrow chuckles to himself.
SCARECROW
It's a lethal dose. I didn't want
to allow you to ruin any more of my
plans, Bat.
Batman continues to see visions of what he fears most. His
eyes flash with visions of his parents, of Rachel Dawes
dying, of Joe Chill, of the Joker. Of Ras Al'Ghul.
Ras Al'Ghul: What do you fear?
Of Scarecrow's mask. Of Carmine Falcone. Of the man in
prison with him in Nepal. Of Harvey Dent. Of Gotham
itself.
BATMAN
I wanted to save Gotham.
In flashback: Alfred Pennyworth: Why do we fall sir? So we
can learn to pick ourselves back up.
Somehow, Detective Campbell craws out of the van and yells
to Batman.
CAMPBELL
You did!
Batman gets up, in a fit of rage. It seems he has conquered
his fear, and now only gets angrier because of it. In a
flash of pure blackness, the other two henchmen are on the
ground and bleeding.
The Batman goes for the Scarecrow's neck, and seeing the
ornamental noose that completes the costume, goes for that
and tightens it around his neck.
CAMPBELL
Batman, NO!
BATMAN
This man killed me!
CAMPBELL
And you have to be better than him.
BATMAN
I already have blood on my
hands. What would a little more
do? Why do I have to be better?
Police sirens are heard nearby and flashes of blue and red
can be seen entering the Water Works complex.
CAMPBELL
For Gotham.
Flashes of Bruce Wayne's parents flash across his mind.
The Gotham City Police Department surround the complex and
exit their cruisers. The Batman releases Scarecrow and
throws his mask off of the villain. It is not Jonathan
Crane under the mask.
BATMAN
It's not Crane. Detective... I
need you to do something for me.
The Batman is shown saying something to Campbell, then
slumps over on the ground. More police arrive around the
three bodies of the Batman, faux-Scarecrow, and Campbell.
EXT. GOTHAM CEMETARY
A handful of U.S. Marines drape an American flag over the
casket of Batman. They are seen lifting it into a Hearst
nearby. Detective Campbell presides over the ceremony.
CAMPBELL
He was the hero that Gotham needed,
but not the one that we cried out
for. He did not ask anything from
the people, nor did he have to. He
heralded in a new era for this
great city, when we all needed a
change. We let the corrupt and the
evil take a hold of us. He pried
that loose and showed us what we
could truly be. We all wanted the
world to change, but when he
changed it, we witnessed our world
get worse before it got better. We
ridiculed him, we called for his
head. Despite this, he battled
unrelenting terrorists and
corruption, all with the decency
that this city would like to be
based upon. But we cast the first
stone. And he took it, because he
thought he wasn't a hero.
Several shots of people putting things on the Batman's
casket - including a little boy's hand drawn card simply
saying 'Thank You.'
CAMPBELL
We have chosen to conceal his
identity from everyone. No one
will know who the Batman was, and
they shouldn't have to. And the
least this city can do now is to
remember what this Caped Crusader
did, and emulate his example. It's
up to us now. We have to take the
torch. Take his example, and don't
be afraid to be brave. Be brave
for the bat. Continue his valiant
Crusade.
EXT. GOTHAM CEMETERY
Six days later...
A man with "R-I-D-D-L-E" on each of his fingers approaches
the mausoleum that houses Batman. Outside the mausoleum is
a plaque. The Riddler reads it out loud.
RIDDLER
To the Caped Crusader, the unknown
protector of Gotham City, who gave
his life so that its citizens could
remain free...
The Riddler gets up, and enters the mausoleum. Inside he
notices the casket. He breaks open the locks placed on
it. He lifts the lid and there is nothing inside.
RIDDLER
Very nice, Batman.
END CREDITS