Later that afternoon, at the Amusement Mile (Gotham City's own amusement park):
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to July 4th's Independence Festival!" Hill announced from a microphone. "Raise the flag and strike up the band!"
"Stars and Stripes" music is heard playing the background underneath all the excitement and jubilance from all the citizens. Gadget calmly strolls in the mix trying to unsuccessfully blend in with the crowd (which seems silly as he sticks out like a sore thumb). And who of all people should see him alive and well on his monitor but –
"GADGET!! NOOO!! HE'S ALIVE!" Claw screamed.
Pressing a button on his console it reveals a dressing room where his men are getting into their uniforms. Camera zooms in on Joker who is sitting in his own chair with his back turned to Claw, reading a magazine.
"Clown! You told me you had Gadget eliminated! "Ascending to the great beyond while playing his Gadget Harp!" Weren't those your EXACT WORDS?!"
"They weren't my exact words…Oh wait, yes they were" Joker smiled gaily.
"YOU IDIOT!!"
"You know all that rage can't be good for a man like you? Have you tried Anger Management classes?"
Claw pounds his fist in frustration smashing the arm off his armchair.
"Or perhaps The Sedona Method?"
"SHUT UP! I will give you one more chance to dispose of Gadget, but if you fail, I'll –
Claw ponders for a bit and then begins to laugh which then turns into something like The Joker's cackling.
"Oh, so now, you decide to loosen up."
"No, on second thought, bring Gadget to me…alive. He may actually prove quite useful, very useful to me! Succeed or I will wipe that grin right off your face permanently."
"Oh, been there, tried that."
"NOW, GO!"
Claw shuts off his monitor. Joker stands up from his chair and dresser and for the first time we see his face. He is dressed as a twisted, inverted version of Uncle Sam with green, purple, and red colors.
"It even comes with a beard!" Joker comments to the audience. He now turns and faces the agents, pointing like Uncle Sam, but sounding to the lyrics of In the Navy: "I want, you, I want you, I want you (sounding regular now) to get out there and finish off Gadget! Got it?
"Got it!" cried the agents.
"Good" Joker smiles.
While on the other side of the park, Bruce and Penny, skipping right beside him, were taking part in all the various activities and fun events they had there. It was all heart-stopping fun. Even Bruce smiled. Not falsely or half-heartedly, but a genuine smile. This included riding the carousel, several roller coasters (to which Penny clung to Bruce tightly), competing at each other with Bumper cars, and taking a grand view of the park on top of the Ferris wheel.
All this while, Gadget is still on the lookout for suspicious M.A.D. agents.
"Why just look at this crowd! Anyone one of these people could be Dr. Claw's agents!"
Similar to a famous scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again, M.A.D. Agents, disguised as barbershop quartet members old-fashioned carnival uniforms try to exercise various murderous attempts on Gadget's life. One agent from a "balloon popping" game banister hurls several darts, tranquilizers, in Gadget's direction. He bends down to tie his shoe, with the darts barely missing him.
"Excuse me, sir!" another agent, disguised as a vendor, hollered. "Would you like a glass of lemonade?"
"Well…Alright, but make it a quick one, I'm on assignment."
The agent tears out a pouch from his pocket. The label has a warning sign in bold letters with a skull and crossbones symbol. He pours it in first and gives it to Gadget. It fizzles and crackles as he takes it.
"Hmm. That's funny, it's not that hot out to boil lemonade. But I guess all lemonade's the same. Whoops!"
He trips over a rock, which causes him to accidentally hurdle the cup in the air and hits the agent in the face, perforating his skin. He falls over, grasping and clutching himself in pain.
"Yep, definitely too hot a day for lemonade. I need a better view. Go, Go, Gadget Neck"
Another agent lunges from behind and swings with a crowbar at Gadget's head, which bounces off his metallic neck and slams into his face, knocking him out cold.
"Go, go, Gadget Binoculars! Hmmm. Ah! I'll bet I can spot those M.A.D. agents from that Ferris wheel over there! Go, Go, Gadget Copter!"
Helicopter blades pop out from the sides of his hat and start to whirl around as the engine kicks in, lifting him off his feet and towards the Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel at this point has stopped rotating for a minute, leaving Bruce and Penny at the tip top, reflecting on the sights.
"What do you want to do next?" Bruce asked her.
"Well, up to this point it's been fantastic so far. But the best part for me has always been their grand finale – the fireworks display."
"Oh, yes. Well, it's a good thing this town still has a good amount to use. I mean with all those firework robberies occurring in the past few weeks, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised."
"Robberies?" Penny said to herself, as the word echoed several times in her mind.
Suddenly, without warning, her brain visualizes a sudden flashback:
"Firework companies have been going bankrupt due to recent robberies of their products. Suspect M.A.D. may be involved in the theft in order to sabotage the annual Independence Festival in Gotham City. Your mission is to find the culprits responsible and prevent them from carrying out their operation."
Flashback ends, leaving Penny stunned.
"Are you alright?" Bruce asks as they exit the Ferris wheel.
"I, I think so" Penny replies.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" an individual from the Ferris wheel shouts.
Penny and Bruce stop at look straight up at the Ferris wheel. Gadget has landed on top of the ride, peering downwards at the crowd. Detective Harvey Bullock, on duty and enjoying the event at the same time, is being interrogated by Gadget with a magnifying glass in his face.
"Get off, you psycho!" Bullock shouts.
"Now, now! Let's watch ourselves. Besides, you look very suspicious to me. Haven't I seen you before?"
"I'm the guy who's going to arrest your butt if you don't get out of my face right now!"
Meanwhile, The Joker, in his Uncle Sam gig, has managed to blend in with the crowd.
"Yes?" Joker relays on his radio.
"Sir, we've spotted Gadget on the grounds."
"Where?"
"Look up."
He immediately spots Gadget on top of the Ferris wheel and chuckles to himself as he strolls over to it.
"Well, well, well. HEHE. I know Claw said take him alive. But him up there, unaware and oblivious, not to mention all those unsuspecting people sitting there like bulls eyes with legs…I CAN'T RESIST! HAHAHA!"
He pulls a "jack-in-the-box" out of his coat pocket and places it at the base of the ride. He gives it a few cranks and it starts to play the "Pop Goes the Weasel" theme.
"Besides, if the man's indestructible, he won't be that much bruised. HAHA!"
Joker then exits, humming the tune.
"Isn't that the bizarre, absent-minded policeman I met at City Hall a few days ago?" Bruce asked out loud, as the scene focuses back on him.
Just then Penny mind races again, imprinting another flashback, in bits and pieces, in her brain:
"Bad News, Penny. I'm on a case as of now…."
"But Uncle, the festival! You promised.
"It's far too dangerous for you. I need you to be a good girl and stay home where it's safe."
"Far too dangerous my eye!" Every time something fun happens in my life…He treats me just like a little kid. I'M NOT A LITTLE KID ANYMORE… I've never been this angry before in my life. This man has done everything for me… If Claw ever finds out, he'll wipe us all out. I'll never let that happen! Never! I won't lose the only family I still have left! I made a promise, and I will see it through….I won't let you down, Mom and Dad….
Flashback ends, returning her to reality, with her memory back and fully intact.
"That's no bizarre, absent-minded policeman! THAT'S MY UNCLE! UNCLE GADGET! UNCLE GADGET!!" Penny screamed, waving for his attention.
"Penny! Wait, come back!" Bruce called, running after her.
"I REMEMBER NOW! I REMEMBER!!" she cried out loud. "UNCLE GADGET!"
"Penny?" Gadget asked to himself, as if he thought he heard her voice. Looking down, he actually saw his niece running and waving for him. "Penny! It is her!"
"Uncle!"
"Penny?! What are you doing here?! I thought I –
"UNCLE, LOOK OUT!" Penny shouted, spotting the bomb.
The tune stops playing. BOOM! The "jack-in-the-box" bomb explodes underneath the Ferris wheel, causing it to catch on fire, creating a huge puff of smoke and inflamed debris.
"POP! Goes the weasel! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Joker laughs gloriously.
It starts to teeter and totter and begins to collapse in Penny's direction. Bruce, seeing this, leaps in and grabs Penny, throwing themselves out of harm's way. The ride collapses to the ground, initiating another explosion which sends the two flying. Bruce collides his backside into a random ride's steel gate/entrance, knocking him out cold. Penny rushes to him, then remembers her uncle whom she sees being dragged out from under a piece of debris, in bad shape, and being loaded aboard a van by disguised M.A.D. Agents and a clown wearing an Uncle Sam outfit, who simply smiles and waves farewell to her.
"WAIT! STOP! UNCLE GADGET! NOOOO!!" Penny cried running after it.
It was no use catching up to it as the van darted out of the amusement park quick as a flash, colliding into several people on the way out. Penny then rushes back to Bruce trying to wake him.
"Bruce, get up. Bruce! Bruce…Can you hear me? Please?"
Scene fades out on her clutching tightly to him as the entire park is in chaos, hastily trying to put out the fires caused by the explosion.