History Awesome / BatmanBegins

-->'''Batman:''' '''[[GutturalGrowler WHERE WERE THE OTHER DRUGS GOING?]]'''\\

''[cue shot of the prisoners rolling about in the yard, screaming in pain]''

* Falcone's HannibalLecture[=/=]TheReasonYouSuckSpeech is one for the villainous; he has Bruce ''speechless'', because Bruce ''knows'' Falcone's got him dead to rights. Which inspires him to [[WalkingTheEarth walk the earth]] and eventually become Batman, leading to Falcone's ''very'' satisfying comeuppance detailed below.

* Ra's' line "If someone stands in the way of true justice, you simply walk up behind them...and stab them in the heart", delivered in a calm and cold voice. Made even better as it foreshadows the attacker coming up behind Bruce, which turns out to have been a feint for Ra's making an attack himself!

--->'''Ducard:''' ''[failing to notice that Bruce had slashed several ninja with identical wounds]'' You cannot leave any sign.
--->'''Bruce:''' ''[early version of Batman growl]'' I haven't.

* "Actually, there were seven of them."
** "I counted six, Mr. Wayne."

-->'''Batman:''' '''[[GutturalGrowler WHERE WERE THE OTHER DRUGS GOING?]]'''
-->'''Flass:''' I don't know! I-I-I swear to {{God}}!\\

-->'''Flass''': (The drugs) are all in the Narrows! But cops only go there in force and-
-->'''Batman:''' '''[[BadassBoast DO I LOOK LIKE A COP?]]''' ''(Drops Flass)''

* One for Ra´s here. His entire plan goes almost without a hitch. The only reason he loses is because he left Bruce in the manor instead of killing him. Had he finished him, no one would have been able to stop him.

* To keep SWAT occupied, Batman summons a massive swarm of bats.
** The scene was taken from ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', and was itself just the capper on an entire Moment of Awesome sequence.

--->'''Ra's:''' Familiar! [[IsThatTheBestYouCanDo Don't you have anything new]]?!
--->'''Batman:''' [[ShutUpHannibal How about]] ''[[ShutUpHannibal THIS]]''?! ''[catches the blade of Ra's sword-cane between the spines on his vambrace and then pulls his arms apart, [[WreckedWeapon snapping it]]]''

--->'''Ra's:''' Have you finally learned to do what is necessary?
--->'''Batman:''' I won't kill you. ''(throws his Batarang out the window and separates the train to open.)'' But I don't have to save you. ''(activated his wingsuit and flies out)''

* Creator/CillianMurphy's magnificent performance as Crane/Scarecrow. Up until this point, Scarecrow was a loud, obvious villain; not that this made him any less frightening, mind you. But Murphy's good looks, calm demeanor, soft-spoken delivery, and incredible acting manage to add a whole new side to Crane, and make him more unassuming, more subtle, and more effective as a villain. He's unsettling at first, and downright ''terrifying'' when he puts on his mask. No wonder Crane's an EnsembleDarkhorse now.
** Batman giving Crane a "taste of his own medicine" also counts.
** Also, even before he unveils the Scarecrow, Crane manages to be the first person to make Carmine Falcone drop his mask of untouchable smugness. Granted, it's mainly due to Crane evoking his employer, but still.
--->'''Crane:''' No more favors. Someone is sniffing around.\\
'''Falcone:''' Hey, I scratch your back, you scratch mine, Doc. I'm providing the muscle for all your shipments.\\
'''Crane:''' We are paying you for that.\\
'''Falcone:''' Well, maybe money isn't as interestin' to me as favors.\\
'''Crane:''' ''[Removes his glasses and exhales]'' I am more than aware that you are not intimidated by ''me'', Mr. Falcone. But you know who I'm working for. And when he gets here--\\
'''Falcone:''' ''[Suddenly apprehensive]'' He--he's comin' to Gotham?!\\
'''Crane:''' Yes he is. And when he gets here, he's not going to want to hear that you have endangered our operation just to get your thugs out of a little jail time.

--> '''Falcone:''' Yeah, you got spirit, kid. I'll give you that. More than your old man, anyway. In the joint, Chill told me, uh, told me about the night he killed your parents. He said your father begged for mercy. Begged. ''Like a dog.''

** To elaborate, the false Ra's al Ghul tells Bruce [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten to kill this one criminal]] to affirm his status as member of the League of Shadows. [[ThouShaltNotKill Owing to his one rule]] ''before'' becoming Batman, Bruce basically says "hell, no", dips his sword into the hot coal, and tosses it into some bags, beginning to burn down the temple. The League, in response, ''immediately ready their swords '''[[UndyingLoyalty in unison]]''''', with Ra's doing the same and fighting Bruce as the temple explodes and collapses around them. Ra's ends up dying from having burning logs collapsing on top of him. The next thing Bruce does is to pick up Ducard and get the hell out, but ends up flying out as Ducard slides off the mountain. Bruce follows suit and ultimately saves Ducard via using the spiked blades on his arm, proving that they can do more than just following the RuleOfCool.

* The scene with Falcone loading a shotgun in his car, where you can just imagine his panic. He then whispers "What the hell are you?" Cue a smash of glass and...say it with us now..."I'm Batman!"

'''Batman:''' ''[hanging upside down, coming into shot as we pan with the goon]'' '''Here'''.\\

* On a meta-level, the Nolan and co. were able to legitimately sell the idea of Batman not only as something to be taken seriously, but as something that actually feels ''believable''. Perhaps most impressively, the conventional wisdom that capes are both impractical and dangerous is outright defied, to the point that Batman is shown to ''need'' a cape for entirely practical purposes beyond theatricality.