History Quotes / BatmanArkhamOrigins

'''Alfred:''' You ''may be.''\\
'''Batman:''' No!\\
'''Alfred:''' But-\\
'''Batman:''' Not ''"may be"!'' I ''am!'' When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice-that is fear. ''That is what I am!'' That is why they hired assassins-because I am the reason the criminals breathe easier when the sun rises. So no, Alfred - I am ''NOT'' in over my head! Tonight won't be ''my'' end. '''But it will be''' '''''theirs!'''''

->''"You want teeth, I want answers"''

->''"Cool Pwnbox"''

->'''Joker:''' All this... all this ''rage''. All directed at me, and for ''what''? You know if you ever let me finish a ''sentence'' you might ''learn something''. You might learn that we're [[NotSoDifferent Not. So. Different.]] You might learn something about yourself.\\

'''Alfred:''' You're not some hardened {{vigilante}}! You're a young man with a trust fund and too much anger. You're in over your head and I...I don't want this to be your end.\\

'''Batman:''' Not ''"may be"!'' I ''am!'' When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice-that is fear. ''[[TheDreaded That is what I am!]]'' That is why [[CarnivalOfKillers they hired assassins]]-because [[BadassBoast I am the reason the criminals breathe easier when the sun rises]]. So no, Alfred - I am ''NOT'' in over my head! Tonight won't be ''my'' end. '''But it will be''' '''''theirs!'''''

'''Alfred:''' You're not some hardened {{vigilante}}! You're a Young man with a trust fund and too much anger. You're in over your head and I...I don't want this to be your end.\\

->'''Psychologistt (Blackgate Prison):''' Bad day, huh? Cops in this city...always beating on the weak and defenseless.\\

-->-- '''Batman''' is apparently not a fan of [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries this song]].

->'''Bane:''' May you find the peace in death that you did not find in life.\\

-->-- '''Batman''' shows he means business.

'''Joker:''' Is all of this for ''you'', or for ''me''? You ''must'' know that I'm a lost cause. Oh but there's still hope for you! [[LaughingMad Ye-e-es]]... Oh I've got ''great'' hopes for you. So come on, don't stop now! [[StrikeMeDownWithAllYourHatred What are you waiting for?]]\\

->'''Junior Psychiatrist (Blackgate Prison):''' Bad day, huh? Cops in this city...always beating on the weak and defenseless.\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' And what do you mean by that?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' What changed?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' Is that how you feel?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' So...now you see fate differently?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' So you've met someone special?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' Everything?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' It is kind of lonely, isn't it?\\
'''Joker:''' Of course! Of course! You understand! Even in a crowd of other screwballs, you're so alone that you can kick, claw, yell, scream at the top of your lungs -- and no one cares. It's like you don't even exist! I feel... ''(The Red Hood hesitates at the edge of the vat of acid that will transform him into the Joker)''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' And how does that make you feel?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' I...might, actually. Can you tell me more about how this person makes you feel?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' Yes. Yes, I do. ''(Batman and the Joker land safely, and a brief shootout occurs)''\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' So, may I ask...who is this person?\\

'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ...My name's Harleen. Harleen Quinzel.\\

'''Joker:''' You of all people should know. ''(laughs)'' There's nothing so ''cruel'' as ''memory''. The pointy, bitey little ''thunderbolts''. Unwanted party crashers, ''screamers'' through your synapses. Inescapable, unrelenting...not at all friendly. You can't even escape into ''madness!'' And then you meet someone who changes your life. And you feel that you don't even know who you are any more! Isn't it funny how one little encounter can ''cleave'' off little pieces of your past, ''deform'' your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity -- and as you realise how foolish it all is -- your ''laughter'' reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness.\\

'''Joker:''' ''(laughs)'' Well, now, yes. Now I realise that all the ''battles'', the ''bad days'', the ''brutalities'' - it was all the hand of Fate at work.\\

'''Joker:''' Absolutely. I mean, do you realise what a vile world we live in? How lonely it is to wade through all the wretch and filth on your own?\\

'''Joker:''' You of all people should know. ''(laughs)'' There's nothing so cruel as ''memory''. The pointy, bitey little ''thunderbolts''. Unwanted party crashers, ''screamers'' through your synapses. Inescapable, unrelenting...not at all friendly. You can't even escape into ''madness!'' And then you meet someone who changes your life. And you feel that you don't even know who you are any more! Isn't it funny how one little encounter can ''cleave'' off little pieces of your past, ''deform'' your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity -- and as you realise how foolish it all is -- your ''laughter'' reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness.\\

'''Joker:''' You of all people should know. There's nothing so cruel as ''memory''. The pointy, bitey little ''thunderbolts''. Unwanted party crashers, ''screamers'' through your synapses. Inescapable, unrelenting...not at all friendly. You can't even escape into ''madness!'' And then you meet someone who changes your life. And you feel that you don't even know who you are any more! Isn't it funny how one little encounter can ''cleave'' off little pieces of your past, ''deform'' your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity -- and as you realise how foolish it all is -- your ''laughter'' reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness.\\

->'''Junior Psychiatrist (Blackgate Prison):''' Bad day, huh? Cops in this city...always beating on the weak and defenceless.\\

'''Joker:''' I feel adrift -- floating -- like someone's pulled the stopper on my reality and I'm ''sucked'' down the drain into something new. It's all very exciting really.'' ''(laughs)'' You wouldn't know what that feels like, I'm sure.\\

->'''Junior Psychiatrist (Blackgate Prison):''' ''Bad day, huh? Cops in this city...always beating on the weak and defenceless.''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Tell me, my dear, have you ever had a ''really...bad...day''?''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''And what do you mean by that?''\\
'''Joker:''' ''You of all people should know. There's nothing so cruel as '''memory'''. The pointy, bitey little '''thunderbolts'''. Unwanted party crashers, '''screamers''' through your synapses. Inescapable, unrelenting...not at all friendly. You can't even escape into '''madness!''' And then you meet someone who changes your life. And you feel that you don't even know who you are any more! Isn't it funny how one little encounter can '''cleave''' off little pieces of your past, '''deform''' your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity -- and as you realise how foolish it all is -- your '''laughter''' reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness.''\\

'''Joker:''' ''You want to know something funny? I used to think of fate as something '''evil''' -- predetermined -- not by some higher power but by the rules of human '''nature'''. But tonight, that's all changed. ''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''What changed?''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Have you ever had the feeling that your entire life has been building towards this one moment?'' (He walks down nightmarish corridors of Ace Chemicals as the Red Hood)\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''Is that how you feel?''\\
'''Joker:''' (laughs) ''Well, now, yes. Now I realise that all the '''battles''', the '''bad days''', the '''brutalities''' - it was all the hand of Fate at work.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''So...now you see fate differently?''\\
'''Joker:''' (laughs) ''Absolutely. Now I understand. There are no chance encounters. It was all meant to be. Everything leading up to who I've met tonight!''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''So you've met someone special?''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Yes. And you might say it's changed '''everything'''.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''Everything?''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Absolutely. I mean, do you realise what a vile world we live in? How lonely it is to wade through all the wretch and filth on your own?''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''It is kind of lonely, isn't it?''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Of course! Of course! You understand! Even in a crowd of other screwballs, you're so alone that you can kick, claw, yell, scream at the top of your lungs -- and no one cares. It's like you don't even exist! I feel...'' (The Red Hood hesitates at the edge of the vat of acid that will transform him into the Joker)\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''And how does that make you feel?''\\
(Nightmare Batman pops out of nowhere and chucks the Red Hood in)\\
'''Joker:''' ''I feel adrift -- floating -- like someone's pulled the stopper on my reality and I'm '''sucked''' down the drain into something new. It's all very exciting really.'' (laughs) ''You wouldn't know what that feels like, I'm sure.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''I...might, actually. Can you tell me more about how this person makes you feel?''\\
(The Red Hood emerges from the drainage, and whisks the hood off, staring into a puddle and seeing the Joker.)\\
'''Joker:''' ''It's like meeting someone I can actually relate to -- which believe me, dear, I've '''never''' felt before.'' (Batman bursts out of the puddle, and the psychiatrist giggles) ''You understand. You're someone who's not afraid to let go -- and fall.'' (Flashback to Batman and the Joker's earlier freefall) ''Free falling. And I didn't pack a chute.'' (laughs) ''Do you know what I mean?''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''Yes. Yes, I do.'' (Batman and the Joker land safely, and a brief shootout occurs)\\
'''Joker:''' ''I figured you would.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''So, may I ask...who is this person?''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Someone very, very special,'' (i.e. Batman) ''but whose real name I don't even know yet!'' (Joker tries to shoot himself, but Batman punches him)\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist:''' ''...My name's Harleen. Harleen Quinzel.''\\
'''Joker:''' ''What a pretty name. Do your friends call you Harley?''\\
'''Harleen Quinzel:''' ''Oh, I don't have a lot of friends.''\\
'''Joker:''' ''Well, Harley, you got one now...''

'''Batman:''' Alfred, who do you see when you look at me? The boy whose shoes you used to tie every morning, the teenager you drove to his first date? While ''you'' are ''here'' every night, ''I'' am out ''there''...the ''only thing'' between the innocent and the predatory.\\

'''Batman:''' Not ''"may be"!'' I ''am!'' When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice-that is fear. ''[[TheDreaded That is what I am!]]'' That is why [[CarnivalOfKillers they hired assassins]]-because [[BadassBoast I am the reason the criminals breathe easier when the sun rises]]. So no, Alfred - I am ''not'' in over my head! Tonight won't be ''my'' end. But it will be ''theirs!''

'''Batman:''' Alfred, who do you see when you look at me? The boy whose shoes you used to tie every morning, the teenager you drove to his first date? While you are here every night, I am out ''there''...the ''only thing'' between the innocent and the predatory.\\
'''Alfred:''' You may be.\\

'''Batman:''' Not "may be". I ''am!'' When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice-that is fear. [[TheDreaded That is what I am!]] That is why [[CarnivalOfKillers they hired assassins]]-because [[BadassBoast I am the reason the criminals Breathe easier when the sun rises]]. So no, Alfred - I am ''not'' in over my head! Tonight won't be ''my'' end. But it will be theirs!

-->-- '''Alfred'''

-->-- A message to a lucky player in online mode

-->-- One of '''Electrocutioner''''s many taunts

-->-- '''The Joker''''s MotiveRant, cementing [[ArchEnemy his relationship]] with Batman

-->-- '''Black Mask''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives Batman the ugly truth]]

-->-- One of '''Deathstroke's''' possible introductions in challenge mode

->''"It's high time you realize you are a man, not an island. And a man's strength comes from not just brawn and intelligence, but also from his allies."''

-->-- '''Black Mask''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives Batman the ugly truth]]

'''Batman:''' You need to learn to shut up.\\

->'''Tiffany Ambrose''': ''[[FromNobodyToNightmare Who's the Joker?]]''\\
'''Roman Sionis''': ''[[TemptingFate Nobody that matters.]]''

->'''Junior Psychiatrist (Blackgate Prison)''': ''Bad day, huh? Cops in this city...always beating on the weak and defenceless.''\\
'''Joker''': ''Tell me, my dear, have you ever had a ''really...bad...day''?''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''And what do you mean by that?''\\
'''Joker''': ''You of all people should know. There's nothing so cruel as '''memory'''. The pointy, bitey little '''thunderbolts'''. Unwanted party crashers, '''screamers''' through your synapses. Inescapable, unrelenting...not at all friendly. You can't even escape into '''madness!''' And then you meet someone who changes your life. And you feel that you don't even know who you are any more! Isn't it funny how one little encounter can '''cleave''' off little pieces of your past, '''deform''' your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity -- and as you realise how foolish it all is -- your '''laughter''' reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness.''\\

'''Joker''': ''You want to know something funny? I used to think of fate as something '''evil''' -- predetermined -- not by some higher power but by the rules of human '''nature'''. But tonight, that's all changed. ''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''What changed?''\\
'''Joker''': ''Have you ever had the feeling that your entire life has been building towards this one moment?'' (He walks down nightmarish corridors of Ace Chemicals as the Red Hood)\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''Is that how you feel?''\\
'''Joker''': (laughs) ''Well, now, yes. Now I realise that all the '''battles''', the '''bad days''', the '''brutalities''' - it was all the hand of Fate at work.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''So...now you see fate differently?''\\
'''Joker''': (laughs) ''Absolutely. Now I understand. There are no chance encounters. It was all meant to be. Everything leading up to who I've met tonight!''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''So you've met someone special?''\\
'''Joker''': ''Yes. And you might say it's changed '''everything'''.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''Everything?''\\
'''Joker''': ''Absolutely. I mean, do you realise what a vile world we live in? How lonely it is to wade through all the wretch and filth on your own?''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''It is kind of lonely, isn't it?''\\
'''Joker''': ''Of course! Of course! You understand! Even in a crowd of other screwballs, you're so alone that you can kick, claw, yell, scream at the top of your lungs -- and no one cares. It's like you don't even exist! I feel...'' (The Red Hood hesitates at the edge of the vat of acid that will transform him into the Joker)\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''And how does that make you feel?''\\

'''Joker''': ''I feel adrift -- floating -- like someone's pulled the stopper on my reality and I'm '''sucked''' down the drain into something new. It's all very exciting really.'' (laughs) ''You wouldn't know what that feels like, I'm sure.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''I...might, actually. Can you tell me more about how this person makes you feel?''\\

'''Joker''': ''It's like meeting someone I can actually relate to -- which believe me, dear, I've '''never''' felt before.'' (Batman bursts out of the puddle, and the psychiatrist giggles) ''You understand. You're someone who's not afraid to let go -- and fall.'' (Flashback to Batman and the Joker's earlier freefall) ''Free falling. And I didn't pack a chute.'' (laughs) ''Do you know what I mean?''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''Yes. Yes, I do.'' (Batman and the Joker land safely, and a brief shootout occurs)\\
'''Joker''': ''I figured you would.''\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''So, may I ask...who is this person?''\\
'''Joker''': ''Someone very, very special,'' (i.e. Batman) ''but whose real name I don't even know yet!'' (Joker tries to shoot himself, but Batman punches him)\\
'''Junior Psychiatrist''': ''...My name's Harleen. Harleen Quinzel.''\\
'''Joker''': ''What a pretty name. Do your friends call you Harley?''\\
'''Harleen Quinzel''': ''Oh, I don't have a lot of friends.''\\
'''Joker''': ''Well, Harley, you got one now...''

->'''Joker''': All this... all this ''rage''. All directed at me, and for ''what''? You know if you ever let me finish a ''sentence'' you might ''learn something''. You might learn that we're [[NotSoDifferent Not. So. Different.]] You might learn something about yourself.\\
'''Batman''': You need to learn to shut up.\\
'''Joker''': You know, it's sad, really. Makes me feel like you don't care to know the ''[[BlatantLies good]]'' side in me. I guess learning is a lot to ask from you, [[DumbMuscle ''meat-for-brains'']].\\

'''Joker''': Is all of this for ''you'', or for ''me''? You ''must'' know that I'm a lost cause. Oh but there's still hope for you! [[LaughingMad Ye-e-es]]... Oh I've got ''great'' hopes for you. So come on, don't stop now! [[StrikeMeDownWithAllYourHatred What are you waiting for?]]\\

'''Joker''': You just can't get it through your ''thick'' skull. We both exist because of ''[[HumansAreBastards them]]''!

->''"You know what's so great about you Batman? [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose Even when I lose, I win.]] So go ahead - call the cops. They'll lock me up, sure. But my lawyer will have me out on bail before the sun's up. And you know what I'm gonna do when I get out? I'm gonna dedicate every waking minute to tracking you down, ''and taking you out!'' And the best part is, there's not a [[PrecisionFStrike damn]] thing you can do about it. [[BadCopIncompetentCop Because that justice system you love so much? It's a scam!]] And you? Hehehehehehe! Well you're the mark. [[CardboardPrison Because you keep tossing us in - and we keep bouncing]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis right back out!]]"''

->''"You know what's so great about you Batman? [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose Even when I lose, I win.]] So go ahead - call the cops. They'll lock me up, sure. But my lawyer will have me out on bail before the sun's up. And you know what I'm gonna do when I get out? I'm gonna dedicate every waking minute to tracking you down, ''and taking you out!'' And the best part is, there's not a [[PrecisionFStrikedamn]] thing you can do about it. [[BadCopIncompetentCop Because that justice system you love so much? It's a scam!]] And you? Hehehehehehe! Well you're the mark. [[CardboardPrison Because you keep tossing us in - and we keep bouncing]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis right back out!]]"''