Terrence McGinnis (DCAU)/Quotes

Oh come on, it's college. Aren't I supposed to pull all nighters?

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Gotham doesn't need any vigilante heroes.

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I am Batman!

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GOOD Bad-Dog!

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None of them want me there. Well, maybe Aquagirl. But I had to save her life to win her over.

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He's not your father. Not really, he's... a ghost.

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My dad wasn't a superhero. He didn't save the world from the near-Apocalypse of '09, he never went toe to toe with Mr. Freeze, but he was a good man just the same. Even after he and mom got divorced, he always tried to do the right thing. My brother and I were always provided for, when mom couldn't quite make the bills he always helped out. He tried to teach me right from wrong. Would have too if I'd ever listened to him. He never laid a hand on me, although Lord knows I was asking for it.

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He is one of our greatest heroes someone with the power to change the world.

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Magic! Earth to Bruce. This isn't the Middle Ages, it's the 21st Century.

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You may be afraid of you-don't-even-know-what, but I don't care. Be more afraid of me. Be more afraid of what's going to happen to that little girl if you don't do your job and find out where she is. Capisce?

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So when I thought "weird", I immediately thought of you.

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And what business is your family in? Anarchy?

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You turned them into mindless soldiers, capable of only one thought. I just took advantage of that.

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You're right. I don't know you.

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The rules of the Society of Assassins has never been exactly... logical.

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I'm in... Provisionally. I've got some conditions. One, if you need me for something it better be big, because for me this city is job one. Two, if you 're going on a mission and I say I'm busy, I'm busy. Three, Gotham's off limits, unless I ask for your help.

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Bringing in Tim and Mr. Fox, creating a working relationship with Commissioner Gordon, even reaching out to Dick Grayson... If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were getting sentimental in your --

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You dog, Bruce. A queen?

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This feels like the end of things. Our last stand. The final battle.

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I thought I was in charge of this team-up...

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Maybe I don't have Bruce's all-consuming passion to wipe out crime. But he... and Dana... and Grayson, and so many other people, have taught me other things since I first chose to put on this suit. They've taught me that, as long as there are people in need, and we have the capacity to help them... then that's what we do.

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In the end, maybe Tagg got what he wanted all along... to be a part of the collection of super-villains he fantasized about.

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Do I want to end up like them? All broken and angry. If I live that long? When I put on this suit, I never thought about five, ten years down the line. College entrance exams are coming up. I haven't thought about those, either. What do I want to be when I grow up?

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All due respect, Mr. Grayson -- what happens to Gotham falls on me. I'm Batman.

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Let me guess -- you want me to track down Shriek, the other sound genius, and convince him that we have to work together. For the sake of the city, the good guy and the bad guy have to team up. Just like the vids. Right?

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Terry. Li-listen to me... I need your help.

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Funny. And here I thought the Jokerz might not be twips over here. Shows what I know.

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You know, in my timeline... I tell the people closest to me that becoming Batman saved my life. That I was heading down a bad path... and this pulled me out of it. But you know what the truth is? Deep down, I think I would have pulled myself up. Course corrected my life. That even without becoming Batman... I still would have become a good person. I guess now we know that's not true.

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He's... gone...

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Whatever this is between us... it's already gone on too long. If we don't stop the cycle now, pretty soon we won't be able to. And then what? The Joker's dead. The original Batman is a lonely old man. So, you tell me, Ghoul... where's the fun in that?

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You know, Davis, for what it's worth... I get it. You did a terrible thing. And you hate yourself for it.

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I mean, families are tough to keep together. Everyone loves each other. Sure. And deep down, they only want the best for each other. But caring about someone that much... makes it that much harder when they disappoint you. Or when you disappoint them.

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