1 00:01:24,469 --> 00:01:29,016 This is Gotham Air One reporting in. Things are actually quiet for once. 2 00:01:31,914 --> 00:01:33,234 - You see that? - What? 3 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:36,590 I had a blip. It just ghosted across my screen. 4 00:01:36,990 --> 00:01:39,040 - I don't see anything. - It was there. 5 00:01:39,293 --> 00:01:42,237 Whatever it is must be right below us. 6 00:01:42,531 --> 00:01:44,428 - There it is! - There what is? 7 00:01:44,667 --> 00:01:47,197 It looked like bat wings. 8 00:01:47,472 --> 00:01:52,717 Bat wings? Okay, take us up through those clouds, just in case. 9 00:01:59,892 --> 00:02:02,584 Sorry, kid. There's nothing up here. 10 00:02:02,864 --> 00:02:07,629 I swear, I saw it. Something was flying around up here. 11 00:02:30,809 --> 00:02:32,727 Testing, one, two, three. 12 00:02:33,013 --> 00:02:34,550 Testing, one, two, three. 13 00:02:34,815 --> 00:02:38,173 You, too, can fulfill the dream of being a high-paid radio personality... 14 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,537 in your spare time, just like me. 15 00:02:40,791 --> 00:02:42,709 Just call... 16 00:02:43,027 --> 00:02:45,884 Just call the Gotham institute of Broadcast Arts. 17 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:49,469 Yeah, that's better. Call the Gotham Inst... 18 00:03:13,642 --> 00:03:15,626 Get away! 19 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:44,973 I didn't authorize this statement, detective. 20 00:03:45,261 --> 00:03:49,011 Come on, commissioner, somebody asked me a couple of questions. 21 00:03:49,332 --> 00:03:51,415 I just gave them a couple of answers. 22 00:03:51,704 --> 00:03:53,503 You gave them without my approval. 23 00:03:53,739 --> 00:03:56,563 If you kept quiet, he wouldn't know we're moving against him. 24 00:03:56,879 --> 00:03:58,035 I'll find him. 25 00:03:58,281 --> 00:04:01,137 - I need a little extra help, Your Honor. - What kind of help? 26 00:04:01,452 --> 00:04:03,851 I want my own tactical squad for the sole purpose... 27 00:04:04,157 --> 00:04:06,174 of throwing the net over this Batman. 28 00:04:06,427 --> 00:04:09,250 - Commissioner? - I've already denied the request. 29 00:04:09,532 --> 00:04:12,159 Nobody's taking a vigilante force onto my streets. 30 00:04:12,469 --> 00:04:16,753 Your Honor, any nut case that dresses up like a bat sooner or later is gonna snap. 31 00:04:17,178 --> 00:04:19,325 Listen, it's just not Batman's m.o. 32 00:04:19,580 --> 00:04:22,339 Oh, yeah? Tell that to the guy he tossed through the window. 33 00:04:22,686 --> 00:04:25,029 I think we could spare a few men, commissioner. 34 00:04:25,322 --> 00:04:27,950 Detective Bullock has a reputation for getting results. 35 00:04:28,262 --> 00:04:31,337 I'm authorizing the strike force. Anything else, detective? 36 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,775 Just make sure the D.A.'s office can give me an airtight case, sir. 37 00:04:35,106 --> 00:04:38,017 If you catch him, Harvey, I'll put him in jail for you. 38 00:04:46,757 --> 00:04:48,905 "Gotham Police Declare War on Batman." 39 00:04:49,161 --> 00:04:53,774 I gather you've been reading How to Make Friends and Influence People. 40 00:04:54,137 --> 00:04:55,576 Somebody's setting me up. 41 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,914 My heavens, you mean it wasn't you tossing guards... 42 00:04:59,245 --> 00:05:00,630 out of windows last night? 43 00:05:00,882 --> 00:05:04,468 I only toss butlers, Alfred. Look, there were two very quiet burglaries... 44 00:05:04,787 --> 00:05:06,935 at other pharmaceutical companies this week. 45 00:05:08,961 --> 00:05:11,360 Nobody hurt like last night, but chemicals stolen. 46 00:05:11,664 --> 00:05:13,300 And you suspect a pattern? 47 00:05:13,534 --> 00:05:15,300 Only one way to find out. 48 00:05:15,538 --> 00:05:19,473 I'll cancel Master Bruce's rendezvous with Bambi, was it, sir? 49 00:05:19,844 --> 00:05:22,057 Yes, Alfred. Do that. 50 00:06:20,173 --> 00:06:22,997 Come here, you. 51 00:06:25,782 --> 00:06:27,799 - He's back! - I'll call the police. 52 00:06:51,057 --> 00:06:52,441 Calling Detective Bullock. 53 00:06:52,692 --> 00:06:54,938 - Calling Detective Bullock. - Yeah? 54 00:06:55,195 --> 00:06:57,593 The Batman's been sighted breaking into Phoenix Labs. 55 00:06:57,867 --> 00:06:59,187 Thought you'd be interested. 56 00:06:59,469 --> 00:07:01,813 I want my squad there, backed by choppers... 57 00:07:02,074 --> 00:07:05,377 and as many officers as you can get, now! 58 00:07:09,819 --> 00:07:12,218 You're mine. 59 00:08:00,066 --> 00:08:03,271 Call the Gotham Inst... 60 00:08:37,258 --> 00:08:39,689 All right, you jokers. Pipe down. 61 00:08:39,963 --> 00:08:43,353 He's in there. I want him by any means necessary. 62 00:08:57,456 --> 00:09:02,930 Commissioner, you're just in time to see us hang this bat upside down. 63 00:09:03,901 --> 00:09:05,154 You sure he's in there? 64 00:09:05,371 --> 00:09:07,966 The chopper pilots just spotted him on the fourth floor. 65 00:09:08,275 --> 00:09:10,140 Well, he can't be two places at once. 66 00:09:10,379 --> 00:09:13,355 Another pharmaceutical factory was just robbed across town. 67 00:09:13,650 --> 00:09:16,375 - You've got the wrong suspect. - What? 68 00:09:26,003 --> 00:09:27,475 There! 69 00:09:32,246 --> 00:09:35,484 Gas attack. Put on your masks. 70 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:46,994 Hey, there he is! 71 00:09:49,272 --> 00:09:51,355 Well, somebody's in there, commissioner. 72 00:09:51,610 --> 00:09:53,376 Call them off, Bullock, or I will. 73 00:10:05,733 --> 00:10:08,677 The bat's gotta be in there, sir. What do you think? 74 00:10:12,743 --> 00:10:15,054 - Tear gas? - We'll smoke him out. 75 00:10:15,381 --> 00:10:18,456 Okay, men, ready with your masks. 76 00:10:58,984 --> 00:11:02,822 The Gotham Zoo tour tram departs in 5 minutes. 77 00:11:03,358 --> 00:11:08,002 Adventures in Chiropterae at the bat exhibit will begin in 30 minutes. 78 00:11:15,242 --> 00:11:18,350 Hello. Anybody here? 79 00:11:19,550 --> 00:11:21,600 Dr. March? 80 00:11:23,089 --> 00:11:25,171 Who is it? 81 00:11:25,626 --> 00:11:28,667 Bruce Wayne. I have an appointment. I called about a bat problem. 82 00:11:29,032 --> 00:11:32,357 - What do you think we are, pest control? - Well, I just need... 83 00:11:32,703 --> 00:11:35,679 - Yes, yes. Come in. - Why, thank you, doctor. 84 00:11:36,009 --> 00:11:39,116 You donate a few million, and you think you own the place. 85 00:11:39,447 --> 00:11:42,772 I understand I'm to analyze something for you. 86 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,976 Yeah, doc. See, I keep hearing squeaks in my chimney. 87 00:11:46,325 --> 00:11:49,499 And I found these in my empty fireplace. They look like hairs. 88 00:11:49,798 --> 00:11:52,458 I thought maybe you could tell me if I have a bat problem. 89 00:11:52,769 --> 00:11:55,266 And what if they are bats, Mr. Wayne? What then? 90 00:11:55,574 --> 00:11:57,405 Destroy them like insects? 91 00:11:57,645 --> 00:12:01,547 We won't survive the next evolutionary cataclysm, but bats will. 92 00:12:01,952 --> 00:12:06,018 They're survivors, Mr. Wayne, not pests. You should understand that! 93 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:10,709 Dad! I hope Mr. Wayne understands you mean no disrespect. 94 00:12:11,132 --> 00:12:13,792 Of course not, Ms...? 95 00:12:14,138 --> 00:12:17,376 Missus. Well, actually, doctor. I'm Francine Langstrom. 96 00:12:17,676 --> 00:12:19,823 I think you spoke with my husband on the phone. 97 00:12:21,749 --> 00:12:24,573 Oh, Mr. Wayne, I'm sorry I'm late. I'm Kirk Langstrom. 98 00:12:24,888 --> 00:12:28,693 - Did you bring the sample? - I gave it to Dr. Mar... 99 00:12:29,061 --> 00:12:31,939 - Where'd he go? - Probably to get started on the analysis. 100 00:12:32,232 --> 00:12:35,089 If it's a bat problem, we'll know by tonight. 101 00:12:35,405 --> 00:12:38,413 Dad was lecturing Mr. Wayne on the virtues of Chiroptera. 102 00:12:38,742 --> 00:12:41,435 - Chiropte-what? - Chiroptera, bats. 103 00:12:41,714 --> 00:12:44,571 And I hope he didn't get carried away. 104 00:12:44,852 --> 00:12:47,927 He's a little protective of all this. 105 00:12:48,258 --> 00:12:50,950 I think he likes bats better than people. 106 00:12:51,262 --> 00:12:53,955 I can't imagine. I brought you this too. 107 00:12:54,267 --> 00:12:57,723 It's a recording I made of the noise in my chimney. 108 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:06,708 That doesn't sound like any bat I've ever heard, Mr. Wayne. 109 00:13:09,558 --> 00:13:12,470 The animal behavior people have a sound library. 110 00:13:12,764 --> 00:13:15,806 Maybe they can identify it. We'll let you know. 111 00:13:16,137 --> 00:13:18,251 I'd appreciate it. 112 00:13:25,718 --> 00:13:29,468 I didn't realize you'd taken up listening to rock 'n' roll, sir. 113 00:13:29,790 --> 00:13:33,115 You know, I actually did check this against any musical sounds. 114 00:13:33,429 --> 00:13:37,147 Computer still can't come close to pinpointing it. 115 00:13:39,105 --> 00:13:41,417 Wayne Manor. One moment, please. 116 00:13:41,743 --> 00:13:45,046 A call for Master Bruce from a Dr. March. 117 00:13:46,985 --> 00:13:48,403 Hey, what's up, doc? 118 00:13:48,655 --> 00:13:51,347 You have bats, Mr. Wayne, common brown bats. 119 00:13:51,658 --> 00:13:54,831 They won't be a problem. As the weather gets colder, they'll leave. 120 00:13:55,165 --> 00:13:58,043 - What about the sound on the tape? - It's actually two sounds... 121 00:13:58,335 --> 00:14:02,206 starlings and brown bats, probably fighting over a nest in your chimney. 122 00:14:02,576 --> 00:14:03,699 Appreciate the help, doc. 123 00:14:03,913 --> 00:14:07,718 I'll return the favor next time you're raising funds. Bye-bye. 124 00:14:08,084 --> 00:14:12,216 This computer checked that fiber against every animal species known to man. 125 00:14:12,792 --> 00:14:16,062 I went to them because I thought they might know something we didn't. 126 00:14:16,365 --> 00:14:18,643 That hair wasn't a brown bat's. 127 00:14:18,935 --> 00:14:21,149 And those melodic sounds? 128 00:14:21,439 --> 00:14:27,075 Computer, check against combined sounds, starlings and brown bats. 129 00:14:29,252 --> 00:14:33,570 Negative. Sounds not originated by either species. 130 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,711 I would say, sir, that we have ourselves an incongruity. 131 00:14:38,033 --> 00:14:40,976 Incongruity, Alfred? He's lying. 132 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:44,282 And I'm gonna find out why. 133 00:15:16,027 --> 00:15:18,720 Can't fight it. It's got me. 134 00:15:49,713 --> 00:15:51,665 Who's back there? 135 00:15:51,916 --> 00:15:54,511 - You. - I'm looking for Dr. March. 136 00:15:54,855 --> 00:15:57,963 He's not here, Batman. 137 00:15:59,129 --> 00:16:02,454 - Where is he? - Giving a lecture on human extinction... 138 00:16:02,768 --> 00:16:04,240 and bat evolution. 139 00:16:04,471 --> 00:16:06,488 He's really quite brilliant. 140 00:16:06,774 --> 00:16:08,726 He's misguided and a thief. 141 00:16:09,011 --> 00:16:12,336 He's just a theorist. He was afraid to put it to the test. 142 00:16:12,684 --> 00:16:14,221 But I wasn't. 143 00:16:14,452 --> 00:16:18,203 I knew we'd discovered a formula to create a totally new species... 144 00:16:18,526 --> 00:16:20,096 neither man nor bat. 145 00:16:20,362 --> 00:16:23,055 And once I started taking it, I couldn't stop. 146 00:16:23,334 --> 00:16:27,499 I desperately wanted to, but it took over. 147 00:16:27,876 --> 00:16:31,975 Francine and March tried to protect me, but it was too late. 148 00:16:32,314 --> 00:16:35,617 The beast knew what chemicals were needed to bring itself about. 149 00:16:35,921 --> 00:16:37,654 It was out of my control. 150 00:16:37,924 --> 00:16:43,331 And it only needs one more component to complete the process. 151 00:16:43,732 --> 00:16:47,897 It's in me, Batman. 152 00:17:39,588 --> 00:17:41,419 Kirk! 153 00:18:18,484 --> 00:18:20,598 I'm getting something strange. 154 00:18:20,855 --> 00:18:22,326 Oh, not again. 155 00:18:22,556 --> 00:18:25,664 I'm serious. It's right below us. 156 00:18:28,666 --> 00:18:33,376 Gotham Command, we need choppers. We've sighted the Batman! 157 00:18:50,768 --> 00:18:52,666 - Let's go. - I can't do it, sir. 158 00:18:52,906 --> 00:18:54,226 What do you mean, you can't? 159 00:18:54,441 --> 00:18:57,166 I just got word not to let you up without the commissioner. 160 00:18:57,446 --> 00:19:00,357 - Who told you that? - The commissioner! 161 00:19:00,718 --> 00:19:02,899 Get out, detective. 162 00:19:03,222 --> 00:19:07,224 The mayor may not let me fire you, but I'm not taking the heat for your fiascoes. 163 00:19:07,561 --> 00:19:10,058 This is my case, commissioner. You heard the mayor. 164 00:19:10,401 --> 00:19:12,199 Then why don't you take it up with him? 165 00:19:12,437 --> 00:19:17,266 I've got a job to do. If you wanna tag along, fine. 166 00:19:18,646 --> 00:19:20,990 Take her up, lieutenant. 167 00:19:21,518 --> 00:19:24,081 Hey, wait for me! 168 00:20:10,497 --> 00:20:13,604 - There he is. - There they are. 169 00:20:13,968 --> 00:20:17,075 - What is that thing? - That thing is what we're after. 170 00:20:17,406 --> 00:20:19,423 Holy... 171 00:20:52,829 --> 00:20:54,432 Two for dinner, sir? 172 00:20:54,665 --> 00:20:57,838 I got a list of all the items stolen from the chemical labs. 173 00:20:58,171 --> 00:21:02,140 Who would've thought they'd be used to create a monster? 174 00:21:02,544 --> 00:21:05,684 Maybe I can undo the fate Langstrom has brought upon himself. 175 00:21:10,057 --> 00:21:12,270 Does it appear feasible, sir? 176 00:21:12,561 --> 00:21:14,905 I think so. 177 00:21:28,486 --> 00:21:30,766 Is he all right? 178 00:21:32,828 --> 00:21:36,633 - Will he change again? - No, the formula's out of his system. 179 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,653 It's over, for now.