Why So Serious...?
Dedicated to an amazing movie.
Welcome to a world without rules.
Can you avenge evil without becoming it?
I'm like a dog chasing cars.
I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know?
I just...do things.
Do you want to know...why I use a knife?
Guns are too quick.
You can't savor all of the...little...emotions.
You see, in their...last moments, people show you who they really are.
So in a way...I knew your friends better than you ever did!
Would you like to know which of them were cowards?
Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was... a drinker, and a fiend! And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself; he doesn't like that. No. Not... one... bit. So, me watching - he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and says..
"Why so SERIOUS?"
So, he comes at me with the knife,
"Why so SERIOUS?!"
He sticks the blade in my mouth, "Let's put a smile on that face!" And..
...why so serious?
I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.
The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.
We thought we could be decent men in an indecent time...
but we were wrong!
The world is cruel.
And the only morality in a cruel world is
chance.
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself
become the villain.
Alfred: Every time you stitch yourself you do make a bloody mess.
Bruce: It forces me to learn from my mistakes.
Alfred: Then you should be a genius by now, sir.
Come on, Harvey. You're Gotham's new District Attorney.
If you're not getting shot at then you're not doing your job right.
How 'bout a magic trick? I'm gonna make this pencil disappear.
[Gambol's henchman tries to attack him; in one swift motion he then slams the man's head into the pencil, forcing the entire pencil through his eye socket. The man falls over dead.]
Ta-daa!
[looks at where the pencil was with mock surprise]
It's... It's gone!
Oh, and by the way, the suit? It wasn't cheap. You oughta know, you bought it.
look, listen,
I know why you choose to have your little "group therapy sessions" in broad daylight.
I know why you're afraid to go out at night: The Batman.
See, Batman has shown Gotham your true colors.
Unfortunately, Dent: he's just the beginning,
and as-as for th-the television's so-called "plan,"
Batman has no jurisdiction.
He'll find him and make him squeal.
I know squealers, when I see them.
Bruce: So let's put a couple of tables together.
Harvey: I don't think they'll let us.
Bruce: Well they should. I own the place.
You crossed the line first, sir.
You squeezed and hammered them to the point of desperation.
And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand.
Some men aren't looking for anything logical.
They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with.
Some men just want to watch the world burn
Alfred: I suppose they'll wanna lock me up, too, as your accomplice.
Bruce: Accomplice? I'm gonna tell them the whole thing was your idea.
Introduce a little anarchy.
Upset the established order, then everything becomes... chaos.
I'm an agent of chaos.
Oh, and you know the thing about chaos?
It's fair.
Ugh, you. You just couldn't let me go, could you?
This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
You...truly are...incorruptible, aren't you, huh?
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness.
And I won't kill you...because you're just too much fun.
I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
I took Gotham's "White Knight" and I...
brought him down to our level.
It wasn't hard.
You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity.
All it takes is a little push!
You'll hunt me.
You'll condemn me,
set the dogs on me.
Because that's what needs to happen.
Because sometimes the truth isn't good enough.
Sometimes people deserve more.
Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
Because we have to chase him.
Because he's the hero that Gotham deserves,
but not the one it needs right now
so we'll hunt him...
because he can take it...
because he's not a hero...
he's a silent guardian...
a watchful protector...
a Dark Knight.