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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

Hand it over, Judge Vargas.

The doctor said a trade.

Then let's trade.

We had a deal.

Numbers.

Crunch it.

Twenty grand short, Snap.

The price iust went up another 100 thou.

Please, l can't pay that much.

Nah, you'll pay.

You make a mistake. You always pay.

My sentiments exactly.

(GRoANS)

Judge Vargas!

Judge Vargas!

Stop!

(ENGINE STARTS)

Help.

(GASPS)

(AMBULANCE DooRS CLoSES)

(ENGINE STARTS)

Thank heavens she's not badly hurt.

But they don't know when she'll regain consciousness.

l've known Maria Vargas for 20 years. The bestjudge on the circuit.

lt can't be blackmail.

There was something on that videotape she didn't want anyone to see.

l had dinner with her a week ago.

She was just back From vacation.

Looked so relaxed.

(PHoNE RINGING)

WOM_N: Comm�ssioner, that limo's plate is registered

to the Yucca Spr�ngs Resort corporat�on.

Yucca Springs is where Maria took her vacation.

Some sort oF executive relaxation program.

That's one of Roland Daggett's subsidiay companies.

What are you going to...

Do l look stressed out to you?

You? Get outta town.

Exactly. l think l need a vacation.

Now that you've enrolled in the stress management program

Judge Vargas took, may l ask what your next step is, sir?

That's up to Dr. Hugo Strange.

l think he's the same doctor Judge Vargas mentioned.

My first session with him is in 15 minutes.

ln that case, perhaps l should lay out your evening clothes.

Are you sure this will help me relax, Doc?

But of course.

My radiopathic monitoring device is infallible.

lt works by lowering your defenses.

What defenses might those be?

The de Fenses we create to hide the truth from ourselves and others.

For when we do this, we create stress.

ls it not so?

Some secrets are worth keeping.

lf you feel so, there must be considerable stress in your life.

So, we should start with your childhood, yes?

l don't have much to say about my childhood.

ls there some past tragedy you did not wish to acknowledge?

(BRUCE GRoANS)

(GUN FIRING)

STRANGE: Perhaps, the loss of your parents?

Were they taken from you by violence?

What happened to my parents is no secret.

But no one knows that you feel it was your fault. Yes?

l was only a child.

There was nothing l could do.

But you wanted to do something.

You were filled with anger.

You desired what?

A need Filled you.

All-consuming. All-controlling.

What was it, Mr. Wayne?

What was it?

l wanted...

Yes?

Revenge!

Your relaxation therapy doesn't seem to be working too well on me, Dr. Strange.

The first session is ofttimes traumatic.

We will continue tomorrow, yes?

l'll have to think about it. Good day, Doc.

And good day to you,

Batman.

(TELEPHoNE RINGING)

(JoKER LAUGHING oVER RECoRDING)

Boy, did you get a wrong number.

Leave your message at the sound of the shriek.

No, please, don't!

(SCREAMING)

STRANGE: l am speaking, l trust, to the Joker?

Your number was not easy to find.

This is Dr. Hugo Strange.

l am arranging an auction For an item, l believe you will find most enticing.

Master Bruce, Dr. Strange has just left the grounds.

Good.

This is my chance to get a closer look at his machine.

l've got bad feelings about it, Alfred.

Judge Vargas.

Let us beg�n with your childhood.

YARGKS: l'd rather not, Doctor.

STRANGE: Hiding seerets can lead to stress.

What secrets are you h�ding?

Let me guess.

You liked to play with matches?

-Ye_? -Yes.

I mean. no. No.

Playing with matches, my parents told me �t was wrong.

(GASPS) l didn't mean t0! It was an accident!

STRANGE: So, you were the one respons�ble

For the great Gotham Dock Fire 30 years ago?

All this gu�lt you have carried inside you.

Do you not feel better now?

lt can see thoughts.

(SNIFFS) Ah...

Sunshine. Clean air.

(CoUGHING)

l hate it.

This Dr. Strange better have a good reason

for dragging us out to the middle of nowhere.

Have you no poetry in your soul my dichotomous friend?

There is a certain stark beauty to this environment.

lt's too brown.

l prefer green, as in money.

You have a point.

Hey, what's in this one?

Why, iust what the doctor ordered. (LAuGHs)

Good heavens.

Master Bruce.

You must get out immediately.

Almost through, Alfred.

Has Strange come back?

It's much worse than that, sir.

(STRAINING)

Hey, bucko, l'd be a little more careful with the luggage if l were you.

Otherwise, you might lose your tip.

Not to mention your head.

Yes, sir, Mr. Joker, sir.

lt's so hard to find good help these days.

How true. How true.

The Joker, Two-Face and the Penguin have just arrived

with large quantities of cash.

So, that's it. Strange isn't planning to blackmail me.

He's going to auction my tape.

Tape, sir?

l'll explain later. Keep me informed.

(GASPS)

You are Bruce Wayne's butler, are you not?

-Yes. -Most excellent.

(GASPS)

Remove him.

lt took me years to build that device.

But no matter.

You were, perhaps, looking for this?

Your butler told us you would be here.

lt took a dose of sodium pentothal to persuade him to talk.

He is quite loyal to you.

You are a valuable commodity, Bruce Wayne.

Or should l say

''Batman''?.

Take him away.

Oh, Master Bruce, l'm so sorry.

This is all my fault.

Nonsense, Alfred.

Believe it or not, this is working out just as l planned.

How reassuring.

First, l would like to thank you for coming all this way--

Get to the point!

(CLEARS THRom)

Yery well. l have here

incontestable proof of Batman's secret identity.

Now, gentlemen,

how much am l bid?

Does Dr. Strange truly have proof of your identity, sir?

l'm afraid so.

Five hundred thousand.

(SCOFFS) Chicken feed. l'll bid a million.

Two million!

l have two million. Do l hear three?

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Get out of my face, clown.

Which one?

Gentlemen, it behooves us not to fight amongst ourselves.

Well put, sardine breath.

l think we should pool our resources on this.

Fifity-one million, two hundred forty thousand,

six hundred and eighty-five dollars

and

fifty-three cents.

STRANGE: Sold.

And now l give you Batman's secret identity.

And after the show, you shall meet its star.

Focus, focus! Focus!

lt's a perfect plan.

With this machine,

l can imagine Batman to be anyone l choose.

And these Fools will pay a fortune for it.

-Wait! It's not the right tape! -(wEApoN FIREs)

Fellow miscreants, we've been had.

l'm gonna use your head for a bowling ball, Strange.

Get him!

l should have known better than to deal with the likes oF you.

l spoke to Master Dick, sir, as you requested.

Excellent, Alfred.

To the airport.

Bailing out of the resort business, Hugo?

Joker, l swear, it was the wrong tape.

You're telling me.

Come on, Hugo, time to fly the unfriendly skies.

(LAUGHING MANIACALLY)

-(MUFFLED YELLING) -JOKER: Why, Hugo.

Why didn't you tell us about your fear of flying?

Joker, please! l was set up!

Bruce Wayne is Batman!

That's absurd. l know Bruce Wayne.

lf he's Batman, l'm the King Of England.

And people say l'm crazy.

Say, is it hot in here or is itjust me?

Harv, open that door so we can get a breeze.

Good idea.

No!

, Remember, it's not the fall

it's the sudden stop!

(CREAKING)

Man, things haven't been the same since deregulation.

(JoKER LAUGHING)

(GRoANS)

What a rush.

BATMAN: Stay where you are.

You may notice, my masked friend, that we have the guns.

, Ah, well

Arkham is nice this time oFyear.

Maria told me everything when she woke up in the hospital.

The dock fire was an accident.

She had nothing to fear from the truth.

But you do, Batman.

Soon, the whole world will know that you are really Bruce Wayne.

You created that tape in the theater by imagining me saying those lies.

But the tape of your thoughts is the truth.

l know your secret.

What secret is that?

No, it is impossible.

Strange, l knew from the start your machine could read minds.

That's why l asked Bruce Wayne to help me expose you.

And l was glad to do it.

Maria Vargas is a friend of mine.

Let's go. You'll have lots oFtime to think about it in prison.

Not bad, huh?

Maybe l'll shuck this crime fighting gig and try Hollywood.

Wish you weren't so tall though.

Walking in these leg extension braces is a pain.

Where to now, Master Bruce?

Home, Alfred.

l've had enough vacation to last me a long time.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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