Alasdair chi original screenplay by: jedd jong yue
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tracks, and his influence stretches beyond the law. ALFRED: With an appearance like that, he must Have some kind of nickname. BRUCE WAYNE: He does. “The Penguin”. ALFRED: How...appropriate. INT. DICK GRAYSON’S ROOM – NIGHT Dick Grayson is poring over newspaper articles. We get a glimpse of the headlines: “TRAGEDY AT HALEY’S CIRCUS”, “AERIALISTS KILLED”, “ACCIDENT?” and so on. He stops at an old photograph of the Flying Graysons together: John and Mary beaming proudly with Dick in the centre, also smiling. Dick sighs. DICK GRAYSON: I have to go back there. Dick takes a jacket from his closet, puts it on and leaves his room. INT. WAYNE MANOR GARAGE – NIGHT DICK GRAYSON: 42 cars...I need a bike... Dick runs over to the section of the sprawling garage where Bruce’s motorcycles are stored. He hesitates. DICK GRAYSON: I need to know. Dick finds a motorcycle that suits his fancy. He grabs a helmet from a nearby maintenance rack, concealing his identity. He revs the bike and drives out. The garage door opens automatically. INT. BATCAVE – NIGHT A pop up alert appears on the Batcomputer monitor. BRUCE WAYNE: What’s this? He clicks on the pop-up alert. It shows a video of Dick driving the motorcycle out of the garage. ALFRED: Ah, there’s our gracious guest. Now Where would he be heading? BRUCE WAYNE: I think I have a pretty good idea. Bruce Wayne whips on his cowl, his transformation into Batman complete. He rises from the chair, the cape pulled along behind him. EXT. HALEY’S CICRUS – NIGHT Zucco, in a cheap business suit, is walking towards the Big Top. He is talking on his cell phone. ZUCCO: Alright boss, I’ll get it done. I’ll just erase the documents from the computer and that’s it. And the hard copies. Fine, fine.
ZUCCO: The things I do for the useless fat idiot. EXT. HALEY’s CIRCUS – NIGHT Just after Zucco walks on, Dick arrives. He parks the bike in a discreet spot and dismounts. He races to the entrance of the big top and hides. Two policemen are guarding the entrance. Zucco walks up to them; Dick observes all this from his hiding spot. POLICEMAN 1: I’m sorry sir, this area has been sealed off. I’m afraid I can’t let you in. ZUCCO: I understand, I heard about the tragic incident. You see, I’m on the board of directors of Circus of the Skies, of which Haley’s Circus is part of. POLICEMAN 2: You’ll have to check with... ZUCCO: Yes, I spoke to Commissioner Gordon myself yesterday. POLICEMAN 1: We’ll need to see a written... ZUCCO: Please gentleman, I’m a very busy person and I just need to retrieve some files from the computer.
scene, please... All of a sudden, Zucco takes out his pistol and strikes one policeman in the back of the head, bashing the other against him. Both lose consciousness instantly. ZUCCO: Idiot cops. Dick Grayson, hiding in his corner, gasps. Zucco heads into the big top. Waiting several seconds, Dick Grayson follows him. EXT. HALEY’S CIRCUS OFFICE The offices are housed in what was once a shipping container. Zucco tries the handle on the door. It’s locked. He opens it with a key. The door swings open feebly. Zucco steps in. INT. HALEY’S CIRCUS OFFICE Zucco heads for the filing cabinet and opens each drawer. They are empty, having been cleared by the police. In the last drawer, he opens the false bottom. There is one file left. Zucco takes it out and smiles. ZUCCO: Idiot cops. ZUCCO goes over to the computer, turns it on and logs in. He inserts a flash drive into the USB port, which overrides the security settings. He gets to the file he wants and smiles. He presses delete on the keyboard. Holding the hard copy in his hand, Zucco takes out a lighter and ignites it. He begins to burn the file when Dick Grayson storms in. DICK GRAYSON: Stop there! ZUCCO: Hey, take it easy kid...aren’t you The Grayson boy? DICK GRAYSON: What if I am? ZUCCO: Nothing. ‘Cept I’m gonna have to ice you, too.
“Too”?
BATMAN:
Parents back, Dick.
lost everything. Dick hands Batman the gun. BATMAN: Thank you. Police sirens are audible outside. Batman cuffs Zucco with a pair of handcuffs from his utility belt. BATMAN:
Dick follows Batman out of the big top. Batman presses a button on his utility belt and the headlights of the Batmobile come on. DICK GRAYSON: I took a bike... Batman points a remote control at the bike and it returns home to Wayne Manor, without a driver. Dick’s eyes widen. Batman points to the Batmobile. BATMAN: Get in. INT. BATMOBILE – NIGHT Dick and Batman are on their way back to the Batcave. DICK GRAYSON: Am I in any sort of trouble? BATMAN: No, but you would be had you killed him. DICK GRAYSON: Anyway, I stay at Wayne Manor now. BATMAN: I know where that is. Dick shifts uncomfortably in the passenger’s seat of the Batmobile. Batman is silent. DICK GRAYSON: Who are you anyway? Batman turns and looks at Dick Grayson. He removes his cowl. Dick gasps. DICK GRAYSON: It’s you! Why didn’t you tell me?! BATMAN: I was waiting for the right time. I guess now, you’re ready to know. DICK GRAYSON: Why did you adopt me if you have such a big secret to keep? Didn’t You think I would disrupt your work?
heard about what happened to my parents. I had Alfred, but you have nobody. I thought I could give you the guidance you needed, to prevent revenge from twisting you into a monster. A monster like me.
You’re not a monster. BATMAN: Gotham is overrun with monsters. All it needs is one on the other side to balance things up. The Batmobile veers off the road and onto a concealed route, driving through the forest surrounding Gotham’s outskirts and headed for a solid stone wall. DICK GRAYSON: Look out! The stone wall lifts up to reveal a short tunnel. The Batmobile drives through it and the wall lowers back down. The Batmobile has arrived in the Batcave. INT. BATCAVE – NIGHT The Batmobile comes to a stop. The doors automatically open. Batman steps out, followed by Dick. DICK GRAYSON: Whoa.
This is where I work from: an underground cavern beneath Wayne Manor outfitted with everything I need to help me.
DICK GRAYSON: Alfred! You’re in on this too? ALFRED: You could say part of it was my idea. Dick gives Batman and unexpected hug. DICK GRAYSON: Thanks for everything, Mr Wayne. BATMAN:
will take you upstairs.
VICTOR FRIES: One step closer, Nora. One step. Victor kisses the window of the chamber, and then leaves his lab for a coffee break. INT. GOTHCORP CORRIDOR – NIGHT Victor Fries walks to a vending machine. He puts in a few coins and selects hot coffee with milk and sugar. The machine dispenses his drink, and Fries collects it. He takes a sip and smiles. Holding the drink, he returns to his lab. INT. GOTHCORP LABS – NIGHT Fries re-enters his lab and sees two men tampering with Nora’s chamber. VICTOR FRIES: You two! What do you think you’re doing? The two men are slightly taken aback. They spin around and draw their weapons. VICTOR FRIES: Don’t shoot! You’ll damage the equipment! THUG 1: Exactly what the boss sent us to do. Realisation dawns on Fries. VICTOR FRIES: Cobblepot. One of the thugs disconnects Nora’s chamber from the wall while another holds Fries at gunpoint. VICTOR FRIES: What are you doing? THUG 2: We’re taking your darling wife to...cold storage. VICTOR FRIES: No! You’re not taking Nora anywhere! THUG 1: I’m the one with the gun. Victor splashes the still-hot coffee in the thug’s face. He screams as Victor tries to pry the gun from his hands. The gun goes off and punctures a pipe carrying Creon. A high-pressure jet of the super-coolant sprays out of the hole. The other thug quickly wheels Nora’s chamber away, trying to get out of the lab. Fries shoves Thug 1 against the chamber. He then takes the other thug and pushes his face against the hole in the pipe. He screams in pain as his face is frozen over by the Creon. Thug 1 gets up and pulls Fries away. He kicks Fries in the knee and pushes him into an empty chamber. Before Fries can fight back, the Thug seals the chamber with Fries inside. VICTOR FRIES: No! The thug pushes a lever and the chamber fills with a liquid. The liquid quickly comes up to Fries’ nose. Fries panics. Soon, Fries is completely immersed in the liquid. He tries pushing up with his arms, but the chamber has been sealed. Another liquid is introduced into the mix, this one a light blue. The computer monitor shows the temperature drop drastically. Fries begins to lose consciousness. The last thing he sees is the evil grin on the thug, through the Plexiglas window of the chamber. All that is audible is the “danger: alert” alarm from the computer. INT. COLD ROOM – NIGHT The Penguin has both Victor and Nora’s capsules in cold storage in the cold room. Victor is visible through the Plexiglas window in his capsule, unconscious. All of a sudden, he opens his eyes and yells. The scream is muffled by the thick glass. The Penguin walks in, dressed in a luxurious fur coat. PENGUIN: It sure is chilly in here. VICTOR FRIES: Get me out! PENGUIN: Most certainly. The Penguin opens the chamber. Most of Fries’ clothing has been frozen until they’ve disintegrated. Fries raises an arm to punch the Penguin in the face, but he stops short. VICTOR FRIES: My arm...my skin...what’s happened to me? Fries’ skin is now a frosty pale bluish-white. PENGUIN: I’m not the expert, you tell me. VICTOR FRIES: You slimy little bastard...where is Nora? PENGUIN: I’d watch my language if I were you... He points to the capsule next to Fries’. Fries sits up and stares at the capsule. VICTOR FRIES: Nora! PENGUIN: She’s fine, I made sure of it. But If you want her to stay that way, you’ll do everything I say.
But I simply want a few things taken care of. Hmm, could you create, perhaps, a freezing ray gun of some kind? A flamethrower, but ice instead of fire? I’m sure you could. VICTOR FRIES: You’re insane. What would you want With something like that? PENGUIN: Oh, it will be you using it. VICTOR FRIES: I would never hurt anyone with something I’ve created. PENGUIN: Tell that to Sherman, whose face now lies in a million pieces. VICTOR FRIES: Those men assaulted me! PENGUIN: Under my orders. VICTOR FRIES: What kind of monster are you, Cobblepot? PENGUIN: On the contrary, it is you who is the monster...Mr Freeze. VICTOR FRIES: My name is Dr. Victor Fries! PENGUIN: I will call you whatever the hell I want to call you! VICTOR FRIES: I can’t go outside like this. PENGUIN: That’s what my mother always told me. VICTOR FRIES: I need to build a...containment suit. PENGUIN: And that freeze ray gun, too. VICTOR FRIES: I will require a great deal of specialised equipment. PENGUIN: Say the word and you’ll get what you need. Just remember you owe everything to me. VICTOR FRIES: Give me some time to think...five minutes. PENGUIN: You have five seconds. Consider wisely...and quickly too. Victor scowls. PENGUIN: You have a hot temper, for someone with such a...low core temperature. Victor rises from the chamber and is about to punch the Penguin when he lowers his fist. VICTOR FRIES: Fine. Give me a computer and I’ll make a list. PENGUIN:
actually quite impressive. You remind me of when Master Bruce was first training to become the Batman. DICK GRAYSON:
Alfred? Do you think I could be Batman one day?
not all it’s made out to be, but I have every confidence in you, young man. DICK GRAYSON: What do you mean, Uncle Alfred? ALFRED: You’ll understand when the time comes. Bruce Wayne walks in. Alfred is a little taken aback. ALFRED: Master Bruce! BRUCE WAYNE: How about we let him use the real gym, Alfred?
The real gym? You mean this is not the real gym? It’s pretty sweet as it is.
ALFRED:
much like the Bruce Wayne persona, is merely a decoy. BRUCE WAYNE: Let me try something. Bruce takes a Batarang from a tray and hands it to Dick. BRUCE WAYNE: Dick, throw this and catch it when it comes back at you. DICK GRAYSON: Like a boomerang? ALFRED: Exactly. DICK GRAYSON: Okay, here goes... Dick throws the Batarang and it flies in an elliptical path, returning to Dick. He catches it between two open palms. Bruce smiles approvingly. BRUCE WAYNE: That’s actually not bad! DICK GRAYSON: Uh...thanks. BRUCE WAYNE: Let’s go over to the range. DICK GRAYSON: A shooting range? ALFRED: Not quite. Master Bruce has an...aversion to guns.
And killing in general. DICK GRAYSON: You mean, Batman doesn’t kill? ALFRED:
know that.
assailant is armed, this could make him drop his weapon. ALFRED:
a boomerang.
DICK GRAYSON: Wait...so does this mean I get to be a...sidekick? BRUCE WAYNE: To work alongside me, yes. A partner. ALFRED: You will see the world for what it is, and little by little, change it. BRUCE WAYNE: You have skills that, if honed properly, can be put to great use in the field. DICK GRAYSON: I get to be Batman’s kid sidekick? BRUCE WAYNE: Only when you complete your training. DICK GRAYSON: Do I get to come up with a moniker? A name? ALFRED: I suppose it’s only fair...Master Bruce chose “Batman” himself. DICK GRAYSON: How about “Robin”? It’s a family name. BRUCE WAYNE: “Batman and Robin”...sounds like a bad movie. DICK GRAYSON: It was the last thing my mother called me...before she died. BRUCE WAYNE: I’m sorry. ALFRED:
Batman and the newly-minted Robin shake hands as Alfred looks on. INT. BATCAVE GYM – DAY Bruce and Dick are sparring in a boxing ring as Alfred looks on, holding towels. BRUCE WAYNE: Good, but it’s not always about striking first. DICK GRAYSON: Huh? While Dick is taken off-guard, Bruce throws a punch. DICK GRAYSON: Hey! BRUCE WAYNE: It’s about striking last. INT. BATCAVE BATARANG RANGE – DAY Bruce and Dick are standing at one end of the range, with the dummies at the other. Bruce hands Dick a few of the smaller Batarangs. BRUCE WAYNE: Throw them in quick succession. Hit the target at the center. DICK GRAYSON: Shouldn’t be too hard. Alfred pushes a button. The dummies begin to move sideways. ALFRED: Come again, Master Richard? Dick scowls. Bruce smiles. Dick flings the Batarangs at the targets, but only one hits the target square in the center. Dick beams, proud of himself. Bruce picks up a Batarang and flings it at the same dummy, hitting the target and dislodging Dick’s Batarang. DICK GRAYSON: Hey! Bruce Wayne shrugs. BRUCE WAYNE: Not too bad...for a first time. INT. BATCAVE STUDY Dick is sitting at the study doing his homework. Bruce places a large pile of thick books on the table. DICK GRAYSON: What am I supposed to do with all this? BRUCE WAYNE: Read it. DICK GRAYSON: All of it? BRUCE WAYNE: Yes. All of it. DICK GRAYSON: Hoo boy. INT. BATCAVE CRIME LAB – NIGHT The crime lab is more sophisticated than that of any police department. It is outfitted with a mass spectrometer, gas chromatograph, portable X-ray, cyanoacrylate fuming chamber and other forensics equipment. BRUCE WAYNE: You need to learn how to analyse and derive information from DNA samples. DICK GRAYSON: Like from dried blood? BRUCE WAYNE: Blood, epithelials, saliva and so on.
DICK GRAYSON: Is that thing...used? BRUCE WAYNE: How are you going to collect DNA samples from a clean band-aid? DICK GRAYSON: Ugh, good point. Bruce teaches Dick how to prepare the band-aid for DNA sampling. Dick runs the sample through the database. DICK GRAYSON: Hey, isn’t this that singer... How did you... Bruce smiles conspiratorially and raises a finger to his lips. INT. BATCAVE CRIME LAB – NIGHT It is another day (Bruce and Dick are in different clothes) and Bruce puts a handbag and several bags of grocery shopping on the crime lab table. BRUCE WAYNE: Scenario. Our victim is mugged outside the grocery store. The muggers take her purse but leave her bag and the shopping. victim is unconscious in the hospital and can’t tell you anything about the attackers.
DICK GRAYSON: She has a baby. BRUCE WAYNE: Go on. Dick goes through the grocery shopping and pulls out a jar of baby food. DICK GRAYSON: That confirms it. BRUCE WAYNE: You’re half right. DICK GRAYSON: What? Half? BRUCE WAYNE: She has another child. From one of the inner pockets of the handbag, Bruce pulls out a small cartridge for a portable video game player. The cartridge reads “Maze of the Minotaur”. DICK GRAYSON: How did I miss that? BRUCE WAYNE: You didn’t know what to look for. INT. BATCAVE GYM – DAY Both Dick and Bruce are scaling the rock climbing wall. Bruce is a good deal ahead of Dick. Directory: scripts scripts -> Swiver by Piers Beckley Stef Morgan scripts -> 1 Introduction 2 2 Software Engineering and Software Paradigms 5 scripts -> Theatricals 229 West 28th Street • 11th Floor • New York, ny 10001 scripts -> Host Programming scripts -> Googly written by Mehul Oza May 11, 2009 int. Day dressing room of cricketers scripts -> 4th Revision 2009 Rico Alago scripts -> 1 Introduction to Databases 2 2 Basic Relational Data Model 11 scripts -> The Umbrella Academy: Trade 1 Apocalypse Suite Based on the Comic Book Series by Gabriel Ba and Gerard Way scripts -> Script box for new patient green light case exceptancetm Download 0.6 Mb. Share with your friends:
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