Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.: Alfred

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Quotes 

• Batman : You think you know everything about me, don't you?

  Alfred Pennyworth : I diapered your bottom; I bloody well ought to, *sir*!

  Batman : Well you're wrong!

• Alfred : Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce. I've always feared that you would become that which you fought against. You walk the edge of that abyss every night, but you haven't fallen in and I thank heaven for that.

• [Alfred sees Batman in costume for the first time] 

  Alfred Pennyworth : My... God!

• Arthur Reeves : [on TV]  What kind of city are we running when we depend on the support of a potential madman?

  [click] 

  Alfred : What rot, sir! Why you're the very model of sanity. Oh by the way, I pressed your tights and put away your exploding gas balls.

  Bruce Wayne : Thank you, Alfred.

• Bruce Wayne : It's another cave, all right. Could be as big as the house, judging from the number of bats that came out of it. Alfred, what's wrong?

  Alfred : This just arrived, sir.

  Bruce Wayne : [opening it, he finds Andrea's engagement ring with a note]  "Left with dad... too young... need time. Forget about me."

• Alfred : It's so good to see you and Ms. Beaumont together again. Might one ask what this bodes for your alter ego?

  Bruce Wayne : I'm not sure, Alfred. Everything's happening so fast. So much has changed.

  Alfred : You still love each other.

  Bruce Wayne : It's true. I love her. Maybe after this is settled...

  [looking at the portrait of his parents] 

  Bruce Wayne : Maybe then.

  Alfred : I'm sure they would have wanted you to be happy, sir.

• [Bruce's crime-fighting training is derailed by his infatuation with Andrea] 

  Bruce Wayne : What the heck am I doing, Alfred? This isn't part of the Plan! I must be going nuts!

  Alfred Pennyworth : If I may make so bold, Master Bruce, I'd say quite the reverse.

• Alfred Pennyworth : There are certain advantages to having a sturdy cranium, Master Bruce. But then, hardheadedness was always your virtue.

• Bruce Wayne : [spotting something in the picture of Andrea's father and his mob associates]  Hmm.

  Alfred : Is something wrong?

  Bruce Wayne : Maybe.

  [taking a red pencil, he draws on a figure in the background] 

  Bruce Wayne : Oh, no!

  [as he realizes who it is, with a drawn-on smile, the Joker's cackling is heard] 

• Alfred : Might one inquire what this is?

  Bruce Wayne : A piece of windshield from Chuckie Sol's car. There's a chemical residue on it; some kind of dense long-chain macromolecular polymer. Adapt-o-genic, of course.

  Alfred : [sarcastic]  Of course.

• Batman : Oh, I should have known.

  Alfred : Sir?

  Batman : Chuckie Sol and Buzz Bronski; they have some history together. They were partners in dummy corporations set up over ten years ago. The third director was one Salvatore Valestra. Hmm. Sal's having company tonight. Don't wait up.

  Alfred : Meaning, I trust, that once you're done with him, you'll be seeing her?

• Bruce Wayne : It's got to be one or the other. I can't have it both ways. I can't put myself on the line as long as there's someone waiting for me to come home.

  Alfred : Ms. Beaumont would be glad to know you feel that way, Master Bruce. She's holding on line one, sir.