Batman Beyond (TV Series)

Payback (2000)

Kevin Conroy: Bruce Wayne

Quotes 

• Bruce Wayne : Who are you?

  Payback : I'm your worst nightmare!

  Bruce Wayne : You have no idea what my nightmares are like.

• Terry McGinnis : This time, Payback was after a kid who was two-timing one of the girls in the group. He got away again.

  Bruce Wayne : You might've gotten there in time if you hadn't jumped the gun with Lewis.

  Terry McGinnis : I know.

  Bruce Wayne : Do you? You injured an innocent man. That's inexcusable.

  Terry McGinnis : And I'm sorry, okay? But I got something more important to do right now.

  Bruce Wayne : And what might that be?

  Terry McGinnis : Stanton. If Payback's not Lewis, Stanton's gotta be the one.

  Bruce Wayne : Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. But from now on, we're handling it my way. Which means taking our time and getting it right.

• Terry McGinnis : [Bruce tends to his head wound]  Ow!

  Bruce Wayne : Why weren't you watching your back?

  Terry McGinnis : I was too busy watching my front. Am I supposed to have eyes everywhere?

  Bruce Wayne : Only if you want to live to a ripe old age.

  Terry McGinnis : You don't make it sound too inviting.

  [tying it off, Bruce yanks the bandage a little too hard] 

  Terry McGinnis : Ow!

• Bruce Wayne : You know, we *did* do detective work before there was a 'Net.

• Dr. Stanton : [after Payback was defeated by Batman and revealed to be Kenny Stanton]  This is all my fault. I had so many appointments and I kept dumping him on Lewis. He must have figured if he solved my patients' problems, I'd have more time for him.

  Bruce Wayne : Go ahead and talk to your son.

  [Dr. Stanton heads to the police who have Kenny] 

• Terry McGinnis : You called it. I put down the bait like you said, and Payback took it. Only it wasn't who I thought it was. I was wrong. Twice.

  Bruce Wayne : Learn from it. That's all you can do. By the way, what exactly did you say in that group to get Payback so mad at me? You must've given quite a convincing performance.

  Terry McGinnis : Who said anything about performing?

• Bruce Wayne : I severed the computer link when I lost contact with you.

  Terry McGinnis : Did you get all the files?

  Bruce Wayne : Uh-huh. And every one of Payback's attacks is linked to kids at the Center. Each victim was a patient's parent, teacher, boss.

  Terry McGinnis : The people kids gripe about. So, Payback's attacking whoever gets ratted on in that room.

  Bruce Wayne : But these patients aren't all in one group. So our suspect has to be someone who has access to every session.

  Terry McGinnis : I'm so ahead of you. Bring up a guy named Howard Lewis. The Center keeps vid-disks of the sessions, and this guy's the librarian. He's got the access.

  Bruce Wayne : But what about a motive?

  Terry McGinnis : He acts like a kid himself. Maybe he's decided to be their protector.

  Bruce Wayne : Why rule out Dr. Stanton? He's got access, too.

  Terry McGinnis : You taught me to follow my gut.

  Bruce Wayne : Be careful. Your gut's still young.

• Batman : It's over, Payback.

  Howard Lewis : Who?

  Bruce Wayne : Don't bother. I've seen that laser close enough to singe my suit.

  Howard Lewis : The laser? I cut my sculptures with it. That's all.

  Batman : Save it for the cops.

  Bruce Wayne : Terry, stop!

  Batman : What? Don't tell me you're buying this.

  Bruce Wayne : He's telling the truth. Is there a vid-screen around there?

  Batman : Yeah, but...

  Bruce Wayne : Turn it on. Any channel.

  Batman : [doing so and seeing a live news report]  Payback.

  [turning to Lewis] 

  Batman : Um... sorry?

• Batman : It looks like Lewis is the one who made those creepy sculptures at the Center.

  Bruce Wayne : [sarcastic]  Well, that should be enough for a conviction.

• Bruce Wayne : Another student at your school was also connected to Payback: the son of the man who was attacked last week. And the two boys have something else in common. They're both patients at the Gotham Youth Counseling Center. Know anything about it?

  Terry McGinnis : What's there to know? Sometimes people just need a place to talk out their problems.

  [Bruce smirks] 

  Terry McGinnis : Some people, anyway.

• Batman : This Payback guy thinks he's some sort of vigilante, standing up for kids. The good news is I finally met him face to face.

  Bruce Wayne : But the bad news is you didn't stop him.

  Batman : I couldn't. I had the manager and Drew to worry about.

  Bruce Wayne : Drew?

  Batman : He's a kid from my school.

  Bruce Wayne : Really?

• Batman : [after Payback attacks Bruce]  You okay?

  Bruce Wayne : What kept you?

  Batman : I figured he'd at least wait 'til after the hors d'ouevres.