Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Beware the Gray Ghost (1992)

Kevin Conroy: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Thomas Wayne

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Bruce Wayne : [presenting a "Gray Ghost" video to Trent]  Could you make it out to Bruce?

  Simon Trent : [signing the video]  Here you go, Bruce!

  [Wayne starts to leaves, then turns and looks at Trent] 

  Bruce Wayne : You know, as a child I used to watch it with my father. The Gray Ghost was my hero.

  Simon Trent : Really?

  Bruce Wayne : [quietly to Trent, in a familiar tone]  ... and he still is.

• Batman : I used to admire what the Gray Ghost stood for.

  Simon Trent : I'm not the Gray Ghost!

  Batman : I can see that now.

• Simon Trent : This place is very familiar. It's just like...

  Batman : The Gray Ghost's lair.

  Simon Trent : It's almost an exact replica.

  Batman : Let me show you something else...

  [Batman reveals to Trent a small closet filled with "Gray Ghost" memorabilia] 

  Batman : As a child, I used to watch it with my father. The Gray Ghost was my hero.

  Simon Trent : So it wasn't all for nothing...

• [Dymer is busy breaking a Batman doll, when he notices the real merchandise behind him...] 

  Ted Dymer : Well, if it isn't the Dark Knight himself...

  Batman : You're finished, Mad Bomber.

  Ted Dymer : [giggling]  Oh, I don't think so.

  [Dymer launches a fleet of cars to surround Batman] 

  Batman : Time to put your toys away, little man.

  Ted Dymer : I can't. You see, I need the money, to buy more toys! I love toys! They can play songs! They can dance! They can even eat money! Oh, boy, can they eat money - all MY money! And then I remembered an episode of the Gray Ghost, and I knew what else a toy can do: it can carry a bomb! It can hold the city for ransom! Oh, the power of the toy! It can earn millions, millions for the little old toy collector, me!

  [lets out a maniacal laugh, but the Gray Ghost takes him down] 

• [searching the archives at the film library] 

  Bruce Wayne : So many actors...

  Alfred Pennyworth : I wish I knew the one you're looking for, Master Bruce, but I don't watch television. I prefer my fireplace.

• [Trent finds Batman in his apartment] 

  Simon Trent : This is harassment! I'm calling the police!

  [goes to his phone and starts to dial] 

  Batman : [producing a note]  We know the next bomb is going to hit the Gotham Library. Help me.

  [Trent sets the phone down and forages in his closet, coming out with a reel] 

  Simon Trent : Here's your answer. Take it and go, please!

• Batman : You...?

  Simon Trent : Like you said, you need my help.

• Batman : Thanks.

  Simon Trent : Hey, I owe you. You got me my outfit back.

  [Trent walks off into the night] 

  Batman : Gray Ghost...

  Simon Trent : [turns]  Yes?

  Batman : Want to help me out on this one?

  Simon Trent : Sure.

• Batman : [advancing on Trent]  Your prints are all over this car. You own the only copy of the episode, where the Mad Bomber did everything step by step, as seen...

  Simon Trent : But I'm not the Mad Bomber, Batman! I sold my cars months ago, to pay for my rent, to... No! It can't be HIM...!

• Video Store Owner : What can I do for ya?

  Bruce Wayne : We're looking for a copy of a film. Actually, a TV show. We can't find it on video.

  Video Store Owner : Well, you've come to the right place, pal. I've got every TV show ever made here! I collect 'em. It's my life. I got it all. Anything you want. Name it!

  Bruce Wayne : The Gray Ghost.

  Video Store Owner : Uh, name something else.

  Bruce Wayne : You said you have everything.

  Video Store Owner : Except The Gray Ghost. Nobody has it. The studio that made that show, Spectrum, it burned to the ground twenty years ago. The negatives went up like kindling. Ah, real shame.

  Bruce Wayne : So, The Gray Ghost doesn't exist?

  Video Store Owner : Not anymore. Sorry, pal.