The Laughing Bat
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The Laughing Bat is an episode of The Batman. It was aired in June 4, 2005.
[edit] Plot
It began with a criminal being chased by Batman. The criminal was then gassed by the Joker, who disguises himself as Batman. The news came that the Joker now is Batman to take care of criminals, which proves of Bruce's disapproval.
Joker went to Grange's office about his wife. He then flew off as Shiela was gassed. Joker was prepared to hurt two children, until the real Batman intervines. He chases Joker throughout Gotham. Joker knocks out Batman, and he decided to have an archenemy on his own by injecting him a poison that can make a victim laugh, and gets away.
Back in the Batcave, Bruce begins to laugh, and still thinks that he is fine. In the hospital, he finds Shiela gassed, and laughs again. Bruce realized that the cause of his laugh is the venom. He went to the Batcave to make an antidote, but still needed the venom into completing it.
Meanwhile, the Penguin breaks in the museum. The alarm summons Joker to fight Penguin. Bruce was also summonned. Penguin prepares to steal the eggs until Joker intervines, and the Penguin leave. He soon realized that the Batman is the Joker. Penguin tells him that he is crazy to dress up like Batman, and the real Batman intervines, who the Joker thinks that he is Joker. The three confront each other. The Penguin loses the eggs, and grabs a can, unaware it was a snake inside. The three continued to fight. The Penguin was captured and was poisoned by the venom. Joker then was able to defeat Batman not before Batman grabs the snake away from him, and was cured. Batman punches the Joker as he and Penguin laugh uncontrollably.
[edit] Quotes
- Penguin: Joker?
Joker: I'm the Batman!
Penguin: You see the thing is... you're NOT!
Joker: The eggs, Penguin. Or I scramble you.
Penguin: Are you outta your guard? I'm in a middle of a heist! You don't see me barging on your "Gas of all Gotham" schemes, do you? It is called professional courtesy!
Joker: Sorry, Pengy, but bringing down Gotham's second biggest criminal means my biggest bounty yet.
Penguin: Second biggest?! Says who?!
- Joker: I'm the Batman.
- Grange: The Joker?
Joker: Where?
Grange: I don't know what you're after but you will be stopped.
Joker: The only thing I've been after, mayor are the bad guys.
Grange: Then, how do you justify what did you do to three Gotham PDs Finest today? And for what? Speeding? It was a police chase.
Joker: No one's above the law.
Grange: "Billed for services rendered, one million dollars?" What?
Joker: Crime fighting ain't charity work, you know.
Grange: And if the city doesn't comply?
Joker: Then Gotham pays dearly! (laughs and clears his throat) Sorry. I must say, mayor of all the scum I've taken down so far. It was your wife who disappointed me the most.
Grange: My wife? Shiela? What have you done to Shiela?
Joker: 11 items at a 10 item grocery check out. Shiela had it coming. (leaves and laughs)
- Joker: (to Batman) Joker Venom, just the thing to inject a little of humor into you.
- Bruce: If Joker's playing Batman, he'll be there to take down Penguin. I can hit two bird stone. Get it! Birds! (laughs)
Alfred: (uneasy) Good one, sir.
- Joker: (to two girls who are playing) Well, well, well. Graffitti, that's a pretty serious offense girls. That's why I became a crime fighter to take down garbage like you.
(Batman intervines)
Batman: The costume party is over, Joker.
Joker: Joker? Didn't you hear? The Clown Prince of Crime is checked out. He couldn't just take it anymore. Couldn't take the Batman. Always there to forth his latest scheme. Well, it was really starting to drive him mad! (Batman attacks him) But the Joker thought he couldn't beat the Batman, he be the Bat.
Batman: Then Gotham has one Batman too many.
Joker: Which means one of us has gotta go.
Batman: My thoughts exactly.
- Joker: The Joker!
Penguin: Batman?!
Batman: Well, if it isn't dumb and dumber. (laughs uncontrollably)
Penguin: Ok, now you two are starting to creep me out!
