Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Night of the Ninja (1992)

Kevin Conroy: Batman

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Quotes 

• [after Batman is weakened by the ninja's gas gun, Robin drives him away] 

  Robin : You all right?

  Batman : Let's go.

  [he walks off] 

  Robin : [as Batman]  "Thanks for saving my bacon, Robin!"

  [as himself] 

  Robin : Hey, no problemo, Batman!

• Dick Grayson : I think Bruce is worried he can't take this ninja. He won't admit it, of course.

  Alfred Pennyworth : He never admits fears, Master Dick. Haven't you learned that by now?

  [Alfred turns from sink, and both Dick and Alfred gasp when they see Bruce standing in the doorway wearing formalwear] 

  Alfred Pennyworth : Ah, Master Bruce, I-I - ah, uh, uh...

  Bruce Wayne : I'll be at the museum. I should be back by midnight.

  [leaves, closing the door] 

  Dick Grayson : Do you think he heard us?

  Alfred Pennyworth : Who can tell?

• Batman : [referring to the ninja]  I know him.

  Robin : Say WHAT?

  Batman : He and Bruce Wayne were students together in Japan, a long time ago. His name is Kyodai Ken. He was good.

  Robin : Yeah? How good?

  Batman : GOOD.

  Robin : I see.

• Robin : You think he'll ever come back?

  Bruce Wayne : It doesn't matter. I defeated him once. If necessary, I can do it again.

  Robin : He did have you worried for a while, didn't he?

  [For a moment, Bruce looks angry, then smiles] 

  Bruce Wayne : Thanks for your help. It would have been harder to defeat him with Summer watching. Maybe even impossible.

  [Robin looks surprised, then grins] 

• Robin : I thought samurai lived by a code of honor. That gasgun wasn't exactly "According to Hoyle."

  Batman : He's not samurai. He's NINJA. They're spies and assassins. Their only code is to get the job done.

• Sensei Yoru : You practice as a man obsessed.

  Bruce Wayne : I'm not good enough, Yoru Sensei. I lost!

  Sensei Yoru : Everyone loses now and again.

  Bruce Wayne : I have to be the best there is, no matter what it takes!

  Sensei Yoru : Defeat can often be more instructive than victory.

• Alfred Pennyworth : Master Bruce, I'm afraid there's been another robbery of a Wayne Enterprises company.

  Dick Grayson : That's the sixth one in two weeks.

  Bruce Wayne : Seventh.

  [Dick makes a face behind Bruce's back] 

  Bruce Wayne : Where, Alfred?

• Robin : So what did you tell Summer?

  Bruce Wayne : That Batman showed up and took care of the ninja. That's true enough.

• Summer Gleeson : Mr. Wayne, Mr. Wayne! Do you have any idea why someone has been robbing and sabotaging your businesses? Two buildings burned down, another blown up. This one's computer system's wrecked.

  Commissioner James Gordon : Miss Gleeson, how do you know that?

  Summer Gleeson : A good reporter has sources, Commissioner. Any comments, Mr. Wayne?

  Bruce Wayne : [to Commissioner Gordon]  If you'll excuse me.

  [walks away] 

  Summer Gleeson : Hmph! You can't ignore the press, Mr. Wayne!

• Kyodai Ken : Or don't you remember?

  [takes off his mask] 

  Bruce Wayne : I still remember you, Kyodai.

  Kyodai Ken : Of course you would remember the man you ruined. Thanks to you, I was thrown out of the dojo like a common thief.

  Bruce Wayne : As I recall, being a thief was what got you thrown out in the first place.

• [after Bruce escapes his bonds, he rises and confronts Kyodai] 

  Kyodai Ken : Oh, really.

  [They circle each other. Bruce throws a self-conscious glance at Summer - and Kyodai throws him across the room] 

  Kyodai Ken : You're getting soft, Wayne. Even a white belt could avoid that throw!

  [throws him again] 

  Kyodai Ken : Tired already, Wayne? I haven't even broken a sweat yet. GET UP!

  Robin : [watching from above]  Come on, Bruce...

  [another throw] 

  Summer Gleeson : Stop it! Can't you see he's no match for you?

  Kyodai Ken : He never was.

  [one last throw] 

  Kyodai Ken : I've had enough exercise for one evening. Now it ends, Wayne.

  [Robin throws a ball bearing with a sling. Instead of hitting Kyodai, it hits a carpet roll above Summer's head, which rolls down over her eyes] 

  Summer Gleeson : Hey!

  [Bruce attacks Kyodai, throwing him across the room] 

  Robin : Yes!

  Kyodai Ken : Gotten a second wind, have you? Good! This will make your defeat all the more satisfying.

  Bruce Wayne : Shut up and fight.

  [Kyodai attacks. Bruce defends, then throws him again, following up with a flying kick] 

  Bruce Wayne : You were right about one thing, Kyodai - now it ends.

  [Kyodai grabs a statue, hurls it through the window, and escapes]