The Dark Knight/Transcript

=== Bank Robbery ===
[Happy the Clown uses a sticky bomb launcher to destroy a glass window inside a tall building, he later puts a harpoon arrow inside the same launcher and fires it onto the roof of Gotham National Bank]
----[On the ground, a man holding a duffel bag and a Bozo the Clown mask waits on a side walk until an SUV comes to pick him up]
----[Back in the building Happy straps a duffel bag onto the zipline and sends it to the roof of the bank followed by himself and Dopey the Clown] 
----[Grumpy the Clown drives the SUV, with Chuckles the Clown in the passenger seat and Bozo in the backseat]
Grumpy: Three of a kind, let's do this
Chuckles: That's it? Three guys?
[Bozo cocks his gun]
Grumpy: Two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty.
Chuckles: Six shares, don't forget the guy who planned the job.
Grumpy: He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice. I know why they call him The Joker.
----Happy: So why do they call him The Joker?
Dopey: I heard he wears makeup.
[Happy uses a hammer to break the lock on the panel box]
Happy: Makeup?
Dopey: Yea to scare people--you know, war paint.
----[Grumpy, Chuckles, and Bozo exit the car and run into the bank armed]
[Chuckles fires his Glock 17 in the air, alarming everyone in the bank]
Grumpy: Alright, everybody, hands up, heads down!!
[Everyone continues to scream and panic]
Grumpy: I said hands up, heads down!!
[Grumpy pulls a male bank clerk from the counter]
Male Clerk: Please!
Grumpy: Let's go pal, I'm making a withdrawal here!
[Grumpy directs his gun at another female bank clerk]
Grumpy: I said hands up!
Female Clerk: No!
----Dopey: Here comes the silent alarm.
[They hear a beep coming from the panel box]
Dopey: And there it goes.
----Grumpy: Heads down!
[Grumpy pulls the female clerk from the counter]
Grumpy: Alright, tootsie, you're taking a dive with me. Down! I said stay down!
Female Clerk: Don't hurt me!
[Bozo forces a bank customer to carry a live grenade]
----Dopey: That's funny, it didn't dial out to 9-1-1. It was trying to reach a private number.
Happy: Is it a problem?
Dopey: No, I'm done here.
[Happy shoots Dopey in the back, killing him. He then takes the duffel bag and heads towards the safe inside the bank]
----[The bank manager watches the robbery take place from his office]
Grumpy: Sit down! Down! Down! I said stay down there!
[Bozo hands out more live grenades to customers and clerks]
----[Happy reaches the safe]
----Grumpy: Obviously, we don't want you doing anything with your hands other hand holding on for dear life.
[Bozo continues to distribute live grenades]
----[Happy uses a drill gun to break the safe door open]
----[Chuckles beats a security guard with his Glock 17]
Chuckles: On the ground! Stay on the ground! Nobody make a move! Nobody! Stay down!
[The manager shoots Chuckles with a shotgun, killing the latter. Bozo hides behind a desk as the manager storms out his office]
----[While drilling into the bank safe, Happy is hit with a jolt]
----[The manager fires shots at Bozo and Grumpy]
Manager: Hey! You have any idea who you're stealing from? You and your friends are dead!
Grumpy(To Bozo): He's out, right?
[Bozo nods at Grumpy] 
[Grumpy tries firing back, but the manager shoots first and misses]
[While the manager reloads his gun, Bozo shoots him with the Glock 17, only wounding the manager]
Grumpy(To Bozo): Where did you learn to count?!
----[Grumpy meets Happy where the safe is located]
Happy: They wired this thing up with like 5,000 volts. What kind of bank does that?
Grumpy: A Mob bank. I guess The Joker's as crazy as they say. Where's the alarm guy?
Happy: Boss told me when I was done, I should take him out. One less share, right?
[Happy spins the wheel to open the safe]
Grumpy: Funny, he told me something similar.
Happy: He what? No! No!
[Grumpy shoots and kills Happy]
----[Bozo watches over the fearful civilians in the bank]
----[Grumpy collects all the money from the safe and puts it in his duffel bag]
----[Bozo and Grumpy groups all the money bags together]
Grumpy: That's a lot of money. If this Joker guy was so smart, he'd have had us bring a bigger car.
[Grumpy cocks his gun and points it at Bozo]
Grumpy: I'm betting The Joker told you to kill me soon as we loaded the cash
[Bozo checks his wrist]
Bozo: No, no, no. I kill the bus driver.
[Bozo moves in a circle]
Grumpy: Bus driver? What bus driver??
[A bus later backs inside the bank, running over Grumpy, killing him. the bus driver gets out the bus]
Bus Driver: School's out, time to go. Cat's not getting up, is he?
[Bozo passes the money bags to the bus driver, and he loads them onto the bus]
Bus Driver: That's a lot of money. What happened to the rest of the guys?
[Bozo shoots and kills the bus driver, and throws the last bag onto the bus]
Manager: Think you're smart, huh? The guy that hired yous...he'll just do the same to you. Oh, criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor, respect. Look at you, what do you believe in, huh?? What do you believe in??!!
[Bozo puts a smoke bomb in the managers mouth]
Bozo: I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...
[Bozo takes off his mask, revealing himself as the Joker]
Joker: ...stranger
[The Joker chuckles and goes into the bus with the string on the smoke bomb still attached]
[The Joker leaves on the bus and the string is released, causing the smoke to release from the bomb]
[The bus merges into traffic along with other school buses as police cars arrive to the bank]
----
=== Gotham City ===
TV Reporter: Mr. Mayor, you were elected in a campaign to clean up the city. When are you going to start?
Mayor Garcia: Well, Mike, I believe I already have.
TV Reporter: Like this so-called Batman, we're hearing that he's doing some good, that criminals are running off scared, but I say...
----[A drug buy takes place at night]
Buyer: Nah, man. I don't like it tonight
[The buyer runs off in fear of Batman]
Dealer: What are you, superstitious? You got more chance of winning the Powerball than running into him!
----Mayor Garcia: That, that's simply just not true. I'm told that our men in the Major Crimes unit are close to an arrest.
----{Police Station}
Det. Ramirez: Hey, Wuertz, Mayor says you're closing in on the Batman.
Det. Wuertz: The investigation is ongoing
[Det. Wuertz crumbles up a piece of paper and throws it at a short list of suspects for Batman's identity]
----Mayor: The process of cleaning up the streets is a long one. I pledged in my campaign, uh, to have--
----[Lieutenant Gordon stands atop a roof with the Bat-Signal turned on]
Ramirez: Ever intending to see your wife again, Lieutenant?
Gordon: I thought you had to go look after your mother, Detective.
Ramirez: Checked her back into the hospital.
Gordon: I'm sorry.
Ramirez: So he hasn't shown up?
Gordon: He often doesn't, but I like reminding people that he's out there.
Ramirez: Why wouldn't he come?
Gordon: Hopefully, because he's busy.
----
=== Garage Fight ===
[A black SUV arrives in a parking garage. The Chechen and his men get out the vehicle]
The Chechen: That's why we bring dogs. My little princes.
Customer: They're crawling in my mouth. Please, I beg you, get them off
[One of the Chechen's men throws a customer on the floor who is under the influence of the Scarecrow's drugs while the Scarecrow's men watch
Chechen: Look what your drugs did to my customers!
[The Scarecrow hops from the back of his van]
Scarecrow: Buyer beware. I told you my compound would take you places, I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.
The Chechen: My business, repeat customers.
Scarecrow: You don't like what I have to offer, you can buy from someone else. Assuming Batman left anyone to buy from.
[The Chechen's dogs bark]
Chechen: My dogs are hungry!
[The Chechen notices a fake Batman in the shadows]
Chechen: Pity there's only one of you!
[More fake Batmans appear, the first of which shoots a rifle at the Chechen's SUV, causing everyone to flee]
Scarecrow: That's not him.
[The other Batmans shoot their guns at the drug dealers. the Chechen fires back]
Chechen: Loose the dogs!
[One of the Chechens men unleash the two dogs]
[One of the Batmans catches Scarecrow, but the latter counterattacks with a toxic gas, causing him to collapse]
[The Batmobile comes crashing through the garage]
Scarecrow: That's more like it.
[Everyone begins shooting at the Batmobile but have no effect on it]
[The Batmobile switches from "loiter" to "intimidate" and it fires explosives around the garage]
[The Chechen tries to get in his SUV]
[The real Batman appears and bends the barrel of a fake Batman's rifle and knocks him out with other criminals as Scarecrow tries to flee in his van]
[Batman saves a fake Batman from being mauled by the dogs, causing one of them to attack him instead until he gets him off]
[Batman hops onto the van Scarecrow drives and cuts through the metal until he's forced off by a pillar]
[Batman finds Scarecrows van again and jumps on top from a height, destroying the van]
[Batman unmasks one of the fake Batmans while the others sit next to him]
Batman: Don't let me find you out here again
Fake Batman 1: We're trying to help you!
Batman: I don't need help!
Fake Batman 2: Not by my diagnosis!
Fake Batman 1: What gives you the right? What's the difference between you and me?
Batman: I'm not wearing hockey pads!
[Batman leaves in his Batmobile]
----
===Bank Robbery Investigation===
[Gordon enters the bank with paparazzi behind him]
Ramirez: He can't resist showing us his face.
[Ramirez gives Gordon a folder, they enter the empty bank vault]
Gordon: What's he hiding under that makeup?
[Ramirez looks behind her and sees Batman show up in the vault without making a sound, prompting her to leave]
Ramirez: Can we get a minute, people, please?
[Gordon shows Batman security footage of The Joker]
Batman: Him again. Who are the others?
Gordon: Another bunch of small-timers.
[Batman scans some marked bills]
Batman: Some of the marked bills I gave you.
Gordon: My detectives have been making drug buys with them for weeks. This bank was another drop for the Mob, that makes five. We've found the bulk of their dirty cash.
Batman: Time to move in.
Gordon: Oh, we'd have to hit all banks simultaneously. SWAT teams, backup. What about this Joker guy?
Batman: One man or the entire Mob? He can wait.
Gordon: When the new D.A. hears about this, he'll want in.
Batman: Do you trust him?
Gordon: Well it'd be hard to keep him out. I heard he's as...stubborn as you are.
[Batman leaves without making a sound]
----
=== Batcave===
[Alfred the butler comes to deliver food to Bruce Wayne's room only to find it's empty]
[Alfred travels to a junkyard and enters a shipping container with a key and travels down to a lower level into the Batcave where Bruce Wayne is]
Alfred: Be nice when Wayne Manor's rebuilt. You can swap not sleeping in a penthouse for not sleeping in a mansion.
[Bruce Wayne stitches himself up from hiss wounds from the previous fight]
Alfred: Whenever you do stitch yourself up, you do make a bloody mess.
Bruce: Yeah, it makes me learn from my mistakes.
Alfred: Well you ought to be pretty knowledgeable by now then.
[Alfred sews Bruce's wounds]
Bruce: My armor, I'm carrying too much weight. I need to be, uh, need to be faster.
Alfred: I'm sure Mr. Fox can oblige. Did you get mauled by a tiger?
Bruce: It was a dog.
Alfred: Huh?
Bruce: It was a big dog. There were more copycats last night, Alfred, with guns.
Alfred: Why don't you fire them and take the weekend off?
Bruce: That wasn't exactly what I had in mind when, uh, I said I wanted to inspire people.
Alfred: I know. But things have improved. Look at the new District Attorney.
Bruce: I am, closely. Need to know if he can be trusted.
[Bruce looks at various recordings of Harvey Dent]
Alfred: Are you interested in his character, or his, uh, social circle?
[Alfred notices recordings of Harvey Dent with Rachel Dawes]
Bruce: Who Rachel spends her time with is her business.
Alfred: I trust you don't have me followed on my day off.
Bruce: If you ever took one, I might.
Alfred: Know your limits Master Wayne.
Bruce: Batman has no limits.
[Bruce takes off his black t-shirt and puts a white shirt on]
Alfred: Well, you do, sir.
Bruce: Well, can't afford to know them.
Alfred: And what's gonna happen on the day that you find out?
Bruce: We all know how much you like to say "I told you so".
Alfred: On that day Master Wayne, even I won't want to. Probably.
----
===Court===
[The judge, Sal Maroni, and Rachel Dawes all wait for Harvey to arrive for the trial, until he finally does]
Dent: Sorry I'm late, folks.
[Dent sits down next to Rachel]
Rachel: Where were you?
Dent: Worried you'd have to step up?
Rachel: Harvey, I know these briefs backwards.
Dent: Well, then, fair's fair.
[Dent pulls out a coin]
Dent: Heads, I take it. Tails, he's all yours.
Rachel: Oh yeah? You wanna flip a coin to see who leads?
Dent: It's my father's lucky coin. As I recall, it got me my first date with you.
Rachel: I wouldn't leave something like that up to chance.
[Dent flips the coin and it lands on heads]
Dent: I'm not. I make my own luck.
Bailiff: All rise. The Honorable Judge Freel presiding.
Maroni: I thought the D.A. just played golf with the mayor, stuff like that.
Dent: Tee-off's 1:30. More than enough time to put you away for life, Sally.
[The trial begins and a witness is at the stand]
Dent: With Carmine Falcone in Arkham, someone must have stepped up to run the so-called family. Is that man in this courtroom today? Could you identify him for us please?
Witness: You win, counselor.
[Dent and Maroni smugly smile at each other]
Witness: It was me.
[The gallery gasps, and Rachel checks the witness's sworn statement, which Dent later picks up]
Dent: I have a sworn statement from you that this man, Salvatore Maroni, is the new head of the Falcone crime family.
Witness: Maroni? He's a fall guy. I'm the brains of the organization.
[Gallery laughs and the judge bangs his gavel]
Judge: Order!
Dent(To Judge): Permission to treat the witness as hostile?
Judge: Granted.
Witness: Hostile? I'll show you hostile!!
[The witness pulls a gun on Dent. The latter grabs the gun and punches the witness in the face]
[Two guards try to escort the witness out and Dent takes the gun and places it on Maroni's side of the courtroom]
Dent: Carbon Fiber, 28 Caliber, made in China. If you want to kill a public servant, Mr. Maroni, I recommend you buy American.
Judge: Get him out of here!
Dent: But, your honor, I'm not done.
[The gallery claps]
----[Rachel and Dent walk outside the courtroom after the trial]
Rachel: We'll never be able to link the gun to Maroni, so we won't be able to charge him, but the fact that they're trying to kill you means we're getting to them.
Dent: I'm glad you're so pleased, Rachel. I'm fine by the way.
Rachel: Come on, Harvey. You're Gotham's D.A. You're not getting shot at, you're not doing your job right. But you know, if you said you were rattled, we could take the rest of the day off.
Dent: Can't. I dragged the head of the Major Crimes Unit down here.
Rachel: Oh, Jim Gordon? He's a friend, actually. Try to be nice.
----
===Harvey Dent's Office===
[Dent meets Jim waiting outside his office where they both go in]
Gordon: I hear you've got a hell of a right cross. It's a... it's a shame Sal's gonna walk
Dent: Yeah, well, good thing about the Mob is they keep giving you second chances.
[Dent takes the marked bills from a manilla envelope]
Dent: Lightly-irradiated bills. Fancy stuff for a city cop. Have help?
Gordon: Uh, we liaise with various agencies--
Dent: Save it, Gordon. I wanna meet him.
Gordon: Official policy is to arrest the vigilante known as Batman on sight.
Dent: Mm-hm. And what about the floodlight on top of the MCU?
Gordon: If you got problems with malfunctioning equipment, I suggest you take it up with Maintenance, Counselor.
Dent: I've put every known money launderer in Gotham behind bars, but the Mob is still getting its money out. I think you and your friend have found the last game in town and you're trying to hit them where it hurts: their wallets. It's bold. You gonna count me in?
Gordon: In this town, the fewer people know something, the safer the operation.
Dent: Gordon, I don't like that you've got your own special unit, and I don't like that it's full of cops I investigated at Internal Affairs.
Gordon: Well, if I didn't work with cops you investigated while you were making your name at IA, I'd be working alone. I don't get political points for being an idealist, I have to do the best I can with what I have.
Dent: You want me to back warrants for search and seizure on five banks without telling me what we're after?
Gordon: I can give you the names of the banks.
Dent: Well that's a start. I'll get you your warrants, but I want your trust.
Gordon: Oh, you don't have to sell me, Dent. We all know you're Gotham's white night.
Dent: Yeah, well, I heard they have a different name for me down at the MCU.
Gordon: I wouldn't know about that.
----
===Wayne Enterprises===
Lau: In China, Lau Security Investments stands for dynamic new growth. A joint Chinese venture with Wayne Enterprises will be a powerhouse.
Fox: Well, Mr Lau, I speak for the rest of the board...and Mr. Wayne in expressing our own excitement.
[Bruce Wayne sleeps in his chair during the meeting, which everyone looks back on]
----Reese: Sir, I know Mr. Wayne is curious about how his trust fund gets replenished, but, frankly, this is embarrassing.
Fox: You worry about the diligence, Mr. Reese. I'll worry about Bruce Wayne.
Reese: It's done. The numbers are solid.
Fox: Do them again, Wouldn't want the trust fund to run out, now would we?
[Fox walks into the same meeting room where he finds Bruce Wayne]
Fox: Another long night? This joint venture was your idea and the consultants love it. But I'm not convinced. Lau's company has grown by 8 percent annually like clockwork. His revenue stream must be off the books. Maybe even illegal.
Bruce: Ok, cancel the deal.
Fox: You already knew.
Bruce: Just needed a closer look at their books.
Fox: Anything else you can trouble me for?
Bruce: I need a new suit.
Fox: Yeah. Three buttons is a little 90s, Mr. Wayne.
Bruce: I'm not talking fashion, Mr. Fox, so much as function.
[Fox looks at blueprints for Bruce's new suit]
Fox: You wanna be able to turn your head.Br
Bruce: Sure make backing out of the driveway easier.
Fox: I'll see what I can do.
----
===Bruce's Restaurant===
[Dent sits down at the table with Rachel]
Dent: Took me three weeks to get a reservation here. And I had to tell them I worked for the government.
Rachel: Really?
Dent: The city health inspector's not afraid to pulls strings.
[Bruce arrives with a ballerina named Natasha]
Bruce: Rachel! Fancy that.
Rachel: Yeah, Bruce. Fancy that
Bruce: Rachel, Natasha; Natasha, Rachel.
Rachel: Natasha. Are you the...
Bruce: ...prima ballerina for the Moscow Ballet.
Rachel: Wow. Harvey's taking me next week.
Bruce(To Dent): Really? So you're into ballet?
Rachel: Bruce, this is Harvey Dent.
[Dent and Bruce shake hands]
Dent: The famous Bruce Wayne. Rachel's told me everything about you.
Bruce: Well, I certainly hope not. So, let's put a couple tables together.
Dent: I'm not sure that they'll let us.
Bruce: Oh, they should. I own the place.
[Bruce instructs the servers to rearrange the tables for him and his party]
----Natasha: How could you want to raise children in a city like this?
Bruce: Well, I was raised here. I turned out ok.
Dent: Is Wayne Manor in the city limits?
Bruce: The Palisades? Sure. You know as our new D.A. you might wan to figure out, uh, where your jurisdiction ends.
Natasha: I'm talking about a city who idolizes a masked vigilante.
Dent: Gotham City is proud of an ordinary citizen standing up for what's right.
Natasha: Gotham needs heroes like you, elected officials, not a man who thinks he's above the law.
Bruce: Exactly. Who appointed the Batman?
Dent: We did. All of us who stood by and let scum take over our city.
Natasha: But this is a democracy.
Dent: When their enemies were at the gates, the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city. And it wasn't considered an honor, it was considered a public service.
Rachel: Harvey, the last man that they appointed to protect the republic was named Caesar, and he never gave up his power.
Dent: Ok fine. You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Look, whoever the Batman is, he doesn't want to do this for the rest if his life. How could he? Batman is looking for someone to take up his mantle.
Natasha: Someone like you, Mr. Dent?
Dent: Maybe. If I'm up to it.
Natasha: What if Harvey Dent is the caped crusader? Hm?
[Natasha holds a menu over Dent's eyes]
Dent: If I were sneaking out every night, someone would've noticed by now.
[Dent and Rachel hold each others hand]
Bruce: Well, I'm sold, Dent and I'm gonna throw you a fundraiser.
Dent: That's nice of you Bruce but I'm not up for reelection for three years.
Bruce: No, you don't understand. One fundraiser with my pals, you'll never need another cent.
----
===Mob Meeting===
[Organized Crime members go through security with guards and metal detectors, they all meet at a table]
[Two men bring a television at the middle of the table, which Lau later appears on]
Mobster 1: What the hell is this?
Lau: As you are all aware, one of our deposits was stolen. A relatively small amount--68 million.
Chechen: Who's stupid enough to steal from us?
Maroni: Two-bit wack job, wears a cheap purple suit and makeup. He's not the problem, he's a nobody. The problem is our money being tracked by the cops.
Lau: Well, thanks to Mr. Maroni's well-placed sources, we know that the police have indeed identified our banks using marked bills, and are planning to seize your funds today. And since the enthusiastic new D.A has put all my competitors out of business, I'm your only option.
----[Gordon arrives with a SWAT Team and various officers at a bank and all rush inside]
----Maroni: So what are you proposing?
Lau: Moving all deposits to one secure location. Not a bank.
Gambol: Where then?
Lau: No one can know but me. If the police were to gain leverage over one of you, everyone's money would be at stake.
Chechen: What would stop them from getting to you?
Lau: I go to Hong Kong--far from Dent's jurisdiction, and the Chinese will not extradite one of their own.
----[Gordon and his officers look for the vault with the Mob's money, but the money has been loaded into trucks already]
[When Gordon arrives at the empty vault, he angrily kicks some of the marked bills left stacked on the floor]
----Maroni: How soon can you move the money?
Lau: I already have. For obvious reasons, I couldn't wait for your permission. Rest assured your money is safe.
[The Joker enters the meeting room sarcastically laughing, while the Mobsters watch]
Joker: And I thought my jokes were bad.
Gambol: Give me one reason why I shouldn't have my boy here pull your head off.
Joker: How about a magic trick?
[The Joker stabs a pencil into the table]
Joker: I'm gonna make this pencil disappear.
[Gambol sends one of his men to kill the Joker]
[The Joker slams the mobsters eye into the pencil, killing him]
Joker: Ta-da! It's...it's gone. Oh, and by the way, the suit--it wasn't cheap. You oughta know, you bought it.
[Gambol stands up in anger]
Chechen: Sit. 
Chechen(To Joker): I want to hear your position.
[Gambol sits down]
Joker: Let's wind the clocks back a year. These cops and lawyers wouldn't dare cross any of you. I mean, what happened? Did your balls drop off? Hmm? You see, a guy like me...
Gambol: A freak.
[The mobsters laugh]
Mobster 2: Damn right
Joker: A guy like me--look, listen. I know why you choose to have your little group therapy sessions in broad daylight. I know why you're afraid to go out at night...The Batman. You see, Batman has shown Gotham your true colors, unfortunately. Dent, he's just the beginning. And as for the television's so-called "plan", Batman has no jurisdiction. He'll find him and make him squeal. I know the squealers when I see them, and...
[Lau turns off the tv from his side]
Chechen: What do you propose?
Joker: It's simple, we, uh, kill the Batman.
[The mobsters laugh]
Maroni: If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already?
Joker: If you're good at something, never do it for free.
Chechen: How much you want?
Joker: Uh, half.
[The mobsters laugh again]
Gambol: You're crazy.
Joker: No, I'm not. No I'm not. If we don't deal with this now, soon...little, uh, Gambol here won't be able to get a nickel for his grandma.
[Gambol slams the table out of rage]
Gambol: Enough from the clown!
[The Joker stands up and shows his arsenal of grenades in his jacket]
Joker: Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah. Let's not "blow" this out of proportion.
Gambol: You think you can steal from us just and just walk away?
Joker: Yeah.
Gambol: I'm putting the word out. 500 grand for this clown dead, a million alive. So I can teach him some manners first.
Joker: Alright, so, listen, why don't you give me a call when you want to start taking things a little more seriously? Here's my card
[The Joker pulls his card out and places it on the table before kicking the door and leaving]
----
=== Rooftop ===
[Batman arrives to find Dent standing next to the active Bat Signal, Dent looks behind himself]
Dent: You're a hard man to reach.
[Gordon shows up]
Dent: Lau's halfway to Hong Kong. If you'd have asked, I could've taken his passport. I told you to keep me in the loop.
Gordon: All that was left in the vaults were marked bills. They knew we were coming! As soon as your office got involved...
Dent: My office? You're sitting down there with scum like Wuertz and Ramirez, and you're talking...oh yeah, Gordon, I almost had your rookie cold on a racketeering beat!
Gordon: Don't try and cloud the fact that, clearly, Maroni's got people in your office, Dent!
Dent(To Batman): We need Lau back...but the Chinese won't extradite a national under any circumstances.
Batman: If I get him to you, can you get him to talk?
Dent: I'll get him to sing.
Gordon: We're going after the Mob's life savings. Things will get ugly.
Dent: I knew the risk when I took this job, Lieutenant.
Dent(To Batman): How will you get him back in--
[Dent turns and finds that Batman has vanished again]
Gordon: He does that.
----
=== Fox's Office ===
Fox: Our Chinese friends left town before we could tell them the deal was off.
Bruce: I'm sure that you've always wanted to go to Hong Kong.
Fox: What's wrong with a phone call?
Bruce: I think Mr. Lau deserves a more personal touch
[Fox and Bruce take an elevator to the basement]
Fox: Now, for high-altitude jumps, you're gonna need oxygen and stabilizers. Well, I must say, compared to your usual requests, jumping out of an airplane is pretty straightforward.
Bruce: And what about getting back in the plane?
[Fox shows Bruce the new equipment]
Fox: I'd recommend a good travel agent.
Bruce: Without it landing.
Fox: Now that's more like it, Mr. Wayne. The CIA had a program back in the '60s for getting people out of hot spots called "Skyhook." We could look into that.
Bruce: Yeah.
Fox: Ok. Now
[Fox shows Bruce the new equipment for the latter's suit]
Fox: Hardened Kevlar plates over titanium-dipped tri-weave fibers for flexibility--you'll be lighter, faster, more agile.
[Bruce picks up a piece of equipment and accidentally triggers it, firing projectiles at a cabinet]
Fox: Perhaps you should read the instructions first.
Bruce: Yeah.
Fox: Now there is a trade-off, separation of the plates makes you more vulnerable to knives and gunfire.
Bruce: Ah, we wouldn't want to make things too easy now, would we? How will it hold up against dogs?
Fox: We talking Rottweilers or Chihuahuas? Should do fine against cats.
----
=== Batcave ===
Alfred: I found one in Arizona. A very nice man said he could have it up and running in a week, and he takes cash. What about a flight crew?
Bruce: South Korean smugglers. They run flights into Pyongyang below the radar the whole way. Did you think of an alibi?
Alfred: Oh yes.
----[Rachel and Dent arrive at the theater to find that the ballet performance was cancelled]
[An article reads: "Love Boat: Billionaire absconds with entire Russian Ballet"]
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=== Bruce's Boat ===
[A plane lands on the plane next to the boat]
Alfred: I believe this is your plane, sir.
Bruce: You look tired, Alfred. You be all right without me?
[One of the Russian ballerinas gets Alfred's attention by shaking a bottle of suntan lotion]
Alfred: If you could tell me the Russian for "Apply your own bloody suntan lotion."
[Bruce throws a bag with his gear in the water and then later dives in himself]
[Alfred has the ballerinas turn over]
[Bruce swims over to the plane]
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=== Pool Hall ===
[Gambol plays a game of pool by himself]
Mobster 1: Yo, Gambol, there's somebody here for you. They say they just killed the Joker.
Mobster 2: They brought the body.
[Two mobsters carry a body covered in plastic and place it on the pool table, as the three gangsters walk in the pool hall behind them]
[Gambol unveils the plastic from the Joker's face, who is unconscious]
Gambol: So, dead, that's 500--
[The Joker wakes up and stabs the two mobsters surrounding him, then holds a knife to Gambol's mouth]
Joker: How about alive, hmm?
[The three gangsters each hold a mobster with a gun to their heads]
Joker: Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was...a drinker and a fiend. Then, one night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself, he doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So...me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and he says, "Why so serious?" He comes at me with the knife. "Why so serious?!" He sticks the blade in my mouth "Let's put a smile on that face" And...why so serious? 
[The Joker slashes Gambol's mouth and kills him and drops his body on the floor]
Joker: Now, our operation is small, but, there's a lot of potential for aggressive expansion. So which of you fine gentlemen would like to join our team? Oh. There's only one spot open right now, so we're gonna have tryouts. Make it fast
[The Joker picks up a pool stick, breaks it in half, and drops one half in front of the mobsters]
[The gangsters let go of the mobsters]
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=== Hong Kong, China ===
[Fox's helicopter lands on a helipad]
Man: Welcome to Hong Kong, Mr. Fox. Mr. Lau regrets he is unable to meet you in person today.
Fox: I understand.
[Fox and the other man head into the Lau Security Investments building]
Man: For security purposes, I'm gonna have to ask yoou to check in your mobile.
Fox: Of course.
[Fox gives the security guard his EMP in the form of a cell phone]
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=== Meeting with Lau ===
Lau: I must apologize for leaving Gotham in the middle of our negotiation. This misunderstanding with the Gotham Police Force...I couldn't let such a thing threaten my company.
Fox: Of course.
Lau: A businessman of your stature will understand and, uh, with you here now, we can continue.
Fox: Well, I do appreciate you bringing me out here in such style, Mr. Lau, but I real--
[Fox's cell phone rings]
Lau: We do not allow cell phones in here.
Fox: Sorry, forgot I had it. No, I really came to tell you that...our business deal has to be put on hold. You see, we can't afford to be seen to do business with...whatever it is you're accused of being. I'm sure a businessman of your stature will understand.
Lau: I think, Mr. Fox, a simple phone call might've sufficed.
Fox: Mr. Wayne didn't want you to think you were accidentally wasting his time.
Lau: Just accidentally wasting it.
Fox: (Chuckles) That's a good one, Mr. Lau, "accidentally". Very good.
[Fox leaves Lau Security Investments building]
Security Guard: Hey, sir.
[Fox shows the security guard his phone]
[The security guard nervously puts the EMP back in the drawer]
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=== Hong Kong, China ===
[Fox walks over to Bruce who takes pictures of the view below]
Fox: There's a better view from the peak tram.
Bruce: How's the view from LSI Holdings?
Fox: Restricted. Lau's holed up in there good and tight.
[Fox shows Bruce his phone]
Bruce: What's this?
Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-frequency pulse, records the response time for mapping an environment.
Bruce: Sonar. Just like a...
Fox: Submarine, Mr. Wayne. Like a submarine.
Bruce: And the other device?
Fox: It's in place.
[Bruce begins to walk away]
Fox: Mr. Wayne?
[Bruce turns around]
Fox: Good luck.
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