Batman Beyond (TV Series)

Sentries of the Last Cosmos (2000)

Will Friedle: Terry McGinnis, Batman

Quotes 

• Terry McGinnis : So get this. My school counselor says my problem is I lack direction.

  Bruce Wayne : Go to the Hall of Records. I'm showing a break in at their data bank.

  Terry McGinnis : Somehow I don't think that's what she meant by direction.

• Terry McGinnis : How was Sentrycroft?

  Corey Cavalieri : Okay, I guess.

  Max : Okay? Come on, give! That's a hard place to crash. What's it like?

  Terry McGinnis : Yeah, come on, Sentry! Report.

  Corey Cavalieri : It's just a joke to you, isn't it, McGinnis? Well, that's all it was. A joke. A big nothing, okay?

  Max : [to Terry, as Corey backs his bike up and speeds away]  What now, O wise one?

• Bruce Wayne : Terry! Can you hear me? Terry!

  Batman : [climbing out from under rubble]  I'm here.

  Bruce Wayne : What happened?

  Batman : I just got my butt fried by the Sentries of the Last Cosmos.

  Bruce Wayne : What?

• Dempsey : What happened, Wise One?

  Simon Harper : The Dark Regent's servants have been here.

  Dempsey : We'll find them.

  Simon Harper : No. I have a more important mission for you. The Dark Regent himself is here on Earth. He's taken on a human form; disguised as a man named Eldon Michaels.

  Batman : [eavesdropping outside]  Eldon Michaels?

  Corey Cavalieri : What are you saying?

  Simon Harper : "Sentries of the Last Cosmos" is no mere game. It simulates a real war. One being fought in the deepest reaches of space. For centuries, we Wise Ones have used it to recruit trainees like yourselves. Now, you must confront the Dark Regent to save our universe.

• Simon Harper : Quite resourceful. I'll have to program that strategy into my next game.

  Batman : And what kind of game is that, Mr. Harper?

  Simon Harper : What do you mean?

  Batman : I met some of your Sentries last night. They didn't play by the rules.

  Simon Harper : You must understand. There are thousands of hardcore fans. Many dress up as my characters. Conventions, that sort of thing. I have absolutely no control over them. In fact, that very fan fanaticism is why I've had to install such elaborate security measures.

  Batman : So you don't know anything about those Sentries at the Hall of Records?

  Simon Harper : I'm sorry. I wish I could be more help, but...

  [looking around, he sees Batman is gone] 

• Bruce Wayne : So they finally saw through Harper's smoke and mirrors?

  Terry McGinnis : Why did he do it? Didn't he already have enough money?

  Bruce Wayne : It's not easy to give up being God.

  Terry McGinnis : I guess you'd know.

  Bruce Wayne : Poor kids. Looking to a video game for something to believe in.

  Terry McGinnis : Yeah. What'll they do now?

• Max : You're kidding, right? Real Sentries?

  Terry McGinnis : Yeah. And I've got the real bruises to prove it.

  Max : Weird.

  Terry McGinnis : They said they were sent on a sacred mission by the wise one.

  Max : Wise one? That's what Corey calls Simon Harper.

  Terry McGinnis : The guy who created the game?

  Max : He invited Corey to come and meet him. Do you think there's a connection?

  Terry McGinnis : Is Jar-Jar lame?

• Batman : Eldon Michaels, I presume.

  Eldon Michaels : I thought you were somebody else.

  Batman : Obviously. What's this, a word processor?

  Eldon Michaels : It's a typewriter. It belonged to Philip K. Dick, the greatest writer who ever lived.

  Batman : You're a writer, too?

  Eldon Michaels : Well, duh.

  Batman : Why is Simon Harper after you?

  Eldon Michaels : Why? Because he's a two-faced Janus, a pirate, and a charlatan. And I can prove it.

• Max : Killer move, Corey. How'd you peg it?

  Corey Cavalieri : Gotta go with your instincts.

  Terry McGinnis : Good instincts. You just bagged the all-time high score.

  Corey Cavalieri : Yes!

  Max : No fair. You musta logged a gazillion hours on that game.

  Corey Cavalieri : Maybe more. But for the first time, I really felt it, you know? Like I actually was a Sentry of the Last Cosmos.

  [bumping into Nelson] 

  Corey Cavalieri : Ahh! Hey, watch it!

  Nelson Nash : Or what? You gonna bop me with a flaming sword? Get a life.

• Batman : That's all you can find for Eldon Michaels? An address?

  Bruce Wayne : From a few years ago. I've checked every data system; there's nothing on him. Not even a birthdate.

  Batman : Maybe he really is from outer space.

• Burfid : What is it?

  Corey Cavalieri : "Sentries of the Last Cosmos, written by Eldon Michaels"?

  Batman : Right. Michaels created the game. Harper just produced it. He was supposed to share the profits, but he went back on the deal.

  Simon Harper : It's a lie!

  Batman : That's why he had you destroy the databank where the original contracts were stored.

  Simon Harper : Don't listen! He's just trying to cloud your minds.

  Corey Cavalieri : [flipping through]  It's all in here.

  Burfid : There's where Zimzam learned to fly.

  Dempsey : From the Eagles of Karisium.

  Corey Cavalieri : And here's where Aaron gets the Golden Feather from Princess Alla.

  Simon Harper : I'll destroy you, you Pyraperan moon slug.

  Batman : You're starting to believe your own fiction.

• Batman : [sneaking into Harper's mansion]  Whoa. No way a fanboy like Corey wouldn't spew about this. He's covering something.

  Bruce Wayne : Just be careful.