Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (1992)

John Glover: The Riddler, Edward Nygma

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Quotes 

• The Riddler : You may not believe in Minotaurs, either, but you'll still have to answer the riddle.

  Minotaur : I have millions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscles, yet I rule two hemispheres. What am I?

  Batman : That's simple: the human brain.

  [the Minotaur robot shuts down] 

  Batman : It has millions of visual and auditory nerves, four lobes, two hemispheres, and it's the only thing Edward Nygma respects.

  The Riddler : A lucky guess, that's all, but it won't save you, Batman!

• The Riddler : Well, well, well, Bat-something-or-other, isn't it? Who invited you? Do you know what happens to gate crashers? They have to match wits with the Riddler.

• The Riddler : My, my, my, can we actually have a brain beneath that pointy cowl of ours?

• [as Batman and Robin enter the "Riddle of the Minotaur" maze] 

  The Riddler : But remember: you'll have to answer the riddle of the Minotaur, too.

  Batman : I can hardly wait.

  [to Robin] 

  Batman : How far did you say you'd gotten in the game?

  Robin : Gee, I'm not sure. Maybe halfway?

  Batman : Already I love this.

• Batman : I'll find Mockridge if I have to tear this place apart, Nygma.

  The Riddler : I doubt it, I made sure the perils are quite lethal. You have eight minutes, gentlemen, then Mockridge becomes the only good corporate shark: a dead one.

• Edward Nygma : [finding his office locked]  What's the meaning of this?

  Daniel Mockridge : What does it look like, Eddie? You're out of here. You're history. You're fired. Comprende?

  Edward Nygma : Have you lost what passes for your mind? You can't afford to do without me, Mockridge.

  Daniel Mockridge : I can if you're gonna sue me for royalties.

  Edward Nygma : I created the Riddle of the Minotaur game. This company is making millions from my genius.

  Daniel Mockridge : Competitron's software success didn't come from the product, Nygma. Competitron is a corporate attitude. Its strength is in the boardroom, the deal, the contract; specifically, the work-for-hire contract you signed.

  Edward Nygma : You are a fool, Mockridge, to think you can get away with this. Your amoral greed is no match for an intellect like mine.

• The Riddler : Well done, Batman. But have you wits enough to save two people at the same time?

  [firing something out of his cane, which entraps Robin] 

  The Riddler : It's my own variation on the Chinese finger puzzle.

• [after Batman re-wires the Hand of Fate to fly over the maze to the center] 

  The Riddler : That is grand-scale cheating, Batman! You're not allowed to tamper with the Hand of Fate!

  Batman : I don't believe in fate!

• Robin : [after Batman is swept away by the Hand of Fate]  Batman, where are you?

  The Riddler : Forget it, kid. I "handed" him his walking papers.

• Batman : Where's Mockridge?

  The Riddler : In the center of the maze, along with the minotaur robot. I've programmed it to destroy him at exactly 4:30 a.m. Which gives you less than ten minutes to run the maze and find him. But first, throw down your utility belts. It'll be more... interesting that way, don't you think?

• The Riddler : Decode that message all by yourself, Mockridge, or did you have help?

  Daniel Mockridge : You're trespassing, Nygma. Get out. You can't kill this deal. I'm selling out to Wayne, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

  The Riddler : Of course there isn't. You don't understand. I have a proposition for you.

  Daniel Mockridge : You've come up with a new game?

  The Riddler : [holding up a set of Chinese linking rings]  This? No, this puzzle is far more than any mere game. Wouldn't you agree? Or do you need to try it yourself? Solve it. Then we'll talk.

  Daniel Mockridge : Oh, for crying out loud.

  [trying, his frustration building] 

  Daniel Mockridge : What is this, some kind of extortion scheme?

  The Riddler : You think I want money? Not anymore. What I want now... is you.