Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

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

Gary Frank: Daniel Mockridge

Quotes 

• Daniel Mockridge : So I've made sure that Competitron owns all rights to Riddle of the Minotaur, free and clear. Considering all the licensing and merchandising... oh, well, heck, we just built a Minotaur amusement park outside the city. And if we'd had to pay royalties on all that to the creator...

  Bruce Wayne : You can stop pitching, Mockridge. I want this deal so I can move Competitron to Gotham. This city desperately needs the jobs it'll create.

• 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 : 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.

• Daniel Mockridge : If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?