Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

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

Loren Lester: Robin, Dick Grayson

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Dick Grayson : But that creep Mockridge got to pocket a cool ten mil from the buyout. What a burn!

  Bruce Wayne : Maybe. But we've searched everywhere for the Riddler, and he's still out there.

  [Mockridge is shown, shivering with fear, locking five separate deadbolts on his front door, then tip-toeing to his bedroom, carrying a shotgun] 

  Bruce Wayne : [voice-over]  Mockridge may have his money, but he won't be sleeping well at night.

  [Still shivering, Mockridge looks nervously under the bed, then puts down his shotgun and climbs into bed. He turns out the light and lies awake, staring at the ceiling] 

  Bruce Wayne : [voice-over]  How much is a good night's sleep worth? Now there's a riddle for you.

• [as a thug climbs over a table to get Robin, Robin yanks away the tablecloth, dumping the thug on his head] 

  Robin : I love that trick, but I can never make it work.

• [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.

• Robin : We've gotta use one of these keys.

  Batman : Yes, but which one? And why are they labeled A, C, and D?

  Robin : Don't look at me.

  Batman : Let's try D.

  Robin : [as he does so, two circular blades fly towards them]  Look out!

  [they barely manage to stay out of the way] 

  Robin : Try another one.

  Batman : Okay. "A" this time.

  Robin : No, wait! Turn that key, and there'll be three blades.

  Batman : But how do you...

  Robin : It's the "C" key. Trust me.

  [turning the key, the door opens] 

  Robin : It's a musical puzzle. The key of D has two sharps. The key of A has three.

  Batman : But the key of C has no sharps.

• Dick Grayson : I guess the mayor's happy about this.

  Bruce Wayne : Bringing in $5.5 million a year in new jobs will do that.

• Batman : Doesn't Mockridge own a club downtown called the Wasteland?

  Dick Grayson : The Wasteland! Oh!

  Batman : Right. The Wasteland.

  Dick Grayson : I mean in the game. It's a dead end, see?

  Batman : Come on. Daniel Mockridge is walking into a trap.

• 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.

• Robin : What did you mean a joke on his name? You know who he is?

  Batman : I figured the creator of the minotaur game was behind this the minute I saw that billboard. I read all about him in the company records I examined. His name's Nygma. Edward Nygma.

  Robin : I get it. E. Nygma. Meaning a puzzle or riddle. An enigma. At least we know who we're looking for.

• Robin : [escaping one of the Riddler's traps]  "Losers ahead"?

  [realizing] 

  Robin : Duck!

  Batman : [they manage to dodge circular blades in the walls]  "Loses a head." I don't know what's worse, the traps or the puns.

• Batman : "When is the minotaur's owner as high as an elephant's eye?"

  Robin : Hmm... well, Mockridge owns the Minotaur, but what's as high as an elephant's eye?

  Batman : Corn.

  Robin : Corn?

  [he's thrust back into his seat as the Batmobile begins moving] 

  Batman : From an old song lyric before your time.

  Robin : So, what's he's saying? "When Mockridge is corny"? "When Mockridge is in the corn"?

  Batman : What's another word meaning corn?

  Robin : Uh, k-kernel? Cob?

  Batman : Maize. "When Mockridge is in the maize"!

  Robin : The maze at the amusement park!

  Batman : Exactly.