Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Prophecy of Doom (1992)

Kevin Conroy: Batman

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• Bruce Wayne : As the Bard said, "the fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves."

• Nostromos : Peace to all. Brothers and sisters, the negative plane is aligned with the positive, bringing forth astral harmony.

  Bruce Wayne : What?

  Man : The vibrations are right for prophecy.

  Bruce Wayne : Oh. Okay.

  Nostromos : That which you seek and cannot find is the seeker. You are merely the eye trying to view itself.

  Bruce Wayne : This is awfully deep.

  Woman : Shh!

  Nostromos : We are but radios for the cosmic transmitter, tune your receivers, hear the inner voice...

  [Nostromo screams] 

  Nostromos : Brother Ethan, the inner voice speaks. Someone here is in grave danger. The messenger of death is searching... crying out for...

  [Points at Bruce Wayne] 

  Nostromos : ... You!

• Alfred Pennyworth : But how did the glass break, Sir?

  Batman : [Mystically]  Psychic vibrations, Alfred... though I'd bet on a high-frequency sonic device.

• Nostromos : Welcome, Brother Bruce!

  Lisa Clark : No, not Bruce!

  Bruce Wayne : Lisa, you... don't understand.

  Lisa Clark : Oh, I understand, all right. You're like all the rest, suckered in by this money-grubbing, bogus creep!

  Ethan Clark : Lisa!

  Lisa Clark : You know what my inner voice tells me, Nostromos? You've ripped off your last victim!

  Ethan Clark : I'm soo sorry, I...

  Nostromos : Do not apologize. She will believe. They will all believe... after the Great Fall.

• Ethan Clark : I can't believe I was so gullible! But that's what I get for putting my faith in greed.

  Lisa Clark : You weren't the only one, daddy.

  Bruce Wayne : Guilty as charged. As the Bard once said, the fault lies not in the stars, but in ourselves.

• Batman : I lifted Nostromos' fingerprints at the party. There he is. Alias Carl Fowler, professional actor, arrested for petty larceny. Hmm. Otherwise, no criminal record.

  [typing] 

  Batman : That's his partner. Lucas. Special effects man. Arrested for fraud. Never convicted.

  Alfred Pennyworth : So they were both in show business.

  Batman : Still are. I just wish I knew where this act was going.

• Alfred Pennyworth : You gave them $10 million, sir? And to think I was fretting over the electric bill.

  Batman : I had to keep up appearances, Alfred. There must be over $300 million in that fund.

  Alfred Pennyworth : My word! Well, at least Nostromos can't touch it without Mr. Clark's authorization.

  Batman : For now. But I don't need to be psychic to predict that Ethan Clark is about to undergo a spiritual crisis.

• Ethan Clark : You know me, Bruce; staid banker, old conservative stock. I'm the last person to act impulsively, but I'm telling you, this fellow is a revelation. You should read this.

  Lisa Clark : Dad, you're not gonna proselytize Bruce.

  Ethan Clark : Now, you hush, Lisa. We're raising a generation of cynics.

  Bruce Wayne : [taking a pamphlet]  Nostromos. Yes, I've read about him in the Star Enquirer. Uh... Alfred likes to pick up a copy now and then.

  Ethan Clark : That man saved my life. He warned me not to go on the gambling cruise. Two days out to sea, the ship sank.

  Lisa Clark : A coincidence.

  Ethan Clark : What about the cave-in at the Zandza mine? Or the fires at the Korobi oil field? His predictions saved me a fortune.

  Bruce Wayne : Make a heck of a stockbroker.

  Ethan Clark : Tomorrow, I'm hosting a party in Nostromos' honor. I want you to be there to see for yourself.

  Bruce Wayne : Sounds great. But I'll have to check my horoscope to be sure.

• Bruce Wayne : It wasn't until that moment, when I came so close to death, that I realized you really did have a divine connection. To think I ridiculed you. Can you ever forgive me?

  Nostromos : Of course. I rejoice in your soaring consciousness.

  Ethan Clark : Nostromos... I was thinking, a man of Bruce's standing, his influence... should he not be considered for the Brotherhood?

  Nostromos : Yes. It's preordained.