Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Read My Lips (1993)

George Dzundza: Arnold Wesker, The Ventriloquist, Scarface

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Quotes 

• Scarface : Don't put words in my mouth!

• Scarface : I know it ain't you, Rhino! You're too stupid to be a traitor.

  Rhino : Oh, thanks, Boss.

• Scarface : This is gettin' old, Bats. Last chance. Who's the traitor?

  Batman : Him. The ventriloquist.

  The Ventriloquist : No! No! He's lying! I told you when he came into my room!

  Scarface : So what? Maybe you did 'cause I had you cornered. Heard you talking to Batman.

  Batman : [throwing his voice]  Shut up, you blockhead!

  Scarface : What did you say?

  The Ventriloquist : I-It wasn't me! I didn't say that! My lips didn't move!

  Scarface : So what? You're a ventriloquist! You're also a lying, yellow, liver-belled, two-faced...

  The Ventriloquist : No, Scarface, not me! I'm loyal! I'd never...

  Batman : He's been feeding me information in return for legal protection.

  [throwing his voice again] 

  Batman : You're going up the river, sawdust for brains!

• Batman : It's called multiple personality syndrome disorder, Alfred. Two personalities in one brain, completely separate. Neither one knows what the other is thinking. Listen.

  Scarface : Batman's so hot, let's see him swim Gotham Bay in concrete boots.

  The Ventriloquist : A good idea, Mr. Scarface.

  Scarface : Bet your bowtie I'm right, dummy. Say, who dresses you, anyway?

  The Ventriloquist : Oh, you're such a kidder, Mr. Scarface.

  Alfred Pennyworth : I'd swear it was two separate people.

  Batman : You're not alone. Even the computer is fooled. When I studied with Zatara the magician, he taught me about ventriloquism and voice-throwing, how to make your voice seem to come from across the room. This ventriloquist could give Zatara lessons.

• Scarface : [learning of a traitor in his midst]  Who is it? You don't talk, you get the ultimate massage.

  Batman : And if I tell?

  Scarface : Maybe you just get run over by a truck.

  Batman : Tempting, but no.

• Scarface : See, the Bat's not so tough. Comes up against Scarface, he's just another dummy. It was a trap, Bats, start to finish. And you fell for it like a world-class sucker. The dummy spilled the beans you'd been in his room. I had the room searched, and lookee what I found.

  [the Ventriloquist takes out his bowtie, and Scarface kicks it the ground, revealing Batman's bug on the back] 

  Batman : You're not as smart as you think you are, Scarface.

  Scarface : I'd watch my mouth if I were you, Bats. One bullet through that rope, and you're history. Get my point?

• Batman : My advice to you, don't make a sound. I'm looking for evidence. Evidence of your previous robberies.

  The Ventriloquist : R-R-Robberies?

  Batman : Don't be coy. Cooperate, and it could go easier for you.

  The Ventriloquist : H-He doesn't tell me anything. Not his plans, not where he hides the loot. I swear, I'm just a flunky. I know nothing.

  Batman : You can think I'm dumb, just don't talk to me like I'm dumb.

• Scarface : There's a shipment of platinum gonna be loaded onto the luxury liner Majestic. We're gonna...

  Mugsy : P-Platinum? But, boss, don't they send stuff like that by freighter?

  Scarface : I'm talking here!

  Mugsy : Okay, okay. Sorry, boss.

  Scarface : It's a trick, see? They think no one will suspect the shipment's on a liner, but they're like youse mugs: stupid, not smart, like me. We'll slip in, get the goods, and skedaddle before the ship leaves the harbor. One more thing. I smell a double-cross. Woke up last night with one of them whatchamacallits... a prema... premanotion.

  The Ventriloquist : Premonition?

• Scarface : What's so important I can't get a good night's sleep?

  Rhino : Uh... Batman's got me figured, Scarface. I don't know how, but he came down on me like a cast-iron safe.

  Ratso : Batman? We're talking real trouble. What are we gonna...

  Scarface : Hey, hey! Who you talking to, creep? He's just the hired help. I'm the boss here! You talk to me!

  Mugsy : Sorry, boss. He's new. He don't know the score.

  Scarface : Yeah, well, he better get with the program pretty quick. I don't stand for no lack of respect. This Batman business can only mean one thing: we got us... a squealer.

  Mugsy : No, boss. That can't be. None of us want to screw up a sweet deal like this.

  Scarface : Glad to hear it, Mugsy. 'Cause if there is and I find him, it's drapes for that rat!

  The Ventriloquist : Now, Mr. Scarface, remember your blood pressure.

  Scarface : Shut up! I want your opinion, dummy, I'll pull your string.

• Scarface : This better be good, you's mugs.