Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Riddler's Reform (1994)

John Glover: The Riddler, Edward Nygma

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Quotes 

• [last lines; after Bruce explains how he escaped] 

  Dick Grayson : [chuckles]  Nice going, Bruce. Man, I'd have never thought of that.

  Bruce Wayne : Neither would the Riddler.

  [cut to the Riddler, who is back in Arkham] 

  The Riddler : It's impossible, I tell you! Impossible! My trap was perfect! HOW DID HE DO IT? I have to know! Somebody tell me! It's not fair! There was no way, I tell you! No way he could have gotten out! Somebody tell me! Do you hear me? SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW HE DID IT! I have to know! I HAVE TO KNO-O-O-O-OW!

• The Riddler : There's no way you could have escaped from that explosion! How did you get out?

  Batman : That's my little riddle.

  The Riddler : Please, you must tell me!

  [pause] 

  The Riddler : All right, you win. You'll tell me what I want to know, and I'll tell you what you want to know. Okay?

  Batman : [smiles]  You mean where you've hidden everything you've stolen?

  The Riddler : Certainly. I'll even tell you how I committed all those robberies. Deal?

  Batman : [pauses]  No.

  [holds up one of Riddler's two-way radios] 

  Batman : Did you get that?

  Commissioner James Gordon : We got it.

  [Gordon and the police enter] 

  Commissioner James Gordon : This ought to be enough to prove a parole violation. You're going away for good this time. All right, get him out of here.

  [the police handcuff Riddler and lead him to the door] 

  Commissioner James Gordon : [re: the radio]  My compliments. This is a great little idea.

  The Riddler : [stops]  Wait a minute! Aren't you gonna tell me how you did it? That's not fair!

  [the police drag him out] 

• Edward Nygma : [burning his Riddler costume]  I always feel sad at funerals. Yes, truly, part of me has died tonight, and so it is time to move on.

  [a batarang is thrown into the wall] 

  Edward Nygma : [seeing Batman]  You! I don't believe it.

• The Riddler : I know what you're thinking, but those silly riddle crimes are a thing of the past, ancient history that's gone now. I'm a new man. But you probably won't figure that out until it's too late.

  Batman : Do you know who you're dealing with here, Baxter?

  Charles Baxter : Yes. A man who's going to make my company millions. Everyone's heard of the Riddler. You can't buy that kind of market recognition. Leave him alone, or I'll swear out a complaint against you for harassment!

  The Riddler : [tossing a puzzle to Robin]  Here's a little something for the kid.

• Brenda : Where'd you find him, C.B.? He's so adorable!

  The Riddler : Who? M-me?

  Brenda : [laughs]  Of course you, silly, and you're so smart! I just love a man with brains.

  The Riddler : Gee, I bet you say that to all the geniuses.

• The Riddler : He's right, you know.

  Manny : Who?

  The Riddler : Batman. He is going to catch me sooner or later.

  Manny : G... Gee, boss. You're scaring me. You're talking kinda crazy.

  The Riddler : Don't you ever call me that! I fooled the police, the doctors, the parole board, all of them. There's only one person who's ever been able to challenge me: Batman. He's the only one worthy of the game.

  Manny : But you-you said sooner or later he's gonna catch you. What are you gonna do?

  The Riddler : I'm never going back to Arkham. So I guess there's only one thing *to* do.

• The Riddler : I don't believe you were invited.

  Batman : I'm onto you, Nygma.

  The Riddler : Ah. You're still chasing riddles.

  [behind his back, he clicks a small, round ball] 

  Batman : You're still giving them.

  The Riddler : Is that what you believe? Well, how do you know what to believe, Batman? Maybe I'm not giving clues at all. Maybe you're seeing things that aren't there. But then again, maybe I am giving you clues. I could be giving you a clue right now, couldn't I?

  [surreptitously, he presses a button under a desk] 

  The Riddler : Of course it's possible that you're just...

  [a bookcase slides open] 

  The Riddler : ...paranoid. By the way, did you see my latest toy? It's a two-way radio.

  [Baxter's guests laugh] 

  The Riddler : Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to meet the great Batman. He's here because he hasn't got a clue.

• Zowie : Not a sign of him anywhere, Mr. Nygma.

  The Riddler : He must be losing his touch. All right, hurry up and get out of there.

• The Riddler : Hello, Batman. This is it: the end of the game. I'm a little sad, actually. You were a worthy opponent. But then, I told you I'd make a killing at the toy fair.

  [he holds up a sign reading Things are looking up with a directional arrow; looking upwards, Batman sees dynamite rigged on the ceiling] 

• The Riddler : Hey, folks, wouldn't it be great to be a kid again, enjoying all those wonderful moments of childhood with your favorite toys?

  [taking a toy away from a child] 

  The Riddler : Not like that. You'll break it.

  [clearing his throat] 

  The Riddler : Yes. Well, you can recapture your childhood with Wacko Toys. All you have to do is pick up one of the Riddler's puzzles at your favorite store, then go back to where it all started... with toys. Come on. Be a kid again.

  Bruce Wayne : [turning the TV off]  He's going to hit the Gotham Convention Center.

  Dick Grayson : How did you figure that?

  Bruce Wayne : Because of the clue he's deliberately giving me.

  Dick Grayson : What clue?

  Bruce Wayne : He said "Go back to where it started... with toys."

  Dick Grayson : The toy fair.

• Batman : Up to your old tricks already, huh, Nygma?

  The Riddler : Whatever are you talking about, Batman?

  Robin : [indicating the box on which Riddler is sitting]  The last time you delivered one of these, it almost killed Commissioner Gordon.

  The Riddler : What's your point?

  Batman : What's in the box?

  The Riddler : None of your business.

  Batman : I'm making it my business.

• Charles Baxter : What are you doing here?

  Robin : Don't worry, sir. We've got him. His name is Edward Nygma, otherwise known as the Riddler.

  Charles Baxter : I know who he is, you young fool.

  The Riddler : It's all right, C.B. These are two old friends of mine. Before you louts sink your fists into me, I'd like you to meet my new partner: Charles Baxter, president of the multimillion-dollar Wacko Toy Corporation and the man who has licensed my Riddler persona and my exclusive puzzle technology for his new line of toys.

  [as he kicks the box, it opens] 

  The Riddler : We're going to make a killing.

  Robin : That's what I'm afraid of.