Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Two-Face: Part I (1992)

John Vernon: Rupert Thorne

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• Rupert Thorne : We need to dig up some dirt on our dashing D.A., something really juicy.

  Candice : Well I'm afraid that's going to be a problem. Dent's so clean, he squeaks.

  Rupert Thorne : Just stay on his tail, Candice. All men have something to hide. The brighter the picture, the darker the negative.

• Rupert Thorne : Congratulations, Harvey. This is Thorne. Rupert Thorne.

  Harvey Dent : What do you want, you slime?

  Rupert Thorne : Now, now. Is that any way to talk to a man who's about to make you a deal?

  Harvey Dent : I'm not interested in your deals, Thorne.

  Rupert Thorne : Oh, I think you will be, unless of course you'd rather I speak with Big Bad Harv.

  [Harvey starts sweating nervously] 

  Rupert Thorne : Or perhaps you'd prefer I speak to the press first?

• Rupert Thorne : [Reading Harvey's file]  Listen to this boys. Says here that when Harvey was a little boy, he was bothered by a bully. Everyday the bully would bug him after school, until one day little Harvey got so mad, he slugged him one.

  Thorne's Thugs : Oooh.

  Rupert Thorne : Of course, the bully ran away, which made little Harvey very proud. Until he heard that the bully was in the hospital.

  Candace : That was some punch.

  Rupert Thorne : That's what Harvey thought. Except the guy was in the hospital for appendicitis. But poor Harvey felt so guilty, he never showed his anger again. And that was the start of Big Bad Harv.

  Harvey Dent : [Stands up from his chair in anger]  What do you want?

  Rupert Thorne : Just a few favors from the D.A.'s office.

  Harvey Dent : You're dreaming.

  Rupert Thorne : Otherwise, as a concerned citizen, I'd be compelled to give this to the press. After all, the people of Gotham have a right to know the kind of person... or should I say "persons", they've elected. So, what do you say, Harvey? Do we have a deal?

  Harvey Dent : [Dent's face roils with rage at this taunting as Thorne's gang mocks him, until he suddenly takes a strangely calm veneer with a sinister smile]  There's just one problem...

  Rupert Thorne : What's that?

  Big Bad Harv (Two-Face) : [Walks up to Thorne's face and frightens the crime boss who realizes he has unleashed Dent's violent alternate personality]  You're talking to the wrong Harvey.

• Candace : [about Harvey's breakdown]  My, this guy is crazy.

  Rupert Thorne : Yeah, crazy like a fox. That little tantrum probably bought him another 10,000 votes.