Quotes for
Thomas Wayne (Character)
from Batman (1989)

"Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Chill of the Night! (#2.11)" (2010)

Young Bruce Wayne: You know, Dad, that movie was pretty good after all! Can I be Zorro when I grow up?
Thomas Wayne: Absolutely, son. We'll need to get you a bigger sword...
Young Bruce Wayne: [runs down the alley] Take that, you wicked tyrant!
Martha Wayne: Dear...
Thomas Wayne: Oh, Martha. Let him play.
Martha Wayne: Thomas Wayne, when he has nightmares tonight, you can be the one to calm hm down.
Thomas Wayne: Okay, that's enough for now, Bruce. We'll start you on fencing lessons when you're older. Say... 30?

Thomas Wayne: [Notices Batman] And here I thought I was going to be one of a kind. I guess great minds think alike, Mr?
Batman: Uh... Malone. M-Matt. Matthew Malone.
Thomas Wayne: Thomas Wayne. This is my wife, Martha.
[Batman hugs Martha]
Martha Wayne: Oh, my... You're friendly, aren't you?

Batman: How's your aim?
Thomas Wayne: Impeccable, old chum.

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Batman Begins (2005)

[Bruce awakens from a nightmare]
Thomas Wayne: The bats again?
[Bruce nods]
Thomas Wayne: You know why they attacked you, don't you? They were afraid of you.
Bruce Wayne - age 8: Afraid of me?
Thomas Wayne: All creatures feel fear.
Bruce Wayne - age 8: Even the scary ones?
Thomas Wayne: Especially the scary ones.

Alfred Pennyworth: Took quite a fall, didn't we, Master Bruce?
Thomas Wayne: And why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.

Bruce Wayne - age 8: [riding his father's monorail] Did you build this train, Dad?
Thomas Wayne: Gotham's been good to our family, but the city's been suffering. People less fortunate than us have been enduring very hard times. So we built a new, cheap, public transportation system to unite the city. And at the center... Wayne Tower.
[We see the building in the skyline from the window]
Bruce Wayne - age 8: Is that where you work?
Thomas Wayne: No, I work at the hospital. I leave the running of our company to much better men.
Bruce Wayne - age 8: Better?
Thomas Wayne: Well... more interested men.

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"Batman: Beware the Gray Ghost (#1.32)" (1992)

[searching the archives at the film library]
Bruce Wayne: So many actors...
Alfred Pennyworth: I wish I could be of more use, sir, but I don't watch television. I prefer my fireplace.

[last lines]
Bruce Wayne: [presenting a "Gray Ghost" video to Trent] Could you make it out to Bruce?
Simon Trent: [signing the video] Here you go, Bruce!
[Wayne starts to leaves, then turns and looks at Trent]
Bruce Wayne: You know, as a child I used to watch it with my father. The Gray Ghost was my hero.
Simon Trent: Really?
Bruce Wayne: [quietly to Trent, in a familiar tone] ... and he still is.

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"Batman: Perchance to Dream (#1.26)" (1992)

[after the Batman impostor is revealed]
Bruce Wayne: The Mad Hatter?
The Mad Hatter: Congratulations are in order, I suppose. And you're right! This is a dream, a very special dream.
Bruce Wayne: Then you know everything about me?
The Mad Hatter: I do! But I'm only a part of your dream. The mind control apparatus I've hooked you to reveals nothing to the outside world - it's purpose is to create an ideal fantasy world for you!
Bruce Wayne: Then you're not the real Mad Hatter.
The Mad Hatter: No. Just a figment of your imagination. But that doesn't mean I'm not real - in this dream world!
Bruce Wayne: Make it stop!
The Mad Hatter: I'm crushed! You don't like the fantasy world I've created for you?
Bruce Wayne: It's not real!
The Mad Hatter: Ah! Are you the dreamer or are you part of someone else's dream? That's exactly the question Tweedledee put to Alice in 'Through the Looking... '
Bruce Wayne: This isn't some silly storybook!
The Mad Hatter: Oh, but it is! It's a beautiful story! You have love, wealth, a family, all you ever wanted! Your own private Wonderland!
Bruce Wayne: NO! I won't live a lie! No matter how attractive you make it!

Bruce Wayne: [looking over a high ledge] You're wrong. There is a way for me to wake up.
The Mad Hatter: N-now just a moment! You don't want to do anything foolish- this isn't an ordinary dream! What if you're wrong?
Bruce Wayne: Then I'll see you in your nightmares.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) (VG)

Thomas Wayne: I can't believe you insisted on sitting through that movie again, Bruce. Come on, we'll be late for Alfred.
Young Bruce Wayne: I'm sorry, Daddy.
Martha Wayne: Go easy on him, Tom. He loved it so.

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