Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)
Heart of Steel: Part II (1992)
Jeff Bennett: HARDAC
Quotes
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HARDAC : People are imperfect. They make mistakes. Your mistake was coming here to interfere with the plan.
Batman : What is this plan?
HARDAC : The plan was conceived by Karl Rossum when his young daughter was... deactivated.
Barbara Gordon : Deactivated? You mean...
HARDAC : A vehicular accident. Our maker felt the emotion called love in great quantity for her. Afterwards, he decided to find a way to replace humans, whose decisions can cost other human lives.
Barbara Gordon : But we're all capable of human error.
HARDAC : Precisely. The maker's concept was sound, but he did not go far enough, which is why I have taken over.
Barbara Gordon : Does that mean my father's...
HARDAC : No. There is still much to learn from humans. I will keep them alive until I have learned enough.
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Rossum : The duplicant processor's been used. I didn't authorize that.
HARDAC : It was necessary to serve your ultimate purpose.
Rossum : No, it was a stupid idea, the babblings of a broken heart!
HARDAC : Humans make errors in judgment. It is sometimes necessary to protect them from their own inadequacies.
Rossum : I've let this go too far. I gave you too much free will. It's time to change your programming.
Randa : [HARDAC knocks Rossum out] You have immobilized the maker.
HARDAC : His human imperfection endangers the plan. He must be... improved upon.