Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Knight Time (1998)

Mathew Valencia: Robin, Tim Drake

Quotes 

• [Superman, disguised as Batman, sneaks into Wayne Industries with Robin after a meeting with Commissioner Gordon] 

  Robin : So how'd you do Batman's voice?

  Superman : [as Batman]  Precise muscle control.

  Superman : [as Robin]  Plus, I have a pretty good ear.

  Robin : [angrily]  Don't do that again.

• Robin : [to Superman, pointing to a video image of Bruce Wayne]  See what I mean about him acting strange? He's *smiling*!

• Superman : So you're handling the whole city *yourself*? During a crime spree?

  Robin : [notices Bat-signal in the sky]  Oh, not again! It gets worse every time he doesn't show.

  Superman : Then this time, he will.

• [Thieves smash through the display case to grab diamonds] 

  Diamond Thief #1 : What about the alarm?

  Diamond Thief #2 : The cops are swamped, and the Bat's a no-show. Who's gonna come?

  [baseball hits him in the gut] 

  Diamond Thief #2 : Oof!

  Robin : [perched on a baseball display nearby]  There's always the relief pitcher.

  Diamond Thief #2 : Smoke 'im!

• [Bane, Riddler, and Mad Hatter are surprised by Batman's sudden display of incredible strength, unaware he's Superman in disguise] 

  Robin : He's been working out.

• The Mad Hatter : [examining mind-controlling nanites under a microscope]  I'll tell thee everything I can; there's little to relate. These little fishers, I perceive, may have no earthly mate.

  Superman : [disguised as Batman]  "No earthly mate?"

  Robin : The bugs aren't yours?

  The Mad Hatter : Mine, no! I'd be proud if they were. I've stolen from the best: WayneTech, LexCorp, S.T.A.R. Labs. This circuitry is far more advanced than anything I've ever seen. I daresay it may even be of ALIEN origin.

• Superman : [referring to Batman]  Where's your boss?

  Robin : Around...

  Superman : Okay, let's try this another way... where's *Bruce*?

• [Superman, disguised as Batman, and Robin meet with Commissioner Gordon, who tells them about a heist] 

  Commissioner James Gordon : We've got a photo.

  [he hands it to Superman, who studies it without recognition] 

  Robin : [whispering]  Bane!

  Superman : [feigning recognition]  Ah, yes. Bane.

• Robin : [referring to Batman]  He's really being controlled by aliens?

  [makes face] 

  Robin : Ugh!

  Superman : I'm deeply hurt.

  Robin : Sorry.

• [Robin successfully brings down the second of two armed thieves in front of a truck] 

  Robin : Batman, Schmatman, I got this down!

  [Truck door opens to reveal two more crooks with guns drawn] 

  Robin : Or not.

• [Robin creates a false alarm to distract the guards so that he and Superman, disguised as Batman, can sneak into Wayne Industries] 

  Robin : C'mon!

  Superman : All this sneaking around isn't exactly my style.

  Robin : What do you mean? It's half the fun!

• [Robin and Superman, disguised as Batman, trace a sound Superman heard on the video e-mail to Wayne Aerospace] 

  Robin : You DO have a good ear. This site was supposed to be mothballed.

  [notices gun turret on rocketship] 

  Robin : That looks friendly.

  Superman : Actually, it looks... Kryptonian.

• [after meeting with Commissioner Gordon, Superman, disguised as Batman, and Robin walk to the edge of the roof] 

  Robin : That was close.

  [pulls out his grapple gun] 

  Superman : You're telling me. The sooner we find your boss, the better.

  [Superman gropes through Batman's utility belt, searching for his grapple gun] 

  Robin : Right side.

  [They fire their grapple lines and swing away] 

• Superman : [Bruce is missing]  So he tells you he's at work, and he tells work he's on vacation. Can you track where the call came from?

  Robin : Already did. New Zealand.

  Superman : So either Bruce is hopping around the globe...

  Robin : Or someone's faking the traces to hide where he is.

  Superman : Maybe something here will tell us where he really went.

  [picking up a sheet of paper] 

  Superman : That's strange. Something's moving on these papers. Nanites.

  Robin : I don't see anything.

  Superman : They're microscopic robots.

  [picking up the receiver of Bruce's phone] 

  Superman : They're all over the phone. And there's a needle in the earpiece. Someone's injected nanites into Bruce's body. He's under some kind of mind control.

• The Penguin : Even if I did know where to find the Mad Hatter, I'm no stool pigeon. Why should I tell you?

  Superman : [as Batman]  A man's life is in danger. Isn't that enough?

  The Penguin : [indifferently]  You're breaking my heart.

  Robin : [quietly]  Kick over the desk.

  [Superman glances at him] 

  Robin : Just do it!

  Superman : [doing so]  I won't ask twice.

  The Penguin : All right, no need to get your feathers ruffled. It happens our capped compadre is attending a meeting of notable ne'er-do-wells. They're hatching a plot to capitalize on your purported disappearance.

  Superman : [picking him up]  *Where*?

  Robin : Now he's getting it.

• [Robin and Superman, disguised as Batman, burst in on Bane, Riddler, and Mad Hatter] 

  Robin : Sorry to bust in, but we couldn't WAIT to spoil your fun!

  Bane : On the contrary. I feared you were gone forever, Batman. And that would have meant I'd never feel your spine crumble in my hands.

  [activates Venom injection gauntlet, increasing his muscle mass and strength] 

• Robin : He called me. Said he'd be away on business and I shouldn't worry. But he was weird. He wasn't himself. And he wouldn't just bail like this without telling Batgirl or Nightwing to fill in.

  Superman : What do they think's going on?

  Robin : Batgirl traced the phone call to Romania. They went over there to find some old guy who might've kidnapped him. Ghoul something.

• Superman : How are you feeling?

  Bruce Wayne : Better. The nanites are dissolving away on their own.

  Tim Drake : I guess with that Brainiac guy toasted, they just knew to self-destruct.

  Superman : I'd check your computer systems anyway. Brainiac has a way of leaving a little of himself behind.