Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Heart of Steel: Part II (1992)

Jeff Bennett: HARDAC

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.