Paul Winfield credited as playing...
Earl Cooper
- Earl Cooper: I'm gonna miss this place.
- Batman: Only 'til you see the new one I'm setting up for you. But this time, I had my... backers set up dummy corporations to order the parts through, so no one can ever trace you again.
- Earl Cooper: Yeah? Wait 'til you see the new Batmobile. It's gonna have tritium thrusters, dual accelerators, fuel-injected turbo-boosters...
- Earl Cooper: [sees the damaged Batmobile] You been letting the kid drive again?
- Robin: Ha ha. Actually we were playing chicken with a penguin.
- Batman: Or three of his men.
- Robin: Looks great, Earl.
- Batman: Big job, wasn't it? You look tired.
- Earl Cooper: Yeah. Well, it took longer than I figured. See? Uh, haven't even had time to clean up yet.
- Robin: Where's Marva?
- Earl Cooper: Oh, down in the basement. Got some cleaning to do down there...
- [stressing the words]
- Earl Cooper: ...in the basement. By the way, I even fixed the air conditioning switch.
- Batman: Uh... right.
- The Penguin: Now what?
- Sheldrake: Ah, the flipping thing darn near electrocuted me. It's some kind of security device to keep it from being tampered with.
- The Penguin: Then disconnect it.
- Sheldrake: I-I wouldn't even know where to look for it.
- The Penguin: Well, I know who does. And he's going to help us. Aren't you, Earl?
- Earl Cooper: In your dreams, Pinocchio.
- The Penguin: And how, pray tell, did that costumed clown give you such a bad case of loyalty?
- Earl Cooper: None of your business.
- The Penguin: I'm making it my business. Perhaps you've heard of my umbrella weapons. Would you like to see what one can do to your daughter?
- Earl Cooper: Yes, Batman. It's ready anytime you want to pick it up.
- [hanging up]
- Earl Cooper: He's on his way.
- The Penguin: And we will be ready for him. Won't we, Earl? All right, gentlemen, battle stations! The Bat is about to bite... the dust, that is.
- Earl Cooper: [after Penguin threatens his daughter] Okay. Okay. If you must know, I used to be an engineer at Global Motors till I predicted that one of their new sports cars would have serious problems with its brake design. But they ignored my warnings and introduced the new model anyway.
- [Flashback shows Earl talking to three executives]
- Executive 1: But, Cooper, the boys illegal say we can't be held accountable.
- Earl Cooper: We're talking about people's lives here. Well, thank you for your time.
- Executive 2: Let it go, Earl.
- Executive 3: Hey, you've got a bright future here. Don't blow it. He's gonna report it. I know it.
- Executive 1: [picks up phone unaware that there is a bat-mic behind outside on the window] Then if our Mr Cooper is going to become a liability I suggest we take steps to minimize our risk, hmm?
- Earl Cooper: That same night, they sicced some hired muscle on me.
- [He gets accosted by several thugs and tries to fight them off until Batman saves him]
- Earl Cooper: He saved my butt for sure that day. But long after the Global scandal was forgotten I still had a reputation as a whistle-blower. Twenty years in the business and I couldn't get work as a wrench jockey. I was down to my last dime, no money, no job and no prospects for one. And then he saved my life again
- [he's walking down the street snowing and then Batman pulls up in his bat mobile]
- Batman: I need a new car.
- Earl Cooper: It was the challenge of a lifetime.
- [He's shown designing the new bat mobile]
- Earl Cooper: It took me six months to come up with the design specs alone. Titanium construction, ablative skin cowling, tri-nitro propulsion units. He paid for everything, cash. Found this site for a garage, too an outfit it to my specifications and paid me real well. But he got his money's worth.
- The Penguin: Hm. He set you up here, huh? Well, now you're going to set him up. Now, be sure to do exactly as I tell you for the next person who gets a jolt out of your security device will be your charming daughter.