The Batman (2004) s05e03 Episode Script
Vertigo
[THUMP.]
[BEEPING.]
[GRUNTS.]
BRUCE: Really, it looks fine.
Fine's not good enough, Bruce.
It has to be perfect.
[SIRENS WAILING.]
[YELPS.]
What are you doing? We'll be late for the party.
Oh.
come on, it will be fun.
And this will give you more time to work on your makeup.
N-not that you need it.
Aah! [GRUNTING.]
[SIRENS APPROACHING.]
[COPS COUGHING.]
COP: Where did he go? [TIRES SQUEALING.]
You're making kids sick, Wayne.
- Next time, I won't let you off so easily.
- Sick? What are you talking about? [FABRIC RIPS.]
Are we having fun yet? WOMAN: It started about three weeks ago and it's been hitting kids especially hard.
First dizziness, then nausea.
Bet it's the flu.
I had it one time.
You wouldn't believe what came out of me.
But there's no fever and it stops just like that.
One other thing, it comes on mostly at night.
Do the cases cluster around any particular neighborhood? Here's the map we made.
Hey, isn't that Wayne Labs? It's right in the middle of it all.
Uh-- Not that that means anything.
My people at Wayne Labs are so careful.
I don't understand how this could happen.
Probably just a virus or something.
No biggie.
Tell me that after you've gone to Med School.
MAN: How's he doing? The dizziness is gone, but they tell me now he broke his arm in two places when he fell off his bike.
Don't you worry, the doctors here are the best.
Need any more help with the bills? WOMAN: Oh, no, you've already done so much for us.
OLLIE: Glad to help.
- Who's that guy? - His name's Oliver Queen.
Runs a big company in Star City.
- You know him? - In a way.
ROBIN: How are you doing? - Almost done with the samples.
- Still think it's coming from Wayne Labs? - I've had everything else checked, I-- [RUSTLING.]
What? Arrow? It's me, Batman.
- Thought you were someone else.
BATMAN: I kind of figured that.
Robin, this is Green Arrow.
Yeah, the arrows and the greenness kind of give it away.
You're pretty far from Star City.
GREEN ARROW: I thought you could use some help.
Gotham's favorite millionaire's fallen in with the wrong crowd.
BATMAN: What do you mean? People are getting sick, it's because of that dirtbag, Wayne.
Dirtbag? If some kind of illness is being caused by Wayne Labs I guarantee you Bruce Wayne doesn't know about it.
Bet he does.
And I know who he's working with too.
Whoa! Uh.
Uh-- - Are we having an earthquake? BATMAN: An earthquake? [ROBIN GROANING.]
[SCREAMS.]
[GROANS.]
- You all right? - I think I'm gonna.
[GAGS.]
I'm starting to feel it now.
- He must be close.
- Who? We've got company.
[GROANS.]
[PULSING.]
Those headpieces they're wearing.
Must make them immune to the dizziness.
Let's see if they're immune to this.
[VOMITS.]
[THUD.]
Hmm? [BOTH GRUNTING.]
GREEN ARROW: Count Vertigo.
[PULSING.]
[GRUNTING.]
Too many.
Can't focus.
Aah! Aaah! ROBIN: Help.
[GRUNTING.]
Help! [BOTH GRUNT.]
[ROBIN GRUNTS.]
BATMAN: Hold on, kid.
NINJA: There they are.
[BATMAN GROANING.]
[ROBIN SCREAMING.]
[ROBIN SCREAMS.]
Hah! [GRUNTING.]
- You okay? - Yeah, but he's not.
[MOANS.]
[ROBIN COUGHING.]
How are you doing? Remember the time I had the flu? [GROANS.]
That would be an improvement right now.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Sir, I brought the medicine you requested.
Oh, excuse me.
- You didn't say you had company.
BATMAN: It's all right, Alfred.
Haven't I seen you before? Perhaps the Renaissance Faire? You were driving that limo.
The limo that belongs to Bruce Wayne.
Now do you see why I'm so sure of him? Ollie.
Hey.
How'd you know? He is the Batman, after all.
Now, lets hear about that man with the metal eye.
You know him, don't you? A long time ago.
I was a spoiled rich kid.
Couldn't have cared less about running my company.
Just wanted to have fun.
Life was good.
Until I ran into some fog.
[GROANING.]
I started feeling dizzy.
And it only got worse.
Then I saw another ship.
The man with the metal eye was on board.
His name's Count Vertigo.
He was a scientist who used to work for me.
I fired him for stealing technology.
And now I was seeing first hand how he used that technology.
I got dizzier and dizzier.
Aah! I tried to save myself, but Vertigo was merciless.
Aah! [COUGHING.]
Some time the next morning, I washed up on shore.
I figured they would find a rich, important guy like me in a day or two.
All I had to do was find some shade and wait.
[BIRD CRYING.]
I never felt so helpless before.
Only one thing kept me going.
I knew that someday, I'd get another shot at Vertigo.
And I wanted to be ready.
Those first couple of days were hard.
[GRUNTING.]
Then I got an idea.
From that day on, my life was transformed.
It seemed like nothing was impossible.
Every day I built up my strength, tested my limits.
Aah! And kept on going.
I became strong, fearless, all thanks to one thing.
After a few years on the island, I finally got some company.
[HORN BLOWING.]
When I came back, Count Vertigo had disappeared.
Then I heard about people getting sick near Wayne Labs.
Figured Vertigo teamed up with Bruce Wayne.
He's stealing from me, that's what he's doing.
He sent his men out to make sure you wouldn't get anywhere near him again.
- Well, I'm going back anyway.
- Not without me.
[BATMOBILE REVVING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[BEEPS.]
BATMAN: These footprints, they go right into a blank wall.
This wall doesn't belong here.
Allow me.
[SMALL EXPLOSION, CRACKLING.]
- Concentrated acid.
- Phosphorus would have been faster.
Whoa.
BATMAN: Looks like a gyroscope.
He built it right under my nose.
And at night when he tested it, people got sick around here.
- What's it for? VERTIGO: Power.
[PULSING.]
Imagine.
A half-million people unable to walk, unable to see straight.
That's how I was, before I created my eye.
Dizzy, helpless.
But just as the eye cured my affliction, I found it could inflict it on others.
But with this, my powers become almost limitless.
I'm going to cripple your city, Batman, and plunder it without a shot being fired.
And that's just the beginning.
Eventually, the whole world will stagger and fall to the feet of Count Vertigo.
[GROANS.]
You miserable.
Your aim is a little off.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING.]
Make sure I don't see them again.
[BEEPS.]
Put these in your ears.
GREEN ARROW: What are they? - They'll seal off your inner ear so.
Just put them in.
BATMAN: Still dizzy? - They'll do.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTS.]
GREEN ARROW: Over here, guys.
[NINJAS GRUNT, THUMP.]
Come on.
[GROANING.]
Why you so sure he's hitting the mint? Once a month, they send out new hundred dollar bills.
And that's tonight.
[WHEELS ROLLING, METALLIC CLANKING.]
[HELICOPTER APPROACHING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[PULSING.]
[GROANING.]
[GROANING.]
[GROANS.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
- Getting closer.
- Got your plugs? Got an improvement.
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
Aah! [HORN HONKS.]
[ALL GROANING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[GROANS.]
[BOTH SCREAM.]
[NINJA GRUNTS.]
[BEEPS.]
[GRUNTING.]
Yah! [BATMAN GRUNTS.]
- Arrow, come on.
- But Vertigo.
Come on.
Arrow? [CLANG.]
Three times he's gotten away from me.
There won't be a fourth.
[GRUNTS.]
[SCREAMING.]
[BEEPING.]
Let's see how good an archer you'll be without those fingers.
Ah.
[VERTIGO GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PULSING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTING.]
- Getting dizzy? - Aah! [GRUNTING.]
VERTIGO: No.
- Arrow.
[GASPS.]
[YELPS.]
[GRUNTING.]
What did you think I was gonna do? You know, I like the setup you have here.
Gives me some ideas for my place in Star City.
Which you're heading back to now, right? GREEN ARROW: I guess I was a little, you know.
I know.
- At least your partner's happy.
- This is cool.
Gives you distance.
[ROBIN GASPS.]
[RUMBLING.]
Then again, maybe I'll stick to our stuff.
[BEEPING.]
[GRUNTS.]
BRUCE: Really, it looks fine.
Fine's not good enough, Bruce.
It has to be perfect.
[SIRENS WAILING.]
[YELPS.]
What are you doing? We'll be late for the party.
Oh.
come on, it will be fun.
And this will give you more time to work on your makeup.
N-not that you need it.
Aah! [GRUNTING.]
[SIRENS APPROACHING.]
[COPS COUGHING.]
COP: Where did he go? [TIRES SQUEALING.]
You're making kids sick, Wayne.
- Next time, I won't let you off so easily.
- Sick? What are you talking about? [FABRIC RIPS.]
Are we having fun yet? WOMAN: It started about three weeks ago and it's been hitting kids especially hard.
First dizziness, then nausea.
Bet it's the flu.
I had it one time.
You wouldn't believe what came out of me.
But there's no fever and it stops just like that.
One other thing, it comes on mostly at night.
Do the cases cluster around any particular neighborhood? Here's the map we made.
Hey, isn't that Wayne Labs? It's right in the middle of it all.
Uh-- Not that that means anything.
My people at Wayne Labs are so careful.
I don't understand how this could happen.
Probably just a virus or something.
No biggie.
Tell me that after you've gone to Med School.
MAN: How's he doing? The dizziness is gone, but they tell me now he broke his arm in two places when he fell off his bike.
Don't you worry, the doctors here are the best.
Need any more help with the bills? WOMAN: Oh, no, you've already done so much for us.
OLLIE: Glad to help.
- Who's that guy? - His name's Oliver Queen.
Runs a big company in Star City.
- You know him? - In a way.
ROBIN: How are you doing? - Almost done with the samples.
- Still think it's coming from Wayne Labs? - I've had everything else checked, I-- [RUSTLING.]
What? Arrow? It's me, Batman.
- Thought you were someone else.
BATMAN: I kind of figured that.
Robin, this is Green Arrow.
Yeah, the arrows and the greenness kind of give it away.
You're pretty far from Star City.
GREEN ARROW: I thought you could use some help.
Gotham's favorite millionaire's fallen in with the wrong crowd.
BATMAN: What do you mean? People are getting sick, it's because of that dirtbag, Wayne.
Dirtbag? If some kind of illness is being caused by Wayne Labs I guarantee you Bruce Wayne doesn't know about it.
Bet he does.
And I know who he's working with too.
Whoa! Uh.
Uh-- - Are we having an earthquake? BATMAN: An earthquake? [ROBIN GROANING.]
[SCREAMS.]
[GROANS.]
- You all right? - I think I'm gonna.
[GAGS.]
I'm starting to feel it now.
- He must be close.
- Who? We've got company.
[GROANS.]
[PULSING.]
Those headpieces they're wearing.
Must make them immune to the dizziness.
Let's see if they're immune to this.
[VOMITS.]
[THUD.]
Hmm? [BOTH GRUNTING.]
GREEN ARROW: Count Vertigo.
[PULSING.]
[GRUNTING.]
Too many.
Can't focus.
Aah! Aaah! ROBIN: Help.
[GRUNTING.]
Help! [BOTH GRUNT.]
[ROBIN GRUNTS.]
BATMAN: Hold on, kid.
NINJA: There they are.
[BATMAN GROANING.]
[ROBIN SCREAMING.]
[ROBIN SCREAMS.]
Hah! [GRUNTING.]
- You okay? - Yeah, but he's not.
[MOANS.]
[ROBIN COUGHING.]
How are you doing? Remember the time I had the flu? [GROANS.]
That would be an improvement right now.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Sir, I brought the medicine you requested.
Oh, excuse me.
- You didn't say you had company.
BATMAN: It's all right, Alfred.
Haven't I seen you before? Perhaps the Renaissance Faire? You were driving that limo.
The limo that belongs to Bruce Wayne.
Now do you see why I'm so sure of him? Ollie.
Hey.
How'd you know? He is the Batman, after all.
Now, lets hear about that man with the metal eye.
You know him, don't you? A long time ago.
I was a spoiled rich kid.
Couldn't have cared less about running my company.
Just wanted to have fun.
Life was good.
Until I ran into some fog.
[GROANING.]
I started feeling dizzy.
And it only got worse.
Then I saw another ship.
The man with the metal eye was on board.
His name's Count Vertigo.
He was a scientist who used to work for me.
I fired him for stealing technology.
And now I was seeing first hand how he used that technology.
I got dizzier and dizzier.
Aah! I tried to save myself, but Vertigo was merciless.
Aah! [COUGHING.]
Some time the next morning, I washed up on shore.
I figured they would find a rich, important guy like me in a day or two.
All I had to do was find some shade and wait.
[BIRD CRYING.]
I never felt so helpless before.
Only one thing kept me going.
I knew that someday, I'd get another shot at Vertigo.
And I wanted to be ready.
Those first couple of days were hard.
[GRUNTING.]
Then I got an idea.
From that day on, my life was transformed.
It seemed like nothing was impossible.
Every day I built up my strength, tested my limits.
Aah! And kept on going.
I became strong, fearless, all thanks to one thing.
After a few years on the island, I finally got some company.
[HORN BLOWING.]
When I came back, Count Vertigo had disappeared.
Then I heard about people getting sick near Wayne Labs.
Figured Vertigo teamed up with Bruce Wayne.
He's stealing from me, that's what he's doing.
He sent his men out to make sure you wouldn't get anywhere near him again.
- Well, I'm going back anyway.
- Not without me.
[BATMOBILE REVVING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[BEEPS.]
BATMAN: These footprints, they go right into a blank wall.
This wall doesn't belong here.
Allow me.
[SMALL EXPLOSION, CRACKLING.]
- Concentrated acid.
- Phosphorus would have been faster.
Whoa.
BATMAN: Looks like a gyroscope.
He built it right under my nose.
And at night when he tested it, people got sick around here.
- What's it for? VERTIGO: Power.
[PULSING.]
Imagine.
A half-million people unable to walk, unable to see straight.
That's how I was, before I created my eye.
Dizzy, helpless.
But just as the eye cured my affliction, I found it could inflict it on others.
But with this, my powers become almost limitless.
I'm going to cripple your city, Batman, and plunder it without a shot being fired.
And that's just the beginning.
Eventually, the whole world will stagger and fall to the feet of Count Vertigo.
[GROANS.]
You miserable.
Your aim is a little off.
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING.]
Make sure I don't see them again.
[BEEPS.]
Put these in your ears.
GREEN ARROW: What are they? - They'll seal off your inner ear so.
Just put them in.
BATMAN: Still dizzy? - They'll do.
[BOTH GRUNTING.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTS.]
GREEN ARROW: Over here, guys.
[NINJAS GRUNT, THUMP.]
Come on.
[GROANING.]
Why you so sure he's hitting the mint? Once a month, they send out new hundred dollar bills.
And that's tonight.
[WHEELS ROLLING, METALLIC CLANKING.]
[HELICOPTER APPROACHING.]
[WHIRRING.]
[PULSING.]
[GROANING.]
[GROANING.]
[GROANS.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
- Getting closer.
- Got your plugs? Got an improvement.
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
Aah! [HORN HONKS.]
[ALL GROANING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
[GROANS.]
[BOTH SCREAM.]
[NINJA GRUNTS.]
[BEEPS.]
[GRUNTING.]
Yah! [BATMAN GRUNTS.]
- Arrow, come on.
- But Vertigo.
Come on.
Arrow? [CLANG.]
Three times he's gotten away from me.
There won't be a fourth.
[GRUNTS.]
[SCREAMING.]
[BEEPING.]
Let's see how good an archer you'll be without those fingers.
Ah.
[VERTIGO GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PULSING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTING.]
- Getting dizzy? - Aah! [GRUNTING.]
VERTIGO: No.
- Arrow.
[GASPS.]
[YELPS.]
[GRUNTING.]
What did you think I was gonna do? You know, I like the setup you have here.
Gives me some ideas for my place in Star City.
Which you're heading back to now, right? GREEN ARROW: I guess I was a little, you know.
I know.
- At least your partner's happy.
- This is cool.
Gives you distance.
[ROBIN GASPS.]
[RUMBLING.]
Then again, maybe I'll stick to our stuff.