Batman: The Movie (1966)

William Dozier: Narrator, Bat-Computer

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Narrator : This yacht is bringing a revolutionary scientific invention to Gotham City. On a peaceful afternoon motor ride, millionaire Bruce Wayne and his youthful ward Dick Grayson have been summoned back to Wayne Manor by an urgent but anonymous call for help; the invention *and* its custodian are reported in grave danger aboard the yacht! Never ones to shirk responsibility, Bruce and Dick, with characteristic speed and resolve, descend promptly into The Batcave, and then, as they have done many times before, as *Batman and Robin*, courageous warriors against crime, they are off once again to the rescue!

• Commissioner Gordon : A fine job, Batman. You allayed their fears magnificently.

  Batman : What else could I have done, Commissioner? If I told the truth, panic will grip the city.

  Chief O'Hara : The truth. Sure, and what is the truth?

  Batman : A decoy. A strange anonymous warning that Commodore Schmidlapp is in danger, to lure me into a trap.

  Commissioner Gordon : A fiendish attempt on Batman's life.

  Chief O'Hara : You mean, when they were luring you to a watery grave, the commodore's yacht has been hijacked in some places?

  Batman : Precisely.

  Commissioner Gordon : And who behind it? Not a clue.

  Batman : Tell me, Commissioner: What known supercriminals are at large just now?

  Commissioner Gordon : I'll check at once, Batman. Bonnie, let's have the latest status report on supercriminals still at large.

  Bonnie : Yes, Commissioner.

  Commissioner Gordon : Thank you, Bonnie. Coming up, Batman, on the closed-circuit TV screen. Come over here.

  [the quartet move to the closed-circuit TV screen on the wall] 

  Closed Circuit TV Screen : Status report. Known supercriminals not currently imprisoned.

  Batman : The Penguin.

  Commissioner Gordon : That pompous, waddling master of foul play, maestro a million criminal umbrellas.

  Robin : The Joker.

  Chief O'Hara : Devilish clown prince of crime! Oh, if I only had a nickel for every time he's baffled us!

  Commissioner Gordon : What, the Riddler loose too?

  Batman : So it seems. Loose to plague us with his criminal conundrums.

  Robin : Gosh! And the Catwoman!

  Closed Circuit TV Screen : End of status report.