Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy (1992)

Bob Hastings: Commissioner James Gordon

Quotes 

• Commissioner James Gordon : When we collared the Quirian agent at the airport, he sang like a bird. And he fingered you as the guy who was gonna sell him the bonds. Oh, I almost forgot. This came for you.

  Josiah Wormwood : [taking a parcel and reading the accompanying note]  "Confinement will speed your reform, but long cold nights will be the norm, so here's a thing to keep you warm"? Well!

  [opening it, he discovers Batman's cape and cowl] 

• Batman : [about the Bat-signal]  Got a new toy, I see.

  Commissioner James Gordon : I figured it might come in handy.

  Batman : It might get you in trouble with the mayor.

  Commissioner James Gordon : Let me worry about the mayor. Here, have a look at this.

  Batman : [Reading Instructions]  "Where iron horses go to rot, and children toot their horns a lot. A damsel's pleas will come to naught."

  Commissioner James Gordon : Do you know what it means?

  Batman : Don't you?

• Batman : "Where Washington and young Babe Ruth stand side by side with John Wilkes Booth, Batman will find a plan uncouth."

  Commissioner James Gordon : Well, what do you suppose this one means?

  Batman : Those famous figures standing around together? DeLarue's Wax Museum. What else?

  Commissioner James Gordon : Oh. Of course.

• Commissioner James Gordon : The bugs in the room picked up the whole story on tape.

  Batman : Thank you, Commissioner.

  Commissioner James Gordon : Thank you.

  Batman : And thank Jozek for the use of the hall. If he ever returns from Europe.

• Commissioner James Gordon : All we know is this: last night, the International Relief Consortium was supposed to receive a delivery from one of their couriers. This guy; name's McWhirter. He's lucky to be alive. He was supposed to pick up and deliver a donation, a diplomatic pouch containing $750,000 in bearer bonds earmarked for humanitarian aid.

  Batman : To starving refugees in eastern Europe. Yeah, I know.

  Commissioner James Gordon : Only McWhirter never showed up. Somebody else got to the bonds before he did. And now they're missing.

  Batman : The same somebody who lured him into that quicksand death trap you mentioned? You know who that sounds like, don't you? Wormwood! The Interrogator.

  Commissioner James Gordon : The guy who specializes in using deathtraps to pry information out of his victims? Oh, terrific. Look up "slippery" in the dictionary, and you get Josiah Wormwood. Well, I guess if anyone can pin something on him and make it stick, you can.