- Batman: Impressive. You have all the answers, D.A.V.E., except one. Every great supervillain, as well as a superhero, has an origin too. What's yours?
- D.A.V.E.: My origin? I... I... fell into a chemical bath.
- Batman: That's Joker.
- D.A.V.E.: A cryogenic mishap. No, no. I... I lost my family fortune.
- Batman: Freeze. Penguin.
- D.A.V.E.: I was a mad psychiatrist using Arkham as my cover.
- Batman: That's Professor Strange, your creator. You can't remember your origin because it doesn't exist. You're a computer program.
- Batman: Strange.
- Professor Hugo Strange: Ah, the Dark Knight returns.
- Batman: D.A.V.E.'s escape wasn't a glitch, wasn't it, professor?
- Professor Hugo Strange: You don't mean to say that I deliberately unleashed Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind?
- Batman: I am saying you might find Arkham a better home than office.
- Professor Hugo Strange: The line between genius and insanity is often blurred. Ha!
- [Professor Strange wields a blaster. Batman pins him down and sees Strange's fan collection of him]
- Batman: Didn't know you were such a fan.
- Professor Hugo Strange: Your obsession with criminals fascinates me as much as the criminals themselves.
- Batman: Shut down D.A.V.E., now.
- Professor Hugo Strange: I might have created D.A.V.E., Batman, but I no longer control him.
- Batman: Then tell me how to stop him.
- Professor Hugo Strange: You can't. You see, he was designed to stop you. D.A.V.E. enacted his crimes in order to bait you into encounters, in order to study you.
- Batman: And why would he want to study me?
- Professor Hugo Strange: Because I also programmed my psychology into D.A.V.E.'s brain. D.A.V.E. shares my fascination with you, Batman, and right now, has learned all there is to know about you.
- [approaching a password-protected door]
- D.A.V.E.: A million possible security codes. Let's try them all.
- [begins typing very quickly and the door opens]
- [after knocking out several security guards]
- D.A.V.E.: Estimated lack of conciousness, 10 minutes, 34 seconds. Estimated completion of data aquisition, 9 minutes, 15 seconds.
- [on a jumbotron above the city]
- D.A.V.E.: Hello again, Gotham. Now that the preparations are complete, on with the crime itself... involving all of Gotham's major banks.
- [begins hacking bank servers]
- D.A.V.E.: Now, most great crimes are based on the foundation of monetary gain. Diamonds, gold, art, etc. But pilfering meer money is so passe these days. That is, unless one steals EVERYONE's money.
- [drains the accounts of all the citizens of Gotham]
- D.A.V.E.: Voila. I'm rich, you're not.
- D.A.V.E.: [still on the jumbotron] The ultimate crime should induce mass hysteria.
- [shuts down the power grid]
- D.A.V.E.: Because fear is the felon's friend.
- [several car accidents ensew immediatly]
- D.A.V.E.: Oh, and what crime is complete without the personal touch...
- [the city lights illuminate his name]
- D.A.V.E.: My calling card! And there you have it, Gotham. The ultimate crime!