- Lord Batman: Think about it - a world where there's no crime, no victims, no pain.
- Batman: And no choice. Who elected you, anyway?
- Lord Batman: Who elected *you*? The problem with democracy is, it doesn't keep you very safe.
- Batman: It has other virtues. But you seem to have forgotten them.
- Lord Batman: *I* didn't forget! I just chose peace and security instead.
- Batman: You grabbed power!
- [Batman appears behind his Lord self, and raises a Batarang]
- Lord Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no eight-year-old boy will ever lose his parents because of some punk with a gun!
- [Silence. The batarang drops to the ground, and Lord Batman spins around, seeing Batman there, hands lowered]
- Batman: You win.
- Batman: [having just witnessed a man arrested for complaining about poor restaurant service and an attempt to cheat on his bill] They'd love it here, don't you think?
- Lord Batman: Who?
- Batman: Mom and Dad. They'd be *so* proud of you.
- Lord Batman: [turning to scowl at the stoplight] Just drive.
- The Flash: So, without your Flash, the Justice Lords went rogue?
- Lord Batman: It wasn't quite that simple.
- The Flash: Hey, he was the conscience of your group, and that means I must be...
- Green Lantern: Come on, Jiminy.
- Lord Batman: What're ya hiding for?
- Batman: I do my best work in the dark.
- Lord Batman: I used to think that, too. But what have you ever accomplished from there? Besides from scaring a few punks half to death and putting a few more in jail?
- Batman: It all adds up.
- Lord Batman: Not fast enough. If you really want to make a difference, if you want to change the system instead of just patching it, you can't be subtle. You've got to step into the sunlight. Take over, like we did.
- Batman: [speaking of the Justice Lords] They're as strong as we are, and just as smart. But they're willing to kill.
- Superman: What're you saying? That we have to be willing to kill too? I *won't* cross that line!
- Batman: How else can we stop them?
- Superman: You're the smart one. You figure it out.
- Batman: We can't do it! Not unless we cross some kind of line.
- Superman: Hold it!
- Lord Superman: [Seeing Superman and Lex Luthor together] Nice company you're keeping. Must be your true colors.
- Superman: It's just one of the hard choices I've had to make today. Go for it!
- Lex Luthor: [Raising his power disruptor] Oh, yes!
- Batman: How'd you get out?
- The Flash: I sped up my heartbeat 'til it looked like it flatlined.
- Batman: I didn't know you could do that.
- The Flash: Neither did I. But I had to come with *some*thing if *you* weren't going to.
- Batman: I couldn't. Not with him anticipating everything I could ever think of. But who could anticipate you?
- The Flash: [Lord Superman has Flash by the throat] Can't do it, can you? I'm the last piece of your conscience. And this is the one thing you'll never do.
- Lord Superman: I've done a lot of things I thought I'd never do these last two years. One more won't hurt.
- Lex Luthor: This would be so sweet. But a deal's a deal.
- Green Lantern: What deal?
- Superman: A full pardon in exchange for his help.
- Lord Superman: Everything he does from now on is YOUR fault!
- Superman: It's a high price, but it's better than the alternative.
- Lord Superman: Where's the hostage?
- Lex Luthor: There never was one.
- J'onn J'onzz: [shifting back into his own form] Sorry.
- The Flash: [escaping his restraints and putting Lord Batman in them] You'll appreciate this someday.
- The Flash: What are you looking at, huh?
- Lord Batman: Calm down. You'll appreciate this someday.
- The Flash: Yeah? I don't think Hawkgirl is gonna appreciate it too much.
- Lord Batman: That was an accident. She's in our best hospital now, and...
- The Flash: I don't wanna hear it.
- Lord Batman: Believe me, the last thing we want is to lose another...
- The Flash: Another what?
- Batman: [Lord Batman leaves without another word] I think he likes you.
- The Flash: Must be my magnetic personality.
- Batman: More likely, it has to do with what happened to this world's Flash.
- The Flash: You mean he's...
- Batman: All this had to have been set off by something.
- The Flash: But to go this far, even over me...
- Batman: It isn't that far from what we do... if you think about it.
- The Flash: I'd rather not. You figured a way out of here?
- Batman: No.
- The Flash: Don't you mean not yet?
- Batman: No. I mean, not going to.
- Lex Luthor: I never would have been able to reconstruct the disruptor without Superman's high-speed assistance.
- Reporter: Where is it now?
- Lex Luthor: I believe Superman has it. That was part of our arrangement.
- Reporter: Where do you go from here? Back to running LexCorp?
- Lex Luthor: Oh, the business world doesn't seem as challenging as it used it, and there's no poetry in it, either. I have been giving some thought to... politics.
- The Flash: [Lord Superman crashes through a roof] Wow, Supes, you really know how to bring down the house.
- [LS picks up the bookcase he's under and throws it at him]
- The Flash: Hospitals, hospitals.
- Superman: They'd never keep her in that one. There's no security.
- Wonder Woman: And this one doesn't have the right equipment.
- Green Lantern: Wait a minute. In this world, we're the bad guys.
- The Flash: So?
- Green Lantern: Where would you send a sick bad guy around here?
- Superman: [outside Arkham Asylum, he stops the Flash] Wait here. You're dead, remember?
- The Flash: Hey, the costumes will tip 'em off, anyway.
- Wonder Woman: We'll just say it's a fashion choice.
- Superman: We need to see one of the inmates.
- The Joker: Why, certainly, Superman. Right this way.
- [leading them through to another door]
- The Joker: Oh, one little thing. Today's password?
- J'onn J'onzz: [reading his mind, he passes it on telepathically] Applesauce.
- Superman: Applesauce.
- The Joker: Right. But Wonder Woman was supposed to say it.
- Green Lantern: [Joker activates an alarm and runs away] Weasel.
- Superman Robot: [exiting as the door opens] You must be stopped.
- Green Lantern: A robot!
- Superman: I built mine to take over for me when I had to be away.
- Green Lantern: [more robots appear] Looks like the other guy had the same idea... in spades.
- Superman: I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready to kick some serious...
- The Flash: You're gonna have to wait on that. They've got Hawkgirl in a hospital somewhere.
- Batman: You need to find out which one she's in and get there before they hear about this.
- Superman: This is your city. You know the hospitals better than we do.
- Batman: I've got a portal to find.
- J'onn J'onzz: I'll go with you.
- Batman: Sorry, I have to do this alone.
- Lord Martian Manhunter: It's Luthor.
- Lord Superman: Escaped again?
- Lord Martian Manhunter: Yes. And he's taken a hostage, and...
- Lord Hawkgirl: Don't do it.
- Lord Superman: Why not? It worked pretty well back home.
- Lord Hawkgirl: But here, they're not ready for it.
- Lord Superman: We'll see about that.
- Lord Green Lantern: Maybe we should all go.
- Lord Superman: All right, I'm patient.
- Batman: I can't believe this is Gotham. Where's the litter?
- Lord Batman: If you want people to respect the big laws, you've got to enforce the small ones.
- [Batman stops the Batmobile at a red light]
- Lord Batman: What are you doing?
- Batman: The small laws, remember?
- Poison Ivy: You're not supposed to pick the flowers.
- The Flash: Sorry, I-I couldn't resist.
- Poison Ivy: It's all right.
- The Flash: It... is?
- Poison Ivy: With me, anyway. This kind of thing just doesn't bother me anymore. In fact, nothing really bothers me anymore. But you might want to watch out for Superman.
- The Flash: [hearing an explosion, a Superman Robot head lands at their feet] Will you excuse me?
- Poison Ivy: Okay.
- [he whooshes away]
- Lord Batman: Your friends are tearing up Arkham.
- Batman: [heading to the Batmobile] Then shouldn't we stop them?
- Batman: [restrained in a prison cell] One question: why?
- Lord Batman: Because you and your friends couldn't do what needed to be done. There are mercury switches at your hands and feet. Any motion, and I'll know about it.
- Batman: You've thought of everything.
- Lord Batman: No. Just everything you'll ever think of.
- Lieutenant: Don't make any sudden moves, or we'll vaporize the entire lot of you.
- Lord Batman: Hold it. These are my prisoners, and I'm taking them back.
- Lieutenant: You're in the right costume, but how do I know you're not one of them?
- Lord Batman: Are you questioning my authority, Lieutenant?
- Lieutenant: [after a pause] Put your guns down. Now.
- Lord Batman: [leading the Justice League away] We'll go out the back.
- Superman: You fooled 'em. Even I thought you were him.
- Lord Batman: I am him.
- Lord Batman: [finding Batman in the Batcave] I knew you'd come here. Just like I know you're going to...
- [Batman fires his grappling gun]
- Lord Batman: ...do that.