Dying Is Easy (2021)

Amanda Lynne Shafer: Barbara Gordon, Oracle

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• [Joker shows Batman a photo of Barbara Gordon's face from the night he shot and stripped her. Batman shoves him to the wall and grabs him by the neck] 

  Batman : I've had enough of this.

  Joker : Well, then finish it! Do what everyone wants and just kill me!

  Batman : I'm not an executioner.

  Joker : Just an indirect one, Batsy.

  [gasping] 

  Joker : I can never measure up to your death toll. Yours is the accumulation of everyone in this asylum. Half the truth stuns Gotham. Because of you, that's your legacy.

  Batman : Enough!

  [Batman throws Joker down and wraps a chain around his neck before pulling him up] 

  Joker : How many people would still be alive if you had died years ago? Robin would have a little flock of his own. And Barbara, her dreams shattered, like her spine!

  [Joker laughs maniacally while Batman tightens the chain] 

  Batman : You say that you're king around here, but all I hear is the same old song and dance. You're no longer relevant. When's the last time that you've been in the news? Croc, Ivy, Freeze, even Condiment King have had their headlines. What have you done?

  Joker : You left me a bit on the curb, Batsy. You know those three missing police officers? I killed them.

  Batman : What?

  Joker : I gutted them... and left them to rot... at O'Neil's Toyland. I can't tell you how much of a joy it's been, to watch in secret, as Gotham's torn itself apart.

  [Batman lets go of Joker] 

  Batman : Oracle, did you get all that?

  Barbara Gordon : Loud and clear. O'Neil's Toyland. I'm sending the info to GCPD now.

  [Batman looks down at Joker] 

  Batman : You're so predictable. I knew if I worked you out, you would lose your focus.

  Joker : Worked up? I'm dying.

  Batman : Are you?

  Joker : What are you talking about?

  Batman : I faked your toxicology report, along with your blood samples.

  [Joker groans in disgust while banging his head against the mesh fence] 

  Joker : Look at me. I'm sick.

  Batman : I've been poisoning your water supply for weeks. I knew that if you thought that you were dying, that you would play your cards to try to impress me. I discovered that one of Juris' thugs had possession of a police baton. It was registered to one of the missing police officers. I found three sets of fingerprints, and one of them was yours.

  [Joker pauses, then looks at Batman] 

  Joker : You lied to me. You lied when you said you don't care about me, but you do. You spend weeks planning and preparing this, so we could have another... awe-inspiring performance. I must say, Batsy, bravo. bravo.

  [Joker slowly applauds Batman] 

  Batman : I guess dying isn't easy.

  Joker : Is that a joke?

  [Joker laughs maniacally as Batman walks away]