Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Batgirl Returns (1994)

Melissa Gilbert: Barbara Gordon, Batgirl

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Quotes 

• Batgirl : No! If you let him fall you're not better than he is!

  Catwoman : Oh, grow up.

• Batgirl : You were going to keep that statue all along, weren't you?

  Catwoman : Of course. Haven't you learned yet that only the strong survive in this game?

• Catwoman : Well, well. Look what the Bat dragged in.

  Batgirl : Give up. I've caught you.

  Catwoman : Caught me? At what?

  Batgirl : Returning to the scene of your crime.

  Catwoman : Look... Batgirl, is it? I'm just trying to find out who took the Jade Cat statue. It's an art treasure. It belongs to the world.

  Batgirl : Right. Pull the other one.

  Catwoman : [indicating the display case]  Look.

  Batgirl : Huh? Looks like the alarm cord was eaten through with acid, like the locks on the skylight. So?

  Catwoman : That's not my style. No finesse.

  [unsheathing her claws and cutting a hole in the case] 

  Catwoman : See?

  Batgirl : Okay. If you're innocent, come down to police headquarters with me and tell them your story.

  Catwoman : That's also not my style.

• Batgirl : Math. Why did it have to be math?

• Catwoman : Together we could pick this town clean. Even Batman wouldn't be a match for us, and the cops are a joke, especially that senile old fool, Gordon.

  Batgirl : [Irate]  We had a deal, remember? You lost. Give yourself up now.

• Robin : I knew you had Catwoman on a leash all along.

  Batgirl : You're a lousy liar. But thanks for trying.

• Batgirl : The Stacked Deck? That's the sleaziest dive in Gotham City.

  Catwoman : Exactly. The only place to find information on the Jade Cat job. You're not afraid, are you?

  Batgirl : [a little nervous]  N-No. Of course not. Let's go.

  Catwoman : The mouse has guts.

• Robin : [watching two cops get thrown out of their squad car]  Are you guys all right?

  Patrolman : Yeah.

  [feeling his holster is empty] 

  Catwoman : [dropping the gun]  I said I'd let them take me, but I didn't say how far.

  Batgirl : [stopping Robin from pursuing her]  It's okay. There'll be another time.

• Robin : Well! You were a lot of help.

  Batgirl : I tried to tell you: she didn't steal the Jade Cat.

  Robin : How do you know that?

  Batgirl : I just... know, that's all.

  Robin : Oh, well, thank you, Ms. Psychic.

  [scoffing] 

  Robin : And you call yourself a crimefighter.

  Batgirl : If you'd listened instead of just barging in...

  Robin : Just don't get in my way again, okay?

  Batgirl : [watching him swing away]  Dork.

• Batgirl : Robin!

  Robin : Just came to investigate the robbery. I didn't expect a convention.

• Batgirl : [in the middle of a bar fight]  Was this part of your plan?

  Catwoman : It is now.

• Catwoman : Got the note, I see.

  Batgirl : If this is a trick, Catwoman...

  Catwoman : No trick. I just wanted to tell you how impressed I was with you last night. You're smart, and you're fast. I thought maybe you'd like to work together. After all, against the two of us, whoever took the Jade Cat doesn't stand a chance.

  Batgirl : Okay. On one condition: if you're lying to me and I find out, you'll give yourself up.

  Catwoman : Deal.

• Roland Dagget : My legal fees after my last... encounter with Batman left me broke. The money from this statuette will set me up quite nicely somewhere else, while the cops for a certain feline thief.

  Batgirl : So what are you going to do, leave us hanging over one of these vats with acid burning through the rope?

  Roland Dagget : [chortling]  If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that you crimefighting types are very resourceful. So I'll just have my men shoot you and throw your bodies into the vats. There's still enough acid residue in them to destroy the evidence.

• Batgirl : Hey, I recognize this place from crime reports. It used to belong to Roland Daggett. This is where he invented the Renuyu drug that turned Matt Hagen into Clayface.

  Catwoman : You do know your police cases. This is also where Daggett developed a virus that nearly killed me and my cat.

• Patrolman : This is unit 7 in pursuit of Catwoman and Batgirl.

  Batgirl : Oh, daddy, if you could see your little girl now.

  Catwoman : [preparing to jump over an incomplete bridge]  Hang on!

  Batgirl : I am!

  [they land safely] 

  Batgirl : You could've gotten us killed.

  Catwoman : But I didn't.

  Batgirl : All that, and we didn't even get the information we were looking for.

  Catwoman : Sure we did. You saw the way the chemist freaked when he recognized that acid. I'm willing to bet only one guy in Gotham makes it. An old friend of mine.

• Dick Grayson : Barbara! Hey, Babs! Yo, bookworm! You up there?

  Barbara Gordon : [waking up from a daydream]  What is it, Dick?

  Dick Grayson : All work and no play, you know. Come on, let's do a pizza run.

  Barbara Gordon : Love to, but I can't. If I don't ace these midterms, dad says he'll throw me in jail. And with my dad, that's no idle threat.

• Batgirl : [Catwoman examines the empty Jade Cat statue display case]  Catwoman, I presume.

  [Batgirl and Catwoman stare at each other for a second, then Catwoman swipe kicks Batgirl off her feet. Batgirl somersaults to her feet, Catwoman goes to attack her with her whip and Batgirl cuts the whip with her Batarang] 

  Catwoman : Well, well.

  [throws her ruined whip aside] 

  Catwoman : Look what the Bat dragged in.

  Batgirl : Give up. I caught you.

  Catwoman : Caught me?

  [folds her arms] 

  Catwoman : At what?

  Batgirl : Returning to the scene of your crime.

  [Catwoman stares smugly at her for a second] 

  Catwoman : [sheepishly]  Look... Batgirl is it? I'm just trying to find out who took the Jade Cat statue. It's an art treasure. It belongs to the world.

  Batgirl : [sarcastically] 

  [folds her arms] 

  Batgirl : Right. Pull the other one.

  Catwoman : [indicates the display case]  Look.

  Batgirl : Huh?

  [examines the melted alarm cord] 

  Batgirl : Looks like the alarm cord was eaten through with acid, like the locks on the skylight. So?

  Catwoman : That's not my style. No finesse.

  [unsheathes her claws and cuts a hole in the case] 

  Catwoman : Catwoman:

  [shows Batgirl cut glass circle] 

  Catwoman : See?

  Batgirl : [sheepishly]  Okay.

  [sternly] 

  Batgirl : If you're innocent, come down to police headquarters with me and tell them your story.

  Catwoman : That's also not my style.

  [starts walking away, Batgirl blocks her way] 

  Batgirl : One way or another, you're coming with me.

  Catwoman : [smugly while unsheathing her claws]  Bats are just mice with wings, little girl.

• Batgirl : [catches Catwoman with a bola]  You were going to keep that statue all along, weren't you?

  Catwoman : [while untying her legs]  Of course. Haven't you learned yet that only the strong survive in this game?

  [throws bola to Batgirl and Batgirl pockets bola in her belt] 

  Catwoman : [sheepishly]  Okay, I admit it. I was just playing with you at first, but you really impressed me.

  [puts a hand on Batgirl's shoulder] 

  Catwoman : We make a good team. Together we could pick this town clean. Even Batman wouldn't be a match for us, and the cops are a joke, especially that senile old fool, Gordon.

  Batgirl : [Irate]  We had a deal, remember? You lost.

  [grabs Catwoman's arm] 

  Batgirl : Give yourself up now.

  [two police officers climb onto roof] 

  Patrolman : Freeze!

  Catwoman : Okay. You win.

  [officers cuff her] 

  Catwoman : And by the way, Batgirl's innocent. She was acting under coercion.