The New Batman Adventures (TV Series)

Cold Comfort (1997)

Kevin Conroy: Batman, Bruce Wayne

Quotes 

• Bruce Wayne : Alfred tells me you failed a civics test?

  Tim Drake : Like I really care what a district attorney does.

  Bruce Wayne : You don't know the first thing about the American justice system, do you?

  Tim Drake : I know it's bogus.

  Bruce Wayne : And how did you come to that well-thought-out conclusion?

  Tim Drake : Watching you. You don't exactly follow the rules of due process.

  Bruce Wayne : [flustered]  I... how did you do on you math test?

• Bruce Wayne : You don't have to do this. Wayne Enterprises helped save your wife's life, and we can help you.

  Mr. Freeze : It's too late for that. Much too late.

  Bruce Wayne : Why? I have some people working for me who can...

  [Mr. Freeze smacks Bruce away] 

  Mr. Freeze : You were just a boy when you lost your family. But you keep trying to create a surrogate family for yourself. To destroy you, I need only destroy that. Perhaps your... beloved surrogate son?

  [Points his freeze gun at Tim Drake] 

  Mr. Freeze : No. I think... the surrogate father.

  [points and shoots at Alfred] 

• Ice Maiden #2 : Hey, Freeze, look who dropped in!

  [Mr. Freeze reveals himself. Showing his head walking on robotic spider-like legs] 

  Batgirl : Oh, my God.

  Mr. Freeze : Ah, I was hoping to see you again.

  Batman : What happened?

  Mr. Freeze : The accident that created me finally took its toll. By the time these doctors stopped my deterioration, all that was left undamaged was this.

  Batgirl : That's what you meant when you said it was too late for you.

  Mr. Freeze : Ironic, isn't it? After all I did to keep my wife whole, I end up like this. You understand now why I could not return to my Nora, my treasure. There's no hope for me, or you or your city. Everyone's going to feel my loss.

• Ice Maiden #3 : So, who's next, Freeze?

  Mr. Freeze : Someone important.

  [turns on TV] 

  Mr. Freeze : Someone who feels safe, secure, untouchable.

  [footage of Bruce Wayne presenting a $1 million check to the Gotham City Orphanage] 

  Bruce Wayne : As my father once told me, those who have the most must give the most.

  Mr. Freeze : Those who have the most also have the most to lose, Mr. Wayne.

• Tim Drake : How you doin', Alfred?

  Alfred Pennyworth : This chemical bath is surprisingly soothing. Not at all unpleasant.

  Batman : Good, because you're gonna have to stay it in it for a while.

• Bruce Wayne : And there it was, right on my TV, Mr. Freeze and that lizard.

  Commissioner James Gordon : Dinosaur.

  Bruce Wayne : Whatever. It doesn't make any sense. What does Victor Fries gain by destroying a bunch of bones?

  Commissioner James Gordon : That's the question, all right. Wish I had the answer.

• Robin : So Freeze just let you go? Doesn't make sense.

  Batman : Nothing about Freeze's behavior makes sense anymore.

  Batgirl : Before, he did everything to keep his wife alive. But after she was revived, he never came to see her.

  Robin : Why not?

  Batman : Nobody knows.

  Batgirl : She finally gave up waiting. Married her doctor and left Gotham for good. And after the last few days, who can blame her?

• Batgirl : [training]  Hey! Best score yet.

  Bruce Wayne : Not bad. For a corpse.

  Batgirl : But I lasted longer this time.

  Bruce Wayne : Dead is dead.

  Batgirl : I say we call it a night.

  Bruce Wayne : Good idea. For me.

  [increasing the difficulty] 

  Bruce Wayne : You need more practice.

• Batgirl : [finding Freeze's temperature-controlled suit]  A spare suit?

  Batman : Must be. It's not cold enough in here for him to be running around without one.

• Batman : [held at bay by Freeze's cold gun]  What are you waiting for?

  Mr. Freeze : Not this time. Not this way.

  [shooting the corner of Batman's cape] 

  Mr. Freeze : Come!

  Ice Maiden #1 : Wait! What about me? I got a crisis here!

  Mr. Freeze : My dear, you don't know the meaning of the word.

• Batgirl : Batman, are you reading me? Is everything all right up there?

  Batman : Roger, Batgirl. I think we've seen the last of Mr. Freeze.

• Batman : Anything from the tracer?

  Batgirl : Not yet. Sorry I let Freeze get away. I guess I underestimated him.

  Batman : We all did.

  Batgirl : [the Bat-Computer beeps]  Ha! Got him!

  Batman : Tim, you stay with Alfred.

  Tim Drake : But...

  Alfred Pennyworth : I'm quite content by myself, sir. Don't think I'll need anything.

  Tim Drake : See?

  Alfred Pennyworth : Except, uh, perhaps a spot of tea.

  Tim Drake : Tea?

  Alfred Pennyworth : With honey and lemon, if you would.

  Batman : [getting in the Batmobile]  Don't lose that signal.

  Batgirl : As if.

  Alfred Pennyworth : And a few of those lovely tea cookies would do well.