B A T M A N : D U A L I T Y "All it takes is just one bad day. Just one day to reduce the SANEST MAN ALIVE! To lunacy.

That's how far I am from the rest of the world Bats. Just one. Bad. Day." Batman:"You're insane" "As if I didn't already know. You must have had a bad day too Bats. I mean, why else would you dress up as a flying rat?" CUT TO: THE ROOFTOPS OF GOTHAM CITY BATMAN is running across the roofs, talking to ALFRED. Alfred: "Master Bruce, have you caught Carlo yet?" Batman: "Yes, I have. After a 5 month pursuit. He's on his way to the asylum now." ClayFace:"Or IS he?" Batman:"Basil? I thought you were-" ClayFace: "On my way to the asylum? Sorry to disappoint you Batman, but I have other things to do. Now do me a favor, and DIE!" He rushed at Batman, and almost hit him, but he dodged, and ClayFace ran off the rooftop. His body splattered across the ground as Commissioner Gordon pulled up with several other cops. Gordon: "Thanks Batman!" Batman: "You don't need to thank me." He grappled away. CUT TO: THE BATCAVE Batman is talking to SELINA KYLE, about HARVEY DENT. Selina: "Look, Bruce. Harvey has been acting strange. Ever since he was scarred, he's been looking for his coin. And sometimes he talks normally. Other times, he talks in a raspy voice. When he talks in that voice, it's like he's another person altogether!" Bruce Wayne: "Selina, I don't want to hear it. I know about it, I just don't want to hear it. Harvey was my best friend, and I let this happen to him. I'm still trying to find the Red Hood." Selina: "Bruce, he's dead. Just accept that you let someone die. And he wanted to die, remember?" Bruce: "He isn't dead. He's too good. He's out in Gotham, and I'm going to find him." Alfred: "Master Bruce, I know you've been through much tonight, but it seems that the Ace Chemicals building is having unusually large amount of toxic chemicals being shipped. I think it would be best if you looked into it." He went to the Bat-computer, and hacked into the surveillance footage. Bruce: "Okay, there's no one there, and... wait! Is that, me? And the Red Hood? The cameras have been looped! Okay Alfred, get- wait!" Selina: "What Bruce? The Hood?" Bruce: "I knew it. The Red Hood isn't dead." The only thing on the screen, was the picture of the Red Hood's hand coming out of a vat of chemicals. CUT TO: HARVEY DENT'S HOUSE Harvey is asleep with CATHERINE, his wife. Harvey is mumbling in his sleep when he wakes up. Harvey: "Huh? Oh, I-" Two-Face: "Hi Harv, how you doing?" Harvey: "Oh no, it's you. I can control you. You are just a part of my mind." Two-Face: "Oh, don't think that. I mean, we share a body! Just take off the bandages. You'll see." Harvey: "NO! I WON'T LISTEN!" Catherine: "Huh? Harvey?" Two-Face: "I'm sorry, but Harvey isn't here right now. And lady, where's the coin?" Catherine: "No, I can't give you the coin. I'm sorry but I can't Harvey. You know what it does to you." Two-Face: "Give me the-"

Harvey: "Dont do it!" Two-Face: "I WANT MY COIN!!!" Harvey's son, MATTHEW comes in. Matthew: "Daddy, what''s going on?" Two-Face: "Shut up kid!" Harvey: "Matthew, RUN! NOW!" Two-Face: "Where's the coin!?! I WANT IT!!! Not talking, huh? Fine." He got up and took a suitcase from the closet. He opened it, and pulled out a gun. Two-Face: "WHERE IS IT!!?!!?" Catherine: "In a compartment behind the microwave! Please don't kill me!" Two-Face: Thanks-" Harvey: "Catherine, he wouldn't have. I wouldn't have let him. We need the coin to decide." Two-Face took control and walked to the microwave. He tossed it out of the way and found the compartment. He opened it, and took the coin. It was cut on one end, but clean on the other. Catherine ran out, and was at gunpoint. Two-Face: " Now then. Just a flip of the coin will decide if you're free to go, or if we blow you're brains out here and now." He tossed the coin, and it landed clean side up. Harvey: "Oh thank God. Get Matthew out. NOW!" They ran outside. CUT TO: THE ACE CHEMICALS BUILDING Batman is racing towards the building in the Bat-mobile. As he nears, a strange laughing sound is picked up on the Bat-mobile's scanners. Batman: "Alfred, Hood's inside. I'm sure of it. But I'm hearing a laugh on the scanners." Alfred: "Well, that isn't good. Be careful in there." Selina: "See Bruce, this is why you need a partner. To make situations like this less dangerous." Batman: "I'll think about it Selina. Alfred, I'm here. Bye." He walked into the building. As he came in, he saw clown heads on the walls, and miniature carnival rides. Batman: "What the Hell happened here?" Voice: "WELCOME! You are now entering JOKER ENTERPRISES!!! Here at Joker Enterprises., we make sure no one leaves alive! I, Joker, founder and only employee at Joker Enterprises, am now talking to you from the managers office. Yes, that's right! The manager's office! This isn't a trick! Not a joke! Although it could be a trap! So hurry up Batman. I'm right here." He raced to the manager's office. Batman stepped on something as he was running. He looked down, and saw the skeleton of the Ventriloquist, still clutching Scarface. He ran on. He saw the manager's office when a gas came out of the air ducts. He breathed some in. He tried to go on. He couldn't. He passed out. CUT TO: THE BAT-CAVE Selina: "Alfred, we haven't heard from Bruce in hours. Track him." Alfred: "Miss Kyle, I am sure Master Bruce is fine. But I will track him." Alfred went on the Bat-computer. He typed in a code, and an image of Earth came up on the screen. It zoomed in on North America. Then the U.S.A. Then Gotham. Park Row. The Ace Chemicals building. The manager's office. Alfred: "Oh No. He's been kidnapped. Bound, gagged. Held over a vat of chemicals. CUT TO: THE MANAGER'S OFFICE OF THE ACE CHEMICALS BUILDING Joker: "One bad day, blah blah blah! They heard that already." Batman: "You're insane!" Joker: Yeah, yeah. I forgot you don't know. Now then. I'm not going to drop you in there. No, no, no. I'm going to wait for you to escape! I know you can. So just do it. Stop me. Defeat the man who will destroy Gotham before the fun even begins. Get out and punch me until I bleed. And then punch me some more." Batman: "Who are you?"

Batman: "Who are you?" Joker: "Oh, you don't know? World's Greatest Detective indeed. Ha Ha Ha! I'm Joker!" Batman: "I don't care about you. I'm just after the Red Hood. Where is he!?!" Joker: "I'm hurt Bats. Oh, and if you're looking for Hood, you should care about me. Although I'm not sure. I seem to only to remember a red mask, a toothpick poking my eye out, and giving myself surgery with a rusty nail. Aren't you going to ask me my master plan?" Batman: "What's you're plan?" Joker: "TO SPREAD HAPPY GAS ACROSS ALL OF GOTHAM!!! EVERYONE WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! What? No gasp?" Batman: "That's it? I expected more Hood." Joker: "Who's this Hood guy? I'd LOVE to meet him. CUT TO: THE COURTHOUSE. THE NEXT DAY Harvey Dent is arguing with Two-Face. The bandages have come off. Two-Face: "Come on Harv. Screw justice. He's killed men. Shipped illegal drugs. He's a mob boss. Falcone deserves to die." Harvey: "No. The law is the only thing keeping Gotham from ripping apart." Two-Face: "You think the law is helping here? 5,000 of the 6,000 men and women get mugged each week here. Half the children are there when it happens. Just flip the coin Harv." He flipped the coin, and it landed cut side up. He took the gun off his desk. Carmine Falcone was being put on trial. Falcone: "Hi Harv. You look fantastic." Two-Face: "Shut up! NOW!" Falcone: "Look Harv, it was-" BANG!!! Falcone dropped dead. All Hell broke loose in the courtroom. Three quarters of the jury were Falcone's men. They shot at Harvey. The judge was shot down. Harvey ran out of the courtroom. CUT TO: WAYNE ENTERPRISES Bruce Wayne is giving a demonstration on combat armor with the board and HUGO STRANGE. Bruce: Now, when we improve this prototype armor and put it into commission, it will improve military combat, construction safety, and protection against crime. All perfect for Gotham." Hugo Strange: "And we will make sure they don't cost 500 grand when they are put out." Bruce: Yes Mr. Strange, that is a goal. Now-" Selina enters the room. Selina: "Bruce, someone wants to see you." Bruce: " Who?" Selina: "Bruce, it's HIM." Bruce: "Oh. Him. And that concludes our demonstration good night!" He ran out and got in his car. He drove to the Batcave. CUT TO: THE ACE CHEMICALS BUILDING Batman is searching the building for the Joker. He hears a laughing sound and follows it to the main production facility. Joker: "Hello Bats! How you doing? Enjoying all that brooding, and beating up thugs? I think you do. Ha Ha He Ha Ho!!!" Batman punched Joker, and he fell on the floor. Joker: "That's it Bats! I'm in a position where I can easily be killed! Go on! Stop on my throat! Do it! No? Okay then Bats, it's on!" Joker got up and threw a punch at Batman. He missed. Batman grabbed Joker's head, and slammed it against his knee, and punched him again. Batman: "You're insane! Just give up now Joker!" Joker: Oh, I'M the insane one? HA HA HA!!! Oh, Bats, you're just as insane as me! You dress up as a flying

rodent, have an assortment of 'gadgets' and go out to fight crime, thinking you'll make a difference. And even if you beat me, you won't win. Because you won't kill me. I'll be left to rot in the Asylum, but I'll be released. Or escape. And I'll threaten Gotham again. And again. And again. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!" Batman punched him again. CUT TO: THE DENT'S HOUSE Harvey: I'm a murderer. I let myself be... controlled by the coin. This is your fault." Two-Face: My fault!?! It isn't my fault you look like this! That's what allowed me to come out." Harvey: "Wait, no. My mood swings. Oh God, no. No!" Two-Face: "I was always there Harv, but no one saw me. But now, they can." Harvey: "But it's still your fault. Now all the criminals I put in jail are to be released. Soon the cops will show up, and it's only a matter of time before I'm just another scumbag mugging people!" Two-Face: "But you don't have to. Get even Harv. Become the first in a better kind of criminal. You'd call us an... anti-hero, right? Who didn't save you in time? Huh?" Harvey: "Batman. But I won't kill him. not without the one who's really to blame. I want the Red Hood." The phone rang. Harvey picked up, and an unfamiliar voice said: "Run Dent. The cops are coming. Or will you stay? Heads or tails. -click-" Harvey: "Heads, we run. Tails, we stay." Two-Face: "I like it." He flipped his coin. CUT TO: THE BAT-CAVE Batman has brought the Joker into custody, in the Bat-cave. Alfred (via radio): "And just why, have you brought him to the Cave?" Batman: "I can study him here. And it's safer than any jail cell." Joker: "Do I have any say in where I'm kept? No? Didn't think so." Alfred: "And need I remind you that DeadShot broke in here when the Hood was hunting you down? And ClayFace just two months ago?" Joker: "Oh, I'll never get out of this cave! Never see the sun again! Oh, my world is fading fast! I need vitamin D! Oh, what a world! Everything is black!" Batman: "Be quiet. Now!" Joker: "Wow Bats! You're care and support for my well being just made everything worse. Ha Ha Ha!" Batman: "Is everything funny to you?" Joker: "Yes, except a good joke. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!" Batman went inside Joker's cell and took a sample of his blood. He went back out and put the sample into the Bat-computer's scanner. It matched the Red Hood's blood, but with chemicals intruding the veins and organs. Batman: So if he didn't die, the chemicals bleached his skin and drove him to insanity. Hood tried to kill himself laughing. They're definitely the same person." Selina (via radio): "Bruce, did you catch the Joker? Of course you did. But did you?" Batman: "Yes, I got him. And his and the Red Hood's blood are exactly the same." Selina: "Okay Bruce. Now, get up to the Manor. Alfred want's you to call it a night. I think you should." Batman: "I don't know. Harvey was on the news, I just found out. The cops were after him. I want to check it out." Selina: "Okay Bruce. I'll see you later." Batman: "Bye." Joker: "See ya Bats." CUT TO: THE DENT'S HOUSE Batman has just arrived at the house with COMMISSIONER GORDON. Batman: "What did Dent do?" Gordon: "Well, he threatened his wife with a gun, and shot Carmine Falcone. He ran before we got here. Damn that Vale lady, giving away our position." Batman: "I caused this. I let him be scarred by acid and it drove him insane. Damn me."

Batman: "I caused this. I let him be scarred by acid and it drove him insane. Damn me." Gordon: "I don't want you to think-" Batman: "Don't worry Gordon, I'll get him." He grappled away. Batman ran across rooftops when... BANG! He fell down. Harvey walked up to him. Two-Face: "I knew sticking close to the house would pay off. Now then Bat. Heads or tails?" Batman: "Harvey, you're better than this! Fight it! Fight it Harvey!" Harvey: "I don't want you, I just want the Hood." Batman: "Joker. Fight it!" Harvey: "Joker? We'll keep that in mind. Now your fate-" Two-Face: -lies in the coin." He flipped the coin. It landed clean side up. Harvey ran. CUT TO: THE BATCAVE Joker: "Hello! Hello! Anyone home? No? Good." He got up and opened the door. Joker: "So careless Bats. Now then, lets look at that computer of his. My blood, Gotham sewer lines, and where Batman is right now. Oh, this is too good. lets see, a small river leading to a sewer pipe! -gasp- Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! Do de do do. Now then, I take some blood, take some more from my body, dump it in, get some more, dump that in, oh this will be glorious!" He ran out of the cave. CUT TO: GOTHAM ROOFTOP Batman and Two-Face are fighting on a roof. Batman: "Harvey! FIGHT IT!!!" Harvey: "NO!!! Chance is only fair! I'm doing the right thing!" Batman: "Harvey! You're not! You tried to kill me, you're wife, and you killed Falcone!" Harvey: "HE WAS A MOB BOSS!" Batman: "That doesn't make it right for you to kill him!" Two-Face: "DIE!!!" Batman: "You won't kill me! Your coin decided I live. But shoot me anyway. Kill me. Do it Harvey." He took out his gun. He pointed it at Batman, and shot the other way. Batman tackled Harvey, and they fell 3 floors of the building. Harvey was knocked out. When he woke up, he was in a jail cell. Two-Face: "I'll kill you Batman! I'll kill you!!!" Bruce Wayne: "Hi Harvey. I just... heard about you in jail, and I wanted to visit." Two-Face: "Go the-" Harvey: "Hi Bruce. I... I didn't want this to happen." Bruce: "No one did Harv. Selina's here too." Selina: "Harvey I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Harvey: "Thanks guys. Now go. I just want to be alone. Or as alone as I can possibly get." CUT TO: THE BATCAVE Batman: "Alfred, Joker's gone. I'm going out to look for him." Alfred: "No Master Bruce. Call it a night. You have a fundraiser for Miss Kyle tomorrow, need I remind you." Batman: "I know Alfred, but this man is a maniac. A dangerous, killing, devious, maniac!" Alfred: "Just sleep master Bruce. He can't do much harm in just two days now can he?" Batman: "Okay, fine. I guess that I can go two days. But I'm going after him the second after." Alfred: "Fine Master Bruce. Now go to sleep." Batman: "Okay Alfred. I'm coming up from the cave now." Alfred: "Okay Master Bruce. -sigh- A clown, a ventriloquist, a glob of clay. What's next? A giant crocodile? CUT TO: WAYNE MANOR

The fundraiser for Selina Kyle has begun. Bruce Wayne's helicopter lands outside, and he runs in. Bruce: "Sorry I'm late everyone. Oh, Selina." Selina: "Hi Bruce. You know, you're going to be late to your own funeral." Bruce: "I'll be fighting the guys who did it." They walked off. Selina: "So, were you off fighting crime?" Bruce: "In a way. I had to stop LexCorp from purchasing the company. Having a good time?" Selina: "Well, if you call raising enough money to put my charity across half of North America in 30 minutes a good time. And you do know that he's gone." Bruce: "I do. But I didn't want to miss this. I also don't mind it when you willingly speak to me." Selina: "I wouldn't be mad. For long. I would understand." Bruce: "After two and a half weeks." Selina: "I wouldn't be mad that long." Bruce: "Two weeks and a day. And I wouldn't want Gotham hating me a while either. You know, missing a fundraiser I advised. And promised to host. And that's for my best friend." Selina: "That would make people mad." A woman runs up to Bruce. "Bruce, come quickly! Something terrible happened!" CUT TO: GOTHAM CITY RAIDIO BUILDING The Joker is holding everyone inside the building hostage. Joker: "I'm the one with the gun! Tell me where I can transmit my broadcast!" Man: "Y-you can do it over there! Down the hall! Second left!" Joker: "Thanks." He pulled the trigger. A flag that said BANG! came out. The man sighed with relief. He pulled the trigger again. The pole the flag was on impaled the man. Joker: "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Oh, hello Gotham! Joker here! But now you can call me master! Lord! Emperor Joker. That has a nice, oh wait. I skipped a bit. Gotham. I am Joker. I will probably be stopped by a man in tights, but if I'm not, then WATCH OUT!!! Because I have taken my blood. Scratch that. My toxic blood. And put in the water line. Sure it's only a little bit, but who cares!?! I don't want to kill you. I just want to make you quiver in fear! To rule you! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! Oh, I'll be back later. Start quivering! -click- Now where is that flying rat?" CUT TO: WAYNE MANOR Everyone is standing over a dead body. Woman: "He went to get some tap water, and he hacked and started choking. His eyes rolled into the back of his head. He gasped in air, and died. I already called the cops." Bruce: "Good. Don't drink any water. Nothing. I'm going to Commissioner Gordon." He ran from the kitchen and to the main hall. He set the clock to 10:17, the time his parents died. He pushed a hidden button, and the wall opened. He went in, and down an elevator, leading to the Bat-cave. Alfred: "I thought you were taking a break." Bruce: "But since you're here, you must have known I would be back." Joker: (via radio) "-I don't want to kill you. I just want to make you quiver in fear! To rule you! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!! Oh I'll be back later. Start quivering!" Batman: "He's at the radio building. I'm going there first. Then to Gordon." Alfred: "But Gotham must know." Batman: "Alfred, that could be all he transmitted at first. He could give out more, this time, in the city." Alfred: "But what if it wasn't Master Bruce? Innocent people could die." Batman: "More people could die if he transmits more. He broke into the GCRB, what if he gets to the main sewer junction?" Alfred: "But he doesn't want to kill. He wants to rule Gotham." Batman: "Exactly. So I stop him, and less people die." Alfred: But what if no one dies at all!?!" Batman: "Someone already died Alfred! He will kill! He'll kill people. As many people as it takes!" Alfred: "To do what? Rule Gotham?" Batman: "To beat me." He got in the Bat-mobile, and drove to the GCR.

He got in the Bat-mobile, and drove to the GCR. CUT TO: THE GCRB Everyone is dead. Batman: "All dead. Where are you?!?" Joker: "Right here Bats. Say, you look mad. I know this great psychologist. She treated me at an asylum. I had a thing for her. I think. I don't know, it happened more than two months ago. Yeah, I'm just imagining." Batman punched him. Joker: "Well, that was just RUDE! In the middle of an intriguing conversation and you just-" He punched Joker again. Joker: "Well you just do that! It's mean, doing that to you're best friend." Batman: "What?" Joker: "Face it Bats. I'm a costumed freak. You're a costumed freak. People liked it better before me. People liked it better before you. I mean, you did sorta make me, Dad. HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Oh, I'm insane. You're insane." Batman: "No. I'm not." Joker: "You dress up like a bat. You live in a cave. You aren't afraid of clowns! I'd call that pure insanity right there. We're two sides of the same coin. You're like my least favorite brother." Batman punched him again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Joker only laughed as cops burst into the room. CUT TO: WAYNE MANOR The cops have arrived. The woman is telling them what happened. Woman: "-and his eyes rolled into the back of his head. After that, he died." Cop: "Okay. Everyone should leave. Go back to your homes, and don't drink any water. We'll get the word out." Selina waited until everyone was gone. She went to the Bat-cave. Alfred: "Hello Miss Kyle. Did you have a good time?" Selina: "Yes, until someone dropped dead. Where's Bruce?" Alfred: "Most likely with the Joker. Shall we track him?" Selina: "Of course we shall. He is on planet Earth. In the USA. Gotham. Arkham. He's at Arkham." Alfred: "The asylum. It does make sense." Selina: "But Joker isn't with him." CUT TO: ARKHAM ASYLUM Batman is telling the doctors that Joker will be there soon. Batman: "He's at the GCPD. Being held and staying that way until we know it's safe to- oh no." Doctor: "What? Something with Joker?" Batman: "He's gone. I'll be back with him." He ran out to the Batmobile. CUT TO: THE GCPD BUILDING He went inside. No one was there. He looked up, and Joker dropped on top of him. Joker: "Hi Bats! Come to join the party? Gordon is already here! He's having a wild time! Bound, gagged, hung from the ceiling and at gunpoint!" Batman: "Just kill me then. End this madness." Joker: "Kill you? Why would I kill you? You're so fun. Life would be so... so boring without you. I don't want you dead. I just want you in a corner. Bleeding. And laughing. Knowing that you lost. That you lost to me. Because I killed Gordon, and everyone you care about. Bleeding, laughing, and crying." Batman talked him off the railing. He punched him again and again. He slammed his head into the wall. He kept punching Joker. Again and again and again. Joker: "Go ahead. Kill me. Ha Ha. Do it. DO IT!!!" Batman: "No. I wouldn't be better than you."

Joker: "That's right." Batman: "Nothing more than you." Joker: "It's the truth." Batman: "But that doesn't mean I won't hurt you. Badly." Joker: "Are you trying to sound like a bad movie line?" Joker passed out. Batman brought him to Arkham. CUT TO: THE BATCAVE Alfred: "So, the Joker is defeated. Thank God." Batman: "I know. Hopefully I won't have to deal with anymore 'super-criminals' for awhile. Petty theft is fine for now." Alfred: "Oh, and Mr. Fox is working on putting sound tracing into the tracking device." Batman: "That should be helpful. I hope Harvey is okay. He'll need all the help he can get at Black-gate." Selina: "He wasn't moved to Arkham?" Batman: "He wasn't deemed insane. Somehow got rid of that other 'person' inside him for a little while. I don't know how." Alfred: "I'm afraid the Bat-signal has been activated, Master Bruce." Selina: "Can I come with you this time?" Batman: "How about next time?" He got into the Bat-mobile, and drove away.