1. (male narrator)
Afternoon in
Gotham Central Park.
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2. Noble sanctuary of nature
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3. in the midst
of the teeming metropolis.
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4. Tranquility, peace, quiet.
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5. The deceptive
quiet of the jungle
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6. where a criminal beast
is about to spring.
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7. (female #1)
'Now, hear this.
Now, hear this.'
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8. 'It is written
in the stars that on this day'
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9. 'shall the great King of the
Nile rise up from the tomb.'
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10. 'And he shall claim
his kingdom of Gotham City.'
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11. 'And all who oppose him
shall be smitten dead.'
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12. "A giant sphinx
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13. "uttering demented threats
in Gotham Central Park
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14. in a woman's voice!"
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15. Sure'n it could be
harmless, sir.
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16. Uh, how so, Chief O'Hara?
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17. There was a piece
in the paper this morning.
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18. The Gotham City Museum
is unveiling a new exhibit
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19. of Egyptian antiques
this very day.
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20. Of course and this could
be just a publicity stunt.
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21. Yes, sir.
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22. Is there no limit
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23. to the brazen effrontery
of the press agent?
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24. I'll put paid
to their stunts.
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25. - 'Yes?'
- Uh, Bonnie.
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26. Get me my good friend,
millionaire Bruce Wayne.
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27. I expect he'll be at his
stately residence, Wayne Manor.
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28. Well, time to leave
for the museum, one and all.
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29. Mercy, yes. Let's not
be late, Bruce.
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30. There isn't anything I enjoy
more than a nice, fresh exhibit
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31. of Egyptian antiquities.
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32. What is it, Alfred?
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33. The telephone, madam.
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34. Police Commissioner Gordon
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35. wishes to speak with Mr. Wayne.
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36. - With me, Alfred?
- Uh, yes, sir.
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37. He was most distinct.
With Mr. Bruce Wayne.
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38. Excuse me, Aunt Harriet.
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39. Bruce Wayne speaking.
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40. Oh, um, sorry to bother you,
Bruce, but you're on
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41. the board of trustees of
the Gotham Museum, aren't you?
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42. Certainly,
I'm treasurer, in fact.
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43. 'Well, you've gone
too far, Bruce.'
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44. This sphinx which has reared
itself at the park
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45. this terrifying
publicity stunt—
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46. This what?
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47. You mean... it isn't
a publicity stunt?
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48. My dear commissioner, I think
you've taken leave of your wits.
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49. Goodbye.
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50. Imagine... the idea
of the Gotham Museum
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51. pulling a publicity stunt.
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52. - So, if it's not a stunt..
- Precisely, Chief O'Hara.
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53. This phenomenon takes
on new dimensions.
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54. Strange and sinister dimensions.
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55. In fact, there is only one man
alive who can take its measure.
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56. I'll summon him, sir.
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57. Bruce, come on. What on Earth
is the matter with you two?
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58. I don't know, Aunt Harriet.
It's just that..
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59. - A sphinx he said.
- Gosh, Bruce.
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60. - That means what it could mean.
- We'll know soon enough.
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61. Excuse me, sir.
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62. Something in red, Alfred?
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63. Precisely, sir.
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64. Great heavens.
How forgetful of me.
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65. This new volume
by a Professor Red
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66. on ancient Egyptian
cat worship cults.
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67. I'd promised the museum
committee I'd look through it.
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68. Come on, Dick.
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69. Bruce.
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70. Those antiquities have waited
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71. thousands of years
for us, Aunt Harriet
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72. they'll wait a little longer.
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73. Mercy alive.
Such an impetuous pair.
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74. There should be some way
to harness such energy.
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75. Yes, commissioner.
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76. 'A strange and terrible threat
to Gotham City.'
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77. An ultimatum from the
remote past.
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78. We're on our way.
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79. Holy hieroglyphics!
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80. This might mean
a battle royal.
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81. Not the first, Dick,
not the last.
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82. To the Bat-poles.
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83. There's no doubt at all..
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84. we're faced with
that arch criminal, King Tut.
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85. Gosh! And everyone thought
he died in that warehouse fire.
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86. We were mistaken it seems.
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87. He's risen like a phoenix
from the ashes to..
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88. Just what was his threat,
commissioner?
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89. Grandiose, Batman.
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90. He claimed Gotham City
for his own.
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91. In a greedy female voice.
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92. So... our mad pharaoh
has found himself a Nefertiti.
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93. Some hapless female
entrapped in a life of crime!
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94. The situation is grim, Batman.
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95. We've cordoned off the park
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96. but panic will soon
raise its ugly head.
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97. We could call out
the National Guard.
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98. Have them blast that pigging
sphinx with their artillery.
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99. No, Chief O'Hara. No.
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100. - No?
- No.
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101. If that were our objective
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102. I could do it with
the Batmobile's Bat-beam.
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103. Batman's right.
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104. King Tut may be a super-crook,
but he's a sick man too.
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105. Precisely, Robin.
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106. Let's not forget..
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107. that he was once an eminent
professor at Yale University.
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108. Then he was struck on
the head during a student riot
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109. 'and awoke with
a strange double delusion'
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110. that Gotham City is the
reincarnation of ancient Thebes
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111. and he himself, the pharaoh
known to history as King Tut.
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112. This man is to be pitied.
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113. Pitied, Batman? Ha!
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114. How can one pity
a criminal who threatens
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115. our entire citizenry
with death?
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116. Pitied, commissioner.
Tempered with caution.
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117. Our first aim is to thwart
his criminal plans.
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118. What could it be?
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119. A mad dream to make
subjects of us all.
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120. (Chief O'Hara)
'But why tip us off?'
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121. Why warn us that
he's trying to make a comeback?
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122. Maybe this sphinx
will give us a clue.
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123. Robin's right. And we
don't have a moment to lose.
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124. Let's take a close look
at that inscrutable lady.
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125. Be careful, Batman.
Be careful.
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126. Meanwhile, in the palace
of King Tut
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127. bizarre remnant of last year's
Gotham City Exposition
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128. Chief O'Hara's question
is echoed
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129. inside the moldering
Great Hall.
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130. I don't get it.
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131. If you're gonna move in
on somebody's territory
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132. why tip him off?
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133. How should I know?
I'm only the Grand Vizier.
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134. Why don't you ask
His Royal Highness?
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135. You may rise.
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136. Loyal subjects, we are
pleased to inform you
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137. that Phase 1 of our royal
master plan has succeeded
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138. as prophesied.
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139. Hey, that's great, boss.
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140. I mean, Your Royal Highness.
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141. Phase 2 will now
be put into being.
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142. - Are there any questions?
- I got one.
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143. You may speak, Royal Scrivener.
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144. Like why? I mean why keep
that hunka rock in the park
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145. and tip off the suckers
what we're gonna do?
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146. You're a twit.
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147. 'It's merely a sovereign
subterfuge'
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148. to exterminate a winged
rodent once and for all..
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149. Batman!
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150. He should be biting
at the bait at about now.
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151. Oh, boy!
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152. All hail to King Tut.
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153. Great thorn of Thebes.
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154. Nemesis of the Nile.
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155. Thank you, Grand Vizier.
Thank you.
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156. It was delightfully spoken.
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157. However, just in the off chance
that the Dynamic Duo
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158. should elude our
snick-snack snare
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159. battle stations
for the royal barque
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160. will land our
sinister sphinx upon.
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161. What do you make
of it, Batman?
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162. A rather good imitation of the
Fourth Dynasty sphinx of Giza.
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163. Holy hurricane. What's that?
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164. I think it means the sphinx
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165. is going to make
another pronouncement.
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166. (female #1)
'Now, hear this.'
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167. 'Now, hear this.'
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168. 'Whosoever transgresses
upon the sacred sphinx'
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169. 'shall be smitten
down by Anubis.'
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170. 'The jackal God,
Guardian of the Cemeteries.'
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171. 'And that goes
double for Batman.'
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172. - Challenge?
- So be it.
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173. Up we go.
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174. (Robin)
'What do you think, Batman?'
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175. Could it be full
of King Tut's henchmen?
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176. If it is, there must be
a secret entrance somewhere.
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177. Look here.
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178. This must be it.
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179. Don't touch that handle, Robin.
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180. We don't know what
we're up against yet.
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181. You're right. The sphinx
could be booby trapped.
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182. Let's play it safe.
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183. Holy whiskers!
That was a close shave!
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184. There's no longer
any doubt, Robin.
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185. Brilliant, warped mind of
King Tut is bent on murdering.
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186. Signal from Nefertiti.
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187. Indeed.
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188. What does Great Ra, God
of the Sun have to inform us?
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189. Dynamic Duo escaped.
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190. Curses of Amenhotep!
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191. Your pharaoh speaks.
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192. Slaves and Helot swordsmen
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193. prepare for action.
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194. What's our next move, Batman?
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195. - Destroy this crooked sphinx?
- No, I don't think so, Robin.
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196. It's better to leave it here
under police observation so..
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197. Robin.
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198. Look, over there.
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199. Holy masquerade!
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200. It's an odd getup
for a walk in the park.
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201. Odd indeed.
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202. It's a costume of the
Fourteenth Dynasty.
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203. Kind Tut's dynasty.
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204. Wow! Let's get her!
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205. Halt, you deluded creature.
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206. We've got you.
Escape is impossible.
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207. Holy asp!
A trick Egyptian snake.
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208. Look out, Robin!
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209. Quick! Let's hot-foot it
after 'em.
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210. No, Robin, wait.
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211. I think that's exactly
what they want.
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212. - Why?
- An old game.
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213. To draw us away
from their real target.
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214. Of course. The Egyptian
exhibit at the museum.
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215. Right. The museum.
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216. Where Bruce Wayne will
deal them a small surprise.
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217. A short while later
at the Gotham City Museum..
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218. You'll know it's the twin
emblems of the two lands.
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219. The large carnelian cobra here
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220. which is representative
of Upper Egypt
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221. and the vulture, which is
the cult sign of Lower Egypt
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222. and carved from lapis lazuli.
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223. - Mr. Wayne.
- Yes.
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224. - What's the value of the crown?
- I don't really know.
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225. Except that as a rare
and historic art treasure
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226. it's undoubtedly priceless.
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227. Please inform your readers that
it's well-guarded at all times.
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228. Now, ladies and gentlemen
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229. in deference to the press here
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230. which has deadlines
to meet I'm sure
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231. I propose now to offer to you
the pieces de resistance
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232. the mummified remains of..
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233. Hmm.
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234. All we know about this
particular gentleman
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235. is that he was a king
in the Fourteenth Dynasty
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236. and reigned in 1500 BC.
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237. Now, if my arithmetic is correct
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238. that would mean that
he's been dead approximately
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239. thirty five hundred years.
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240. And I believe it's
safe to state that
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241. this particular pharaoh fellow
will not rise again.
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242. It's alive.
The sphinx prophecy was right.
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243. The king has risen again.
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244. Is there a doctor in the house?
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245. It is impossible,
isn't it, Bruce?
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246. It's fantastic! Incredible.
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247. The preservation techniques.
What a man he must've been!
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248. - The imagination boggles.
- 'The ambulance is here.'
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249. Make way for
the stretcher bearers.
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250. I'll leave you to
restore order here.
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251. I think I should go
along to the hospital.
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252. Mr. Wayne, what happened?
Is he still alive?
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253. - What about the prophecy now?
- No comment.
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254. Hey, he's coming to.
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255. I rather expected he would. He
may want to tell us something.
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256. - What do you think he's saying?
- Shh. Shh.
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257. - Maybe this will help.
- Shh.
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258. All hail Your Majesty.
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259. Phase 2 has worked perfectly.
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260. Naturally, it was
foreseen in the scrolls.
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261. To the palace with this... Helot.
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262. Your whim is our
command, O Majesty.
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263. Nefertiti, you abandoned wench.
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264. How many times must I tell you
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265. queens consume nectar
and ambrosia, not hot dogs?
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266. So I get hungry.
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267. Living on nothing but figs
and dates and pomegranates.
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268. - You want a bite?
- Dah! Unclean.
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269. I must proclaim
my reincarnation
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270. to the faithful.
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271. Give me the telephone.
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272. Osman Abu, switcher of messages
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273. your pharaoh speaks.
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274. (man on phone)
'What is your desire,
great pharaoh?'
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275. Connect me to the voice box
of the sphinx
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276. in Gotham Central Park, please.
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277. 'It shall be done,
great pharaoh.'
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278. Instruct the royal charioteer
to my palace with haste.
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279. Home, toots, and step on it.
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280. (Nefertiti)
'"Now, hear this.
Now, hear this.'
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281. "As it was written in the stars
so it has come to pass.
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282. "The great King of the Nile
has risen from the sands of time
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283. "to reclaim his lost kingdom.
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284. 'The next voice you will hear
will be King Tut himself."'
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285. Loyal subjects and Helots
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286. this is your king.
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287. 'As our first royal act,
we have perpetrated'
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288. 'the abduction of your
millionaire philanthropist'
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289. 'Bruce Wayne.'
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290. 'He will be held prisoner until
our royal demands are met.'
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291. These demands will
be made known to you
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292. by our inscrutable sphinx
at a later date.
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293. 'In the meantime, the police
are warned not to interfere'
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294. 'and this includes
the Dynamic Duo'
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295. 'and pass my words on
or my reach.'
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296. Remember, Batman
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297. Bruce Wayne's life
is in your hand.
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298. I wonder how much he's
gonna ask of Bruce Wayne?
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299. I hear he's a rich millionaire.
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300. You know, Harry,
that Tut's a kook
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301. but he's got brains.
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302. I wouldn't be surprised
if he didn't wind up
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303. with the keenest gang
since old Moe got the hot squad.
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304. Robin speaking.
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305. Uh, put Batman on, Boy Wonder.
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306. It's a crisis.
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307. Bruce Wayne has
just been kidnapped.
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308. Bruce Wayne kidnapped?
How? When?
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309. Only minutes ago.
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310. The King Tut resurrection was
just an elaborate smokescreen
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311. to conceal his real crime.
Let me speak to Batman.
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312. Commissioner,
I don't know where he is.
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313. As soon as you hear from him,
there's not much time.
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314. Bruce Wayne is one of our
most prominent millionaires.
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315. So I've heard.
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316. This arch-abductor may ask
a king's ransom for him.
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317. We've got to move fast.
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318. I... I can't understand
where Batman could be?
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319. Neither can I.
Goodbye, commissioner.
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320. You've heard the calamitous
news, Master Robin?
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321. - Yes. Does Aunt Harriet know?
- On the 3 o'clock news.
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322. I'm afraid she's badly shaken.
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323. And I must admit,
it's left me a bit shaken too.
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324. Is there nothing to be done?
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325. Don't lose heart, Alfred.
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326. Batman is, well, Batman!
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327. He'll get a message
to us somehow.
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328. Holy cliffhanger!
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329. Bruce Wayne hurtling
toward an awesome abyss!
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330. What will be his fate?
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331. How can he possibly
be saved this time?
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332. Be in front of your
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333. Bat-sets tomorrow night.
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334. Same time.
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335. Same channel.
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336. One hint
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337. the most horrendous
is yet to come.
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