1. —MOCKRIDGE: Miss Welbeck.
—Yes, Mr. Mockridge?
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2. Has Edward Nygma come in yet?
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3. I don't think so.
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4. Good. If you need me,
I'll be down on the eighth floor.
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5. What's going on here?
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6. Where's my office?
My door was right here.
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7. "Was" is right.
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8. What's the meaning of this?
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9. What does it look like,
Eddie?
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10. You're out of here. You're history.
You're fired. Comprende?
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11. Have you lost what passes for your mind?
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12. You can't afford
to do without me, Mockridge.
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13. I can if you're gonna
sue me for royalties.
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14. I created
the Riddle of the Minotaur game.
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15. This company is making millions
from my genius.
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16. Competitron Software's success
didn't come from the product, Nygma.
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17. Competitron has a corporate attitude.
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18. Its strength is in the boardroom,
the deal, the contract.
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19. Specifically the work—for-hire contract
you signed.
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20. You are a fool, Mockridge,
to think you can get away with this.
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21. Your amoral greed is no match
for an intellect like mine.
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22. Oh, yeah? Then tell me something, Eddie.
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23. If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?
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24. So I've made sure that Competitron
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25. owns all rights to
Riddle of the Minotaur free and clear.
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26. Considering all the licensing
and merchandising,
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27. well heck, we just built a Minotaur
amusement park outside this city.
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28. And if we'd had to pay royalties
on all that to the creator—
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29. You can stop pitching, Mockridge.
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30. I want this deal
so I can move Competitron to Gotham.
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31. This city desperately needs
the jobs it'll create.
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32. What's he trying to...
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33. What did you say?
Mockridge, are you okay? Mockridge!
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34. We'll have to wrap this up later, guys.
Something's come up.
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35. Excuse me.
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36. Well, whatever that meant,
it sure rattled his cage.
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37. "Why do multi-million dollar
deals break down in the wasteland?"
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38. It has to have a double meaning.
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39. Master Dick,
that must be quite a computer game
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40. to be worth tying up
a $50 million computer.
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41. Not a game, Alfred, the game.
Riddle of the Minotaur.
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42. —
—It's really cool, look.
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43. Not only do you have to avoid
all these traps,
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44. but you've gotta solve
all these riddles.
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45. Well, a straight line. What else?
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46. Begging your pardon, young sir,
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47. but mightn't the answer on a globe
be a curved line?
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48. Wasteland, wasteland.
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49. —My word.
—Oh, that. That's the Hand of Fate.
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50. When you make a mistake, it picks you up
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51. and takes you
to another part of the maze.
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52. Doesn't Mockridge own a club downtown
called The Wasteland?
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53. The Wasteland!
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54. Right.
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55. —The Wasteland.
—I mean in the game.
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56. It's a dead end, see?
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57. Come on.
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58. Daniel Mockridge is walking into a trap.
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59. Nygma?
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60. Nygma.
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61. Decode that message
all by yourself, Mockridge,
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62. or did you have help?
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63. You're trespassing, Nygma. Get out.
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64. You can't kill this deal.
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65. I'm selling out to Wayne,
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66. and there's nothing you can do
to stop me.
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67. Of course there isn't.
You don't understand.
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68. I have a proposition for you.
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69. You've come up with a new game?
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70. This? No, this puzzle is far more
than any mere game.
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71. Wouldn't you agree?
Or do you need to try it yourself?
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72. Solve it. Then we'll talk.
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73. Oh, for crying out loud.
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74. What is this,
some kind of extortion scheme?
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75. You think I want money?
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76. Not anymore. What I want now is you.
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77. Empty.
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78. Well, well.
"Bat" something—or-other, isn't it?
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79. Who invited you?
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80. You know what happens to gatecrashers?
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81. They have to match wits with...
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82. The Riddler.
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83. The Riddler?
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84. What is that, Nygma,
some kind of joke on your name?
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85. Nygma?
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86. My, my. Can we actually have a brain
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87. beneath that pointy cowl of ours?
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88. So tell me, have you brawn to match?
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89. I love that trick,
but I can never make it work.
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90. Let's consider you
handled for now, shall we?
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91. Coming through!
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92. Well done, Batman.
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93. But have you wits enough to save
two people at the same time?
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94. It's my own variation
on the Chinese finger puzzle.
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95. Batman, you gotta help me.
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96. I can pay you, Batman!
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97. Anything you want!
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98. Batman!
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99. Hey, it's getting hot in here.
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100. Get me out of this thing!
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101. What did you mean, a joke on his name?
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102. You know who he is?
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103. I figured the creator
of the Minotaur game
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104. was behind this
the minute I saw that billboard.
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105. I read all about him
in the company records I examined.
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106. His name's Nygma, Edward Nygma.
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107. I get it. E. Nygma.
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108. Meaning a puzzle or riddle. An enigma.
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109. At least we know who we're looking for.
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110. Hey, Bruce, look.
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111. The lights.
Why are they all flashing?
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112. It's Morse code.
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113. That should get their attention.
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114. But why? You got the guy you wanted.
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115. Batman knows who I am.
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116. We'll have to put him
and his snot—nosed cohort
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117. out of the way first.
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118. Come on.
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119. What did it say?
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120. "When is the Minotaur's owner
as high as an elephant's eye?"
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121. Hmm.
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122. Well, Mockridge owns the Minotaur,
but what's as high as an elephant's eye?
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123. Corn.
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124. —Corn?
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125. It's from an old song lyric,
before your time.
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126. So, what's he saying?
"When Mockridge is corny”?
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127. "When Mockridge is in the corn"?
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128. What's another word meaning "corn"?
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129. —Uh... Kernel? Cob?
—Maize!
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130. "When Mockridge is in the maize.”
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131. The maze at the amusement park.
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132. Exactly.
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133. Where's Mockridge?
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134. In the center of the maze,
along with the Minotaur robot.
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135. I've programmed it to destroy him
at exactly 4:30 a.m.
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136. Which gives you less than 10 minutes
to run the maze and find him.
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137. But first, throw down
your utility belts.
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138. It'll be more interesting that way,
don't you think?
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139. Now you may enter.
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140. Oh! And by the way,
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141. you'll have to answer
the Riddle of the Minotaur too.
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142. I can't wait.
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143. How far did you say you got in the game?
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144. I'm not sure. Maybe halfway.
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145. Already I love this.
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146. —Now where to?
—I'm thinking. I'm thinking.
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147. Could you do it more quickly?
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148. Oh, the Griffin. Well, that just blocks
off the way you came, that's all.
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149. Except I've added
an improvement of my own.
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150. "Losers ahead”?
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151. Duck!
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152. Loses a head.
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153. I don't know what's worse,
the traps or the puns.
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154. I guess this isn't
a good time to tell you.
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155. Nobody's ever made it
to the center of the maze.
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156. I'll find Mockridge if I have to tear
this place apart, Nygma.
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157. / doubt it.
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158. I made sure the perils are quite lethal.
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159. You have eight minutes, gentlemen.
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160. Then Mockridge becomes
the only good corporate shark.
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161. A dead one.
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162. Great.
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163. You don't happen to know Arabic, do you?
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164. No, but I can translate it.
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165. Oh, terrific.
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166. Let's just pick one and move!
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167. We're going the wrong way!
"Cause here comes the Hand of Fate!
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168. Of course! We went to the left,
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169. but in the Arab world,
you always eat with your right hand.
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170. We've gotta use one of these keys.
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171. Yes, but which one?
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172. And why are they labeled A, C and D?
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173. Don't look at me.
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174. Let's try D.
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175. Look out!
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176. Try another one.
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177. Okay.
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178. A this time.
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179. No, wait!
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180. Turn that key
and there'll be three blades.
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181. —But how do you—
—It's the C key. Trust me.
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182. It's a musical puzzle.
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183. They key of D has two sharps.
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184. The key of A has three.
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185. But the key of C has no sharps.
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186. The shortest distance
between two points on a globe.
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187. That one I remember.
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188. One minute, Batman.
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189. Stay here.
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190. —But that's the wrong door.
- I know.
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191. —But the Hand!
—That's what I want.
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192. Batman! Batman, where are you?
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193. Forget it, kid.
I handed him his walking papers.
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194. Get on.
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195. Just one question. How?
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196. I linked it to my palmtop computer.
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197. That is grand-scale cheating, Batman.
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198. You're not allowed
to tamper with the Hand of Fate.
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199. I don't believe in fate.
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200. You probably don't believe
in minotaurs either.
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201. But you'll still have to answer
the riddle.
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202. I have billions of eyes,
yet ] live in darkness.
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203. I have millions of ears,
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204. yet only four lobes.
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205. I have no muscle,
yet I rule two hemispheres.
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206. What am I?
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207. That's simple. The human brain.
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208. It has billions of optic
and auditory nerves
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209. four lobes and two hemispheres.
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210. And it's the only thing
Edward Nygma respects.
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211. A lucky guess, that's all.
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212. But it won't save you, Batman.
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213. Destroy them!
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214. I solved your riddle, Nygma.
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215. Now here's one for you.
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216. How do you take out a minotaur
with a single blow?
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217. Like this!
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218. You're through, Nygma.
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219. Sorry, boys, but you'll never find me.
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220. I'm not even in the amusement park.
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221. And by the time you get out of the maze,
I'll be out of the city.
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222. I guess the mayor's happy about this.
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223. Bringing in $5.5 million a year
in new jobs will do that.
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224. But that creep Mockridge got to pocket
a cool 10 mil from the buyout.
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225. What a burn.
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226. Maybe. But we've been searching
for The Riddler for months,
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227. and he's still out there.
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228. Mockridge may have his money,
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229. but he won't be sleeping well.
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230. How much is a good night's sleep worth?
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231. Now there's a riddle for you.
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232. English — SDH
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