Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Showdown (1995)

David Warner: Ra's al Ghul

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Quotes 

• [Ra's reveals the identity of his captive] 

  Batman : Duvall.

  Robin : It can't be! He'd be over a hundred years old!

  Ra's Al Ghul : He was sentenced to fifty years at hard labor. Of course no one expected him to survive that sentence. No one but me.

  Batman : The Lazarus Pit.

  Ra's Al Ghul : When he was a young man, though even its powers cannot restore him now. When his sentence was completed, Arkady simply wandered away. The privations he had suffered had left his mind shattered. I had lost track of him until he turned up in that rest home.

  Batman : You left Duvall to his fate a century ago. Why come back for him now?

  Ra's Al Ghul : Did you really think, Detective, that in my 600 years of life, I would've sired only one offspring? Even before the Phoenix debacle, I had come to realize that Arkady was too unbalanced and cruel to wisely rule my empire.

  Batman : But you couldn't forget about him.

  Ra's Al Ghul : What father can ever forget his son? Come now, Detective. I've still a few good years left. We will cross swords another day. But for now, let me take my boy home.

• Ra's al Ghul : I anticipated meeting you tonight, detective. I hope the story I have to tell you may cause you to reconsider your pursuit. The year was 1883. Your government was ruthlessly expanding westward.

• Ra's al Ghul : [the airship is rocked by an explosion]  What happened?

  Airman Captain : It was that scarred man. He turned our own cannons on us.

• Ra's al Ghul : You are becoming quite bold, Arcady. Whipping my men, disposing of interlopers without consulting me.

  Arcady Duvall : He's a spy, sir. A railroad spy.

  Ra's al Ghul : He looks more like a saddle bum to me. Imprison him. I will question him later.

• Ra's al Ghul : Run! If you value your lives! Clear the area. Maintain at your peril.

• Ra's al Ghul : The government's western expansion is destroying this land. Drastic steps must be taken to preserve the wilderness.

  Arcady Duvall : And Ra's al Ghul is the one to do it.

  Ra's al Ghul : Who better than I? I'll destroy the railroad and bomb other railroad junctions as I move eastward toward Washington. Once Washington is in flames, I'll force the United States government to declare me master of America.

• Ra's al Ghul : Order the men to abandon ship.

  Airman Captain : Aye, sir. What about Duvall?

  Ra's al Ghul : Leave that fool to his fate.