[Fox] Stand by.

[glass shattering]

[SWAT] Red team! More secure, hostages are safe!

[prisoner] Give it to me.

You can tell them I took it by force.

Give it to me.

And I'll do what you shoulda did 10 minutes ago.

[Batman grunting]

[Joker] We really should stop this fighting. Otherwise, we'll miss the fireworks.

[Batman] There won't be any fireworks!

[Joker] And here we go.

[eerie music]

[Batman] What were you trying to prove?

That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you?

[Joker grunts]

You're alone.

[Joker] You can't rely on anyone these days. You gotta do everything yourself.

Don't we?!

That's okay. I came prepared.

It's a funny world we live in.

Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?

[Batman] No.

But I know how you got these.

[Joker cackling]

[Batman grunting]

[Joker groans]

[Joker] You...

You just couldn't let me go, could you?

[Batman grunting]

This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

You truly are

incorruptible, aren't you?

Huh?

You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness.

And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun.

[Joker laughs]

I think you and I are destined to do this forever.

[Batman] You'll be in a padded cell forever.

[Joker] Maybe we could share one. [Batman] You'll be in a padded cell forever.

[Joker] You know they'll be doubling up the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.

[Batman] This city...

just showed you...

that it's full of people...

ready to believe in good.

[Joker] Until their spirit breaks completely.

Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent, huh?

And all the heroic things he's done.

[Joker laughs]

You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you?

No.

You need an ace in the hole;

mine's Harvey.

[Batman] What did you do?

[Joker] I took Gotham's White Knight...

and I...

brought him down to our level.

It wasn't hard. See, madness, as you know, is...

like gravity:

all it takes is a little push.

[Joker cackling]