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I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Batman.
— Batman: The Animated Series ‧ 1992
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The line is Batman's whole creed in three beats, spoken at the moment his fear is strongest. It works because it answers the one thing the Scarecrow can use against him, his guilt, by refusing to be the frightened boy in the alley. Kevin Conroy's growl made it the definitive animated Batman moment, and fans have quoted it ever since when they want to say they will not be afraid.
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In context
Spoilers for Batman: The Animated SeriesShow the scene
In "Nothing to Fear", an early episode of Batman: The Animated Series (Fox Kids, 1992, written by Henry T. Gilroy and Sean Catherine Derek), the Scarecrow is spraying Gotham with fear gas. Batman stops his plan to burn down Gotham University, but he is dosed in the process and sees a vision of his dead father, Thomas Wayne, who calls him a disgrace and turns into the Grim Reaper. Batman breaks the hallucination by refusing it and declaring who he is: vengeance, the night, Batman. The speech frees him to finish off the Scarecrow.
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- Wikiquote: Batman: The Animated SeriesSeason 1, Nothing to FearReference checked
- Wikipedia: List of Batman: The Animated Series episodesEpisode 3, Nothing to FearReference checked
- Wikipedia: Batman: The Animated SeriesLead / infoboxReference checked
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