Dee Bradley Baker: Clock King • Gibble Leader • Reporter

The Rise of the Blue Beetle!

Clock King • Gibble Leader • Reporter

Clock King: Tick-tock, tick-tock. That, my friends, is the sound of time running out for you. And at the precise stroke of midnight, you shall be... how shall I say? Kaput. And, as I must not be late for my next heist, I bid you auf Wiedersehen.

Gibble Leader: The great one has arrived to save our people once again.
Blue Beetle: Dude, looks like you rock even on the other side of the galaxy.
Batman: [seeing a nearby statute of the Blue Beetle] I don't think they're talking about me.

Jaime Reyes: [seeing Batman outside his window] Dude, how long have you been there?
Batman: Whoa, geek detector's off the charts.
Jaime Reyes: I bet he wouldn't think that if he knew the truth.
Batman: Secret identity thing's a bummer, huh? I need your expertise for a little emergency.
Reporter: [he turns on the TV] We have breaking news. A meteoroid appears to be on collision course with a space station.
Jaime Reyes: Just let me change.
[holding his head and groaning; Batman is unimpressed]
Jaime Reyes: Still trying to figure out the on button for this thing.
Blue Beetle: [the scarab on his back activates and his suit materializes] Blue Beetle at your service.

Gibble Leader: Sidekick, why do you not bow?
Blue Beetle: Sidekick? Uh, this is Batman, the greatest hero, like, ever. I mean, you should be bowing to him.
Batman: What the blue one is trying to say is that now he has returned. Kanjar Ro will surely be defeated and your people freed.
Blue Beetle: No! Not what I'm saying! And why are you encouraging this?
Gibble Leader: [in unison with the others] All hail the blue one! All hail the blue one!
Batman: [kneeling] All hail the blue one.

Blue Beetle: Back for another beatdown?
Kanjar Ro: Yes, only this time I'll be doing the beating.
Gibble Leader: [with a mortified gasp] The gamma gong.
Kanjar Ro: I remembered you had a weakness for a good tune.
Blue Beetle: [as Ro strikes the gong, his suit begins to malfunction] My suit. What's happening to it?
[as he tries to fight back, Ro grabs him and conks his head on the gong]
Kanjar Ro: [seeing the suit de-materialize] A child? My greatest enemy is a child? Then I did crush the beetle the last time we met.

Blue Beetle: Okay, here's one. It's me versus Kanjar Ro, only my feet are trapped in concrete. Oh, and I'm blindfolded. Who wins?
Gibble Leader: [with the other Gibbles] You do!
Blue Beetle: You guys are good.
[to Batman]
Blue Beetle: Oh, this is so cool.
Batman: When I said this job was about using your head, I didn't mean for it to *go* to your head.
Gibble Leader: Oh. Sidekick must not speak in such tones to the Beetle.
Blue Beetle: Yeah, sidekick.

Blue Beetle: Okay, what is going on?
Gibble Leader: Kanjar Ro. He has returned as he does every season to harvest our bodies for fuel.
Batman: Fuel?
[taking a sample from the Gibble]
Batman: Interesting.
Gibble Leader: We did not think you would return. Not after your last encounter with Kanjar Ro's terrible gamma gong. But you have returned to save the Gibble people once again. All hail the blue one.

Gibble Leader: Once again, you have saved our people. More importantly, you have shown us how to save ourselves. And you, Batman, have proven to be a worthy sidekick. Your contributions will be forever remembered.
Batman: [seeing a statue dedicated to him is smaller than the Blue Beetle's] They say it's the thought that counts.

Blue Beetle: So, uh, I guess in the past, I've handled this sort of thing myself, but this time... um, I'm gonna need your help...
[glancing at Batman, he gets a thumbs-up]
Blue Beetle: ...to fight Kanjar Ro.
Gibble Leader: Fight Kanjar Ro? How can we? Our weapons are no match for his. And we are weak. You must save us, with your powers.
Blue Beetle: Dude, I tried.
Batman: Try harder.

Blue Beetle: Look, you guys aren't always gonna be able to rely on me. I mean, what if I've got soccer practice or something? One of these days, you... you might have to save yourselves, and... and the only way to do that is to find the power that's within each of you. So, in conclusion, find the power within, and, um, you know, it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Batman: They don't have knees. Now wrap it up.
Blue Beetle: Now wrap it up.
Gibble Leader: [chanting with the others] Now wrap it up!