Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
2003 (VG)
Sin Tzu: The art of war is deception. First, you must strike when your opponent leasts expects; in a place where he believes he is strong, but is in fact weak; with an army he believes he has already vanquished.
Clayface: Still look like an easy fight, Batman? Batman: No, just a good one.
Nightwing: Need to remember my training: when you start to feel safe, it's time to worry.
(Sin Tzu has imprisoned Poison Ivy, Mr Freeze, Harley Quinn and the Joker) Batman: What happened to all of them? Sin Tzu: Control the mind, the body rapidly follows. Batman: Why did you choose Scarecrow, Clayface and Bane? Sin Tzu: Let's just say they were less... unpredictable. Batman: But they failed. Sin Tzu: It was imperative that they did.
(Batman and Sin Tzu come face to face) Sin Tzu: And so it ends, as all battles should end: two great commanders face each other on an empty battlefield.
Batman: On slow nights, I come back to Crime Alley. Keeps my skills sharp. Some call it Purgatory. I call it practice.
(A two-foot-tall Clayface faces Batman) Clayface: Time to end it, one way or the other, Batman. Batman: Too bad you're only half the monster you used to be. Clayface: Children, come to me. (Clayface's clay soldiers approach from all angles, and Clayface reabsorbs them, growing several feet and looming over Batman) Clayface: Still look like an easy fight, Batman?
Batman: You made the worst mistake a general can make. Sin Tzu: And what would that be? Batman: You misjudged your enemy. My motives are nothing like yours. Sin Tzu: Savor sweet victory now, Batman, for there will be another day. Batman: Don't count on it.