Batman Beyond (TV Series)
Zeta (2000)
Cree Summer: Max
Quotes
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Terry McGinnis : Is being Batman just giving me a suspicious nature?
Max : Yes.
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Zeta : I was programmed to maintain the secrecy of my own existence. Anyone I replaced saw what I was and could never be set free.
Max : But you didn't want to kill this terrorist guy?
Zeta : He was not a terrorist. His associates were terrorists. He was an accountant.
Max : So, he was innocent.
Zeta : Yes, but that is not why I spared him. Replacing him required that I live with his family. I watched them experience life. I saw his daughter ride a bicycle for the first time. I could not deprive her father of seeing her grow just because he knew I existed.
Max : Wow.
Batman : So, why the high school?
Zeta : I needed computers and electronic equipment. Compared to a government site, a school has little security.
Max : And once you saw who's who at the school, I was the natural choice. Who'd look twice at me spending all day at the lab?
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Max : Am I glad you're back. I couldn't live another second without your charming repartee.
Zeta : I must remember to practice sarcasm.
[holding out a paper bag]
Zeta : Here. You must be hungry. Genoa and Swiss. Your fave.
Max : [eating] Why so nice all of a sudden?
Zeta : It is not all of a sudden. I have taken great care not to injure you.
Max : Being held hostage isn't exactly five-star treatment.
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Terry McGinnis : Hey, workaholic, let's get some chow. Genoa and Swiss. Your fave.
Max : Thanks, Terry, but I have a lot to do. Maybe see you after school?
Terry McGinnis : You kidding? With what's been going on, the night job's been full-time lately. In fact, I could use your help covering with Dana.
Max : Sure. What does she need?
Terry McGinnis : [suspicious, then dropping it] Know what? I just remembered I'm free. I will see you after school.
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Batman : Look, I really hope I'm wrong about this, but he's been programmed to kill. I'm not sure I can just let him go.
Max : Ter, you heard him. He doesn't want to be violent anymore.
Batman : No? Did you see him go for those lasers back at the factory? Violence is hard-wired into him. It's what he is.
Max : He can fight that. I know he can.
Batman : Max, he held you hostage. You want to let him do that to someone else?
Zeta : I'm sorry. It was my only choice. It's the only way I know to acquire an identity.
Max : Well, we're gonna have to come up with another way, aren't we? Does your memory still hold all those people you, uh... replaced before?
Zeta : Yes.
Max : Well, then why not mix 'em up? You know, one guy's hair, another guy's eyes. That way, you could decide who you want to be.
Zeta : Mix 'em up.
[going to a window to look as his reflection, he adopts the identity of a young man]
Zeta : I should go. They'll have followed my last signal to this area.
Max : [hugging him goodbye] Good luck, Zeta.
Batman : [watching him leave] I still need to keep an eye on him, at least 'til he's out of town.
Max : Just give him a chance, Ter.
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Max : Dana, what's up?
Dana Tan : Thought you might need a ride to Winn's study group tonight.
Max : No, thanks. I'll see you there.
Dana Tan : You know where Winn lives, right?
Max : I'll get directions from her.
Dana Tan : [giggling] Him. You said "her". Winn's a guy.
Max : Sorry. Concentrating.
Dana Tan : What else is new?
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Max : [after hearing about the influence of genetics on behavior] But, what about free will? I mean, I'm not going to believe that everything I am was completely decided before I was born.
