Batman Beyond (TV Series)

Hidden Agenda (1999)

Cree Summer: Max Gibson

Quotes 

• Terry McGinnis : This could work out after all.

  Max Gibson : Just one thing, McGinnis: You ever call me "Robin", and I'm out of here.

  Terry McGinnis : No problem... Alfred.

  Max Gibson : [confused]  "Alfred"?

• Batman : Run.

  Max Gibson : You called it.

  [She runs towards the Jokerz and tackles one of them] 

  Batman : Not what I meant.

• Max Gibson : Who are you?

  Carter Wilson : Me? I'm the best.

  [fires a laser shot at the printed data in her hand, quickly setting it on fire as she drops it] 

  Max Gibson : Help! Somebody help!

  Carter Wilson : Who do you think's gonna hear you, Max. Who's gonna come and help you?

  [grabs her by the wrist] 

  Batman : [comes out of the shadows]  Me!

  [punches Carter in the face, knocking him down for a moment] 

• Terry McGinnis : Uh-oh, the GAT scores are in.

  Dana Tan : I don't even want to know what I got. Hey, Max, what's your ID?

  Max Gibson : The last prime number before my birth year.

  [after an awkward silence, she inputs her ID] 

  Terry McGinnis : 2400! You got a perfect score!

  Max Gibson : Yeah, well, it's just a number. Doesn't mean anything. Believe me, Terry, you're just as smart as I am.

  Dana Tan : Think so, huh? Let's see what he got.

  [inputting his ID] 

  Dana Tan : Incomplete? How do you get an incomplete on the GATs?

  Terry McGinnis : Some emergency. I had to leave before the test was over.

  Max Gibson : Sometimes I get the feeling you arrange for these "emergencies".

• Max Gibson : I guess I'm not as good a programmer as I thought. Carter wasn't even on my list of possible Jokerz. But you were.

  Terry McGinnis : Wait, you don't think...

  Max Gibson : I did. But now I know the truth.

  [she puts her fingers on top of her head, a la the ears of his cowl] 

  Terry McGinnis : What are you gonna do about it?

  Max Gibson : First thing I'm going to do is go cover my tracks, so no one else can figure out... you know.

  Terry McGinnis : It's been taken care of.

  Max Gibson : By whom?

  Terry McGinnis : A friend. He's a real expert in covering tracks. This changes everything, you know.

  Max Gibson : Maybe for the better. At least now, you're not alone with your secret. You have someone to talk to. Someone who can help you out sometimes if you need it.

  Terry McGinnis : Help me out? How?

• Dana Tan : What's that?

  Max Gibson : The results of a compiler program I've written.

  Terry McGinnis : About Batman?

  Max Gibson : Yeah, I needed a hobby, and it beats macrame. I hacked my ID so that I can stay after hours to work on it. The program searches the grid for specific information about Batman.

  Dana Tan : He's between 5'6" and 6', between 16 and 36. How can he be that young if he's been around for so long?

  Max Gibson : I figure the guy that's been around lately is a brand-new Bat.

  Dana Tan : A lot of people would fit this description.

  Max Gibson : Maybe, but every day, another bit of data helps narrow it down. Eventually, I'll have the guy pegged.

  Terry McGinnis : If it is a guy.

  Max Gibson : He's a guy, and he's connected to our school. I'm sure of it.

  Dana Tan : He's, like, a teacher?

  Max Gibson : A teacher or a phys-ed coach, or even a student.

• Dana Tan : [after the Jokerz vandalize the school]  I hear they jolted all the vidscreens.

  Max Gibson : Jokerz. Stupid, random destruction.

  Terry McGinnis : Not so random. Look at the damage. They were picking their targets.

  Dana Tan : You're saying they're students here?

  Terry McGinnis : At least one of them is.

  Max Gibson : Maybe I can re-write my Batman search program to look for the students most likely to be Jokerz.

  Terry McGinnis : So you'd stop looking for Batman?

  Dana Tan : Are you sure you wanna do that?

  Max Gibson : [opening her locker, she manages to avoid a pie booby-trapped inside]  I am now.

• Max Gibson : Terry?

  [seeing the Jokerz] 

  Max Gibson : I should have known.

  Terminal : Looky, looky. It's Ms. Perfect 2400. The luckiest girl on the face of the planet.

  [one of his goons hands him a gun] 

  Terminal : Until now.

• Terminal : That's right, Maxine. I know who you are.

  Max Gibson : I know who you are, too. Terry.

  Terminal : McGinnis?

  [snickering] 

  Terminal : She thinks I'm McGinnis.

  [the other Jokerz laugh] 

  Max Gibson : I know he's one of you! He told you I'd be here!

  Terminal : No one told us anything. We've been following you, to finish off what we started.

  Max Gibson : [holding up her list of suspects]  Because of this?

  Terminal : [smacking it away]  Ehhh! Wrong again. I don't care about your data-crunching. I have a more personal reason for wanting you gone.