Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Series)

Day of the Dark Knight! (2009)

David McCallum: Merlin

Quotes 

• Merlin : King Arthur will be most grateful for all you have done. I have no doubt that he will knight you both.

  Green Arrow : Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. Why in the world would Arthur knight him? If it wasn't for me, you'd be a statue now.

  Batman : And if it wasn't for me, you'd be dragon jerky.

  Green Arrow : Just can't handle the fact that I showed you up again, can you?

  Merlin : Dark Knight, archer, please.

  Batman : Again?

  Green Arrow : As in always.

  Merlin : This conduct is most unbecoming in candidates for knighthood.

  Batman : As in, in your dreams.

  [with a sigh, Merlin sends them back to their time] 

• Batman : If I turn out to be the one, you're not gonna take it personally, are you?

  Green Arrow : Sounds like you're afraid I'm gonna top you again.

  Batman : Again?

  Green Arrow : As in always.

  Batman : As in, in your...

  [seeing an ogre emerge from the water] 

  Batman : ...dreams.

  Merlin : Uh... did I forget to mention the ogres that protect the tower?

  Green Arrow : Ogres? Plural?

  Merlin : Brothers, I'm afraid.

• Merlin : I turned to mystic runes to reveal the one person in all the universe, beside Arthur himself, fated to free the sword from the stone. Alas, they would only divulge that either of you might be the one who is worthy. Yet, now after seeing you in the flesh, it is clear that you, my Dark Knight, you are our shining hope.

  Green Arrow : Oh, come on.

• Merlin : You must forgive the suddenness with which I have brought you here. It was a desperate act by a desperate man. Not long ago, a student of mine, King Arthur's half-sister, Morgaine le Fay, seeking to wrest the throne from our beloved king, gathered her army and attacked Camelot. The Knights of the Round Table fought valiantly, but they were no match for Morgaine's enchantments. Nor, I'm sorry to say, was I. The student had surpassed the master. Camelot fell. All within the castle walls were enscorcelled, transformed into things of stone. And a terrible darkness fell over the land, but hope remains.

  Batman : [seeing an image in the clouds]  The sword in the stone.

  Green Arrow : Excalibur.

  Merlin : I hid it away years ago for just such a purpose. Only Excalibur's magic can defeat Le Fay and restore our king.

  Batman : Then why haven't you used it?

  Merlin : Only the one who is worthy can retrieve it.

  Batman : And this is why you brought us here?

  Green Arrow : Well, don't keep everyone in suspense, doc. Which one of us is the one who is worthy?

  Merlin : The answer, I'm afraid, is not so clear.

• Green Arrow : Okay, doc, where are we?

  Merlin : Better to ask, "When are we?". It is the 5th century A.D., the place is Britain, and I...

  [changing clothes in a puff of smoke] 

  Merlin : ...am Merlin Ambrosius.

  Green Arrow : No, really. Where are we?

  Batman : [Merlin turns GA's arrow into a bird, which flies off]  I'm convinced.

• Merlin : Yonder lies the tower of Excalibur, where the mystic sword is hidden. The time has come for the one who is worthy to enter the tower and pluck Excalibur from the stone. You alone can do this.

  Green Arrow : You alone? Sorry, but the last time I checked, the mystic runes left this one up for debate.

  Batman : [Arrow rides his horse forward]  He's so predictable.

• Batman : [freed from her spell]  Game's over, Le Fay.

  Morgaine le Fey : How?

  Merlin : A gift from an old fool, who perhaps isn't as old or as foolish as we both believed.

• Merlin : The spirits of the tower have borne witness to your victory, Dark Knight.

  Green Arrow : [insulted]  *His* victory?

  Merlin : You may now enter and retrieve Excalibur. Camelot is saved.

  Morgaine le Fey : [appearing in a swirl of smoke]  Not just yet, Merlin.

  Merlin : Excalibur's magic reigns here, Morgaine. No sorcery can prevent he who is worthy from reaching his destiny.

  Morgaine le Fey : My dear teacher, I have no intention of stopping him at all.

  [working her magic, a metallic suit of armor appears over the Batsuit] 

  Morgaine le Fey : In fact, I want the Dark Knight to reach his destiny, so he may gain Excalibur for his new master.

• Morgaine le Fey : Blood, to me, now.

  Jason Blood : Merlin has released me from your enchantment, Morgaine. He's given me my freedom at last.

  Morgaine le Fey : Idiot. Of what use is freedom to the dead?

  Merlin : [she transforms into a dragon]  Excalibur. It's our only chance.

  Batman : [struggling to remove it]  It won't come out.

  Merlin : Then you're not the one who is worthy?

  Batman : Apparently not.