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“Why so serious”
SPOKEN AT 00:29:28 INThe Dark Knight
2008 · 152 MIN · IMDB 9.0 · DIR. Christopher Nolan
The scene — dialogue around the line
00:29:03 ...and a fiend.
00:29:05 And one night, he goes off crazier than usual.
00:29:10 Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself.
00:29:13 He doesn't like that...
00:29:14 ...not one bit.
00:29:18 So, me watching...
00:29:20 ...he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it.
00:29:25 He turns to me and he says:
00:29:28 "Why so serious?"
00:29:32 He comes at me with the knife.
00:29:34 "Why so serious?"
00:29:38 He sticks the blade in my mouth.
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2014
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“Why so serious? It's just warmup.” · 01:44:23
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