Superman and Batman: The World's Finest/Transcript

(The film starts with logos before the scene fades to black as text fades up: "This picture is dedicated in loving memory to Christopher Reeve" and "Without whom we would never have believed a man could fly". The text fades as the scene fades to the planet Krypton as the camera pans back to Krypton behind the sun.)

Jor-El: (voiceover) You will travel far, my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you... even in the face of our deaths. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father... the son.

(The red supergiant Rao implodes and becomes supernova, destroying Krypton to asteroids. The opening credits start as the Superman and Batman emblem appear in a manner reminiscent of the Superman opening credits sequence while the "Superman Theme" plays in the background as the camera pans forward from space to Earth. After the opening credits, the scene fades up to Superman who flies in his Spaceshipper as he searches for remains in Krypton, but realizes there are no survivors as he returns to Earth. The scene goes to black.)

Gertrude Vanderworth: (voiceover) In spite of your past...

(The scene cuts to Vanderworth's house as thunder crashes then the scene cuts to Vanderworth's bedroom.)

Gertrude Vanderworth: I know you're a good man. And all good men deserve a second chance. (coughs weakly) From the moment I received your first letter, I knew you were not like the rest. You came from nothing and you worked so hard to get where you are. You might have made a few mistakes.

(The door bangs.)

Man #1: Gertrude, for God's sake!

Man #2: Damn it, Gertrude, let us in now!

Gertrude Vanderworth: You said that if I helped you get out of prison, you'd take care of me.

Lex Luthor: Mm-hmm.

Gertrude Vanderworth: And you have. You've shown me pleasures that I've never known. That's why you deserve everything.

(Lex Luthor places a pen and a clipboard to Gertrude's hand as she writes her name on the signature.)

Gertrude Vanderworth: I love you... Lex Luthor.

(Gertrude Vanderworth moans and dies. Lex Luthor removes the pen as he takes the ring off his finger and drops it into a cup then he goes to the door as two dogs follow him after one dog licks Gertrude's hand.)

Man #1: Gertrude, let us in. He's a crook!

Man #2: He doesn't love you, Gertrude!

Woman: He's a monster! Gertrude!

(The scene goes to an upstairs room as Lex Luthor opens the door and the clock chimes.)

Lex Luthor: (looks at a little girl, takes the wig off and gives it to her) You can keep that.

Woman: Good Lord.

Lex Luthor: The rest is mine.

(Lex Luthor walks off as a girl shrieks in terror and a woman picks it while the group leaves. The scene goes to the main hall as Lex Luthor goes downstairs.)

Lex Luthor: Time to go.

(Kitty Kowalski, dressed as a maid, follows Lex Luthor to the car and takes the top off her head as the yacht model stands in the middle of the hall then Lex Luthor closes the front door.)