

Southern always sided with Fonda, saying in 2016: "You know if Den Hopper improvises a dozen lines and six of them survive the cutting room floor he'll put in for screenplay credit. In 1992 he sued Fonda over the screenwriting rights and it was settled out of court. The screenwriting rewards were split three ways but Hopper claimed he had been promised the only slightly greater 40%. Two-Face corners them at gunpoint, and while flipping his coin to decide their fates, Batman throws a handful of coins at him, causing him to fall to his death, avenging Grayson's family.Hopper may have been unhappy with the new cut, but he was furious over being denied what he viewed as his rightful financial due.

Robin confronts and briefly fights Two-Face, however he is subdued and captured, while Batman confronts the Riddler, with a choice to save either Meridan or Robin, but Batman destroys the Mother Box, severely damaging Nygma's mind, and saves Meridan and Robin. Batman tracks to the villainous duo to their hideout, with help from Dick, a new hero under the name of Robin, while Batman manages to break into the lair.

Pennyworth takes Wayne to a section of the Batcave, where Wayne finds his father's diary, understanding the death of his parents were never his fault, and learns of Nygma's Riddler alias. Riddler and Two-Face attack Wayne Manor, take Meridian hostage, and destroy the Batcave, and Wayne being partially amnesiac of the shot from Two-Face grazing his forehead. While Dent and Nygma team up, Wayne watches a GNN news cast where citizens attack Batman collateral damage on the Gotham subway, and soon starts a romantic relationship with Meridian. Wayne refuses Grayson wanting to help him find and kill Two-Face in revenge, and Nygma watches Dent's attack on television, taking the moniker of the Riddler. Wayne takes Grayson as his ward, but Grayson is disinterested and wants revenge against Dent instead, later discovering Wayne is Batman. During a charity circus performance, Wayne witnesses Two-Face attack and murder the Flying Graysons, leaving the youngest, Dick, alone. Shortly afterwards, Batman comes into conflict with the supervillain Two-Face, formerly district attorney Harvey Dent, and now bent on revenge, becoming acquainted with psychologist Dr. Nygma had developed the Box, a machine capable of transmitting television signals directly into the human brain, but Wayne turns him down, causing Nygma to kill his supervisor, stages it as a suicide, and resign from the company. A few years later, Wayne invests time in Wayne Enterprises and while visiting applied scientists, he becomes acquainted with Edward Nygma, an employee obsessed with him.
