"BATMAN RETURNS" by Daniel Waters [with revisions by Wesley ...

INSERT - TV SCREEN
will never forget.
The rest of the scene in Gotham Plaza plays out on video:
Now Penguin is fully out above the pavement, so we can
see how he'd miraculously floated up ... on a big Rubber
Duck attached to a tall scissor-lift. As CAMERA ZOOMS
IN:
ANCHORMAN'S VOICE
That's him: The shadowy, much
rumored penguin-man of the sewers,
arisen. Until today, he'd been
another tabloid myth, alongside
the Abominable Snowman and the Loch
Ness Monster ...
The Mayor's wife snatches up her baby in tears. Then,
fighting nausea, she embraces the modest, abashed
Penguin -- whose eyes heartbreakingly blink in the
unaccustomed light.
ANCHORMAN'S VOICE
But now this odd little man-beast
can proudly stand tall, alongside
our own legendary Batman.
The Mayor tries to shake Penguin's hand ... but somehow
Max Shreck is standing between them, patting Penguin's
back.
ANCHORMAN'S VOICE
Gotham's leading citizen, Max Shreck,
had been on a fact-finding mission in
Gotham Plaza...
Shreck whispers something in Penguin's pointy little ear
-- c'mon, you're a hero, it's your moment. Embarrassed,
but -- aw, what the hell -- Penguin takes a little bow.
Gotham Plaza erupts. "Joy To The World" PEALS over the
PA.
INT. WAYNE MANOR LIVING ROOM - NIGHT