Context

This line was spoken by Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy) in Batman: The Animated Series, written by Henry Gilroy and Sean Derek (1992-1995).

Sorry Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, and Ben Affleck, but the definitive Batman actor is a guy in a voice booth named Kevin Conroy. Conroy was the first actor to give Bruce Wayne and Batman distinct voices—giving the billionaire playboy a casual politeness, and the Caped Crusader a rough growl.

And his first iconic moment as a voice actor came early in the series, in an episode where Batman faced off against the Scarecrow. One of the hallucinations Scarecrow gives Batman is a pretty intense vision of his parents saying he's a failure. We bet Superman doesn't suffer from these kind of daddy issues.

But he pulls through, thanks to the power of what would become one of Batman's all-time greatest and darkest catchphrases, and Conroy would go on to be the definitive voice of Batman in cartoons and video games for the next two decades.

And he didn't have to put on 100 pounds of muscles to be a superhero either.

Where you've heard it

If you've watched any Batman or Justice League cartoons over the past 20 years or played the Arkham games, you've heard Kevin Conroy's dark growl and slight sassiness as Batman.

Additional Notable References:

• Things come full circle as Batman (voiced by Conroy) uses this line to beat the Scarecrow's hallucination of the Joker in the 2015 Arkham Knight video game.
• In an extremely heroic move, Kevin Conroy spoke this line when he was volunteering as a cook at Ground Zero after 9/11 to bring people hope and cheer.
• And here is ten minutes of Batman and Kevin Conroy doing their thing in the Justice League animated series.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

If you quote this line, make sure you have the growl, dead parents, and martial arts skills to back it up.