Dance With the Devil

Speaking of Nicholson’s Joker, how can we forget one of his most striking scenes from the 1989 Batman movie where he shows up to harass Vicki Vale and finds her with, not Batman, but Bruce Wayne. Wayne tries to hold his own without revealing who he truly is by getting wild with a fire poker, but then the Joker asks him, “Tell me something my friend, you ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?”

Not only is it a killer line, but if we’re being savvy enough, we’ll remember that the man who murdered Wayne’s parents in the beginning of the movie said the same exact thing. Maybe a bit clumsy of a reveal, but still a great one given Nicholson’s delivery.