The mayor wants a parade. "Hot dogs, balloons, the whole schmear," for the 200th anniversary of Gotham City. Everyone knows 200 is the Schmear Anniversary.
In the newsroom, other reporters tease Knox about his bat stories.
But Knox is distracted by a pair of legs in the newsroom.
The legs belong to photographer Vicki Vale, who is in Gotham to capture the batman on video.
She thinks capturing Batman on film would be Pulitzer Prize-winning material.
To help track down the bat, Vale has tickets to Bruce Wayne's charity benefit. For some reason she believes the bat will be there. Is the benefit being held in a cave or something?