Wayne Enterprises
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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances (Bat-Fam): All In A Bat's Day's Work and A Knight at the Movies
Powers: Not Applicable
Voiced By: Not Applicable
After Batman forced Dr. Light into retirement, he confiscated his last and most dangerous invention the AntiGlow in an undisclosed Wayne Enterprises facility. Due to a warehouse worker crashing into several boxes, the AntiGlow's beacon became active. Dr. Light himself picked up its frequency. Light got to it first before someone could use it to take over world but was seemingly vaporized while turning off the beacon then word got out a powerful weapon was somewhere in Wayne Enterprises. A few months later, for Go To Work With a Grown Up Day, Bruce Wayne took Claire Selton with him to Wayne Enterprises. In his office on the 104th floor, Bruce showed Claire a release form that allowed sales to fold into the company's revenue streams adjacent to their clients. He signed off on it and noted his team worked tirelessly to push it through. He remembered a contract that pertained to sustainable growth. As he went on about expanding and diversifying your portfolio, a sleep Claire noticed the office chair and was amazed by the sheepskin exterior, bespoke footrest, and fully customizable comfort. Bruce asked if she was listening or not. She asked him what would disappoint him more: her not listening to him or her lying to him. He chose lying. She admitted he was not listening to him.
Bruce realized Alicia was right and Claire would not be easily impressed. Claire realized Damian was right and the chair was incredibly plush. Bruce tried to quickly think of a way to impress her and wished he knew what she was thinking. Claire could only think about the chair. Bruce told himself to have patience and he would find a way to impress her. Claire told herself to have patience and she would find a way to get her booty into that chair. Bruce presented his security feed to Claire and pointed out the R&D department, the communications lab, the warehouse, and a helicopter pad. She keyed in on a sign in the warehouse stating minors weren't allowed and came up with a scheme. She lied the warehouse sounded impressive. Bruce was surprised but remembered kids weren't allowed. Claire offered to watch him from his office through the camera. He stated he would do anything for Claire and told her to have a seat on his chair but stopped her upon realizing he would get special treatment if he tried to work in the warehouse so he donned a Matches Malone disguise he had handy in a desk drawer. He promised to impress her and left. She feel asleep on the chair.
Damian Wayne called up Claire to ask her to access Bruce's computer. Claire lied she was busy working. Damian called in the IOU for telling Bruce he set his beard on fire. Claire relented. Damian asked her to start by digging up anything she could on Stella Tetch. Bruce, as Matches Malone, met with the floor manager of the warehouse, Ansen Goodberry. Goodberry asked Matches if he thought he had what it takes to work in his warehouse. Matches thought he had what it takes. Goodberry called strike one and stated he needed workers, not thinkers. He decided to share a list of things he didn't need: laziness, dishonesty, tardiness, funny business, nose hair, long hair, weird hair, clairvoyance, guys named Phillip, glitter, question marks, office parties, reggae, boat cruises, office parties with reggae boat cruises, and back chat. He asked Matches if he had any questions. Bruce was about to answer but Goodberry clarified questions were also on his list. He took out a box filled with employees' phones and said, "When you're on my floor, your phone's behind my door." Matches handed over his phone. Bruce noticed it rhymed. Goodberry stated he knew that and that's what made it clever. He called strike two for pointing out obvious wordplay then ordered him to get to work.
Bruce waved at the camera. Claire snickered but noticed the name "Ansen Goodberry" on the office door and briefly wondered why the name sounded familiar then went back to sleep. Bruce looked at his clipboard and found something odd, he was doing the same inventory rotation that's been going on for days. He wondered if something was missing or being looked for then presumed maybe that was how the warehouse was run. Bruce took a break at the water cooler and talked to two other workers about how Bruce Wayne really knows how to reward hard work. He thought even the water tasted good. The workers were more concerned about doing something about Goodberry. She didn't think finding a crate and putting it back over and over made no sense. Goodberry ordered them to get back to work. He stopped Bruce and handed him an assignment he picked himself. He looked at some crates and noticed mud on his clipboard. Officially suspicious, Bruce went to a camera and told Claire something fishy was going on and went dark. He punched out the camera. Claire was startled awake and remembered to do the search on Sad Hatter.
Claire called Damian and told him Mad Hatter and an unknown accomplice got into trouble two nights ago. She added police were looking for someone named "S. Tetch" as a possible suspect. She hung up and texted the details. Claire noticed the warehouse camera was out and checked Goodberry's contact information. A photo and 800-555-0199 number came up. She suddenly remembered breaking into a vault with Goodberry when she was still Volcana. Claire called Bruce's phone but got no answer. Bruce used a Swiss Army Knife to break into Goodberry's office. He saw mud on the phone and found numerous criminal paraphernalia in cabinet drawers. Claire left a voicemail telling Bruce Ansen Goodberry's real name was Todd Russell. Bruce already knew that and confronted Russell, who was currently Clayface. He called it Bruce's third strike and threw him out. Clayface saw no body and was attacked by Batman. Clayface realized Batman was Matches Malone but a pill was thrown in his mouth and he foamed. Claire got Bruce's voicemail again and conceded she would have to get off the chair. Batman grilled Clayface about working with Mad Hatter as they fought. Clayface asked why he would work with him if even his own kids wouldn't.
Batman wasn't buying it was all a coincidence they both broke into a Wayne Enterprises facility. Clayface knocked Batman into electrical panels. Clayface invited him to figure it out since he was the detective. Batman dodged his hammer strike and Clayface was electrocuted. The power went out in the whole building. Claire contemplated being able to do 104 floors to Flame's dismay. An out-of-breath Claire called Damian and uttered "warehouse" and "Clay." Little Batman popped out a vent and declared it was spaghetti time. The grate landed on Clayface's face and it came through the slits like spaghetti to Little Batman's relief or his line would have made no sense. Batman wondered why he came. Clayface split into two but Little Batman shoved one into the other. One half told the other to get his butt out of his face. Clayface threw Batman through a shelf. He looked up and saw Bright. He asked what he was doing there. Bright answered the less he knew, the better.
An epoxy vat was pierced. Clayface absorbed it and became bigger and stronger. He threw a crate on Batman and grabbed Little Batman and Bright. Batman broke their falls but Clayface was about to flee the warehouse. He told Batman he was fired. Claire emerged from the stairwell and blasted him with flames, countering he was the one who was fired. Clayface was baked solid. Bright released a flash and jumped out a window. Little Batman told Claire how cool she was. Batman called it an impressive day at the office and as he sat, the office chair came to him. Claire was impressed. Batman thought it was funny that after all that happened, the chair is what impressed her the most. Claire asked him if it never occurred to him she was already pretty impressed he let her into his family. Batman had the chair extend itself horizontally so Claire could sit, too. Little Batman jumped in between them and they hugged. Batman didn't think it could get any better. Claire countered it can always get better and she activated the massage mode. Alfred took the liberty of printing 25 years of Wayne Enterprises Storage manifests and brought it to Batman in the Batcave in hopes it would help him figure out what the supervillains were looking for.