[The screen is dark, the Warner Bros and DreamWorks Animation logos fade in and out. Eerie music begins to play. The text slowly fades onto the screen.] TEXT: "There was a time above..." [text fades] [Camera pans down to a lone figure perched on a Gothic rooftop. The figure is solemn, brooding.] TEXT: "A time before..." [text fades] [The unmistakable outline of Batman, looking over the gloomy cityscape of Gotham.] TEXT: "There were perfect things. Diamond absolates." [text fades] Batman (voiceover): "But things fall... Things on Earth, and what falls..." [Sound of thunder, glimpses of a falling figure; a young Bruce Wayne tumbling into a cavern.] TEXT: "...is fallen." [text fades] [Batman kneels down, cloaked by shadows.] Alfred (off-screen): "Master Wayne. Bruce! Bruce, are you alright." Batman (anguished): "Martha..." [Flashback to a young Bruce running from his parents' funeral through a forest, the chaotic flutter of bat wings around him.] Batman (voiceover): "In the dream, they took me to the light. A beautiful lie." [The iconic Bat-Signal lights up the sky, Batman's face hardens.] Batman: "There is a time when evil meets my match. My parents are dead, and I must do the right thing." [The scene shatters like glass as a green ogre's hand smashes through the screen.] Shrek: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's all this gloomy mumbling? Where's the funny? Where's the action?" Batman (confused): "Uh..." Shrek (rolling his eyes): "Look, you're doing it all wrong. This is supposed to be about you and Birdman throwing punches and wrapping it up." Batman: "No, it's Superman and--" [With a swift uppercut, Shrek punches Batman and grabs him.] Shrek: "Get out of yer wee costume drama!" [Shrek hurls Batman right into the Bat-Signal, shattering it.] Batman (flying through the air): "Aaaaaahh!" Superman (off-screen, laughing): "Hahaha. Classic." Donkey (off-screen): "Yeaaah!" [The title "Shrek 2" smashes onto the screen with the date "May 19, 2004" popping up.] TEXT: "Coming soon... Shark Tale in October 1, 2004" Batman (dazed, lying on the ground): "Uhhh...oh no...." [Suddenly, a fin materializes in the shattered remnants of the Bat-Signal puddle, and out pops Lenny the vegetarian shark from "Shark Tale".] Lenny (with a goofy smile): "Hey, don't look so glum, chum!" [Batman tries to stand up but Lenny slurps him up in one bite.] Batman (from inside Lenny, muffled): "I can't believe I'm being eaten by a shark..." [The screen fades to black as dramatic music gives way to a playful, upbeat tune. The trailer ends with the sounds of laughter and muffled Bat-pleas.]