Batmobile: Best. Graduation Gift. Ever.

I'm pretty sure this is the greatest graduation gift of all time. I mean sure, Robert Downey Jr. got a record label in Less Than Zero, but he got all coked up and ruined it. If only his parents had given him a freakin' Batmobile just think how much better things would have worked out for him!

From the Dayton Daily News:

As 122 Carlisle High School graduates filed out of the school gymnasium Saturday, Taylor Armstrong stopped in her tracks.

A replica of the Batmobile was parked in front of the school.

“What is this?” she said, jaw dropping as she read a sign stating: “Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed. Taylor Armstrong to the Batmobile.”

“This is a special gift from your dad,” said Chris Woodside of Cincinnati, who volunteered to drive the graduate to her home in his 1976 Catalina station wagon, designed to look exactly like the suped-up car in the 1960s “Batman” television series.

The tears began to fall, first from Taylor, and then from those who knew her best as she opened a Batman envelope holder with a note from her father, Mark Armstrong, a former Marine and police officer with the Dayton and Kettering departments. Her father is working in Afghanistan with the military as a private contractor.

“He was just saying that he is very proud of me, and he was sad that he couldn’t be here,” she said, tucking away the note to read in full later.

Taylor, who admits an obsession with all things Batman, recalls dressing like a superhero and watching the movies and television series with her father and brother, Justin, 19 when they were children.

Woodside can relate to the cape-wearing memories, and said as a car lover he always wanted a Batmobile. When he found a car kit seven years ago, he knew it was meant to be, though it took seven years and plenty of research to make it look authentic.

So it's a wonderful gift, it's sweet and touching, it's the awesomest thing ever, yes? But wait, I haven't even gotten to the good part:

From the chain-cutting blade that comes out of the front bumper to a detect-a-scope antenna that goes up and down, everything is functional, including the three-foot flames that shoot out of the back exhaust pipe, which is positioned between two parachutes.

I would have studied SO DAMN HARD if I thought there was even a chance! I mean I'd have gone magna cum laude for the freakin' Spider-Mobile! But kudos all around, there's no one in this story who doesn't sound like a really spectacular person, and I wish Taylor all the best as she cruises around in her Batmobile.

What is your scene, Taylor, we just gotta know?!