Re: Isn't it a little late for that?
Clearly their hearts just weren't in it.
Or else..."Now if you had only been vearing ze pixie boots and zose adorable little feathered lederhosen zat ze ozzer sidekick vears, ZEN ve'd be having a party!"
(Like in the Captain America/Batman crossover, where the Red Skull captures Batman and Bucky (They've swapped sidekicks for the mission) and puts them in a deathtrap, but regrets missing out on Robin, and having to settle for Bucky...