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April 11, 2003
Penguin
Oswald Cobblepot was the first son born to an affluent Gotham City couple, but because of his extreme physical deformaties, he was a source of pain and embarassment, and summarily tossed into a river. However, that watery grave would instead become a haven, and years later, the man known as The Penguin (Danny DeVito) would return to Gotham to seek revenge on the society that labelled him a monster.
In Batman Returns, The Penguin would set into motion his plan to murder all the first sons of Gotham as a symbolic response to the treatment his own parents gave him. In the process, he would meet Max Shreck, a shifty Gotham businessman with devious plans of his own. Together, they would hatch a scheme to put Mr. Oswald Cobblepot in the Mayor's office and in control of everything in the city. Batman, of course, has this thing about justice and fighting crime, so you know how that turns out.
During the course of events, the Penguin struggles with his own identity and history, at first trying to embrace the benefits of normal society and everything political power has to offer. In the end, he returns to his true home, complete with the cold-blooded killer circus folk and his penguin "babies." In either case, though, he's ruthless and painfully direct with his intentions. When he wanted to scare the Ice Princess - the lucky girl who gets to push the button and light up the Gotham Christmas Tree - he engineers a stunt to have her plummet to her death from the highest building. Penguin's response: "Well, she looked scared, didn't she?"
INTELLIGENCE - 7: Clever and crafty, the Penguin can lead a vicious gang and run for Mayor at the same time.
POWER - 4: Handicapped by an inflated spherical frame and flippers for hands, he's not much good in one-on-one combat.
VILENESS - 9: Hopes to exact revenge on rich Gothamites by killing their children.
SWAY - 6: Sufficiently aggressive while intimidating his gang or the public, but he tends to get sidetracked either by slinky Catwomen or Max Shreck's hype.
PURITY - 9: On the whole, his thirst for revenge fuels devious actions and a raging temper.
PHYSICAL - 8: Physically repulsive, not even the most dapper Gotham suits can save that mug of his.
TOTAL: 43
Posted by Destro at April 11, 2003 09:37 AM