Even the most athletic depictions give Oswald Cobblepot a waddling limp and dress him in a top-hat and tuxedo, which may be elegant but is impractical for fighting. On top of that, he's typically portrayed as a chain-smoker who stands only chest-high to the Dark Knight Detective, is burdened with a brobdingnagian bay window, and is apparently so specifically near-sighted that he needs to wear a monocle.
In part, because of his inventive intellect and carefully-laid plots. By the time this tale was published, the Penguin and his unusual arsenal had been around for a solid five years. In the course of those stories, the reading audience and Batman alike had been witness to the Penguin employing all sorts of machine-gun umbrellas, flamethrower umbrellas and—most importantly—umbrellas that filled the entire room with knockout gas! Smooth move, World's Greatest Detective. Clearly the Fine Feathered Fink has learned a thing or two from your previous encounters.
If ventriloquism is outlawed, only outlaws will ventriloquate. This discreetly-secreted getaway-umbrella which The Penguin keeps in his top hat raises more questions than it answers.
Yet the Foul-Feathered Fowl is able to access it handily, and use it parachute-style to float gently down from the top of a moderately-tall building. Not an umbrella, technically, this is an umbrella-shaped smoking pipe which The Penguin breaks out for an occasional change from his trademark cigarette holder. Despite the fact that it seems to be exactly what it is—just a pipe, not some sort of weaponized accouterment—The Penguin is nonetheless able to use it to escape the clutches of the Dynamic Duo.
By mixing his pipe tobacco with dried kernels of corn, lighting the concoction, and stupefying the crimefighters with a blizzard of popcorn! When The Penguin played, as in the TV series, with waddling irascibility by Burgess Meredith teams up with The Joker, The Riddler and Catwoman to abduct an entire roomful of United Nations diplomats, each of the vile villains is responsible for bringing something useful to the table.
After he captured Batman , Penguin offered to show him his collection of umbrellas. A huge assortment decorated his hideout, and Penguin seemed to rather an enjoy a particular one which he purchased in Spain. However, Penguin most often used a pistol as a weapon of defense. The umbrella's offensive weaponry did not come into play until later stories. The Golden Age Batman was shown to keep one of Penguin's Umbrellas in the Batcave , one that fired poison gas from its tip.
Apparently, Penguin's father died of pneumonia in a rain storm and his "overprotective mother" made him carry around an umbrella with him everywhere. That, after becoming a criminal, grew into Penguin's main weapon. The Penguin , master of the umbrella, always carried one with him. In most episodes, it was used as a sword, a firearm or to spray Penguin Knockout gas, but there were also many other secret weapons that were hidden in those rain protectors:.
In Batman Returns , the Penguin kept a large barrel of umbrellas at his hideout for his own personal use. In a city full of flamboyant personalities and superpowers, and when comic artists are drawing him, the umbrella a visual cue that shows who the Penguin is.
Since most Batman villains have gone through many different looks and origins, visual reminders like the Joker's purple suit, Selina Kyle's goggles, or the Penguin's umbrella can make sure the audience recognizes the character. It also adds to Cobblepot's gentlemanly affect: he's a stone-cold thug wearing tails, a top hat, a monocle, and carrying an umbrella.
Penguin has a few different origins, but usually he is either a privileged aristocrat turned evil as seems to be the case on Gotham so far or a former street kid who dresses in a formal fashion after making his fortune as a crook and a gangster. A fundamental piece of the costume has always been his trademark umbrella. Some gangsters carry canes, some villains stroke white cats, but only Penguin uses an umbrella as an artillery weapon.
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