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A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality.Duration:01:13...
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Hungary's needy given money to burn
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Hungary's central bank, currently at the centre of a dispute between the country's government and the EU, has launched an unusual social programme to counter the effects of the current cold snap. It's handing out blocks of disus...
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News to Go is the daily morning newscast of GMA News TV, anchored by Howie Severino and Kara David. It airs Mondays to Fridays at 9:00 AM (PHL Time) on GMA News TV Channel 11. For more videos from News to Go, visit www.gmanetwork.com...
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To celebrate President Reagan's 101st birthday, Americans for Prosperity launched this ad, which compares and contrasts quotes from the two presidents, showing the stark difference in their view of what America should be. To view the fu...
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This is a video that I made for our Country and the AFP. "Love your country and your protectors..=)"...
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Aba under siege after Tibetan monks protest
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Southwest China's Aba is under a military-like occupation with armed riot and paramilitary police lined up along the main street of this small town famed for its Tibetan Buddhist temples. Duration: 00:59...
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The stars of the TV show 'Mythbusters' visit a California neighborhood to survey the damage after one of their experiments went bad. A cannonball missed its target and careened into homes, knocking holes in walls. (Dec. 8)...
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Roma skills get new life with EU-funded project in Romania
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Traditional Roma crafts are under threat in the modern world. But an EU scheme is helping craftsmen and women to adapt to today's market. Duration: 01:44....
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Sex workers in New Zealand expect to be rushed off their feet as 95000 sports fans arrive for the Rugby World Cup, with brothels across the country doubling condom orders for the tournament. Duration: 02:11...
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Trading was volatile on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange, as a better-than-expected US jobs report and hints of progress in Europe's debt crisis gave some relief after a steep sell-off a day earlier sent global markets in a nose di...
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A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality.Duration:01:13...
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  • AFP Philippines Huey Helicopter
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  • Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad listens to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton during the inauguration ceremony of the Palestinian security services headquarters in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH
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  • European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton addresses the inauguration ceremony of the Palestinian security services headquarters in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH
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  • European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (C) tour a market in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH
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  • European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton laughs as Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (L) shakes hands with an unidentified EU official during the inauguration ceremony of the Palestinian security services headquarters in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH
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  • Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton unveil a commemorative plaque during the inauguration ceremony of the Palestinian security services headquarters in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH
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  • European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton addresses the inauguration ceremony of the Palestinian security services headquarters in the West Bank city of Jenin on August 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH
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  • A Palestinian man holds an Egyptian flag during a rally in support of Egypt at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2011, after Egypt reopened the border, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • Palestinian travellers exchange currency before crossing into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2011 as Egypt reopened the border, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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  • EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso flanked by Serbia's Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic (R) speaks during a joint press conference in Belgrade on May 19, 2011. Jose Manuel Barroso visited Serbia as part of a Balkans tour, a few months before the Commission reports on whether Belgrade has met all necessary conditions to obtain the status of a candidate for European Union membership. Serbia hopes in October to get a positive verdict from the European Commission on its application for a Euro
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  • Egyptians return home from the Sallum border crossing with Libya on February 22, 2011. Egypt sent military planes to Tripoli to evacuate up to 1.5 million Egyptians trapped in Libya's violent uprising as thousands dashed to the border hoping to make their way home. AFP PHOTO/STR
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  • Armed Forces of the Philippine ( AFP ) personnel seen during the Caravan , they were utilized to help in the distribution of food in Marikina City , Philippines , June 3, 2010.
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  • Viviane Reding(2rd right) with Vice-President of the European Parliament Stavros Lambrinidis(4th right) and President of Hungary Pal Schmitt(right) chat with a presenter of an exhibiton during the official opening ceremony of the 'European Year of Volunteering 201' in the theater of Millenaris Cultural Center in Budapest on January 8, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Ferenc Isza
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  • Presidents and members of delegations trie to move a 'swing' toy after the official opening ceremony of the 'European Year of Volunteering 2011' in the garden of Millenaris Cultural Center in Budapest on January 8, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Ferenc Isza
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  • Delegations and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban take a seat with his counterpart President of the European Commitee Jose Manuel Barroso (middle) during the first meeting of the EC college and the Hungarian presidency of the council of the EU in Budapest in the building of the Hungarian parliament on January 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Ferenc Isza
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  • Vice-president of the European Parliament Stavros Lambrinidis, at left, and Jose Manuel Barroso cut a ribbon during the official inaguration of the new House of the European Union. AFP PHOTO / Ferenc Isza
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  • Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ) personnel seen in a army truck while passing in Batasan Road , Quezon City , Philippines , July 27 , 2008.
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  • Navy Seabees attached to the Club and Spades of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB 25), work shoulder-to-shoulder with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) .
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  • Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB 25), along with members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) work on a building at the Manuel Memorial Elementary School.
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  • Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB 25) and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) hoist a water tank into position at the Bacungan Elementary School.
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  • Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB 25) and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) work on repairs of a deep well and water tank at the Bacungan Elementary School.
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  • Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB 25) and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) work on repairs of a deep well and water tank at the Bacungan Elementary School.
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  • AFP Photo Journalist Tauseef Mustafa, who was hit by a teargas shell during a protest at Nowhatta being shifted to a hospital in Srinagar on Friday.
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  • Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP )personnel who graduated in their safety and rescue program , Fort Bonifacio Camp , Philippines , May 30 , 2009 .
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  • Kashmiri muslims shout anti Indian slogans as they carry the body of a nine year old boy during a funeral in Srinagar on August 3, 2010. Six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in Indian Kashmir on Monday, amid renewed clashes between anti-India protesters and security forces, police and eyewitnesses said. Four protesters were shot dead by security forces in incidents across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, a police officer, who declined to be named, told AFP. A fifth was kille
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  • Kashmiri muslims shout anti Indian slogans as they carry the body of a nine year old boy during a funeral in Srinagar on August 3, 2010. Six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in Indian Kashmir on Monday, amid renewed clashes between anti-India protesters and security forces, police and eyewitnesses said. Four protesters were shot dead by security forces in incidents across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, a police officer, who declined to be named, told AFP. A fifth was kille
    WN / Imran Nissar
  • Kashmiri muslims shout anti Indian slogans as they carry the body of a nine year old boy during a funeral in Srinagar on August 3, 2010. Six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in Indian Kashmir on Monday, amid renewed clashes between anti-India protesters and security forces, police and eyewitnesses said. Four protesters were shot dead by security forces in incidents across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, a police officer, who declined to be named, told AFP. A fifth was kille
    WN / Imran Nissar
  • Kashmiri muslims shout anti Indian slogans as they carry the body of a nine year old boy during a funeral in Srinagar on August 3, 2010. Six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in Indian Kashmir on Monday, amid renewed clashes between anti-India protesters and security forces, police and eyewitnesses said. Four protesters were shot dead by security forces in incidents across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, a police officer, who declined to be named, told AFP. A fifth was kille
    WN / Imran Nissar
  • Kashmiri muslims shout anti Indian slogans as they carry the body of a nine year old boy during a funeral in Srinagar on August 3, 2010. Six people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in Indian Kashmir on Monday, amid renewed clashes between anti-India protesters and security forces, police and eyewitnesses said. Four protesters were shot dead by security forces in incidents across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, a police officer, who declined to be named, told AFP. A fifth was kille
    WN / Imran Nissar
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Smoke from a burning truck raises outside a NATO military base during an anti-US protest in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.
Jakarta Globe
27 Feb 2012
A Taliban suicide car bomber targeting a NATO base at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan killed nine people on Monday, following days of deadly anti-US protests over the burning of the Koran....
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul
A body is brought out of a supermarket , Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 in central Kabul, Afghanistan. A bomb exploded inside a grocery store frequented by foreigners on Friday in Kabul, killing and injuring people, police and eyewitnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the attack was against a U.S.-based security contractor.
The Examiner
27 Feb 2012
A suicide car bomber killed nine people at the Jalalabad military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday in an attack the Taliban claimed was revenge for U.S. soldiers burning Korans last week....
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Real Madrid player Mahamadou Diarra from Mali reacts during his Spanish League soccer match against Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Saturday, March 8, 2008.
The Guardian
27 Feb 2012
• Former Real Madrid midfielder without a club since Monaco • 30-year-old Malian once cost Real £22m Mali's midfielder Mahamadou Diarra will become a Fulham player upon the receipt of his visa....

Malaya BY VICTOR REYES--> --> FOUR officers were recently given new assignments but the third highest military post remains unfilled. The post of AFP deputy chief of staff was vacated by Lt. Gen. Anthony Alcantara on February 6 when he assumed the post of chief of the Northern Luzon Command. Three officers...(size: 2.8Kb)
The Australian THE West Australian Coroner has launched a stinging attack on the Australian Federal Police and a commonwealth department over their role in the Christmas Island boat tragedy and has demanded increased surveillance around the Indian Ocean outpost. Handing down his findings on the December 2010...(size: 4.2Kb)
Malaya BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR --> PRESIDENT Aquino yesterday swore into office newly-appointed Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza and presidential adviser on legislative affairs Manuel Mamba. Jardeleza, who was the deputy ombudsman for Luzon prior to his new job, was also a former senior vice president and...(size: 3.0Kb)
Kathimerini The chairman of Agence France-Presse, Emmanuel Hoog, has sent a letter to the Greek police protesting the publication of AFP photos on its website, saying they were used without the news wire's authorization and may place the agency's photographers at risk. The Greek police posted on its website...(size: 2.4Kb)
Malaya BY WILMA GALVANTE--> --> THE Armed Forces is planning to partner with schools in a bid to inculcate in students democratic ideals and at the same time convince them to more actively support government programs. "The basic objective here is how we can tap the studentry, the youth for...(size: 1.9Kb)
Sydney Morning Herald Putting out fires … Leighton said it has been investigating suspect activities. Photo: AP A LEIGHTON HOLDINGS unit based in Asia is embroiled in allegations of corrupt conduct on at least two fronts, with the construction group revealing the federal police have launched a formal investigation...(size: 4.8Kb)
Sydney Morning Herald Leighton Offshore is under scrutiny in Iraq. Photo: AP A LEIGHTON Holdings unit based in Asia is embroiled in allegations of corrupt conduct on at least two fronts, with the construction group revealing that federal police have launched an investigation into possible bribes in Iraq. Leighton...(size: 4.3Kb)
Jakarta Globe The Hague. Spanish freelance photographer Samuel Aranda has won the coveted World Press Photo Award for his moving portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in Yemen, judges said Friday. Three AFP photographers also won prizes in the 55th...(size: 1.7Kb)
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    The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) is a DC Comics supervillain and one of Batman's oldest, most persistent enemies. The Penguin was introduced by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, making his debut in ''Detective Comics'' #58 (December 1941).

    The Penguin is a short, rotund man known for his love of birds and his specialized high-tech umbrellas. A mobster and thief, he fancies himself a "gentleman of crime"; his nightclub business provides a cover for more low-key criminal activity, which Batman tolerates as a source of criminal underworld information. According to co-creator Bob Kane, the character was inspired from the then advertising mascot of Kool cigarettes — a penguin with a top hat and cane. Bill Finger also thought the image of high-society gentlemen in tuxedos was reminiscent of emperor penguins.

    Burgess Meredith portrayed the Penguin in the 1960s ''Batman'' television series, perhaps the most well-known incarnation of the character. Danny DeVito played a darker, more grotesque version of the Penguin in the 1992 film ''Batman Returns''. Subsequent ''Batman'' animated series have featured the Penguin in depictions that alternate between deformed outcast and high-profile aristocrat. The former interpretation has also appeared in comics, most notably in the miniseries ''Batman: The Long Halloween'' and its sequel ''Dark Victory.'' He only appears for a minor cameo at the end of the ''Long Halloween,'' and has no lines. He plays a slightly more notable role in ''Dark Victory'' — this incarnation also included elements of Meredith's interpretation.

    Paradoxically, the Penguin has repeatedly been named among the worst and best Batman villains over the years.

    Unlike most of Batman's rogues gallery, the Penguin is in control of his own actions and perfectly sane, features that serve to maintain a unique relationship with Batman. This has extended into the current characterization of the Penguin ceasing his direct involvement in crime, instead running a nightclub that is popular with the underworld; on one occasion he temporarily returned to active crime for the thrill of it, aware that Batman would learn about his actions but also secure in the knowledge that the Dark Knight couldn't testify in court without revealing his identity. As such, he is an excellent source of information on crime, so Batman grudgingly tolerates his operations so long as the Penguin agrees to be one of his informants. However, the entrepreneurial Penguin is often fencing stolen property or arranging early furloughs for incarcerated former criminal associates — for a hefty fee, of course — on the side.

    Fictional character biography

    Born Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin was bullied as a child for his short stature, obesity, and beak-like nose. In some media, his fingers are fused together, resulting in flipper-like hands. Several stories relate that he was forced as a child to always carry an umbrella by his overprotective mother, due to his father dying of pneumonia after being drenched in a downpour. His mother owns several pet birds, and Cobblepot lavishes them with attention, considering them his only friends. In some versions, Cobblepot turns to crime after his mother dies and the birds are repossessed to pay his mother's debts; in others, he is an outcast in his rich, high society family, and their rejection drives him to become a criminal. In keeping with his family's tradition of wealth, the Penguin lives a life of crime, yet executes it with his class and style. In keeping with his pretensions of being a refined gentleman, he also prefers to wear formal wear such as a top hat, monocle, and tuxedo during his jobs.

    The Penguin's alias first came from a childhood taunt, leveled by bullies who teased him because of his grotesque appearance and love of birds. In an early origin account, when Cobblepot first attempted to join a crime boss' gang, he was again belittled as a "penguin" and mocked for his umbrella before being literally kicked from the crime den. Outraged at being rejected even by criminals, he resolved to make "the Penguin" a name to fear and the umbrella a fearsome weapon. Clad in what became his customary formal garb, he returned to the den and killed the crime boss with "the world's first .45 caliber umbrella", then claimed leadership of the now terrified criminals. Some later stories suggest that he tried to abandon the nickname, which he hates, but it has been permanently brought into popularity by his high-profile criminal career.

    Pre-Crisis

    Originally known by no other name than his alias, the Penguin first appeared in Gotham City as a skilled thief, sneaking a priceless painting out of the museum by hiding the rolled-up canvas in the handle of his umbrella. The Penguin would later use the canvas as proof of his intellect to a local mob, which he was quickly allowed to join. With the Penguin's help, the mob pulls off a string of ingenious heists, but the mob's leader and the Penguin himself eventually have a falling-out, leading the latter to kill the former with a rifle built into his umbrella. The Penguin then became leader of the mob, and attempted to remove Batman from the picture by framing the Caped Crusader for theft. The Penguin's plans were eventually thwarted, but the bandit himself was able to escape Batman's clutches - one of the first criminals during the Golden Age of Comic Books to do so.

    The Penguin would prove a persistent nemesis for the Dynamic Duo throughout of the Golden and Silver Ages, pulling off ploy after ploy such as teaming up with The Joker, attempting to extort money from a shipping company by pretending to flash-freeze a member of its board of directors, and even participating in Hugo Strange's auction of Batman's secret identity.

    The Penguin's last appearance, fittingly, was the last appearance of the Earth-One Batman. After he and a multitude of Batman's enemies were broken out of Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison by Ra's al Ghul, the bumbershoot bandit would be amongst those that accepted the offer of the immortal terrorist and carried out his plans to kidnap Batman's friends and allies. The Penguin, along with the Joker, Mad Hatter, Cavalier, Deadshot, and Killer Moth, laid siege to the Gotham City Police Headquarters, but were infuriated when the Joker sabotaged their attempt at holding Commissioner Gordon for ransom. As a result, a standoff ensued, with the Clown Prince of Crime on one side, and the Penguin and Mad Hatter on the other. The Joker quickly subdued both with a burst of laughing gas from one of his many gadgets.

    Post-Crisis

    Following the Crisis rebooting the history of the DC Universe, the Penguin was relegated to little more than cameo appearances, until writer Alan Grant (who had earlier penned the Penguin origin story "The Killing Peck") and artist Norm Breyfogle brought the classic villain back, deadlier than ever. Within the era of the Tim Drake Robin, the Penguin formed a brief partnership with the macabre criminal and hypnotist Mortimer Kadaver, who helped him fake his own death as a ploy to strike at an unsuspecting Gotham. Penguin would later gun down Kadaver, after plugging his own ears with toilet paper so that the hypnotist no longer had any power over him.

    After Batman foiled this particular endeavor, the Penguin embarked on one of his grandest schemes, in the three-part story "The Penguin Affair". After finding Harold Allnut on a lonely street, being physically and verbally abused by two gang members, the bumbershoot bandit takes the technologically-gifted hunchback in, showing him kindness in exchange for the hunchback's services. Eventually, Harold builds a gadget with which the Penguin can control enormous flocks of birds from miles away, which Penguin utilizes to destroy radio communications in Gotham and crash a passenger plane. This endeavor, too, was foiled by Batman, and Harold would later be taken under Batman's wing as his mechanic.

    The Penguin would later resurface during Jean Paul Valley's tenure as Batman, being one of the few to have deduced that Valley is not the original Batman. To confirm this theory, he kidnaps Sarah Essen Gordon, places her in a death-trap set to go off at midnight, and turns himself in, utilizing the opportunity to mock Commissioner Gordon as midnight approaches. An increasingly infuriated Gordon is nearly driven to throw Cobblepot off of the police headquarters roof, before Valley shows up in the nick of time with a rescued Sarah. As Valley leaves, he comments that "There's nothing the Penguin can throw at me that I haven't encountered before." - a sentiment with which the Penguin reluctantly agrees, having finally accepted his fear that he has become passé as a villain.

    Subsequently, Cobblepot turns his attentions to a new ''modus operandi'', operating as a white-collar criminal running a restaurant and casino known as the Iceberg Lounge under the front of a legitimate businessman. Though he has been arrested for criminal activities several times during the course of his "reformation", he has always managed to secure a release from prison, thanks to high-priced lawyers.

    During the storyline "No Man's Land," when Gotham City is nearly leveled by an earthquake, Cobblepot stays behind when the US government shuts down and blockades the city. He becomes one of the major players in the mostly-abandoned and lawless city, using his connections to profit by trading the money that nobody else in Gotham can use for goods via his outer-Gotham contacts. One of these connections is discovered to be Lex Luthor and his company, LexCorp.

    Infinite Crisis

    The Penguin is swept up in the events of ''Infinite Crisis''. In the limited series' seventh issue, he is briefly seen as part of the Battle of Metropolis, a multi-character brawl started by the Secret Society of Super Villains. The Penguin, along with several other villains, are bowled over by the surprise appearance of Bart Allen.

    One Year Later

    While the Penguin is away from Gotham City, the Great White Shark and Tally Man kill many of the villains who worked for him, and frame the reformed Harvey Dent. Great White had planned to take over Gotham's criminal syndicate and weaken all his competition, the Penguin included. Upon his return to Gotham, the Penguin continues to claim that he has gone "straight" and reopens the Iceberg Lounge nightclub, selling overpriced Penguin merchandise. He urges the Riddler to avoid crime, as it is more lucrative in their current, non-criminal lifestyle.

    Gotham Underground

    The Penguin is also featured as a prominent figure in the new ''Gotham Underground'' tie-in to the series ''Countdown.'' He is "hired" by Batman as an informant, using his criminal contacts to give Batman an edge over Gotham's criminals. He is also in a gang war with Tobias Whale and Intergang — a war that he ultimiately loses along with his privileged position, due to having lost Batman's support after his mysterious disappearance, and Intergang taking advantage by the return of the Apokoliptan Gods. He will appear in ''Battle for the Cowl: The Underground,'' which will show the effects of Batman's disappearance on his enemies.

    The Penguin's mob has been absorbed by Black Mask II and his actions controlled. The Penguin, with the aid of Mad Hatter abducted Batman, brainwashing him to assassinate the Black Mask.

    Brightest Day

    During the events of ''Brightest Day'', the Birds of Prey discover the Penguin beaten and stabbed at the feet of a new villainess calling herself the White Canary. The Birds rescue the Penguin, and flee to the Iceberg Lounge. While recovering, the Penguin expresses an attraction to Dove. Eventually, the Penguin reveals that his injury was a ruse, and that he is working with White Canary in exchange for valuable computer files on the superhero community. He betrays the Birds, and seriously injures both Lady Blackhawk and Hawk before being defeated by the Huntress. Huntress then tapes up the Penguin with the intention of taking him with her, only to be informed by Oracle that she has to let him go due to a police manhunt for the Birds being underway. Enraged at the Penguin's traitorous actions, Huntress considers killing him with her crossbow, but ultimately leaves him bound and gagged in an alleyway, with the promise that she'll be back to exact her vengeance on him at a later date.

    The Penguin is eventually attacked by the Secret Six, who kill many of his guards when they ambush him at his mansion. Bane informs Penguin that he needs information on Batman's partners, as he plans on killing Red Robin, Batgirl, Catwoman and Azrael. The Penguin soon betrays the team's location, which results in the Justice League, Teen Titans, Birds of Prey, Justice Society and various other heroes hunting down and capturing the criminals.

    Around this same time, a new supervillain named the Architect sets a bomb in the Iceberg Lounge as revenge for crimes committed by Cobblepot's ancestor. Though Blackbat and Robin are able to evacuate the Penguin and everyone else in the building, the Lounge is destroyed in the ensuing explosion.

    Powers and abilities

    The Penguin is a master criminal strategist; he uses his considerable intellect to gain wealth and power through less than legal means. Driven entirely by self-interest, the Penguin often relies on cunning, wit, and intimidation to exploit his surroundings for profit and advance his own schemes. He usually plans crimes, but does not often commit them himself. Although fighting and hard work is mostly pushed over to his henchmen, he himself is not above taking aggressive lethal actions on his own, especially when provoked. The Penguin, in spite of his appearance, is a dangerous hand to hand combatant with enough self-taught talents in judo and fisticuffs to overwhelm attackers many times his size and physical bearing.

    The Penguin always carries an umbrella due to an obsessive attitude his mother had toward doing so. The umbrellas usually contain weapons such as machine guns, sword tips, missiles, lasers, flame-throwers, and acid spraying devices. He usually carries an umbrella with the function to transform its top into a series of spinning blades. This can be used as a mini helicopter or as an offensive weapon; he often uses its function as a helicopter to escape a threatening situation. He also owns an umbrella that has a spiral pattern on the top with which he can hypnotize enemies.

    Other versions

    ''Joker''

    A more realistic Penguin (referred to mockingly as "Abner" by Joker) appears in ''Joker'', a graphic novel by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo. This incarnation of the Penguin handles most of Joker's personal investments in the story, as well as dealing with incoming revenue from boxing matches. He is portrayed as almost bald, wearing a white suit and operating the "Iceberg Lounge".

    Elseworld

    In the Elseworld story ''Batman: Crimson Mist'', the third part in a trilogy where Batman becomes a vampire, Penguin is the first of many criminals to be killed by the vampiric Batman after he surrenders to his vampiric instincts. Batman brutally tears Penguin's throat out as he drinks his blood and subsequently decapitates his enemy to ensure that he cannot return as a vampire.

    Flashpoint

    In the alternate timeline of ''Flashpoint'', Oswald Cobblepot did not become the Penguin. Instead, he works as the security chief of Wayne Casinos, providing information about his clients and the criminal underworld to this world's Batman, Thomas Wayne.

    In other media

    Television

  • The Penguin was played by Burgess Meredith in 19 episodes of the ''Batman'' television series of the 1960s. A largely campy interpretation, Meredith's performance is perhaps best remembered through his signature laugh, meant to mimic the squawk of a penguin. One cause of the laugh was the smoke from the cigarettes the character always smoked, which irritated Meredith's throat and made him cough, as he had already quit smoking in real life. The Penguin's thugs wear black bowler hats, with dark clothing adorned with names of various animals of prey; these are either birds ("Hawk") or fish ("Shark"). His prison cell {PG1} is in the "Supervillains" section, next to that of the Joker, the Riddler, Catwoman, Egghead and King Tut. Penguin can be clever when he chooses to be—he once brainwashed Alfred into being a spy for him and also tricked Batman into planning crimes for Penguin as well. However, he seems to suffer from a short term memory loss—in two episodes he had trouble recognizing an undercover Alfred and Bruce Wayne. Once when he tried to get back into Prison—as part of a larger plot-he is ''enraged'' when Batman puts Penguin into a ''common'' jail cell. In one episode, he claims to have been an actor. In the film, he commands a nuclear submarine that the criminals are using as part of their plot and which resembles a Penguin.
  • Burgess Meredith made a brief cameo appearance as the Penguin in the 1968 episode of ''The Monkees'' titled "The Monkees Blow Their Minds." Years after his death, his memorable Penguin portrayal would become a staple of late-night comedians as well as Internet users, who lampooned various politicians with his likeness.
  • The Penguin is a major enemy in Filmation's ''The Adventures of Batman'' animated series, which ran from 1968 to 1969, and then ran as ''Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder'', without Superman or Superboy segments. He is voiced by Ted Knight, along with other male Batman enemies.
  • Along with the Joker, the Penguin was one of the villains from the episodes of ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper" that were later combined on the "Scooby-Doo Meets Batman and Robin" DVD. He was voiced by Larry Storch. Here, he put on various disguises, including as a dryad.
  • In Filmation's series ''The New Adventures of Batman'', the Penguin is voiced by Lennie Weinrib. He frequently rolls his 'r's and laughs in a similar manner to Meredith's portrayal. He appears in four episodes: "Reading, Writing and Wronging," "Birds of a Feather Fool Around Together" and "Have an Evil Day, Parts 1 and 2."
  • The Penguin appeared in ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' episode "The Case of the Stolen Powers" voiced by Robert Morse. He is shown in prison as a cellmate of Felix Faust. He gains Superman's superpowers by accident when Felix Faust tries to get them for himself. Ironically, Batman is not featured in the episode.
  • When ''Batman: The Animated Series'' debuted in 1992, Penguin was voiced by Academy Award-winner Paul Williams. Due to the close relation in time between ''Batman Returns'' and the animated series, the film version's physically freakish depiction of the character was adapted for the animated series, but he retained the traditional refined mannerisms and personality of his comic counterpart. His most prominent appearances include the episodes "Almost Got 'Im" and "Birds of a Feather".
  • Paul Williams reprised his role as the Penguin in the 1997 follow-up to the original animated series, ''The New Batman Adventures'', the Penguin returned to an appearance more like his traditional comic book look. He also assumed a role similar to the one in the comic books: a "legitimate" businessman and mob boss who runs a night club called the "Iceberg Lounge."
  • While the Penguin doesn't appear in ''Justice League Unlimited'', his club the Iceberg Lounge made a cameo appearance at the beginning of the episode "This Little Piggy".
  • The character has also appeared on ''The Batman'', voiced by Tom Kenny. In this continuity, the Penguin is primarily concerned with reestablishing the Cobblepot family name in society by stealing from the citizens of Gotham to rebuild his wealth. While he shares the comic incarnation's love for birds and aristocratic look, this Penguin retained a deformed appearance more similar to the ''Batman Returns'' incarnation, with orange hair instead of black and more sharp,pointy, teeth. Unlike in the previous the animated series, the Penguin in this incarnation is not a "gentleman" but a rude, selfish villain. His speech is often peppered with confused squawks. When captured, he is placed in Arkham Asylum, instead of Gotham State Penitentiary like the comics and DCAU Penguin. He is sometimes aided by two henchwomen, a masked pair called the Kabuki Twins. (Although their names have never been mentioned in the show, the first ''The Batman'' comic book, which starred the Penguin, he reveals their names to be Gale and Peri.) In addition, it is clear that he also knows some form of martial arts, and is athletic enough to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Batman, dodging and parrying with his various trick bumbershoots. He also seems to be in a rivalry with the Joker (and, to a lesser extent, the Riddler) for the title of Gotham's most dangerous criminal. This Penguin also regards Bruce Wayne as a personal enemy and has held him hostage on multiple occasions (though he is unaware of Wayne's alter ego). In one episode, he even infiltrates Wayne Manor, though does not discover the Batcave. He also has a grudge against Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth, due to the Pennyworths having left the service of the Cobblepots generations ago (Alfred claimed it was because of the Cobblepots' obnoxiousness). Unused concept art from the show indicates that a more classic version of the Penguin was considered for the show.

  • In the animated cartoon series ''Krypto the Superdog'', Penguin's pet birds are recurring foes of Krypto and Ace the Bat-Hound. Although Penguin is referenced in this series, he never makes an appearance in any episode.
  • The Penguin is featured in ''The Brave and the Bold'' voiced by Stephen Root. In "Legends of the Dark Mite!", he appears in Bat-Mite's fantasy. In "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!", Batman ends up dealing with Penguin's crime spree. When Batman is captured and placed in a deadly drinking bird trap, Aquaman comes to his rescue and gets shocked by Penguin. Penguin reveals that his umbrella drones will spread a paralytic gas all over Gotham City. Aquaman manages to make contact with some crabs to free the family as Penguin sics his minions on Batman and the Aquaman family. Batman redirects the umbrella drones into the ocean and then pursues Penguin. Upon catching up to Penguin at his submarine, Batman manages to jam Penguin's umbrella with his cape and defeat him. He then cameos in "Chill of the Night!" as one of the villains at a weapons auction held by Joe Chill. The Penguin has a quick cameo in the teaser for "The Last Patrol!" and also appears in "Night of the Batmen!" fighting Aquaman in a Batman costume, only to be defeated later on.
  • Film

  • Burgess Meredith reprised his role as the Penguin in the 1966 film ''Batman'' alongside several other villains from the television show.
  • In ''Batman Returns'', the Penguin was portrayed by Danny DeVito, and the main antagonist of the film along with Catwoman. Director Tim Burton, inspired by the film ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'', re-imagined the character not as an eloquent gentleman of crime, but a former freak show performer with a homicidal grudge against the aristocrats of Gotham City. While this Penguin retained a number of trademarks, such as a variety of trick umbrellas and the use of a monocle, he was given a huge visual makeover. Where the comic version had varied between a balding head of short cropped hair and varying degrees of thinning, this Penguin was still bald at the top but with his remaining length of hair long and stringy. His hands were now flippers, with a thumb and index finger, and the remaining three fingers fused together. An unidentified thick, dark green bile-like liquid sometimes trickled from his nose and mouth. Instead of a tuxedo, he wore a more gothic, Victorian-style outfit, with a jabot as opposed to a bow tie. Other instances show him in black boots, a dickey, and something akin to a child's blanket sleeper, or the old long john-style underwear of the 1800s (also known as a union suit). However, Burton's design maintained the top hat seen in the comics, along with a monocle and a cigarette in some scenes. In the film, the Penguin is born disfigured, and his wealthy parents throw him into Gotham's sewers. The child survives, floating down Gotham's sewers and under the city zoo, where he is taken in by a group of penguins and later joins a circus freak show. While researching the Penguin, Batman speculates that the Penguin was responsible for the disappearance (and implied murder) of several children during his time in the circus freak show. Penguin later attempts to frame Batman for murder — aided by Catwoman — while he runs for mayor, aided by corrupt industrialist Max Schreck. During one of the Penguin's speeches, Batman reveals a recording he made of the villain ranting about his true plans for Gotham after Penguin took the remote control of the Batmobile to make it appear as though Batman was going on a rampage. Enraged, the Penguin sends his clowns to kidnap all of Gotham's first-born children, planning to drown them in the sewers. When Batman foils his plot and returns the children to their parents (leaving a note for the Penguin informing him), the Penguin snaps and orders his legions of penguins (armed with missiles) to completely obliterate Gotham. After a battle above ground, the fight ensues into the sewers and the Penguin's lair. Batman and the Penguin fight their own battle until the Penguin falls through a skylight and into the contaminated waters below. He later emerges from the pool ready to kill Batman, but has been mortally injured by his fall and Shreck's toxic waste (which has been released into the sewers). He draws an umbrella from his collection, but accidentally draws a harmless toy, "the cute one." He then collapses onto the concrete and dies. An honor guard of penguins emerges to drag his remains into the water, where he sinks to the bottom in a cloud of his own blood.
  • He also appeared in ''Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman'' as the primary antagonist, this time voiced by David Ogden Stiers. The plot involves Penguin and Carlton Duquesne in an illegal arms deal with the President of Kasnia. Of the three Batwomen, Penguin shares a personal history with Dr. Roxanne Ballantine as he was the one who framed her fiancée years ago which led him into prison in order to find evidences that would get his sentence commuted.
  • Tom Kenny reprises his role of Penguin in the animated movie ''The Batman vs. Dracula''. In the movie, he accidentally resurrects Count Dracula with his blood in the Gotham cemetery. Dracula then hypnotizes the Penguin to work for him. He is later released from the spell upon Dracula's death and accused of the vampire's crimes, and is thus returned to Arkham.
  • Video games

  • The Penguin has appeared as a boss in several Batman video games, including ''Batman: The Caped Crusader'', the various video game adaptations of the movie ''Batman Returns'', ''Batman: The Animated Series'' and ''Adventures of Batman & Robin'' for the Super NES.
  • At one point he was planned to appear as a boss in ''The Adventures of Batman & Robin'' for the Sega CD, in which he would try to kidnap Summer Gleeson. The Penguin was cut from the game because it was tight on villains, but the storyboards for his animated cutscene are displayed in Paul Dini's book, ''Batman Animated''.
  • The Penguin is the chief antagonist of an online flash game, ''Batman: The Cobblebot Caper'', which is modeled after ''The Batman'' animated series. His ultimate plan is to construct a giant mechanical phoenix which he intends to use as a war machine against Gotham City.
  • The Penguin appears in ''Lego Batman: The Videogame'', as one of the leaders of the Arkham breakout. His plan is to use mind-controlled penguins to wreak havok in Gotham. To this end, he employs Catwoman, Bane, Killer Croc and Man-Bat. He has the ability to call out robotic penguins from under his top hat. He can also use his umbrella both as a gliding apparatus and a rifle. Despite having his comic book appearance he has some ideas and characteristics of Danny DeVito's Penguin (e.g. taking over Gotham with a penguin army, having a liking for raw fish, and working with Catwoman).

  • While the Penguin is not featured as actual character in ''Batman: Arkham Asylum'', as a key character in Batman's universe he is referenced numerous times. An asylum security guard notes that he has witnessed the attempted smuggling of sharpened umbrellas into Arkham on at least one occasion before, a reference to the character. Additionally, an Iceberg Lounge advertisement can be seen in the Intensive Treatment wards, while a collection of trick umbrellas and top hats (apparently confiscated from Penguin upon his admittance to the facility) may be observed on display in the old Arkham Mansion.
  • Penguin appears in ''DC Universe Online'', voiced by David Jennison. Following Bane's defeat, there is a cutscene featuring Penguin stating his anger at the competition from the Falcone Crime Family, Bane, Two-Face, Mad Hatter, Hush, Killer Croc, Catwoman, and Joker due to all the chaos but being a cunning crook he plans on tricking them on wiping each other out then take Gotham for himself. The players discover that a hacked kiosk contained a message from Two-Face stating that Penguin's smuggling operation in Gotham's old subway tunnels. Penguin is served by Cryo Pengbots, Louie Sluggers, Machine Gun Tommies, Nickie Blades, Pengbots, Pyro Pengbots, Tammy Two Guns, and a Pengbot Maximus.
  • Penguin appears as one of the villains in ''Batman: Arkham City'', voiced by Nolan North in a Cockney accent. The Penguin is redesigned without the penguin-like mannerisms such as the waddle or the tuxedo, his squawk like laugh heard only twice, although he maintains his trademark monocle (crudely depicted in this instance as part of a broken bottle) and beak-like nose. He also appears to have some sort of speaker device implanted in his throat. Apparently, Cobblepot became trapped in the open-air prison perimeter of Arkham City after refusing to vacate his residence at the Iceberg Lounge (which was condemned as part of the new project). The villain went on to establish himself as a warlord in the new criminal underworld. He is the first villain faced in Arkham City, attempting to torture Bruce Wayne as part of a Wayne/Cobblepot family feud, but Bruce easily escapes, breaking Penguin's wrist in the process. A significant part of the game takes place in his headquarters set in Cyrus Pinkney National History Institute. As Batman must not only rescue various undercover cops from Penguin, but also rescue Mr. Freeze so that he can complete a cure for the disease killing Batman and the Joker, along with several other innocents. Penguin is revealed to have discovered Solomon Grundy trapped underneath the museum, using him as a crude enforcer before Batman defeats him. Upon Penguin's defeat, Mr. Freeze locks Penguin up in a display case. If Batman returns to the Cyrus Pinkney National History Institute upon Protocol 10 being stopped, he will find that Penguin has taken refuge during that time. In Hugo Strange's interview tapes, it was mentioned that the glass in Penguin's eye was the result of a bar fight. Penguin also mentions to Hugo Strange about how his family had problems with the Wayne family explaining his grudge with Bruce Wayne. Hugo Strange also tips off Penguin about some of his henchmen being undercover cops and provides him a list of those "henchmen" that aren't what they claimed to be.

    Toys

  • Danish building toy maker Lego's Lego Batman line includes one particular set, ''The Batcave: The Penguin and Mr. Freeze's Invasion'', which features the Penguin. He appears as a minifigure in the set, with short, unbending legs, the classic top hat and monocle and a purple pin-stripe suit, but lacks the familiar pointy nose. The Penguin rides in a submarine reminiscent of the one in the 1960s TV series and is assisted by miniature penguin robots. The set also includes a depiction of the Batcave.
  • He also appears in the Batman Lego promotional video. He is the final villain to be caught (after Two-Face, Mr. Freeze and the Joker).
  • Parodies

  • The Penguin appears in the ''Saturday Night Live'' segment "Superman's Funeral." He is shown as one of the attendees of the funeral. When he makes the sound he does when he laughs and Batman tells him to stop laughing, Penguin quotes "I'm not laughing. This is also how I cry." In that appearance, Penguin was portrayed by Robert Smigel.
  • In ''Yin Yang Yo!'', the villain called the Puffin is a parody of the Penguin. His dressy appearance is based on Penguin although characters in the show stop talking before the connection is made and before lawsuits can be filed.
  • Episode 241 of "This American Life" on National Public Radio, "20 Acts in 60 Minutes," contains a short story that gives an alternate origin of Penguin's powers and rivalry with Batman. In this story, Penguin and Mary Poppins meet at a dinner party by a friend who thinks that their ability to fly or float using umbrellas will bring them together. Unfortunately, the two have nothing in common, and Mary Poppins soon leaves with another dinner guest, one who wears a conspicuous black cape.
  • The Penguin appears in the ''Robot Chicken'' episode "Drippy Pony" voiced by Seth Green. In a segment that parodies Penguin in the style of the popular documentary film ''March of the Penguins'', it shows the life of the Penguin. Tom Kane provides a narrative style similar to that of Morgan Freeman in the English-language version of ''March of the Penguins.'' He appears in another sketch from a later episode, where his umbrella was accidentally switched with that of an old woman.
  • Politics

    The character of the Penguin, particularly as portrayed by Burgess Meredith, has often been used as a theme to mock public figures that supposedly resemble him. Jon Stewart, host of ''The Daily Show'', has made numerous references comparing former Vice President Dick Cheney with the Penguin, including a laugh similar to the one heard in the 1960s ''Batman'' series. In a similar manner, Stephen Colbert, host of ''The Colbert Report'', called Franklin D. Roosevelt a criminal and told his audience to "ask Batman" "if they don’t believe him", showing a picture of Meredith as the Penguin next to one of the former President, in which he looks like him. Cheney was mocked in a similar capacity on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', while ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' chose to imitate John McCain with Meredith's Penguin laugh.

    In August 2006, ''The Wall Street Journal'' found out that a Republican-led PR firm, DCI Group, was behind a YouTube video making fun of Al Gore's film ''An Inconvenient Truth''. The video portrayed Gore as the Penguin, apparently as depicted in ''Batman: The Animated Series'', using one of his trick umbrellas to hypnotize a flock of penguins into believing in the existence of global warming.

    In October 2008, an internet meme surfaced when YouTube users posted videos that compared John McCain with the Penguin. Most of the meme focused on a scene from the 1960s series episode "Dizzoner the Penguin" in which the Penguin and Batman debated as opponents for mayor of Gotham City, suggesting similarities between their debate and the debates between McCain and Barack Obama during the 2008 US Presidential election.

    See also

  • List of Batman Family enemies
  • References

    External links

  • The Origin of the Penguin at DCComics.com
  • Category:DC Comics supervillains Category:Fictional businesspeople Category:Fictional gangsters Category:Fictional orphans Category:Fictional socialites Category:Golden Age supervillains Category:Comics characters introduced in 1941 Category:Film characters Category:Characters created by Bob Kane Category:Characters created by Bill Finger Category:Video game bosses

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