Why did Bruce get suspicious of Oswald?
In Batman Returns Bruce Wayne/Batman starts investigating Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin almost as soon as Oswald comes into the public light. Two scenes later he's investigating the potential link with the "Red Triangle Circus". Even when Alfred asks him why he's so suspicious he doesn't answer.
But while we, the viewers, all know the truth because we are privy to information that Bruce is not, what is it that tips Bruce off? I can't remember any moment that would have made him suspicious.
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More superficially speaking, Bruce suspected Penguin because Penguin's rise to fame was, well, suspicious:
- A Red Triangle member kidnaps a baby in broad daylight, but gives up the baby to the Penguin in seconds. Why would a crazed gangster be afraid of a short stocky man?
- Max Shreck inexplicably goes to great lengths to protect Penguin's reputation and privacy.
- when Penguin is busy with research, the Red Triangle gang are nowhere to be seen, and the streets are, as Alfred remarks, "notably quiet." This could easily be (and is) because Penguin was their leader.
A bit more deeply, Bruce, being an orphan, sympathized with Penguin's desire to find the parents who abandoned him (scene where he and Alfred watch Penguin's staged heroism on TV). Curiosity may also be why he paid such close attention to Penguin, even from the beginning when the suspicious circumstances had not built up yet.
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What is wrong with Oswald Cobblepot?
He lost his power after being driven underground by Theo Galavan and later was sent to Arkham where he was rehabilitated and reunited with his long lost father until his stepfamily killed him and abused Oswald to the point where he had a psychotic break and then killed them.Was Bruce Wayne friends with Oswald?
Oswald became friends with Bruce Wayne when they were young. According to Alfred Pennyworth, the two were "as thick as thieves", though Oswald would take this quite literally in later life.How did the Penguin become the Penguin in Batman Returns?
He survived and was raised by penguins who lived in the sewer lines at an abandoned zoo, and traveled in the Red Triangle Circus Gang's freak show as a child. 33 years later, he resurfaces as an adult to run for mayor of Gotham with the help of corrupt businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken).Who killed Penguin?
Earth -22. In The Batman Who Laughs, the Penguin of Earth -22 is depicted as having been killed by the Joker during his penultimate act of terror against the Batman.Donald Bellisario on Lee Harvey Oswald and \
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