Gotham (TV Series)

Mad City: Better to Reign in Hell (2016)

Robin Lord Taylor: Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin

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Quotes 

• [Butch Gilzean sees Tabitha Galavan for the first time in months] 

  Tabitha Galavan : Hey, Butch.

  Butch Gilzean : Hey, h-h-how you doing?

  Tabitha Galavan : You taking care of yourself?

  Butch Gilzean : Y-Yeah, yeah. So, uh, so how you doing?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin scoffs]  You already asked her that.

• [Selina Kyle talks to Butch Gilzean at the bar] 

  Selina Kyle : You okay, Butch? World getting you down?

  Butch Gilzean : [Butch sighs over Tabitha]  Yeah, I'm fine, kid. And you're too young to be in here. Scram.

  Selina Kyle : Jeesh. Just trying to be nice.

  Butch Gilzean : [Selina leaves as Penguin walks up to Butch]  Just seeing her kills me, you know?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin hangs his head]  Get over it. And that child just stole your wallet.

• [Penguin visits Edward Nygma at Arkham Asylum with a present] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  It's a puzzle. The trick is opening it.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [as Nygma starts working on the puzzle box]  The man at the store said it's one of the most difficult ever made. People pass it down unsolved for generations. A mathematician once went mad trying...

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguins scoffs when Nygma opens the box]  Yes.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin laughs]  Well, there you go.

  Edward Nygma : It was a lovely thought.

• [Barbara Kean turns down Penguin's offer for protection] 

  Barbara Kean : I imagine you're here about your offer. To let us shelter under your umbrella?

  Oswald Cobblepot : I only want what's best for you.

  Barbara Kean : I appreciate the thought. But... we're big girls. We can handle ourselves. Can't we?

  Tabitha Galavan : [when Tabitha Galavan enters the room]  Sure we can.

• [Penguin offers a reward for Fish Mooney to both Barbara Kean and Tabitha Galavan] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  Spread the word. I want Fish Mooney. And I will give a million dollars... to whoever can bring her to me. Dead... or alive. Chopped into pieces. I want her.

• [Penguin asks Edward Nygma while at Arkham Asylum if he's got the other presents he made for him] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : Did you get the biscuits? A-And the sweater? I-I know how drafty these rooms are.

• [Penguin tells Edward Nygma while at Arkham Asylum why he's being so nice to him] 

  Edward Nygma : Why are you being so kind?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin pauses]  Talking to you these past months, I don't know how I would've gotten by otherwise. With Fish out there planning who knows what... Me being surrounded by morons and lunatics.

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma looks over his shoulder]  I know the feeling.

• [Edward Nygma reminds Penguin that penguins eat fish] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : Why didn't she kill me when she had the chance? I was powerless. She must have a larger goal. I-I need to know what she is doing.

  Edward Nygma : Do you?

  Edward Nygma : [Nygma pauses]  When Alexander encountered the Gordian knot, a knot so complex no one had ever been able to untangle it... he just removed his sword and cut it in two. Details can be distracting. Sometimes... a simple solution is best. See, no matter what she is planning, just remember... penguins... eat... fish.

• [Barbara Kean solves the mystery behind the henchman Boris] 

  Barbara Kean : Are you telling me you don't see what's going on here? He is behind this.

  Butch Gilzean : [Barb points to Butch]  What are you talking about?

  Barbara Kean : He sent this ding dong to squeeze us, hoping it would send us back to you, so that he could lord it over Tabby. Ain't that right?

  Butch Gilzean : [Butch chuckles]  That's c... that's just... that's crazy. She's crazy. She was in Arkham. Hello?

  Oswald Cobblepot : 'Hello'? So was I.