"single series of figures have been produced: Batman, the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman and, exclusive to a boxset, Robin. Three Batman variants were also produced, a limited SDCC exclusive boxed figure, with an action feature that replicates the famous Batusi dance, a carded ""Surf's Up"" Batman figure complete with surfboard and trunks, and a boxed, unmasked Batman with Batcomputer and Bruce Wayne's study accessories. A carded Joker variant, with surfboard and trunks, and a boxed Batgirl figure followed. Each figure has the likeness of their respective actor (with Catwoman resembling Newmar and the Riddler resembling Gorshin) and came"
"rebuild. The Penguin is in the 1960s ""Batman"" television series, in which he was portrayed by Burgess Meredith. Spencer Tracy was offered the role but he said he would only accept the role if he was allowed to kill Batman. Meredith's performance is perhaps best remembered for his signature laugh, meant to mimic the squawk of a penguin. (One cause of the laugh was the cigarettes the character always smoked, which irritated Meredith's throat as he was a non-smoker.) His thugs wear black bowler hats and dark clothing adorned with names of various animals of prey, such as birds (""Hawk"")"
"Not Yet, He Ain't Not Yet, He Ain't! is an episode of the 1960s ""Batman"" television series, first airing on ABC March 24, 1966. It was the 22nd episode in the series. It guest starred Burgess Meredith as the villain The Penguin. Picking up from the last episode Batman and Robin avoid Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara’s bullets by deflecting them with the bullet-proof soles of their boots; in the confusion, Batman cuts himself and his adoptive son free using his Batknife, and they make their escape. Furious and humiliated that the Dynamic Duo have escaped from his trap, the"
"Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) Oswald Cobblepot, known as The Penguin, is a fictional character who appears as one of the primary antagonists on the Fox TV series Gotham. He is portrayed by American actor Robin Lord Taylor and is based on the character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, that appears as one of Batman's greatest foes. He has been considered the show's breakout character. ""Gotham"" marks the second time that The Penguin was portrayed on live television, with the first being in the 1960s ""Batman"" series in which Burgess Meredith played him. In taking on"
"rewarded with cut-scenes of animated penguins marching, dancing, saluting and playing peekaboo. Several remakes and enhanced editions have followed, most recently in 2012. In 1941, DC Comics introduced the avian-themed character of The Penguin as a supervillain adversary of the superhero Batman (""Detective Comics"" #58). He became one of the most enduring enemies in Batman's rogue's gallery. In the 60s ""Batman"" TV series, as played by Burgess Meredith, he was one of the most popular characters, and in Tim Burton's reimagining of the character in the 1992 film ""Batman Returns"", he employed an actual army of penguins (mostly African penguins)."
"The Zodiac Crimes ""The Zodiac Crimes"" is the 71st episode of the ""Batman"" television series. It first aired on ABC January 11, 1967 in its second season and repeated June 14, 1967. The first of a three-part story, it was dubbed a """"Batman"" special"", simultaneously celebrating the show's one-year anniversary and helping to open ABC's ""second season."" It featured both Cesar Romero as The Joker and Burgess Meredith as The Penguin (dubbed as an ""Extra Special Guest Villain""). The Joker pays a visit to Commissioner James Gordon's office at Police HQ and swipes a rare art map. Alerted, Batman and"
"Most of the rest of the cast and crew, though, apparently had no familiarity with the drug; in a later interview, Nilsson recounted that he simply pretended to be drunk for his role (his own subsequent LSD experience inspired ""The Point!"", a 1970 animated movie Nilsson wrote and scored). Pop culture buffs have noted that three cast members, Frank Gorshin (The Riddler), Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) and Cesar Romero (The Joker), played recurring villains in the 1966–68 ""Batman"" television series, which broadcast its final episode in March, nine months before ""Skidoo""'s release. The film's then-futuristic costume designer, Rudi Gernreich, also"
"into the clock and destroy it, sending him back to the future. Derek Powers Derek Powers, also called Blight, is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the ""Batman Beyond"" (1999–2001) animated series, voiced by Sherman Howard. He served as the primary antagonist of the series' first season. Powers is the archenemy of the second Batman, Terry McGinnis. Derek Powers is a corrupt businessman who gains control over Wayne Enterprises (now called Wayne-Powers) after merging it with his own company Powers Technologies when Bruce Wayne's health begins to decline. Powers develops a lethal mutagenic nerve gas and intends to"
"or fish (""Shark""), or sometimes simply ""Henchman"". His prison cell is in the ""Supervillains"" section next to that of Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, Egghead, King Tut, and adjoining the cell of forger Ballpoint Baxter. In one episode, he claims to have been an actor. In the theatrical film spin-off, he commands a nuclear submarine painted to resemble a penguin. His given name, Oswald Cobblepot, was never used in this series or the film; by Joker's subordinates, and even in criminal court, he is identified instead as ""Mr. Penguin"". He occasionally uses ""Mr. P. N. Guinn"" as an alias. Burgess Meredith also"
"DC's continuity. Elements of this origin story were incorporated into the 1997 film ""Batman & Robin"", in which he was portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. From the time of his first appearance in 1959 onwards, Mr. Freeze was portrayed as one of many ""joke"" villains (see also Killer Moth) cast as stock enemies of Batman. Originally called Mr. Zero, the producers of the 1960s ""Batman"" television series renamed him Mr. Freeze (and portrayed Batman addressing him as ""Dr. Schivel""), and the name quickly carried over to the comic books. The three actors who portrayed Mr Freeze were George Sanders, Otto Preminger,"
"were Marcus Driver, Romy Chandler, Renee Montoya, Crispus Allen and Josephine ""Josie Mac"" MacDonald. Their superiors, Commissioner Michael Akins, Captain Margaret ""Maggie"" Sawyer and Lieutenant Ron Probson also appeared prominently. Jim Corrigan, a corrupt CSI, features near the end of the series. The supporting cast was mainly pulled from the large roster of the Gotham City Police Department and some characters were subjects of their own story arcs. Long-time supporting characters of Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Bullock, also made recurring appearances. Batman himself, although not often seen, played a prominent role in the series. In an August 2006 interview"
"""The Virginian"" (twice), ""Wagon Train"", ""Branded"", ""The Wild Wild West"", ""The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters"", ""Laredo"", ""Bonanza"", and ""Daniel Boone"". In 1963, he appeared as Vincent Marion in a five-part episode of the last season of the Warner Bros. ABC detective series ""77 Sunset Strip"". He starred three times in ""Burke's Law"" (1963–1964), starring Gene Barry. Meredith also played the Penguin in the television series ""Batman"" from 1966 to 1968, and in the 1966 film based on the TV series. His role as the Penguin was so well-received, the show's writers always had a script featuring the Penguin ready whenever"
"Batman (TV series) Batman is a 1960s American live action television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin – two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a variety of arch villains. It is known for its camp style, upbeat theme music, and its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality (aimed at its largely teenage audience). This included championing the importance of using seat belts, doing homework, eating vegetables, and drinking milk. It was described by executive producer William Dozier as the only situation comedy on"
"Romero as the Joker, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, and Lee Meriweather as Catwoman. In 1999, Tim McCanlies wrote a pilot script and series bible for a planned series called ""Bruce Wayne"" to be produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions. Taking place in his teenage years, the series would cover his passage into young adulthood, training, and development into becoming Batman. Other characters would include Alfred, Sergeant Jim Gordon, law school student Harvey Dent, and a seductive young Selina Kyle. Planned to run for five to six seasons, it would show how he acquired his martial arts"
"59th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, such as feature films, television series and video games. The Riddler has been voiced by John Glover in the DC animated universe, Robert Englund in ""The Batman"", and Wally Wingert in the . He has been portrayed in live-action by Frank Gorshin and John Astin in the 1960s ""Batman"" television series, Jim Carrey in the 1995 film ""Batman Forever"", and Cory Michael Smith in the FOX television show ""Gotham"". The Riddler has an obsession with riddles, puzzles, and"
"weakening Batman by forcing him to deal with the deadly villains simultaneously. Among the freed inmates, there are numerous high-profile villains, such as the Joker (who trapped Arkham's administrator Jeremiah Arkham), the Scarecrow, the Riddler, and Poison Ivy, as well as many lesser-known villains, such as the Mad Hatter, the Ventriloquist, the Firefly, the Cavalier, the Film Freak, Mr. Zsasz, Cornelius Stirk, Abattoir, and Amygdala. The scenario creates a rift in the relationship between Robin and Batman, as Batman irrationally seeks to face the outbreak alone—in later issues, Robin asks Batman if he is even needed as his sidekick anymore."
"other attempts at bringing these characters to life...the TV cast really captures the inherent insanity of the roles."" ""Variety"" magazine stated on their review that ""the intense innocent enthusiasm of Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith and Frank Gorshin as the three criminals is balanced against the innocent calm of Adam West and Burt Ward, Batman and Robin respectively."" Batman (1966 film) Batman (often promoted as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film based on the ""Batman"" television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam"
"(Ian Redford), the mutated Killer Croc (Steven Blum), and the Riddler (Wally Wingert). Batman's nemesis, the psychopathic Joker (Mark Hamill), appears following his death during the events of """", after succumbing to a fatal disease caused by his previous consumption of the Titan formula, an unstable steroid serum which turns men into maddened monsters. ""Arkham VR"" also features reporter Vicki Vale (Jules de Jongh), Batman's parents, Thomas (Conroy) and Martha Wayne (Andrea Deck), and their killer Joe Chill (Glenn Wrage). Billionaire Bruce Wayne is woken by an alarm from a nightmare about his parents' murder. He is informed by his"
"City villains the Penguin, the Riddler and Catwoman. Jack Nicholson played the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 film ""Batman"". The ""Newsweek"" review of the film stated that the best scenes are due to the surreal black comedy portrayed in the Joker. In 2003, American Film Institute ranked Nicholson's performance #45 on their list of 50 greatest film villains. Hugo Blick and David U. Hodges play younger versions of the character in flashbacks in ""Batman"" and ""Batman Forever"", respectively. In the film, Jack Napier is the right-hand man of mob boss Carl Grissom prior to his transformation into the Joker. During"
"them in sacrificing an amnesiac victim to the bat god Barbatos in exchange for funding for his time-travel experiments. Carter Nichols rejects the offer when he refused to participate in the sacrifice which enabled the amnesiac victim (who turned out to be Bruce Wayne) to escape through time. Simon Hurt arranged for Carter Nichols to not be taken seriously as a scientist. At some earlier point in Batman's history, Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, Scarecrow, and the Imposter Mad Hatter trap Batman and Robin in a torture device that they had Carter Nichols make. In the present, Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin"
"is Thomas Elliot). His body is unable to be recovered. In an epilogue to his face-off with Elliot, Batman discovers that the true mastermind behind the conspiracy is the Riddler. He had used a Lazarus Pit to cure himself of terminal disease, and during his time in the pit, deduced Batman's identity as Bruce Wayne. Having first approached Thomas Elliot with a cure for his mother's disease (the Lazarus Pit), the Riddler had instead allied with Elliot against Wayne. Riddler was also the only villain who Batman did not believe acted in an unusual way during the entire saga; the"
"derived from villains who were purely evil; however, by the 1970s, the motivations of these characters, including obsessive compulsion, child abuse, and environmental fanaticism, were being explored more thoroughly. Batman himself also underwent a transformation and became a much less one-dimensional character, struggling with deeply rooted internal conflicts. Although not canonical, Frank Miller's ""The Dark Knight Returns"" introduced a significant evolution of the Batman's character in his eponymous series; he became uncompromising and relentless in his struggle to revitalize Gotham. The Batman often exhibited behavior that Gotham's elite labeled as excessively violent as well as antisocial tendencies. This aspect of"
"Derek Powers Derek Powers, also called Blight, is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the ""Batman Beyond"" (1999–2001) animated series, voiced by Sherman Howard. He served as the primary antagonist of the series' first season. Powers is the archenemy of the second Batman, Terry McGinnis. Derek Powers is a corrupt businessman who gains control over Wayne Enterprises (now called Wayne-Powers) after merging it with his own company Powers Technologies when Bruce Wayne's health begins to decline. Powers develops a lethal mutagenic nerve gas and intends to sell it as a weapon. One of his employees, Warren McGinnis, discovers"
"Me What You Want"" (1980), ""Anna to the Infinite Power"" (1983), ""Twisted"" (1986), ""Caddyshack II"" (1988), ""Fear"" (1990), ""True Colors"" (1991), ""The Player"" (1992), ""Suture"" (1993) and ""Shade"" (2003). She also appeared in made-for-TV movies, such as ""Seven in Darkness"" (1969), ""The Lonely Profession"" (1969), ""Family Flight"" (1972) and ""The Tenth Month"" (1979). Merrill appeared in numerous television series in the 1960s, such as playing the villain, ""Calamity Jan,"" in two 1968 episodes of ""Batman"" alongside then-husband Cliff Robertson. She also made guest appearances on ""Bonanza"", ""The Bold Ones"", ""The Love Boat"", ""Quincy, M.E."", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Roseanne"" and ""The"
"pursue an acting career. She was cast in several notable roles in American television series during the 1960s. In a 1968 ""Batman"" three-episode arc from the show's third and last season, Peters portrayed Lady Prudence, a royal of the fictional nation of Londinium who was a generation younger than the main villains represented by Rudy Vallee as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg and Glynis Johns as Lady Penelope Peasoup. She next appeared as on the series ""Get Smart"" in 1968, in which she played Mrs. Emily Neal, a KAOS agent sent to foil American track and field athletes. (According to ""The Hollywood"
"an average night of his job. Film Freak Film Freak is the name of two DC Comics villains and enemies of Batman and Catwoman. They are of the myriad ""gimmick"" villains in Gotham City, their trademark being their obsession with motion pictures. The Burt Weston version of Film Freak first appeared in ""Batman"" #395 and was created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake. The name Burt Weston is a nod to Adam West and Burt Ward who played Batman and Robin (respectively) in the 1960s TV series. The ""Edison"" version of Film Freak first appeared in ""Catwoman"" #54 and was"
"with the Gotham City Police Department, but the series subsequently included the Wayne character and the origin stories of several Batman villains, including Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Hugo Strange, Ra's al Ghul, and Solomon Grundy. In the first season, James Gordon, a new recruit in the Gotham City Police Department is paired with veteran detective Harvey Bullock to solve the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Gordon meets the Waynes' son Bruce who is now in the care of butler Alfred Pennyworth. In addition, he also encounters gang member Oswald Cobblepot, forensics worker Edward Nygma, street"
"jewels, but they are caught red-handed by the Penguin and his agents and charged with burglary... The Penguin Goes Straight The Penguin Goes Straight is the 21st episode of the ""Batman"" television series, first airing on ABC March 23, 1966. It guest starred Burgess Meredith as The Penguin. Attending a matinee performance at a Gotham City theatre, the Penguin foils a thief’s attempts to steal a ruby from the beautiful actress Sophia Starr. Then, at the Millionaire's Club, he stops two crooks from kidnapping millionaire Reggie Rich from a steam room. When Batman and Robin arrive, the Penguin announces his"
"based on the TV series. In the alternate timeline of the ""Flashpoint"" event, Poison Ivy is one of the many villains subsequently killed by Batman. In ""Batman '66"" (which is based on the 1960s TV series), Poison Ivy appears. In this continuity, Pamela Isley had botanist parents who started their own nursery called Isley Nursery and worked at a university. After her father Dr. Isley died from a toxic tropical plant, Pamela blamed the university that her father worked for as they did not bother to find an antidote for him. Upon moving back to the south with her mother,"
"(1972). Beside his appearances in horror films he was also known for his many villainous turns in adventure series of the 1960s, such as ""The Adventures of Robin Hood""; ""The Avengers""; ""The Saint""; ""Adam Adamant Lives!""; ""The Baron""; ""Man in a Suitcase""; ""The Champions"" and ""Department S"". His long and varied list of television credits include ""Emergency - Ward 10""; ""Ivanhoe""; ""William Tell""; ""Armchair Theatre""; ""Maigret""; ""Out of the Unknown""; ""Emma"" (as Mr. Knightley); ""Dixon of Dock Green""; ""Crown Court""; ""The New Avengers""; ""Telford's Change""; ""Secret Army""; ""The Professionals""; ""Tales of the Unexpected""; ""Hammer House of Horror""; ""Doctor Who"" (""Snakedance"");"
"Batman (1966 film) Batman (often promoted as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film based on the ""Batman"" television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the of the television series. The film includes most members of the original TV cast, with the exception of Lee Meriwether as Catwoman, the character previously played by Julie Newmar in two episodes of the series' first season. When Batman and Robin"
"Damian Hart (an important villain in the series) uses a BeyBlade by the name of Hades Kerbecs which references the name Hades and a play on words referencing the name one of the names of Hades dog, Kerberos. (this information is from the English version of the show and the names may vary in the Japanese version of the show.) Hoshi Minato from Uchu Sentai Kyuranger is based on Hades due to him being under control by the Jark Matter and him being covered in gold. In the Disney 1997 film ""Hercules"", Hades appears as the main antagonist. Unlike the"
"(which were mitigated by the TV show's Flash suit), and speed limit on the order of the speed of sound were all elements from the main Wally West comic book storyline. The Flash's most famous villain in the series was the Trickster, played by Mark Hamill, who later went on to voice the Joker in """" and, later, the Trickster in ""Justice League Unlimited"". Captain Cold, played by Michael Champion, and Mirror Master, played by David Cassidy, also appeared in their own episodes. The complete series was released as a DVD set by Warner Bros. in 2006. The ""Flash TV"