Fine Feathered Finks

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired
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Awaiting release from prison, The Penguin schemes to get Batman to plan his crimes for him. Batman and Robin investigate the alias K.G. Bird. Batman as Bruce Wayne plants a bug at the umbrella store and is captured by The Penguin. Bruce is set for doom as he head to the furnace.moreless
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  • The Penguin puts the heat on Batman

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    By XMLarry, May 10, 2006 Report Abuse
    An ok episode where the Penguin, before getting out of jail hatches a plot to try to get Batman to be a bad guy by planting a bug on an umbrella. It works for a while until the feisty bird repeats something Batman said while in the batcave. Batman and Robin use the bug to say they will abduct the Penguin when he returns the actress he kidnapped to Wayne Manor when in reality they trace the bug to its source and surprise the Penguin when he comes back to his hiideout. The sequence with Bruce Wayne going undercover and getting tied to a conveyor belt heading for a firey furnace was a bit silly; a lot of the other cliffhangers on this show were much better.moreless

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    • The Penguin put a listening device in an umbrella that Batman and Robin took back to the Batcave. First of all, the Penguin didn't start listening to what was going on until the second episode. It's a good thing he didn't because, in the first episode, Batman and Robin had a conversation with Alfred that the Penguin surely should have overheard had he been listening. Secondly, Batman didn't find out about the listening device until episode two which seems to be an oversight on his part. Shouldn't the Batcave, of all places, have anti-bugging devices considering how often they take evidence there? Even the Penguin had enough foresight to protect his hideout from being bugged! Edit
    • Warden Crichton explains that he puts a video camera in the special cell to determine the extent to which an inmate is reformed. When the videotape is viewed in the Commissioner's office, it shows the Penguin is plotting to commit more crimes. First of all, did Warden Crichton even watch the tape before releasing the Penguin? He seems disappointed at the Penguin's attitude when viewing it in the Commissioner's office - as though he hadn't seen it before then. What is the point of going to the expense and trouble of trying to determine an inmate's state of mind at release if you do not use those resources? Secondly, after Robin comments that he's surprised the Penguin was released with that attitude, Commissioner Gordon chastizes him by reminding him that the Penguin's sentence was up and should have been released, regardless of his lack of remorse. If that's the case, the video cameras are, once again, a waste of time and money. The Penguin showed a clear intent to resume his criminal ways and was still released; attempts at reformation clearly hadn't worked for him. Edit
    • Burgess Meredith and Cesar Romero were both the most frequent "guest villains" as The Penguin and the Joker, respectively. In fact, whenever Meredith was in town the producers had a script waiting for him. He had given up smoking for years when he was cast in the role of The Penguin. The squawk in his voice came from the way the cigarette smoke affected his lungs and throat. Edit

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    • Danny DeVito would later go on to play The Penguin in the 1992 movie Batman Returns.

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    • Only Bruce Wayne has a cliffhanger at the end of this story. Edit
    • This is the first appearance of the Penguin. Edit

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    • Narrator: Oh, the irony of it! The horror! The flaming end of the Caped Crusader. Can Bruce possibly escape?? For Batman's sake! Keep your Bat-Fingers crossed until tomorrow! Same Time! Same Channel! Edit

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