“I just want to know... why they did what they felt they had to do......” – The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot, Batman Returns ... Movie Quotes Database

The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot Danny DeVito

[about his parents]

I just want to know... why they did what they felt they had to do... to a child who was born... a little different. A child... who spent his first Christmas - and many since - in a sewer...

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The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot A penguin is a bird that cannot fly! I am a man. I have a name. [pauses, reluctant to accept it] ... Oswald Cobblepot! The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot I was their number one son, and they treated me like number two! But it's human nature to fear the unusual. [After visiting his parents' grave] The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot I saw her first. Gotta fly!