Gotham (TV Series)

Mad City: Look Into My Eyes (2016)

Robin Lord Taylor: Oswald Cobblepot, Penguin

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Quotes 

• [Butch Gilzean walks into the Penguin's campaign headquarters] 

  Butch Gilzean : Holy crap.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Gotham is rife with crime, Butch. Who better than a criminal to clean it up?

  Butch Gilzean : Okay. Look, you know I've faced the worst Gotham has to offer, but politicians, they scare me.

• [the Penguin tells Mayor James that he has himself to when the candidacy] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : The public sees me as a man of action, of change. You... You are yesterday's sad joke. While Galavan humiliated this city, where were you? In a warehouse with a box on your head.

  Mayor Aubrey James : You're an unstable lunatic, Penguin, and people are gonna see right through you. I've got the judges, the unions, the GCPD, and a whole team of legal experts behind me. What do you got?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  I have me.

  Mayor Aubrey James : [Mayor James laughs]  You're psychotic!

• [Edward Nygma tries questioning Charles Quimby outside the Arkham Asylum gates] 

  Edward Nygma : Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but how did you...

  Edward Nygma : [when a car pulls up]  Never mind.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [when the window lowers, Penguin smiles]  Hello, old friend.

  [as Nygma smiles] 

• [the Penguin challenges Mayor James's appointment to office] 

  Mayor Aubrey James : Since the death of Galavan, the office of mayor has been governed by the elected officials you see behind me. This city desperately needs experienced, seasoned leadership. And so, in their wisdom, they have persuaded me... much against my will... to resume the office of mayor until elections can be organized in the new year.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Stop! This proceeding is a sham.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Security, remove this criminal!

  Oswald Cobblepot : Criminal? I was jailed illegally by a corrupt system. A corrupt system that was put into place by this man, who has the audacity to put himself back into the position that he brought so much shame and dishonor to.

  Mayor Aubrey James : How dare you!

  Oswald Cobblepot : No, how dare you waltz up there and announce yourself mayor? The people demand to have a say into who will represent them, who will protect them.

• [the Penguin announces his candidacy for the office of mayor] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin shouts]  To govern this city, one should be legally elected, which is why I, Oswald Cobblepot, announce my candidacy for the office of mayor. And I demand, and the people demand, that an emergency election be held forthwith!

  [as the crowd cheers and applauses Cobblepot's name] 

• [the Penguin tells Butch Gilzean his legacy to run for mayor] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : The people of Gotham are with me. They are scared, which means angry. And who have they got to turn to? Aubrey James?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin scoffs]  Please. That man is a hack. This is my opportunity to create a legacy. One that my father would be proud of.

  Office Lady : [in the distance]  Mr. Cobblepot?

  Oswald Cobblepot : What do you think?

  Butch Gilzean : [Butch sighs]  You got my vote.

• [the Penguin meets Mayor James at a public restaurant] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : A public place. Smart.

  Mayor Aubrey James : Knowing your flare for the dramatic, I felt it necessary.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin laughs]  How flattering.

• [Mayor James has men and women in the restaurant pull out their guns on the Penguin] 

  Mayor Aubrey James : Not this time, Penguin. My head will not be put in a box again.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  Oh, you. So smart. Always one step ahead.

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin snaps his finger as the remaining men and women in the restaurant pull out their guns, when Penguin chuckles]  Never three.

• [the Penguin asks Charles Quimby to release Edward Nygma from Arkham Asylum] 

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  Even though my victory is inevitable, I fear my campaign is missing one key element. A colleague of mine is locked up here. Unfairly.

  Charles Quimby : Are you suggesting that I release a convicted criminal out onto the street?

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin smiles]  Well, yes. For your betterment.

  Charles Quimby : That would take extensive patient analysis, uh, probational hearings, appeals...

  Man On P.A. : [as the P.A. system comes on]  Lockdown is now in full effect.

  Oswald Cobblepot : Of course, there's always plan B. I give you nothing... but I make sure you remain here forever. Not as a warden, no. I would see you scrub floors and empty inmates' latrines.

  Charles Quimby : Oh...

  Oswald Cobblepot : [Penguin chuckles]  Options.