1 week Ago By Mike Taylor
Warning - this article contains spoilers for The Penguin The Penguin has reached its dramatic conclusion this weekend - but many will be wondering whether Batman appears in the spin-off. Fans will have seen Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell) rise to become a big player in Gotham's criminal underworld thanks to hijacking the growth and distribution of drug Bliss. Oz's actions triggered a violent drug war in Gotham and betray two of the city's biggest crime families.
Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) and Salvatore Maroni (Clancy Brown) teamed up to take down his drug empire and kill Oz - but Sal died from a heart attack and Sofia's car bomb takes out Oz's crew and operation. In the series finale 'A Great or Little Thing', Oz Cobb is dragged away by a corrupt police officer to be interrogated and threatened by Sofia who still has his mother Francis (Deirdre O’Connell) Despite being stabbed, Oz escaped with his poorly mother and managed to turn the tables in horrific and chilling fashion against Sofia and even his allies. While The Penguin has been heavily acclaimed by Batman fans, many have wondered if Batman appears in the series.
Does Batman appear in The Penguin? The Batman does not physically appear in The Penguin, but we do get a glimpse of the famous Bat-Signal in the finale episode 'A Great or Little Thing'. Oz Cobb enters his luxury penthouse and it's revealed he took his mother, who is now in a vegetative state, to his luxury penthouse. The chilling reveal sees Francis cry in fear over her son who believes she's crying over the beautiful view of Gotham.
Oz Cobb imagines him dancing with his mother as they used to growing up. "I did it ma", he says as they embrace each other and dance around his penthouse. Francis tells her son: "My beautiful boy.
Gotham's yours sweetheart - Nothing's standing in your way now" and he replies "You're god damn right". In the closing shot, the camera pulls away to a shot of the Gotham skyline and we see the Bat-Signal suddenly appear. The shot implies that while Oz Cobb has risen to the top of Gotham's criminal underworld and eliminated his enemies, he is surely a target of the Batman.
The pair famously clashed in 2022 flick when Batman (Robert Pattinson) suspected Oz Cobb was the police informant and followed him to a drug deal. Selina Kyle rumbled the drug deal and saw Oz Cobb flee the scene with Batman in hot pursuit. After a dramatic and destructive car chase, Batman captured the Penguin and interrogated him alongside Jim Gordon.
They discover that the Penguin is not the informant after discovering some poor Spanish used by The Riddler. The Penguin is left cuffled at the scene as Gordon and Batman continue their investigation elsewhere. Why didn't Batman appear in The Penguin? Many fans speculated that Robert Pattinson's Batman would appear in The Penguin.
After all, the series serves as a bridge between The Batman and its sequel set to be released in 2026. The Batman director and The Penguin executive producer Matt Reeves previously shared his vision for The Penguin and whether Batman fit into the series. Talking to Total Film , he said, "I’m a point-of-view filmmaker.
When I’m doing a Batman story, Batman and Bruce is going to be the main point of view. To explore the rogues gallery, they could never get the real estate we can do in a series." "So Batman is in this [show] only as a sense that he’s a presence," he continued.
"You’re aware that all of these events began because of the Riddler, but the Riddler doesn’t appear and Batman doesn’t appear." Matt Reeves was clear that Batman would not appear in the series. He explained: "Rob is not going to be in the show.
I’d rather take the Band-Aid off now. "We did talk about all that but we felt the best way to do this was to go on a grand exploration of a guy grabbing for power in this moment.".
