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Gotham is one of the most divisive yet entertaining DC TV series of the last 20 years, and some wild scenes helped it stand out. Following a young Jim Gordon and Gotham’s colorful criminal underbelly, the show traded realism and grit for a unique brand of dark comedy that felt straight out of a Batman comic. even so, Gotham Earns a reputation for all the weird writing and a lack of continuity with the Batman franchise during its five seasons.
A large part of GothamThe appeal was his unflinching commitment to his tone. While not the darkest or most accurate adaptation of the Batman mythos, the Fox series aimed to entertain and surprise. It was not exactly a critical pet in its heyday, but the quality of Gotham Has been consistent throughout his run. With an abundance of cartoonish violence and morally gray characters, Gotham was nothing if not entertaining, for better or worse.
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Professor Pig does the meat pie tango
Gotham isn’t afraid to have a macabre musical moment
While Gotham Had a lot of funny characters, Professor Pig took the cake, or more accurately, pie. In season 4 episode 9, “Let Them Eat Pie,” he unveiled his cover of “Cell Block Tango.” Only his song is a dark comedy parody of the Chicago Hit in that Professor Pig reveals the pies he serves to Gotham’s aristocracy are made from human flesh. While such a revolting plot is not uncommon in the Batman universe, forcing dinner guests, including the Penguin, into cannibalism during a musical number is just the sort of thing Gotham Can pull off.
More generally, Professor Pig is the type of over-the-top character most TV series and movies would shy away from. however, Gotham Driven by just that sort of absurdity. As such, Professor Pig’s portrayal successfully walks the tightrope between terrifying and hilarious.
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Penguin and Butch kill Azrael with a bazooka
It was one of Gotham’s most outrageous moments
In most series, a character is confirmed dead when the body is shown, however Gotham Others operate with her dead. Multiple characters returned from the dead courtesy of Hugo Strange during the show, including Theo Galavan. Raised as the “old” warrior Ezra’l, he is sent to kill Gordon. The plan goes sideways due to the intervention of the Penguin, who orders Butch Gilzean to take him out. Because Gotham and camp are synonyms, he does so with a bazooka, completely destroying Azrael.
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Although such a comical choice of weapon may break audience immersion, Gotham Avoid this pit only because it leans into the absurdity of using a rocket launcher for killing. After killing Azrael, the penguin emerges from the flames, looks Gordon in the eye and says:You are welcome.” This scene exemplifies it Gothams ability to mess with the audience By providing a surprise and a laugh in quick succession.
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Jim Gordon Investigates in a Baby Resort
Gotham doesn’t shy away from showing the strange past of its citizens
Gotham is a strange city, and the series of the same name often shows how strange the inhabitants are. For example, in season 4 episode 15, Gordon and his partner, Harvey Bullock, find themselves in a spa of grown adults dressed as babies during an investigation. An employee who serves milk to patrons is suing the GCPD for violating the resort’s anonymity policy. This level of weird gets to Bullockwho’s talking”What the hell is this?“To see the guests.
Gotham Double down on the funny scene when the cops spot the ventriloquist posing as one of the babies and take him in. Gordon Perp – Walking a man in a bib is the kind of picture only Gotham was daring enough to be put on network television, and it stands out as one of the show’s more surprising comedic choices.
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Penguin kills Martin
Gotham’s Penguin was a master manipulator
Gotham Season 4 pitted The Penguin, the self-proclaimed “King of Gotham,” against Sofia Falcone, daughter of the notorious don Carmine Falcone. The two play a game of cat and mouse. The penguin kidnaps Sofia, so to get even, Sofia later abducts Martin, a mute child with whom the villain struck up a friendship After they arrange an exchange, the Penguin declares that he will not allow Martin to be used against him. Then he blows up the car that the young man just got into.
Gotham Surprised audiences by allowing a main character to kill a child he cared about, a move few other shows would attempt. The end of the same episode reveals that the penguin protected Martin from the blast, but the scene remains equally memorable and out of pocket. Moreover, the penguin outsmarting Sophia further shows the concern Gotham Set in characterizing its villains.
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Bruce and Jerome bring new meaning to face-off
Gotham referred to the Joker with a gnarly carnival fight
Although DC has strict rules about which characters the series can use, Gotham Skated by restrictions on using the joker. Jerome Valeska, introduced in the first season, was a Joker-like character who shared traits and story elements with the comic book villain. Niha, Gotham Adapted a plot from “Death of the Family” In which Joker removes his face and wears it as a mask. Jerome’s face is removed involuntarily, but like the Joker, he “wears” his own skin by stuffing it in place.
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After his makeshift facial reconstruction, Jerome kidnaps and then fights a young Bruce Wayne in a Hall of Mirrors. Gotham Takes full advantage of the disorienting setting to show how poor Bruce feels when he almost loses his cool on Jerome. The future Batman repeatedly punches Loosen Jerome’s “mask,” so when Gordon knocks the villain out, his face falls off. This prompts Bullock to say the most “Gotham” line in the entire series: “At least you get to say you punched a man’s face off.”
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Fish Mooney defies the doll
Gotham’s fish made it clear that she would rather get hurt than lose
While Gotham Adapting a lot of existing Batman characters, it also created a few of its own. Fish Manny, played by a very in-her element Jada Pinkett Smith, acted as the Penguin’s mentor and rival in Gotham’s criminal underworld. Although she has a few standout moments, one fishy moment wins the prize for GothamS Gorist surprise. When the crime boss is kidnapped from prison by the Dollmaker, she refuses to let him sell her body parts.
In a show of dominance, Fish scoops out her eye and stares at itThwarting the villain’s plan. She is always willing to disfigure herself in order to avoid being at his mercy. The doll is impressed, and he gives her a replacement eye. Fish then plays him by pretending to be his right-hand woman. The stomach-curdling scene exhibits Gothams Unhinged narrative. It may have been gross, but it served a huge purpose in Fish’s story arc.
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Penguin feeds his stepmother her children
Penguin avenged his father in the most awkward way
It is no secret that the penguin was one of these Gothams best letters. The villain was chaotic and calculating, and Robin Lord Taylor’s performance only heightened his campy characterization. One of his main qualities in the show is loyalty. If the penguin is your ally, he will fight to the death for you, unless you cross him. in Gotham Season 2, The Penguin’s mother is murdered by Galavan, which causes him to reconnect with his father, Elijah. Unfortunately, Elijah dies when he ingests a poisoned drink intended for his son.
When the penguin discovers his stepmother is the guilty party, the penguin avenges his father. He serves her dinner, then as she eats, He reveals that she is making a meal of her children’s leftovers. After letting the realization sink in, the Gotham Evil kills her. The violent scene is as horrifying as it is captivating, largely due to Lord Taylor’s manic acting.
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Ra’s Al Ghul manipulates Bruce Wayne into murder
Gotham made a huge change in Batman’s backstory
With a show that takes as many risks as GothamSome of them were bound to bring a pair of feathers. In particular, depicting a young Batman was a significant challenge. Bruce was only 12 in the first season of GothamSo he wasn’t supposed to know most of the villains yet. The series worked around this constraint by making Gordon the cop who responded when Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered. Later seasons ran out of ways to separate Bruce from his future enemies, and he interacted with Selina Kyle, the Penguin, and others while still a teenager.
Perhaps the most egregious example is when Gotham pitted a high school-aged Bruce against Ra’s Al Ghul. Introducing such a pivotal character into Batman’s story early on fundamentally reroutes his origin, and the series doubles down by having Bruce immediately kill Ra’s. Not only is Ra’s supposed to survive well into Batman’s adult years, but his death violates one of the hero’s biggest rules: no killing. to his credit, Gotham Played this moment off as the inspiration for Bruce’s moral code. Even so, the scene felt wildly out of character for the future Caped Crusader.
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Game Penguin Freezes The Riddler
Penguin’s affection for the Riddler is cold and bitter
If there is one thing Gotham Excelled in, it’s made wicked fun. The Penguin and the Riddler’s on-again, off-again relationship is the best display of how the series steered into the skids in terms of competence. The chemistry between the two was spot on, whether they were best friends or bitter enemies. Because of this fun dynamic, Gotham Pulled off some truly extraordinary stories. One example is the show’s third season, which saw the Penguin/Riddler duo go from mad love to bad blood.
The criminals had a falling out after the penguin fell in love with the Riddler and killed his significant other. The resulting chaos ended only in a comical scene Gotham would try. The penguin ordered Mr. Freeze to put the Riddler in the iceAnd the subsequent storyline showed the latter on display as a human popsicle in the Iceberg Lounge.
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Butch becomes Solomon Grundy
The former enforcer is reborn to a classic nursery rhyme
GothamBeing a prequel, it was no stranger to teasing its audience with future Batman characters, such as Nightwing. As a result, the revelation that Butch’s real name was Cyrus Gold, the former moniker of DC villain Solomon Grundy, seemed easy to dismiss as a reference. however, Gotham Season 4 doubled down on the connection after Butch found himself six feet under. In one of the wildest reveals in Gotham history, Butch returns from the dead While an 1842 nursery rhyme plays in the background:
Shlomo Grundy,
born on monday,
Christianity on Tuesday,
married wednesday
got sick on thursday
Worse on Friday,
died Saturday
Buried Sunday.
This is the end
From Solomon Grundy.
Although Grundy is a classic Batman villain, adapting his character for a live-action series ran the risk of being too weird. Gotham With Grundy’s Lou Ferrigno-like appearance, but the character’s inclusion was played with such comical sincerity that it just barely worked.