DC just mercilessly twisted the knife with The penguinthe most traumatizing death, adding insult to injury. Now this The penguin ended, it’s safe to say that showrunner Lauren LeFranc helped create one of the most sinister villains ever adapted to live action, alongside Matt Reeves. The Oz Cobb that debuted in Batman shown to be an exceptionally devious criminal, now at the top of his game in Matt Reeves’ Batman trilogy after performing some particularly heinous acts to get there.
The end of The penguin was extremely well-received and helped to decisively eliminate any remaining sympathy for Colin Farrel’s titular villain. After committing one of his most heinous acts, the Penguin will now emerge in Batman – Part II not just as a formidable crime boss, but as a well-rounded villain capable of giving Batman a run for his money. As if to drive this point home, DC decided to kick the fandom while they were at it with a rather provocative post on social media.
Missing Penguin Poster Makes Victor Aguilar’s Death Even Worse
DC published a post suggesting Aguilar is “missing”
The penguinVic and Oz’s ending ended Vic and Oz’s relationship in the most brutal way, causing the latter to murder the former moments after admitting they saw each other as family. Penguin’s young protégé impressed fans with his survival instinct and enthusiasm, only for Penguin to remove him from the franchise entirely after claiming their bond is a weakness. Just one day later The penguinThe explosive ending of aired, the official account of The penguin shared a post via X before the collective wound could heal with Aguilar in a “Missing person“poster.
The post understandably got some strong responses from fans of the show who are still mourning Aguilar’s death, sharing the sentiment that the post came from “very early.” The Missing Person poster will, of course, be canon now in Matt Reeves’ Batman universe after Penguin discarded his body in a river and discarded his identity, which will help anonymize the body. The fact that Aguilar had no surviving family (that we know of) would also contribute to this – and is also what helps make his death even more tragic.
I still can’t believe Oz killed Victor even though it was teased from the beginning
Victor’s similarities to Jason Todd hinted at his ultimate fate
After being caught by Penguin trying to steal the rims from his car, Victor Aguilar managed to convince the villain to spare him with the promise of his help. It is revealed that Aguilar – one of the only good people in the series – was simply committing crimes to survive after his parents fell victim to the Riddler’s flood. Penguin recruited him under threat of death was an early sign that he would end up committing murderbut the suggestion that he saw himself in the young man before sharing some genuinely touching moments made it all the more shocking.
The Penguin foreshadowed a similar fate for Aguilar when Oz threatened him with his own crowbar, suggesting that the parallels between Aguilar and Todd were entirely intentional – and would culminate in this tragic death.
The biggest hint that Aguilar wouldn’t survive the show was her resemblance to DC Comics’ Jason Todd. Todd was the second to don the mantle of Robin in DC Comics, and was famously murdered by the Joker with a crowbar (before being resurrected as the Red Hood several years later). The penguin foreshadowed a similar fate for Aguilar when Oz threatened him with a crowbar of his ownsuggesting that the parallels between Aguilar and Todd were entirely intentional – and would culminate in this tragic death. That said, it will take fans some time to recover.
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