10 Things DC Wants You To Forget About The Penguin
1. He Had Some Ridiculous Trick Umbrellas
The Penguin's most famous gimmick is his large supply of umbrella weapons. With a click of a switch, he can turn his rain protector into a sword, a gun or even a flamethrower. However, not all of his gadgets are winners.
Another of his more famous umbrellas is one that can rotate, turning into a makeshift helicopter. In addition to that though, Penguin also had an umbrella that fired a powerful jet, allowing him to use it like a rocket. Now, the image of him flying away like a dumpy Mary Poppins is pretty bad, but it's nothing compared to him awkwardly perched on top of his umbrella while it careens off into the sky. And that's not even his worst mode of transportation.
Penguin also had an umbrella that turned into a pogo stick, a method of escape that is as horribly impractical as it is completely ludicrous.
There's also been countless umbrella themed deathtraps, an umbrella that shot webs and even one that transformed into a robot to do Penguin's crimes for him. Most of them were a product of the 1960's and, just like a child at Christmas with a new toy, would be used once and never seen again.