Several Easter eggs and allusions to Batman, comics, and even some significant historical allusions to the show’s title character, Oz Cobb, can be found in The Penguin episode 6. The Penguin is making a name for himself in the criminal underworld and his new drug empire is flourishing after he established it beneath Gotham City.
In light of this, some new characters with ties to the original D.C. Comics have surfaced as Oz prepares for battle alongside his main adversaries, the Maronis and Gigantes.
In episode six of The Penguin, Penguin has greatly increased the scope of his Bliss operations, with distribution occurring underground because of the city’s defunct trolley system.
He has stayed one step ahead of Salvatore Maroni and Sofia Gigante. But since battle lines are still being drawn, Penguin is motivated to continue forming some important alliances.
Here are some of the most significant allusions and Easter eggs in The Penguin, episode 6.
8Why Victor’s Tunnel Biking Scene Feels So Familiar in The Penguin?
The Penguin episode 6 opens with Victor Aguilar, Oz’s protégé and right-hand man, riding a motorcycle through several access tunnels beneath Gotham on his way to the central trolley hub that has become Penguin’s new base of operations.
He has grown significantly from the two buckets of mushrooms he had with several crews working for him in Crown Point. This makes it feel like the opening sequences of The Batman in 2022. Bruce Wayne returns to his Batcave beneath Wayne Tower on a motorcycle after investigating the murder of Mayor Don Mitchell Jr. by The Riddler.
The comparison is fairly obvious because Bruce is also seen riding through underground access tunnels as Batman makes his way to the Batcave. However, Penguin and his crews are not using the same tunnels. The tunnels leading to the now-defunct train station known as Wayne Terminus were privately owned by the Wayne Family, although the trolley system was open to the public before its closure.
7Who is Able Crown, and how does he lead the Burnley Town Massive?
Penguin affirms that he plans to conduct business with the Burnley Town Massive and Gotham’s smaller-time gangs. In DC Comics’ Gotham, the Massive is a gang that is primarily African-American and is led by Able Crown.
As a result, Crown and his team are mentioned after The Penguin episode 6 when Oz calls all gang leaders to his “Gold Summit” and suggests allying against Sal and Sofia to retake Gotham and cease stealing the leftovers from the larger criminal families.
During the crossover event in Batman: War Games, Able, and the B.T.M. were eliminated along with other gangs and criminals in the comics. In the same incident, Batman fired Stephanie Brown, his sidekick, after 71 days.
To prove herself, Brown invoked an old Batman backup plan that would have brought the gangs together under Matches Malone, Bruce Wayne’s undercover criminal persona. But things went wrong, and there was a full-scale conflict and many deaths, including Crown’s.
6Who are the LoBoys, and what makes them a classic gang in Gotham’s underworld?
The Penguin episode 6 features another iconic Gotham gang from the comics, the LoBoys. Often spelled the Lo-Boys or LoBoyz, the gang was a major part of Fox’s Gotham television series during its No Man’s Land adaptation, where they sarcastically fought Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor).
Although Penguin episode 6 doesn’t give away much about the LoBoys, it does show two women representing the group at Penguin’s summit meeting, and Oz affirms that they gang scrap with everyone to gain their respect.
5What is the history of the Sullivan Crime Family, one of Gotham’s oldest gangs?
Although the Sullivan Family is Gotham’s oldest criminal gang, Penguin affirms they are not the most potent. The original DC Comics also reflected this. “Donny Boy” is at Penguin’s summit, and the Sullivan Family, also known as just “The Irish Gang,” is headed by brothers Donny and Mickey. Before being all killed in a single night by the Holiday Killer (as seen in The Long Halloween), the Irish in the comics served as hitmen for Carmine Falcone.
How does Pauli’s Diner connect to Batman: Arkham Knight?
Oz asks Francis if she recalls their time spent at “Pauli’s Diner” during breakfast with Victor and his mother. The opening scene of Arkham Knight, where players first take control of a GCPD police officer who Scarecrow’s fear gas has attacked, is probably where fans of the Arkham video games will most likely remember Pauli. Legendary Batman and DC Comics author Paul Dini is the source of the restaurant’s name, and the diner appears in the LEGO DC Supervillains game.
4What is Rex Calabrese’s connection to Penguin’s family?
Francis, who is still dealing with her dementia, has a moment where he believes Oz is his father. Francis, furious with him, says she will simply go speak to “Rex” if he does not provide for his children. This alludes to Rex Calabrese, one of Gotham’s original gangsters, whom Oz briefly worked for and looked up to as a child.
However, this is the first time Rex Calabrese and Francis Cobb are mentioned in a personal relationship. Therefore, it would not be shocking if it turned out that Oz may have been Rex’s son without realizing it.
The theory that Oz would always be one of Gotham’s biggest criminals because it was secretly in his blood all along may be what distinguished him from his late brothers. But as of right now, we only know that Jack and Benny were “taken by the city.”
3What role do Penguin’s brothers play in the series, and how do they impact his story in Gotham?
Sal and Sofia break into Penguin’s former apartment and look for anything they might use against Oz. Sal consequently discovers a picture of Oz with his brothers, Jack and Benny, when they were younger. Although The Penguin has previously mentioned Oz’s brothers, the picture is noteworthy because it is still unclear how they passed away.
Nevertheless, Sofia eventually discovers that Francis Cobb is still alive because Oz had long kept up the falsehood that she had passed away years before to shield her from his adversaries. As a result, by the end of the episode, Sofia has located Francis in Crown Point, which implies that she plans to hold Oz’s mother hostage to obtain the upper hand in the upcoming episodes.
2What are Councilman Hady’s key corrupt actions in the comics, and how do they impact Gotham?
Penguin visits City Hall and threatens Councilman Hady in the parking lot because he is upset about Crown Point’s continuous lack of electricity and wants to support his mother.
Oz uses a pair of pliers to clamp the politician’s nose and demands that he stop transferring power away from the less fortunate areas of the city. Hady, who first appeared in the comics, is one of the many dishonest mayors of Gotham, and it appears that The Penguin’s portrayal is no exception.
The fact that Carmine Falcone blackmailed Councilman Hady after he was discovered using public funds to settle his gambling debts is confirmed in this episode. Hady fulfills his promise, and by the end of The Penguin episode 6, the lights are back on, suggesting that Penguin now has his very own politician under control. Oz’s continued prominence in Gotham’s underworld should make a continuing relationship with Hady extremely beneficial.
1How does the umbrella light at Eve’s represent the complicated relationship between key characters in Gotham?
Sofia and Eve meet in her apartment when Sofia confronts her to find out where Oz is—dangling an umbrella-shaped light over the bed. There is nothing coincidental about the umbrella, especially since this is a show about DC’s Penguin.
Additionally, given that Oz and Eve had committed to watch out for and protect one another, an umbrella is undoubtedly a good symbol for their partnership. But Eve’s decision to shield her daughters only goes so far, and after Sofia Gigante reveals that Oz wrongfully sent her to Arkham for ten years as “The Hangman,” she eventually tells her where Oz has been hiding.
About The Penguin
The Penguin is an American television miniseries created by Lauren LeFranc for HBO. Based on the DC Comics character Penguin, it is a spin-off from the film The Batman (2022) that explores the Penguin’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld. LeFranc serves as the showrunner of the series, which is produced by DC Studios in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Colin Farrell stars as the Penguin, reprising his role from The Batman, alongside Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Zegen, Berto Colón, James Madio, Joshua Bitton, David H. Holmes, Daniel J. Watts, Ben Cook, Jayme Lawson, Michael Kelly and Mark Strong. Development was underway by September 2021, and HBO Max ordered it in March 2022, after The Batman was released. The film’s director, Matt Reeves, supervised the writing and was involved in hiring the creative team. Filming began in March 2023 in New York, but was halted in June by the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. Production resumed in late November and concluded in February 2024. The series moved from HBO Max’s successor Max to HBO in July 2024. Craig Zobel directed the first three episodes.
The Penguin premiered in the United States on HBO on September 19, 2024, and is set to run for eight episodes until November 10.
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