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>Funny how much less interesting he became after they got what they wanted. I don't think the Veronica Vreeland episode would have worked nearly as well with the second design either since he's just short.

I don't hate the second design. The Penguin still was used quite a bit, but he became a neutral character. The animated series was released around the same time as Batman Returns. I think that Penguin is like the 60's version crossed with the Devito version. He had some good stand alone episodes... I liked Blind as a Bat and the one with Batman in the the kids basement. They changed those elements when Burton was replaced by Schumacher.