Oswald Cobblepot quotes from Gotham

Oswald Cobblepot

How much longer are these petty aggressions going to continue?

Butch Gilzean

There is nothing petty about my aggression!

Butch Gilzean

You starin' at me? Yeah, I get it. Sometimes, I accidentally catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. It scares me, too. And then I get angry. The longer I'm like this, the angrier I get. Right now, the way I see it, you are preventing me from finding the cure, and that makes me very, very angry.

Oswald Cobblepot

Is your plan to gain his sympathy by reciting your tale of woe?

Butch Gilzean

Nah. Just wanted to get him to pee his pants a little in terror. You want me to shove some chicken bones up his nose 'til he squawks?

Oswald Cobblepot

Yes, that will do.

Jeremiah Valeska

$50,000,000? That's what you want?

Oswald Cobblepot

...It's a nice, round number.

Jeremiah Valeska

I don't quite have that on me, right now.

Oswald Cobblepot

You gave the mayor six hours to evacuate Gotham. An impossible task. Let him buy another hour. He will save thousands of lives... $50,000,000 will seem cheap.

Jeremiah Valeska

I see. I play the villain, you get away Scot-free and rich. [Penguin shrugs and nods] I get you the money, you give me back my core relay.

Barbara Kean

That is usually how a handoff works, yeah.

Jeremiah Valeska

... You drive a hard bargain, but I'll see what I can do.

Barbara Kean

Just like that? After knowing your brother, I expected something more...

Jeremiah Valeska

Insane? Oh, I'm nothing if not sane. And reasonable. Two things my brother never valued; that's why I'll be successful where he failed. Well, that and being... vastly more intelligent. Now, to see about your money. [dials his phone] This is Jeremiah Valeska. I'd like to speak to the mayor, I have additional demands. Yes, really. $50,000,000, unmarked bills. I'll tell you the location...

Tabitha Galavan

We're not just gonna hand this thing over and let him destroy Gotham, are we?

Oswald Cobblepot

Of course not! Once we get the money, we kill Jeremiah and his people, give the core relay to the police, split the $50,000,000 and are hailed as the heroes of Gotham!

Tabitha Galavan

... And we cure Butch.

Oswald Cobblepot

[nodding impatiently] And that! Certainly.

Jeremiah Valeska

Would you believe it? They put me on hold. [sets down his phone] Well, there's always Plan #2.

Barbara Kean

GET DOWN!

Oswald Cobblepot

WAIT!

Oswald Cobblepot

Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND?!

Jeremiah Valeska

[Offended] Why do you keep insisting I'm insane?! What's insane about having a backup plan, something Jongleur never knew about? And just so you know, this building is within the blast radius, and because of your interference, I'm gonna detonate the bombs as soon as I'm far enough away to observe the destruction in peace.

Barbara Kean

[Alarmed] No, you promised the city six hours!

Jeremiah Valeska

[Irritated] And whose fault is it that I changed my mind? [to one of his followers] Tell our men to re-wire the bombs to work in direct sequence. And, the rest of you... kill these idiots.

Oswald Cobblepot

[to Tabitha, after shooting Butch dead] Did you think I forgot you murdered my mother? That I just... got over it? I have lived with that pain every day. I could have killed you anytime I wanted, but I believe in an eye for an eye. You took away the one person I loved, so I took away the one person you love. And you get to live with that.

Tabitha Galavan

All of this - finding Strange, curing Butch - was all so you could kill him front of me?

Oswald Cobblepot

Exactly. But don't worry: In time, when I feel you have suffered enough, I will kill you, too.

Tabitha Galavan

Not if I kill you first.

Oswald Cobblepot

You're welcome to try.

Oswald Cobblepot

[after killing Tabitha] Can we move past this? Say the whole "Butch-Tabitha" chapter is over?

Barbara Kean

I am gonna feed your guts to the rats, you beaky-nosed freak!

Oswald Cobblepot

So... no.

Oswald Cobblepot

The Street Demonz! To what do I owe this honor?

You hit our stronghold and killed our men. And not just us - you hit the Lo Boyz and the Undead, too.

Oswald Cobblepot

[sarcastically] Did I, now?

You tagged the scene with graffiti that said, "Penguin Was Here".

Oswald Cobblepot

You dolt! If I wanted to start a gang war, you'd all be dead. I wouldn't leave a few and sign my name. Someone wanted you to attack me.

[pause] That's a good point. We didn't really think this through.

Oswald Cobblepot

Well, there'll be plenty of time for thinking while my men are ripping out your fingernails! Chain him up!

Oswald Cobblepot

I'm not helping you, Jim. You are the reason I'm in this predicament. You have taken everything from me.

Jim Gordon

Keep your voice down!

Oswald Cobblepot

I kept people safe. I protected them from chaos. They should have loved me. Instead, they came here to this pigsty to be covered with fleas and filth. Why? What makes this place so special?

Jim Gordon

Well, for one thing, it's far away from you.

Oswald Cobblepot

[through a bullhorn] To the vile miscreant who murdered those innocent Havenites, you have nowhere to run!

Harvey Bullock

There goes the element of surprise.

Oswald Cobblepot

We will root you out like the vermin you are! Two forces, united in one purpose-!

Jim Gordon

Elevated position, back to the sun...

Harvey Bullock

Looks like we found our guy, huh?

Jim Gordon

We're sitting ducks out here.

Harvey Bullock

And one penguin. Hey, Oswald, why don't you crawl out there, grab that bullhorn and tell him to come down quietly?

Victor Zsasz

I did not make that building go boom, Jim.

Oswald Cobblepot

[interjecting] Oh, please! You gave up any shred of honor long ago! Why should we believe a snake like you?

Victor Zsasz

Because I would never take credit for someone else's work.

Oswald Cobblepot

Oh, no, you would just betray anyone and everyone for the right price!

Victor Zsasz

Is this about Sofia Falcone? Because you should really move past that. It's not healthy.

Hand over the heaters!

If you don't mind.

Oswald Cobblepot

Mr. Penn, can't we just talk this through...

Get back!

I am so sorry.

Mr. Scarface and I have discussed our options, and the submarine sounds like a good plan.

[nodding toward Nygma] And since we'll need the smart one to guild this hay-gurner, he can keep suckin' air. Gut Penguin ain't so lucky! Do it, Penn! Ventilate that mook!

I'm so sorry, Mr. Cobblepot. I wish things would have turned out differently.

Oswald Cobblepot

Arthur, I want you to listen to me. You accuse me of manipulating you, but what about him? I never asked you to kill anybody.

That is true.

Hey!

Oswald Cobblepot

Think of everything we went through together. Sofia Falcone. Getting cut off from the mainland, starving....

You mean Penn was starving! Fighting for scraps while your dog ate steak!

Oswald Cobblepot

I welcomed you into my home! And, yes, I was not a good friend. To you, or to anyone. It's why I'm alone. But I saw you for what you are, and I valued that. That must be worth something.

Applesauce! You're a liar and a thief! All you do is take, take...

...Take! And you never give anything. You worked me to the bone, forced me to be your puppet! Well, no more. You hear me?

No more!

Mr. Cobblepot, you've freed me! How can I ever repay you...?

Oswald Cobblepot

Why did you do that? He wasn't the threat, the dummy was... [trails off as he realizes what he is saying]

Edward Nygma

Oswald, I accept you for the person you are, just as you accept me for the cold logician I am. That's why this friendship is great. And as my friend, you have to agree that that lunatic had to be stopped.

Oswald Cobblepot

[smiles] Perhaps, Edward, we really are meant for each other.

Oswald Cobblepot

And now Jim Gordon and Lee Thompkins are man and wife. Thank God you held this city together so this blessed event could take place. It was never gonna work.

Barbara Kean

What?

Oswald Cobblepot

Controlling the gangs was not a backup plan. You saw a chance to convince James Gordon you had changed, but he will never see you as anything but a dangerous woman keeping his child from him.

Barbara Kean

Then I'd best be long gone before he can do anything about it.

Oswald Cobblepot

He will hunt you to the ends of the Earth.

Barbara Kean

Let him.

Oswald Cobblepot

Congratulations! Go to the clinic, go have your baby...

Barbara Kean

What, so you two can hightail it off this rock without me? I don't think so.

Oswald Cobblepot

I assure you, we will not launch without you. Ed and I will finish making preparations, and be ready to launch the moment you get back with that little bundle of joy! Or, unless I should drive you to the clinic in light of your delicate condition...

Barbara Kean

I can do it! I'm not that delicate! Remember that, if you even think about double-crossing me.

Edward Nygma

Very kind of you to offer to drive her.

Oswald Cobblepot

I knew she would never accept my help.

Edward Nygma

Should I start the engine?

Oswald Cobblepot

One less passenger to worry about.

Edward Nygma

No, two, actually.

Oswald Cobblepot

[laughs] You are so right!

Oswald Cobblepot

[draws a gun] Hand over the part, now.

Leslie Thompkins

[stepping in front of Barbara] Don't point that at the baby!

Oswald Cobblepot

...What? [quickly lowers the gun] I did not! I was merely trying to make a general threatening gesture with a firearm...

Edward Nygma

But you did, though, you pointed the gun at the baby...

Oswald Cobblepot

All right, fine, I'M SORRY! Now give us what we want!

Barbara Kean

[in labor] Oh, you think I'm stupid enough to have the part on me? It's hidden away somewhere safe! And if you think you can torture me into telling you where, there is literally nothing more painful than what I am going through right now!