from all of Batman's nemesis, i like the Riddler best. the joker is such a pain in the bat's behind but i never felt sorry for him. the riddler at least makes his victims think. i feel a little sorry for him and the episode i just watched is one of the most memorable ones featuring this villain. even the bat sympathized with him.
in the 2005 Batman series, he got a new look. he now reminds me of orochimaru.
in this episode (Riddler's Revenge), Batman got stuck inside a cargo container with the Riddler at the deepest part of Gotham Bay. robin is in school and had ran out of plausible excuses to get out of class and so rescue was put on hold until he could find an excuse his teacher would believe.
the riddler was pursuing his arch nemesis, gorman, who he believed sabotaged his invention. Gorman was a businessman who had been trying to get eddie (the riddler) to sell him the rights to the device he invented.
as the story goes, batman rescued gorman from the riddler but the ingrate detonated the bomb on the ship and left. the two got stuck inside the cargo container which sunk to the bottom of the bay because it was held down by a steel beam that sunk with it when the ship exploded. radio transmission according to the bat was impossible since they seem to have landed at the deepest part of the bay.
running out of oxygen and trying to find a way to get the container to float back to the surface, the riddler gave batman a riddle. "what's at the beginning that can also be found at the end?" and with that riddle came tumbling out the riddler's story.
at the beginning.
as eddie, he was working on the device with julie (also supposedly the riddler's amour) at the university lab. the device is suppose to improve one's memory. at the unveiling of the device, the university president was their lab rat. the device worked in a way but it also injured the university president. and so poor eddie got fired and he blamed gorman. he thought gorman had sabotaged it because the device worked before without any terrible consequences. that incident, according to the riddler is the turning point that made him become the riddler.
the first encounter the bat had with the riddler was when he saved gorman from his own house. according to the riddler, it was his first attempt at interior decorating. he redecorated gorman's house with his puzzles.
riddle me this and riddle me that. these are some of the riddles on the story. "what is an 11 letter word that everyone pronounces incorrectly?" And he has a funny way of giving his victims directions.
the riddler was pursuing his arch nemesis, gorman, who he believed sabotaged his invention. Gorman was a businessman who had been trying to get eddie (the riddler) to sell him the rights to the device he invented.
as the story goes, batman rescued gorman from the riddler but the ingrate detonated the bomb on the ship and left. the two got stuck inside the cargo container which sunk to the bottom of the bay because it was held down by a steel beam that sunk with it when the ship exploded. radio transmission according to the bat was impossible since they seem to have landed at the deepest part of the bay.
running out of oxygen and trying to find a way to get the container to float back to the surface, the riddler gave batman a riddle. "what's at the beginning that can also be found at the end?" and with that riddle came tumbling out the riddler's story.
at the beginning.
as eddie, he was working on the device with julie (also supposedly the riddler's amour) at the university lab. the device is suppose to improve one's memory. at the unveiling of the device, the university president was their lab rat. the device worked in a way but it also injured the university president. and so poor eddie got fired and he blamed gorman. he thought gorman had sabotaged it because the device worked before without any terrible consequences. that incident, according to the riddler is the turning point that made him become the riddler.
the first encounter the bat had with the riddler was when he saved gorman from his own house. according to the riddler, it was his first attempt at interior decorating. he redecorated gorman's house with his puzzles.
riddle me this and riddle me that. these are some of the riddles on the story. "what is an 11 letter word that everyone pronounces incorrectly?" And he has a funny way of giving his victims directions.
"what is 4 + no. 5? "
gorman got rich from the memory device. the riddler waited until he had accumulated so much so that he would have so much to lose when he finally serves his revenge. the revenge backfired and now they're underwater.
menwhile in an act of desperation, robin swallowed his science lab partner's experiment of soup mixed with god knows what. since their teacher won't taste it. it made him so sick that their teacher finally allowed him to go home.
at the end.
water had started to pour into the cargo container. the bat was trying to dislodge the beam that was holding down the container. the riddler won't help. but being batman, he made riddler realized he's been pursuing the wrong culprit. with the riddler's help, the bat managed to get the container to the surface. the riddler, realizing who had betrayed him knocked the bat down and pursued julie. batman would have been toast if robin had not arrived on time.
apparently, his lab partner was the one who sabotaged the device. she profited from the riddler's expulsion from the university since she thought him to be crazy. according to some bat logic, gorman is not a very technical person, so he could not have tampered the device. that makes julie the culprit. the riddler had been blinded by his love for her that he couldn't see clearly. **sigh*** love is blind eh?
the bat and the riddler met again at the at lab where batman foiled his plan again, this time from killing julie. the riddler was out cold from getting hit by a falling equipment. as robin was about to free julie from the ropes, he stopped robin and and told him to let the police handle it. the riddler had gained some sympathy from the bat himself. and he asked robin, "when is a villain not a villain?"
gorman got rich from the memory device. the riddler waited until he had accumulated so much so that he would have so much to lose when he finally serves his revenge. the revenge backfired and now they're underwater.
menwhile in an act of desperation, robin swallowed his science lab partner's experiment of soup mixed with god knows what. since their teacher won't taste it. it made him so sick that their teacher finally allowed him to go home.
at the end.
water had started to pour into the cargo container. the bat was trying to dislodge the beam that was holding down the container. the riddler won't help. but being batman, he made riddler realized he's been pursuing the wrong culprit. with the riddler's help, the bat managed to get the container to the surface. the riddler, realizing who had betrayed him knocked the bat down and pursued julie. batman would have been toast if robin had not arrived on time.
apparently, his lab partner was the one who sabotaged the device. she profited from the riddler's expulsion from the university since she thought him to be crazy. according to some bat logic, gorman is not a very technical person, so he could not have tampered the device. that makes julie the culprit. the riddler had been blinded by his love for her that he couldn't see clearly. **sigh*** love is blind eh?
the bat and the riddler met again at the at lab where batman foiled his plan again, this time from killing julie. the riddler was out cold from getting hit by a falling equipment. as robin was about to free julie from the ropes, he stopped robin and and told him to let the police handle it. the riddler had gained some sympathy from the bat himself. and he asked robin, "when is a villain not a villain?"
so what's the word everyone pronounces incorrectly? incorrectly, of course. so what direction are you going if you have 4 + no. 5? inverted, it would spell south.
i love riddles. =)
when is a door not a door? - the Riddler (Eddie Nygma)
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