Call of the Cobblepot

**"Call of the Cobblepot"** is the third episode of the first season of *The Batman* and the third episode overall.

## "Call of the Cobblepot"

### Episode

3 (production order)3 (overall)
2 (airing order)

## Synopsis

A spate of thefts involving vultures, owls and crows that steal jewels, leaves Batman determined to discover who the culprit is. He soon learns that the culprit is Oswald Cobblepot (aka Penguin), a socialite whom Alfred's grandfather worked for, and who gatecrashes a party being hosted by Bruce Wayne. As Batman tries to apprehend him, matters become complicated when Alfred is captured by Penguin after trying to get back his serving tray that Penguin stole.

## Plot

Ms. Vintrup comes back from a party which she found terrible, and goes for a bath. Her puppy then feels something is wrong, and that something is an owl that goes through the window and steals a necklace. Vintrup comes out and finds the necklace stolen, which horrifies her.

Later,the police come to the scene, with Yin and Bennett. Bennett claims it's the 3rd theft this week, with the same M.O: no prints, no force entry and no phyical evidnce of any kind. Ellen claims that this would be the doing of Batman had he been a burglar. Right after the detectives leave, Batman appears to investigate the scene. He obtains a sample of a feather, then the detectives come back in, spotting him. Batman escapes. Back at the Batcave, Batman investigates the sample, and finds that someone trianed the owl for theft. Alfred comes and reminds him of the fundraiser he has to host. Batman tells him that it should be tomorrow night, and Alfred reminds him that it is tomorrow night. At the manor, Bruce is hosting a disco party. A bunch of famous people arrive, including Oswald Cobblepot, with his Kabuki bodyguards. Bruce and Oswald greet each other. A woman passing by grabs Oswald's attention, and he goes after her. Alfred then tells that he knows of the Cobblepots, and that his grandfather served them. He states they're all as obnoxious as Oswald is, and treated Alfred's grandfather unfairly, and eventually fired him. The woman Oswald went after rejects him immediately. Bruce goes to apologise. Oswald proceeds to eat the appetites Alfred made. Bruce apologises to the woman, Amanda, and then notices something suspicious. He notices Ethan and Yin on a stake out. A crow then attacks Amanda. Alfred then mentions that Oswald isn't on the list ,and if he wishes to stay in the charity event, he must at least contribute. Oswald throws his contribution in the fire, which Alfred quickly puts off. After the party ends, Bruce reccomends Alfred to get some sleep, while Batman does some investigation. Then, Alfred notices that his tray is missing, no doubt Oswald stole it. Batman heads out, then notices a flock of birds stealing valuables. He follows them, and finds them dropping the valuables in a car, accompained by Kabuki Twin #1. Right as Batman questions where's #2, she cuts a wing from his glider.

The Twins and Batman fight, until they distract him and escape. Next morning, Alfred goes to Cobblepot manor. Alfred goes inside and retrieves his tray, just as Penguin is home. At the Batcave, Batman finds a chain of similar crimes in Asia, which stopped last week, and then started in Gotham. He finally figures out Cobblepot is behind this. He finds out Oswald took his guest list to steal from these guests. He tries calling Alfred, who's unavailable. He then calls him via phone. Alfred is sneaking in the manor, until his phone goes off, alerting Penguin. Alfred runs away and finds himself around Penguin's arsenal of birds,and the Kabuki Twins. Penguin offers Alfred to serve him, but Alfred refuses. Penguin then realises he's a Pennyworth. Alfred finds out Oswald is the thief of all the valuables, and he's then captured. Penguin plans on feeding his birds Alfred.

Batman then arrives to rescue Alfred. The birds attack Batman,but he uses sonar to scare them away. Batman then captures the twins in a cell. Batman and Penguin fight. During the fight, Penguin knocks a Batarang away, which cuts one of Alfred's cuffs. He frees himself. Penguin manages to grab Batman with his electric chains. Batman pulls the chains, and punches Penguin. Penguin gets up again,but is quickly defeated. Alfred and Batman then find that the twins escaped. At the manor,Bruce and Ethan are playing basketball. Ethan ultimately wins. The two then go feed birds, and Bruce congratulates him for Penguin's arrest. Ethan states that he can't take all the credit, since Batman did most of the job. Ethan is glad that freaks like Penguin bring out Batman, and Bruce hopes it's not the other way around.

## Cast/Characters

* Rino Romano as Bruce Wayne/Batman
* Tom Kenny as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin
* Alastair Duncan as Alfred Pennyworth
* Steve Harris as Detective Ethan Bennett
* Ming-Na as Detective Ellen Yin
* Grey DeLisle as Amanda Raymont and Ms. Vintrup
* Kabuki Twins
* Princess

## Events

- Character debuts:

* Ms. Vintrup
* Kabuki Twins
* Penguin
* Amanda
* Princess

## Trivia

* This episode hints to Penguin living by himself, since his parents’ faces are torn out of the family portrait and Cobblepot Manor looks very beat-up, despite the fact that he has maids in *The CobbleBot Caper*.
* This episode aired ahead of *Traction* despite it being the second episode of the series.

## Errors

* The police would not place "Crime Scene" tape on an apartment that has simply been burgled.
* Penguin says he's eating anchovy pizza, but it's pepperoni.
* When Batman goes into the mansion, his emblem's colours are backwards.Emblem error.