The Riddler

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Frank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a railroad worker ...

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The Riddler Quotes

	Season 1 / Episode 32: - The Riddler's False Notion (2) The Riddler: Mr. Van Jones, why are you like a clock at midnight? Answer: because both of your hands are going straight up, right now. Mr. Van Jones: What is this? The Riddler: This... is your last reel!
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - Give 'em the Axe (2) The Riddler: And Batman... did HE live, too? Robin: No, you fiend! You've destroyed the finest man who ever lived! And I'll get you for it! The Riddler: You malicious pipsqueak! You're in no position to threaten anybody! Put him on the rack - and if he doesn't fit, STRETCH him to size! Moth: Don't HURT him!
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - Give 'em the Axe (2) Batman: Remember Riddler, you can't buy friends with money. The Riddler: With money, who needs friends?
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - Give 'em the Axe (2) The Riddler: A crime is no fun without riddles. I'll have you know that's the main reason I took up this crime game.
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - Give 'em the Axe (2) The Riddler: How can a sarcophagus be so hard to find? Tallow: Gee boss, I don't even know what an esophagus looks like.
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - Give 'em the Axe (2) The Riddler: You lied to me, Boy Wonder! Batman: A little white lie is excusable when dealing with the likes of you, you black hearted scoundrel!
	Season 1 / Episode 23: - The Ring of Wax (1) The Riddler: [watching as his henchmen melt a stolen wax figure of Batman] Oh, if only this were the real Batman. [quoting Shakespeare] Oh, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished! That his too, too solid flesh would melt and resolve itself into a dew! Moth: Oh, Riddler honey, that's beautiful! The Riddler: I wrote it myself.
	Season 1 / Episode 23: - The Ring of Wax (1) The Riddler: At last I've found it! This will lead me right to the lost treasure of the Inca's. Every greedy bone in my bodies cries out: hazaa! Hazaaaaaaaaaa!
	Season 1 / Episode 23: - The Ring of Wax (1) Robin the Boy Wonder: I can't move my feet! I'm stuck to the floor. The Riddler: Yes, it's my own concoction, I call it: Dr. Riddler's instant forever stick invisble wax emulsion.
	Season 1 / Episode 23: - The Ring of Wax (1) Moth: [about Batman] Oh, he, he looks so handsome beneath that mask. The Riddler: A diamondback rattlesnake is a handsome creature, too, but dangerous and deadly. Remeber, Martha, Batman is our sworn enemy. We can Ill afford such emotions as pity... Batman: Where am I? The Riddler: Ah, you could say you're in the proverbial pickle, Batman.
	Season 1 / Episode 23: - The Ring of Wax (1) The Riddler: For two people about to become human candles, you've got a lot of questions. Batman: I'm always interested in the way the criminal mind works. The Riddler: Well then, I'll tell you.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play (2) The Riddler: My friends, plan 1-36 triple A is about to begin.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away (1) The Riddler: To quote an old axiom: the finer the bait, the shorter the wait.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Smack in the Middle (2) The Riddler: Molly should have been back by now with Batman's scalp. I wonder what went awry? Robin: You went awry, Riddler, years ago! Don't you know that crime doesn't pay?
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Smack in the Middle (2) The Riddler: [wearing an elephant mask that doubles as a gasmask] Has anybody seen my friend Kerch? The Moldavian Prime Minister: Kersh who? The Riddler: Gesundheid!
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Smack in the Middle (2) Batman: This jokes on you, Riddler! Robin: When is a donkey spelled with one letter? When it's U! The Riddler: A Trojan mammoth!
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Hi Diddle Riddle (1) Batman: Out riddled! The Riddler: I thought you might be, Batman. That's why I brought witnesses with camera's. Hoho! What is it that no man wants to have yet no man wants to lose? Robin: A lawsuit! The Riddler: Correct, Boy Wonder!

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