The Penguin was the alias of Oswald Cobblepot, a deformed man who was abandoned in the Gotham Sewers as a baby. Raised with animals in a zoo, he traveled as a circus freak as he came of age. Cobblepot's horrible past turned him into a bitter and ruthless sociopath, though he displayed uncontrollable aggression from infancy. He has a heavyset yet diminutive appearance, which alongside his beaked nose and his flipper-like hands. He also showed some hedonistic tendencies with women. 