GOTHAM HAD THE BEST RIDDLER

[@joewhitehead7045]

Honestly one of the things I love about this iteration of Riddler is that he is legitimately smart, rather than deluded or 'just book smart'

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

That and he is charming as well even as a Villain he is still charming and socially awkward but now he wants to put on a show

[@cpt.crunch9978]

My favourite part is that it's not Jim Carey. I like Jim, but he was way too much.

[@BlankEmporium]

He was smart. Then bad writing happened in the last few seasons. Now he's... Mentally incompetent, to be polite about it.

[@obama_earth]

​@@cpt.crunch9978Jim legit woulda been a better joker than riddler.

[@aghostwithflowers]

​@@obama_earth SO TRUE OH DEAR

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

Goofy as he can be, I love this version of Riddler. Cory Michael Smith nailed both the theatricality, brilliance, awkwardness, and thorough meticulousness of the Riddler, as well as his look and mannerisms.

[@theothertonydutch]

I like how, when he does the "I am a villain" type of voice, it feels like how an awkward guy would imagine a villain/monster would talk. It feels forced and sorta silly, but it makes sense. If someone talks like that to me I'm going to laugh. And die, probably.

[@MegaMew204]

To be fair, Riddler is an extremely goofy villain. Although he's also able to be menacing he's just objectively goofy. "Solve my puzzles or people die" menacing and goofy is the perfect way to describe Riddler

[@thefilmwatcher1216]

@@MegaMew204 Yeah, pretty much.

[@UmTois]

I'll never forget scenes like him menacenly talking with his jaw while spiting, smiling while dramatically putting his coconut hat or getting mad screaming "no... NO!".

[@MforMovesets]

Its an achievement since even the TAS team didnt know what to do with him.

[@Rockyboyy97]

The best Riddler, Penguin, Alfred, and Jim Gordon in my opinion. These guys deserve more credit for the performances they put on this show.

[@braevinmaund1210]

dunno about gordon but i agree with the rest

[@Cookedfrfrfr]

Best Hugo Strange

[@user-ek1bm2jo3p]

+ best lucius fox victor zsasz and mad hatter (even though they were very different from their comic counterparts) were great too

[@Liam11433]

@@user-ek1bm2jo3pMorgan Freeman still gets the best Fox award

[@seanewing204]

Bullock was always great. "What's the date?" "Thursday." "The. DATE."

[@TheStrings-83639]

The Riddler is one of the greatest examples of “What differs a supervillain from a villain is presentation.” You know that he doesn't have actual super powers, most of the time doesn't even have resources or gangs to commit big crimes, but something about him tells you that he just can't be stopped by regular people. You know he'd always find a way to escape the asylum and start preparing for his next personal ego show.

[@kazoesowzay]

*Megamind reference*

[@Maikigai]

I couldn’t disagree with you more on his wardrobe. To me, it’s the Riddler suit. Perfected.

[@MichelleAlexandria-EM]

All the Villains in Gotham were brilliant. Gotham was a criminally underrated show. Yes it was messy, with a rough first season, but still fun with solid acting, great world building and some of the best Gotham villain portrayals around.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Michelle hehe criminally

[@jonabologna6401]

What? The first season was so good though

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

@Jona Bologna it's not for me but idk why people hate it. It is a good season. Just not very batman oriented. Starts off as a cop show.

[@Ash-b49]

@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 yeah because that was the original concept for the show

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

@Ash yeah and it was good I said. Bit viewership was kinda low

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

The riddler was actually what got me into Gotham because i had no interest in a younger Bruce wayne story. The riddler was very charming, mysterious and socially awkward exactly who I imagined him to be. Besides the Riddler it was Jeremiah that kept me watching the show I loved seeing his slow decent into madness it was a nice change of pace from the usual Joker brand of madness

[@Aqsticgod]

you know i felt that way too, but if you look at the series, its about gotham, not just bruce, but the villains too, its a story about the city and how it feels like it has a life of its own etc. but i dont blame you, any show that deals with the past one automatically assumes its a origin story, the funny thing is it is, but not just for bats.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

​@@Aqsticgod that actually explains the premise of the show better because that always confused me about Gotham

[@pumpkinspice5848]

you know at first i was looking forward into bruce growing up to be batman but penguin,the riddler and the many other villains( maybe not the joker,he was a scary villain but not a good joker)

[@MartinCapreo]

I liked Jermiah more then Jerome ‼️💯💯💯lol

[@dazzlingdexter5060]

Same, I saw clips of Edward and decided to watch it. I literally had 0 interest in this show before hand. I also a huge batman fan but I wasn't interested in young Bruce origin story didn't interest me greatly either.

[@The_Phantasm]

The Riddler is my all-time favourite Batman villain and honestly in my opinion the Arkham games have the best depiction of The Riddler outside the comics. Wally Wingert who voiced the character in all 4 games always delivered such an incredible performance that always managed to perfectly capture Riddler's obsessive personality, massive ego and superiority complex. Whenever I read comics with Riddler it's Wally's voice I hear in my head.

[@MichelleAlexandria-EM]

Riddler in the Arrkham games was dumb and barely in it. To say he was the “best” version of the character is absurd.

[@gerarquiaFM]

​@@MichelleAlexandria-EM shhh

[@thanos1725]

@@MichelleAlexandria-EM he was in all 4 games and you have to collect 200-400 trophies in each game. how was he "barely in it"

[@MichelleAlexandria-EM]

@@thanos1725 yes, he was barely in it. An extra 5 min boss fight you only get after collecting all 200 trophies that had ZERO impact on the game and I’d bet most players didn’t do, and the “actor” only said one of maybe 4 different lines every time you collected a trophy. The lines were basically variations of “Oh fudge, how do you keep solving these puzzles!” Yeah, that was some heavy duty “characterization” and “acting.”

[@icantaffordlife]

@@MichelleAlexandria-EM if you’ve collected those trophies you’d understand how much game time he takes up

[@IronLordEXO]

It's crazy how this show is being appreciated all of a sudden. The show may have been about Bruce and Gordon, but Penguin and Riddler carried it

[@MartinCapreo]

And Jerome/Jermiah

[@Charlie_Azrael]

Joker, Riddler, and Penguin were always the big three Batman villains to me. This show did all three incredibly well.

[@zemox2534]

Too bad they wasted the other rogues.

[@Charlie_Azrael]

@Zemo X2 mostly yeah, but at past Hatter, Strange, Pyg, Ra's, and the Court had something to do.

[@eobardthawn6903]

For me it's Joker, deathstroke, and Bane.

[@Charlie_Azrael]

@@eobardthawn6903 Slade and Bane filled out the rest of my top five

[@eobardthawn6903]

@@Charlie_Azrael TheBatmanWhoLaughs is my number 4, Harley my number 5. I do like the Riddler and penguin in Gotham, though I don't like them too much in the comics.

[@haraldemerson7496]

By far my favorite Riddler. The first Edward Nigma who could be taken seriously.

[@CharlesChristinaWH]

And I love the Jim Carrey Edward Nashton homage with his hair when he's been in Arkham Asylum for a year

[@Aqsticgod]

i agree, the whole dual personality shtick was a bit weird, but then i realized it wasnt so much a dual personality but him going through a transition and the only way he could cope was by talking to himself seeing as he thinks hes the smartest person in the world. i mean there are a lot of undertones with that but yeah, in execution it was done well and in the end we didnt get it as much when the final episodes came about

[@Lugbzurg]

That could've been a smoother way to implement the dual personality. Instead of just "his darker psyche" like Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, this other him forms as a result of him having no one else around him on his mental level and feeling so psychologically tortured by this, he essentially created the only person who could match him; Himself.

[@vaguevillainy]

This is hands down THE Riddler of a lifetime. I loved him as the socially awkward guy at the GCPD, loved that his downward spiral into such a comical character was very believable, loved him as The Penguin's friend and love interest (that subplot was truly something else), and loved him after he chilled down a bit and just did his own thing. He was perfect to contrast The Penguin who's always evolving in the show; once his true colors showed, The Riddler never tries to change, didn't even have the capacity to imagine it despite his smarts, because some vain part of him insists that he's already better than everybody else. And in some aspects, he was. Whenever he had the chance to flex his intelligence, I always think the GCPD and Gordon in particular must really rue the day such a good pair of hands chose the darker path.

[@HugoGonzalez-]

Dude Hugo Strange character on Gotham was pretty good. The Riddler was one of my favorite characters from Gotham.

[@tylerdurden788]

Hugo was creepier in my opinion because he was on Oz as a priest and therapist in law and order

[@felicityi88]

he looked so creepily similar to the comics

[@derangel9143]

B.D. Wong was brilliant. He's a seriously underrated actor. Dude deserves some bigger roles.

[@IIIISai]

He was annoying af

[@landismithCOJ]

Cory Smith brought a new type of crazy to the character. Excellent casting.

[@toast5243]

To be honest I really liked his outfit in his show, it just feels like the riddler to me. Especially in the finale when he had the question mark trench coat.

[@jones3887]

I was thinking about rewatching this show again and then you started making more Gotham videos after a break. What a coincidence!

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

I was thinking the same thing the fact that it started with the character that got me into the show makes me want to watch it again

[@crixus9336]

Same here, I started to rewatch it again and I'm enjoying it. The writing is a little messy sometimes but not in a bad way. If I can say anything the actors definitely play their parts so well and Penguin carries the show for me, Riddler too.

[@Reece_Hart]

The relationship between Riddler and Penguin on Gotham was one of my favourite things related to Batman full stop. Cory Michael Smith's acting and the writers ability to balance the cheesiness we all associate with the Riddler with a more serious darker toned criminal was absolute perfection

[@dynaguy3]

I was blown away with how perfectly cast the Riddler was when I first started watching the show

[@kevinthomas2036]

I’d love a part 2 to this video and however many Gotham videos you’d want to make. I’m happy the show hasn’t been forgotten.

[@Mytesmyth]

He was bitten by a radio active question mark and that’s how he became the riddler

[@LoneCommentWanderer]

Jim's interactions with all the villains satisfied many fans who missed Batman's dynamic with them, where everyone wants to kill him. Especially with the Penguin. These two were nemesis.

[@Dremsal]

gotham was honestly a great series, i loved it and it'll always have a special place in my heart the characters are great its a great series and not just some boring typical batman beat up story the show wasnt PERFECT but it was honestly great, i loved the final season, it was amazing, i loved everything about it i wish i could watch the show blindly again, it was amazing

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

I think everyone was cast perfectly in this show. Especialy bruce, that boy really grew up into this role and his acting got progressively better each season up until he freaked me out when going between Bruce and his clone in literally a change of a line, HOW DID HE DO THAT!?

[@matityaloran9157]

David Mazouz is a talented actor

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

The Riddler in Gotham was really good. Corey Michael Smith did a great job.

[@emmysgamehub]

Gotham didn't just have the best Riddler, it had the best Penguin as well.

[@chadwilliamconery6726]

Riddler was my absolute favorite on Gotham he kept me watching when the show went off the rails. Great video !

[@Ash-b49]

Although I love Paul Dano’s Riddler, Gotham’s Riddler was so much fun to watch as he became more like his comic book counterpart

[@dalekemperor1505]

To be honest, I loved the outfit. I felt it really fit a darker tone in live action. The green suit seemed to fit well imo

[@kurtoogle4576]

Cory Michael Smith, as the riddler, was my favourite cast member of Gotham. The show was always more fun whenever he was on screen!

[@troyjackson836]

I need to rewatch Gotham. It's my favourite show and I loved pretty much everything about it, Season 1 to Season 5.

[@kwayneboy1524]

Nah that show was trash and this guy glazes it

[@troyjackson836]

@kwayneboy1524 it's my favourite show mate. I don't knowhow you can say that when it is a show that us so close to my heart. And many other hearts. It had the best live action Joker, best live action Bruce Wayne, best live action Riddler, best live action Penguin, Jim Gordon, Bullock, etc.

[@BionicleGio22210]

This is the best riddler period. I always thought the dual psyche bit was ed have a fight between his brain and his heart, his ego against his morals.

[@thisisnotachannel]

Agreed. About 100 times better than Paul Dano... he was basically the Zodiac killer. RIDDLER.... Riddler?

[@nikhilt3755]

i completed gotham just few days ago and i think s01 blows out of the batman movie. penguin and riddler in gotham are 10x better than movie

[@tealeafonthewind]

my personal favorite Riddler is the version from Batman: Unburied. I think the Riddler is at his most interesting when he skirts the line between hero and villain, similar to Catwoman. It opens up a lot of storytelling possibilities when he can act as an ally to Bruce, and keeps him from playing second fiddle to The Joker.

[@darkminion0582]

I very much agree with your opinion on this, I would glad to see a Hugo strange one, but another riddler one would be great👍

[@adamjfreefall9681]

"The journey to get to the destination was just more entertaining than the actual destination." Yeah I can't help but feel you just explained this whole show in a nutshell with just that sentence alone, I mean in the first few seasons it was quite possibly the best show on TV let alone the Batman mythos but as it got closer to the finish... Decay started to set in (Postmortem)

[@MartinCapreo]

1000% Better than the Riddler on On Pattinson The Batman, didn’t even see him as the riddler

[@philliprosewood7049]

Riddler id love a part 2 of the riddler Vee ur awesome Keep up the great work

[@terribleTerrestrial]

buddy he doesn't have a "split psyche" he straight up has DID lmfao..

[@tha_nighthours]

Nah you trippin that is like the best outfit

[@94Mrwayne]

I would have to say the Scarecrow was good, too. Ik he didn't get as much screen time as Ed Nigma but this show was so well done all around.

[@scoobydoo359]

I honestly loved the two personalities. I felt this added to how one half of him is a great kind person while the other is this evil and feels the need to show off. This also was true to the comics because Edward Nygma did have a split psyche.

[@mrdogich5655]

Man I crave for more gotham videos. This show was one of the most compelling batman experiences while not having batman

[@NintenDobs]

Vee you're on fire lately with all the content, I've been really enjoying the videos. Glad to see you coming at 2023 with a vengeance! Keep up the great work, stay happy and healthy

[@nicholasking4067]

Riddler's outfit - especially around Season 4 & 5 - is one of my favourites. The black shirt works better than the white one, I reckon. Makes the green pop more in an ominous sense.

[@curtis7998]

definitely need a video for both Hugo Strange and a part 2 on Riddler, this was fantastic! really highlighted why I liked the riddler in ways that i couldn't put into words myself

[@naenre21]

Not to mention...the best dressed in Gotham. I love the bowler hat. SO MUCH.

[@cheezeebutter452]

I actually really like the two Nygma persona transition. I couldn’t see this version of Nygma go into crime so easily after having been against it for so long. They did it kind of like how Star Wars did it, where the protagonist, Anakin, was slowly more and more tipping away from the good side; but he did not make a full switch until the very very last second. I like also that the two personality thing is temporary, purely meant to be the transition between Nygma to The Riddler.

[@RAP7ORv]

I love this show. It might be my all time favourite Batman show. The actors were so well casted, the stories were gripping, the character development was phenomenal & I just wish there was more. I wished they continued with a full on Batman show, we saw the prequel, the events leading up to Batman but it would of been so good seeing it go further than that.

[@DCMarvel2009]

Is it sad that I’d like BOTH a part 2 AND a Hugo Strange video?

[@pinklyfingerer4081]

The only bad thing about this riddlers is they tries to make him and penguin gay

[@andreigarcia96]

I've never clicked a notification so fast, this man is speaking factssss

[@jackedwards3069]

He looks like Idubbbz that fits so fucking well

[@braddrcrushalot3785]

I would be interested in part 2 with Vee dissecting the interaction/story line that occurs in the later seasons of the series between Riddle and Penguin. Although their story was fleshed out, it felt like it was more a filler story (C plot if you will) so they had something to do versus being apart of the overall show arc or narrative at that point.

[@MrShaun42088]

everyone loves Penguin .. but i loved every moment of this Riddler

[@barbara-annperry5941]

I think that the split personality is Ed fighting against his bad side, trying to keep good, but his alter ego breaks through

[@matityaloran9157]

1:16, I don’t think that’s entirely fair to Frank Gorshin given that the Riddler had a grand total of three comic book appearances at the time (with the last of them being over a decade after the first two) but Gorshin’s version of The Riddler (as I understand it) popularized the character even in the comics.

[@randomdudeonyoutube1882]

ive been waiting so long for this video

[@pezzz182]

Dammit Vee You keep co creating all these "Gotham had the best THIS" Gotham had the best THAT" videos that I just might have to watch Gotham now lol

[@fairygodmother139]

Such a great show, best riddler to this date, best hatter, penguin, Gordon, just mostly everyone did a great job with their characters.

[@matt_9112]

Loved the show and so glad I found someone covering it on here. Came for "the day X died", stayed for the Gotham content.

[@savetheoaplease8112]

Yeeeeeeey! thanks for making this!

[@mikeburkhart8336]

Frank Gorshin will always be the best Riddler,he took a villain who was rarely used in the comics and considered second rate and made the Riddler popular,no actor afterward could say that.

[@mspionage1743]

Definitely the best Riddler. He and the voice acting performance in the Arkham series are excellent but this guy has to be the best since he performs all aspect of the character so damn well.

[@saibotshawdow5090]

Gotham was so good dude I try to tell everyone to watch it but they never do.

[@enigma7310]

*To be honest the riddler is a cool villain he does get talked about enough but he is basically the zodiac killer but instead of weird number patterns and encryptions but he used questions/riddles...*

[@game84cube]

Seriously, it was tough to focus on Bruce, Gordon, or Alfred, since Nigma and Cobblepot were just stealing the whole show

[@chrys0poeia]

Gotham was a hilariously, gloriously insane show with a lot of great performances.

[@divinedelaware7541]

I agree. Him and penguin carried the show first few seasons

[@teefthief]

i'd say all the seasons!

[@AidanDownes_KH]

Gotham had the best Riddler and Victor Zsasz.

[@joshuafajardo5697]

I’ve been waiting for this vid for a while

[@mimmikyute]

The scene where Oswald comes on to Edward will always be iconic to me. Ed's utter confusion like he can't even process that a man let alone his best friend a supervillain would be attracted to him. Cory plays it so well.

[@damienkakoschke3099]

He was the best version of the Riddler. Season 1 was the Penguin season. But season 2 was THE RIDDLER season & the actor was brilliant!

[@souperstar7050]

I think this type of Riddler could have worked in The Batman if they had the right actor. It's the type of Riddler I would have preferred.

[@Davy.J.Y]

I agree, the Gotham Riddler was quite awesome . Excellent performance .

[@vo1dgl1tch59]

If I had a nickel for every character I like who develops a split personality which can be associated with the color green I'd have like three nickels. Which isn't a lot but also kinda weird that it happened three times already...

[@kiwigaming09]

ok now im thinking of what the other 2 are is it the mask and the hulk?

[@maladacav8819]

Ah dude my bad. I watched your other video first before I saw this one. So I know I did a rant but it wasn’t really towards you but delve deeper into watch you are exactly talking about here. So my dude thank you .

[@David-hv1me]

Watched Gotham 5 times and i will Watch it again. The atmosphere of this Series is just amazing and i think Gotham deserves much more fame

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Lucius Fox is just so done with everyone in this show yet not cynical.

[@danieldenis9586]

This Best Penguin 🐧 Too. Gothams Penguin is Officially Undefeated.

[@lifeisberserk9566]

Nolan north (Arkham penguin) is extremely close

[@bleepblorbus]

the villains were always the heart of Gotham, I can't get over how good they all are. A lot of them are their best iterations too. Mad Hatter went hard in Gotham, his performance isn't talked about nearly enough I literally just finished Gotham and I'm still tempted to watch it again lol. The villains are too good

[@mightymorphinpowerrangersu4915]

This was the best version. Hands down

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

Gotham is an underrated show, it did kind of fall off a little at the end but still great

[@SimonPetrikov12]

He's such a damn good riddler. He looks and acts so perfect for the character. I love his fashion too lol

[@GreenNinj4]

0:25 Bro you could have chosen so many great villains from this show for your background footage like Victor Zsasz, Don Maroni or Professor Pyg and you chose Firefly, literally the one the show completely ruined☠️

[@8LiterallyJustTheNumber8]

Just like Smallville before it, this show did a lot of meandering and seeming like the writers weren't planning very far ahead and things were just happening at random, but ultimately provided us with some definitive portrayals of these characters.

[@nokiahmotorz01]

I grew up with the cartoons and only started getting into cartoons a few years ago so there’s a lot I still don’t know/haven’t read but Gotham’s Penguin and Riddler feel like the most authentic versions of the characters I’ve seen. I know it’s unlikely but I hope we get to see them played by these actors on the big screen some day

[@moonknight786]

Riddle-er...Riddler

[@jaceyneubauer6522]

Thats what I loved about this and his one of my favorite Riddlers

[@MontyTheMothman]

i really love the Dano interpretation but THIS guy is fantastic as a more true to form adaptation.

[@emanuelstornello8009]

riddle me this: what do you get when you pair a kind, witty smart guy with an enviroment who bellittles him and treats him like trash?

[@archvaldor]

The highest compliment I can pay that show is that it has fans like myself who are not really that into Batman or comics generally.

[@joshyfox99]

Would you ever talk about the riddler and the penguin as a duo on this show?

[@tstimbo3471]

Sean Pertwee also is a phenomenal Alfred, I hope he comes back because he gives off the guardian role and the hidden badass role that Alfred should embody

[@ivorypartnaite8619]

I think they should've tried out the Riddler talking to himself without having hallucinations, more like self-doubt or over thinking things rather than a multiple personalities.

[@muffyy01]

My only issue with this one is the stereotyped personality disorder

[@zemox2534]

My issue was the fact tge show kept giving him "love interests" Riddler only loves one person. His intellect.

[@muffyy01]

@@zemox2534 Trueee, but I do imagine him trying very early until he ultimately just gives up the more he gets to his holier than thou attitude

[@NeurozombieX]

Joker used to be my favourite genuinely just because there wasn’t really any other “good villains” until I watched Gotham, now riddler has to be one of my favourites and penguin is so special to me and I also like that fact, they made the characters actually smart, capable of relationships and not just obstacles for the hero’s. I feel like I gravitated towards Edward because it fascinated me how a villain I used to hate now had a character and not only that but one with relationships and a backstory that isn’t just “I killed people and turned bad” same goes with Oswald I love how his relationship with his mother is and how he takes his life in her steps while helping Edward and bonding with him (personally I think it was a bit more than a friendship but fox being fox probably didn’t like that) but either way Gotham made me feel connected to these characters and feel represented in a way since I relate to some of the things with his new characteristics. (Sorry for this ranty thing I’m a huge nerd)

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

I WOULD like to see a Gotham Hugo Strange video!

[@RaptorRed]

“Riddle..r…riddler?” This shows villains and characters were amazing. Best adaptation of the characters I’ve ever seen. It’s almost like the live action version of animated series in terms of quality though that show is beyond iconic so I think that’s a big claim. I’m just saying this show is amazing that it could be the animated series in terms of quality in live action. Would love to see videos on the other characters

[@chuckfin2]

That mirror line is just magical