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Egghead
Continuity: Batman
Notability: Antagonist
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Location: Gotham City
Status: Alive
First: "An Egg Grows in Gotham"
Final: "The Ogg Couple"
Actor: Vincent Price

Egghead is a fictional criminal and a recurring character featured on the 1966 Batman television series on ABC. Played by actor Vincent Price, he was introduced in the season two episode, "An Egg Grows in Gotham", as the featured Guest Villain. He made five appearances on the series in total.

Biography[]

Egghead and his consort Olga kidnap Commissioner Gordon and whisk him away in a hot air balloon. Egghead later calls Gotham City Police Headquarters to make his ransom demand. Batman answers the line and he demands .10 cents for every egg eaten in Gotham City. [1]

Abilities[]

  • Egghead did not possess any superhuman abilities.
  • Egghead did not appear to possess any particular skill set other than a knowledge of how to commit crimes and the ability to maintain high ambition.

Relationships[]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Egghead is exclusive to the continuity of the Batman live-action television series. He has no direct counterpart in the mainstream DC Universe.
  • Egghead had a penchant for shoehorning the word "egg" into ordinary words that sounded similarly. And that is not an eggageration. See what I did there?
  • According to Batman, Egghead had an obsession about calling his targets on the telephone to taunt them.

Appearances[]

See also[]

Batman Media

The World of Batman

Batman miscellaneous

References[]

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