Penguin Attack

I can vaguely remember this night. It was just me and my brother sitting in our TV room. The room smelled like old cigarettes, wood panelling walls, red dirty carpet, one window, closet with the washer and dryer side by side, the door to the garage, and the doorway to the long narrow kitchen. The TV was on a TV stand between the door to the garage and the doorway to the kitchen. The full 26 inch Box TV faced towards the window. We had two coaches. Tan, square, and rough. I was probably two and half at this time, my brother being ten. We were watching Batman Returns, which just came out that year in June of ‘92. 

I’m sitting on the floor, my brother on the coach. The scene when Penguin is introduced to his mayoral staff for the time came up. He was introduced to two people, one of which was named Josh, which was also my brother's name. I looked at him and went back to the TV. If you haven’t seen the movie or need a refresher, Josh made a joke about Penguin’s complexion, and Penguin joked at least he didn’t have a bloody nose. Then Josh leans in and asks what Penguin meant by this, and Penguin bit his nose. 

My brother watching this all unfold notices his little brother turn, and lunge at him, clomping down right on his nose. I didn’t see Penguin ever let go, so I stayed on. It took both my mother and father to pry my mouth open and off my brother’s nose. 

My brother after that, would make sure he sat far away from me when we watched movies after that point. 

The scene if you would like to watch it: https://youtu.be/wNWy3YmM3Kw