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Ironically, Penguin, along with Riddler, is a rare example where this makes *sense*. Both of them have done their time and seemingly reformed. Until they started pushing Eddie back to the stupid status quo, Riddler *was* reformed, while Penguin had mostly "gone legit" because he saw better profits in it--though he still had a flipper in a few smuggling operations.

Either way, though, their public face is someone who paid his debt to society, reformed, and shouldn't be seen as a villain any more. THAT, I'm just fine with!