Who smells the worst? [Archive]

TimTwoFace

03-03-2002, 05:17 PM

It's a Sunday afternoon and my mind has shut down.

As it's a stupid question, I expect some stupid answers.

I say Clayface. Just imagine what Batman had to go through during the final fight in MUDSLIDE...it was already hard enough to breathe without any air, but with mud working into every imaginable orifice...ugh!

Then again, Captain Clown wasn't the rosiest of opponents either, was he? Heh.

:-P

-Tim
(thanking the merciful heavens that my stuffy nose would block out such stenches).

Alexandra Wayne

03-03-2002, 05:45 PM

Hmmm...
Killer Croc, I would say...or maybe the guy from The Underdwellers. They're always hanging in the sewers. I'd like to reiterate the fact that BTAS used the convention of a sewer fight as the climax of a story WAY TOO MANY TIMES! How many times do we need to see Batman knocking the villain into green-grey water? Yes, very dramatic, but once is quite enough. There are many other locales that would be equally climactic....
But I digress!
Yes, Croc probably smells worst. I'd imagine that living in the sewers, you eventually get used to the odor....it probably soaked so far into the pores of his scaly skin (if he has pores) that he'll never get rid of it.
And a happy Sunday afternoon to you, Tim! I just love procrastination....homework is never a good thing, especially after a 2 AM Denny's run.
Alex

nerium_oleander

03-03-2002, 05:47 PM

I'm going to say Croc cause the dude hangs out in sewers all day! Or something. If Clayface smells anything like the Clay used in pottery and art class I don't mind that all too much.

Any Tim, long time no see, I used to haunt the NPO boards when Rucka had a message board!

Hope you feel better,

-n
(aka NicolleZ, Friendly neighborhood Face fanatic)

Nightflower

03-03-2002, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by nerium_oleander
I'm going to say Croc cause the dude hangs out in sewers all day! Or something. If Clayface smells anything like the Clay used in pottery and art class I don't mind that all too much.

Any Tim, long time no see, I used to haunt the NPO boards when Rucka had a message board!

Hope you feel better,

-n
(aka NicolleZ, Friendly neighborhood Face fanatic)

Well, Clayface isn't actually made out of clay... he's made out of too much of that cosmetic cream. So, no, I don't think Clayface would be smelly... just think of a giant mound of Oil of Olay cream... :)

The Game

03-03-2002, 06:05 PM

Man-Bat. The guy probably reeks of guano.

-The Game

Bruce Wayne

03-03-2002, 06:13 PM

Farmer Brown. 'Nuff said.

BLACKHEART

03-03-2002, 06:24 PM

Poor Croc. I'll say Roxy Rocket

Clayface

03-03-2002, 07:33 PM

*Raises his arms above his head.*

*sniff, sniff*

Nope, that ain't me!

G. Wen

03-03-2002, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by SLIPKNOT
Poor Croc. I'll say Roxy Rocket

Could you explain that?

BLACKHEART

03-03-2002, 10:53 PM

I don't think Roxy Rocket is very clean

BLACKHEART

03-03-2002, 10:55 PM

And she's around rocket fuel all of the time

DR. BELCH

03-04-2002, 11:03 AM

"Whats'a matter? Little extra cheese on the taco, hmmmm?" (Jim "The Riddler" Carrey in Me, Myself, and Irene)

I bet Bane's no rose after a good sweaty workout in the gym....

Nightwing

03-04-2002, 11:51 AM

Strange topics attract us strange people I guess. And I just wanna say hi to TimTwoFace, who may not be that familiar with me, but I've known of you and your killer site for quite a while. Didn't get a chance to say it's great seeing you around here yet. :)

Well you're all missing the whole point of Batman stories in general and I don't know what you're talking about. Although Clayface and Croc are excellent subjects for theory, BATMAN himself is the smelliest because his ongoing obsession with crimefighting keeps him from doing the neccessities like sleeping, eating....and TAKING A SHOWER!

Touche! Match point Nightwing! Or...point match...or whatever. I don't play Tennis. Interesting to watch, too hot and exausting to play.

What was I saying? Oh yeah! Woo me!

BLACKHEART

03-04-2002, 11:57 AM

Roxy has got a lot of cheese then

Salvor

03-04-2002, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by Clayface
*Raises his arms above his head.*

*sniff, sniff*

Nope, that ain't me!

LOL

This is the craziest topic ever...

Alexandra Wayne

03-04-2002, 03:34 PM

I dunno, Nightwing....
Batman's probably got a shower or two down in the Batcave plus several in the mansion. Besides, remember the scene in the April Fool's episode where Alfred (that crazy guy!) literally "draws" Bruce a bath (bahahahaha)? Well, Bruce just says, "I guess I'll take a shower." I think you can infer from this statement that showering is a regular thing for him...how do you think he gets all those girls?
Ball's back in your court!
Alex

Manhunter

03-04-2002, 03:48 PM

Croc, definitely. I'm surprissed it was never mentioned in any of the shows. And you know his breath has got to be really rank.

finster

03-04-2002, 03:56 PM

Catwoman cleans herself with her tongue.

Barb Gordon

03-04-2002, 09:36 PM

I would agree Nighty, that probably Batman, or even Nightwing and Robin don't exactly smell like a bed of roses after they're done at night....but, they have showers, and can get clean, which they do. Killer Croc on the otherhand, never takes a shower or a bath I would, and he probably reeks. Bane maybe, he's a big guy, works out a lot, probably gets sweaty, but I get the impression that he's an all around clean man, or at least likes to me clean some of the time, if not most of the time. Yeah, it would definetly be Croc.

Barb^-^

BLACKHEART

03-05-2002, 11:24 AM

Batman has a shower in the cave, it's where he was while Vesper was shot to death in his mansion

DR. BELCH

03-05-2002, 11:37 AM

Nightflower:
Clayface isn't actually made out of clay... he's made out of too much of that cosmetic cream.... just think of a giant mound of Oil of Olay cream...
I thought of something...in "Mudslide", Clayface took public transportation while he was starting to lose his viscosity, and the people aboard the train were complaining about how gross he looked while melting. One cried, "Oh, the smell! I'm gonna be sick!" So maybe under normal conditions he smells neutral, but when his atomic structure began to break down...here I show my ignorance of women and girly products, but does Oil of Olay go rancid and smell when it's old? I'm thinking at this point being around the guy was like uncorking a bottle of rubbing alcohol (or in my case, Melaleuca oil--a small miracle, but terribly pungent) in a badly-ventilated room.

What about Penguin? Before he went legit he lived in the sewers too, and I think he ate fish at least one occasion (I forget if it was cooked). Pretty foul fellow (no pun intended)....

TimTwoFace

03-05-2002, 11:43 AM

Wow - I'm surprised so many people replied to my topic - it sounded like something that I would have come up with while on an acid trip or something. :-P

My vote still goes with Clayface, just cuz he's a big ball of goo, really.

The people that mention Batman do have a good point though; I can only remember one sequence in which he actually goes and has a shower (in THE LAST LAUGH - the episode, not the awful comic crossover).

Thanks for the welcome, Nightwing! :)

Oh, and Ms. Alexandra Wayne - I don't know you from before, do I? You look...familiar. *SCRATCHES HEAD*

-Tim

Alexandra Wayne

03-05-2002, 05:23 PM

Hi Tim,
Hmm...I don't know if I necessarily LOOK familiar, seeing as you're from the cold-weather region of Canada and I'm currently in sunny LA, but I don't think that's what you meant :)
I have been a member of the board for several years...I posted a ton about 3 board formats ago. When the board switched to a different format, my computer wouldn't let me view all posts, so I had to stop posting. However, I am now in a different locale using a different computer, so several months ago, I rediscovered the boards and started up again. Your name sounds very familiar, so I'm thinking we met at one of the earlier incarnations of the board. :D
Alex

The Mad Hatter

03-05-2002, 07:03 PM

I'd have to be inclined to say Man-Bat... the guy's a walking hormone factory, and I'd imagine after a flight in the rain he'd reek like a damp dog.

The Guitar Slayer

03-05-2002, 07:15 PM

here I show my ignorance of women and girly products, but does Oil of Olay go rancid and smell when it's old?

Certain lotions and stuff start to smell like sulfur (rotten eggs) if left out in the heat. The only reason I know that is because some ditz left that Bath and Body works crap on the radiator in the sun in the middle of June at school once.

My vote goes to Croc; he basically lives in Gotham's septic tank.

TimTwoFace

03-05-2002, 07:17 PM

Alexandra:

Yeah, I recall way back on the old animated message boards - the ones at the official Batman/Superman site (1997, 1998, 1999, somewhere in there) I saw someone with your username that also hailed from the Los Angeles area. Hmmmm...

*SCRATCHES HEAD*

Back to the smelly thing - all I gotta say is that the Penguin must have some pretty good deodorant. He isn't that fit and does a lot of running, so he must sweat a lot - yet in every scene, he looks totally presentable, as if he hadn't even broken a sweat.

The chubby man's got STYLE.

-Tim

TimTwoFace

03-05-2002, 07:19 PM

PS - It isn't that cold up here. I think you're mixing us up with Toronto. *SHUDDER*

(My apologies to anyone from the Golden Horseshoe Region.)

-Tim

Nightflower

03-05-2002, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by TimTwoFace
PS - It isn't that cold up here. I think you're mixing us up with Toronto. *SHUDDER*

(My apologies to anyone from the Golden Horseshoe Region.)

-Tim

PPS- Toronto isn't that cold down there. I think you're mixing them up with Ottawa. *SHUDDER*

:)

Alexandra Wayne

03-05-2002, 08:22 PM

Tim:
Hmmm, in the old days, I didn't hail from Los Angeles....so very confusing! Identity theft :)
*scratches head along with Tim*
Alex

Bud 'n Lou

03-05-2002, 09:10 PM

About Clayface, I'm surprised no one's taken into consideration that he's gotta have organs of some kind to function. And if not, he's gotta process food and waste somehow. In "Mudslide," Batman was INSIDE him, probably mingling with his digestive tract. I would guess it was not a very pleasant experience.
Or maybe there's nothing in him that really resembles an organ system, and food sorta just floats around in his body and...I dunno. But I think the result would be a whole lotta stink either way.
Still, I'd say Killer Croc is probably the smelliest. Clayface is marinating in his own waste, but Croc is swimming the collective excrement of all of Gotham City.

TimTwoFace

03-06-2002, 12:59 AM

Then again, I guess you could arguably say Poison Ivy is the smelliest. yes, she may smell like a rose, but she is a die-hard vegan.

She probably eats more beans than the rest of Gotham City combined. :-P

-Tim

PS...
- Alexandra: OK...now I'm really confused...
- Nightflower: Well...Ottawa can't be that cold...there's a lot of hot air in parliament, right? :)

Alexandra Wayne

03-06-2002, 01:09 AM

Tim,
Did you ever go by a different name??
Alex

TimTwoFace

03-06-2002, 01:29 AM

Hey Alexandra,

Maybe you should e-mail me or private message me or something...this way we won't be taking up the message board space.

I tried to e-mail you but I got blocked or somethin'.

;-Y

-Tim

DR. BELCH

03-06-2002, 10:27 AM

Bud 'n Lou:
I'm surprised no one's taken into consideration that [Clayface has] gotta have organs of some kind to function. And if not, he's gotta process food and waste somehow.
I figured after his mutation Hagan became something akin to a giant amoeba--he takes in food and stores it in some temporary orifice (they have a name which has escaped me for the moment) and then another compartment forms for his feces, which is just randomly ejected when it floats close enough to the surface. Then I recalled his rant in "Feat of Clay" where he tells his friend he doesn't need to eat or sleep anymore. So maybe he's past that concern.
Poison Ivy...we don't know what chemicals, man-made or there at birth, are in her blood, or how they affect her body odor, or flavor. So maybe she self-consciously piles on the plant essences to smell better (she was a chemical cosmetologist, after all) to mask her stink...or, ironically, maybe she naturally exudes the scent of roses or violets when she's...well....aroused.
Croc and Clayface, both of whom have slopped around in the sewers, are the big contenders here...but Clayface edges ahead in my book because of that train-clearing incident (thanks to G.S. for the spoiled cosmetics information), and because technically reptiles don't have sweat glands, so would Croc perspire?

Mattashell

03-07-2002, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by TimTwoFace
Alexandra:

Penguin must have some pretty good deodorant. He isn't that fit and does a lot of running, so he must sweat a lot - yet in every scene, he looks totally presentable, as if he hadn't even broken a sweat.

-Tim

This may be misinformation, but a long time ago my friend told me Penguin's bulk is all muscle, kin of like Kingpin.

TimTwoFace

03-07-2002, 11:53 AM

All muscle, eh? I dunno, he looks a little too tubby for that. I don't think people's stomachs hang out that far if they're all muscle.

I gotta give it to Ozzie, though - he certainly is agile!

-Tim

Mattashell

03-07-2002, 11:59 AM

Not true. Look at old time wrestlers like King Kong Bundy and George Steel as examples, that was all muscle. Today they look for six pack abs and such because it looks better to the women, but if muscle is built on it continues to grow in size and bulk out. This does not necesserily mean it aplies to the Penguin, but that's what I've heard.

The Mad Hatter

03-07-2002, 07:14 PM

I seem to remember a Batman comic that came out years ago... maybe it was Legends of the Dark Knight, I can't remember... that went over Oswald's past, and it said at one point he became an excellent fighter in order to combat childhood bullies who made fun of his height and nose.

But personally, I don't think the current nightclub owner Penguin would make the effort to stay fit... he enjoys the lap of luxury too much.