Why does Batman have a big penny?

In the Batman: Zero Year arc, the coin was an art-piece used by Lucius Fox to boost signals past the Riddler's system jammers during Zero Year. After this, Batman kept the penny as a trophy.
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Why does Batman own a giant penny?

The Giant Penny was later used as a jamming signal disruptor during the week in which Batman wasn't allowed to set foot in Gotham City and he started operating from a flying batcave. The Penny was stored in the small trophy room of the flying batcave and it proved useful in their crime fighting from the air.
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Why does Batman have a giant penny in his cave?

In the Animated Series, the Giant Penny is part of a death trap Batman was once subjected to by Two-Face. Batman was tied to it, and Two-Face triggered a giant coin flipper. He intended it to crush Batman (if it landed bat-side down) or to have the impact shatter his bones (bat-side up).
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Where did the giant penny come from?

The Giant Penny

It might honestly be the most famous penny in the world, truth be told, if anyone kept track of things like that. The penny's origins date all the way back to 1947 in World's Finest #30 where a villain named Joe Coyne, the Penny Plunderer, perpetrated a whole slew of penny-themed crimes.
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Why does Batman have a giant T-Rex?

After defeating Hart's mechanical contraptions, Batman was given the mechanical dinosaur as a memento of this adventure and he placed it along the rest of souvenirs from Batman's early cases, in a place called The Trophy Room.
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Why does Batman have a cape?

Grayson explained that Batman's flowing cape was intended to draw attention and hide his body when moving, making it hard to know where to shoot or strike. The idea is that enemies will shoot or punch at the cape and avoid Batman's body. Even Batman's cape is carefully chosen for defense.
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Why is there a dinosaur in Batman's cave?

The dinosaur animatronic was created as part of the theme-park Dinosaur Island where guests could travel to see and hunt recreations of long extinct animals. When a criminal named Stephen Chase hacked into the park's system, the T-Rex was one of many animatronics which attempted to kill the visiting Batman and Robin.
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How much does a giant penny cost?

The American large cent is worth at least $17 to $20 today. That is the minimum value of a coin in "good" condition, a heavily worn coin. Collectors pursuing these old and scarce coins underpin American large cent values.
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How does Batman open the Batcave?

In Batman Begins the cave is accessible through a secret door disguised as part of a large display case and unlocked by pressing a sequence of keys on the nearby piano. Another secret entrance, covered by a hologram or a camouflaged door, allows access to a service road for the Batmobile.
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What does Batman call his computer?

The machine provided answers when Batman needed to cross-reference information about criminals. Eventually, Batman decided to name this machine and called it the Batcomputer.
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Is there a bathroom in the Batcave?

Well, Batman not only has restrooms and locker rooms in the Batcave, but several other even more important areas that all serve a specific purpose.
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What code does Batman use?

Batman's secret code is 91939. This is a reference to Batman's debut, published in May 1939. Batman's and his Justice Lord's counterpart's argument dialogue was deliberately worded by the writers so, if unseen, it would be ambiguous whom speaks which line regarding how his world better served justice.
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How much is 80000 pennies worth?

For example, 80,000 pennies would be worth around $800.
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Why is the 1944 penny rare?

The 1944 Lincoln penny is particularly desirable in the eyes of collectors not only because of its design, but also due to its scarcity. Being that there are no more 1944 Lincolns being produced, the scarcity of these coins is constantly on the rise, thus making the coins more valuable.
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Why does Batman keep trophies?

Because he's an emotionally-driven man who respects the past, Batman maintains a Hall of Trophies that pays tribute to his successes, his failures and everything in between. The Batcave, where shards of his shattered spirit still remain, is equal parts man-cave and mausoleum.
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What does Batman have in his Batcave?

Besides collecting a string of boy Robins, along the way Batman has kept souvenirs/trophies from his battles and adventures in the Batcave. Over the years, he has gone against Superman, Green Lantern, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and many enemies, collecting a series of artefacts and weapons along the way.
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How is Batman bulletproof?

The cowl's Kevlar panels provide a level of protection for his head against firearms. The front of the skull and the sides of the temples also have small armor inserts to increase the effectiveness of skull strikes (head butts) and protect from concussive blows.
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Why does Batman mask show his mouth?

The answers for why he uses a mask which reveals his mouth are left to speculation including one of the most often mentioned: His fighting techniques need a adequate air supply best served by leaving his mouth open.
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How heavy is the Batsuit?

The suit was more cumbersome than ever too, weighing 90 pounds, and with 40 of those pounds reserved for the cape alone. Clooney said of the suit, “They put you on a flat board and bolt you into this thing, and then they pull the board out and leave you standing.
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How much is a 100 million pennies?

More than a few piggy banks were broken along the way, but Rockefeller Center in New York City is currently displaying 100 million pennies — that's $1 million worth of the copper coins.
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How Much Is billion pennies?

One billion pennies in dollars is $10 000 000.
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How much is 1000000 pennies worth?

We'll save you from math: a million pennies is $10,000.
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Did Batman ever use a gun?

Not only have alternate versions of Batman carried guns, but even main Earth Batman has been shown with a gun — even firing at people — from time to time. One of the more notable gun-carrying Batman stories was "Batman Year Two (opens in new tab)" in Detective Comics #575-578.
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Has Bruce Wayne ever killed?

As I've written before, Batman never kills. That's pretty much his whole deal. Paradoxically, while Gotham City is the home of the most dangerous urban criminals in all of fiction, the man who stands between them and the dawn is one who steadfastly refuses to ever take a life.
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