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  Alfred Pennyworth - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional character who, in the series of Batman comics published by DC Comics, is the butler of Bruce Wayne.
That night, Alfred awoke to moaning and followed the sound to the secret door to the staircase to the Batcave and met his would be employers in their superhero identities (Wayne had been injured while out in the field).
Alfred was hired away from the British Royal Family by Bruce's parents, and virtually raised him after their murder.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred was originally conceived as a comedic foil for Batman and Robin.
His first night at Wayne Manor, Alfred awoke to moaning and followed the sound to the secret door to the staircase to the Batcave and met his would be employers in their superhero identities (Batman had been injured while out in the field).
Alfred introduced himself as the son of a butler named Jarvis in one of his early appearances, and the convention being that British butlers are known by their surnames, it was unclear whether Jarvis was his father's first or last name, the latter case which would have made Alfred's name Alfred Jarvis.
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  Alfred Pennyworth Bio Origin 1st appearance - Batman Characters | Legions Of Gotham Comic Book Cave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alfred Pennyworth is the consummate gentleman's gentleman, tending to the needs of both millionaire and manhunter and keeping the duality that is Bruce Wayne and Batman separate and distinct.
In fact, it was Alfred himself, a master thespian trained on the British stage, who taught Wayne vocal mimicry and the art of disguise, skills the Batman has used to great effect in his single-minded war on crime.
Alfred Pennyworth would soon return to Gotham and to the only true family that has ever mattered to him and come to realize that just as Batman needs a Robin to balance his obsession, the Dark Knight also needs Alfred to tend his wounds and remind him to be human.
www.legionsofgotham.org /BIOSalfred.html   (257 words)

  
 Fanzing 22 - November 1999 - Hall of Justice
Born and raised in England, Alfred Pennyworth was born into a family that had a tradition of serving as butlers to the wealthy Gotham lineage of the Waynes.
Alfred became an accomplished stage actor, and was known as a master of make-up and mimicry.
Alfred grieved with Joanna over the loss of their son, but was then in for another shock.
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 Alfred Pennyworth - SCIFIPEDIA
Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional DC Comics character created by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson for the Batman comics series.
Alfred began as an rotund, bumbling, humorous figure, providing comic relief to Batman and Robin in the early 1940s.
Still, Alfred is a significant figure in Batman's life, present in every incarnation of the Dark Knight in any medium, even more consistantly than Robin.
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 Alfred Pennyworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional supporting character in the DC Comics' Batman series.
Alfred primarily keeps-up day-to-day operations of Batman’s home of Wayne Manor and maintains much of the equipment of the Batcave beneath it.
Alfred even uses hand-to-hand combat in a rare on-panel fight sequence between him and a pair of slavers that ends with his rescue by a just-returned Batman.
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 Batman Begins (2005) - Memorable quotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alfred Pennyworth: With all due respect sir, Wayne Manor is your house.
Alfred Pennyworth: This house, Master Wayne, was shelter to six generations of your family.
Alfred Pennyworth: I give a damn because a good man once made me responsible for what was most precious to him in the whole world.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0372784/quotes   (4801 words)

  
 Fanzing 45 - June 2002 - Oracle's Files
Alfred was introduced by Don Cameron and Bob Kane in 1943's Batman# 16, portrayed as a rotund, comical Englishman who had forsaken his acting career to serve as butler to the Wayne family as the result of a promise to his father, Jarvis, on his deathbed.
Marie during the war, "Fox in 1943, on behalf of the O.S.S. and Pennyworth, in 1944, as an officer in British Intelligence." In the course of the story, Alfred and Marie were revealed to have had an affair that produced a daughter, Julia.
Alfred's conversation with Tom and Martha was interrupted by the arrival of young Bruce, sporting a fl eye and bruises -- and refusing to divulge their origin.
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 OAFE - DC Direct Hush: Alfred Pennyworth review
Alfred was created in advance of Batman's first movie appearance - comedic sidekicks were all the rage at the time.
Alfred gave up a promising career as a stage actor when his father died and the family legacy fell on him.
Alfred is long and lean, and moves at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips and knees.
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Pennyworth is residing at this number?// The male voice on the other end was cultured, with a faint accent that made Bruce think about eating crepes on the French Riviera.
Pennyworth knows who it is.// The phone clicked off rather definitely, and the receiver hummed with the sound of the dial tone.
Alfred stroked the back of Gerard's head, cradling it in his palm as he leaned down to kiss him on the lips.
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 Role Play Board: Momento (Part 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Pennyworth and his master had decided to let the boy come out of his shell over time, rather than pull him from it.
Pennyworth closes the door behind them and walks around the boy to a bricked in garden that rests on both sides of the front porch.
Alfred slowly makes his way over to the boy, and kneels down so that he is on eye level with him.
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 Alfred Pennyworth - DC Database - a Wikia wiki
Alfred Pennyworth - DC Database - a Wikia wiki
The Pre-Crisis comics (i.e., comics published by DC Comics between 1938 and 1986) established Alfred as a retired intelligence agent who followed the deathbed wish of his dying father, Jarvis, to carry on the tradition of serving the Wayne Family.
This version of Alfred combines elements from Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis continuities; Alfred has been serving the Wayne Family since before Thomas Wayne's death and helped his young charge assume the Batman identity, but was also revealed to be a former agent for British Intelligence.
www.dcdatabaseproject.com /Alfred_Pennyworth   (1105 words)

  
 Aussie Nightwriter's "On a First Name Basis"
Alfred pulled the bedcovers down and waited for the small boy who was cleaning his teeth in the bathroom across the hall.
Alfred was a little stern at times, but Dick had very quickly learned that Alfred was the soft touch around the place.
Alfred eyed the little boy curiously as he rose to his feet.
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 Bruce Wayne: The Pilot Script
The voice is that of Alfred Pennyworth, who explains that he begins this narrative to explain what led himself and his employer to get to their current remarkable state of affairs.
Alfred tells him it's because he was a tenor in the Footlights Club in Cambridge, and he played many parts.
Alfred interrupts to remind him that actually, with all the "subsidiary of WayneCorp" signs on the buildings in development on the street, he actually does own the street.
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 Alfred Pennyworth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alfred was born in England, but he has lived for a long time in Wayne Manor, as a butler.
Alfred stayed at Wayne Manor, having been given care of Thomas and Martha's son, Bruce.
Wayne Manor was in Alfred's charge during all the years Bruce Wayne travelled arround the world training himself to become an effective vigilante and detective.
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 JoeCustoms.com > Alfred Pennyworth recipe?
Alfred and Thomas Wayne served in the military together, as combat docs.
It is Alfred that first plants the seed of taking action against Crime for his loss, when he immediately begins teaching Bruce basic karate (at age 6) for his own protection after his parent's murders.
Alfred works in the SAS (perhaps even meeting or working with Big Ben?) for a while until he's shot and wounded enough to be medically retired from the Army.
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 Alfred   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
After the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne, Alfred became a second father to Bruce and is one of the few who are privy to the secrets contained beneath Wayne Manor.
In addition to his duties as Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred tends to much of the high tech gadgetry in the Batcave, and is an expert mechanic.
Alfred is also a father figure for Dick Grayson when Wayne is not available.
www.batmantas.com /cmp/alfred.htm   (219 words)

  
 "Batman" (1966)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Continuity: In episode 7, Alfred refers to Robin as Mr.
Batman and Robin would be put in a seemingly inescapable trap and then in the next episode Batman would manage to reach into his utility belt and pull out a convenient device.
In one episode Batman was about to be dropped in acid when he suddenly remembered that Alfred the Butler had acid proofed his costume.
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 Pojo's Marvel & DC Vs. System (Versus) TCG Tips, Strategies, News. Price Guide & More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
However, Alfred does have the drawback of coming into play exhausted, meaning every time you play him, he acts as a liability to your team.
Alfred Pennyworth is the Boris of this set, but in my opinion, he's an improved version.
Alfred can search for either a plot twist, or equipment, and Gotham Knights have some good equipment to search for.
www.pojo.com /vs/cotd/July2004/28.shtml   (971 words)

  
 Whoclix - DC Map Set Character and Location Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Originally aspiring to be an actor, Englishman Alfred Pennyworth instead followed in his father’s footsteps and became a butler for Dr. Thomas Wayne.
Alfred trained Bruce in vocal mimicry and the art of disguise, both of which Bruce has mastered.
Alfred Pennyworth manages to keep the cave clean despite its large native bat population.
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 Idle Hands--Part 1 -- DC FANFICTION PAGES
Alfred patted his master on the back as he choked on the fact his butler had just implied that he was a rich brat.
Alfred drew back the bedroom curtains and then wished his master a cheerful good morning before placing his breakfast tray on the bed.
Alfred was born a >gentleman, it's taken you twenty-four years for you to >progress to just above >the caveman level.
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A circle of green light rises from the floor and surrounds BARBARA in what appears to be a 360 degree 3-D grid that places her at the center of what DINAH sees in front of her.) CUT TO: [Scene from 1X01: Pilot] [INT.
ALFRED stands in the doorway.) ALFRED: (softly) I remember the first time I fitted you for that cowl.
ALFRED: But you did what you thought was best to protect people, and you were magnificent at it.
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 Michael Caine's Alfred Pennyworth - The Superhero Hype! Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Though I enjoy the traditional look of Alfred - a thin elderly gentleman with a fl moustache, it seems unlikely that he'd have the strength to do the things that Alfred normally does - like picking Batman up when he's injured (Bruce must be a heavy guy after all that weight lifting).
And portrayed Alfred as a capable man with a mind of his own and a sharp witted tongue, not the docile servant-character that Michael Gough did.
Alfred in the comics isn't really all that old - his hair's dark and as others have pointed out, he's able to lift Bruce when he's hurt and so on.
www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=194939   (1289 words)

  
 Gotham Tales: The Chair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alfred Pennyworth glanced at the departing elevator and closed his weary eyes.
Alfred took my cold hand in his and led me as silent as the void of space up the stairs and into the kitchen.
Alfred studied his hands, laying so calmly in his lap for long moments.
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 Gentleman's Gentleman, Alfred Pennyworth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Though he originally wanted to be an actor, Alfred decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become a butler for the Wayne family.
Alfred was no ordinary butler; he was also a chef, waiter, chauffer and mechanic.
When Bruce left Gotham, Alfred took care of Wayne Manor and then later helped Bruce in his plan to become Batman.
www.thedreadbatman.net /batfam/alfred.htm   (89 words)

  
 Alfred   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Alfred has been the butler of the Wayne family long before Bruce Wayne was born.
When the kid lost his parents, Alfred became a father and a friend to him.
Alfred is not particularly happy about Wayne's identity as the Batman, because this put the man into risk.
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 Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Pennyworth hace su debut en el comic Batman Nº 16 de Abril-Mayo de 1943 con una historia titulada «Here Comes Alfred», donde el mayordomo prácticamente irrumpe en la Mansión Wayne con el propósito de cumplir el ultimo deseo de su padre y descubre accidentalmente las personalidades del Dúo Dinámico.
Alfred amaba la actuación, especialmente en roles de acción, también sirvió en el ejercito, donde recibió un buen entrenamiento médico y durante la segunda guerra mundial arriesgó su vida frecuentemente ayudando a numerosos refugiados que escapaban del régimen Nazi.
Alfred tiene un agudo sentido del humor que surge constantemente cuando debe criticar a Bruce acerca de su trabajo como Batman, pero debajo de esta sarcástica postura, se mantiene inalterable como el fiel sirviente de Bruce Wayne y el incondicional aliado del encapotado.
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 Batman index: part 5
Alfred confides to Robin that Batman is a "new person" since being caught in a warehouse explosion, acting "as if he's suddenly realized his own mortality, and is struggling to deny it.
Alfred remembers his own career as a World War II resistance fighter, as an actor on the English stage, and, after his father's death, as the butler of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, whom he soon learned were also Batman and Robin.
Synopsis: Batman trails Alfred and Lucius Fox to France, where he learns that both of them were involved in the French Underground against the Nazis in World War II, and that Alfred is accused of the murder of famed resistance fighter Mademoiselle Marie by Julia Remarque, who claims to be Marie’s daughter.
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