Batman Returns (1992), Tim Burton's Gotham sequel, stars Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot, the Penguin, who launches a mayoral campaign to take over the city. At a campaign rally Batman hijacks the broadcast with a recording of Cobblepot's own hateful rant, and the disgusted crowd turns on him, pelting the stage with tomatoes. The clip of that moment circulates online as a shorthand for public humiliation, used by meme editors to punish fictional villains and real-world flops alike, which is why it keeps resurfacing in roast edits.