Frank Gorshin was amazing as the riddler and I don't think anyone has come close since maybe Jim Carrey. Though Carrey's riddler had a crippling desire to be acknowledged by other people.
But Gorshin's riddler was crazy and thought of people as THINGS. Everyone. They are toys to him. He wants to challenge Batman because its fun to him.
Look at his body language here. The other villains don't do this BTW. But Robin is basiacally just furniture to him right now. And the way he's talking to his henchwoman hereand being so controlling with his hand on her is seriously creepy. He's treating her like a thing. It's disturbing.
Its a whole different vibe than the current versions of the riddler where he's this emotionally insecure incel hiding from the world and angry at it.
Batman 66s Riddler was that series version of Heath Ledger's Joker.
