Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred
Macaroni

Real name

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth

Aliases

The Maccaroni
Alfie (by Harley Quinn)
The Macaroni Man>
Alfred Butler (by Bruce )

Affiliation

Bat Family (formerly)

Residence

Wayne Manor (formerly)
Arkham Asylum (formerly)
Blackgate Penitentiary

Occupation

Butler
Vigilante

Relationships

Relation-
ships

Batman
(son-figure/boss)

Martha Wayne †
(former boss)
Thomas Wayne †
(former boss)
Batgirl
(ally)
Robin
(ally)
Nightwing
(ally)
Lucius Fox
(friend)
Harley Quinn
(friend and ally)

Backstage

Alfred Pennyworth is a minor character in the T.V. series Harley Quinn and is the butler and father-figure of Bruce Wayne.

When Batman could not fight crime, Alfred created a superhero persona known as the Macaroni to keep crime at bay. The Macaroni dresses in Georgian-era gentlemen's clothes and wears a hi-tech wig that sprouts a sword, shield, and guns. He later teamed up with Batgirl to save Batman.

However, in Season 5 after years of cleaning up villains' messes and Batman's constant neglect, he snapped and tried to kill everyone who wronged him.

Appearance[]

Alfred is a pale-skinned English man with graying hair and a black mustache. He is dressed in a black tuxedo over a purple shirt and a black necktie with black pants and shoes.

As Macaroni, he is shown to be an average-sized man wearing a blue cap on a large wig and an old-fashioned British outfit of blue, red, and yellow, with a red bow-tie and beige breeches. His face is covered in white powder and he wears a mask.

Biography[]

Background[]

Alfred Pennyworth was born in England, where he served in the navy during his youth. At some point, he came to Gotham City, where for many years, he worked as the live-in Butler to the wealthy Wayne family at Wayne Manor. When a young Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered, Alfred continued taking care of him and raised him as his own. When Bruce eventually grew up to take on the persona of the vigilante Batman, Alfred would be one of the few people who knew of his identity.

Season 2[]

"Batman's Back Man"[]

Alfred takes care of Batman when he is in a coma. In the meantime, Alfred had taken up the persona of the crime-fighting Macaroni to help defend Gotham in Batman's absence. When Batman finally woke up and was ready to return to the streets again, Alfred forbade him, telling him he needed to heal fully first. However, he defied Alfred's advice and went out before he was ready, getting into a bad fight with Bane and almost dying at the hands of Two-Face's goons before Alfred as Macaroni showed up to save him with the help from Batgirl.

"Dye Hard"[]

Batman is still anxious to get back out on the streets and complain to Alfred about the ridiculousness of being cooped up in the Batcave whilst Gotham is being overtaken by Parademons. Alfred tells him the city needs him to be healed first and that he will not allow him to return early again. He gives him a cup of tea, which he quickly spits out, complaining that it is too hot. Alfred tells him he could wait for it to cool, to which Batman coldly replies that he could, at which point Alfred starts blowing on it for him.

"A Fight Worth Fighting For"[]

Alfred is aiding Batman while looking through the city's security footage to find his Batplan. When Batman tells him this, he tells him there is no need to narrate the situation and later tells him how the new voice memo for the Batcomputer works. After Batman sees the Joker has returned and is with Harley Quinn, he decides it is time for Batman to return. Alfred agrees that he is ready but tells him he needs to disinfect the Batsuit first.

"Lovers' Quarrel"[]

Alfred watches from the windows of Wayne Manor as Doctor Psycho projects Poison Ivy's memory of sleeping with Harley Quinn onto the sky. He initially closes the curtains so as not to see before changing his mind and peaking out through them.

The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour[]

"Journey to Love Part 6"[]

Alfred and Batman watched Tawny Young's broadcast as she reported that Commissioner Gordon had once again been unable to stop Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy from getting away.

Season 3[]

"There's No Ivy in Team"[]

Alfred came to meet Nightwing at the bus station when he arrived in Gotham City from Blüdhaven. However, their car was stolen by Harley and Ivy, who came on the same bus, so they were forced to take a taxi instead. Later, he joins the Batfamily to fight Firefly, who is burning down the Old Gotham Corn Factory, and gives Nightwing a ride on his penny-farthing bicycle, which Nightwing is less than thrilled about. At the scene, the group was watching from afar while Batman told them his plan when suddenly they noticed Nightwing had gone ahead and confronted Firefly without them, ruining their plan and causing a fight to break out. Alfred helped Robin and Batman get buckets of water to put out the fire whilst Nightwing and Batgirl both went after Firefly simultaneously, causing them to swing right into each other, allowing Firefly to escape. But not before setting more fire to the factory, causing the corn inside to pop and covering the Batfamily in a sea of popcorn.

Following that disaster, Batgirl decided they needed to work on their teamwork and signed the Batfamily up for an escape room to build camaraderie. However, they soon discovered it was a death trap set up by the Riddler, and they needed to solve it within a time limit to be let out. The rooms soon shifted, trapping Batgirl and Nightwing in different side rooms while the rest of the team got stuck with Harley's Crew, who were there for a similar reason. They search the room for the solution, and Alfred plays the flute sadly as their odds become slim. However, Batman eventually solves the puzzle, and the Batfamily returns to the Batcave before going out on another mission with Alfred again, giving Nightwing a ride, this time in a helicopter.

"It's a Swamp Thing"[]

In the Batcave, Alfred hums a happy tune while cleaning Batman's outfit until Bruce calls him demanding nachos, making him sigh exasperatedly.

Eventually, Alfred places a dinner table with soup and a glass of milk on Bruce's bed and notes his concern for him. However, Bruce claims he is okay and notes he'll soon learn how to speak "cat" so he can communicate with his "parents", but corrects himself that he meant cats. Immediately after saying this, Bruce passes out into his bowl of soup, and Alfred contacts someone on his cell phone.

Later, Bruce deduces that Alfred had hired Music Meister to perform a therapy session with him and Selina.

Entering a room where Bruce and Frank are, Alfred asks if he's alright, which Bruce claims he was after his break up with Selina and now wants to focus on his work.

"Another Sharkley Adventure"[]

Alfred briefly appears, taking Bruce to the Gala he's sponsored, and signals to him that Selina has not arrived.

"Batman Begins Forever"[]

Alfred appears as a cognitive memory of Bruce's tormentful rumination of the night that his mother and father were killed by Joe Chill. He later drives the Harley and her crew to Bruce's most "recent" memory.

He appears again as a memory of when Bruce knelt despondently in front of his parents' graves during his parents' funeral and when Bruce decided to become Batman. In another memory, Alfred is asked by Bruce, now dressed up as Batman, who asks him if his ears are too long and pointed.

In the real world, Alfred is seen tending to an unconscious Bruce, who, after he wakes up, follows him outside, where Bruce uses Frank to revive his dead parents.

"Climax at Jazzapajizza"[]

Bruce mentions Alfred as he leads his zombie parents to his lab in the basement to extract their plant DNA, noting he wants to prevent them from becoming another of Alfred's topiaries.

"The Horse and the Sparrow"[]

After finishing up burying Bruce's parents, Alfred has a heart-to-heart with Bruce about overcoming the loss of his parents, only for it to be interrupted by the appearance of an advert flyer for the Wayne biopic. This was accompanied by several other in-the-sky adverts, in which Alfred mentioned the producers had sent tickets to the premiere. Despite his anguish toward it, Bruce decides to attend it, but not with Alfred, which makes him sigh.

Season 4[]

"Gotham's Hottest Hotties"[]

Alfred dusts off a punching bag in the Bat Cave until the alarm signals a crime goes off. Then, Alfred informs Robin that it's visitation day at Blackgate Penitentiary, and his father waits for him there, which Robin scorns.

At Blackgate, Alfred and Damian are told by Alvin, Bruce's new butler, during his stay at Blackgate that Bruce won't be able to see them. As Robin is upset over missing a dead body to see his dad, who is unfortunately unavailable, Alfred asks who Alvin is, and he introduces himself as his butler. Curtly, Alfred notes that he's Bruce's butler, but Alvin corrects him, stating that he's Bruce's butler. Though, Alvin claims that he's Bruce's penal butler. Tension grows between them, and Alfred insists that they see Bruce; however, Alvin claims that Bruce's DJ lessons are running a wee bit too long and must return to Bruce. He explained that he had a phone call with the CFO of Wayne Enterprises concerning the recent rise in the company's stock values. Alfred then asks if Bruce even has him make financial decisions with him; Alvin, while straightening out his tie, claims that Bruce runs by his every big decision by him. Once Alvin leaves, Alfred grunts.

"B.I.T.C.H."[]

Because of Harley's impulsivity issues, Harley is assigned to work with Alfred, who Harley loathes working with despite the old man having cool skills and craft under his belt.

Harley works with Alfred, and he gives her tips on cleaning and personality, which got her working with him in the first place.

Eventually, Talia al Ghul arrives at Wayne Manor and announces that she will be taking over as conservator of Wayne Enterprises. Talia claims that financial cuts make Alfred worry about his position.

When Harley tries to abscond from her cleaning duties, Alfred confronts her in the kitchen and sweeps her into a chair. From there, Alfred teaches Harley how to be a "bitch", which is to: Breathe, identify the problem, take a tea break, consider your options, and handle it. Alfred admits using this toward Bruce's unwanted paramours and about his concerns over Talia firing him, but he has his options.

After going on a shopping spree with Harley, Alfred robs a bank, which was a ploy to get him arrested so he could join Bruce in Blackgate Penitentiary, but was instead sent to Arkham Asylum.

"The First Person to Come Back From a Business Conference Without Chlamydia"[]

Alfred has his own booth at MalCon selling his toilet wine with his business partner Cheryl to potential customers.

"Metamorphosis"[]

Alfred attends Nightwing's funeral and briefly chats with Harley, revealing that he doesn't intend to return to Wayne Manor as he wants to commit a white-collar crime to get into Blackgate.

"Potato-Based Cloning Incident"[]

Alfred briefly appears, drinking his wine with Cheryl.

"Killer's Block"[]

After successfully committing a white-collar crime, Alfred is sent to Blackgate Penitentiary in hopes of reuniting with Bruce, but he is left flabbergasted to discover he is being released.

Season 5[]

"Big Pasta Dinner"[]

Alfred 2nd time arrested — Alfred is arrested again.

Bruce invites Harley and Ivy to a dinner party with other residents of his building, including Lois Lane, Damian, and the Joker's stepdaughter Sophia, whom the Joker accompanies. Harley and Ivy also bring along King Shark's son Shaun, whom they are babysitting. During dinner, Alfred is seemingly murdered by Harley, but Bruce knows he is alive, and he always pulls a stunt like this when he is upset. Alfred reveals that hired the resurrected Dick to kill Harley, Ivy, and the Joker for their past villainous antics he got tired of cleaning up. He then explains that he also did this as part of his revenge on Bruce because even though he spent years serving Bruce faithfully, made multiple sacrifices for him, and even went to prison to be with him, Bruce has constantly taken Alfred for granted and to rub salt to the wound Bruce doesn't know Alfred's last name either. When Bruce tries apologizing, Alfred merely laughs bitterly and then claims he will kill everyone in the penthouse. Injecting himself with Bane's venom, he turns into a monstrous version of the Macaroni, prompting the guests to work together to defeat him.

"Family Feud"[]

When Bruce laments that he ruins his relationships, Alfred appears on his cell phone contact list.

Media Appearances[]

Season 2

The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour

"Journey to Love Part 6" (cameo)

Season 3

The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham

"Double Date"
"Tawny Tawks" (cameo)

Season 4

"Gotham's Hottest Hotties"
"B.I.T.C.H."
"The First Person to Come Back From a Business Conference Without Chlamydia"
"Metamorphosis"
"Potato-Based Cloning Incident" (cameo)
"Killer's Block"

Season 5

"Big Pasta Dinner"

Trivia[]

Macaroni's name and appearance are likely inspired by the mid-18th-century English fashion trend Macaroni, which referred to a fashionable fellow who dressed and even spoke in an outlandishly affected and epicene manner.