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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Rather than Joe Chill, it is the Joker who killed Bruce's parents; making his notorious status as Batman's ArchEnemy much more personal in this adaptation.



* AdaptationOriginConnection: Rather than Joe Chill, it is the Joker who killed Bruce's parents; making his notorious status as Batman's ArchEnemy much more personal in this adaptation.



* AMFMCharacterization: He blares Music/{{Prince}} songs when committing crimes. Guess who did the film's soundtrack?
* AmbiguousSituation: Knox's cameo in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' sees him reading a paper with the headline "Batman Captures Joker", leading to the possibility that either, as ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' revealed three people have been the Joker, Napier was replaced as the Joker by a LegacyCharacter, or, in keeping with being a version of the TropeNamer for JokerImmunity, Napier somehow managed to fake his death in the climax or get resurrected. According to Marc Guggernheim, his explanation is that Napier was [[ShrugOfGod either]] resurrected or replaced by a LegacyCharacter during the gap between ''Batman '89'' and ''Crisis''. [[spoiler:''Batman'' #135 by Chip Zdarsky shows Napier was resurrected thanks to Red Mask (an alternate universe Joker) travelling through the different universes with an energy that ended up empowering any existing Joker, creating ones in universes that didn't have them, or reviving ones who were already dead.]]



* AmbiguousSituation: Knox's cameo in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' sees him reading a paper with the headline "Batman Captures Joker", leading to the possibility that either, as ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' revealed three people have been the Joker, Napier was replaced as the Joker by a LegacyCharacter, or, in keeping with being a version of the TropeNamer for JokerImmunity, Napier somehow managed to fake his death in the climax or get resurrected. According to Marc Guggernheim, his explanation is that Napier was [[ShrugOfGod either]] resurrected or replaced by a LegacyCharacter during the gap between ''Batman '89'' and ''Crisis''. [[spoiler:''Batman'' #135 by Chip Zdarsky shows Napier was resurrected thanks to Red Mask (an alternate universe Joker) travelling through the different universes with an energy that ended up empowering any existing Joker, creating ones in universes that didn't have them, or reviving ones who were already dead.]]



* AMFMCharacterization: He blares Music/{{Prince}} songs when committing crimes. Guess who did the film's soundtrack?



* BadassLongcoat: Jack Napier initially wears a trenchcoat up to the point where he kills Grissom. He switches to more flamboyant outfits for the rest of the film until he hijacks the Gotham parade, where he's seen wearing a purple variant.



* BadassLongcoat: Jack Napier initially wears a trenchcoat up to the point where he kills Grissom. He switches to more flamboyant outfits for the rest of the film until he hijacks the Gotham parade, where he's seen wearing a purple variant.



* DeadlyEuphemism: He's quite fond of these (fitting, given his history as a mobster).
* DeadlyGas: This was the Joker's favorite method of killing people. He did it twice, once in the museum where Bruce was supposed to meet Vicki, and once in the big parade scene with big parade-float balloons full of Smylex. Batman took the balloons away in the Batwing and sent them well away from the city in order to stop him.



* DeadlyEuphemism: He's quite fond of these (fitting, given his history as a mobster).
* DeadlyGas: This was the Joker's favorite method of killing people. He did it twice, once in the museum where Bruce was supposed to meet Vicki, and once in the big parade scene with big parade-float balloons full of Smylex. Batman took the balloons away in the Batwing and sent them well away from the city in order to stop him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Pre-transformation. "Nice outfit" being the prime example.
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Trope misuse. Titans had their own version of the Joker and used audio for Burton Joker, 2019 Joker and 60s Joker, which means they count as an example of Alternate Self.


* AlternateSelf: Has counterparts on [[Series/Batwoman2019 Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/Titans2018Villains Earth-9]], [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]], [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]], [[Film/TheDarkKnight Earth-686]], and a [[Film/Joker2019 unknown reality]].

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* AlternateSelf: Has counterparts on [[Series/Batwoman2019 Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/Titans2018Villains Earth-9]], [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]], [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]], [[Film/TheDarkKnight Earth-686]], Earth-66]] and a [[Film/Joker2019 unknown reality]].
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'''[[center: [- [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesBatFamily Bat-Family]] | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains Villains]] (The Joker | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]]) | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] -]]]'''

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'''[[center: [- [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesBatFamily Bat-Family]] | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains Villains]] (The Joker | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]]) | [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] -]]]'''

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Winged freak terrorizes? Wait'll they get a load of ME."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Winged freak terrorizes? Wait'll Wait 'til they get a load of ME.'''me'''."'']]



->''"Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile."''

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->''"Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile."''
smile!"''



* ArtAttacker: At one point in the first movie, he and his goons enter the Gotham Art Museum and vandalize many of the artworks on display. The only work of art he spares is Francis Bacon's ''Figure with Meat''.

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* ArtAttacker: At one point in the first movie, he Joker and his goons enter the Gotham Art Museum and vandalize many of the artworks on display. display while making his way up to meet Vicki. The only work of art he spares is the suitably-macabre ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_with_Meat Figure with Meat,]]'' by Francis Bacon's ''Figure with Meat''.Bacon.
-->'''Joker:''' (''stops Bob slashing the aforementioned painting'') I kinda like this one, Bob. Leave it!



* {{Hammerspace}}: In the final battle when he pulls ''that gun'' [[TrouserSpace out of his pants]]. The thing is longer than he's tall!

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* {{Hammerspace}}: In the final battle when he pulls ''that gun'' [[TrouserSpace out of his pants]]. The thing is longer than about is long as he's tall!



* HairTriggerTemper: When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4E_ST5ezTY Jack Nicholson]] was brought in, his interpretation of the character was that Napier was ''always'' highly intelligent, violent and sadistic -- his transformation just released him from whatever restraint he had. Everything Jack Napier fantasizes about and kept ''vaguely'' under control, the Joker does the ''instant'' it occurs to him.
-->The story says, "Here's a man plunged into nuclear waste, and comes out this other identity", right? So my simple thought on it is the guy is from then on ''short-wired.'' I love that.

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* HairTriggerTemper: When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4E_ST5ezTY Jack Nicholson]] was brought in, his interpretation of the character was that Napier was ''always'' highly intelligent, violent and sadistic -- sadistic; his transformation into the Joker just released him from whatever restraint he had.had beforehand. Everything Jack Napier fantasizes about and kept ''vaguely'' under control, the Joker does the ''instant'' it occurs to him.
-->The -->'''Jack Nicholson:''' The story says, "Here's a man plunged into nuclear waste, and comes out this other identity", right? So my simple thought on it is the guy is from then on ''short-wired.'' I love that.



* IfICantHaveYou: It's never explicitly stated, but this seems to be how he feels at the climax. Once it finally becomes clear to him that Vicki Vale will never love him, he just tries to kill her along with Batman. (Being a psychopath, it's most likely he would have eventually killed her anyway once he got bored with her, like he did with Alicia.)

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* IfICantHaveYou: It's never explicitly stated, but this seems to be how he feels at the climax. Once it finally becomes clear to him that Vicki Vale will never love him, he just tries to kill her along with Batman. (Being Being a psychopath, however, it's most likely he would have eventually killed her anyway once he got bored with her, her; much like he did with Alicia.)



* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Inflicts one on Ricorso in broad daylight.
-->'''Joker''': The pen is truly mightier than the sword!

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* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Inflicts one on Ricorso in broad daylight.
daylight using a razor-sharp quill pen.
-->'''Joker''': (''with a flourish'') The pen pen... is truly mightier than the sword!
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* AlternateSelf: Has counterparts on [[Series/Batwoman2019 Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/Titans2018Villains Earth-9]], [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]], [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]] and a [[Film/Joker2019 unknown reality]].

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* AlternateSelf: Has counterparts on [[Series/Batwoman2019 Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/Titans2018Villains Earth-9]], [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]], [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]] Earth-96]], [[Film/TheDarkKnight Earth-686]], and a [[Film/Joker2019 unknown reality]].

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