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* CardCarryingVillain: Most of Batman's rogues gallery have understandable motivations for turning to crime. The Joker is a sick individual who is often evil for its own sake, though he also wants to prove that ''anyone'' can snap and become as depraved as he is if pushed too far. His deepest desire is to see Batman succumb to the temptation to kill.
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** One common tradition is for him to tell multiple, often contradictory backstories within the same story, which will sometimes even be called out as fake. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', he tells two different versions of "how I got these scars." In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he tells Harley he was abused as a child, but Batman lists several other "classics" Joker had spun over the years. In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', Harley lists off tragic details of his childhood, only for Poison Ivy to point out that was her childhood and Joker copied it. One issue of ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}'' has his psychiatrist state his latest story was the seventh one he's told.
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* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008), played by Creator/HeathLedger (Ledger was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal). This incarnation has his own character-specific page [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyTheJoker here]].

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* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008), played by Creator/HeathLedger (Ledger was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal). This incarnation has his own character-specific page [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyTheJoker here]].
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** ''Joker: Folie à Deux'' (2024)

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** ''Joker: Folie à Deux'' ''Film/JokerFolieADeux'' (2024)
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* TheResenter: Joker has often shown resentment towards people in many ways in different stories. The best example is him being resentful of anyone who garners more attention from Batman than him and anyone he sees as "stealing his act", i.e. being a laughing mad, jokey maniac cramping his style (The Creeper in Batman TAS). Regardless, many of his crimes and attitudes often carry an undercurrent of resentment be it towards the Bat-family because he resents sharing Batman with anyone or normal people for living their mundane lives free of care. Given how much spite seems to fuel his rampages, Joker's probably got a mountain of resentment inside of him.

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* TheResenter: Joker has often shown resentment towards people in many ways in different stories. The best example is him being resentful of anyone who garners more attention from Batman than him and anyone he sees as "stealing his act", i.e. being a laughing mad, jokey maniac cramping his style (The Creeper in Batman TAS).TAS, Terry [=McGinnis=] in Batman Beyond, "King Barlowe", etc.). Regardless, many of his crimes and attitudes often carry an undercurrent of resentment be it towards the Bat-family because he resents sharing Batman with anyone or normal people for living their mundane lives free of care. Given how much spite seems to fuel his rampages, Joker's probably got a mountain of resentment inside of him.
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** Joker's famous hatred of nazis can also be chalked up to this. As Joker is an EqualOpportunityEvil, he wouldn't be one to discriminate and target specific groups. [[HatesEveryoneEqually Everyone is fair game to Joker.]]

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** Joker's famous hatred of nazis can also be chalked up to this. Being a nihilist who wants to overthrow social order entirely he's at offs with Nazis who want to overthrow the current order only to replace it with their own bigoted version. As Joker is an EqualOpportunityEvil, he wouldn't be one to discriminate and target specific groups. [[HatesEveryoneEqually Everyone is fair game to Joker.]]
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** He's often depicted as hating Nazis and possibly other groups with similar philosophies; either because the Joker doesn't find anything funny in being a bigot, or because of his pride as an American citizen. During [[ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica a crossover between Batman and Captain America]], he angrily calls off an alliance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] when he learns he's a Nazi (the Joker previously thought he was just ''dressing'' as a Nazi and approved of it as a joke). As the Joker puts it "I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an ''American'' criminal lunatic!"

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** He's often depicted as hating Nazis and possibly other groups with similar philosophies; either because the Joker doesn't find anything funny in being a bigot, sees them as not upending the social order like he wants instead simply replacing it with their own version, or because of his pride as an American citizen. During [[ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica a crossover between Batman and Captain America]], he angrily calls off an alliance with [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] when he learns he's a Nazi (the Joker previously thought he was just ''dressing'' as a Nazi and approved of it as a joke). As the Joker puts it "I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an ''American'' criminal lunatic!"
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* ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' (2019), played by Creator/JoaquinPhoenix (Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor, making the Joker one of only three characters to win an Oscar for two different preformers -- the others are Vito Corleone from ''Film/TheGodfather'' and Anita Palacio from ''Theatre/WestSideStory'') This incarnation has his own character-specific page [[Characters/Joker2019ArthurFleckJoker here]].

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* ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'' (2019), played by Creator/JoaquinPhoenix (Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor, making the Joker one of only three characters to win an Oscar for two different preformers -- the others are Vito Corleone from ''Film/TheGodfather'' and Anita Palacio from ''Theatre/WestSideStory'') This incarnation has his own character-specific page [[Characters/Joker2019ArthurFleckJoker here]].''Theatre/WestSideStory'')
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* YouMonster: He's subjected to being called this by a number of heroes and villains, all of whom become appalled by just how far Joker is willing to indulge in his depravity and for never considering the collateral damage he causes towards others. Not that Joker cares about it one bit.

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* YouMonster: He's subjected to being called this by a number of heroes and villains, all of whom become appalled by just how far Joker is willing to indulge in his depravity and for never considering the collateral damage he causes towards others. Not that Joker cares about it one bit.bit or, hell, [[InsultBackfire wouldn't appreciate the sentiment.]]
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* DependingOnTheWriter: [[ExaggeratedTrope To the point where]] it has [[WildCard become part of his character.]] There are many huge variations, the most common and glaring being:

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* DependingOnTheWriter: [[ExaggeratedTrope To the point where]] it has [[WildCard arguably become part of his character.]] character. There are many huge variations, the most common and glaring being:
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* DependingOnTheWriter: There are many huge variations, the most common and glaring being:

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* DependingOnTheWriter: [[ExaggeratedTrope To the point where]] it has [[WildCard become part of his character.]] There are many huge variations, the most common and glaring being:
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* SatanicArchetype: He can be described as one, given that he comes off as a trickster who loves to sow discord and chaos just ForTheEvulz. He also dresses in light colors compared to Batman's DarkIsNotEvil vibe. Being a foil to the Dark Knight, his two main goals are to make Batman laugh (i.e. mentally break him) and prove that the world is just as ugly as he is in most of his versions. He also frequently twists his backstory to distort the truth, which is how he was able to manipulate Harley Quinn to become his moll.
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* SecondaryColorNemesis: Green hair, purple suit and he is Batman's ArchEnemy.
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The Clown Prince of Crime.

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