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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the two Jokers fighting and one dies. However, because of their wounds and the lack of clothing, it's left ambiguous who the survivor was as they even declare it really doesn't matter. Further twisting the knife, [[TheUnreveal the narration attempts to reveal this, but it's on the corner of the last page]]]]. All in all, a very Joker thing. The lack of distinct eye scars on the [[spoiler: surviving Joker does imply that the real Joker overcame the fake one.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the two Jokers fighting and one dies. However, because of their wounds and the lack of clothing, it's left ambiguous who the survivor was as they even declare it really doesn't matter. Further twisting the knife, [[TheUnreveal [[TheUnReveal the narration attempts to reveal this, but it's on the corner of the last page]]]]. page]].]] All in all, a very Joker thing. The lack of distinct eye scars on the [[spoiler: surviving Joker does imply that the real Joker overcame the fake one.]]one]].
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-->'''Bane:''' [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory As a man, he was mortal. As an idea, he lives on in all of us!]] (slams podium)\\
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-->'''Bane:''' [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory As a man, he was mortal. As an idea, he lives on in all of us!]] (slams podium)\\''[slams podium]''\\
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** In the first issue, Joker dresses up as various incarnations of himself, having [[SelfDeprecation unkind words]] for some of them. Yes, [[SacredCow even]] the ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' one.
** In Issue #10, after remembering how the fake Joker came to be (though not knowing it's himself), the fake Joker shouts "Of course I know who he is! I made him!", which is from ''Film/Batman1989''.
* InternalReveal: In Issue #11, Waffles reveals to the fake Joker that he's the fake Joker, which fans knew about (or at least had a pretty good idea about) beforehand.
** In Issue #10, after remembering how the fake Joker came to be (though not knowing it's himself), the fake Joker shouts "Of course I know who he is! I made him!", which is from ''Film/Batman1989''.
* InternalReveal: In Issue #11, Waffles reveals to the fake Joker that he's the fake Joker, which fans knew about (or at least had a pretty good idea about) beforehand.
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** In the first issue, Joker dresses up as various incarnations of himself, having [[SelfDeprecation unkind words]] for some of them. Yes, [[SacredCow even]] the ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' one.
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** InIssue issue #10, after remembering how the fake Joker came to be (though not knowing it's himself), the fake Joker shouts "Of course I know who he is! I made him!", which is from ''Film/Batman1989''.
* InternalReveal: InIssue issue #11, Waffles reveals to the fake Joker that he's the fake Joker, which fans knew about (or at least had a pretty good idea about) beforehand.beforehand.
* MisterSeahorse: In a backup story from issue #4, the Joker flirts with ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}. She is repulsed, for obvious reasons, so she casts the curse "On eno esle lliw reve evah ruoy ybab!" ("No one else will ever have your baby!"). However, she really should have thought her word choice through, since this causes ''Joker'' to become pregnant. He then vomits out a mud blob that shifts into a deformed mini-Joker.
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* MisterSeahorse: In a backup story from issue #4, the Joker flirts with ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}. She is repulsed, for obvious reasons, so she casts the curse "On eno esle lliw reve evah ruoy ybab!" ("No one else will ever have your baby!"). However, she really should have thought her word choice through, since this causes ''Joker'' to become pregnant. He then vomits out a mud blob that shifts into a deformed mini-Joker.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Er, pun not intended... after the Issue #10 backup, which was the first time one of them was actually relevant to the story (even being moved to the middle of the story instead of after it), the backups vanished.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Er, pun not intended... after After the Issue issue #10 backup, which was is the first time one of them was is actually relevant to the story (even being moved to the middle of the story instead of after it), the backups vanished.vanish.
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* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:The story ends with one Joker emerging from the river after having killed the other one, but which one it is left a mystery.]]
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* TheUnreveal: TheUnReveal: [[spoiler:The story ends with one Joker emerging from the river after having killed the other one, but which one it is left a mystery.]]
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Each issue also features a non-canon backup story written by Rosenberg with art from Francesco Francavilla in which the Joker and friends get into whacky [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] inspired hijinks.
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Each issue also features a non-canon backup story written by Rosenberg with art from Francesco Francavilla in which the Joker and friends get into whacky [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] inspired Age]]-inspired hijinks.
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* AffectionateParody: The backup stories poke fun at the bizarre plotlines often featured during the UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
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* AffectionateParody: The backup stories poke fun at the bizarre plotlines often featured during the UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: Happens in a conversation between (the fake) Joker and ComicBook/HarleyQuinn:
-->'''"Joker":''' How've you been?\\
'''Harley:''' Better.\\
'''"Joker"':''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh, I'm so sorry.]]\\
'''Harley:''' What?\\
'''"Joker":''' Wait, do you mean like you've BEEN better or you've been BETTER?\\
'''Harley:''' What?\\
'''"Joker":''' Like "I was better before" or "things are better now"?\\
'''Harley:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]
* AntiHumor: Some of the jokes told in the narration do this, such as the SubvertedPunchline in the ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' ShoutOut, where the guy instead [[FridgeLogic questions why his psychiatrist thinks going to see a clown would fix depression]].
* BlackComedy: Again, some of the jokes in the narration. One of the first is the classic "[[PoorCommunicationKills First, make sure he's dead]]" gag.
* TheBusCameBack: The backup stories brought Gaggy and Jackanapes back, though for Gaggy, [[ComicBook/BatmanThreeJokers the bus hasn't been gone that long]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In the second backup story, Bane gives an impassionate speech at the Joker's (fake) funeral about how the latter "told the people to reject the truths they are force-fed".
-->'''Bane:''' [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory As a man, he was mortal. As an idea, he lives on in all of us!]] (slams podium)\\
'''Joker:''' That's not what I was going for, but nice of him to say, I guess.
-->'''"Joker":''' How've you been?\\
'''Harley:''' Better.\\
'''"Joker"':''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh, I'm so sorry.]]\\
'''Harley:''' What?\\
'''"Joker":''' Wait, do you mean like you've BEEN better or you've been BETTER?\\
'''Harley:''' What?\\
'''"Joker":''' Like "I was better before" or "things are better now"?\\
'''Harley:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]
* AntiHumor: Some of the jokes told in the narration do this, such as the SubvertedPunchline in the ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' ShoutOut, where the guy instead [[FridgeLogic questions why his psychiatrist thinks going to see a clown would fix depression]].
* BlackComedy: Again, some of the jokes in the narration. One of the first is the classic "[[PoorCommunicationKills First, make sure he's dead]]" gag.
* TheBusCameBack: The backup stories brought Gaggy and Jackanapes back, though for Gaggy, [[ComicBook/BatmanThreeJokers the bus hasn't been gone that long]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In the second backup story, Bane gives an impassionate speech at the Joker's (fake) funeral about how the latter "told the people to reject the truths they are force-fed".
-->'''Bane:''' [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory As a man, he was mortal. As an idea, he lives on in all of us!]] (slams podium)\\
'''Joker:''' That's not what I was going for, but nice of him to say, I guess.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: A ''lot'' of people don't get that the Joker in Gotham is a fake, including the Red Hood and ComicBook/{{Manhunter}} (Kate Spencer).
* EvilVsEvil: The main conflict is the two Jokers wanting to kill each other, and they're both equally evil.
* FakingTheDead: The Joker fakes his own death in the second issue's backup story just so he can see if his friends appreciate him or not.
* FinalBattle: Issue #12 culminates with a Final Battle between both Jokers, with ComicBook/RedHood caught in the middle.
* EvilVsEvil: The main conflict is the two Jokers wanting to kill each other, and they're both equally evil.
* FakingTheDead: The Joker fakes his own death in the second issue's backup story just so he can see if his friends appreciate him or not.
* FinalBattle: Issue #12 culminates with a Final Battle between both Jokers, with ComicBook/RedHood caught in the middle.
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* InternalHomage:
** In the first issue, Joker dresses up as various incarnations of himself, having [[SelfDeprecation unkind words]] for some of them. Yes, [[SacredCow even]] the ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' one.
** In Issue #10, after remembering how the fake Joker came to be (though not knowing it's himself), the fake Joker shouts "Of course I know who he is! I made him!", which is from ''Film/Batman1989''.
* InternalReveal: In Issue #11, Waffles reveals to the fake Joker that he's the fake Joker, which fans knew about (or at least had a pretty good idea about) beforehand.
** In the first issue, Joker dresses up as various incarnations of himself, having [[SelfDeprecation unkind words]] for some of them. Yes, [[SacredCow even]] the ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' one.
** In Issue #10, after remembering how the fake Joker came to be (though not knowing it's himself), the fake Joker shouts "Of course I know who he is! I made him!", which is from ''Film/Batman1989''.
* InternalReveal: In Issue #11, Waffles reveals to the fake Joker that he's the fake Joker, which fans knew about (or at least had a pretty good idea about) beforehand.
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* NoodleIncident: The backup stories mention several in the fake [[ClueFromEd Clues From Ed]], including how Joker apparently threw a psychedelic key party.
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* TheReveal: Issue #10 reveals the fake Joker's backstory in a flashback made to look like the backup stories from the prior issues.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Clayface just leaves after Joker welches on his payment one too many times.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Er, pun not intended... after the Issue #10 backup, which was the first time one of them was actually relevant to the story (even being moved to the middle of the story instead of after it), the backups vanished.
* ShoutOut:
** One of the fake editor's notes in the first issue refers to an incident where Joker tried to sink the S.S. Gwynplaine, after the character from ''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs who inspired Joker's look. Gwynplaine is also a train stop in the second issue.
** The narration makes a reference to the famous joke told by Rorschach in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' [[WritingAroundTrademarks without saying the name]], claiming that a much more famous man once told the joke, but since he wasn't a ''[[StealthPun comedian]]'', they're reclaiming it.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Clayface just leaves after Joker welches on his payment one too many times.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Er, pun not intended... after the Issue #10 backup, which was the first time one of them was actually relevant to the story (even being moved to the middle of the story instead of after it), the backups vanished.
* ShoutOut:
** One of the fake editor's notes in the first issue refers to an incident where Joker tried to sink the S.S. Gwynplaine, after the character from ''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs who inspired Joker's look. Gwynplaine is also a train stop in the second issue.
** The narration makes a reference to the famous joke told by Rorschach in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' [[WritingAroundTrademarks without saying the name]], claiming that a much more famous man once told the joke, but since he wasn't a ''[[StealthPun comedian]]'', they're reclaiming it.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: One of the scenes takes place in ''Aparo'' Park, after Creator/JimAparo.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the two Jokers fighting and one dies. However, because of their wounds and the lack of clothing, it's left ambiguous who the survivor was as they even declare they it really doesn't matter. Further twisting the knife, [[TheUnreveal the narration attempts to reveal this, but it's on the corner of the last page]]]]. All in all, a very Joker thing. The lack of distinct eye scars on the [[spoiler: surviving Joker does imply that the real Joker overcame the fake one.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the two Jokers fighting and one dies. However, because of their wounds and the lack of clothing, it's left ambiguous who the survivor was as they even declare they it really doesn't matter. Further twisting the knife, [[TheUnreveal the narration attempts to reveal this, but it's on the corner of the last page]]]]. All in all, a very Joker thing. The lack of distinct eye scars on the [[spoiler: surviving Joker does imply that the real Joker overcame the fake one.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Unlike the previous series in which Commissioner Gordon was the main character, the series is told from the perspective of the new Joker.
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* VillainProtagonist: Unlike the previous series in which Commissioner Gordon was the main character, the series is told from the perspective of the new Joker. The latter half of the series follows the other Joker's antics in Los Angeles.
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* HesBack: During ''ComicBook/TheJokerWar'', Red Hood is infected with a chemical that paralyzes him with fear when his adrenaline starts to spike. The second Joker gives him a small whiff of Joker Gas that nullifies it, bringing him back to normal.
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* HesBack: During ''ComicBook/TheJokerWar'', ''ComicBook/TheGothamWar'', Red Hood is infected with a chemical that paralyzes him with fear when his adrenaline starts to spike. The second Joker gives him a small whiff of Joker Gas that nullifies it, bringing him back to normal.normal (albeit temporarily).
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch
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* DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler:The surviving Joker at the end of the series holds up the head of the other one.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the two Jokers fighting and one dies. However, because of their wounds and the lack of clothing, it's left ambiguous who the survivor was as they even declare they it really doesn't matter. Further twisting the knife, [[TheUnreveal the narration attempts to reveal this, but it's on the corner of the last page]]]]. All in all, a very Joker thing. The lack of distinct eye scars on the [[spoiler: surviving Joker does imply that the real Joker overcame the fake one.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the two Jokers fighting and one dies. However, because of their wounds and the lack of clothing, it's left ambiguous who the survivor was as they even declare they it really doesn't matter. Further twisting the knife, [[TheUnreveal the narration attempts to reveal this, but it's on the corner of the last page]]]]. All in all, a very Joker thing.
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* HesBack: During ''ComicBook/TheJokerWar'', Red Hood is infected with a chemical that paralyzes him with fear when his adrenaline starts to spike. The second Joker gives him a small whiff of Joker Gas that nullifies it, bringing him back to normal.
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* VillainProtagonist: Unlike the previous series in which Commissioner Gordon was the main character, the series is told from the perspective of the new Joker.
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The Joker who was left in Gotham learns he was just one of Joker's henchmen who was exposed to Joker Venom who was manipulated into thinking he's the Joker by the real Joker as the latter thought he could use a doppelganger before he got bored of his copy and attempted to dispose of him.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Unlike the previous series in which Commissioner Gordon was the main character, the series is told from the perspective of the newJoker.Joker.
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* HopelessSuitor: PlayedForLaughs with the Joker in the first backup. Not only does he seem to think he can date Power Girl (who is considered perfect by many), but he doesn't realize his massacres aren't helping… and that his mirror image from Mirror Master's mirror is ''already dating her at that exact moment''. Judging from the commentary and fake editor's notes, this isn't even the first time this has happened, with him previously having tried with Wonder Woman.
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''The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing'' is a 2022 series by Creator/{{DC}}, created by Creator/MatthewRosenberg and
Carmine Di Giandomenico.
Carmine Di Giandomenico.
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''The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing'' is a 2022 series by Creator/{{DC}}, created by Creator/MatthewRosenberg and
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''The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing'' is a 2022 series by Creator/{{DC}}, created by Creator/MatthewRosenberg and
Carmine Di Giandomenico.
The series follows [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] after the events of his [[ComicBook/TheJoker2021 previous series]] as leaves Gotham City and attempts to go global.
Or is he? Back at Gotham City, ''another'' Joker has surfaced and, believing himself to be the real deal, has vowed to find out who this 'imposter' is.
Each issue also features a non-canon backup story written by Rosenberg with art from Francesco Francavilla in which the Joker and friends get into whacky [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] inspired hijinks.
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!!''The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing'' provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: The backup stories poke fun at the bizarre plotlines often featured during the UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: The first issue ends with the reveal of the new Joker.
* MysticalPregnancy: One of the backup stories has the Joker becoming 'pregnant' after a spell from Zatanna backfires. Joker eventually vomits out a Clayface baby that becomes his 'son'.
* PetTheDog: The new Joker has an encounter with a dying woman at a hospital who thinks he's her dead husband. The Joker plays along and pretends that he is to comfort her.
* VillainProtagonist: Unlike the previous series in which Commissioner Gordon was the main character, the series is told from the perspective of the new Joker.
''The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing'' is a 2022 series by Creator/{{DC}}, created by Creator/MatthewRosenberg and
Carmine Di Giandomenico.
The series follows [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] after the events of his [[ComicBook/TheJoker2021 previous series]] as leaves Gotham City and attempts to go global.
Or is he? Back at Gotham City, ''another'' Joker has surfaced and, believing himself to be the real deal, has vowed to find out who this 'imposter' is.
Each issue also features a non-canon backup story written by Rosenberg with art from Francesco Francavilla in which the Joker and friends get into whacky [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] inspired hijinks.
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!!''The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing'' provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: The backup stories poke fun at the bizarre plotlines often featured during the UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: The first issue ends with the reveal of the new Joker.
* MysticalPregnancy: One of the backup stories has the Joker becoming 'pregnant' after a spell from Zatanna backfires. Joker eventually vomits out a Clayface baby that becomes his 'son'.
* PetTheDog: The new Joker has an encounter with a dying woman at a hospital who thinks he's her dead husband. The Joker plays along and pretends that he is to comfort her.
* VillainProtagonist: Unlike the previous series in which Commissioner Gordon was the main character, the series is told from the perspective of the new Joker.
