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* Seeing Batman under the effects of Joker toxin in "The Laughing Bat" is just... wrong. ''Oh so very wrong''. And this isn't the first time we see [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Batman infected by the toxin]]. Or [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight the]] ''[[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal last]]''. Joker himself is displayed in the page image as even worse and even more deranged than usual, attacking people with a new strain of Joker Gas and [[AllCrimesAreEqual targeting everyone who breaks any minor rules as a twisted mockery of Batman's Code.]] He gassed people for relatively minor offenses, such as leaving the turn signal on. It gets worse when he gasses the mayor’s wife and then later goes after two girls who were innocently making chalk drawings. Him later actively trying to make his own "Joker" by poisoning Batman and Batman slowly undergoing SanitySlippage only adds to the horror pile. And then Penguin gets poisoned...

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* Seeing Batman under the effects of Joker toxin in "The Laughing Bat" is just... wrong. ''Oh so very wrong''. And this isn't the first time we see [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Batman infected by the toxin]]. Or [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight the]] ''[[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal last]]''. Joker himself is displayed in the page image as even worse and even more deranged than usual, attacking people with a new strain of Joker Gas and [[AllCrimesAreEqual targeting everyone who breaks any minor rules as a twisted mockery of Batman's Code.]] He gassed people for relatively minor offenses, such as leaving the turn signal on. It gets worse when he gasses the mayor’s wife and then later goes after two girls who were innocently making chalk drawings. Him later actively trying to make his own "Joker" by poisoning Batman and Batman slowly undergoing SanitySlippage only adds to the horror pile. And then Penguin gets poisoned...
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** Oh and in "The Laughing Bat", it's revealed that he doesn't barge into Joker's plots to destroy all of Gotham out of professional courtesy, and nothing else. In other words, he doesn't seem to mind other villains committing citywide genocide, so as long as they don't interfere with his plans.
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[[caption-width-right:370:''Don't fret, Batman. You'll soon make a great Joker. Just don't forget to '''[[SlasherSmile smile!]]''']]''

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[[caption-width-right:370:''Don't [[caption-width-right:370:''"Don't fret, Batman. You'll soon make a great Joker. Just don't forget to '''[[SlasherSmile smile!]]''']]''
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** If you thought this Joker looked horrifying, have a gander at his concept art. Jeff Matsuda's early sketches [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/batman/images/1/18/JokerTest.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200831200432 depict the Joker wearing]] [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WjH8gjTz9tX6dnLq5an exaggerated]] SlasherSmile that would've made his comic counterpart proud. Matsuda probably made the right call to ditch that look for the Joker and settle for his slotting teeth grin instead.

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** If you thought this Joker looked horrifying, have a gander at his concept art. Jeff Matsuda's early sketches [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/batman/images/1/18/JokerTest.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200831200432 [[https://imgur.com/a/9mlGg0a depict the Joker wearing]] [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WjH8gjTz9tX6dnLq5an wearing an exaggerated]] SlasherSmile that would've made his comic counterpart proud. Matsuda probably made the right call to ditch that look for the Joker and settle for his slotting teeth grin instead.
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* Joker’s introduction in the first episode is incredibly creepy, with his face being [[SinisterSilhouettes hidden completely in shadow]], with the exception of his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]] and SlasherSmile. [[https://images.app.goo.gl/2j1vV9frxt97PEjr8 Look for yourself!]]

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* ** Joker’s introduction in the first episode is incredibly creepy, with his face being [[SinisterSilhouettes hidden completely in shadow]], with the exception of his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]] and SlasherSmile. [[https://images.app.goo.gl/2j1vV9frxt97PEjr8 Look for yourself!]]yourself!]]
** If you thought this Joker looked horrifying, have a gander at his concept art. Jeff Matsuda's early sketches [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/batman/images/1/18/JokerTest.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200831200432 depict the Joker wearing]] [[https://images.app.goo.gl/WjH8gjTz9tX6dnLq5an exaggerated]] SlasherSmile that would've made his comic counterpart proud. Matsuda probably made the right call to ditch that look for the Joker and settle for his slotting teeth grin instead.
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** And later on, when he gasses Kilgore Steed just to make his new hyenas laugh. We never see him get cured, and everyone acts like he’s dead afterwards. WB may have actually shown Joker kill someone in a kid’s cartoon!

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** Penguin getting the powers of Ra and then attempting to blow up a hospital. Full of CHILDREN.

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** Penguin getting the powers of Ra and then attempting threatening to blow up a hospital. Full of CHILDREN.



** Also doubles as Fridge Horror since Batman and Robin are in reality thrashing innocent people, the police, Batgirl and eventually one another while hallucinating everyone around them is a zombie. Fortunately, Commissioner Gordon and Batgirl are not hurt.
* The Penguin trying to slice Batgirl into three pieces in "A Dark Knight To Remember". Made worse by Batman's amnesia impeding him from being her hero.

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** Also doubles as Fridge Horror since Batman and Robin are in reality thrashing innocent people, the police, Batgirl and eventually one another while hallucinating everyone around them is a zombie. Fortunately, Commissioner Gordon and Batgirl are not the duo still cling to their Code, so no one is seriously hurt.
* The Penguin trying to slice Batgirl into three pieces in "A Dark Knight To Remember". Made worse by Batman's amnesia impeding him from being her hero.


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* In ''The Laughing Cats'', Joker is shown to be the only person who can actually unnerve Catwoman, as him lowering her into a giant pair of chomping teeth is the only time in the series when she shows '''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness genuine fear]]'''.
-->'''Joker:''' I’ve always been told there’s…[[DeadlyEuphemism more than one way to skin a cat.]]
** And later on, when he gasses Kilgore Steed just to make his new hyenas laugh. We never see him get cured, and everyone acts like he’s dead afterwards. WB may have actually shown Joker kill someone in a kid’s cartoon!
* As if Joker didn’t have enough of a NightmareFuel monopoly already, there’s his “partnership” with Donnie in ''The Apprentice''. A grown man wanting to hang out with a middle school kid is creepy enough, but when that grown man is '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', you know this can’t end well. And then there’s his nightmarish MoodWhiplash when Donnie shows reluctance to actually hurt people, suddenly turning cold and hostile and planning to throw [[WouldHurtAChild Donnie]] into the same vat of chemicals he fell into years ago so the kid can truly “see the funny side”.
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* [[ILoveNuclearPower Phosphorus]]. Up until this episode, Firefly is just a snarky thug for hire with a jetpack and lasers. One mishap with a radioactive isotope and he's this show's equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Blight]]. Everything he touches incinerates, to the point where even the floor under his feet starts melting, he's able to project massive amounts of weaponized heat, and he's DrunkWithPower and developing a serious HairTriggerTemper, to the point where even his girlfriend, who likes him ''because'' of his bad-boy nature, is terrified of what he's becoming. And what's worse, according to Batman, he's in danger of a meltdown, taking most of Gotham with him, unless he absorbs more radiation, which would make him even '''more''' dangerous.

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* [[ILoveNuclearPower [[WalkingWasteland Phosphorus]]. Up until this episode, Firefly is just a snarky thug for hire with a jetpack and lasers. One mishap with a radioactive isotope and he's this show's equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Blight]]. Everything he touches incinerates, to the point where even the floor under his feet starts melting, he's able to project massive amounts of weaponized heat, and he's DrunkWithPower and developing a serious HairTriggerTemper, to the point where even his girlfriend, who likes him ''because'' of his bad-boy nature, is terrified of what he's becoming. And what's worse, according to Batman, he's in danger of a meltdown, taking most of Gotham with him, unless he absorbs more radiation, which would make him even '''more''' dangerous.
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--->'''Joker!Chicken:''' [[ChickenJoke Why]] ''[[ChickenJoke do]]'' [[ChickenJoke I cross the road]]?

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--->'''Joker!Chicken:''' So you're a shrink; tell me: [[ChickenJoke Why]] ''[[ChickenJoke do]]'' [[ChickenJoke I cross the road]]?
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-->'''Joker!Chicken:''' [[ChickenJoke Why]] ''[[ChickenJoke do]]'' [[ChickenJoke I cross the road]]?

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-->'''Joker!Chicken:''' --->'''Joker!Chicken:''' [[ChickenJoke Why]] ''[[ChickenJoke do]]'' [[ChickenJoke I cross the road]]?



-->'''Tony Zucco:''' I think “The Flying Graysons” might have to change their name.

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-->'''Tony --->'''Tony Zucco:''' I think “The Flying Graysons” might have to change their name.
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-->'''Clayface:''' ''(turns into a werewolf)'' I can even play the dog…''([[EatTheCamera lunges]])''

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-->'''Clayface:''' --->'''Clayface:''' ''(turns into a werewolf)'' I can even play the dog…''([[EatTheCamera lunges]])''
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* In the final episode Hugo Strange is put in a permanently catatonic state due to [[MySkullRunethOver being given all the knowledge in the universe]] by The Joining. While you can't say he didn't deserve it for selling out Earth to them, there's something very unsettling about seeing the normally composed and calculating villain as a drooling vegetable.

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* In the final episode Hugo Strange is put in a permanently catatonic state due to [[MySkullRunethOver [[MySkullRunnethOver being given all the knowledge in the universe]] by The Joining. While you can't say he didn't deserve it for selling out Earth to them, there's something very unsettling about seeing the normally composed and calculating villain as a drooling vegetable.

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