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* PGExplosives: A rather {{egregious}} example. After the Joker blows up a railway bridge, the detached locomotive falls into the canyon and explodes. The locomotive then flies out of the explosion, ''intact''.
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** This may be a ShoutOut to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "[[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons BillionDollarLimited]]."
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** This may be a ShoutOut to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "[[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons BillionDollarLimited]].Billion Dollar Limited]]."
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** This may be a ShoutOut to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "[[Western Animation / Superman Theatrical Cartoons BillionDollarLimited]]."
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** This may be a ShoutOut to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "[[Western Animation / Superman Theatrical Cartoons "[[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons BillionDollarLimited]]."
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** This may be a ShoutOut to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "BillionDollarLimited."
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** This may be a ShoutOut to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "BillionDollarLimited."[[Western Animation / Superman Theatrical Cartoons BillionDollarLimited]]."
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* MythologyGag: Joker nearly falls into a giant vat of liquid, similar to one of his most common origin stories
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* MythologyGag: Joker nearly falls into a giant vat of liquid, similar to one of his most common origin storiesstories.
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* MythologyGag: Joker nearly falls into a giant vat of liquid.
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* MythologyGag: Joker nearly falls into a giant vat of liquid.liquid, similar to one of his most common origin stories
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Compared to Bullock and Gordon, who are Gotham PD, Summer, a journalist, is used as the female hostage, despite Renee Montoya being an active part of the GCPD. She's also the only one who doesn't try to angrily mouth off to the Joker when briefly ungagged, but tries to shout out their location.
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* TemptingFate: In the French dub/sub. In that version, the Joker shouts "You'll never take the Joker alive!" [[note]]"Tu n'attraperas jamais le Joker vivant !"[[/note]] while fleeing up the stairs. He then punts his foot on the roller skate and goes over the railing, falling right over the boiling vat. Fortunately for him, the Fate decided to empathize on the "take" part, instead of the "never alive".
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* RushedInvertedReading: done by the Joker with his sheet music in the opening sequence, making him easy for the viewer to spot in the choir even before his face is revealed. In-universe, it's hard to tell if this is an intentional bit to thumb his nose at Arkham staff or if he's actually too distracted by his plan to have noticed.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Compared to Bullock and Gordon, who are Gotham PD, Summer Summer, a journalist, is a journalist. used as the female hostage, despite Renee Montoya being an active part of the GCPD. She's also the only one who doesn't try to angrily mouth off to the Joker when briefly ungagged, but tries to shout out their location.
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* AscendedMeme: The "Batman Smells" version of Jingle Bells.
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* AscendedMeme: The episode begins with the Joker singing the "Batman Smells" version of Jingle Bells.
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* {{Main/Irony}}: Just as Batman and Robin have given up their search for the Joker to watch ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', the Joker appears on TV by hijacking the airwaves having taken Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock and Summer Gleason hostage.
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** Given that the Joker is already established as a supervillain in Gotham, he's likely carrying out a scheme that was interrupted by him being thrown into Arkham.
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* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with the Joker Christmas carols in Arkham Asylum.
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* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with the Joker singing Christmas carols in Arkham Asylum.
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* HopeSpot: At first Robin and Batman are able to trace the television signal back to the Joker, which would mean they just have snatch him as usual. Then it turns out the Joker has taken three people hostage, they have to stop a train full of passengers from careening off a broken viaduct, and the signal is a trap. Batman hangs a lampshade after Robin's line about it being "too easy":
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* HopeSpot: At first Robin and Batman are able to trace the television signal back to the Joker, which would mean they just have to snatch him as usual. Then it turns out the Joker has taken three people hostage, they have to stop a train full of passengers from careening off a broken viaduct, and the signal is a trap. Batman hangs a lampshade after Robin's line about it being "too easy":
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Unlike the majority of other rogues (the only other exception being the Penguin), while this is the Joker's debut, it isn't the first time he's fought Batman in the DCAU, but just the latest scheme.
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Not addressed in the episode, but you have to wonder how and when Joker managed to get the facilities to broadcast a TV show on every channel, turn an observatory telescope into a giant cannon and construct all those giant toys with his face on them... [[MST3KMantra sure made for entertaining TV, though]].
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Not addressed in the episode, but you have to wonder how and when Joker managed to get the facilities to broadcast a TV show on every channel, turn an observatory telescope into a giant cannon and construct all those giant toys with his face on them... [[MST3KMantra sure made for entertaining TV, though]].
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** This may be a ShoutOur to the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon short "BillionDollarLimited."
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: About 2/3 of the way through the show, Joker tells all the Gothamites who are watching that his Christmas special will return after "a word from our sponsor." Both the fictional program and the episode itself then cut to a commercial break in our own world. The gag is, naturally, ruined on DVD, where there are no commercial interruptions.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: About 2/3 of the way through the show, Joker tells all the Gothamites who are watching that his Christmas special will return after "a word from our sponsor." Both the fictional program and the episode itself then cut to a commercial break in our own world. The gag is, naturally, ruined tarnished on DVD, where there are no commercial interruptions.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Canonically this is the Joker's first appearance. So how do you prove the Clown Prince of Crime is an amusing threat? Have him escape after putting a star on a Christmas tree while singing his AscendedMeme.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Canonically this is the Joker's first appearance. So how do you prove the Clown Prince of Crime is an amusing hilarious threat? Have him escape after putting a star on a Christmas tree while singing his AscendedMeme.
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* AdultFear: For Summer, hearing her mother is on a train that the Joker is going to crash. She can only cry while BoundAndGagged as the Joker laughs. Luckily for her, Batman and Robin make sure she and everyone else onboard make it out alive.
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* ForcedToWatch: For Summer, hearing her mother is on a train that the Joker is going to crash. She can only cry while BoundAndGagged as the Joker laughs. Luckily for her, Batman and Robin make sure she and everyone else onboard make it out alive.
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* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with the Joker Christmas carols in Arkham Asylum.
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* VillainOpeningScene: The episode begins with the Joker escaping Arkham Asylum on Christmas Eve.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Harley Quinn isn't seen or even mentioned at all in this episode, despite later appearances establishing her as a long-time minion of the Joker's that Batman and Robin are already familiar with.
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* AdultFear: For Summer, hearing her mother is on a train that the Joker is going to crash. She can only cry while BoundAndGagged as the Joker laughs.
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* HopeSpot: At first Robin and Batman are able to trace the television signal back to the Joker, which would mean they just have snatch him as usual. Then it turns out the Joker has taken three people hostage, they have to stop a runaway train, and the signal is a trap. Batman hangs a lampshade after Robin's line about it being "too easy":
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* HopeSpot: At first Robin and Batman are able to trace the television signal back to the Joker, which would mean they just have snatch him as usual. Then it turns out the Joker has taken three people hostage, they have to stop a runaway train, train full of passengers from careening off a broken viaduct, and the signal is a trap. Batman hangs a lampshade after Robin's line about it being "too easy":
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* TrackTrouble: Joker has his henchman blow up a railroad viaduct before the 11:30 express rolls through. Batman and Robin are able to save the passengers by disconnecting the passenger cars, while Batman is able to get the engineer out of the locomotive before it careens off the destroyed track and explodes.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Unlike the majority of other rogues (the only exception being the Penguin), while this is the Joker's debut, it isn't the first time he's fought Batman in the DCAU, but just the latest scheme.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Unlike the majority of other rogues (the only other exception being the Penguin), while this is the Joker's debut, it isn't the first time he's fought Batman in the DCAU, but just the latest scheme.
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** Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' is referenced a few times. Robin comments, "'Bah humbug!' to you too!" and "He could give lessons to Scrooge!" when Batman repeatedly refuses to stop their initial patrol of the city. The Joker also says "Bah! Humbug!" when Batman nabs him and wishes him "Merry Christmas".
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** Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' is referenced a few times. Robin comments, "'Bah humbug!' to you too!" and "He could give lessons to Scrooge!" when Batman repeatedly refuses to stop their initial patrol of the city. The Joker also says "Bah! Humbug!" "Bah humbug!" when Batman nabs him and wishes him "Merry Christmas".
