History SelfDemonstrating / TheJoker

** Those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look.
** I also don't [[Anime/ReadOrDie work for the British Library]].
** Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so-called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing!''[[/note]]
** I'm also not related to that [[Series/TheJokersWild game show with the big slot machine]].
** Nor am I [[Franchise/MassEffect that pilot of the biggest starship of Earth]]![[note]]Although I am pret-ty sure Batsy can make it on his summer break, if he's not busy 'cleaning up Gotham'.[[/note]]
** Don't you get me mixed up with [[Anime/SmilePreCure that masked punk who's movin' on up the bad-guy food chain]], either, no matter ''how'' well he apes my gimmick!
** I'm definitely not [[Characters/Persona5Joker one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]].[[/note]]
** I'm not the alias to that [[Characters/OnePieceDonquixoteDoflamingo flamingo-themed pirate with the power of strings]].
** I'm ''certainly'' not some [[Film/FullMetalJacket run-of-the-mill jarhead]] who took verbal abuse from Creator/RLeeErmey lying down!
** And I'm not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates that lap dog butler serving some dragon brat]]. Don't think [[DubNameChange changing your name to Jakob]] or that [[CosmicPlaything cosmic punchline]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Arthur}} of a knight]] will keep you safe from me, boy-o![[labelnote:By the way...]][[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRetainersAndOthers Peri]] my dear I've heard a ton about you, slicing and dicing poor saps whenever you're not serving [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRoyalFamily the not so great Xander]]. Gotta say... [[VillainRespect well done kiddo]]! You're far more fun than [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Henry}} Lord Bluey's birdbrain mage]], although you're wasting your talents in [[CrapsackWorld Gotham's medieval cousin]]. If there's one thing I can't stand it's wasted talent. Just say the word and I can make a house call to "[[DeadlyEuphemism convince]]" that [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesCorrin insufferable goodie-goodie dragon]] to let you serve someone who can teach you a thing or two...[[/labelnote]]

But no, you don't care about any of that, do you? I bet you came to this page because you were so impressed by that [[Film/TheDarkKnight pencil trick]], or [[WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs my apocryphal shenanigans afterwards]]. No? [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman The dreadlocked barefoot monkey-man with that sexy, sexy laugh]], then? [[Series/Batman1966 Perhaps you remember the days when I faced off with]] Creator/AdamWest (who it looks like I [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} rubbed]] [[AdamWesting off on]]?) with [[Creator/CesarRomero a mustache]]? The [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse pointy-chinned me]] who's [[Creator/MarkHamill still]] fighting the {{Dark|IsNotEvil}} [[LightIsNotGood Side]]? The [[Creator/CameronMonaghan young, handsome]] version of me with the [[EvilRedhead fiery red hair]], running amok in Series/{{Gotham}}? (Too bad Lexy had to [[CloningBlues clone]] him into his [[WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen very own ersatz Superham]]!) The [[Film/Batman1989 meaty ol' me]] played by Creator/JackNicholson? The [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 tattooed fella]], coming to your [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Knightmares]] via [[Music/ThirtySecondsToMars a quick stop by]] [[Creator/JaredLeto ol' Cal Swanwick's pad]]? The [[Film/Joker2019 washed-up comedian turned giggling anarchist]] who [[Film/{{Gladiator}} ruled the Roman Empire]] [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix once upon a time?]] Oh, what about the [[Film/TheBatman2022 mangled-looking maniac]] who's ready to take on [[Creator/RobertPattinson that sparkly vampire in a Batsuit]] after [[Film/{{Eternals}} saving the world]] [[Creator/BarryKeoghan from giant space gods?]] Or the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-esque [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold me]], sounding a lot like [[JustForFun/CandleJack that jolly good sport who even I'm not crazy enough to address]]? Or was it [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins God's gift to Gotham, the world, and that Grinchy old bat]] (delivered [[AnAsskickingChristmas on Christmas Eve!]], even!)? Kept on giving, too, when, [[spoiler:instead of killing the second bird-brain, I tortured him into joining the dark side (just like I did with little Timmy in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Batman Beyond|ReturnOfTheJoker}}'' continuity), [[DeathFakedForYou faking his own death]], and becoming an [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum years before taking over Arkham Asylum and turning into a twenty-foot tall muscleman]]! (Although [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity that one didn't end too well. Object lesson on steroid use, kids!]] [[spoiler: Oh yeah, and [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight I still continued to torture the drug-induced Bat-Jerky to the point of insanity from beyond the grave]]! What FUN! That is, until he managed to [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind lock me away forever in the depths of his subconscious.]] NO FAIR, BATSY! (How was I supposed to know that the [[ContrivedCoincidence exact moment]] I took over Batsy's psyche was the moment that Good ol' Doctor Crane was injecting him with enough fear toxin to make ''the entire eastern seaboard'' go bonkers…and thus ''I'' was the one that ended up getting scared, somehow protecting Fatman from psychological harm?)]]

But no, you don't care about any of that, do you? I bet you came to this page because you were so impressed by that [[Film/TheDarkKnight pencil trick]], or [[WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs my apocryphal shenanigans afterwards]]. No? [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman The dreadlocked barefoot monkey-man with that sexy, sexy laugh]], then? [[Series/Batman1966 Perhaps you remember the days when I faced off with]] Creator/AdamWest - who it looks like I [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} rubbed]] [[AdamWesting off on]]? The [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse pointy-chinned me]] who's [[Creator/MarkHamill still]] fighting the {{Dark|IsNotEvil}} [[LightIsNotGood Side]]? The [[Creator/CameronMonaghan young, handsome]] version of me with the [[EvilRedhead fiery red hair]], running amok in Series/{{Gotham}}? (Too bad Lexy had to [[CloningBlues clone]] him into his [[WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen very own ersatz Superham]]!) The [[Film/Batman1989 meaty ol' me]] played by Creator/JackNicholson? The [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 tattooed fella]], coming to your [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Knightmares]] via [[Music/ThirtySecondsToMars a quick stop by]] [[Creator/JaredLeto ol' Cal Swanwick's pad]]? The [[Film/Joker2019 washed-up comedian turned giggling anarchist]] who [[Film/{{Gladiator}} ruled the Roman Empire]] [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix once upon a time?]] Oh, what about the [[Film/TheBatman2022 mangled-looking maniac]] who's ready to take on [[Creator/RobertPattinson that sparkly vampire in a Batsuit]] after [[Film/{{Eternals}} saving the world]] [[Creator/BarryKeoghan from giant space gods?]] Or the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-esque [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold me]], sounding a lot like [[JustForFun/CandleJack that jolly good sport who even I'm not crazy enough to address]]? Or was it [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins God's gift to Gotham, the world, and that Grinchy old bat]] (delivered [[AnAsskickingChristmas on Christmas Eve!]], even!)? Kept on giving, too, when, [[spoiler:instead of killing the second bird-brain, I tortured him into joining the dark side (just like I did with little Timmy in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Batman Beyond|ReturnOfTheJoker}}'' continuity), [[DeathFakedForYou faking his own death]], and becoming an [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum years before taking over Arkham Asylum and turning into a twenty-foot tall muscleman]]! (Although [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity that one didn't end too well. Object lesson on steroid use, kids!]] [[spoiler: Oh yeah, and [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight I still continued to torture the drug-induced Bat-Jerky to the point of insanity from beyond the grave]]! What FUN! That is, until he managed to [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind lock me away forever in the depths of his subconscious.]] NO FAIR, BATSY! (How was I supposed to know that the [[ContrivedCoincidence exact moment]] I took over Batsy's psyche was the moment that Good ol' Doctor Crane was injecting him with enough fear toxin to make ''the entire eastern seaboard'' go bonkers…and thus ''I'' was the one that ended up getting scared, somehow protecting Fatman from psychological harm?)]]

[[caption-width-right:330:"I've been putting smiles on faces[[note]]'', whether they wanted any or not,''[[/note]] since 1940!"[[note]]And for those obsessive freaks who really ''must'' know who I've got mounted on the wall behind me, introducing clockwise from the left: [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin I've got Ol' Ozzy Cobblepot]], [[Franchise/{{Superman}} the newly-extinct Last Son of Krypton]], [[ComicBook/AnimalMan that animal-loving freakshow]], [[Characters/{{Robin}} one of Batsy's many kids]] (admit it, you're hoping that's [[TheScrappy Jason]]'s head there, aren't you?), [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Jimmy Gordon's little girl]] (hope that wheelchair's comfy for ya, Barb!), [[Franchise/WonderWoman the wonderful]] ([[SarcasmMode a term I use]] '''''[[SarcasmMode very]]''''' [[SarcasmMode loosely]]) [[Franchise/WonderWoman woman who's honest and truthful to the end]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} and, of course, the Dork Knight himself!]] Got all that? Good. Now quit dawdling about on this footnote and get to all of the other juicy bits on my page already![[/note]]]]

Well! [[NoFourthWall Finally got my own page, did I?]] 'bout time! I was created in TheForties, for Pete's sake! I've been around way longer than [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superham's]] [[Franchise/{{Supergirl}} cousin]]! Why'd SHE get her own page first?![[note]]Rhetorical. I know exactly [[MostCommonSuperpower what you're all going to say]].[[/note]] Weelll, it's not ''too'' bad, I guess... at least I can still gloat to SelfDemonstrating/{{Lex|Luthor}}y about getting my own page first... As for [[{{SelfDemonstrating/Sinestro}} that guy with the yellow ring]]...? He only ''wishes'' he was half as scary as me!

Of course, a ''true'' fan would want all the gory details fleshed out, yes? So then. There's me, and there's [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Bat]], two peas in a pod. I'm the better-looking pea, of course, but that's beside the point. [[Creator/BillFinger Billy Finger]] and [[Creator/BobKane Bobby Kane]], inspired by both the playing card and Creator/ConradVeidt's ''deliciously'' chilling title character in the 1920s film ''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs'', conjured me up in 1940, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks back when heroes were allowed to kill, everyone Asian spoke with their R's and L's mixed up, and the art was worse than something drawn by a six-year old brat with colored pencils]] ('course, Jerry Robinson said he had a hand too, but that's not my department)... I gave that flying rodent a good runaround in ''ComicBook/BatmanNumber1'' (I was modest enough to give him the title...), and soon enough, [[BreakoutVillain I began carving out my own little niche]].

OOH! [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Or when I got Birdbrain to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} bite my shiny metal]] [[Creator/JohnDiMaggio crowbar?]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice No? The one with all those kid superheroes]], who [[Creator/BrentSpiner knows his way around a contraction]]? The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns old classic model]], fresh off that [[Series/{{Lost}} weird]] [[Creator/MichaelEmerson island]] and going up against [[Creator/PeterWeller RoboCop]]? Or how about [[Creator/TangentComics those times]] [[ComicBook/BatmanThrillkiller where I]] [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} was a woman?]] Maybe that neat little corner of the multiverse [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie where I've got teeth to die for, coattails longer than my whole body, and managed to accomplish]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie every other escapade on the list?]]'' [[note]] I even [[spoiler:[[KarmaHoudini got away clean]] after helping Batsy save the city from my new clique!]][[/note]] Or how I made [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Super-freak]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope go nuts by]] [[Creator/RichardEpcar trading my joybuzzers]] [[Franchise/MortalKombat for real sparks]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse out of]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 my hands]] and [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs tricking him into killing his wife and making Metropolis go BOOM by placing a nuke]]? [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Darkseid}} That one]] [[SelfDemonstrating/JohnnyCage has earned]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Michelangelo}} the ire of]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Spawn}} a lot]].

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[Website/{{Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. Oh, and if you value your life[[note]]Unless, of course, you ''don't'' value it, then [[SchmuckBait who am I to stop what comes next!]])[[/note]], please don't confuse me for:

** And I'm not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates that lap dog butler serving some dragon brat]]. Don't think [[DubNameChange changing your name to Jakob]] or that [[CosmicPlaything cosmic punchline]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Arthur}} of a knight]] will keep you safe from me, boy-o![[labelnote:By the way...]]I've heard a ton about this adorable psychopath working for [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRoyalFamily the not so great Xander]], slicing and dicing poor saps in her spare time. [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRetainersAndOthers Peri]] my dear, I gotta say... [[VillainRespect well done kiddo]]! You're more of a chip off the ol' block than [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Henry}} Lord Bluey's birdbrain mage]]. But if there's one thing I can't stand it's wasted talent, and someone like [[CuteAndPsycho you]] deserves a better stage than [[CrapsackWorld Gotham's medieval cousin]], somewhere without that [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesCorrin insufferable goodie-goodie dragon]] nagging you to be a better person and all that garbage. Just say the word and I'll "[[DeadlyEuphemism convince]]" those royals of yours to let you serve someone who can teach you a thing or two...[[/labelnote]]

** And I'm not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates that lap dog butler serving some dragon brat]]. Don't think [[DubNameChange changing your name to Jakob]] or that [[CosmicPlaything cosmic punchline]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Arthur}} of a knight]] will keep you safe from me boyo![[labelnote:By the way...]]I've heard a ton about this adorable psychopath working for [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRoyalFamily the not so great Xander]], slicing and dicing poor saps in her spare time. [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRetainersAndOthers Peri]] my dear, I gotta say... [[VillainRespect well done kiddo]]! You're more of a chip off the ol' block than [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Henry}} Lord Bluey's birdbrain mage]]. But if there's one thing I can't stand it's wasted talent, and someone like [[CuteAndPsycho you]] deserves a better stage than [[CrapsackWorld Gotham's medieval cousin]], somewhere without that [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesCorrin insufferable goodie-goodie dragon]] nagging you to be a better person and all that garbage. Just say the word and I'll "[[DeadlyEuphemism convince]]" those royals of yours to let you serve someone who can teach you a thing or two...[[/labelnote]]

** And I'm not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates that lap dog butler serving some dragon brat]]. Don't think [[DubNameChange changing your name to Jakob]] or that [[CosmicPlaything cosmic punchline]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Arthur}} of a knight]] will keep you safe from me boyo![[labelnote:By the way...]]I've heard a ton about this adorable psychopath working for [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRoyalFamily the not so great Xander]], slicing and dicing slicing and dicing poor saps in her spare time. [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRetainersAndOthers Peri]] my dear, I gotta say... [[VillainRespect well done kiddo]]! You're more of a chip off the ol' block than [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Henry}} Lord Bluey's birdbrain mage]]. But if there's one thing I can't stand it's wasted talent, and someone like [[CuteAndPsycho you]] deserves a better stage than [[CrapsackWorld Gotham's medieval cousin]], somewhere without that [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesCorrin insufferable goodie-goodie dragon]] nagging you to be a better person and all that garbage. Just say the word and I'll "[[DeadlyEuphemism convince]]" those royals of yours to let you serve someone who can teach you a thing or two...[[/labelnote]]

** And I'm not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates that lap dog butler serving some dragon brat]]. Don't think [[DubNameChange changing your name to Jakob]] or that [[CosmicPlaything walking punchline]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Arthur}} of a knight]] will keep you safe from me boyo![[labelnote:While I'm here...]][[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRetainersAndOthers That Peri girl]] [[VillainRespect has done some fantastic work]]. More of a chip off the ol' block than [[Characters/FireEmblemAwakeningTheLords Lord Bluey's]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Henry}} birdbrain mage]]. If there's one thing I can't stand it's wasted talent, and you my dear deserve a better stage than [[CrapsackWorld Gotham's medieval cousin]]. Just say the word kiddo and I'll "[[DeadlyEuphemism convince]]" [[Characters/FireEmblemFatesNohrRoyalFamily the not so great Xander]] to let you change masters...[[/labelnote]]

** And I'm not [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates that lap dog of a butler serving some dragon brat]]. Don't think [[DubNameChange changing your name to Jakob]] or that [[CosmicPlaything walking punchline]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Arthur}} of a knight]] will keep you safe from me kiddo!

** And I'm ''certainly'' not some [[Film/FullMetalJacket run-of-the-mill jarhead]] who took verbal abuse from Creator/RLeeErmey lying down!

** I'm definitely not [[Characters/Persona5Joker one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]]
** I'm not the alias to that [[Characters/OnePieceDonquixoteDoflamingo flamingo themed pirate with the power of strings]]
** And I'm ''certainly'' not some [[Film/FullMetalJacket run of the mill jarhead]] who took verbal abuse from Creator/RLeeErmey lying down!

** I'm not the alias to that [[Characters/OnePieceDonquixoteDoflamingo themed pirate with the power of strings]]

** I'm not the alias to that [[Characters/OnePiece: Donquixote Doflamingo themed pirate with the power of strings]]

** I'm not the alias to that [[Characters/OnePiece:DonquixoteDoflamingo flamingo themed pirate with the power of strings]]

** And I'm definitely not [[Characters/Persona5Joker one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]]

Anyhoo, the poll was set up, the calls were made, and I gave poor li'l Jason a spanking he'll never forget. Rest in pieces. Then [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat I got shot. And got trapped on an exploding helicopter. And vanished for all of a few months.]] And I ''still'' made it back in time for the holidays! From there on, my life's been just one giant rollercoaster ride, 'specially since [[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand I killed Jimmy Gordon's wife during that earthquake]].

** And I'm definitely not [[VideoGame/Persona5 one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]]

But no, you don't care about any of that, do you? I bet you came to this page because you were so impressed by that [[Film/TheDarkKnight pencil trick]], or [[WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs my apocryphal shenanigans afterwards]]. No? [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman The dreadlocked barefoot monkey-man with that sexy, sexy laugh]], then? [[Series/Batman1966 Perhaps you remember the days when I faced off with]] Creator/AdamWest - who it looks like I [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} rubbed]] [[AdamWesting off on]]? The [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} pointy-chinned me]] who's [[Creator/MarkHamill still]] fighting the {{Dark|IsNotEvil}} [[LightIsNotGood Side]]? The [[Creator/CameronMonaghan young, handsome]] version of me with the [[EvilRedhead fiery red hair]], running amok in Series/{{Gotham}}? (Too bad Lexy had to [[CloningBlues clone]] him into his [[WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen very own ersatz Superham]]!) The [[Film/Batman1989 meaty ol' me]] played by Creator/JackNicholson? The [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 tattooed fella]], coming to your [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Knightmares]] via [[Music/ThirtySecondsToMars a quick stop by]] [[Creator/JaredLeto ol' Cal Swanwick's pad]]? The [[Film/Joker2019 washed-up comedian turned giggling anarchist]] who [[Film/{{Gladiator}} ruled the Roman Empire]] [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix once upon a time?]] Oh, what about the [[Film/TheBatman2022 mangled-looking maniac]] who's ready to take on [[Creator/RobertPattinson that sparkly vampire in a Batsuit]] after [[Film/{{Eternals}} saving the world]] [[Creator/BarryKeoghan from giant space gods?]] Or the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-esque [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold me]], sounding a lot like [[JustForFun/CandleJack that jolly good sport who even I'm not crazy enough to address]]? Or was it [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins God's gift to Gotham, the world, and that Grinchy old bat]] (delivered [[AnAsskickingChristmas on Christmas Eve!]], even!)? Kept on giving, too, when, [[spoiler:instead of killing the second bird-brain, I tortured him into joining the dark side (just like I did with little Timmy in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Batman Beyond|ReturnOfTheJoker}}'' continuity), [[DeathFakedForYou faking his own death]], and becoming an [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum years before taking over Arkham Asylum and turning into a twenty-foot tall muscleman]]! (Although [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity that one didn't end too well. Object lesson on steroid use, kids!]] [[spoiler: Oh yeah, and [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight I still continued to torture the drug-induced Bat-Jerky to the point of insanity from beyond the grave]]! What FUN! That is, until he managed to [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind lock me away forever in the depths of his subconscious.]] NO FAIR, BATSY! (How was I supposed to know that the [[ContrivedCoincidence exact moment]] I took over Batsy's psyche was the moment that Good ol' Doctor Crane was injecting him with enough fear toxin to make ''the entire eastern seaboard'' go bonkers…and thus ''I'' was the one that ended up getting scared, somehow protecting Fatman from psychological harm?)]]

And, if after all ''that'' I've still managed to leave folks some moral wriggle-room, you can check out my spiffy YMMV page [[YMMV/TheJoker here]], not to mention all the other [[Awesome/TheJoker mind-blowing]], [[Funny/TheJoker rib-tickling]], [[Heartwarming/TheJoker heart-melting]] aspects of ME!

** Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing!''[[/note]]

OOH! [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Or when I got Birdbrain to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} bite my shiny metal]] [[Creator/JohnDiMaggio crowbar?]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice No? The one with all those kid superheroes]], who [[Creator/BrentSpiner knows his way around a contraction]]? The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns old classic model]], fresh off that [[Series/{{Lost}} weird]] [[Creator/MichaelEmerson island]] and going up against [[Creator/PeterWeller RoboCop]]? Or how about [[Creator/TangentComics those times]] [[ComicBook/BatmanThrillkiller where I]] [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} was a woman?]] Maybe that neat little corner of the multiverse [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie where I've got teeth to die for, coattails longer than my whole body, and managed to accomplish]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie every other escapade on the list?]]'' [[note]] I even [[spoiler:[[KarmaHoudini got away clean]] after helping Batsy save the city from my new clique!]][[/note]] Or how I made [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Super-freak]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope go nuts by]] [[Creator/RichardEpcar trading my joybuzzers]] [[Franchise/MortalKombat for real sparks out of my hands]] and [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs tricking him into killing his wife and making Metropolis go BOOM by placing a nuke]]? [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Darkseid}} That]] [[SelfDemonstrating/JohnnyCage one has]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Michelangelo}} earned the ire of]] [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Spawn}} a lot]].

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[Website/{{Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. (Oh, and if you value your life, please don't confuse me for those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look. I also don't [[Anime/ReadOrDie work for the British Library]]. Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing!''[[/note]] I'm also not related to that [[Series/TheJokersWild game show with the big slot machine]]. Nor am I [[Franchise/MassEffect that pilot of the biggest starship of Earth]]![[note]]Although I am pret-ty sure Batsy can make it on his summer break, if he's not busy 'cleaning up Gotham'.[[/note]] Don't you get me mixed up with [[Anime/SmilePreCure that masked punk who's movin' on up the bad-guy food chain]], either, no matter ''how'' well he apes my gimmick! And I'm definitely not [[VideoGame/Persona5 one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]] Unless, of course, you ''don't'' value it, then [[SchmuckBait by all means!]])

Of course, a ''true'' fan would want all the gory details fleshed out, yes? So then. There's me, and there's [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Bat]], two peas in a pod. I'm the better-looking pea, of course, but that's beside the point. [[Creator/BillFinger Billy Finger]] and [[Creator/BobKane Bobby Kane]], inspired by both the playing card and Creator/ConradVeidt's ''deliciously'' chilling title character in the 1920s film ''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs'', conjured me up in 1940, [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks back when heroes were allowed to kill, everyone Asian spoke with their R's and L's mixed up, and the art was worse than something drawn by a six-year old brat with colored pencils]] ('course, Jerry Robinson said he had a hand too, but that's not my department)... I gave that flying rodent a good runaround in ''ComicBook/BatmanNumberOne'' (I was modest enough to give him the title...), and soon enough, [[BreakoutVillain I began carving out my own little niche]].

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[Website/{{Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. (Oh, and if you value your life, please don't confuse me for those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look. I also don't [[Anime/ReadOrDie work for the British Library]]. Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing!''[[/note]] I'm also not related to that [[Series/TheJokersWild game show with the big slot machine]]. Nor am I [[Franchise/MassEffect that pilot of the biggest starship of Earth]]![[note]]Although I am pret-ty sure Batsy can make it on his summer break, if he's not busy 'cleaning up Gotham'.[[/note]] Don't you get me mixed up with [[Anime/SmilePreCure that masked punk who's movin' up the food chain]], either, no matter ''how'' well he apes my gimmick! And I'm definitely not [[VideoGame/Persona5 one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]] Unless, of course, you ''don't'' value it, then [[SchmuckBait by all means!]])

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[Website/{{Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. (Oh, and if you value your life, please don't confuse me for those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look. I also don't [[Anime/ReadOrDie work for the British Library]]. Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing!''[[/note]] I'm also not related to that [[Series/TheJokersWild game show with the big slot machine]]. Nor am I [[Franchise/MassEffect that pilot of the biggest starship of Earth]]![[note]]Although I am pret-ty sure Batsy can make it on his summer break, if he's not busy 'cleaning up Gotham'.[[/note]] Don't you get me mixed up with [[Anime/SmilePreCure that masked punk who's movin' up the food chain]], either, no matter ''how well'' he apes my gimmick! And I'm definitely not [[VideoGame/Persona5 one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]] Unless, of course, you ''don't'' value it, then [[SchmuckBait by all means!]])

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[Website/{{Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. (Oh, and if you value your life, please don't confuse me for those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look. I also don't [[Anime/ReadOrDie work for the British Library]]. Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing!''[[/note]] I'm also not related to that [[Series/TheJokersWild game show with the big slot machine]]. Nor am I [[Franchise/MassEffect that pilot of the biggest starship of Earth]]![[note]]Although I am pret-ty sure Batsy can make it on his summer break, if he's not busy 'cleaning up Gotham'.[[/note]] Don't you get me mixed up with [[Anime/SmilePreCure that masked punk who's movin' up the food chain]], either, no matter ''[[PracticallyJoker how well]]'' he apes my gimmick! And I'm definitely not [[VideoGame/Persona5 one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]] Unless, of course, you ''don't'' value it, then [[SchmuckBait by all means!]])

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[Website/{{Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. (Oh, and if you value your life, please don't confuse me for those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look. I also don't [[Anime/ReadOrDie work for the British Library]]. Nor am I that [[SelfDemonstrating/KefkaPalazzo so called magic anime clown Kefka]], who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing''![[/note]] I'm also not related to that [[Series/TheJokersWild game show with the big slot machine]]. Nor am I [[Franchise/MassEffect that pilot of the biggest starship of Earth]]! [[note]]Although I am pre-tty sure Batsy can make it on his summer break, if he's not busy 'cleaning up Gotham'.[[/note]] And I'm definitely not [[VideoGame/Persona5 one of those phantom thieves who go around robbing folks who just wanna have a good time]], but hey, I do like their funky-fresh moves![[note]]Especially that Panther girl, who looks like she's been taking cues from one of good ol' Batsy's [[ReallyGetsAround many, many, MANY,]] [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} lady friends]]! Though I'm not sure what to say about that Oracle wannabe, she really works better on a seat [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke if you catch my drift]]. [[/note]] Unless, of course, you ''don't'' value it, then [[SchmuckBait by all means!]])

* ''[[Film/ThePeoplesJoker The People's Joker]]''

[[caption-width-right:330:"I've been putting smiles on faces[[note]]'', whether they wanted any or not,''[[/note]] since 1940!"[[note]]And for those obsessive freaks who really ''must'' know who I've got mounted on the wall behind me, introducing clockwise from the left: [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin I've got Ol' Ozzy Cobblepot]], [[Franchise/{{Superman}} the newly-extinct Last Son of Krypton]], [[ComicBook/AnimalMan that animal-loving freakshow]], [[Characters/{{Robin}} one of Batsy's many kids]] (admit it, you're hoping that's [[TheScrappy Jason's]] head there, aren't you?), [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Jimmy Gordon's little girl]] (hope that wheelchair's comfy for ya, Barb!), [[Franchise/WonderWoman the wonderful]] ([[SarcasmMode a term I use]] '''''[[SarcasmMode very]]''''' [[SarcasmMode loosely]]) [[Franchise/WonderWoman woman who's honest and truthful to the end]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} and, of course, the Dork Knight himself!]] Got all that? Good. Now quit dawdling about on this footnote and get to all of the other juicy bits on my page already![[/note]]]]