History WebVideo / TheJokerBlogs

-->"''You want to hear something funny? Right now, they are all rooting for ''me.''"

-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIMijxwIGzI Joker]]''': (to Kopski in the bathtub) Can you, uh- I-I hate to cut this short. You go ahead an finish without me. Uh... [[spoiler:go ahead and film it if you want]]. (cue laughter as he [[spoiler:[[ElectrifiedBathtub drops the camera into the bathtub]]]])

-->'''Joker:''' (to Mrs. Arkham) I-I'll have him back by midnight, okay? ... Because, if I don't... (lifts up the second serving tray lid, [[spoiler:revealing a [[RaceAgainstTheClock time bomb]]]])

--> '''Jeremiah Arkham:''' I don't expect you to walk out of here. I expect you to run. [[spoiler: That's why I brought my attorney.]]

Series 2 aired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtRmEqFCHXk its first episode]] on May 6th, 2013. It had a mixture of InUniverseCamera footage and regular movie footage. Following a ''three year'' hiatus, Series 2 resumed on April 4th, 2017. It was announced that it -- and the show overall -- would conclude in Summer 2018 to mark the tenth anniversary of ''The Dark Knight''. As of October 2021, the final three episodes have yet to be released.

Series 2 aired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtRmEqFCHXk its first episode]] on May 6th, 2013. It had a mixture of InUniverseCamera footage and regular movie footage. Following a ''three year'' hiatus, Series 2 resumed on April 4th, 2017. It was announced that it -- and the show overall -- would conclude in Summer 2018 to mark the tenth anniversary of ''The Dark Knight''. As of January 2021, the final three episodes have yet to be released.

* RealityEnsues: Following the example of [[Creator/ChristopherNolan Nolan's]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Batman films,]] the Bat-Universe is far more grounded in reality here. Arkham Asylum isn't the revolving-door it seems to be in the comics, and The Joker's escape takes considerable planning. His rampage through Gotham is treated very seriously, and his resulting capture lands him in a Maximum Security Cell... [[spoiler: though it's implied that despite his beatings at the hands of the Guards, the only reason he's still there is that he '''hasn't tried to leave''' yet.]]
** ''Fall of the House of Arkham'' reveals [[spoiler:he was [[ManipulativeBastard waiting for Jeremiah Arkham to take over the Asylum, giving him the best opportunity]].]]

* ThemeTuneCameo: Used as a MythologyGag in episode 8 when Joker hums his theme tune from the animated series.

Series 2 aired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtRmEqFCHXk its first episode]] on May 6th, 2013. It had a mixture of InUniverseCamera footage and regular movie footage. Following a ''three year'' hiatus, Series 2 resumed on April 4th, 2017. It was announced that it -- and the show overall -- would conclude in Summer 2018 to mark the tenth anniversary of ''The Dark Knight''. As of November, 2018, the final three episodes have yet to be released.

"[[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheJokerBlogs The Joker Blogs]]" is a Website/YouTube web series created by a user of the same name. The series is set between ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', depicting the time SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker spends in Arkham Asylum. The videos are framed as taped recording sessions between the Joker and his therapist, Dr. Harleen Quinzel and tapes shown as evidence after the Gotham police capture Joker. Throughout the series is a parade of fan service for Bat-fans everywhere while still connecting thematically and visually with Creator/ChristopherNolan's movie series and working incredibly well as a result. Although the earlier episodes still had the actor trying to find his definitive voice and makeup style, the atmosphere very quickly developed into something genuinely eerie. As a whole, the series is a very professional fan project with excellent writing and acting.

** SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker even uses a camera as [[spoiler:[[ElectrifiedBathtub a murder weapon]].]]

* BiTheWay: Tommy Elliot, though heavily favoring the fellas it seems.

* MoodWhiplash: After the tone of the series has been consistently faithful with the realistic seriousness of ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', Further Evidence #4 spends its second half showing a very cartoonish argument between [[spoiler: Lock-Up and his ex-girlfriend over a webcam]]. The acting is so bizarre and over-the-top that it feels more like something from the time Creator/JoelSchumacher was in the director's chair. Consequentially the video received a shockingly large number of down-votes.

* OriginalFlavour: Barring the {{Mythology Gag}}s, everything is as Original Flavor to Film/TheDarkKnightSaga as can be. This is multiplied to the nth degree considering the Joker's characterization, and his performance is so good that a lot of commenters jokingly(?) think that Creator/HeathLedger has come back from the dead.

* RealityEnsues: Following the example of [[Creator/ChristopherNolan Nolan's]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Batman films,]] the Bat-Universe is far more grounded in reality here. Arkham Asylum isn't the revolving-door it seems to be in the comics, and The Joker's escape takes considerable planning. His rampage through Gotham is treated very seriously, and his resulting capture lands him in a Maximum Security Cell... [[spoiler: though it's implied that despite his beatings at the hands of the Guards, the only reason he's still there is that he '''hasn't tried to leave''' yet.]]

* ExactWords: Joker promises to Harleen that he'll make his friend stop putting the sessions on YouTube. [[spoiler: Come next episode, he does... by killing him. And then he promptly starts putting the videos up ''himself''.]]

* TheReveal: A [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome VERY awesome one]]: [[spoiler:while Joker's rampage across Gotham throughout the series is par for the course with him, in the final episode it's revealed that it also has a hidden purpose: he was hired by ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' to cause the chaos so Lex could acquire Arkham Asylum and establish a foothold in Gotham.]]

On October 21st 2012, the "mini-series" Further Evidence began; each episode will center on a different character and lay groundwork for the events of Series 2. The first episode focuses on Mr J early in the series, revealing exactly when and how he came up with his plan. The following episodes establish the other major players, including Jeremiah Arkham, [[spoiler: the Phantasm]], and Lock-Up. It also dropped the InUniverseCamera entirely and switched to short movies with frequent perspective changes.

Series 2 aired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtRmEqFCHXk its first episode]] on May 6th, 2013. It will have a mixture of InUniverseCamera footage and regular movie footage.

Following a ''three year'' hiatus, Series 2 resumed on April 4th, 2017. It -- and the show overall -- will conclude in Summer 2018 to mark the tenth anniversary of ''The Dark Knight''.

* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: "You didn't wanna [[spoiler: go through with that wedding]] anyway."
* BloodierAndGorier: Season 2 is ''much'' more gruesome than Season 1 or even the Nolan trilogy, with "The Other Side of the Coin" showing {{Fingore}} and a graphic heart transplant.

Following a ''three year'' hiatus, Series 2 resumed on April 4th, 2017.

* GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter: Said verbatim when the Joker tells Arkham to take the top ([[IThoughtItMeant of his convertible]]) off.

* SchrodingersCat: Discussed by the Joker in S2-E2: Board Games, though it ends up as a case of {{Metaphorgotten}}.

* BulletproofHumanShield: An unintentional example. [[spoiler: In "Shotgun Wedding" TheJoker shoots Guy Kopski with a shotgun from only a couple feet away while Harleen is standing directly behind him. Harleen is splattered by Guy's blood but is not harmed by the shot itself.]]

* DissonantSerenity: In the last episode, Dr. Jonathan Crane looks just as [[SmugSmiler smug]] as ever while admitting that TheJoker scares him.

* POVSequel: If you take a certain BrickJoke at face value, [[spoiler:Further Evidence #4[[note]]where Harvey Bullock redirects a caller to "Bear Control"[[/note]] takes place at the same time as Further Evidence #2[[note]]where Dr. Arkham complains about being put on hold as he's redirected to "Bear Control"[[/note]]]].

** In Further Evidence #2, Dr. Jeremiah Arkham groans about being put on hold for "Bear Control" at the beginning of the video. In FE #4, Harvey Bullock gets a phone call from ''someone'' and pretends to be a recording that will redirect him to Bear Control.

* JailBake
* JitterCam

%%* GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter

** Before being revealed at the end, the intended person Doctor Arkham is addressing in "Further Evidence #2" is hinted at when he rants about how he's currently on hold, being redirected to various departments, including Bear Control, which is commonly [[spoiler:a division of the ''police department'']].

* SpoofAesop: In "Axes and Allies", the Joker delivers one of these at the end of his monologue about how gambling is a necessary part of life, during which he brings up the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'' as an example of a gamble that didn't pay off.
-->'''Joker:''' A long time ago there was this man that built this huge boat, and he was so confident in his boat that he said not even ''God'' could sink it. Well, one thing leads to another, another being an iceberg, and - (slams his fist into the open palm of his other hand) - that boat starts to sink... and he was so arrogant that he didn't put enough lifeboats on board, and 1500 people lost their lives. He gambled with ''1500 lives'' and lost! Still, 700 people made it out okay, that's not too bad. I guess the moral of the story is that you can just never have enough ice for a good party.

** However, the show has as of yet only been playing with this trope, as nothing has yet happened to explicitly contradict the facts given in 'Rises', despite events occurring in this series that make certain elements of the status quo in 'Rises' seem increasingly implausible.

** However, the show has of yet only been playing with this trope, as nothing has yet happened to explicitly contradict the facts given in Rises, despite events occurring in this series that make certain elements of the status quo in Rises seem increasingly implausible.