| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:'''[-Here's a link to the main page of [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker yours truly!]]-]'''\ |
| 2 | [-[[SelfDemonstrating/TheJokerTropesAToF A-F]] | '''G-N''' | [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJokerTropesOToY O-Y]]-]]]]] |
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| 4 | * GangOfHats: I might be the headliner, but what kind of act only has one clown?! If I'm going for a night out on the town, then at least a few of the boys will be putting on their finest clown faces and costumes to clown around Gotham with me! [[{{Subversion}} Not all the time]] though, sometimes I care more that you shoot straight at the Bat more than anything else. |
| 5 | * {{Gasp}}: [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Couldn't stop myself from this]] when that sack of bones Sal Valestra decided to drop in for a visit! |
| 6 | * GenderFlip: ''Thrillkiller'' made me one Bianca Steeplechase, while ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' turned me into [[spoiler:ol' Batsy's ''mother!'' Or, rather, wife, given it's Brucey who died there, not his parents, and his dad who became Batman.]] Over in that [[Creator/TangentComics Tangent place]], I'm [[spoiler:Lori Lemaris, Madame Xanadu ''and'' Mary Marvel. Simultaneously.]] |
| 7 | * GeniusBruiser: Some versions of me have not only been smart enough to give Batsy fits, but also keep up with him in a straight-up fight. [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Monkey-Me]] was especially notable for my martial arts fights with Batboob. Creator/BruceLee, eat your heart out! |
| 8 | * GigglingVillain: [[SarcasmMode Oh, I know, I make it such a secret! Hehehe!]] But where's the problem in that? It just isn't a life of crime if you're not ''enjoying'' the bloodshed! |
| 9 | * TheGimmick: Compare [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] me with ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' me, and you'll see how far I can go while still staying in the same gimmick. |
| 10 | * GlasgowGrin: Sometimes I opt to carve my trademark cheerful smile right into my face! Assuming, that is, it wasn't done for me; [[MultipleChoicePast I can't quite remember anymore]]. If I don't have any of my happy gas on hand, maybe I'll give one to my victims as well! [[Film/Joker2019 Even with just my blood]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 I can draw a good lookin' grin!]] |
| 11 | * GoKartingWithBowser: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlusgU-MUZ4 What, you don't like surfing?]] And [[TropeNamers turtle guy]] wishes he was the current image for this page.[[note]]'''SelfDemonstrating/{{Bowser}}''': Don't test your luck, clownface! I don't see you on ''[[SecondaryColorNemesis THIS]]'' picture, do I?! '''Me''': Oh, ''so what?'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall These things get swapped out every year or so.]] Enjoy the fame while you can...I might just TAKE IT! Hahahaha![[/note]] |
| 12 | * {{Gonk}}: [[ImplausibleDeniability Why, whatever are you talking about, kiddies?]] Sure, [[FauxAffablyEvil your ol' Uncle J.]] might be a little... [[NightmareFace spooky-lookin']], but can't he be [[UglyCute considered handsome]] in [[PerverseSexualLust a sort of unconventional way?]]... '''[[CuteAndPsycho ALRIGHT, FINE!]]''' '''[[AxCrazy YOU WIN! HAPPY?]]''' Admittedly, my looks do tend to [[DependingOnTheArtist vary somewhat]], but you know what? At least I'm ''still'' more [[BuffySpeak handsome-y]] than Bat-Brain! Seriously, how ugly do you have to be to want to hide your face at all times? (Now, if I could just get my mitts on Sam Kieth...) |
| 13 | ** Though I gotta admit, that version of me who got to talk to [[Film/TheBatman2022 Sparkle-Bats]] wasn't exactly a come-hither beauty if that cut scene was any indication. |
| 14 | * GoodCounterpart: [[ComicBook/TheCreeper Ol' Creeps]] borrows a lot from me. I suppose it would be flattering if he weren't so ''[[EveryoneHasStandards crazy]]''. |
| 15 | ** I apparently had one [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths called the Jester on Earth-3]]. He's done for now, but he managed to take his versions of [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Greeny]] and [[ComicBook/{{Hawkgirl}} Birdbrain]] with him! |
| 16 | * GoOutWithASmile: Combined with DieLaughing I laughed at the irony of my death in Arkham City with a smile. |
| 17 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: |
| 18 | ** The version of me played by Heath Ledger has a nice happy GlasgowGrin, instead of my usual permanent smile. Wanna know how I got them? |
| 19 | ** Jacky Nicholson's version of me did it first; a gunshot through both cheeks, a nice dip in my usual chemical bath, some amateur plastic surgery, and voila! |
| 20 | * GreaterScopeVillain: This is my role in ''Series/{{Birds Of Prey|2002}}''. While I only appear in a few crummy flashback sequences in the pilot and I am said to be currently locked away far from New Gotham, I am in a way indirectly responsible for the conflict because I was the one who crippled Barbara and hired someone to kill Helena's mother. There's also the fact that Harley planned to fill in the void I left when I was brought to justice by attempting to become the city's new greatest criminal mastermind. |
| 21 | * {{Griefer}}: You tropers have described RealLife in VideoGame terms, so I guess that means I can describe myself as the greatest {{Griefer}} who ever lived! |
| 22 | * GroinAttack: It may not be as fatal as a stab or gunshot, but it works, doesn't it? |
| 23 | ** Even ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} knows I can deliver a good kick in the pearls [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/37320/800310-joker_vs_aquaman_01.jpg when given the chance.]] |
| 24 | ** Heck, one time [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Bat-Fake McGinnis]] did this by fighting dirty with a knee to my... let's just say... manhood. And not just once, ''but twice!!! THAT'' really hurt! |
| 25 | * GuestFighter: I paid a visit in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', where good old [[Creator/RichardEpcar Richie]] voices me with my trusty cane! It was so much fun! The blood!! The guts!! The mayhem!!! [[CrapsackWorld Outworld's]] my kinda place, all right. It was a much more fun experience than [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse the last time I stopped by]]. Those squeamish little meddlers at the ESRB [[{{Bowdlerize}} wouldn't let me cut loose and carve some smiles that time]]! But I showed them... [[EvilSorceror ol' Shangy]] used [[BANGFlagGun my Fatality]] in all its uncensored, gory magnificence in [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 his next turn 'round the block]]! |
| 26 | * HannibalLecture: They named this gag after ''[[Franchise/HannibalLecter Hannibal]]''?! I appreciate a good bit of wordplay as much as the next homicidal maniac, but the old purple people eater has nothing on me! I don't recall Clarice Starling ever [[MadLove dressing up like a clown and busting him out of jail]] (which would make him the lucky one...). |
| 27 | * HappilyMarried: Wouldn't you know it? I finally tied the knot with dear ol' Harl' in the prequel comic to ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''! In an UnholyMatrimony sort of way, of course. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, our marriage was fated not to last for over six months in the game itself thanks to the deadly Titan disease [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum that I had inflicted upon myself]]. Well, you know what they say: "Till death do us part."]] |
| 28 | * HappyDance: What, ya don't like Music/{{Prince}}[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjD9X2mPIXY ?]] That man had a great taste in {{purple|IsPowerful}}. |
| 29 | * HappyFunBall: That Toyman shmuck ain't got ''nothing'' on yours truly! |
| 30 | * HarmlessVillain: [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Not always, heh! Well, sometimes.]] But back ''[[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks then]]'', I definitely was. I remember the days...out-surfin' Batsy and pullin' crazy pranks...but [[Creator/FrankMiller Frankie-boy]] [[SubvertedTrope found out I liked murder a lot more...]] |
| 31 | ** And hell, I can even get harmless-''[[ManipulativeBastard less:]]'' the place you go when you become so wouldn't-hurt-a-fly that you end up giving them ''even deeper'' psychological scars! I once hijacked some crummy television show to give it, [[AttentionWhore y'know, a reason to watch it]], and this no-name manager thought that [[IfItBleedsItLeads once people start to die]], [[RhymesOnADime the ratings would blast sky-high]]! But once the curtains closed, not one chum had a bruise and Batsy took me away like usual...then, I whipped out the plot twist! I was filming their control room, and I slammed down a huge bell-ringer for the crowd! |
| 32 | --->'''Me''': So, who's the real sicko, America? Me, for carrying out this little prank? The producers and executives at the network, who let it all happen — or is it you people, who mindlessly watched it all on your television sets? |
| 33 | * HatesBeingTouched: My old boss, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Salvatore Valestria]], found this out the hard way. |
| 34 | * HatedByAll: Everyone's a critic! Apart from my darling Harl', it's like the whole world has a reason to come gunning after me! There's my [[AxCrazy charming personality]], [[MoralEventHorizon everything I've done to screw with Batsy]], or maybe, just maybe, they find their favorite clown around town to be a bit...''[[TheDreaded scary]].'' But at the end of the day, [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} everybody's out to get me and I feel alright!]] Haaah-ha-ha-ha!! |
| 35 | ** In fact that's how I get myself in the LegionOfDoom - snub me out, and I start spilling blood on every street corner, all of it being on ''their'' shoulders! What a way to acquit yourself from all charges, eh? Tricksy here gives a frankly flattering summary: |
| 36 | --->'''Trickster''': Great going, Neron, bring in the ''one'' guy no one wants to be in the same room with. When super-villains want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories.[[note]]Wonder if Bane's the one usually tellin' those tales...[[/note]] |
| 37 | ** Oh! And I don't know if ya heard, but I may have... [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs BLOWN UP METROPOLIS INTO SMITHEREENS!]] ''AAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!'' Turns out the whole crowd had nothin' but boos and jeers for that one. Even ''Batsy's'' sick and tired of my schtick when it's all said and done! Come ''on'', you lot! [[BlatantLies Clearly I'd never do such a horrible, terrible thing!]][[note]]Unless it's Black Friday. It just gets noisy sometimes, y'know?! But hey, look at the bright side - still got the occasional trampling to look forward to![[/note]] |
| 38 | ** I figured [[Franchise/MortalKombat the karate guys that like mutilating each other daily]] would have more appreciation for my brand of humor, so I paid a visit to Outworld! Turns out they're even bigger party-poopers than Bats and his crew! Not even ol' helmet-for-brains Shao Can't or the cyclops arms dealer think I'm funny! Comedy is dead in this day and age, I'll tell you what... At least [[BloodierAndGorier I don't have the moral guardians holding me back during that little outing!]] |
| 39 | * HateSink: While I admit I'm not a nice guy, I usually make up for it with my [[LargeHam theatrical flair and sense of showmanship]]. Though some versions of me do fit this description to a "T": |
| 40 | ** [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs The version of me who duped Stupidman into killing his family and blowing up Metropolis counts]]. Basically every bad thing that happens throughout that universe after his death is all on [[GreaterScopeVillain him]] thanks to [[TheCorrupter pushing]] Stupes to a different [[KnightTemplar view on life]]. Even the other villains from that universe such as Grodd, Brainiac, and even the big cheese Darkseid hate his guts. Hell, [[spoiler:even '''''Harley''''' herself wanted to do nothing with him eventually, but she didn't necessarily had to join Fatman and his crew.]] Eesh...wouldn't wanna be ''that'' guy...ahh, what the hell, ''[[RefugeInAudacity maybe I do!]]'' ''Dork''seid may be all about bringing up a cold steel wall of order...but that's just a tasty meal for my itsy-bitsy thumbtack of chaos to sink its poker into! Hehehe! |
| 41 | ** The version of me from [[WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019 Harley's show]] also counts, or counted, as the case may be before the second season. While he does retain my usual schtick of wanton murder, [[DomesticAbuse his treatment of Harley]] takes up more focus than usual. Not helping the guy is his [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain views regarding women in comedy is also a bit more backwards]]. Now before I finish this, I want to make it clear that, contrary to that version of me [[MemeticMutation used by gamers]], I do not hate women more than I hate men. [[HatesEveryoneEqually I hate them both the same amount]]! |
| 42 | ** While I skirted by on sheer comedy for most of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', I had gotten here in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' due to my wonderfully despicable action [[spoiler: against a certain boy blunder involving a lot of torture]] to the point that [[Creator/MarkHamill that goody two-shoes farm boy]] was uncomfortable reprising his role. |
| 43 | * HaveAGayOldTime: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RoDy1oqS-E Laugh at MY boner, will you?!]] |
| 44 | * HealingFactor: [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'' revealed I had this power. It does explain why I have my handsome face again.]] |
| 45 | * TheHeckler: Let me be clear, Batsie, whatever other faults he has, is a wonderful StraightMan and my act would not be the same without him. I consider myself a professional [[StandUpComedy stand-up comedian]] and so, even when I should be prepared for them, I cannot stand them. Amateurs like [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor Charlie Collins]] or [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE23BewareTheCreeper that lunatic, the aptly named Creeper]], believe they can steal my act unpunished -- and they prove themselves right. I hate them. And please, don't make me talk about that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker punk McGinnis]]. |
| 46 | * TheHeroDies so TheBadGuyWins AndThenWhat BoredWithInsanity!: Those tropes are the plot of ''Going Sane'': when I thought Batman was dead, I decided to go on with my life. Could Batsy ever have the guts to renounce being a hero and do that? I'm mad, not stupid. |
| 47 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: [[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries One version of me]] actually tried to become a hero, and help Batsy take down the baddies! Maybe. It depended on how nicely he treated me in our interactions together. Sadly, our fleeting partnership didn't work out in the end, thanks to that stupid "no killing" rule he wanted me to follow. I mean, honestly, what was he expecting? If we ever team up again, I'm imposing a "no brooding" rule, just to see how ''he'' likes not being allowed to do what he's good at! |
| 48 | * HesBack: After a year-long absence, [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily I finally brought my happy smile back to Gotham]] [[OhCrap to the horror of everyone in it.]] I hope Gordon appreciated the dead police officers I left him. |
| 49 | * HiddenDepths: In the first issue of my tragically short-lived series in the 70's, I tell the guards how irritated I am that the thugs broke Two-Face out of Arkham because they thought he was a better criminal than I. (Preposterous!) The guards ask if I'm going to cry, and I respond with "That would be ''grotesque''--tears trickling down..." They don't get it, so I explain "I was quoting Rostand's ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', illiterate imbecile!" |
| 50 | * HighVoltageDeath: Part of my plot to exploit my JokerImmunity via electric chair in exchange for my freedom from being arrested in one storyline ("The Joker Walks the Last Mile"). And I even did the same electric chair thing to Batsy as one of the {{Death Trap}}s in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold The Brave and the Bold]]''[='=]s take on ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker''. [[spoiler:Heck, some say I even died like this in the censored version of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', though many objected that it was much, '''MUCH''' worse than getting shot at by that Bird-Brain in the uncensored version! Ow.]] I SERIOUSLY have got to stop playing with that gag during more dangerously-wet situations.... |
| 51 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries My exploding marbles would have been my end]] if not for [[JokerImmunity my immunity]]. And [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Charlie tried to kill me with one of my own bombs]]. Oh, the shame of being killed by a nobody instead of dying during a fight with ol' Batsy. And to think I fell for a bluff. |
| 52 | * HollywoodAcid: Have a little whiff of my posy. Flowery pun, I know, but... |
| 53 | * HollywoodPsych: According to [[InformedAbility the good doctors]] in Arkham, I'm not Insane, oh nonono. I am Super Sane! It's like [[HollywoodTourettes Tourette's]] but [[BuffySpeak mass murdery]]! Another one of dear Harley's [[SarcasmMode bright ideas]] -- fortunately, I managed to get to her just in time, because lunacy like that needs a wider audience. |
| 54 | * HomoeroticSubtext: It was kinda obvious in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' that I had this subtext for Batsy, albeit wholly one-sided. A lot of these--for example, my monologue to Harley (Harleen, at the time) about how I met someone special who had given my life meaning (though my romantic subtext accidentally seduced her into thinking it was about her), and my rendition of [[Music/HankWilliams "Cold, Cold Heart"]] in ''Arkham Origins''; so many of my voicemails on Bats' cellphone, and other subtext [[spoiler:in the PostClimaxConfrontation from the Clayface-Me]] in ''Arkham City''--have made me act as if [[HoYay I'm kinda gay for the Bat-Freak]]! Rocksteady and WB Montreal have been listening to way too many interviews with Creator/GrantMorrison lately. I'm defending myself, so let me tell you clearly that '''''I'm not gay!''''' Oh nonononono! ''Au contraire'', the Bat and I are HeterosexualLifePartners through and through, [[spoiler:even 'til my death in ''Arkham City'']]. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Understaaaaand?]] Though [[MurderTheHypotenuse I do have this burning desire to do away with]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart that protean Queen Whatevra-Her-Name-Is]]. |
| 55 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: [[ComicBook/TheFlash The Trickster]] [[ComicBook/UnderworldUnleashed said it best]]: [[http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/p/peer-review-630-75.jpg "When super-villains want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories"]]. |
| 56 | ** And just to clarify some points about my ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' incarnation... [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor remember how I was seen afraid of Charlie Collins after the reveal about the bomb being a dud?]] Well, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I am not afraid of him!]] [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE23BewareTheCreeper And remember that annoying guy, the Creeper?]] [[BlatantLies I am not afraid of him either!]] [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE7JokersMillions And Harley being a Yandere and exclaiming "Welcome to the club"?]] [[RuleOfThree Well, I didn't fear her either.]] And [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E21And22WildCards little Acey]]? Well...[[SubvertedPunchline maybe just a bit]]. But aside from that, have you forgotten who I am? [[VillainousBreakdown I AM NOT AFRAID OF THOSE LOSERS!]] I am crazy enough to take on Batman! ... but [[IntimidatingRevenueService the IRS]]? Well, maybe I gave you this one... |
| 57 | ** [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal I have to admit, I don't like that Batman Who Laughs at all]]. There's a reason his world was part of the omniversal compost pile. Let's get rid of him permanently for the sake of both Earth-1 and [[TheScrappy the readers' enjoyment]], shall we? |
| 58 | ** Some ComicBook/{{Anarky}} wannabe posted [[https://external-preview.redd.it/SCaHCcrE4eVAYzGOgKVJ95qg1V7zsS0HtjeuvsaOY4A.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=81d4fb7667ed6579914d3967f907c166b8f919f7 a comic]] of me and [[Literature/{{It}} that stupid sewer-dweller]] being horrified by [[Advertising/McDonaldland Ronald McDonald]]. It's only funny because you ''know'' he thought he was saying something profound. Ron doesn't make you eat the burgers, kid. Though that does give me an idea for a crime... |
| 59 | * HorrorHost: DC gave me a whole two series of ''Joker's Asylum'' to get my Creator/AlfredHitchcock on! Although they PROMISED me the woolly slippers would be kept out of shot... |
| 60 | * HostileShowTakeOver: After [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold teaming up with Bat Guano, joining the races, and killing him repeatedly with my 5th dimensional powers, this was only the next step]]. Even [[EarthShatteringKaboom blew up]] ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'s [[AfterTheEnd earth]] in TheTeaser! |
| 61 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Maybe I should've checked whether or not my attempt to force Batman into his greatest boner was foolproof enough to not wind up becoming OutGambitted. For starters, I should've sent Bats and his sidekick into the Atlantic via plane, and not England like I wound up doing. But I certainly didn't count on Bats tracking the signal to my hideout! |
| 62 | * HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: During that grand year, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween''. While quoting good ol' [[Creator/DrSeuss Doc Seuss]], no less! |
| 63 | * HumiliationConga: Less-Than-A-Pennyworth [[Series/Batman1966 once]] outfenced me and trapped me on a pole-elevator of some sort, zipping up and down, up and down, for five minutes. Never did quite see what the pole was for... |
| 64 | * HumanoidAbomination: One theory Scott Snyder throws out there. |
| 65 | * HumansAreBastards: Oh, we certainly are. People tend to claim that [[http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/joker-finally-killed-batman.jpg I'm the best in that category]], but I've long held the belief that all it takes is one bad day to make anyone just as crazy as I am. |
| 66 | * HumongousMecha: Seeing that everyone else was doing it in Anime/BatmanNinja, I thought I should join in the fun as well! After all, the bigger the potential audience, [[note]]Yes, both the people scrambling to safety as I'm stomping across the countryside as well as the ingrates on the other side of the screen who don't give two hoots about my exploits if you can't spend hundreds of bucks to add the damned thing to your toy collection...[[/note]] the better the comedian! [[spoiler:Or so it seemed, seems like that orangutan managed to somehow give me and my partners in crime a hypnotic suggestion of some sort to make us all build our fancy battle-bots that would come together into a CombiningMecha. Too bad for him that they don't show Saturday morning cartoons in the zoo, because he forgot one crucial detail: [[Anime/{{Voltron}} someone ALWAYS needs to form the head]], and since nobody else stepped up to the task, I decided to make that into a small side project of mine, along with the local variant of my lovely toxin to cook up some hypnosis of my own in order to prevent any future arguments on who gets to sit behind the wheel...or what passed for a wheel in this contraption either way, points for finally making a version of chess interesting! How do you like THEM bananas, Bongo? Sadly, since that's how things usually tend to go, Ninja [[VideoGame/NinjaBaseballBatMan Minus Baseball]] Fatman decided to fight fire with fire and busted up my lovely ride with a giant army of monkeys that somehow combined together into a giant monkey Batsy.]] Gotta admit, I didn't see that one coming at all, maybe I should visit Japan more often for some new ideas if they could make ol' aero-rodent and his pals pull off something as delightfully off-the-wall as that. |
| 67 | * TheHyena: It's always a laugh-a-minute around me, especially when the punchline involves a bomb and a [[BusFullOfInnocents busload of orphans]]. So many happy memories. I do remember some sort of ComicBook/{{amalgam|Universe}}ated version of me with that name, but who can keep track? |
| 68 | * IdentityImpersonator: A good one too! [[spoiler:There was [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins this one time]] when I had no knowledge of the Bat as of yet, but when I eavesdropped on this Roman Sionis wearing a black mask and taking control of the cops to capture someone who called himself the Bat, I figured that, hey, maybe I should take over Blackie's business. However, Roman knew he and his girlfriend, Tiffany Ambrose, were being watched, so she went to Lacey Towers to call for help, but I gave her the knockdown and tied her to the chandelier. And then a fake guy posing as Black Mask walked in while the real Black Mask was hiding. However, I saw through the trickery and wouldn't be fooled, so I killed the little impostor, then subdued the real Blackie and forced him to MercyKill his little bitch in exchange for freedom. But that wasn't enough! No. I knocked him out cold, then captured him, placed a frame-up for the murder on the fat Penguin, then posed as the real Blackie and tried to sound like him, [[OohMeAccentsSlipping but came off more like a mafia gangster]]. I could then hire eight assassins and send them out to kill the Bat on Christmas Eve so I could give them a Christmas bonus. However, the Bat-Freak soon found me out, and when he confronted me, I tried pretending I wasn't that clown while bringing out the real Blackie. I guess I should have gagged him with duct tape earlier, because the moment I took off his black mask, Blackie became quite a nasty tattle-tale, ratting me out before I had my fun and forcing me to give up the façade. Papa spank!]] |
| 69 | ** Another time, [[spoiler: over in [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harl's book]], I convinced a LoonyFan of hers to impersonate me - plastic surgery, acid bath, the whole works - in the hope of winning her over. 'Course, I knew Harl was gonna see right through it soon enough, but that wasn't the point. The point was messing with her for thinking she could get away from me.]] |
| 70 | * {{Idiosyncrazy}}: DependingOnTheWriter, my crimes may or may not follow a comedy theme. One of the best things about [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Monkey-Me]] was that he was so committed to the whole "clown" theme. |
| 71 | * IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Apparently, this is the only reason Bats hasn't put me down. In some cases, I'm actively [[DeathSeeker trying to get him to]], either to show him we aren't so different or as the ultimate revenge. One of these days.... AHAHAHAHH!! Then again, The Batman Who Laughs resulted from Batsy offing me. |
| 72 | * IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: I often have my men prove just how evil they are. Sometimes against each other. |
| 73 | * IgnoredExpert: [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague When I joined Lexy's party]] and caught Batman, I told him to hurry up and shoot the bat right there. But the so called "genius" didn't listen, and look where it got us, Batsy ruined our plan to kill the Justice League and Lexy's plan to kill Supes before he escaped! |
| 74 | * IgnoreTheFanservice: Honestly, I have more important things on my mind than "revving up my Harley", as she calls it. [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Most]]'' of the time...]] |
| 75 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Oh, there was the time I thought Batman was dead and I became a normal, 9-to-5 guy because there was no Batsy. (Makes me nauseous thinking about it.) |
| 76 | * ImageSong: Music/{{Prince}} captures me very well on "Electric Chair," if I do say so myself. |
| 77 | * ImAHumanitarian: |
| 78 | ** What? [[ComicBook/EmperorJoker The Chinese were really tasty. *Burp*]] Meh, they themselves aren't as good as the food they make anyways. |
| 79 | ** [[ComicBook/JLA1997 There was also that one time I ate a man's tongue raw and thought I felt several people in my head.]] |
| 80 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[ImprobableAimingSkills Not me personally]], but I'd wager [[Creator/MarkHamill my animated version's voice actor]] isn't the only ''Franchise/StarWars'' character in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: TAS]]''. Would it really surprise you if my goons were the {{mooks}} in white? |
| 81 | * ImpersonatingAnOfficer: When I tried to kill the mayor, my goons and I used this tactic. Unfortunately, ol' Jimmy saw through it, but at least I got ''him'' as compensation! Except [[OutGambitted he was smart enough to wear a bulletproof vest to his boss's funeral]]... and captured me the day after, using good ol' Harvey Dent as bait. Guess I should've checked the body first... |
| 82 | * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Hilarious carnage is simply not the same if you're not wearing a purple tux. |
| 83 | ** [[BloodIsTheNewBlack Heckuva ordeal to clean, though.]] |
| 84 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: My aim should be this good after all these years of using Gotham's people as practice. Need an example? Fine! Remember that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm one animated movie]] that's criminally underrated? In it, I unload an entire magazine from a Tommy Gun at those singing robots, all of them being headshots which blast off the heads of all 4 robots. The camera reveals me to be the shooter and [[FiringOneHanded my left hand was in my pocket the whole time]]. |
| 85 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: I try not to limit myself. [[FlechetteStorm Razor-edged]] [[DeathDealer playing cards]], lethal [[ElectricJoybuzzer joy buzzers]], [[MadBomber exploding kewpie-dolls]]... |
| 86 | ** And then there was the time I smacked [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Andie Beaumont]] with a [[EdibleBludgeon salami]]. Insert your own joke here, this one's too easy for me. |
| 87 | *** Oh, and that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold other time]] where I took on Batsy and his [[LaserBlade lightsaber]] with a rubber chicken. You can call it stupid, I call it comedy. |
| 88 | ** Of course, nothing beats a good old-fashioned {{crow|barCombatant}}[[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily bar]]. |
| 89 | * ImprovisedWeapon: You may want to be on your guard if I ask you to pass the remote. |
| 90 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: You ever noticed the coughing from [[spoiler:the real me at the beginning of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''? Well, that's a sure sign that yours truly will soon be dead from Titan poisoning by the end of the game. [[KarmicDeath Lesson learned when you OD on super-steroids, kids.]]]] |
| 91 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: But he's sooo magnificent when he ''loses it''... Especially when he loses it on me. Ahh, but dear Bats is in deep denial. |
| 92 | ** Not to mention [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries that time when]] Harley and me made up after she proved that she was more than willing to pull the trigger on me. That's my girl... |
| 93 | ** Let's be straight here, though. I'm not in love with ''that'' Characters/{{Carnage}}. |
| 94 | * InsanityDefense: Let's face it, by all rights I should have gotten the death penalty a long time ago. Although I wonder which would be the best way to go... the electric chair would be an absolutely heavenly sensation, while dying by lethal injection would allow me to leave a beautiful corpse (and I do love the irony)... |
| 95 | * InsaneEqualsViolent: You pretty much summed it up, I'm really violent and tend to be really insane. |
| 96 | * InsanityImmunity: |
| 97 | ** Put it this way: I once wore ComicBook/TheMask without any ill effects. Can't lose what ya don't got! |
| 98 | ** Crane hates this. Can you believe the buffoon actually tried using his fear gas on me? HAHAHAHA! |
| 99 | ** Want to know just how much of an advantage this can be? In issue 7 of my self-titled comic, after a day where ComicBook/{{Lex|Luthor}}y and I [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally swap our main characteristics]] (madness and intelligence, respectively) Luthor is in his jail cell, remembering that when he was mad he had thought of "the ultimate theory", an explanation for the universe that he'd need to be crazy to come up with that would have made him world-renowned. Unfortunately, he was unable to remember it when his sanity was restored. |
| 100 | ** Happened to me again when ol' Ra's decided that I'd [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived my usefulness]] after coming up with a new plan to murderize five sixths of the human population (I probably shouldn't have killed so many of his homies. Or made passes at his daughter. Or won versus him at chess. Naaaah.), and [[CombatPragmatist promptly had me shot]]. Luckily for everyone involved, Bats found my pasty, lifeless body and tossed me into the old boy's Lazarus Pit. Strangely, instead of coming out ''crazier'', as users of the Pit are wont to do (and what an experience that would have been!), I came out, like you'd say, with every screw perfectly tightened and a conscience in working order. You cannot believe just how heavily that yoke you call sanity pressed on my head on the few hours I had to live with it. |
| 101 | ** Of course, [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague little Acey-poo]] [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E21And22WildCards showed me]] that no matter ''how'' wacky you are, there's still new depths to plumb. What a trip that was... |
| 102 | * InstantPeopleJustAddWater: During the 1966 movie where I teamed up with Pengy, Riddles, and Catwoman, I personally wielded the dehydrator that turned that babbling council of ambassadors into colorful dust. It was as much fun as it looked! |
| 103 | * InstrumentOfMurder: I can do things with a violin bow you would not believe... |
| 104 | * InsultBackfire: People say that I'm a sick, depraved, twisted, evil psychopath. I say "Thank You." Hey, it's not offensive if it's the truth, right? |
| 105 | ** For example, in ''Arkham Asylum'': |
| 106 | --->'''Batsy:''' Filthy degenerate!\ |
| 107 | '''Me:''' Flattery will get you nowhere. |
| 108 | ** On ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''. |
| 109 | --->'''Me:''' Medical Report! Stat!\ |
| 110 | '''Doc:''' Y-you had a bad accident. You're a very sick man!\ |
| 111 | '''Me:''' Flattery won't save you! |
| 112 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}: ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' |
| 113 | --->'''The World's Greatest Defective:''' ''YoureInsane''\ |
| 114 | '''Me:''' Has it really taken you this long to notice? |
| 115 | ** One of my oldest cases: |
| 116 | --->'''Boy Blunder:''' You're out of your mind, Joker!\ |
| 117 | '''Me:''' Gloriously so! Isn't it wonderful? |
| 118 | ** And an even earlier example in ''The Joker's Five-Way Revenge'' (Batman #251). Yeah, I ''really'' like this trope. |
| 119 | --->'''Guanoman:''' Joker -- you realize you're utterly... hopelessly... insane!\ |
| 120 | '''Me:''' It's my most charming trait! |
| 121 | ** However, I gave myself an attitude adjustment in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. [[WrongInsultOffence The term I was looking for was]] "[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters just ahead of the curve]]". |
| 122 | --->'''Gambol:''' You're crazy.\ |
| 123 | '''Me:''' I'm not... No, I'm not. |
| 124 | ** Aaaand played straight in Creator/TimBurton's ''Batman'': |
| 125 | ---> '''Vinnie:''' You're crazy.\ |
| 126 | '''Me:''' Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter? |
| 127 | ** Later: |
| 128 | --->'''Vicki Vale:''' You're insane...!\ |
| 129 | '''Me:''' ''(feigning surprise)'' I thought I was Pisces. |
| 130 | ** And again in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'': |
| 131 | --->'''Henchman:''' You're insane!\ |
| 132 | '''Me:''' I know. I've got a certificate and everything. |
| 133 | ** Though it did work [[Film/TheDarkKnight one time]], but it backfired on him in a different way. |
| 134 | --->'''Me:''' Tell your men they work for me now. This is my city. |
| 135 | --->'''The Chechen:''' They won't work for a freak. |
| 136 | --->'''Me:''' Fuh-reek? [[DisproportionateRetribution Why don't we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches? Hmm? Then we'll see how loyal a hungry dog really is.]] |
| 137 | *** The novelization made me sound even more commanding to that Chechen fuh-reek's little cronies, and boy, did I sound more menacing there! |
| 138 | ---->'''Me:''' This is ''my'' town now. Tell your men they work for ''me''. |
| 139 | ---->'''The Chechen:''' They won't work for a freak. |
| 140 | ---->''[I throw a knife to one of my men and try not to stab him in the process]'' |
| 141 | ---->'''Me:''' Cut him up and offer him to his little princes. Let's show him just how loyal a hungry dog is. |
| 142 | ** I've even pulled this on my dear little Harley in ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE34TheLaughingFish "The Laughing Fish"]]'' after I threw a giant rubber fish head costume on her. |
| 143 | --->'''Harley:''' You're really sick, y'know that, Boss? |
| 144 | --->'''Me (blissfully nodding):''' Mmmm-hmmmm. |
| 145 | ** And it continues into ''VideoGame/Injustice2''. I've still got it! |
| 146 | --->'''ComicBook/SwampThing:''' You sick, unnatural clown!\ |
| 147 | '''Me:''' Thank you! |
| 148 | |
| 149 | --->'''Poison Ivy:''' I'll spit on your grave!\ |
| 150 | '''Me:''' It could use a polish! |
| 151 | * IntercontinuityCrossover: |
| 152 | ** I've even [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman/Judge_Dredd_Vol_1_2 faced up]] to [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Ol' Chinface]], what a death count! [[YourHeadAsplode It was a real hoot]], but Chinface's got even ''less'' of a sense of humour than the Bat! Jeez, what a grump! |
| 153 | ** And, as noted elsewhere on this page, I met ComicBook/CaptainAmerica [[ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica and teamed-up with the]] ComicBook/RedSkull until I found out Skully was [[ThoseWackyNazis a wacky Nazi]]. (They say that's off in its [[{{Elseworld}} own little world]]. Isn't everything?) I also survived a couple of encounters with some jerk called ComicBook/ThePunisher, [[ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse got fused with]] [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} the furball called Sabretooth]], and even met ComicBook/{{Spide|rMan}}y twice. Sadly, the second time, during ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'', it wasn't Petey, but [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider his clone, Benny]]. |
| 154 | *** While we're on the subject, let's just say Frankie Castle doesn't have the same patience with me as The Bat. |
| 155 | ** Ooh, can't forget [[Franchise/MortalKombat those crazy kung fu guys]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse I sure showed them a thing or two]]. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Can't wait to see 'em again! HAHAHA!]] |
| 156 | ** And as noted in "Insanity Immunity", I once put on ''ComicBook/TheMask''! Didn't see hide nor hair of ol' Creator/{{Jim|Carrey}}bo, but hey, he'd been riding my coattails all through the Nineties, so... |
| 157 | * IntimidatingRevenueService: I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries but the IRS??]] ''Nooo'', thank you! |
| 158 | * ItAmusedMe: Well, ''duh''. |
| 159 | * IToldYouSo: And when it's ''me'' saying it, you best listen. Ol' Cueball didn't, and boy, was I riding the experience of saying this to the smartest man in the world for days! |
| 160 | * {{Jetpack}}: Honestly, Batman can ruin anything if given the chance. [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_msb7eQA-RFY/ScBTtFH___I/AAAAAAAAA58/5v4kXQMSW_M/s1600-h/batman-mask-of-the-phantasm-bats-vs-joker.jpg Even if you're a regular guy looking to fly]]. |
| 161 | * JokerImmunity: They [[TropeNamer named this trope after me]]. You can't keep a good clown down! (Except when Jack Nicholson plays me, or when I [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns get so old I could get my own neck broken]], or when I [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity poison myself with super-steroids]]]].) [[TropeNamers Does more need to be said?]] Even that time in the Tooniverse they [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker did get rid of me]], they had to do it twice over just to be sure. |
| 162 | ** One time I tried to subvert my Joker Immunity in ''VideoGame/BatmanVengeance'', [[spoiler:when I jumped off the exploding blimp and was free-falling to my death, for real this time. I even tried preventing the free-falling Bat-Freak from saving my life four times, but on the fourth and last time, he somehow finally succeeded in catching me in time and preventing a NonStandardGameOver. So much for that!]] |
| 163 | ** Throughout the Arkhamverse, [[spoiler:I kept trying to subvert my Joker Immunity again and again in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', and Batsy kept on saving me! It was not until ''Arkham Asylum'' that I finally succeeded... by OD'ing myself on Titan while the Bat-Freak was too helpless to stop it. Of course, it would take yet another painful year for the Titan poisoning to settle in my bloodstream before taking it over completely, thus fulfilling my death wish (though unexpectedly) at the end of ''Arkham City''. And even then, my public still couldn't get enough of me, so they made a new game about [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins my first run-in with Bats]] so I could return to the spotlight.]] [[spoiler:And ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight another]]'' game where the blood I left in Batsy and Scarecrow's fear gas come to life and taunted him ''all'' night long. What fun!]] |
| 164 | ** Then there was [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker that brat]] who shot me with my own gun. That wasn't funny. And don't get me started on that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond fake Batman]] who said I wasn't funny. |
| 165 | * JokerJury: Another one named after little ol' me. |
| 166 | * JumpScare: [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Batsy's dream version of me]] had a habit of doing this; if you've seen the NewGamePlus version of the opening, you'll know what I mean...]] |
| 167 | * KickTheDog: A robot dog at that. |
| 168 | * KilledOffForReal: [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Once upon a time]], [[spoiler:I injected myself with [[PsychoSerum Titan]]]]. It should have been just like all the other times I dabbled with toxins, but sadly, it ended with me [[spoiler:having to go out smiling in [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Monarch Theatre]], or what's underneath it anyways]]. The lesson is, DrugsAreBad -- but only when they are used on you. Still, what a DownerEnding, huh? [[spoiler:Though I'm still kicking everywhere else, as far as the Arkhamverse is concerned I'm done for; they even put my body [[KillItWithFire into the fire]] in ''Arkham City: Endgame''.]] |
| 169 | ** The version of me that killed Batsy's parents suffered a DisneyVillainDeath. Ouch! |
| 170 | ** [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs One alternate version of me]] tried to give Superman a bad day. [[spoiler:It got him a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice superpowered arm through the chest]].]] Sheesh, it's amazing what [[spoiler:nuking Metropolis and tricking a superhero into killing his wife and unborn brat]] will do to a guy. Considering what happened after that, [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning one of my greatest triumphs!]] |
| 171 | ** [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal In one 'verse]], the Bat finally managed to kill me for real... after which he went off the end in a ''big'' way, working his way up to destroying the multiverse. ''wistful sigh'' Always knew he had it in him. ...But again, [[EvenEvilHasStandards see my thoughts above.]] |
| 172 | ** Then [[ComicBook/KingdomCome there's that Magog character]], who thought ''Sic Semper Criminalis'' was the punchline. Crude and unfunny. |
| 173 | ** Over on ComicBook/{{Earth 2}}, [[spoiler:I got bumped off by Bats without even the chance for a joke. 'Course, that was old ''Tommy'' Wayne, filling in for his dead son, who'd gone and got himself killed saving the world. Tsk, no style, that man; it's obvious where ''my'' Batsie got it.]] |
| 174 | ** And AGAIN in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. Damn Telos. That was no way to end up such an illustrious career. |
| 175 | ** This seems to be the case at the end of ComicBook/BatmanEndgame. [[spoiler: Hah, fat chance!]] |
| 176 | * KillSat: In my [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker comeback attempt]], I tried to use one of these wonderful toys to mark New Gotham as Joker territory. Unfortunately, Bat-Fake had to ruin the fun. |
| 177 | * KnightOfCerebus: My role in ''WebVideo/YoungJusticeAbridged''. So far I'm the most seriously-portrayed character in the damn show! (Ironically enough) |
| 178 | * KryptoniteRing: Sometimes I bump into Superman and have to remind him what dirt tastes like. Honestly, the only thing to be defeated by a rock more than Supes is those unfortunate [[RockPaperScissors pair of scissors]]. Maybe Supes should try carrying around paper. |
| 179 | * KubrickStare: I do enjoy giving folks this look from time to time (especially [[Film/TheDarkKnight that one time]]). |
| 180 | * LackOfEmpathy: Oh, it's always about ''you'', isn't it? What about me, huh? I nearly broke my arm swingin' that crowbar around! |
| 181 | * LamePunReaction: [[Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis "The Joker's Wild?"]] [[spoiler:Nah, that one wasn't funny.]] Still, if you think that one was corny, you should see the one at the end of the movie with Jack [[spoiler:where I died by falling off a building due to a statue pulling my leg]]! |
| 182 | * LargeHam: I may be a ham, but I'm ''good'' at it! |
| 183 | * TheLastDance: Doc once told me I had cancer. The incurable sort, ya know. Hoped I'd repent, become TheAtoner, and undergo a standard HeelFaceTurn. What did I ''really'' do? [[LeeroyJenkins Blaze past all]] FiveStagesOfGrief [[CrazyIsCool in thirty seconds, destroy the world's most secure prison and poison Earth's atmosphere with a big cloud of the ol' laughing gas]] in [[ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh a massive]] CrisisCrossover. Then it turned out, the doc who made the scan drew the "tumor" on it. Wanted to pull a joke on ''me''. Heh. Good one. Heeeehah. Hoohoo... HAHAAHOOAH... AAHAHAAAHAHAAA!! |
| 184 | * LatexPerfection: Every once in a while I've felt the need to cover up my ol' rubber face of comedy with a literal rubber face. And I'm good at it, too. I've even fooled Batbrain with this one once or twice. |
| 185 | * LaughablyEvil: Again, ''duh''. I don't supply the trope image just because I'm so handsome, you know. |
| 186 | * LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: I do it all the time, and I expect everyone to join in... ''or else''. |
| 187 | * LaughingMad: [[Film/Batman1989 Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?]] |
| 188 | * LaughWithMe: And you'd better know when to laugh. I hate it when somebody doesn't get the joke! |
| 189 | * LeanAndMean: Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, folks![[note]]There's so many better reasons...[[/note]] Yes, it seems [[DependingOnTheArtist whenever I'm not]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman some]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood boxy-suited]] [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns musclehead,]] I'm cursed with [[NoodlePeople the physique of a stringbean.]] Ooh, I'm not complaining, mind you -- [[MusclesAreMeaningless I gots me enough vim and vigor]] to [[WaifFu go toe-to-toe with Tall, Dark, and Gruesome any time I please!]] ([[ScaryScarecrows Craney-boy]], however... now ''he's'' got a problem.) |
| 190 | * LegacyCharacter: |
| 191 | ** I get a street gang dedicated to my humble self over in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. And in TheMovie, there's little Joker Junior [[spoiler:(Tim Drake)]]. |
| 192 | ** You think Batman's little swarm doesn't do him justice? Wait 'til you get a load of my various [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight blood brothers]], the results of a plan to bathe Gotham in my own blood - not literally, of course, that's more Ivy's thing - but I digress. Point is, none of them could hold a wink of a candle to yours truly - I even had to [[spoiler:take over Bat-brain's mind, just so he wouldn't have to hear their atrocious singing!]] Granted, I probably would have done that anyway... |
| 193 | ** As it turned out, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood someone started calling himself the Red Hood]]. At first, all I had to say about that was that [[PretenderDiss he had horrible taste (in dress sense)]]. When I wore that number it was [[SharpDressedMan classy]], more [[BadassInANiceSuit flashy maître d']] than [[HellBentForLeather motorcycle fetish]]. Oh, these ''kids'' today. And ''then'' the new guy turned out to be Jason Todd! (You know him, he's the Bat-punk [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily I killed that one time]].) And he got into a big fight with Bats over whether it was right to kill me after working me over with a crowbar for a while. ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh, that was a pretty good one.]]) It was nice to see our old friend all grown up and gone homicidal! [[NoSenseOfHumor Was still a grump, though.]] *Sigh* There's no teaching some people. |
| 194 | ** Y'know how the Bat's scared that if he finally kills me he'll become like me? That's exactly what happened in [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal one neverborn 'verse]], and ''that'' Bat went on to try and take down TheMultiverse. What did I think of it? [[spoiler: I killed him... yup, me and Batsy actually worked together and I got to kill him. The one thing that poser never counted on was us working together? Heh. BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.]] |
| 195 | * LegionOfDoom: [[ComicBook/{{Justice}} I REALLY don't like]] [[Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis being left out when this happens.]] |
| 196 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Every good comedian with a little self-respect should have a little easy-to-remember introductory tune, such [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ajlhY94U0 as this sweet little whimsical melody]]. [[EarWorm Now, good luck getting it off of your mind again!]] Heh... ahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sweet dreams... |
| 197 | * UsefulNotes/LeoneDOro: In addition to snagging the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward golden fella]], I am the first and only comic book character (and supervillain) to snag the golden cat from the CityOfCanals thanks to [[Creator/JoaquinPhoenix Joaquin]] and [[Creator/ToddPhillips Todd]]. I would have probably taken the Volpi Cup for Joaquin as well if there weren't any rules in place that kept a film from sweeping the awards. |
| 198 | * LightIsNotGood: I wear bright clothes, and my skin is bleach-white. Does that make me good? [[DarkIsNotEvil Batman]] certainly doesn't think so. |
| 199 | * TheLostLenore: Oh, my dear sweet Jeannie. We were going to be so happy together. But then I lost my wife, my unborn child and my sanity all in one day... [[MultipleChoicePast Or maybe I just made her up. Who can tell?]] |
| 200 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Maybe. Maybe I did all this because I lost my beloved wife as part of my One Bad Day. Maybe I didn't. [[MultipleChoicePast Hey, wanna know how I got these scars?]] Then again, I've lied so much about my past. The way Batman tells it in ''Confidential'', I never had a wife and it was the allure of Bats himself that drove me over the edge. |
| 201 | ** Well, I suppose that Flashpoint version of me counts. [[spoiler: Nothing like a MamaBear who's just lost her cub, right?]] |
| 202 | * LoveToHate: Many of my adoring fans want nothing more than to see me fry on ol' Sparky, even when they laugh along with my entire act. |
| 203 | * LuxuryPrisonSuite: Once upon a time, I used to maintain a miniature version of my hide-out beneath my cell in Arkham. Ah, good times. |
| 204 | * MacGyvering: Did I ever tell you about the time I mixed Joker Venom outta stuff in a janitor's closet at Arkham? [[http://pics.livejournal.com/lovedatjoker/pic/00032h43 Or why they won't let me have a remote for the TV anymore?]] |
| 205 | -->'''Moi''': Step right up and play everybody's favorite game, ''"What's the Joker got in the pail?"'' Maybe a deadly poison, or maybe just something to make the floor nice and slippery. [[note]]For the record, it was the latter. Never let it be said the fine fellas at Arkham can't dance![[/note]] |
| 206 | * MadArtist: Like [[Creator/JackNicholson Jacky-boy]] said in [[Film/Batman1989 the movie]], I make art until someone ''dies.'' |
| 207 | ** Then there was that little incident at the Gotham Art Museum -- that Pennyworth stick-in-the-mud put his work in my place, though. |
| 208 | * MadBomber: I'm a man of simple tastes, you know: [[Film/TheDarkKnight gunpowder, dynamite, oh, and explosives]]. I also used [[CartoonBomb those funny round ones]] in [[VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobin a video game]] once. What can I say? Using bombs is fun! I would have said it's a [[{{Pun}} blast]], but I think that joke woulda [[{{Pun}} blown up in my face]]. |
| 209 | * MadHatter: Can't blame me for wearing my little neuroses on my sleeve! I do it better than ol' Jervy! |
| 210 | * MaddenIntoMisanthropy: It's all a joke. Life is just a cruel joke. ''Why doesn't anyone else get the joke?!!'' |
| 211 | * MadLove: Me and Harl' have this kind of relationship... that's completely one-sided. Took the girl well into ''Batman'' #663 to get that through her head. |
| 212 | ** It's really me and Bats that have this relationship and is the only one that counts! He doesn't understand that everything I do is for him. He may find me crazy and deranged now but he'll learn to see things my way eventually. But for now, we're just two star-crossed enemies. |
| 213 | * MadScientist: Of the "chemist" flavor. Speaking of flavors, how do you think my Joker Venom tastes? |
| 214 | * MagicKiss: Yes, even in those rare moments when I became a {{Mad|God}} GodEmperor bent on [[OmnicidalManiac destroying the universe]], my darling Harley thought she was gonna die after all she had done for me. That was when I came closer to her and gave her my special kiss that transformed her into a constellation. Ah, such a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}. |
| 215 | * MagicalClown: [[SubvertedTrope Oh, please]]. [[BadassNormal I don't NEED all that supernatural mumbo-jumbo]] to have fun. On the other hand, [[ComicBook/EmperorJoker if the opportunity arises]], I '''''will''''' take advantage. I have to admit, screwing the world up (and even [[spoiler:killing Batsy!]]) was fun while it lasted. |
| 216 | * MagnificentBastard: While I'm almost always a [[BadassBookworm sly genius]], I sadly often pass the heinousness level required to fit into this trope. Having said, that, a few managed to catch my better-looking side, namely ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'', ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'' (including [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie the movie]]), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', ''Anime/BatmanNinja'', and Dennis O'Neil's {{novelization}} of ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. |
| 217 | * ManipulativeBastard: Well of course. If you have any doubt, check out [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily this outing.]] |
| 218 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Though sometimes I skip the wealth part. The good things in life? Bombs, guns, all that? They're ''cheap''. Though I do ''love'' my [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes threads]], I'll give you that much. |
| 219 | * MasochismTango: I like taking it as much (or more) than I like giving it -- but only if it's Bats. He enjoys our little dances too, he just won't admit it. |
| 220 | * MassOhCrap: I tend to inspire this in the good people of Gotham. I must admit, it's always nice to meet a fan. |
| 221 | * MasterOfDisguise: Maybe not one of my more renowned talents, (I don't use it all that much because, hey, who'd want to cover up my gorgeous mug?) but from time to time I pull it off. I once even tricked ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} into thinking I was [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} her boyfriend]]. |
| 222 | * MasterPoisoner: You bet yer boots! Say, you look a little pale... [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine more wine?]] |
| 223 | * MasterSwordsman: I became one of these in ''Anime/BatmanNinja'', as Batsy was not thrilled to find out during our climactic battle. It's always good to pick up a new skill, especially when you're TrappedInThePast and nobody's packing heat. As I always say, "When in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, do as the {{Feudal Japan}}ese do!" |
| 224 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Now, I know what you're thinking: "Oh, Joker, you horrifically handsome harlequin, was that truly your undead soul tormenting ol' Brucie's mind during his [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight All Hallow's Eve tussle with Scarecrow]], hell-bent on hijacking his Bat-bod for your own cruel ends? Or were you simply a manifestation of his decaying psyche, a hallucination brought on by a caustic cocktail of your own diseased blood and Crane's new and improved fear toxin?" Well, first off, my dance card's full, you ''masher''. Second... Why do you think ''I'' have any idea?? BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!]] |
| 225 | * MemoryGambit: So there was [[Anime/BatmanNinja that one time]] when Rowdy Groddy Piper [[TimeTravel time warped]] a bunch of Batverse [=VIPs=], including Harl and yours truly, into an extended vacation in FeudalJapan. I wanted to get Batsy and his pals off our trail for a while, so I came up with a plan that was clever even by my brilliant ([[HypocriticalHumor and modest!]]) standards. [[spoiler:I hypnotised Harl and myself into believing that we were humble, non-evil farmers who just wanted to make a plant that was one of our crops bloom. [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Little Red Raging Hood]] found us and didn't buy it; he was about to give us quite the smackdown until Fatbat himself called him off on account of we weren't crazy anymore! And then, the moment they left, the plant bloomed -- which was the trigger for Harl and I to go back to our fun-loving selves!]] Not bad, if I do say so myself. |
| 226 | * MermaidProblem: I solved this one quite handily in [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE34TheLaughingFish "The Laughing Fish"]]. As [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Ol' Fry]] said, fish-half on top is the way to go. |
| 227 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Scary in there, isn't it]], [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter green-jeans?]] |
| 228 | * MindRape: I do these so often you could almost say they're my specialty! (Well, aside from jokes, of course.) Made 'em the happy souls they are today... |
| 229 | ** My most famous instance of this occured in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''. Thanks, [[Creator/AlanMoore Alan!]] |
| 230 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. Two words. [[spoiler:Tim Drake]]. [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Ain't I a stinker?]] |
| 231 | ** There was also a certain [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Detective Ethan Bennett]]. Tragically, his [[AxCrazy condition]] was less than permanent. |
| 232 | ** [[Film/TheDarkKnight One incarnation of Harvey, Harvey, Harvey Dent.]] |
| 233 | ** Good ol' Supes went cuckoo [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs an alternate me killed his wife]]! |
| 234 | ** Some may say this is what I did to Dr. Quinzel. But I say, look at how much ''happier'' she is now! |
| 235 | ** Even got to run old Batsy himself through this during my glorious reign as ComicBook/{{Emperor|Joker}}! |
| 236 | ** Once, I did this to a surfer to get his skill. Bats, the Boy Blunder, and Batgirl all overreacted. Get a sense of humor, people! |
| 237 | ** ... [[SincerityMode Once]], [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter that damn Marvin wannabe]] did [[MindHug this]] to me. ''It was not funny''. Making ''me'' sane - who does he think he is? |
| 238 | ** Once I believed I did that to little nobody Charlie Collins, but he was invoking this trope just to make me let him alone... What? Oh come on! Just read the list again! It was a perfect set up, I mean, I have this effect on a lot of people! |
| 239 | ** Some Joe Shmoe journo took offense to my standard greeting when I came calling to check on his exposé on me. I'll give him credit, though... instead of the boilerplate responses to staring violent death in the eye, he furiously called me a friendless loser. And well, wasn't that interesting? I decided he might be onto ''something'', so I decided to give it a shot, since he was so kindly offering. It didn't matter one bit where he went, I was already there, and every time he thought he'd outrun me, I'd drop for a visit. What? Friendship is a two-way street! Sheesh, and people call me an egotist! I was all set to be whatshisname's best friend and he just kept running, no matter how many little gestures of appreciation I dropped! In the end, the poor fella decided he needed... professional help. The kind only the wonderful people of Arkham can offer. Since I'd vanished from the face of the Earth, there was no better time to check in for a spell. He could have walked out at any time he wanted, but hell, I heard he's doing good progress! There's a kindly soul who's been helping him, making feel better, being his very bestest friend. [[spoiler:*snicker* I can barely wait to see his face the moment Dr. Border drops the act.]] |
| 240 | ** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight One version of that Jason Todd punk]] had to put up with a WHOLE YEAR of this (and [[ColdBloodedTorture other things]]) from me. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Even got him to call me "sir"]] [[DeathFakedForYou right before I "shot" him!]] Ah, the memories...too bad I wasn't around to see [[FaceHeelTurn the results]] [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil of my handiwork]] in person....]] |
| 241 | * MindScrew: I just looooooove messing with you people's heads. Did I mention I'm immune to fear gas & hypnotism? [[spoiler: Well... [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight most of the time]].]] |
| 242 | * MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: During [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum that time I took over Arkham]], I often taunted my minions. However, [[SurroundedByIdiots considering they're total idiots]], can you blame me? |
| 243 | * MoneyDearBoy: Occasionally, even I have to pull boring old regular bank heists and robberies just for the money. Chemicals and explosives ain't cheap, you know! |
| 244 | * MoneyToBurn: [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/17577/445026-cash_to_burn.jpg Literally.]] |
| 245 | * MonsterClown: One could argue that I'm the prime example of this trope, mentally and physically. |
| 246 | * MoralityPet: [[GenkiGirl Dear little]] [[PerkyFemaleMinion Harley]] really has [[MoralityChain mellowed me out]], don't you think? [[TheCutie Sweet kid]]... makes a fella consider giving up [[KavorkaMan all the wild oats]] [[GrowOldWithMe and settling down]]... (Maybe I should ask ol' Eddie Nygma -- [[RecycledPremise he seems to have this problem a]] ''[[FleetingDemographicRule lot...]]'') |
| 247 | ** KickTheMoralityPet: ''Although''... I am gettin' quite tired of her stupid hyenas around the lair... and she ''has'' foiled [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption more than a few schemes]] [[UnwantedAssistance through]] [[SpannerInTheWorks sheer incompetence...]] and [[UnusualEuphemism Jiminy Christmas,]] that insufferable voice of hers! No doubt about it, it's time for [[YouHaveFailedMe a little corporate restructuring!]] [[DisneyVillainDeath So long, Harl ol' girl!]] [[MythologyGag Say "hi" to Bob for me!]] HAHAHAHAHEEHEEHOOHOO''HA''! [[spoiler:''[[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther *sniff*]]'' [[BadLiar ...Well, that was fun!]] [[MoodWhiplash Who's for Chinese?]]]] |
| 248 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Depending on who's capturing my fabulous smile on paper, [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/4/46/Tim_Sale_Joker_01.jpg of course!]] |
| 249 | * MouthingTheProfanity: After Batsy fails to hit me in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and swerves out of the way, I can be seen mouthing the word "fuck". After all, committing on-screen murder is just entertainment, but using one of the SevenDirtyWords in a PG-13 movie? Now ''there's'' a real crime! |
| 250 | * MuggingTheMonster: |
| 251 | ** [[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand During that time]] when Gotham was cut off from the rest of the United States, some punk decided to mug me. HA! Now he's gone! |
| 252 | ** Ok. Occasionally in that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated show]], I ended up with a problem that forced me to find good ol batsy to deal with it. |
| 253 | * MugglesDoItBetter: I don't need to shoot magical lasers out of my ears to put Superman down faster than Darkseid usually does. Everyone gives poor Croc grief for his grand plan of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries "I threw a rock at him!"]] but it works ''so'' well against our favorite Kryptonian. |
| 254 | * MultipleChoicePast: [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke If I'm going to]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight have a past]], [[TropeNamers I prefer it to be that way]]. And well, between all the made-up sob stories I've fed those gullible good-for-nothing therapists over the years and the chemicals that ran through my system, I'm actually a bit confused about what happened on that fateful night and who I was before it myself. Not that it kills my buzz; mysteries are the spice of life! |
| 255 | ** Since that whole "ComicBook/{{New 52}}" nonsense, I've recalled a few memories involving a [[AbusiveParents horribly cruel grandmother]] who liked to bleach my skin. Is it true? Eh, who cares? |
| 256 | ** I'm actually an interesting case: while I'm often stressed to have it in-universe, the origin given is almost always [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the same one]] over and over. ''Almost'' always, but you get the picture. |
| 257 | *** In Shadow of the Bat #38, ''Tears of a Clown'', I celebrated my anniversary of the day I was a still sane, but hapless comedian, and I was thrown out of an exclusive StandUpComedy club for an unfunny act the patrons mercilessly heckled. Being desperately poor, this marks my StartOfDarkness as I agreed to provide to my family by pulling a job for the Red Hood gang. So I kidnapped all the patrons and made them reenact my act with control collars that would kill them when they laughed. ''The funny thing is that the patrons were really hardcore StandUpComedy fans, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday so they claimed to have seen (and heckled) so many acts that nobody remembered the act of a bad comedian]]. So I cannot even be sure that my StartOfDarkness even really happened or it was all ThroughTheEyesOfMadness.'' |
| 258 | --->''They throw me out, and I had a wife and an unborn child… or it was two cows and a goat? Sometimes it's so confusing…'' |
| 259 | ** Maaan, you just don't know how ''annoying'' it is when the writers forget stuff like this. Why, [[ComicBook/TheRiddler a pal of mine]] apparently was an eyewitness to events that seemed to confirm Alan's version. And then they stopped caring. Still, as bothersome as it is, you have to admit having a specific origin confirmed would just ruin my dashing mystique. For the best, I guess. |
| 260 | ** In ''[[ComicBook/BatmanEndgame Endgame]]'' - a bunch of possibilities get tossed around. A demon, a [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker body-stealing]] robot, some sort of HumanoidAbomination nurtured by laughter, a mad immortal... hell, even maybe a defector from a secret military project... or maybe just plain good ol' boy Willie Distal. [[spoiler:And if any of you actually bought any of that for a second, please contact my agent - it's not every day one finds someone so open-minded their brains are ''leaking''.]] |
| 261 | ** In ''Justice League'' #42, ole Bats supposedly learns my true name, and he's shocked - as if it's someone he already knows! And it'll be revealed in #50? Oooh, this oughta be good, because will those guys up in the executive office of that comic book company [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt have the guts to nail down who I am]]? |
| 262 | *** Oh, I like this one. Turns out what shocked Batbrain was [[spoiler:there are '''three''' of me running around - the Golden Age me, Alan Moore's me, and Scott Snyder's me. Guess it's true what they say - you really ''can't'' have enough of a good thing!]] |
| 263 | ** Creator/TimBurton and Creator/JackNicholson completely averted this in their [[Film/Batman1989 version of me.]] They not only gave me a name, but showed me as TheDragon and TheStarscream to a past-his-prime mob boss! That might almost be heresy, except that they also ''made me the guy who iced Bat-Boob's parents!'' How's that for cosmic irony? |
| 264 | ** Remember the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, when [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm my angel of death awaited?]] You don't get the full story, but you learn just enough about yours truly to whet your whistle. Turns out that not only did I start out as one of Sal Valestra's bully boys in that world, I was also Carl Beaumont's escort to the afterlife! Of course, that wound up [[CreateYourOwnVillain biting me in the tuchus]]. Gotta hand it to good ol' Andie -- she came as close to taking me down as anyone who's ever tried! |
| 265 | ** Still, it always comes down to the same thing in the end. Give me any name you care to. Present all the evidence you want. Convince yourself that's who I am. I may have once been someone else, but sure as hell I'm not that person anymore. If the idea hasn't sunk in this far into the page, then I'm afraid there really is nothing I can do for you save perhaps beating it into your head. Crowbar or revolver? Your choice, pal. |
| 266 | * MundaneWish: Oh, sure, I used Mxy's powers like the gift that keeps on giving, but I also remember this one time in ''The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox'' in which I basically bamboozled all of Arkham into scrambling for a one-use magic box. While everyone was at each other's throats, I assembled the thing, made my wish for a perfect duplicate corpse and put back the pieces to just sit back and let the good times roll. Oh, you have ''no'' idea how much I enjoyed everyone's face when they saw not only there was no prize, but even the consolation of getting rid of me evaporated. |
| 267 | * MyCard: Strangely, not everyone appreciates the pun. |
| 268 | * MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: I tried to make Bat Guano go all HeWhoFightsMonsters on me after [[spoiler:[[Film/TheDarkKnight the ferry boat fiasco]]]], but the spoilsport didn't rise to the bait. Gee, I wonder why ol' Batsy won't go cuckoo by killing me. I've always wanted to prove him wrong on his morals and that he's no different from me. [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs But an alternate version]] of me made Superfreak go JumpOffTheSlipperySlope, and surprisingly, ''IT WORKED!!'' '''I PERMANENTLY BROKE SUPERMAN FOR GOOD!!!''' And considering the goings-on after he killed my alternate self, I consider that my greatest triumph! The alternate me pretty much shattered Big Blue's faith in everything, and he's just now a lunatic like my alternate version. Like myself, the alternate me wanted [[StrawNihilist to prove everyone]] can have [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "a bad day"]], but I'm jealous that he succeeded, and I failed in making Bat-brain go wild. |
| 269 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Unusually, ''[[CardCarryingVillain I]]'' of all people have been forced to go through this. Don'cha worry, hombre, StatusQuoIsGod. It's just that it was during [[ComicBook/JLA1997 that time]] [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter that weird green guy]] forced my poor brain [[MindRape to think in such bizarre]], ''diseased'' thought patterns. [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead Last time a psychic ever tried to make me sane, though]]. |
| 270 | ** There's been a few occasions where I've been rendered temporarily sane, and I... [[spoiler: I-I..Oh, god, what have I done?! I didn't mean... I didn't mean for it to turn out this way!! I j-just...my wife, my child!! It's all my fault! All-all my...my.. I can't seem to remember...]] Now now, nobody likes a party pooper! |
| 271 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: When Creator/TimBurton and Creator/JackNicholson portrayed me in [[Film/Batman1989 their 1989 movie]], they gave me the name Jack Napier. I've noticed that quite a few stories that show me before I put on my happy face also run with that as my name. To be fair, it's a MeaningfulName in that it's similar to "jackanape", and the jack is a type of playing card. |
| 272 | * {{Narcissist}}: [[DependingOnTheWriter From time to time.]] With a beautiful face like mine, can you blame me? |
| 273 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: And a pretty bad one at that, too. I remember [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity that one time]] when I set up the bombs all over the cathedral, then told Bat-butt the plan and urged him to get out. I then counted down the seconds from ten all the way down to zero... and for some odd reason the Caped Crusader just kinda stood there, as if he had no clue what to do. I tried coaxing him to get out, but he didn't seem to hear me. Then I got ''REAL'' ticked off and started making minor threats, [[spoiler:but in doing so I blurted out a few hints that foreshadowed my own DownerEnding, probably breaking the whole "DoNotSpoilThisEnding" rule,]] right before I made a major threat to blow this whole damn place sky-high, for real this time. And it's likely I would have blown him up along with it had he not somehow been intimidated by my major threats and hightailed it the hell out of here. Maybe I should have kept my big mouth shut and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim blown him up to bits sooner after my countdown to zero]] while I had the chance. |
| 274 | ** My whole scheme in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' put the Lego Batsy onto a path to becoming a better person who was willing to open up to others. Eh whatever, [[TheBadGuyWins I got what I wanted out of the film]], he can have his stupid family. |
| 275 | * TheNicknamer: [[FailedASpotCheck You made it all the way down here, and you still need me to tell you?]] [[MixedMetaphor Not exactly the brightest hammer in the henhouse]], are ya, [[DarthWiki/ThatTroper Tropesy]]? |
| 276 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Some of my victims fall into this, as I've killed stand-ins for [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Siskel and Ebert]], as well as [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns David Letterman and Dr. Ruth Westheimer]].[[note]]Though in the movie David turned into Conan O'Brien for some reason. Guess I'm not the only one with multiple-choice options![[/note]] |
| 277 | * NoFourthWall: And lovin' it! I'll happily chat directly with readers, and I've been doing it for ''years'' before that [[{{ComicBook/Deadpool}} Anonymous]] -- in the [[Website/FourChan "chan"]] [[{{ComicBook/Deadpool}} sense of the phrase]] -- over at Marvel made it "cool"! I do it so well, even ''you'' can't be sure if I am or not sometimes! |
| 278 | * NoNameGiven: What was my name back before that little incident with the vat of chemicals? [[Film/Batman1989 Jack?]] [[PunnyName Joe?]] [[Series/{{Gotham}} Jeremiah?]] [[Film/Joker2019 Arthur?]] [[MultipleChoicePast Y'know, I'm not sure I remember it myself...]] [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily And I prefer]] it '''''stays''''' that way, ''thank you very much''!]] |
| 279 | * NoSenseOfHumor: No, really! In my ''very first'' appearance, I was a smiling psychotic gangster with ''no sense of humor whatsoever'' -- and during my fight with Bats, ''he's'' the one making puns while I'm just screaming [[IllKillYou "I am going to kill you!"]]... (Well, I did [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke get him to laugh once]], but mostly because [[SadClown I wasn't in the happiest of moods]].) |
| 280 | ** Also, I want you to laugh ''with me'', not AT me. I really got ''[[BerserkButton TICKED OFF]]'' when that Bat-fake copied my style. |
| 281 | * NoShirtLongJacket: Every now and then I'll forgo the full purple three-piece and just throw on the coat instead. [[EatingTheEyeCandy And don't think I don't see you staring, folks]]! [[Creator/JaredLeto Jerry]] sports this look for ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''. [[WalkingShirtlessScene When he's wearing anything at all up top, that is]]. |
| 282 | * NotMeThisTime: If there's a drawback to the insanity stuff, it's that it's pretty hard to convince Gotham's finest that no, it doesn't matter how much it looks like I did it, no matter how damning the evidence is, no matter how funny I thought it would be, ''there are times when I just ain't responsible for the latest punchline''. |
| 283 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: You'd think a villain with a clown theme would be the most pathetic and lowest rogue in the gallery, right? Boy, you gotta love the imagination of those writers! |
| 284 | ** [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy There was even a universe where Batboy himself and the entire Gotham City mob underestimated me.]] It didn't end well for any of them, but I had a lot of fun showing them otherwise. |
| 285 | ** [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Flyboy donned a radiation proof suit]] and thought that'd be enough to defeat me. Also, he believed the marbles I dropped were just to trip him. He had a, shall we say, ''explosive'' surprise. |
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