Line #8 YMMV/TheJokerBlogs


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the early videos, the Joker admits to having mental issues, whereas in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the Joker ''[[BerserkButton does not like]]'' being called "crazy".
2	** The Joker's portrayal in the blogs is a lot more sardonic than even the Nolan version, which already took the Joker in a more sour direction.
3	** The Joker's wink to Gambol.
4	** He first admits he has them to Harley...[[StartOfDarkness er, Dr. Quinzel]]...specifically. Given what follows, in might have just been the particular 'in' he found with her. By series 2, her [[spoiler:psychotropics-induced dream]], which obviously would've been heavily influenced by their sessions both seen and unseen, casts ''him'' in the role of arbiter of what is the [[Film/TheDarkKnight sensible way to live]], and what is crazy.
5	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Well, more like Crowning Moment of Terrifying - ''The Hall Of The Mountain King'' in Episode 12, for some reason, is ''far'' more terrifying than the Hans Zimmer Joker theme used incidentally throughout.
6	* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], confined to Arkham Asylum after the events of his [[Film/TheDarkKnight film appearance]], continues to cause trouble by having Fields, the new DA, murdered and skinned to prevent him from having the Joker be ruled mentally competent and sent to Blackgate. Along with [[UngratefulBastard murdering an orderly who helped him escape]] and [[ElectrifiedBathtub electrocuting]] the brother of psychiatrist Dr. Harleen Quinzel’s fiancé, provoking Dr. Hugo Strange and threatening both a nurse and orderly Lyle Bolton, the Joker threatens a homeless man, [[CruelMercy only sparing him because the guy has a death wish]]. The Joker also takes Dr. Jeremiah Arkham and his wife Lisa hostage, threatening them and later blowing up their house, rendering Lisa comatose. Before that, at Harleen's wedding, the Joker kills Father [=McHale=] by shooting him in the crotch and then murders Harleen's fiancé, which begins her transformation into Harley Quinn. The Joker also blows up a guard at Arkham and further torments Arkham later on by cruelly shooting Lisa's new heart while it's being transplanted.
7	%%* Crazy Awesome: The man himself, as well as the series overall.
8	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Just like the movie that inspired it, so it's become a given.
9	* {{Fanon}}: In the absence of any Nolan-affiliated reprisal of the role, many fans have come to the see the videos as utterly plausible continuations to the story of the movie...to the point of [[spoiler:Scott [=McClure=]]] garnering dead-serious commentary that he should be chosen as the ''actual movie successor'' to Ledger himself.
10	* GeniusBonus: For the sheer amount of {{Shout Out}}s to other Batman continuities.
11	* HilariousInHindsight:
12	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ38LN_xfVo Series II teaser trailer]] made use of Music/TheBeeGees song "I Started a Joke" four years before Film/SuicideSquad2016 would do the same thing for the [=ComicCon=] trailer. The song even centers around Harley. The song would later still appear in the trailer for a movie revolving around [[Film/Joker2019 The Joker himself]].
13	** Series II, Episode 6 is called ''Lost & Found Footage''. That title took on a whole new meaning when the episode came out after a 3 year hiatus.
14	** The MythologyGag about Killer Croc becomes this thanks to ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' referencing Croc as well. When Bolton told the police about his encounter with Croc, they didn't believe him and thought he was intoxicated. Apparently, Gotham police are still joking about this years later, as in ''Rises'', when Gordon told them about Bane's sewer hideout, they asked if he also saw giant alligators.
15	* LesYay: [[spoiler: It was a given that Miss Quinzel and Miss Isley would have a little thing going on]].
16	* {{Narm}}: In episode 5 with Dr. Strange:
17	-->[[spoiler: "You son of a beetch! How do you know zees things?!!]]
18	** Probably played up deliberately.
19	** Lock-Up's conversation with his ex-girlfriend in Further Evidence #4 seems unusually "goofy" by Nolanverse standards.
20	* NarmCharm: By Episode 17, Hugo Strange has evolved from mildly narmy to absolutely hilarious.
21	--> Damn you, 4479!
22	* OlderThanTheyThink: A few fans were surprised to learn that Harleen Quinzel started out as brunette in this series, as of course, the popular image of the character and the one most fans are familiar with, is blonde. However, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the original Harley Quinn]] stated that she ''wasn't'' a natural blonde.
23	* OneSceneWonder: Whoever's playing Father [=McHale=], he absolutely steals the scene.
24	** A similar reaction was given when Tommy Elliot made an appearance, although he is played by [[spoiler: the same guy who plays The Joker, so it's not so much "one scene" for the actor as it is the character]].
25	*** Series 2 turns this into an EarlyBirdCameo.
26	* ShockingMoments: [[spoiler: ''Axes and Allies:'' Holy shit, has Batman gone undercover in Arkham Asylum as Matches Malone? ''Holy shit,'' is that Two-Face??? ''Holy shit, did Two-Face just shoot Lex Luthor in the face???'' ]]
27	* SpecialEffectsFailure: If you [[FreezeFrameBonus pause at the right moment]] after the guard's fingers get cut off in "The Other Side of the Coin", you can clearly see that they didn't actually bother making look like his hand was mutilated: you can see the supposedly lopped off fingers clenched behind his palm and some fake skin patches applied above his knuckles to simulate stumps.
28	* {{Squick}}: Again, several examples.
29	** The Joker mentions that he once bit off a guard's finger in order to get the necessary red for his lipstick. Since then, he hasn't had ''any'' problems getting the staff to provide him with the makeup he wants.
30	** The Joker leaving [[spoiler:a dead orderly with a bow and a label]] as a present for Dr. Quinzel.
31	** The Joker has a large white bow on the same shotgun he takes into the wedding - another of his gifts. When he pumps it, the bow falls off.
32	** The Digital Download has some deleted scenes, including Dr. Arkham, having an understandable adverse reaction to the events of the night, getting a really horrible VomitIndiscretionShot.
33	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor. His introduction is the big reveal of the series 1 finale, and he was secretly responsible for many of the events of the series, having struck a deal with the Joker to gain control of Arkham Asylum. Come series 2, however, he's seemingly shot dead by Harvey Dent without making much of an impact on the plot and it took three years for the next two episodes to be released, leading many to assume he'd become this.]]
34	* TheWoobie:
35	** Harleen
36	** Dr. Arkham
37	* WinBackTheCrowd: Many fans were not happy with the EXTREMELY long wait for Season 2 Ep 2. When it actually did come out? It was 24 minutes long, won back most of the fans with the usual high quality, and now the creators have announced that the next two episodes will be airing next Saturday and the Saturday after that. Subverted in that as of 2020 there has been more hiatuses in between each episode, each lasting about three years.
38	** Regular updates at hit-or-miss quality, or massive waits for masterpieces that make you scream for them to be longer? [[SadisticChoice You decide]].
39	*** Then after the three year ScheduleSlip, they finally release two new episodes in a single night, giving the fans half an hour of content after the long hiatus.
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