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[[caption-width-right:330:"I've been putting smiles on faces[[note]] ''whether they wanted any or not!''[[/note]] since 1940!"]]

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->''"The Joker is the kind of guy who will come up with a plan to kidnap a scientist and have them create a super-pheromone that will attract little old ladies to a warehouse so Joker can feed them into a woodchipper and use the resulting paste to make counterfeit money so he can buy fuel for his ice rocket that will freeze the entire city which will cause everyone to flock to his beverage vendors who will sell them hot chocolate laced with a mutagen designed to drive everyone insane."''
-->-- '''Shamus Young, Stolen Pixels''' (who put it quite well, if I do say so myself...)

Well! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Finally got my own page, did I]]? 'bout time! I was created in the forties, for Pete's sake! I've been around way longer than [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Superham's]] [[{{Supergirl}} cousin]]! Why'd SHE get her own page first?! Weelll, it's not ''too'' bad, I guess... at least I can still gloat to [[SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor Lexy]] about getting my own page first... As for [[{{SelfDemonstrating/Sinestro}} that guy with the yellow ring]]...? He only ''wishes'' he was half as scary as me!

Oh, you were looking for information on moi? I'm flattered, really, but, uh... SHOULDN'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM ALREADY?! All right, all right, fine. [[CardCarryingVillain Here's]] MyCard (from the bottom of the deck of course) and the lowdown...

[[TropeCodifier I am the]] MonsterClown [[ParanoiaFuel hiding under your bed!]]

Of course, a ''true'' fan would want all the gory details fleshed out, yes? So then. There's me, and there's [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Bat]], two peas in a pod. I'm the better-looking pea, of course, but that's beside the point. Billy Finger and Bobby Kane, inspired by both the playing card and Conrad Veidt's deliciously chilling title character in the 1920s film ''Film/TheManWhoLaughs'', conjured me up in good ol' 1940, [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks back when heroes were allowed to kill, everyone Asian spoke with their R's and L's mixed up, and the art was worse than something drawn by a six-year old with crayons]] ('course, Jerry Robinson said he had a hand too, but that's not my department)... I gave that flying rodent a good runaround in ''Batman'' #1 (I was modest enough to give him the title...), and soon enough, [[BreakoutVillain I began carving out my own little niche]].

But, as it turned out, that wasn't enough! No, they planned to whack me in my second appearance! Can you believe that?! But, someone (in this case, Whitney Ellsworth) came through for me, and I lived through a self-inflicted stabbing after all. So, instead of dying painfully, I only had to endure six months of agonizing hospital time! Those were the glory days... I'd show up, make a bit of trouble, kill a couple of people, get foiled by Fatman, and escape at the last minute. Gambling rackets, sniping FBI agents, I've seen (and done) it all. I was even executed once, y'know. 'course, TheGrimReaper [[JokerImmunity couldn't hold me]], and I came back... just in time to witness the rising of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode. (Hoo... and some people thought ''I'' was evil and insane... heh heh heh...)

Maybe I should've stayed buried a bit longer, cuz, you all know [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks what happened next]]. The Dork Knight and that brat Robin were joined by {{Batwoman}}, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bat-Girl]], Bat-Hound, Bat-Mite (yeesh, what's next? [[BattleButler Bat-butler]]?), and no one was allowed to kill ever again. And we all lived happily ever after... NOT! Then again, I can't say that it was ever boring. I was allowed to play with bigger toys -- everything from my own utility belt to giant record players ([[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys where the heck does Gotham get all that stuff, anyhow?]]). I even managed to get all of Gotham City to marvel at my enormous [[HaveAGayOldTime BONER]]!

But nothing lasts forever, does it? (Save the memory of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''.)

Come TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, I was finally allowed to roam free again, and what a joy it was! Blowing off people's heads with exploding cigars and feeding them to sharks! It seems that finally, the heads at DC Comics got brains - it was here that I got my own series! And it lasted all of... nine issues... And I had to lose every time.

[[{{Beat}} *COUGH*]]

Ah, well, who cares about all that? TheSeventies might have returned me to life, but it was TheEighties that were really my heyday. You might recall an obscure little book called ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' written by some nobody called Creator/AlanMoore. If you haven't... GET OVER THERE AND READ IT, AND DON'T CALL YOURSELF A FAN OF MINE UNTIL YOU'VE MEMORIZED ''EVERY WORD!''

Done? Good. Less than a year afterward, DC made the historical decision of killing off Robin -- 'bout time, too. But just a little heads-up, it was Jason Todd, ''not'' Dick Grayson. Who was Jason Todd? Who cares? All you need to know is that [[TheScrappy every reader hated his guts]], enough that they ''voted'' to have him die. But with an outfit like that, can you really blame them? Heck, at least thirteen of those votes came from yours truly!

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

Hold on, where're you going? D'ya think we're done with my life? Not even close! I've poisoned all the fish on the eastern and western seaboard and tried to patent them! I've [[RealityWarper become God]] and brought the whole universe to its knees! I've killed Series/SiskelAndEbert, fer Pete's sake!

And [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily NOW]], I've got a shiny new show opening for Bratgirl, the Dead Hood and ''all'' Batsy's little sidekicks! Those little brats who make my Batsy fat, slow, and weak. Tsk ''TSK''. [[Franchise/StarWars They found my lack of face...]] ''disturbing.''

But no, you don't care about any of that, do you? I bet you came to this page because you were so impressed by that [[Film/TheDarkKnight pencil trick]], or [[TheJokerBlogs my apocryphal shenanigans afterwards]]. No? [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman The dreadlocked barefoot monkey-man with that sexy, sexy laugh]], courtesy of Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, then? [[Series/{{Batman}} Perhaps you remember the days when I faced off with]] Creator/AdamWest? The [[{{DCAU}} pointy-chinned me]] voiced by Creator/MarkHamill? The [[Film/{{Batman}} meaty ol' me]] played by JackNicholson? The [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-esque [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold me]] voiced by Creator/JeffBennett? Or was it [[Videogame/BatmanArkhamAsylum the version of me]] that turned into a twenty-foot tall muscleman? [[spoiler:(Although [[Videogame/BatmanArkhamCity that one didn't end too well.]] Object lesson on steroid use, kids!)]] OOH! [[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Or when I got Birdbrain to]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} bite my shiny metal]] [[JohnDiMaggio crowbar?]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Or the one with all those kid superheroes]], where I was voiced by [[Creator/BrentSpiner Da]][[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration ta]]? The one [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns based on a classic story]] where I'm voiced by [[Series/{{Lost}} Ben]] [[MichaelEmerson Linus]], going up against [[Franchise/RoboCop Robo]][[PeterWeller Cop]]? Or how about [[TangentComics those times]] [[{{Elseworlds}} where I]] [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} was a woman?]]

'Course, any version of me is good as long as you don't think I'm [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} that other psychotic, fourth-wall breaking clown]][[note]]I resemble that remark![[/note]] who works for those [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] guys. I'm not really fond of Mr. Wilson, but I ''do'' love friending him on [[{{Website/Facebook}} that Facebook thingy]] and asking him to "do that pencil trick". [[MagnificentBastard It just gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside]]. (Oh, and if you value your life, please don't confuse me for those [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond teenage biker punks]] who swiped my look. Nor that [[FinalFantasyVI weeaboo clown Kefka,]] who has the gall to steal my infectious laughter![[note]]That talentless hack would be nothing without [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey writing his cue cards!]] ''Nothing''![[/note]] Unless, of course, you '''''don't''''' value it, then [[SchmuckBait by all means!]])

And, if after all ''that'' I've still managed to leave folks some moral wriggle-room, you can check out my spiffy YMMV page [[YMMV/TheJoker here]]!

Well, that conversation was certainly uplifting, wouldn't you say? Look at how widely you're grinning. Ooh, and check it out! Your complexion is clearing right up. And that hair...! So rich a shade of green that only your undertaker'll know for sure. And that laugh! Isn't it beautiful? [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Not too shabby a rhythm for a white guy]]!

Ohhhh, don't give me that look. [[BrickJoke You were the one who took that card from me!]] [[TooDumbToLive Sheesh, how dumb can ya get?]] Straighten up. It's not the end of the world. Only yours. Annnd... there you go, ''now'' you see the joke. The very biggest and bestest smile of them all.

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!!Let's see all the places I've popped up in the media...
[[index]]
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[[folder: The ol' Classic Funny Books ]]

* Franchise/{{Batman}}
* ''Detective Comics''
* ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures / The Batman & Robin Adventures / Batman: Gotham Adventures / Batman Adventures
* [[ComicBook/JokersAsylum Joker's Asylum]]
* [[ComicBook/TheJokerDevilsAdvocate The Joker: Devil's Advocate]]
* WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Return of the Joker]]
* ComicBook/VillainsUnited
* InfiniteCrisis
* UnderworldUnleashed
* TangentComics
* [[ComicBook/PlanetaryBatman Planetary/Batman]]
* BatmanDigitalJustice (well, [[DigitalAvatar after a fashion]]...)
* ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder
* ComicBook/TheJoker (series)
* ComicBook/{{Joker}} (graphic novel)
* TheDarkKnightReturns
* [[ComicBook/BatmanNosferatu Batman: Nosferatu]]
* [[ComicBook/BatmanVampire Batman: Bloodstorm]]
* [[ComicBook/BatmanIJoker Batman: I, Joker]]
* ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily
* ComicBook/GoingSane
* ComicBook/TheKillingJoke
* ''Mad Love''
* {{Knightfall}}
* [[BatmanNoMansLand No Man's Land]]
* ComicBook/LastLaugh
* ComicBook/EmperorJoker
* ComicBook/SalvationRun
* ComicBook/LastRites
* [[BatmanRIP Batman R.I.P.]]
* FinalCrisis
* WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader
* [[ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth]]
* [[ArkhamAsylumLivingHell Arkham Asylum: Living Hell]]
* [[ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumMadness Arkham Asylum: Madness]]
* [[GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman And Robin]]
* ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey
* ''Superman: Distant Fires''
* ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight''
* ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}''
* ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''

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[[folder: The Big Silver Screen ]]

* BatmanTheMovie
* Film/{{Batman}}
* Film/TheDarkKnight

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Live on the tube ]]

* Series/{{Batman}} (live-action series)
* {{Series/Birds of Prey}}

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Up on that new-fangled... what do ya call it? "Internet"? ]]

* TheJokerBlogs

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Animated as much as I am! ]]

* Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
* WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies
* TheNewAdventuresOfBatman
* [[SuperFriends The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians]]
* WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries
* [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]
* [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]
* JusticeLeague
* WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker
* WesternAnimation/TheBatman
* WesternAnimation/StaticShock
* WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog
* [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]
* WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths
* WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood
* DCSuperFriends
* WesternAnimation/YoungJustice

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The big stage! ]]

* BatmanLive
* BatmanTheMusical

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Those Video Games that all the kids these days are playin' ]]

* BatmanVengeance
* LegoBatman
* VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse
* VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum
** VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity
* DCUniverseOnline
* VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs
[[/index]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: My handsome face is the current page image for: ]]

* AntagonistInMourning
* ArchEnemy
* AreWeThereYet
* BatmanGambit
* ChaoticEvil [[invoked]]
* [[Monster/{{DCAU}} Complete Monster - DCAU]]
* DontExplainTheJoke
* ElectricJoybuzzer
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* ForTheEvulz
* GoKartingWithBowser
* GoodIsNotNice
* IgnoreTheFanservice
* JokerImmunity
* JokerJury
* LaughablyEvil
* LaughingMad
* MadLove
* RageAgainstTheReflection
* SuperheroMovieVillainsDie
* TongueTrauma
* UnhandThemVillain
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim

!!And here are some tropes that apply to various versions of ME:

* AcademyAward: You're looking at the only super villain (and only comic book character in general) ever to snag that little golden fella, thanks to good ol' [[Creator/HeathLedger Heathy]]. Too bad I [[AuthorExistenceFailure couldn't appear in the sequel]]...
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Seems I've developed an immunity to the stuff due to all my... recreational use.
* ActorAllusion: I pay homage from time to time. [[Franchise/StarWars May the floss]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries be with you!]]
* [[spoiler: [[ActuallyADoomBot Actually Clayface]]: The Joker you see for the majority of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', believe it or not, isn't me. The titan I took at the end of ''Arkham Asylum'' poisoned me and left me too weak to run my gang, so I had Clayface disguised as me to keep anybody from noticing I was sick, and he was happy to take on "the role of a lifetime". And boy, did he work like a charm!; nobody could tell he was fake till he turned back to his normal form.]]
* AGodAmI: There have been a few occasions where I became an omnipowerful force to be reckoned with, most recently in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold's'' version of ''Emperor Joker''. [[NightmareFuel You boys shoulda seen the original]]... [[DespairEventHorizon I managed to break the Bat's spirit]], and ''reduce his soul to mere confetti scraps!'' How he managed to [[UnexplainedRecovery get better]] is still the most fascinating mystery...
* AllAbusersAreMale: Ha, Gotham's ladies have plenty of fight in them. Let me tell you, [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/672000-welldeserved.png Harley has a mean right...]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: TheCreeper. Never get me near that guy! He's a lunatic! Dumber than a coffin nail, but a lunatic nonetheless!
** And considering who's telling you this, that's really saying something.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: I do love my fun after all. My hideout in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskofthePhantasm that one movie]] was an amusement park with the only way to get to my house being a roller coaster ride. Hell, with a little ingenuity and some time and [[NoOSHACompliance henchmen to kill]], anything with a set of rails, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity like a steel mill]], makes a damn fine rollercoaster. Don't tell me you never wanted to ride one [[ConvectionSchmonvection surrounded by molten hot iron!]]
* AnAsskickingChristmas: If it's Christmastime and I'm around you can be sure there'll be asskicking aplenty!
* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Remember that epic speech Bane made in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' where he revealed Harvey Dent for what he really was to Gotham (which, I might remind you was due to my handiwork)? Well, somebody who did a fantastic impression of me made a Joker version of it. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgGCT6Ag4kk Wanna see it?]]
* AppliedPhlebotinum: My [[Series/{{Batman}} Surfing Experience & Ability Transferometer & Vigor Reverser]]. Made me great at catching waves, but Batty Belfry, Robbie the Birdbrain, and Bat-Bimbo didn't like it. What did they find so cool about Skippy-boy that I didn't have, anyway?
* ArchEnemy: Batsy and me provide the page picture for a reason, ya know!
* AscendedFanboy: Wouldja believe I am one? [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Weeper]] is such a hoot! Especially when trying to kill me!
* {{Asexuality}}: Anyone who thinks sex is so great should try murder!
** Then again, Harl and I might be expecting soon... well, posthumously in my case. But still! Imagine, a generational Joker to tickle Batsy's funnybone into his old age. Priceless!
* AttentionWhore: Oy, why should I be working myself to death with no one to appreciate it?
* AxCrazy: Why limit myself? Still, [[ActorAllusion always was]] [[Film/TheShining good with an axe...]].
* BackFromTheDead: Even if you [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker actually manage to see me die!]]
* BadassBookworm: Gotta keep my brain as sharp as my knives! I'm particularly amused by the fantasies of Creator/AynRand [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/633750-femmest_looking.png who seems to think that we live in a rational universe where good and evil exist.]] What nonsense. Do you expect me to take that sort of thing seriously? C'mon, I'm a psychopathic clown!
* BadassInDistress: Would you believe I once rescued [[{{Batman}} the old bat]]? But hey, what fun would the world be without him around?
* BadassInANiceSuit: As that doll Harley will tell you, it's not a killer smile unless you've got a suit to match, even if you're a charmer like me!!
* BadassLongcoat: A little style never hurt anyone.
* BadassNormal: Though some would argue that I'm anything but normal. Still, the fact that folk who go toe-to-toe with ol' Supes are scared of me? That's ''gotta'' be worth something.
** Hell, I've got one of the highest bodycounts in the entire DCU, far outdoing almost any superpowered freaks out there, and generally only outdone by those with the power to destroy entire worlds.
* BadBoss: Good help is ''sooo'' hard to find these days...
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', I actually saved Batsy's secret identity by taking care of Wrath and Scorn before they could spill the beans. What can I say? I didn't want anyone else being the Bat's end.
* BananaPeel: [[GrantMorrisonsBatman Just stop on by Dr. Hurt's place]]. ''He'll'' tell you. [[spoiler:(FYI? [[BuriedAlive Bring a shovel.]])]]
* BandagedFace: Frequent in the origin. Honestly, it'll scar you for life...
* BANGFlagGun: Gotcha! Ah, that one never gets old... though there ''was'' [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker that one time it wasn't funny at all.]]
* BatmanGambit: Ugh, couldn't they give this one a different name? Still, I've been known to pull off some tricks that put even ol' Batsy himself to shame.
* BerserkButton: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Don't you dare laugh at me!]] I encourage you to laugh ''with'' me, '''never''' ''at'' me.
** And I ''can'' make you laugh. I'm the Clown Prince of Gotham! A comic genius! And if you doubt it... [[DeadlyEuphemism I'll PROVE it to you.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Especially if the silly one in question happens to be me. [[TheStarscream You try to cross me]], and, well... let's just say [[XRaySparks my joy buzzer]] is [[ManOnFire gonna set off the sprinklers]].
* BigBad: Usually in those adaptations, but not so much in the comics. After all, why let others have all the fun?
* BigStupidDoodooHead: Okay, so some of my insults can be a bit juvenile, but that's only because it's [[RuleOfFunny funny]] to call Bat-Brain a big 'ol guano-head.
* BlackComedy:
** [[ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY I like my comedy like I like my coffee]]; surrounded by corpses.
** I almost did this with some little tykes after the earthquake, but decided against it. [[spoiler:I ended up shooting Jimmy's wife instead.]]
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Because of some changes done in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries my next DCAU incarnation]], I got these with white irises.
* BloodyMurder: According to good ol' Grant, I've spent so much time taking my own baaaaaaad drugs that my blood itself is a lethal venom! As sweet little Damian found out when he tried to get some payback. [[GoldenMoment You see, kiddies, violent revenge just makes things worse, even if it feels good at the time.]]
* BluntYes: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries I can't believe Harley had to be told]] she was supposed to "Fill the tank, shoot the guy and drive off". Her words, not mine.
* BodySnatcher: Yes. I've even managed to pull this off in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker my comeback appearance]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. I lost my old body thanks to [[spoiler: Tim Drake turning against me. Ungrateful kids; you teach them everything you know and then they turn around and stab you in the back! Or in my case the chest]]. Fortunately, I had ensured my immortality long before this inconvenience thanks to [[spoiler:a little genetics micro chip I had planted on Little J during his time in my care. Unfortunately, my comeback was thwarted thanks to that Bat-Fake old Brucey was grooming.]]
* BombThrowingAnarchist: Oh come on, you can't tell me ''you're'' not amused by the odd [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]] or two.
* BoredWithInsanity: Every once in a while I feel like playing the straight man, especially when [[{{Batman}} 'ol Batsy]] isn't around to fill the role.
* BoringInsult: A pet peeve of mine. I put a lot of effort into my work, and then Bat-Fake comes along and tells me I'm not funny. [[VillainousBreakdown I'll show him. I'LL SHOW THAT IMPUDENT BRAT JUST WHO HE'S TALKING TO!]] ''*throws grenades*'' Sorry, lost my head there for a moment.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Can you believe they wouldn't let me shoot those [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse karate guys]] in the face? Well, not on screen anyway...
* BreakingLecture:
** Remember that one bit in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''? With Harvey Dent and that saucy little nurse's uniform? That was a good one. I turned Gotham's White Knight into a murdering pyschopath.
*** And no, of course I wasn't afraid he'd pull the trigger. I'm crazy, remember?
** Okay, so [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond the snot-nosed kid who thought he was a replacement Batsy]] gave me one in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. There, I admit it. Happy now? [[BoringInsult He called me unfunny!]] [[BerserkButton Who did that impudent brat think he was talking to?!]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: If you're only just figuring it out... well, let's just say you're no Batman.
* BreakoutVillain: Some [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling]] by the aforementioned Whitney Ellsworth, way back in 1940, spurred me on my [[BillingDisplacement meteoric rise to fame]] from a [[VillainOfTheWeek two-shot villain]] to the BigBad you know and fear with every fiber of your being today. Hey, the fella [[EurekaMoment knew a good idea]] when he saw it - this was the [[SoBadItsGood genius]] behind ''[[TheAdventuresOfSuperpup Superpup!]]''
* BreakTheBadass: My actions have done this to toughest of heroes. And of course, if the chips are down low enough and even I stop laughing... It's [[RedSkyTakeWarning a sign]] [[CrisisCrossover we're all]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt in trouble]]...
** '''[[DeathSeeker YIP]][[MoodWhiplash PIEE!!!]]'''
* BreakTheCutie: Averted. As rough as I can be on Harley girl, I just brought out her pre-existing crazy! When I torture her it's just to get a few good laughs at her expens
* BrightIsNotGood: What can I say, I'm one of the most colorful characters in all of comics. But I'll kill you and your whole family for fun without a second thought.
* CallingCard: Take a wild guess.
* CanonImmigrant: Ol' [[Creator/TimBurton Timmy]] decided to call me Jack Napier in ''Film/{{Batman}}'', so naturally [[Creator/PaulDini Dini]] and [[Creator/BruceTimm Timm]] stol- ''borrowed'' this for [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries my animated self]]. There ''used'' to be a tiny bit of sanity [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman within the realms of my mind]] by that name, too...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09FOx0pyuqw I do miss that chap...]] [[Creator/AlanMoore That guy who's as weird as me]] didn't use it for [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke my greatest appearance ever]], but I gave him a break. Why? ''Because he's Creator/AlanMoore, that's why!'' Even ''I'' have the good sense not to cross him.
* CantUnhearIt: You've been reading this page in Creator/MarkHamill's or Creator/HeathLedger's or even Creator/JackNicholson's Joker voice, haven't you? [[ComicallyMissingThePoint HAVE YOU NO CONSIDERATION FOR THE OTHERS WHO PLAYED ME!!!]] Oh, who am I kidding, it's not like any one of 'em weren't the best portrayals of little old moi.
* CaptiveAudience: What's the point of killing Batman or one of his sidekicks if nobody's there to ''see'' it?
* CardboardPrison: Arkham's a great place to kick back and relax for a while, and it's never too hard to get out and about when I feel like a stroll through the guts of Gotham's gentry. Then again, that time I took over the place, that was glorious.
* CarFu: Once ran over a woman while reporting it to the police with a tied up Robin in the car. Did I mention this was Christmas time!
* CardCarryingVillain: Is it so wrong that I take pride in making a good joke?
* CatchPhrase: While I'm certainly not cliché enough to use the same material again and again, it seems [[MemeticMutation that classic line]] from [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heathy]] has become my unofficial motto: "Why so serious?" Hey, if it sticks, it sticks! (Just so long as I get a cut of [[TheMerch all that glorious T-shirt revenue...]])
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In my first appearances, the only real quirk I had was an association with a certain playing card -- I was just a straight-forward, humorless murderer and thief who merely [[SlasherSmile grinned a]] ''[[SlasherSmile lot]]'', rather than the [[BlackComedy comedy]]-obsessed and always [[EvilLaugh laughing]] maniac you all know and love today! And I gotta say, boy howdy have I come a long way!
* TheChessmaster: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/9506/249502-103614-joker_super.jpg To the point that you'd think I'd move onto checkers already.]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: I was last seen busted by a SWAT team after my little "social experiment" failed at the end of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', and didn't even get ''mentioned'' in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' simply because that damn Creator/HeathLedger punk bit the dust before TDK was even released! Maybe that also has something to do with the Dollmaker ripping my face off (see PutOnABus for some more on that little incident, my pretties).
* CivilianVillain: Every once in a blue moon, usually when the Bat manages to get himself killed, something inside me snaps and I won't be my usual, cheerful self. I might even pass off as being, gasp, ''almost sane''! How lucky for me that Batsy never stays down for very long.
* ColdBloodedTorture: I'm very well known for doing this. There have been a few occasions where [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker I]] [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman actually]] [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil create a new villain this way]].
* CombatPragmatist: A few notable examples include beating unarmed enemies with a crowbar, setting hungry dogs on them, spraying various unhealthy substances in their faces, trying to kick the Dork Knight in the ribs with a knife that came out of my shoe -- and who could forget the time when I [[spoiler:hopped myself up on Titan?]]
** Though I tried to get Batboy a chance there, but he refused.
* ComedicSociopathy: You ''know'' you love it...
* CompleteMonster (InUniverse): Hehehehehe... what can I say? I do my very best.
* ComplexityAddiction: It's just more fun than just shooting him!
* [[CoolPet Cool Pets]]: Have you met my [[ShoutOut hyenas]] [[AbbottAndCostello Bud and Lou?]]
* TheCorrupter: Because madness is like gravity, and as you know, all it takes is a little push.
* CrazyPrepared: You think old Bats always has a contingency plan for each and every occasion? Trust me, I got him beat in that little competition.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: In a few incarnations, old Batsy had a hand in my origin. Makes it more delicious wouldn't you say? Sometimes I subvert the trope myself by being the one that made poor little Bruce an orphan, such as in my first movie appearance. Heck, I even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it!
** I suppose I was also responsible for the birth of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm the Phantasm]] and the deaths of my old mob gang.
* {{Crossover}}: I've met SpiderMan at least twice, [[http://bwmedia.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/spider-bat-vs.jpg but he didn't remember me the second time,]] even when I flashed my best [[SlasherSmile winning smile!]] Maybe there was a little [[CanonDiscontinuity discontinuity]] involved, maybe it was because [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_vs._Marvel our realities were out-of-whack,]] or maybe the SpiderMan I met [[TheCloneSaga wasn't the same one.]] With all that goes on [[MarvelComics over there,]] who knows WHO was under that mask?
* CryForTheDevil: Hey, I never asked for sympathy, and I don't expect it! Still... It's amazing what [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke one bad day]] can do to a person...
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Are you kidding? Merely selling that [[{{Series/Batman}} flying saucer]] to NASA would have been so ''boring''! And I wouldn't have sold it to the Soviets, in case you were thinking that. As I told that RedSkull fellow, I'm an ''American'' criminal lunatic.
* DartboardOfHate: That poster of Bats was really too good for me -- the animated me -- to resist! And I was pretty upset in that series...
* [[spoiler:DeadSidekick]]: If I weren't playing pest control, Gotham would have more bats than people. [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/635819-robins.png And it's my favorite job.]]
* DeadlineNews: How [[JackNicholson ol'Jacky Boy's]] version of me likes to advertise mouthwash that'll give you ''"hair color so natural, only your undertaker will know for sure!!"''
** [[BatmanRIP Breaking news]], [[IncrediblyLamePun this just grin!]] [[DepopulationBomb Deadly clouds of Joker Toxin]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt spread across six continents!]] [[AMillionIsAStatistic Billions die]] [[{{Gorn}} in horrendous agony!]] [[ApocalypticLog Wife's guts]], [[MadnessMantra wife's guts]], [[NightmareFuel wife's guts,]] [[FourIsDeath WIFE'S GUTS!!!]].... [[WorstNewsJudgmentEver and]] [[LocalAngle now,]] [[WeatherReport here's Chuck with the weather.]] [[MoodWhiplash How's it look out there, Chuck?]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Maybe, maybe not. You know what I mean? [[DependingOnTheWriter It-it's almost like there are dark forces conspiring against me, twisting me like a puppet on a string...]] ''[[IgnoredEpiphany Naaaah!]]''
* DealWithTheDevil: Ah, [[TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks the nineties.]] While other villain-y sorts wasted their souls on dumb stuff like [[PhysicalGod arcane power]] or [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney craploads of green,]] I put what little I had to good use: [[spoiler:[[SmokingIsCool a box of Cubans.]]]] Oh, ya shoulda seen ol' Neron's face.
* DeathDealer: I'm always a card, but sometimes I like using them as throwing weapons too! What better way to show off some style than by slicing a man with razor-sharp metal playing cards? You can always be sure I have an extra one or two up my sleeves, too...
* DeathIsCheap: So cheap that I'm fairly sure it's on sale whenever I come around.
* DeliciousFruitPies: [[http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/v2joker02.htm Sure, I may be crazy for not loving]] [[http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/v2joker01.htm the great taste of a Hostess fruit pie,]] [[http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess/v2joker03.htm but I'm not that crazy all of the time.]]
* DependingOnTheArtist: Some artists, like Neal Adams and Jim Aparo, give me a long pointed chin, while others, such as Marshall Rogers, gave me a square one. I'm sometimes lean and mean, while other times I'm of average build. Some depict my [[SlasherSmile lovely smile]] as being [[FrozenFace stuck on my face]], while others have me capable of showing... other emotions. Gotta admit, having the grin cut into my mouth so I can make two expressions at once, that worked out decently enough.
* DependingOnTheWriter: So tell me. Am I a harmless prankster, a homicidal maniac, a hostage to momentary whims, or a chessmaster capable of constructing elaborate plans? All these and more, at various times. (The current official theory is that I'm so mentally unstable my brain turns right over every now and again, and I become insane in a whole new way. That GrantMorrison, what a kidder.)
* DiabolicalMastermind: No joke. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Just because I'm kooky doesn't mean I'm not a genius]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: I don't know how Lex has such a hard time with {{Superman}} when he has so much more money and kryptonite than me. But you don't need much of the latter to put Supes in his place, [[KryptoniteRing right, Batsy]]?
* DisproportionateRetribution: People keep saying I go into this, but I don't know why. A henchman who refuses to fork over the money he owes me when he loses a twenty-dollar bet on the World Series should be [[EdibleBludgeon clubbed to death with a bunch of bananas]] (Note to self: takes too long. Use plantains instead). Anyone who would ''dare'' deny me first prize in a comedy competition just because I never actually entered it ''deserve'' to be mind controlled into becoming D-List criminals. And all those people who claimed that I couldn't legally trademark the fish that I arranged to grin like me seriously had it coming. Honestly, what's so disproportionate about all that?
* DissonantLaughter: It's only dissonant if you don't get the joke.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: My costume in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''? A straitjacket and bare feet. It was a legitimate fashion choice! Well, I did adopt a variation on my trademark purple suit in later appearances, but I still went barefoot. Hey, it was the turn of the millennium. We're all entitled to try new things with our image once in awhile.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Imagine how boring a battle with Superman would be if I didn't let him know I kidnapped that Lois woman.
* DontExplainTheJoke: If you have to explain a joke, [[BerserkButton there is no joke!]] I can't even tell you how many times I've had to explain that to dear Harley....
* TheDreaded: Like good old Batboy, I even scare the pants off of those who are far more powerful than myself. Some at the beginning believe me to be beneath their notice, [[NotSoHarmlessVillain but they soon learn]].
* DropTheHammer: I'm no [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor thunder god]] but someone taught Harley how to swing a hammer!
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: A world without rules, baby!
* EdibleBludgeon: I tell you, death by bananas is an absolute riot! Unfortunately, beating someone to death with a bunch of bananas can also take all night. Plantains make a much better weapon.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair "Vertette",]] actually. [[GratuitousFrench Ooh la la!]]
* ElectricJoybuzzer: It sure left a shocking impression on [[Film/{{Batman}} Antoine.]] But remember kids, always exercise caution when using these things, or you might, oh I don't know -- [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman fall into a waterfall and electrocute yourself to death]], say? But that'd just be ''crazy''.
* ElectricTorture: Making people glow like Christmas trees is a wonderful use of electricity. [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/635810-electroshock_therapy.png Ain't that right, Bats?]]
* EnemyMine: I'm as shocked as you are! When my [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold newest animated incarnation]] made his first appearance, he actually ''joined forces'' with Batsy in order to take down [[EvilTwin Owl]][[MirrorUniverse man]], mainly because he just wasn't as much fun. In the end, he made a smart move and joined forces with the alternate double, but not before telling Bats that he tried to be good. That better not be signs of me [[VillainDecay decaying]], otherwise I might need to have a little chitchat with those writers...
** Oh, I should have trusted the writers more. I got to kill the Bat nine times! On a show for children!
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: I just don't get it!! I shout at her, I even give her a shining and a love tap or ten, but that dame Harley just keeps coming back for more.... (sulks off to corner) [[spoiler: I do love ya babe!! I just can't change who I am... [[SadClown (Wipes tear) Please forgive me.....]]]] Hahahahahaha!! I just don't get dames.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an ''AMERICAN'' criminal lunatic! When I found out that RedSkull fellow was a Nazi, I turned on him, right then and there. And don't talk about that selling-nukes-to-Arabs thing. FanonDiscontinuity, plain and simple, got it?!
** Funny thing -- to other villains, ''I'm'' below their standards (perhaps that would make me the SpearCounterpart to ol' Jimmy, if I'm to believe that [[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne Dick Flass]]). Well, phooey! I didn't want their help, anyway...
** For reasons of good taste, JoelSchumacher wasn't invited to my [[TheGreatLukeSki House Party at Arkham Asylum]].
** Oh yes, and there was that one time I met that [[ArkhamAsylumLivingHell Warren White guy in the showers]], pointing out that while I kill people, I don't steal their kids' college funds.
** And don't even get me started on [[TheCreeper that]] [[HypocriticalHumor lunatic of a]] [[CreepyGood "hero"]] [[EvilCounterpart who keeps ripping off my style!]] That guy [[UpToEleven makes ME look sane!]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Are you crazy? That birdbrain's not too bright. I only team up with him when the plan requires it.
** On the other hand, I gotta say, he runs a hell of a nightclub. And I'm not above just chilling with him and ol' Eddie Nygma.
* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: How should I know? I don't remember Catwoman ever reproducing.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Averted! I can damn well understand the good guys if I please. Even been one just a couple of times. It's just that it's ''out-of-your-skull boring''.
** Though, for the life of me, I can't understand why Batsy doesn't get the joke...
* EvilerThanThou: [[SpiderMan Carnage]]? Puh-leeze! The guy is an uninventive, style-less dunderhead! Like I told him [[http://jokers-circus.livejournal.com/12123.html that one time]] we met, "Any idiot, nothing personal of course, can go out and slaughter a few thousand people, but where's the laughter and tears? The handstands and histronics? In short, my dense and sanguine pal... where's the theater?"
* EvilEyebrows: They're marvelous, aren't they!?
* EvilFeelsGood: Does it ever!
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Aw, come on! I've got a '''great''' sense of humor! It's not my fault if not everyone can appreciate it!
* EvilIsHammy: Well, where's the fun in having inhibitions?
* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/633524-madlove2.jpg It certainly is]]. We got even happier when we decided to have a kid.
* EvilIsPetty: [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Petty?]] [[RantInducingSlight You snot-nosed little punk]], [[HypocriticalHumor I'll]] [[DisproportionateRetribution KILL]] [[HypocriticalHumor ya for that one]]! Oh, I kid. Still, that "[[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks report card incident]]" has gotten [[MemeticMutation a lot more mileage]] than I expected....
* EvilLaugh: Let's face it, I don't do any other kind. Don't believe me? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM Here's some of my best ones.]]
* EvilPlan: I dabble in everything from the classic robbery to pay the bills to MindRape [[ForTheEvulz for kicks]]. Though they usually involve Batsy somehow.
* EvilTwin: Word is there're [[MirrorUniverse some worlds]] out there where my counterparts are on the good guys' side. Is that messed-up or what?!
* EvilVersusEvil: I tussle with the competiton all the time! The penultimate issue of my own magazine pit yours truly against ol' Jonathan Crane, for example. The bet, entitled "The Scarecrow's Fearsome Face-Off", is [[EvilerThanThou which of our fearsome weapons is the best]], and my laughing gas won out. Ha, that'll teach him.
* ExplosiveCigar: Who says cartoons should have this little gadget all to themselves? 'Course, mine are filled with [[MadeOfExplodium naughtier stuff]]... [[YourHeadASplode Happy birthday, anyone?]]
* EyeScream: [[Film/TheDarkKnight The magic trick of making a pencil disappear into a crony's skull]], that was all. [[ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth Care to see for yourself, Pearl?]]
* {{Facepalm}}: Batman has probably dodged thousands of bullets fired by my {{mooks}} over the years. My reaction is usually something like [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/58458/1116060-joker_facepalm.jpg this.]]
* FanDisservice: If you've got the [[ShesGotLegs pasty white gams]] (and other things) needed to rock [[http://www.mindsdelight.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Red-Robin-19_panel-600x631.jpg a pair of scale panties]], I say [[ShowSomeLeg flaunt 'em]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Ol' [[LexLuthor Lexie]] said it best: "Frighteningly sick in the head, but strangely compelling company."
* FilkSong: ''[[Music/MiracleOfSound Of course]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/5286-Jokers-Song-Batman-Arkham-City I have one]]! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sok5vFjSN7c Or two...]]
* {{Flanderization}}: Sometimes writers portray me as your average psycho serial killer, forgetting I'm supposed to be a FUNNY psycho serial killer.
* FlyingSaucer: [[Series/{{Batman}} The Sixties were a strange decade, boys and girls]]. Of course, with [[RidiculousFutureInflation today's gas prices]], I might as well ''walk'' to Mars...
* ForTheEvulz: What better reason could there possibly be?
* FourthWallObserver: Don't mind if I [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries whistle my own]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oD7h5k77uA&feature=related theme tune]]. Or glance at the camera in all too many stories. Or chat about the editors. Or write my own article right here, right now.
* FreakLabAccident: Classic Origin, of course. You'd be surprised how taking a bath in a vat of chemicals can really bring out the worst in you!
* FriendToAllChildren: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/633755-laughing_choir.png Just look at their joyous expressions!]]
* FunnyAnimal: My [[DCUniverse Earth C-Minus]] counterpart, '''the Porker''', has constantly fought Batsy's counterpart '''Batmouse'''.
* FunWithPalindromes: I once suggested going through Gotham's phone book and killing everyone whose name was a palindrome. It's as good a reason as any!
* GenderFlip: ''Thrillkiller'' made me one Bianca Steeplechase, while ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' turned me into [[spoiler:ol' Batsy's ''mother!'']] That one ''could'' throw a wrench into our [[FoeYay lovely chemistry]]...
* GenreSavvy: I've been known to be this from time to time. Sometimes it even gets a little [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy dangerous]].
* TheGimmick: Compare SilverAge me with ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' me, and you'll see how far I can go while still staying in the same gimmick.
* 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!
* GoKartingWithBowser: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX3DaDoRyVU What, you don't like surfing?]] And [[TropeNamer turtle guy]] wishes he was the current image for this page.
* {{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! (Now, if I could just get my mitts on Sam Kieth...)
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Wanna know how I got them?
* GoOutWithASmile: Hey, if ya gotta go, you might as well be happy! Here, have a whiff of my flower, you'll know what I'm talking about!
** Matter of fact, [[JackNicholson ol' Jacko]]'s version of me practically said so at [[Film/{{Batman}} the parade]]!
* GroinAttack: It may not be as fatal as a stab or gunshot, but it works, doesn't it? Even ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} knows I can deliver a good kick to the valuables [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/37320/800310-joker_vs_aquaman_01.jpg when given the chance.]]
* HannibalLecture: They named this gag after ''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...).
* HappyDance: What, ya don't like [[Music/{{Prince}} Pri]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tgxIWgJ_DE nce]]? That man has a great taste in [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]].
* HatesBeingTouched: My old boss, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Salvatore Valestria]], found this out the hard way.
* HaveAGayOldTime: [[http://dialbforblog.com/archives/136/ Laugh at MY boner, will you?!]]
* 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.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By My Own Petard]]: [[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 same of being killed by a nobody instead of dying during a fight with ol' Batsy. And to think I fell for a bluff.
* HollywoodAcid: Have a little whiff of my posy. Flowery pun, I know, but...
* HollywoodPsych: According to [[InformedAbility the good doctors]] in Arkham, I'm not Insane, oh nonono. I am Super Sane! It's like [[TourettesShitcockSyndrome Tourette's]] but 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.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The Trickster 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"]].
* HostileShowTakeOver: After [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold teaming up with Bat Guano, joining the races, and killing him with my 5th dimensional powers, this was only the next step.]] Even [[EarthShatteringKaboom blew up]] [[{{Kamandi}} Kamandi's]] [[AfterTheEnd earth]] in the ColdOpening!
* [[HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas How I Stole Christmas]]: During that grand year, TheLongHalloween. While quoting good ol' [[DrSeuss Doc Seuss]], no less!
* HumiliationConga: Less-Than-A-Pennyworth [[Series/{{Batman}} 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...
* HumansAreBastards: Oh, we certainly are. [[http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/joker-finally-killed-batman.jpg I like to think I'm the best in that category]].
* 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 [[AmalgamUniverse amalgamated]] version of me with that name, but who can keep track?
* ImAHumanitarian: What? [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110305010829/villains/images/2/25/Joker-china.png Those Chinamen were really tasty. *Burp*]]
* 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.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: I often have my men prove just how evil they are. Sometimes against each other.
* 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...]]
* [[PreemptiveDeclaration I Kill The Bus Driver]]: In ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. Oh, did I fail to mention that part of the plan? So sorry. NOT!
* ImageSong: Music/{{Prince}} captures me very well on "Electric Chair," if I do say so myself.
* 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?
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes[=/=]IconicOutfit: Hilarious carnage is simply not the same if you're not wearing a purple tux.
** [[BloodIsTheNewBlack Heckuva ordeal to clean, though.]]
* 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]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: I try not to limit myself. [[FlechetteStorm Razor-edged]] [[DeathDealer playing cards]], lethal [[ElectricJoyBuzzer joy buzzers]], [[MadBomber exploding kewpie-dolls]]...
** 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.
*** Oh, and that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold other time]] where I took on Batsy and his [[LaserSword lightsaber]] with a rubber chicken. You can call it stupid, I call it comedy.
** Of course, nothing beats a good old-fashioned [[CrowbarCombatant crow]][[ADeathInTheFamily bar]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: You may want to be on your guard if I ask you to pass the remote.
* IncrediblyLamePun: [[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!]]
* 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.
* [[SanityHasAdvantages Insanity Has Advantages]]: 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)...
** Crane hates this. Can you believe the buffoon actually tried using his fear gas on me? HAHAHAHA!
*** Of course, little Acey-poo showed me that no matter ''how'' wacky you are, there's still new depths to plumb. What a trip that that was...
* InsanityImmunity: Put it this way, I once wore ComicBook/TheMask without any ill effects. Can't lose what ya don't got!
* InstrumentOfMurder: I can do things with a violin bow you would not believe...
* InsultBackfire: People say that I'm a sick, depraved, twisted, evil psychopath. I say "Thank You."
** For example, in ''Arkham Asylum'':
--->'''Batsy:''' Filthy degenerate!\\
'''Me:''' Flattery will get you nowhere.
** On ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''.
--->'''Me:''' Medical Report! Stat!\\
'''Doc:''' Y-you had a bad accident. You're a very sick man!\\
'''Me:''' Flattery won't save you!
** ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}: TheLongHalloween''
--->'''The World's Greatest Defective:''' ''[[YoureInsane You're insane]]!''\\
'''Me:''' Has it really taken you this long to notice?
** One of my oldest cases:
--->'''Boy Blunder:''' You're out of your mind, Joker!\\
'''Me:''' Gloriously so! Isn't it wonderful?
** And an even earlier example in ''The Joker's Five-Way Revenge'' (Batman #251). Yeah, I ''really'' like this trope.
--->'''Guanoman:''' Joker -- you realize you're utterly... hopelessly... insane!\\
'''Me:''' It's my most charming trait!
** Subverted, however, in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
--->'''Gambol:''' You're crazy.\\
'''Me:''' I'm not... No, I'm not.
** Aaaand played straight in TimBurton's ''Batman'':
---> '''Vinnie:''' You're crazy.\\
'''Me:''' Ever hear of the healing power of laughter?
** Later:
--->'''Vicky Vale:''' You're insane...!\\
'''Me:''' ''(feigning surprise)'' I thought I was Pisces.
** And again in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'':
--->'''Henchman:''' You're insane!\\
'''Me:''' I know. I've got a certificate and everything.
** Though it did work [[Film/TheDarkKnight one time]], but it backfired on him in a different way.
--->'''Me:''' Tell your men they work for me now. This is my city.
--->'''The Chechen:''' They won't work for a freak.
--->'''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.]]
*** The novelization made me sound even more commanding to that Chechen fuh-reek's little cronies, and boy, did I sound more menacing there!
--->'''Me:''' This is ''my'' town now. Tell your men they work for ''me''.
--->'''The Chechen:''' They won't work for a freak.
--->''[I throw a knife to one of my men and try not to stab him in the process]''
--->'''Me:''' Cut him up and offer him to his little princes. Let's show him just how loyal a hungry dog is.
* IntercontinuityCrossover: I even [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman/Judge_Dredd_Vol_1_2 faced up]] to [[JudgeDredd Old 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, some people just can't take a joke.
** And, as noted elsewhere on this page, I met CaptainAmerica and teamed-up with the Red Skull 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 [[ThePunisher Frankie Castle]], [[AmalgamUniverse got fused with]] [[{{Wolverine}} the furball called Sabretooth]], and even met [[SpiderMan Spidey]] twice. Sadly, the second time, during ''Marvel vs DC'', it wasn't Petey, but [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider his clone, Benny]].
** Ooh, can't forget [[MortalKombat those crazy kung fu guys]], I sure showed them a thing or two.
** And as noted in "Insanity Immunity", I once put on ''ComicBook/TheMask''! Didn't see hide nor hair of ol' [[JimCarrey Jimbo]], but hey, he'd been riding my coattails all through the Nineties, so...
* IntimidatingRevenueService: I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries but the IRS??]] No, thank you!
* ItAmusedMe: Well, ''[[CaptainObvious duh]]''.
* {{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]].
* JokerImmunity: You can't keep a good clown down! (Except when Jack Nicholson plays me, or when I [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity poison myself with super-steroids]]]].) [[TropeNamer 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.
* JokerJury: Another one named after little ol' me.
* KickTheDog: A robot dog at that.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sometimes [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/587562-old_punt.png Crane needs a reminder]] of who the people fear most.
* 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.
* [[spoiler: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 GoOutWithASmile in [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Monarch Theatre]], or what's underneath it anyways]]. The lesson is, DrugsAreBad -- [[BrokenAesop but only when they are used on you]]. Still, what a DownerEnding, huh? [[spoiler:Fortunately, I'm still kicking everywhere else, and I'm still banking on JokerImmunity and maybe DeathIsCheap in the Arkhamverse. Hopefully.]]
** [[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.
* KnifeNut: [[Film/TheDarkKnight You know why I like knives? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the little emotions.]] You'd be surprised at what people reveal at their last moments. Also, [[{{Rifftrax}} soup tastes better when it's difficult]].
** Of course, if I need must soil my pinkies with a dirty ol' firearm - [[AlwaysChaoticEvil and I must, I]] ''[[AlwaysChaoticEvil absolutely]]'' [[AlwaysChaoticEvil must]] -- [[RevolversAreJustBetter I stick]] [[SawedOffShotgun with the]] [[GatlingGood classics]].
* KryptoniteFactor: 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]].
* KubrickStare: I do enjoy giving folks this look from time to time (especially [[Film/TheDarkKnight that one time]]).
* LackOfEmpathy: Oh, it's always about ''you'', isn't it? What about me, huh? I nearly broke my arm swingin' that crowbar around!
* LargeHam: I may be a ham, but I'm ''good'' at it!
* 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? [[CrazyAwesome Blaze past all five stages of grief 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 a massive CrisisCrossover. Bats pulled the doc's ears and reminded him - cornering a lunatic is just ''begging'' to be mauled.
* LaughablyEvil: Again, ''[[CaptainObvious duh]]''. I don't supply the trope image just because I'm so handsome, you know.
* LaughingMad: [[Film/{{Batman}} Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?]]
* LaughWithMe: And you'd better know when to laugh. I hate it when somebody doesn't get the joke!
* 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]] some boxy-suited 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.)
* LegacyCharacter: 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)]].
* 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.
* LuxuryPrisonSuite: Once upon a time, I used to maintain a minature version of my hide-out beneath my cell in Arkham. Ah, good times.
* 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?]]
* MadArtist: Like [[JackNicholson Jacky-boy]] said in [[Film/{{Batman}} the movie]], I make art until someone ''dies.''
** Then there was that little incident at the Gotham Art Museum -- that Pennyworth stick-in-the-mud put his work in my place, though.
* MadBomber: I'm a man of simple tastes, you know: [[Film/TheDarkKnight gunpowder, dynamite, oh, and explosives]].
* MadHatter: Can't blame me for wearing my little neuroses on my sleeve! I do it better than ol' Jervy!
* 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.
* ManipulativeBastard: Well of course. If you have any doubt, check out [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily my most recent outing.]]
* 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.
* 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.
* MasterPoisoner: You bet yer boots! Say, you look a little pale... [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine more wine?]]
* 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...
** My most famous instance of this occured in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''. Thanks, [[Creator/AlanMoore Alan!]]
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. Two words. [[spoiler:Tim Drake]]. [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Ain't I a stinker?]]
** There was also a certain [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Detective Ethan Bennett]]. Tragically, his [[AxCrazy condition]] was less than permanent.
** [[Film/TheDarkKnight One incarnation of Harvey, Harvey, Harvey Dent.]]
** Some may say this is what I did to Dr. Quinzel. But I say, look at how much ''happier'' she is now!
** Even got to run old Batsy himself through this during my glorious reign as Emperor!
** 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!
** ... [[SincerityMode Once]], [[MartianManhunter that damn Marvin wannabe]] did [[MindHug this]] to me. ''It was not funny''. Making ''me'' sane - who does he think he is?
* MindScrew: I just looooooove messing with you people's heads. Did I mention I'm immune to fear gas & hypnotism?
* 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?
* MoneyToBurn: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/17577/445026-cash_to_burn.jpg Literally.]]
* MonsterClown: One could argue that I'm the prime example of this trope, mentally and physically.
* 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...]]'')
** KickTheMoralityPet: ''Although''... I am gettin' sick of [[PottyFailure all the hyena crap]] around the lair... and she ''has'' foiled [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption more than a few schemes]] [[StopHelpingMe through]] [[SpannerInTheWorks sheer incompetence...]] and [[UnusualEuphemism Jiminy Christmas,]] [[MostAnnoyingSound 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*]]'']]
* 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!]]
* 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.
* MultipleChoicePast: [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke If I'm going to]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight have a past]], [[TropeNamer I prefer it to be that way]].
* MyCard: Strangely, not everyone appreciates the pun.
* 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.
* 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 that time [[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]].
* NamesTheSame: So apparently there's some military stiff in ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' called Joker. And if I don't get the joke, it ain't funny.
* {{Narcissist}}: [[DependingOnTheWriter From time to time]].
* NiceHat: A stylish ''[[http://bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/the-joker.jpg chapeau]]'' is just the thing to top off my memorable outfit.
* 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]]?
* NoFourthWall: And lovin' it! I'll happily chat directly with readers, and I've been doing it for ''years'' before that [[{{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}} Anonymous]] -- in the [[ImageBoard "chan"]] [[{{SelfDemonstrating/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!
* NoNameGiven: What was my name back before that little incident with the vat of chemicals? [[Film/{{Batman}} Jack]]? [[PunnyName Joe]]? [[MultipleChoicePast Y'know, I'm not sure I remember it myself...]]
* NoSenseOfHumor: No, really! In my ''very first'' 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!"]]...
* NotSoDifferent: Batsy and I are two peas in a pod, and I keep trying to show him that. His response is [[ShutUpHannibal predictable]].
* 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!
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga 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.
** [[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 an exploding surprise.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Shut uuuuuup.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Anatomy, and of course good old Engineering, Psychology and Chemistry; all the stuff at boring old school that actually makes life '''fun''' for a prankster like me. The only subjects a genius like me has trouble with is that boring old inter-whatchyouaycallit-net, too much logic. Oh no, I wasn't a teacher's pet, it's quite the other way round actually. As a matter of fact Ms Crabtree over there has been licking water from her dish since I put her "facing your childhood fears" lecture to practice.... on a roller coaster showing the "movies" her daddy made with her back in sweet-16..... [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke I wonder if it will work on Sheriff Gordy.....]]
** And [[JackNicholson Jacky Boy]] likes to imply that I'm also a fella who is gifted in poetry, theatre, literature, and all that lovey dovey, boring pansy stuff..... [[spoiler: Tell anyone I read that Shakespeare sonnet to my Dear Harley and I'll tear you lungs out, buddy boy!!]]
* OneWingedAngel: Not really my thing, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum but]]...
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The Bat is ''mine''. Capiche? And yes, I ''have'' enforced that. Violently.
** That also includes Robins and Batgirls, understand? Black Mask learned that the hard way...
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: I stopped ''laughing?'' As the kids say these days, shit just got ''real.''
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman I decided to give the whole bloodsucker routine a shot.]] [[NightmareFuel Reviews were good.]] ''[[NightmareFuel Real]]'' [[NightmareFuel good]].
** I'm not above playing dress-up as one either. [[Comicbook/{{Justice}} Especially when my fellow villains don't invite me to their party.]]
*** I've even heard tell that [[SpaceIsAnOcean off in the glittering cosmos,]] [[TheMultiverse on Earth-Eleventy-Whatever]], I led [[NightOfTheLivingMooks a whole army of Dracs,]] even though I [[BadassNormal never got switched!]] Of course, the poor fella's [[DeaderThanDead dead as disco now]], buuuut... he ''was'' [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath bumped off]] [[ThouShaltNotKill by Bat-Fink,]] so [[HeWhoFightsMonsters points for effort!]]
* OutsideContextVillain: In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Bats and the police are in a fight against the mobs. Neither side sees me coming...
* ParentalAbuse: I might have suffered this... [[MultipleChoicePast or not. Honestly, even I can't remember anymore.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: My ultimate goal: To make Batsy stop with all this "No Killing" nonsense and give me the ultimate finale. Can't see why he's so stubborn. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs The Big Blue Boy Scout caught on pretty quick.]] Ow.]]
* PerpetualSmiler: I'm a happy guy...
* PetTheDog: Alright, alright! There have been occasions ('''very''' infrequent occasions) where I might throw ol' Batsy a bone (shut ''[[AccidentalInnuendo up]]'') and played nice. But ''keep your fat mouth'' '''SHUT''' ''about it!'' [[CardCarryingVillain I have a reputation to maintain!]]
** The novelization of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where I slipped an old lady a hundred-dollar bill. Of course, that may have been me practicing for my big confrontation with Bats down the line, to try to imitate his every move so as to confuse him, which would help to drive an ordinary person mad... [[ForegoneConclusion wait a second, Bats is no ordinary person!]] That, or I got tired of waiting around for my henchmen to pick me up and had nothing better to do to pass the time.
* PieInTheFace: Batman's favorite present had to be the pie I gave him in the Christmas episode of the animated series.
* {{Pirate}}: The actual pirate, not those illegal downloading kinds. And in my expert opinion, [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/37320/800288-519px_laughing_man_01.jpg I looked damn good.]]
* PistolWhipping: Guns aren't too quick in this case, Heathy boy. I'm indiscriminate when beating someone with a gun, [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/9506/303068-199581-joker.jpg even if it's my dear Harley.]]
* PokeThePoodle: I'm not above [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=815:the-joker-steals-some-kids-report-card-seriously&catid=30:frames-and-panels-index&Itemid=34 stealing a kid's report card]] when I'm feeling down. Just as long as it makes someone ''else'' feel worse.
** Behold, if you dare... [[http://www.comics101.com/comics101//images/view.php?src=../news/Comics%20101/63/paint.jpg&w= the time I lowered Bruce Wayne's property values!]] [[LaughingMad HAHAHAHAHA]]''[[LaughingMad HA!]]''
* {{Poker}}: I play from time to time, whether it be with those other villains or even Bruce Wayne. I'd call Wayne a cheater but...
* PoliceAreUseless, unless his last name is Gordon.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: I still think the movie [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/635816-long_hair.png "The Death of Batman"]] would be a smashing hit.
* PsychopathicManchild: In the end, I'm just somebody who enjoys a good joke or a game or two! I don't need a reason, it's just fun!
* PungeonMaster: I happen to ''like'' jokes. In case y'know, you hadn't figured it out by now.
* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: And how! Honestly, can you imagine me dressed in any other color?
* PutOnABus: I appeared in the very first issue of Detective Comics published in our brave [[{{New 52}} DCNu]] [[Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} world]], only to let the Dollmaker cut off my face and hang it on a wall. Suppose I should get around to having that sucker stapled back on one of these days...
** TheBusCameBack: I might have not [[JustForPun shown my face]] in Gotham again, but I've been back since October 2012, kids!
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: Deary me! Is this a TropeNamer I [[RhymesOnADime see]]? Also, my dear little Harley says [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries I put the "fun" back in funeral]].
* RealityWarper: Emperor Joker, huh? Why so formal? Simply call me [[OverlyLongGag Your Maniacal Majesty Who Hijacked Ol' Mxy's Powers And Almost Caused The Multiverse To Snap In Half Like A Dry Twig...]]
* RedBaron: Ooh, it seems my reputation precedes me! Let's see here... I've been called [[PunBasedTitle The Clown Prince of Crime,]] [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal The Harlequin of Hate,]] [[LeanAndMean The Thin White Duke of Death,]] [[OverlyLongGag The Ace of Knaves,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Maurice]][[Music/SteveMillerBand ...]]
* RemovedFromThePicture: It would be interesting to know exactly how many times I've [[DeathIsCheap "died"]] over the years.
* {{Retirony}}: My father was a cop, who was one week from retirement when the mob killed him. [[MultipleChoicePast At least, that's what I told]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Doctor Young...]]
* TheReveal: Hands up. Who was expecting [[spoiler:''me'' to be Oberon Sexton in ol' [[GrantMorrisonsBatman Grant]]'s ''Batman and Robin'', eh]]? See, I ''like'' people who get the joke...
** Over in [[Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} one particularly lovely little hellhole]], [[spoiler: I'm dear old Martha Wayne.]] I like the way this world thinks.
* RobotBuddy: [[http://www.pop-cult.net/Wikitainment/images/thumb/4/40/BTAS-Captain_Clown.jpg/300px-BTAS-Captain_Clown.jpg Good old Captain Clown!]]
* RoboticSpouse: [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8UyIAxpeXAM/0.jpg Honey, I'm home!]]
* SadClown: You ever hear of the one about [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke that loser who lost his wife, his baby and his face all in one day?]] You too? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! [[spoiler:*shoots troper, dances to shadows and silently sheds a SingleTear before laughing again*]]
* SanitySlippage: Depending on which story you believe, a slip is what caused my sanity slippage.
* SarcasticClapping: [[Film/TheDarkKnight At Chief Jimmy's promotion]].
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When my old boss, Sal Valestra, thought that Ol' Batsy was after him, he offered me a BriefcaseFullOfMoney to finish him off. My response?
-->"What do I look like? Pest control?"
** And of course, I made it perfectly clear in '''TheDarkKnight'''...
-->"All you care about is money. This town deserves a better class of criminal; and I'm gonna give it to 'em."
-->"It's not about money, it's about sending a message; everything burns."
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[MultipleChoicePast Depending on my]] ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold past du jour.]]'' ... And then there's [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker little J.J]].
* SerialKiller: I don't kill people randomly. I only kill people when it's funny.
* ShadowArchetype: Oh yes. I'm the yin to Batsy's yang.
* ShootYourMate: I even had one of my {{Mooks}} crush another with a school bus!
* ShoutOut: Oh you know me, a quick reference is always good for a gag. Like that one time I got mixed up with [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse those kung fu whackos]]. When I found out who was behind it, well, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny_epS_zXLI I just couldn't resist]].
* ShowSomeLeg: I wanted to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries make sure Harley saw me, 'kay?]] [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries I was due to have a very important business meeting with]] SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor, you know. Who was trapped, I mean, waiting in the back of the limo she was driving.
* ShutUpHannibal: I've been on the receiving end. Most often from the Crazy Chiroptera, the Turd Migratorius, and the Cute Chiroptera; but more than once from ''a criminal''! I just don't get it. How can anyone honestly believe good and evil exist when I've proven beyond reasonable doubt that they don't?
* ShutUpKirk: DidYouReallyBelieve I would go straight?
* SissyVillain: I'm ''sure'' I don't know what you're talking about, darling.
** [[FrankMiller Miller Time]], [[SarcasmMode God bless 'is heart]], took [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive this simple little concept]] and [[TheDarkKnightReturns ran it]] [[UpToEleven into the freakin' end zone]]. [[NoodleImplements Poison lipstick]]? ''[[MemeticMutation Balls]]'' [[{{Squick}} nasty.]]
* SlasherSmile: See [[http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Conrad%20Veidt,%20from%20The%20Man%20Who%20Laughs.jpg this cheerful fellow?]] My very own dashing good looks were modelled on him.
** [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/assets/images/covers/1311764499_cvr.jpg Detective Comics #880]] shows what I look like when I'm [[NightmareFuel high off my own joker gas.]]
* SmugSmiler: Mostly around Bats and Jimmy. [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/2/27775/635814-fearless_super.png Especially Jimmy]].
* SnuffFilm: What, you think I ''wouldn't'' try my hand at something like this? My attempt at becoming a cinematic auteur was to be entitled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Man Who Killed Batman]], although unfortunately I had a number of "creative differences" with my star. Old Batsy can be ''such'' a prima donna at times...
* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy: So [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity the titan incident ended badly for me]], but apparently I [[{{Squick}} left a little present cooking inside of Harley.]] ]]
* SplitPersonality: One of the many theories as to why my actions are so random and varied is because I have Multiple Personality Disorder, like good old [[TwoFaced Denty]].
* SpringCoil: I once [[Series/{{Batman}} loaded one into the prison yard to get me out of the clink, in the middle of a ballgame, no less]].
** For some reason, Lexie didn't think the whole "booby-trap the coffins of your latest rampage's victims with springs to turn them into a wave of Jack-in-the-Boxes at their funerals" was funny at all. Can't imagine why.
* StrawNihilist: Nope, not [[ScaryScarecrows Craney]]. I learned an important lesson a long time ago, one that makes this whole crazy, screwed-up world make sense: ''nothing'' makes sense. It's all just one big joke! But you guys, you don't get that -- so I've got to show you. [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke One way]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight or another.]]
** RousseauWasRight: And those times that people didn't take to the lesson don't count, damn it!
* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: No one can say I don't give my all to the joke.
* SuicideByCop: Case in point. During the [[CrisisCrossover Last Laugh]] storyline, {{Nightwing}} (Robin #1 for those keeping score) did me in. However, Batsy ruined the fun bringing me back because he didn't want his [[HoYay boyfri]]-I mean, ex-sidekick to be a murderer. Still, wished I’d filmed it though.
* TakingYouWithMe: Think I won't do it? I can and I ''would'' have, along with all of Gotham, when [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Carnage tried to kill Bats]]. (And he almost wet his pants, too. All I ever got from that guy was a big laugh.)
* ThemedAliases: I generally use either re-arrangements of my name, such as Rekoj, J. Reko, Joe Kerr, or famous clowns like Bozo, Krusty or Pagliacci.
* ThemeSerialKiller: I've done this on occasion, when it seemed like a fun thing to do.
* TheyWereHoldingYouBack: If only Bats' would stop worrying about his so-called "Bat-Family" and focus more on little old me.
* TooKinkyToTorture: But you're welcome to try...
* TopOneHundredComicBookVillains: I can't believe I'm second banana to some [[{{SelfDemonstrating/Magneto}} walking magnet with a bucket on his head]]! What's he do, erase all your old video tapes? Are people ''that'' attached to their copies of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''?
* {{Troll}}: It's fun making people mad!
* UglyGuyHotWife: Harley and I are like ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast.'' Of course, [[BaitAndSwitch if anyone else calls her beast, I'll rip their lungs out]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Flyboy]] thought it'd not take more than a radiation-proof suit [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries to prevent me from using his KryptoniteFactor on him]]. If at least Batsy didn't get in the way. And [[SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor Lexy]] saw my inability to handle Bats as a reason to believe I couldn't kill Supes. Well, that's what allowed Batsy to stop me, so Lexy wasn't completely wrong. For once.
* UnexpectedInheritance: I didn't expect to inherit Barlowe's money. [[spoiler:It changed once I learned the [[IntimidatingRevenueService catch]].]]
* UnhandThemVillain: [[Film/TheDarkKnight Ohhh, very poor choice of words...]]
* VictoryIsBoring: A lot of folks say that I could have killed Bats a long time ago, but I never have because this whole thing is fun. What can I say? IT IS!
* VillainBall: Yes, even I make mistakes occasionally.
* TheVillainMakesThePlot: And ''damn'', am I good or what?
* VillainousBreakdown: I admit it. Even the greatest among us can't keep from going a little ''crazier'' from time to time. My most notable one was probably when [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Bat Fake]] mocked me. But can you blame me? Ol' Bruce never said anything [[HannibalLecture like what that punk said!]]
** There was this one time... I was holding the Philosopher's Stone... just waiting to remake the world in my glorious image... and then [[MartianManhunter that damn green guy]] did something to me. Something 'orrible. Something I don't '''want''' to remember. Methinks he may have made me -- gasp! SANE! Fortunately, it did not last.
** [[Film/TheDarkKnight When you're trying to prove that evil is stronger than good]], it is really off-putting to be derailed by [[spoiler:a criminal who's gone straight while in the jug]].
** Then there was the time I [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold accidentally got all the powers of that freaky fanboy Bat-Mite]], [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar killed Batsy repeatedly]], and finally decided to hop into his mind and loosen a few screws! Unfortunately, it all goes horribly wrong and Guanoman shows me my worst fear: [[spoiler: not having an arch-nemesis to keep me company and therefore being... normal!]]. Oooooh, I hate to even THINK about it!
* VillainousCrush: Ah, [[Film/{{Batman}} Miss Vale... she was gonna trade up, you know.]] And in issue four of my self titled mag I fell for, of all people, BlackCanary. Twas during a time she was more a damsel for that [[GreenArrow Batman wannabe]] to rescue however.
* VillainousHarlequin: Less serious works like ''Series/{{Batman}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' depict me like this. Just so long as I have a smile on my face! Well, that and whats-her-name.
* VillainSong: I finally had one in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold's'' adaptation of ''Emperor Joker'' called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuvvxll_sxc "Where's the Fun in That?"]]
** And then there was [[http://www.4shared.com/file/15260005/7d8a0d68/jokerssong.html the one Jimmy Steinman wrote for me]] in that [[TheMusical musical]] they never got around to making.
** Then there's [[LetsDuet Harley and Monkey-Me]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPlYyYu2ucM livin' it up]] and [[NotADate out on the town]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''. Notable for [[OlderThanTheyThink not actually being an original song,]] and for being the last time [[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight a consummate professional like me]] does [[SillyLoveSongs a friggin' duet.]]
** And then there was the number I sang for that old fart Gordon in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''. (That's right, I sang an original song in a comic.) Shame, really – if only [[Creator/AlanMoore Al]] had included, say, [[ComicBook/VForVendetta a piano,]] maybe you'd know what it sounded like!
** TheGreatLukeSki wrote [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-pQ-lv-N9M "House Party at Arkham Asylum"]] for me.
** Oh, and there's that one time I did my own spin on a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veju4PxhuGc certain Christmas carol]]. I'm sure most of you will sing along with me!
** And now I have [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/5286-Jokers-Song-Batman-Arkham-City this]] lovely number.
** And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sok5vFjSN7c&feature=autoplay&list=PL66A1A5413B5E90F8&playnext=13&shuffle=486852 "Deranged"]] by Music/CoheedAndCambria is all about bats and me!
** Even [[Series/{{Batman}} Cesar Romero]] did me justice with a [[http://youtu.be/59mGS1rDsx4?t=1m2s sprightly little ditty]] worthy of me.
* VillainTeamUp: For some reason, my fellow baddies [[EvenEvilHasStandards don't like hanging with the J-man]]. Well, except maybe good ol' [[SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor Lex]], and he makes a great StraightMan.
** When other villains gather and try to scare each other, they tell Joker stories.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sure, we try and beat the crap out of each other whenever we get together, but truth be told, I consider ol' Batsy one of my closest pals.
* WarOnCops: With Knightfall and ''The Dark Knight'' standing out as major examples.
* WaterSourceTampering: I frequently plot to slip Joker-venom into Gotham's water supply.
** Then there was the time I turned the water supply into ''jelly''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: I could have been a part of the LegionOfDoom in ''[[SuperFriends Challenge Of The Super Friends]]'', but as it turned out, I was in ''TheNewAdventuresOfBatman'' instead. Their loss as far as I'm concerned. I mean, they had Bizarro of all people! He's not a menace, he's a nuisance! And don't get me started on The Riddler. Why him as the Bat's counterpart? I mean really, riddles are boring, not to mention too easy for the Bat to solve. Where's the fun in that?
** Then again, in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', they wised up and included me among their ranks. THAT was one heck of a baseball game.
* WhosLaughingNow: Admittedly, only one time in my life (or rather my next life), did [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond somebody]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker get the better of me]] when it came to getting under other people's skin. And that ended up as quite a "shocker!"
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: ''Just shoot him?'' The death of Batman must be nothing less than a masterpiece! The triumph of my sheer comic genius over his ridiculous mask and gadgets!
** [[SubvertedTrope Oh, what the heck!]] I mean, [[TemptingFate it's not like he's gonna wriggle out of...]] [[spoiler:[[PiranhaProblem AAAAAAAAGH!]] [[ThatsGottaHurt Ow, ow, ow, OUCH!]]]]
* WildMassGuessing: My MultipleChoicePast tends to do that. Hell, one of the best EpilepticTrees I've heard is that I used to be some kid named [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]]! Not that I'm giving you any hints....
* WickedCultured: I've taken a few aliases from [[Theatre/{{Pagliacci}} opera]].
* WomanScorned: Huh? Where'd you hear that? Harley would never hurt me! Even if I did try to... Uh... [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Replace her...]] And even if she did, she'd never get away with it... And... (Guh, I'm a lousy liar...)
* WouldHitAGirl: And with a smile, kiddies! [[DomesticAbuse Just ask dear ol' Harl if ya don't believe me.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Why should adults have all the fun?
* WolverinePublicity: My face was made for the spotlight! I can't help if I'm so marketable! They've even got my face on ''shoes'' for crying out loud!
* XanatosBackfire: 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!
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Well, you gotta have it when you take a bath in toxic ooze, anyway.
* YoureInsane: [[InsultBackfire Ain't it glorious?]]
* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: Ah yes, your little observation that I use this a lot is quite fitting, especially if you got it from ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. I use it at least six times in that movie.
-->'''Joker:''' ''(to the organized crime community)'' Look, I know why you choose to have your little group therapy sessions in broad daylight...\\
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'''Joker:''' ''(to the organized crime community)'' Soon little Gambol here won't be able to get a nickel for his grandma.\\
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'''Joker:''' ''(to Batman)'' You just take off your little mask and show us all who you really are, hmm?\\
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'''Joker:''' ''(to Batman)'' Does Harvey know about you and his little bunny?\\
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'''Joker:''' ''(to Harvey Dent)'' They're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. ''(referring to the police and the organized crime community alike)''\\
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'''Joker:''' ''(to Harvey Dent)'' I just took your little plan and I turned it on itself.

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[[YMMV/TheJoker Plus, there are]] [[Awesome/TheJoker other aspects]] [[Funny/TheJoker to me that you can]] [[Heartwarming/TheJoker figure out for yourselves]].

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Ahh, that was fun, but I really should be going. I'm late for Battyman's funeral. Wish you could come, but this jet pack only holds one! [[BorrowedCatchPhrase Up, up... and AWAAAAAAAAYYYYY!]] [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!]]
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