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Recap / The Batman S 5 E 8 The Metal Face Of Comedy

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With the help of a hacker, Joker's mind is downloaded into a computer, enabling him to control the new WayneTech Nanobots. This creates a new and improved body who attempts to destroy Batman, Robin, and the original Joker.


Tropes for this episode include:

  • Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Joker 2.0 is able to change size thanks to the self-replicating nanobots he’s made up of.
  • Delirious Misidentification: After getting electrocuted by Marty’s modified helmet, it leaves Joker pretty disoriented to say the least.
    Joker: (as Batman is shining a penlight into his eye) Harley, what happened to your hair?
  • Don't Ask: Averted when Joker first meets Joker 2.0 after escaping the hospital.
    Joker: I’m not even going to ask… (points at Marty) since I’m sure this is one of your snafus!
  • Evil Doppelgänger: Joker 2.0 is this to Joker.
  • Kill and Replace: Joker 2.0 attempts this on his original, and threatens to do the same to Joker’s gang if they don’t keep in line.
  • Lying Finger Cross: Both Joker and Joker 2.0 do this when they agree to work together. It goes about as well as one would expect.
  • Mythology Gag: Robin’s online gaming avatar’s costume looks exactly like the one Nightwing had back in the Silver Age.
  • Online Alias: On the online game he’s playing, Robin’s is his future hero name, Nightwing, while Marty’s is Captain Slash.

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