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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne [[spoiler: Bruce ultimately defeats Azrael, ending his reign of terror and saving Gotham. Bruce ends up surrendering Gotham, then surrenders himself to the GCPD for all of his actions and donates all of his money to the city. Bullock gets promoted to Sergeant and the GCPD starts to recruit vigilantes into their force. As Bruce prepares for his trial, he seeks to talk to a certain someone who's been assigned to guard his cell -- Jason Todd.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne ultimately defeats Azrael, ending his reign of terror and saving Gotham. Bruce ends up surrendering himself to the GCPD for all of his actions and donates all of his money to the city. Bullock becomes Commissioner and the GCPD starts to recruit vigilantes into their force. As Bruce prepares for his trial, he seeks to talk to a certain someone who's been assigned to guard his cell -- Jason Todd.]]
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** [[spoiler:Ultimately defied. When Bruce ends up revealing his identity to Gotham and the world, the one thing that ''does'' happen is that Bruce goes to jail. He willingly surrenders his money to be distributed to all of Gotham, Wayne Enterprises is restructured under Lucius Fox's eye and the GCPD willingly accepts vigilantes into the force.]]
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* CharacterRerailment: In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'', the Joker was presented as a mischievous prankster fanboy who wasn’t as bad as the main universe counterpart, and that the Gotham police had little evidence of him involved with serious crimes. Here, his plots are more dangerous and he plans to undo the work that his alter ego Jack had done combating exposing corruption in Gotham and he brings in Jean-Paul Valley, helping him become the murderous Azrael.
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* CharacterRerailment: In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'', the Joker was presented as a mischievous prankster fanboy who wasn’t as bad as the main universe counterpart, and that the Gotham police had little evidence of him involved with serious crimes. Here, his plots are more dangerous and dangerous, he plans to undo the work that his alter ego Jack had done combating exposing corruption in Gotham and he brings in Jean-Paul Valley, helping him become the murderous Azrael.
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* BigBad: The Joker with Azrael acting as TheDragon. [[spoiler:After Harley kills Joker, Azrael is set to take over as the BigBad for the rest of the story.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While fighting Azrael in #Issue 4, Batman states that the Waynes are the rightful protectors of Gotham and always will be, which prompts Azrael to respond "I agree". [[spoiler: This foreshadows the reveal that Bakkar is Bruce's ancestor and that Azrael is really a Wayne.]]
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** Issue #6, [[spoiler: The truth is that Bakkar is actually Bruce’s ancestor, and that he killed Edmond Wayne and stole his identity to rebuild Gotham Valley into Gotham City. Harley also shoots Joker, killing both him and Jack.]]
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* CharacterRerailment: In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'', the Joker was presented as a mischievous prankster fanboy who wasn’t as bad as the main universe counterpart, that the Gotham police had little evidence of him involved with serious crimes. Here his plots are more dangerous and he plans to undo the work that his alter ego Jack had done combating exposing corruption in Gotham and he brings in Jean-Paul helming him become the murderous Azrael.
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* CharacterRerailment: In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'', the Joker was presented as a mischievous prankster fanboy who wasn’t as bad as the main universe counterpart, and that the Gotham police had little evidence of him involved with serious crimes. Here Here, his plots are more dangerous and he plans to undo the work that his alter ego Jack had done combating exposing corruption in Gotham and he brings in Jean-Paul helming Valley, helping him become the murderous Azrael.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: In Issue #6, Jack gains control long enough to try and kill himself, on the grounds that Joker will never leave Harley and their children alone. When the Joker won't let Jack do it, he begs Harley to instead, and she does.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: This series doesn't pull ''any'' punches; Azrael kills Gordon at the end of Issue #3, then in Issue #5, he decapitates Bane before going on to murder just about the rest of the Rogues Gallery minus Joker.]] [[spoiler: Then Harley shoots Joker at the end of Issue #6, killing both him and Jack at Jack's request.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: This series doesn't pull ''any'' punches; Azrael kills Gordon at the end of Issue #3, then in Issue #5, he decapitates Bane before going on to murder just about the rest of the Rogues Gallery minus Joker.]] [[spoiler: Then Harley shoots Joker at the end of Issue #6, killing both him and Jack at Jack's request.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: This series doesn't pull ''any'' punches; Azrael kills Gordon at the end of Issue #3, then in Issue #5, he decapitates Bane before going on to murder just about the rest of the Rogues Gallery minus Joker.]] [[spoiler: Then Harley shoots Joker at the end of Issue #6, killing both him and Jack at Jack's request.]]
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** Issue #2, [[spoiler: Joker crashes and Jim Gordon's campaign and outs his daughter as Batgirl to the public]], [[spoiler: Batman discovers that Harley is pregnant,]] and [[spoiler: Azrael has the Mad Hatter hack the Batcave, completely destroying Wayne Manor.]]
** Issue #3 is where [[spoiler: Azrael kills Jim Gordon]] and [[spoiler: Harley goes into labor]].
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** Issue #2, [[spoiler: Joker crashes and Jim Gordon's mayoral campaign and outs his daughter as Batgirl to the public]], [[spoiler: Batman discovers that Harley is pregnant,]] and [[spoiler: Azrael has the Mad Hatter hack the Batcave, completely destroying it and Wayne Manor.]]
** Issue #3 is where [[spoiler: Azrael killsJim Gordon]] and [[spoiler: Harley goes into labor]].
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* MuggingTheMonster: After failing to blackmail Bruce into going along with the Elites' plan, Ruth simply tries hiring Jean-Paul Valley to replace him. When that doesn't work out due to Valley's tremendous zealotry, she instead hires Bane to dispose of him. Unfortunately, Azrael manages to kill Bane, and tremendously pissed with Ruth, he simply trusses her up and threatens to light her up with his FlamingSword unless she gives him the names of her bosses.
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* MuggingTheMonster: After failing to blackmail Bruce into going along with the Elites' plan, Ruth simply tries hiring Jean-Paul Valley to replace him. When that doesn't work out due to Valley's tremendous zealotry, she instead hires Bane to dispose of him. Unfortunately, Azrael manages to kill Bane, and tremendously pissed with Ruth, he simply trusses her up and threatens to light her up with his FlamingSword unless she gives him the names of her bosses.clients.
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** Batman and Harley try and appeal to Jack Napier buried deep in the Joker and fail every time. It is not until she brings her newborn children for him to see in Issue #5 is Jack's personality able to surface long enough to tell her where the Blood Angels are hiding and the dying message Laffy wrote in his crypt.
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** Batman and Harley try and appeal to Jack Napier Napier's personality, buried deep in the Joker Joker, and fail every time. It is not until she brings her newborn children for him to see in Issue #5 that Jack is Jack's personality able to surface long enough to tell her where the Blood Angels are hiding and the dying message Laffy wrote in his crypt.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by Gordon after he finds out Barbara is Batgirl. It never occurred to him that he was working alongside his daughter for years just because of a dinky little DominoMask that did nothing to hide her identity.]]
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* RealityEnsues: Bruce, deeply affected by the events of ''White Knight'', plans to reveal that he's Batman to Gotham. Ruth, the creator of the Batman Devastation Fund and the woman who represents the people who profit off of Bruce's crusade, spells out to him exactly what would happen if he did.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: This series doesn't pull ''any'' punches; Azrael kills Gordon at the end of Issue #3, then in Issue #5, he decapitates Bane before going on to murder just about the rest of the Rogues Gallery minus Joker.]]
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-->'''Ruth''': First, the stock in your companies would plummet as the FBI seized your assets and arrested you for terrorism. ''Thousands'' of people would lose their jobs-- Not just your employees, but ''workers all over the city'' as you send Gotham's economy into a tailspin, resulting in even more crime and poverty. THEN you'd lose your entire fortune as you accumulated hundreds of assault charges from decades of vigilantism. Everyone you ever worked with would be charged with aiding and abetting, '''including the entire GCPD'''. You'd '''BEG''' to go to prison-- Because that's the only way you'd be safe from the dozens of super-criminals who will seek revenge.
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-->'''Ruth''': First, the stock in your companies would plummet as the FBI seized your assets and arrested you for terrorism. ''Thousands'' of people would lose their jobs-- Not just your employees, but ''workers all over the city'' as you send Gotham's economy into a tailspin, resulting in even more crime and poverty. THEN ''Then'' you'd lose your entire fortune as you accumulated hundreds of assault charges from decades of vigilantism. Everyone you ever worked with would be charged with aiding and abetting, '''including the entire GCPD'''. You'd '''BEG''' to go to prison-- Because that's the only way you'd be safe from the dozens of super-criminals who will seek revenge.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: This series doesn't pull ''any'' punches; Azrael kills Gordon at the end of Issue #3, then in Issue #5, he decapitates Bane before going on to murder just about the rest of the Rogues Gallery minus Joker.]]
* RealityEnsues: Bruce, deeply affected by the events of ''White Knight'', plans to reveal that he's Batman to Gotham. Ruth, the creator of the Batman Devastation Fund, spells out to him exactly what would happen if he did.
-->'''Ruth''': First, the stock in your companies would plummet as the FBI seized your assets and arrested you for terrorism. ''Thousands'' of people would lose their jobs-- Not just your employees, but ''workers all over the city'' as you send Gotham's economy into a tailspin, resulting in even more crime and poverty. THEN you'd lose your entire fortune as you accumulated hundreds of assault charges from decades of vigilantism. Everyone you ever worked with would be charged with aiding and abetting, '''including the entire GCPD'''. You'd '''BEG''' to go to prison-- Because that's the only way you'd be safe from the dozens of super-criminals who will seek revenge.
-->'''Ruth''': First, the stock in your companies would plummet as the FBI seized your assets and arrested you for terrorism. ''Thousands'' of people would lose their jobs-- Not just your employees, but ''workers all over the city'' as you send Gotham's economy into a tailspin, resulting in even more crime and poverty. THEN you'd lose your entire fortune as you accumulated hundreds of assault charges from decades of vigilantism. Everyone you ever worked with would be charged with aiding and abetting, '''including the entire GCPD'''. You'd '''BEG''' to go to prison-- Because that's the only way you'd be safe from the dozens of super-criminals who will seek revenge.
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In this explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'' from writer/artist Creator/SeanMurphy, ComicBook/TheJoker recruits ComicBook/{{Azrael}} to help him expose a shocking secret from the Wayne family's legacy—and to run Gotham City into the ground! As Batman rushes to protect the city and his loved ones from danger, the mystery of his ancestry unravels, dealing a devastating blow to the Dark Knight. Exciting new villains and unexpected allies will clash in this unforgettable chapter of the White Knight saga—and the truth about the blood they shed will shake Gotham to its core!
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!!''Batman: Curse of the White Knight'' contains examples of:
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: The moment the Joker sees that [[spoiler: Harley was pregnant]], he correctly guesses that [[spoiler: she is having twins.]]
* BiblicalMotifs: Azrael's spec ops team the Blood Angels runs on this, each of them having code names based off of different angels (Azrael, Gabriel, Michael, etc).
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]] was the one who gave Alfred the journal that revealed the truth behind the Wayne family fortune to give to Bruce.]]
* DramaticIrony: The Joker could not help but note the {{Irony}} that his children were born in the crypt where Laffy was buried, the place where his persona (and by extension, the legendary history between him and Batman) was born.
* FlamingSword: The Joker gives Azrael a sword lined with napalm that ignites instantly with the push of a button.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: It is revealed that the defining moment where Jack Napier became the Joker was when he discovered the "joke" that Laffy wrote on the walls in his dying moments. When Jack Napier has a MomentOfLucidity and tells Harley about it, he makes her promise not to tell Batman for fear that the same thing would happen to him.]]
* HistoryRepeats: It is revealed that the Joker was inspired by Lafayette "Laffy" Arkham (who the Joker actually bears a resemblance too), who has a long-standing conflict and was killed by Bruce's ancestor Edmond Wayne who wielded a whip ''made from bat-leather''.
* IfJesusThenAliens: Barbara thinks that Laffy actually could have been a vampire, arguing that [[SeenItAll all sorts of weird things prowl the streets of Gotham City and that vampires wouldn't be the weirdest]].
* LooksLikeOrlok: Lafayette "Laffy" Arkham was a noble that ran Fort Arkham in the 17th century who suffered from consumption and a spinal hump caused by arthritic inflammation. He would eventually be given a HistoricalVillainUpgrade over the years, with rumors saying that he was a vampire that hunted children.
* MomentOfLucidity: Two in the case of Joker and Jack Napier.
** Harley reveals that she created the pills that temporarily cured Jack after she was received a three of diamonds card (representing Harley herself) with a note written on it that said "Don't give up on me. -J".
** Batman and Harley try and appeal to Jack Napier buried deep in the Joker and fail every time. It is not until she brings her newborn children for him to see in Issue #5 is Jack's personality able to surface long enough to tell her where the Blood Angels are hiding and the dying message Laffy wrote in his crypt.
* WhamEpisode:
** Issue #2, [[spoiler: Joker crashes and Jim Gordon's campaign and outs his daughter as Batgirl to the public]], [[spoiler: Batman discovers that Harley is pregnant,]] and [[spoiler: Azrael has the Mad Hatter hack the Batcave, completely destroying Wayne Manor.]]
** Issue #3 is where [[spoiler: Azrael kills Jim Gordon]] and [[spoiler: Harley goes into labor]].
** In Issue #5, [[spoiler: Azrael (now in his own batsuit) walks into Arkham and slaughters all fo the inmates.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: After [[spoiler: Joker reveals that his own daughter was Batgirl]], Jim gives her and Batman a serious dressing down for not telling him and for Bruce backing out on his promise to unmask himself to the public.
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In this explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'' from writer/artist Creator/SeanMurphy, ComicBook/TheJoker recruits ComicBook/{{Azrael}} to help him expose a shocking secret from the Wayne family's legacy—and to run Gotham City into the ground! As Batman rushes to protect the city and his loved ones from danger, the mystery of his ancestry unravels, dealing a devastating blow to the Dark Knight. Exciting new villains and unexpected allies will clash in this unforgettable chapter of the White Knight saga—and the truth about the blood they shed will shake Gotham to its core!
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!!''Batman: Curse of the White Knight'' contains examples of:
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: The moment the Joker sees that [[spoiler: Harley was pregnant]], he correctly guesses that [[spoiler: she is having twins.]]
* BiblicalMotifs: Azrael's spec ops team the Blood Angels runs on this, each of them having code names based off of different angels (Azrael, Gabriel, Michael, etc).
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]] was the one who gave Alfred the journal that revealed the truth behind the Wayne family fortune to give to Bruce.]]
* DramaticIrony: The Joker could not help but note the {{Irony}} that his children were born in the crypt where Laffy was buried, the place where his persona (and by extension, the legendary history between him and Batman) was born.
* FlamingSword: The Joker gives Azrael a sword lined with napalm that ignites instantly with the push of a button.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: It is revealed that the defining moment where Jack Napier became the Joker was when he discovered the "joke" that Laffy wrote on the walls in his dying moments. When Jack Napier has a MomentOfLucidity and tells Harley about it, he makes her promise not to tell Batman for fear that the same thing would happen to him.]]
* HistoryRepeats: It is revealed that the Joker was inspired by Lafayette "Laffy" Arkham (who the Joker actually bears a resemblance too), who has a long-standing conflict and was killed by Bruce's ancestor Edmond Wayne who wielded a whip ''made from bat-leather''.
* IfJesusThenAliens: Barbara thinks that Laffy actually could have been a vampire, arguing that [[SeenItAll all sorts of weird things prowl the streets of Gotham City and that vampires wouldn't be the weirdest]].
* LooksLikeOrlok: Lafayette "Laffy" Arkham was a noble that ran Fort Arkham in the 17th century who suffered from consumption and a spinal hump caused by arthritic inflammation. He would eventually be given a HistoricalVillainUpgrade over the years, with rumors saying that he was a vampire that hunted children.
* MomentOfLucidity: Two in the case of Joker and Jack Napier.
** Harley reveals that she created the pills that temporarily cured Jack after she was received a three of diamonds card (representing Harley herself) with a note written on it that said "Don't give up on me. -J".
** Batman and Harley try and appeal to Jack Napier buried deep in the Joker and fail every time. It is not until she brings her newborn children for him to see in Issue #5 is Jack's personality able to surface long enough to tell her where the Blood Angels are hiding and the dying message Laffy wrote in his crypt.
* WhamEpisode:
** Issue #2, [[spoiler: Joker crashes and Jim Gordon's campaign and outs his daughter as Batgirl to the public]], [[spoiler: Batman discovers that Harley is pregnant,]] and [[spoiler: Azrael has the Mad Hatter hack the Batcave, completely destroying Wayne Manor.]]
** Issue #3 is where [[spoiler: Azrael kills Jim Gordon]] and [[spoiler: Harley goes into labor]].
** In Issue #5, [[spoiler: Azrael (now in his own batsuit) walks into Arkham and slaughters all fo the inmates.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: After [[spoiler: Joker reveals that his own daughter was Batgirl]], Jim gives her and Batman a serious dressing down for not telling him and for Bruce backing out on his promise to unmask himself to the public.
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