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[[caption-width-right:350: "It said there were three..."[[note]]Top to bottom: the [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]]-esque Comedian, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-esque Clown, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]]-esque Criminal.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: "It said there were three..."[[note]]Top to bottom: the [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks Modern Age]]-esque Comedian, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]-esque Clown, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]]-esque Criminal.[[/note]]]]
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: "Comedian" Joker reveals that [[spoiler: he orchestrated the events of the comic so that Bruce would forgive Joe Chill, purely because he could not stand the idea there may someone Batman hates more than him.]]
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* CanonDiscontinuity: While Johns said not long after it was released that it might not be canon, ''ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky'' confirm it isn't with "Joker: Year One" [[spoiler:walking back the "three Jokers" idea to be the Joker having [[SplitPersonality three different personalities]], not literally three different people.]]

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* CanonDiscontinuity: While Johns said not long after it was released that it might not be canon, ''ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky'' confirm it isn't with "Joker: Year One" [[spoiler:walking back the "three Jokers" idea to be the Joker having being a guy with [[SplitPersonality three different personalities]], not literally three different people.]]

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* CanonDiscontinuity: While Johns said not long after it was released that it might not be canon, ''ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky'' confirm it isn't with "Joker: Year One" [[spoiler:walking back the "three Jokers" idea to be the Joker having [[SplitPersonality three different personalities]], not literally three different people.]]



* {{Retcon}}: Depending on whether you view the series as canon or not ([[WordOfGod Geoff Johns]] deliberately left it up to the reader to decide), there's a few:

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* {{Retcon}}: Depending on whether you view the series as canon or not ([[WordOfGod Geoff Johns]] deliberately left it up to the reader to decide), decide, though as noted above, ''ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky'' officially said it isn't), there's a few:
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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker. Made by Geoff Johns, it was released from August to October of 2020.

During the 2016 story arc ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' prior to the start of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Batman, riding on the Mobius Chair, sought to learn the identity of the Joker. To his horror, Batman learned something more -- there were ''three'' active Jokers. Now, together with ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and ComicBook/RedHood, Batman will seek out the answers to this strange riddle and find out how they all come together.

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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker. Made by Geoff Johns, it was released from August to October of 2020.

During the 2016 story arc ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' prior to the start of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Batman, riding on the Mobius Chair, sought to learn the identity of the Joker. To his horror, Batman learned something more -- there were ''three'' active Jokers. Now, together with ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Characters/{{Batgirl}} and ComicBook/RedHood, [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Red Hood]], Batman will seek out the answers to this strange riddle and find out how they all come together.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: A particularly tragic one -- while held at gunpoint by Jason, the Clown gloats about how Todd had begged for his life as he died, even promising to be "[his] Robin". Jason [[BoomHeadshot isn't happy to be reminded]]]]
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* InSeriesNickname: The Three Jokers are referred to as "The Criminal," "The Clown" and "The Comedian".

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* InSeriesNickname: The Three Jokers are referred to as "The Criminal," "The Clown" and "The Comedian".Comedian" to better distinguish them.
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* InSeriesNickname: The Three Jokers are referred to as "The Criminal," "The Clown" and "The Comedian."

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* InSeriesNickname: The Three Jokers are referred to as "The Criminal," "The Clown" and "The Comedian." Comedian".

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The story seems to serve as an exploration of this trope in regards to the Joker and his appearances over the years. The Comedian breaks it down in the final issue, describing how each of the three Jokers in the story embodied one of the Joker's major character traits; the Clown delighted in causing the suffering of others then laughing at it, the Criminal was obsessed with being Batman's ArchEnemy, and the Comedian was chaos personified.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The story seems to serve as an exploration of this trope in regards to the Joker and his appearances over the years. The Comedian breaks it down in the final issue, describing how each of the three Jokers in the story embodied one of the Joker's major character traits; the Clown delighted in causing the suffering of others then laughing at it, the Criminal was obsessed with being Batman's ArchEnemy, and the Comedian was chaos personified.

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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:The fate of "The Clown" Joker in the first Issue]], [[spoiler:"The Criminal" also receives this fate in Issue #3]].


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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:The fate of "The Clown" Joker in the first Issue]], [[spoiler:"The Criminal" also receives this fate in Issue #3]].
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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker. Made Geoff Johns, it was released from August to October of 2020.

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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker. Made by Geoff Johns, it was released from August to October of 2020.
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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker. It was released from August to October of 2020.

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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker. It Made Geoff Johns, it was released from August to October of 2020.

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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker.

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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: "The Clown" does this to Jason Todd in ''spades.'' When Jason notes how he overcame the Joker's attempt at killing him, "The Clown" shuts him down by saying he let Jason live because him dying would otherwise mean he couldn't hurt him (or rather Batman with Jason as the proxy) anymore. He reminds Jason that he begged for his life and that he will become ''his'' Robin if the Joker spares him. He then gleefully cackles as that by becoming Red Hood, killing people, and making Batman's life miserable, Jason has indeed become '''his''' (The Joker's) Robin, his accomplice in hurting Batman. This ''breaks'' Jason as he is reduced to tears and [[spoiler: shoots him.]]

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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: "The Clown" does this to Jason Todd in ''spades.'' When Jason notes how he overcame the Joker's attempt at killing him, "The Clown" shuts him down by saying he let Jason live because him dying would otherwise mean he couldn't hurt him (or rather Batman with Jason as the proxy) anymore. He reminds Jason that he begged for his life and that he will become ''his'' Robin if the Joker spares him. He then gleefully cackles as that by becoming Red Hood, killing people, and making Batman's life miserable, Jason has indeed become '''his''' (The Joker's) Robin, his accomplice in hurting Batman. This ''breaks'' Jason as he is reduced to tears and [[spoiler: shoots him.]]]]
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* DeducingTheSecretIdentity:
** It's common in most versions of the Batman mythos for the Joker's identity to be a complete mystery even to Batman, and the series even references that with the Joker Venom rendering its victims impossible to identify. This series, on the other hand, shows that with Batman's detective skills and resources, he figured out the Joker's (at least the Comedian version) identity a week after their first meeting.
** Given that her Batgirl costume doesn't hide her identity the way Bruce's or Jason's does (especially the long red hair), it comes as no surprise in the final issue that Gordon knows it's Barbara; it's his daughter, of ''course'' he would recognize her (build, voice, mannerisms, etc.).



* FanDisservice: Jason, then Bruce and Barbara later, come across a pool of guys the Jokers infected with Joker Venom who are also in the nude.



* FanDisservice: Jason, then Bruce and Barbara later, come across a pool of guys the Jokers infected with Joker Venom who are also in the nude.
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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TheJoker, The Joker and The Joker.

During the 2016 story arc ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' prior to the start of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Batman, riding on the Mobius Chair, sought to learn the identity of the Joker. To his horror, Batman learned something more -- there were three active Jokers. Now, together with ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and ComicBook/RedHood, Batman will seek out the answers to this strange riddle and find out how they all come together.

!!Tropes used in this series:

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''Batman: Three Jokers'' is a Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue mini-series featuring Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TheJoker, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], The Joker and The Joker.

During the 2016 story arc ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' prior to the start of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Batman, riding on the Mobius Chair, sought to learn the identity of the Joker. To his horror, Batman learned something more -- there were three ''three'' active Jokers. Now, together with ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and ComicBook/RedHood, Batman will seek out the answers to this strange riddle and find out how they all come together.

!!Tropes used featured in this series:''Batman: Three Jokers'' include:

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