History ComicBook / TheJokerWar

* CanonImmigrant: The final ''Batgirl'' tie-in issue marks the first official DC Universe appearance of Ryan Wilder from ''Series/Batwoman2019'.

* CanonImmigrant: The final ''Batgirl'' tie-in issue marks the first official DC Universe appearance of Ryan Wilder from the ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' TV show.

* UngratefulTownsfolk: The Joker's main plan is for Gotham to give up on Batman and superheroes in general. [[spoiler:It seems to have taken hold, seeing as many citizens refuse to turn in Clownhunter and Lucius Fox has become disillusioned with Batman's crusade against crime.]]

The storyline ran through ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV'' #95-100 with sidestories in ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' #72-74, ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'' #47-50, ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' #25 and ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' #1027 as well as a one-shot title, ''The Joker Warzone''.

''The Joker War'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' storyline that ran through the various Batman titles in 2020 as part of ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV run.

The storyline ran through ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' #95-100 with sidestories in ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' #72-74, ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'' #47-50, ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' #25 and ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' #1027 as well as a one-shot title, ''The Joker Warzone''.

* UngratefulTownsfolk: The Joker's main plan is for Gotham to give up on Batman and super heroes in general. [[spoiler:It seems to have taken hold, seeing as many citizens refuse to turn in Clownhunter and Lucius Fox has become disillusioned with Batman's crusade against crime.]]

Gotham City and Batman has been through a lot. ComicBook/{{Bane}} performed a massive mental and emotional breakdown of Batman, then took over Gotham City. Batman recovered and he and his allies took back Gotham, but not without a massive toll: Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's trusted butler and confidant, was dead, his neck snapped by the muscled man. As Batman tried to move on and started shoving his allies away in pain, ComicBook/TheJoker caught wind of this. Realizing Batman was trying to build a better Gotham, he decided it was time to bring it all down on him and, even more, possibly cap off their long rivalry. It was time for war.

''The Joker War'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' storyline that ran through the various Batman titles in 2020 as part of ComicBook/JamesTynionIVsBatman run.

The storyline ran through ''ComicBook/BatmanRebirth'' #95-100 with sidestories in ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' #72-74, ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'' #47-50, ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' #25 and ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' #1027 as well as a one-shot title, ''The Joker Warzone''.

* UngratefulTownsfolk: The Joker's main plan is for Gotham to give up on Batman and super heroes in general. [[spoiler:It seems to have taken hold, seeing as many citizens refuse to turn in Clownhunter and Lucius Fox decides to give away all the money Catwoman gave him -- clearly meant to go back to Bruce -- to the citizens.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The ending to ''Batman'' #100 seems to hint that Punchline will get off the hook for her actions.]]

''The Joker War'' is a ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' storyline that ran through the various Batman titles in 2020.

** Cassandra Cain dons the familiar black Batgirl costume once again in ''The Joker Warzone''.

Gotham City and Batman has been through a lot. ComicBook/{{Bane}} performed a massive mental and emotional breakdown of Batman, then took over Gotham City. Batman recovered and he and his allies took back Gotham, but not without a massive tole: Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's trusted butler and confidant, was dead, his neck snapped by the muscled man. As Batman tried to move on and started shoving his allies away in pain, ComicBook/TheJoker caught wind of this. Realizing Batman was trying to build a better Gotham, he decided it was time to bring it all down on him and, even more, possibly cap off their long rivalry. It was time for war.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The scene where Lucius is nearly accidentally gunned down by some GCPD officers seems like a nod to high profile debate around police brutality against African-Americans that was going on in real life at the time.

* TheBusCameBack: The Batwing story in the ''Joker Warzone'' one-shot ends with Lucius Fox's wife saying that it's time for their son Tim to finally come home. Pre-Crisis, Tim Fox was Lucius' teenage son, but the character pretty much [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome dropped off the face of the Earth]] after ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', with some fans even speculating that he'd been written out of continuity.

* ContinuitySnarl: The entire ''Batgirl'' storyline just does not fit in well with the main storyline or the rest of the tie-ins.

Gotham City and Batman has been through a lot. ComicBook/{{Bane}} performed a massive mental and emotional breakdown of Batman, then took over Gotham City. Batman recovered and he and his allies took back Gotham, but not without a massive tole: Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's trusted butler and confidant, was dead, his neck snapped by muscle man. As Batman tried to move on and started shoving his allies away in pain, ComicBook/TheJoker caught wind of this. Realizing Batman was trying to build a better Gotham, he decided it was time to bring it all down on him and, even more, possibly cap off their long rivalry. It was time for war.

* BatmanGambit:
* BittersweetEnding: Whoo, boy. [[spoiler: Joker is stopped and Batman has reunited his Bat-Family again with a pledge to be a better Batman than he was before and it seems that Harley Quinn has finally joined the side of the angels. However, Batman's lost his fortune, his gear and most likely his company, Gotham's seemingly lost faith in Batman, the Joker is seemingly still alive and Punchline just might walk free.]]