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** Made even more chilling by his own previous comment that people show who they really are in their last moments. [[TheMentallyDisturbed What does the Joker do when he's falling to his death?]] Start LaughingMad.
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** There's also the fact that, unlike many other iterations of the character, this Joker's skin is not all white. In many places, it's possible to see his natural skin tone contrasting with his white face makeup, giving us a stark reminder that at the end of the day, the Joker is just a human. While the white skin often distances the Joker from traditional humanity, here we're reminded that this guy is an ordinary person who manages to cause this much horror and chaos.
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* The Joker's makeup. Not only is his permanent GlasgowGrin already terrifying enough, but the huge amount of eyeshadow he wears means that in many scenes (especially the interrogation scene) it looks like he doesn't even have eyes. The sight of those two black husks staring at the camera is enough to cause nightmares even before he does anything.
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** What’s worse: we see the terrified reaction of the crony at the moment of Gambol's apparent death...but we don’t actually see what the Joker does to Gambol...

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** What’s worse: we see the terrified reaction of the crony at the moment of Gambol's apparent death...but [[NothingIsScarier we don’t actually see what the Joker does to Gambol...]]
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-->'''Batman:''' You'd leave a man's life to chance?
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-->'''Scarecrow:''' [[DeadpanSnaker Buyer beware]]. I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.

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-->'''Scarecrow:''' [[DeadpanSnaker [[DeadpanSnarker Buyer beware]]. I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.
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-->'''Scarecrow:''' BuyerBeware. I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.

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-->'''Scarecrow:''' BuyerBeware.[[DeadpanSnaker Buyer beware]]. I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.
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** What’s worse: we see the terrified reaction of the crony at the moment of Gambol’s apparent death...but we don’t actually see what the Joker does to Gambol...

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** What’s worse: we see the terrified reaction of the crony at the moment of Gambol’s Gambol's apparent death...but we don’t actually see what the Joker does to Gambol...



-->'''Scarecrow:''' I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.

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-->'''Scarecrow:''' BuyerBeware. I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.
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* When the Joker finishes his story, he glances at one of Gambol's cronies and asks him "why so serious?" before brutally murdering Gambol.
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* When the Joker finishes his story, he glances at one of Gambol's cronies and asks him "why so serious?" before brutally slashing and (presumably) murdering Gambol.
** What’s worse: we see the terrified reaction of the crony at the moment of Gambol’s apparent death...but we don’t actually see what the Joker does to Gambol...

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* Though Scarecrow only shows up in one scene, he's still making his horrifying fear toxin, and now evidently contaminating recreational drugs with it. When the Chen Chen brings a victim of the toxin to Scarecrow to show him, the poor victim can be heard screaming, ''"Please! They're crawling in my mouth! Get them off!"''

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* Though Scarecrow only shows up in one scene, he's still making his horrifying fear toxin, and now evidently contaminating recreational drugs with it. When the Chen Chen Chechen brings a victim of the toxin to Scarecrow to show him, the poor victim can be heard screaming, ''"Please! They're crawling in my mouth! Get them off!"''off!"''
-->'''Scarecrow:''' I told you my compound would take you places. I never said they'd be places you wanted to go.
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** This one zig-zags a little; when Dent flips the coin, he tells Schiff that he'll shoot him if the coin comes up tails. It's revealed later on that it's a double-sided coin, both heads. Meaning Dent had no intention of shooting Schiff. However, the fact that he would use such intimidation tactics on a mentally ill person doesn't really paint Dent in the most morally upstanding light, and this is before he becomes Two-Face. Even Batman calls him out on it.

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** This one zig-zags a little; when Dent flips the coin, he tells Schiff that he'll shoot him if the coin comes up tails. It's revealed later on that it's a double-sided coin, both heads. Meaning Dent had no intention of shooting Schiff. However, the fact that he would use such intimidation tactics on a mentally ill person doesn't really paint Dent in the most morally upstanding light, and this is before ''before'' he becomes Two-Face. Even Batman calls him out on it.
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** This one zig-zags a little; when Dent flips the coin, he tells Schiff that he'll shoot him if the coin comes up tails. It's revealed later on that it's a double-sided coin, both heads. Meaning Dent had no intention of shooting Schiff. However, the fact that he would use such intimidation tactics on a mentally ill person doesn't really paint Dent in the most morally upstanding light, and this is before he becomes Two-Face. Even Batman calls him out on it.
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* Harvey Dent interrogating Thomas Schiff. Not only is Schiff's unhinged giggling off-putting, but Harvey brings some serious lashings of nightmare fuel on his own. He conducts the interrogation in a back alley rather than at the police station, demonstrates that the gun he brought is ''not'' a toy before pointing it at the man's head, then states that he'll decide Schiff's fate by the toss of a coin. This is the most respected man in Gotham.

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* Harvey Dent interrogating Thomas Schiff. Not only is Schiff's unhinged giggling and bug-eyed stare off-putting, but Harvey brings some serious lashings of nightmare fuel on his own. He conducts the interrogation in a back alley rather than at the police station, demonstrates that the gun he brought is ''not'' a toy before pointing it at the man's head, then states that he'll decide Schiff's fate by the toss of a coin. This is the most respected man in Gotham.
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** In fact, his performance even scared two actors during the scene where Joker crashes the party: Creator/MichaelCaine and Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal. Caine stated that he was so scared that he forgot his lines, and Maggie couldn't look at Ledger when the Joker was threatening Rachel with a knife.
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* Harvey Dent interrogating Thomas Schiff. Not only is Schiff's inhinged giggling off-putting, but Harvey brings some serious lashings of nightmare fuel on his own. He conducts the interrogation in a back alley rather than at the police station, demonstrates that the gun he brought is ''not'' a toy before pointing it at the man's head, then states that he'll decide Schiff's fate by the toss of a coin. This is the most respected man in Gotham.

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* Harvey Dent interrogating Thomas Schiff. Not only is Schiff's inhinged unhinged giggling off-putting, but Harvey brings some serious lashings of nightmare fuel on his own. He conducts the interrogation in a back alley rather than at the police station, demonstrates that the gun he brought is ''not'' a toy before pointing it at the man's head, then states that he'll decide Schiff's fate by the toss of a coin. This is the most respected man in Gotham.
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[[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke/"So... I see you received the free ticket I sent you. I'm glad. I did so want you to be here. You see, it doesn't matter if you catch me and send me back to the asylum... Gordon's been driven mad. I've proved my point. I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else! All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.]]

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[[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke/"So... I see you received the free ticket I sent you. I'm glad. I did so want you to be here. You see, it doesn't matter if you catch me and send me back to the asylum... Gordon's been driven mad. I've proved my point. I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else! All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.]]
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[[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "So... I see you received the free ticket I sent you. I'm glad. I did so want you to be here. You see, it doesn't matter if you catch me and send me back to the asylum... Gordon's been driven mad. I've proved my point. I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else! All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.]]]]

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[[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "So...[[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke/"So... I see you received the free ticket I sent you. I'm glad. I did so want you to be here. You see, it doesn't matter if you catch me and send me back to the asylum... Gordon's been driven mad. I've proved my point. I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else! All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.]]]]]]



* Creator ChristopherNolan originally thought of bringing us a more terrifying, twisted and psychopathic Joker. [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/new-concept-art-dark-knight-envisions-alternate-jokers/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiQ5-CqmdnoAhWNI7kGHZLjC3oQFjAMegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3yQ3qPb_sX1gBOk2CQqUdP&ampcf=1 Here you can find the original designs for this Joker.]] However, Christopher Nolan felt that this joker did not fit his "Universe" so he decided change something to the Joker.

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* Creator ChristopherNolan Christopher Nolan originally thought of bringing us a more terrifying, twisted and psychopathic Joker. [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/new-concept-art-dark-knight-envisions-alternate-jokers/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiQ5-CqmdnoAhWNI7kGHZLjC3oQFjAMegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3yQ3qPb_sX1gBOk2CQqUdP&ampcf=1 Here Here]] you can find the original designs for this Joker.]] Joker. However, Christopher Nolan felt that this joker did not fit his "Universe" so he decided change something to the Joker.
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[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "So... I see you received the free ticket I sent you. I'm glad. I did so want you to be here. You see, it doesn't matter if you catch me and send me back to the asylum... Gordon's been driven mad. I've proved my point. I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else! All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.]

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ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "So... I see you received the free ticket I sent you. I'm glad. I did so want you to be here. You see, it doesn't matter if you catch me and send me back to the asylum... Gordon's been driven mad. I've proved my point. I've demonstrated there's no difference between me and everyone else! All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.]]

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