History YMMV / BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor

** This wouldn't be the last time [[WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow a character owes a villain a favor at a later date]].

* {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}: It's entirely possible that Joker wasn't actually offended by Charlie's insults; he just found the perfect excuse to intimidate and kill someone.

* CatharsisFactor: After years of torment and manipulation, Charlie not only scaring the Joker into backing off but getting Batman's respect and laughter is definitely what Charlie deserved.

* CatharsisFactor: After years of torment and manipulation, Charlie not only scaring the Joker into backing off but getting Batman's respect and laughter is definitely was Charlie deserved.

** Charlie's HeroicHeelizationSpeech is ''horribly right, because Bruce's Batman will not be the one who brings out Joker's demise'':

** Charlie's HeroicHeelizationSpeech is ''horribly right, because Batman will not be the one who brings out Joker's demise'':

* FridgeHorror: Joker may not have the information to track Collins anymore (that he kept in his pocket the moment Charlie demanded it), but let's be honest, do you really think someone like the Joker is going to let this humiliation stand?

* FridgeHorror: Joker may not have the information to track Collins anymore, but let's be honest, do you really think someone like the Joker is going to let this humiliation stand?

* RealismInducedHorror: Even ignoring Joker's insanity, many fans find the episode so terrifying because Charlie is an EveryMan living in fear of his life [[DisproportionateRetribution all for snapping]] at the wrong man after having such a bad day.

* RealismInducedHorror: Even ignoring Joker's insanity, many fans find the episode so terrifying because Charlie is an EveryMan who had to live in fear of his life [[DisproportionateRetribution all for snapping]] at the wrong man after having such a bad day.

---> '''Charlie:''' ''... I found this blown out of the van. (reveals a Joker bomb)'' This is how it ends, Joker. No big schemes. ''No grand fight to the finish with the Dark Knight.''

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Charlie Collins, a white collar worker who was tormented by the Joker, only to turn the tables on him and make him ''BEG FOR BATMAN''.

** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', that's how Batman finally "kills" the Joker once and for all -- making him a nobody and ''forgetting'' him. It's strongly implied that The Joker fears being a nobody to Batman. In ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'', the harshest thing Bruce can do is tell The Joker is that he's a nameless punk who needs to be put down.

** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', that's how Batman finally "kills" the Joker once and for all -- making him a nobody and ''forgetting'' him. It's strongly implied that The Joker fears being a nobody to Batman.

** Collin's HeroicHeelizationSpeech is ''horribly right, because Batman will not be the one who brings out Joker's demise'':
---> '''Collins:''' ''... I found this blown out of the van. (reveals a Joker bomb)'' This is how it ends, Joker. No big schemes. ''No grand fight to the finish with the Dark Knight.''

* MemeticBadass: Collins starts off as a timid ExtremeDoormat blackmailed into becoming the Joker's accomplice, [[TookALevelInBadass before taking a level in badass at the end of the episode]]. How badass you may ask? Well, in the span of two minutes, he punched the Joker hard enough that he couldn't strike back, scared the hell out of the Joker, made the Joker actually ''call Batman'' for help, pranked the Joker and ''made Batman laugh''.

** Compare the Joker's behavior towards Charlie Collins over a minor incident to how modern day internet trolls often stalk, harass and even threaten their targets, which often results from the troll becoming severely offended over a minor issue.
** Charlie Collin's HeroicHeelizationSpeech is ''horribly right, because Batman will not be the one who brings out Joker's demise'':
---> '''Charlie Collins:''' ''... I found this blown out of the van. (reveals a Joker bomb)'' This is how it ends, Joker. No big schemes. ''No grand fight to the finish with the Dark Knight.''

* MemeticBadass: Charlie Collins starts off as a timid ExtremeDoormat blackmailed into becoming the Joker's accomplice, [[TookALevelInBadass before taking a level in badass at the end of the episode]]. How badass you may ask? Well, in the span of two minutes, he punched the Joker hard enough that he couldn't strike back, scared the hell out of the Joker, made the Joker actually ''call Batman'' for help, pranked the Joker and ''made Batman laugh''.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', that's how Batman finally "kills" the Joker once and for all -- making him a nobody and ''forgetting'' him. It's strongly implied that The Joker fears being a nobody to Batman.

* OneSceneWonder: Charlie Collins, the ordinary average joe who terrified the Joker is highly beloved and the episode is considered one of the greatest Batman and Joker stories.

* OneSceneWonder: Charlie Collins, the ordinary average joe who terrified the Joker is also highly beloved and the episode, "Joker's Favor" (which introduced Harley Quinn) is considered one of the greatest Batman and Joker stories.

* HarsherInHindsight: Compare the Joker's behavior towards Charlie Collins over a minor incident to how modern day internet trolls often stalk, harass and even threaten their targets, which often results from the troll becoming severely offended over a minor issue.

* HarsherInHindsight: Compare the Joker's behavior towards Charlie Collins over a minor incident to how modern day internet trolls often stalk, harass and even threaten their targets, which often results from the troll becoming severely offended over a minor issue.