Line #48 Characters/TheJokerBlogs


1	!![[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]
2	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jb1.png]]
3	[[caption-width-right:350:''"...You can address me as Mr. J."'']]
4	--> ''"It's amazing what people believe...just because it's on the Internet."''
5
6	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Most versions of the Joker treat Harley Quinn as little more than a disposable tool for their plans, being completely and/or apathetic to their right-hand girl's romantic interst towards them. Here, Joker appears to be legitimately fond of Harley and is upset when she reveals that she's engaged.
7	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Evil
8	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Shoots Mrs. Arkham in her heart right after her transplant.]]
9	* LaughablyEvil
10	* ManipulativeBastard: This is one of the reasons why the Joker is so dangerous. He's very good at manipulating people into doing what he wants.
11	* MonsterClown
12	* NoSenseOfDirection: has an habit of breaking and entering in the wrong places.
13	* OhCrap: His reaction to [[spoiler: Batman's appearance. He calms down soon after.]]
14	* OralFixation: Likes to smack his lips a lot.
15	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: While he was locked up in Arkham between Seasons 1 and 2, a group of guards liked to beat the crap out of him on a regular basis (not that he didn't deserve it). In Season 2 he's spending his time hunting them down and murdering them one by one.
16	* SerialKiller: Duh.
17	* StalkerWithACrush: "I met someone. She's going to be mine."
18	* SuddenlyShouting: "I guess I'm gonna have to just ''KILL THEM!''"
19	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: "You do NOT get to do that!"
20	* VillainProtagonist: Well, the series ''is'' titled "The Joker Blogs," so...
21	* VillainousFriendship: With Ted the Bum, or at least as close as the Joker can be friends with anyone. It's likely Ted's happiness at the prospect of dying endears him to the Joker.
22	* YouAreNumberSix: Is referred to only as Patient 4479. He refuses to or is unable to supply his real name, and the majority of characters would rather call him 4479 than Joker.
23
24	!!Dr. Harleen [[spoiler: Kopski née]] Quinzel
25	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jb5.png]]
26	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Dr. Quinzel, overseeing Patient #4479."'']]
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28	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Rather than being head-over-heels for Mr. J as per the source material, this Harley can barely stand being in the same room with Joker, seeing him as just another patient she has to treat.
29	* BrainyBrunette: She's a psychologist and surprisingly not blonde [[spoiler: yet]].
30	* BreakTheCutie: A trip through the Valley of Fear finished the job Mr. J started.
31	* TheFaceless: It's a while before we see her on camera.
32	* MeaningfulName: The Joker points it out -- she's [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore heard]] it before.
33	* MissingMom: Harleen's mother abandoned her family for another man, which did a psychological number on her.
34	* TheShrink
35	* TranquilFury: Her demeanor after [[spoiler:recovering from Scarecrow's fear gas]].
36	* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter!" Gal]]: One of the root causes for Harleen's eventual SanitySlippage is her obsessive need to prove to her father that she is not like her mother, who ran out with another man.
37	* YouLookFamiliar: Is played by the same actress who played Arkham's wife in season one.
38
39	!! [[spoiler: Batman]]
40	* [[spoiler: BigDamnHeroes]]: [[spoiler: "Matches Malone" is a geriatric man already written off as suffering from dementia before getting a knife to the back. Later, he staggers down the hall toward three Arkham inmates... whom he casually defeats in moments before TheReveal that Matches is Batman in disguise.]]
41	* ChekhovsGunman: Got a few offhand mentions and was the subject of an April Fools joke before [[spoiler: appearing in person in Episode 17.]]
42	* TheDreaded: [[spoiler: Joker has a ''very'' noticeable OhCrap reaction when he shows up at the church.]]
43	* TheGhost: Was only mentioned most of the time in Season 1.[[spoiler: Makes a physical appearence in Episode 17.]]
44	* [[spoiler: LightsOffSomebodyDies: The second part of his entrance in the church.]]
45	* [[spoiler: MythologyGag:]] [[spoiler: Season 2 drops Matches Malone's name early on. Fans of the comics know exactly what to expect.]]
46	* [[spoiler: StealthHiBye: Does the "Bye" part at the end of Episode 17, after getting ''shot'' no less, does the "Hi" part in TheStinger to Episode 19, both occasions doing it to the Joker.]]
47	* [[spoiler: SuperWindowJump: The first part of his entrance in the church, if the offscreen sounds of shattering glass are to be believed.]]
48	* WalkingSpoiler: Notice anything here?
49
50	!!Dr. Jeremiah Arkham
51	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jb3.png]]
52	[[caption-width-right:350:...]]
53
54	* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: His main motive above all else is to save his comatose wife.]]
55	* [[spoiler: BigBad: Shaping up to be this for Series Two.]]
56	* BeardOfSorrow: Appears to be growing one of these.
57	* CompositeCharacter: The storyline involving his wife is similar to that of Mr. Freeze and Nora.
58	* DeadpanSnarker: Even in the face of death and danger, he's perfectly willing to match wits with Joker.
59	* DistressedDude
60	* FaceHeelTurn
61	* FromNobodyToNightmare
62	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: In Season 2, to the point of [[spoiler:recruiting Scarecrow to work for him by promising his old job and office back in return]].
63	* TraumaCongaLine: First, Arkham is carjacked by the Joker and forced to act as an accomplice to his kidnapping of Bolton. Then he is taken to his house, tied up along with his wife, and told that a bomb will kill her at midnight unless he follows his instructions. Then, after the church incident, he escapes in the middle of shootout between the Joker and Gotham police, only to be captured again after the Joker commandeers a squad car. ''Then'', after being forced to sell the asylum to [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]], he watches as his house blows up with his wife still inside it. She survives, but is in a vegetative state with little chance of recovery. That in a nutshell is what amounts to his StartOfDarkness.
64	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: His repeated traumas and humiliations at the hands of the Joker (sometimes played for BlackComedy) leads to him becoming one of the main villains of Season 2.
65
66	!!Lisa Arkham
67
68	* DamselInDistress
69	* [[spoiler:MoralityChain: Further Evidence #2 reveals that for many years she was the only thing keeping Dr. Arkham from being evil.]]
70
71	!!Dr. Jonathan Crane
72
73	* ChekhovsGunman: In his brief cameo early in Season 1, he [[FunnyBackgroundEvent provides a very literal example of how the villainous masks of Gotham's criminals interfere with their ability to live a normal life]], and threatens Dr. Quinzel, who was given his old office. [[spoiler:In Season 2, Dr. Arkham recruits him by promising him his office back.]]
74	* HumbleGoal: All he really wants is his old job and office back.
75	* ICallItVera: His latest fear toxin formula, "The Valley of Fear".
76	* MalevolentMaskedMen
77	* OhCrap: His face after [[spoiler:seeing Harleen recover from his fear gas]].
78	* SavedByCanon: It's a given Crane will survive the night since he has a cameo in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
79	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: By "Lost and Found Footage", he has absolutely had enough with the crazy antics of the evening and is seen making his way out of the asylum.
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81	!!ComicBook/LexLuthor
82	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jb2.png]]
83	[[caption-width-right:350:...]]
84
85	* BaldOfEvil: Although not ''as'' evil as usual.
86	* PetTheDog: While he does it for selfish reasons, he [[spoiler:tries to convince Harvey to come back to the light.]]
87	* PragmaticVillainy: Ultimately considers acquiring Arkham Asylum more trouble than it's worth, and agrees to sign it back over to Dr. Arkham. However, Arkham thinks this is merely Lex Luthor Code for "As soon as I get out of here I'm paying a hitman to shoot you in the face", [[spoiler:so he has Two-Face shoot ''Lex'' instead]].
88	* UnexpectedCharacter
89	* YouLookFamiliar: Same actor as Hugo Strange.
90
91	!!Dr. Hugo Strange
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93	* BerserkButton: He ''loses'' it when Joker implies that he's slept with his wife... at ''his'' house no less.
94	* RealJokeName: When he first introduces himself, Joker doesn't believe it's actually his real name.
95	* StartOfDarkness: Dr. Strange has left Arkham and plans to start his own clinic, with a special interest in the psychology of the Batman...
96	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: According to the actor, it started off a Germanic accent, then it mutated into some sort of Jamaican accent while filming.
97
98	!!Lyle Bolton
99
100	* AdaptationalWimp: So far, this Lock-Up is an incompetent DumbMuscle.
101	* BatterUp
102	* ButtMonkey
103	* TheBrute: Becomes this after the Joker's rampage.
104	* DumbMuscle
105	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Lyle is a buffoon. [[spoiler: A buffoon that has savagely beaten and cold-bloodedly murdered several people]].
106	* OrderliesAreCreeps
107	* SanitySlippage
108
109	!!Ted the Bum
110
111	* BetterLivingThroughEvil: He says he's cooperating with the Joker because he wants to die, but you can tell the respect is a factor.
112	* CanonForeigner: Appears to be a completely original character rather than an existing ''Batman'' or DCU personality.
113	* DeathSeeker: As a result of his life being ruined by a number of events, he's perfectly fine with dying. It's because of this that the Joker takes a liking to him.
114	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: His claiming to have held wildly varying jobs is a RunningGag. It's unclear whether he's lying to try and make himself sound useful or whether he's actually a big enough screw-up to have had and been fired from all of those jobs. It's confirmed that he was at least telling the truth about being a GCN cameraman. [[spoiler:He was married to Summer Gleeson while he was employed there.]]
115	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Well, more of an AntiVillain, but Ted is still far more competent than he appears. Case in point, in the second season, he helps the Joker escape by covertly passing off a metal spoon to him so that he can cut his bonds. Bonus points for doing it as a magic trick. Judging by the smile Joker gives him, he was pretty impressed. He's also pretty hand with a gun.
116	* PunnyName: His full name is apparently Theodore Bayer. Say it out loud. Of course he ''does'' work for the Joker. It could be an alias with the pun being intentional.
117	* WildHair: In Season 2 he has long hair and an unkempt beard, making him look much more like a homeless bum than in Season 1.
118
119	!!Dr. Thomas Elliot
120	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jb4.png]]
121	[[caption-width-right:350:...]]
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123	* TheCasanova: Is apparently able to charm men into bed in extremely short order, usually starting with just a smile. Although, since they ''are'' men, this may have more to do with [[AllMenArePerverts certain]] [[AManIsAlwaysEager other]] [[AllGaysArePromiscuous tropes]] than it does with this one.
124	* MythologyGag:
125	** "I like to keep my involvement with the Wayne family [[spoiler: Hush, Hush]]."
126	** He also threatens to [[spoiler:rip Selena's heart out]].
127
128	!![[spoiler:Selina Kyle]]
129
130	* [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even The Gay Men Want Her]]: Is first introduced by seducing the until then extremely gay Thomas Elliot.
131	* SavedByCanon: [[spoiler: Selina was a major part of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. She'll be fine.]]
132
133	!!Summer Gleeson
134
135	* IntrepidReporter
136
137	!!Pearl
138
139	* ButtMonkey
140	* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
141	* RaceLift: The original Pearl from ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' was white (although interestingly, the scene featuring her did serve as the inspiration for the famous "Pencil Trick" sequence in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', in which the victim is a black gangster.)
142
143	!!Guy Kopski
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145	* CharacterDeath
146	* TheLostLenore: Very much this for Harleen. She even has visions of him.
147
148	!![[spoiler:Harvey Dent/Two-Face]]
149	* [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]

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