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1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: 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.
2	* CatharsisFactor: After 2 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.
3	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
4	** 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''.
5	** [[BreakoutCharacter Harley]] [[CanonImmigrant Quinn]] was intended to be a one shot character for this episode. Needless to say she was popular with the fans.
6	* HarsherInHindsight:
7	** Compare the Joker's behavior towards 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.
8	** Charlie's HeroicHeelizationSpeech is ''horribly right'', because Bruce's Batman will not be the one who [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brings out Joker's demise]]:
9	--->'''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.''
10	*** "Kinda funny. Ironic, really." Looks like Tim destroyed a man's dream.
11	* HilariousInHindsight:
12	** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', that's how Batman finally "kills" the Joker once and for all -- making him a nobody and ''forgetting'' him. The game also explicitly states that the Joker's one true fear is being forgotten. 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.
13	** Harley disguised as Charlie's chauffeur made her resemble Mercy Graves, this was before ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' was made. Harley even used Mercy's chauffeur suit in the episode "World's Finest, Part I".
14	* MemeticBadass: Charlie 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''.
15	* 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.
16	* RealismInducedHorror: While the Joker may be cartoonishly insane, many fans find the episode so terrifying because Charlie is an EveryMan living in fear of his life and family's safety [[DisproportionateRetribution all for snapping]] at the wrong man after having such a bad day, and it's all too easy to imagine themselves in his shoes.

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