These debates weigh the positive (stopping the Joker permanently) against its effect on Batman's character and the possibility that he might begin killing all criminals. Joker is a tall man with long, black, stringy hair that falls below his shoulders, and a concentric circle-shaped iris in his right gray eye (purple in the anime). But while the movie gets some things right, it also gets a lot wrong, according to psychiatry professor Dr Ziv Cohen. Although his primary obsession is Batman, the Joker has also fought other heroes, including Superman and Wonder Woman. [74][131] Given the opportunity to kill Batman, the villain demurs; he believes that without their game, winning is pointless. I never intended to give a reason for his appearance. In this story, the Joker is obsessed with maintaining his illusion of wealth and celebrity as a criminal folk hero, afraid to let Gotham's citizens know that he is penniless and was tricked out of his fortune. And he dresses like a slob, but sticks to the classic color scheme of purple and green. The story is notable for the Joker taking on a (relative) god and the ease with which Superman defeats himit took only 17 pages. Todd's death haunts Batman, and for the first time he seriously considers killing the Joker. Typically, the "we live in a society" meme is connected to the Joker, either featuring the character himself or editing other people to look like the green-haired, red-lipped man.. [225][226], After Christopher Nolan's successful 2005 Batman film reboot, Batman Begins, which ended with a teaser for the Joker's involvement in a sequel, the character appeared in 2008's The Dark Knight, played by Heath Ledger as an avatar of anarchy and chaos. Hitting rock bottom, he agrees to guide two criminals through the chemical. when have you ever known me to keep quiet on decisions I disagree with. [167] The Joker rejects most authority, but retains his own, using his actions to coerce and consolidate power in himself and convert the masses to his own way of thinking, while eliminating any that oppose him. [181], The Joker is considered one of the most recognizable and iconic fictional characters in popular culture,[182][183][184] one of the best comic villains, and one of the greatest villains of all time. As Batman says: "Like any other comedian, he uses whatever material will work. The shift was criticized for moving away from tamer superheroes (and villains), but comic audiences were no longer primarily children. Similarly, Nicholson's Joker design from his grotesque, carved-in smile to eye-watering purple and orange outfits have influenced every incarnation that followed. In Batman Confidential #712, the character, Jack, is a career criminal who is bored with his work. Jack Nicholson's iconic take on the psychotic clown didn't do much driving he'd rather dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. This deep shade showcases his dark hair, chalk-white skins and the red of his permanent grin. [184] Indeed, when DC Comics released the original series of Greatest Stories Ever Told (19871988) featuring collections of stories about heroes like Batman and Superman, the Joker was the only villain included alongside them. Actor: Brokeback Mountain. He has scraggly grass-green hair and dark circles around his eyes. the Joker is recruited by the Black Glove to destroy Batman, but betrays the group, killing its members one by one. But at one time or another, including in one or more possible futures or in alternate dimensions, the Harlequin of Hate has sported somewhat different looks. I'll probably have to bleach it. He had a new villain. This future-world Joker has ghostly white skin, beady red eyes, a menacing smile full of yellow teeth, and black fingernails. [77][78] In Morrison's "Batman and Son" (2006), a deranged police officer who impersonates Batman shoots the Joker in the face, scarring and disabling him. For his entire supervillain career, he's favored the bright color purple, sometimes accented with green and sometimes with orange. [87][100], The Joker has claimed a number of origins, including being the child of an abusive father who broke his nose, and the long-lived jester of an Egyptian pharaoh. The character's popularity has seen him appear on a variety of merchandise, such as clothing and collectible items, inspire real-world structures (such as theme park attractions), and be referenced in a number of media. But in this film, The Joker has normal Caucasian skin tone, and plainly wears white clown makeup only on his face and hands. The Joker sports green hair, pale white skin, bright red lips and almost too many teeth, modeled on actor Conrad Veight in the filmThe Man Who Laughs. Balloon bouquets with four colors of lime green, black, orange and purple. [109][111] During the evolution of the DC Universe, interpretations and versions of the Joker have taken two main forms. "[101], A number of alternate universes in DC Comics publications allow writers to introduce variations on the Joker, in which the character's origins, behavior, and morality differ from the mainstream setting. Getting pregnant sometime in her career as a Gotham criminal before the Joker's attack on Superman, Harley went into hiding for a year, not wanting the Joker to discover he was a father. JokerMan. [19], The character inspired theme-park roller coasters (The Joker's Jinx,[202][203] The Joker in Mexico and California,[204][205] and The Joker Chaos Coaster),[206] and featured in story-based rides such as Justice League: Battle for Metropolis. But in the famed 1960s version of the Batman-universe, the Joker also had a mustache. "We didn't want the makeup to reflect in the light so that it could fit with the. He wears a waistcoat over a long-sleeved shirt with a string necktie. Mark Hamill - Batman:. Orange and black streamers hung around, Harley was holding a cake with eleven lit candles and both Joker was there with a party noisemaker in hand, and there was a big banner that read "Happy Birthday". He reveals himself to be The Joker -- but rather than look menacing,Luthor Jokermostly looks goofy. This appearance is such a fundamental aspect of the character that when the 2004 animated series The Batman placed the Joker in a straitjacket, it quickly redesigned him in his familiar suit. [2][6] These adaptations of the character have been received positively[19] on film,[198][199] television,[200] and in video games. [102] The Dark Knight Returns depicts the final battle between an aged Batman and Joker; others portray the aftermath of the Joker's death at the hands of a number of characters, including Superman. His technical genius is not limited by practicality, allowing him to hijack Gotham's television airwaves to issue threats, transform buildings into death traps, launch a gas attack on the city and rain poisoned glass shards on its citizens from an airship. [119] The character has no desire for typical criminal goals like money or power; his criminality is designed only to continue his game with Batman. Englehart's "The Laughing Fish" demonstrates the character's illogical nature: trying to copyright fish that bear his face, and not understanding why threatening the copyright clerk cannot produce the desired result. He falls into a vat of chemical waste when his heist is thwarted by Batman, emerging with bleached white skin, red lips, green hair and a permanent grin. This Joker not only suffered the chemical bath that turned his skin white,the best efforts of an underworld surgeon left him with arictus. In a 1975 interview in The Amazing World of DC Comics, Robinson said he wanted a supreme arch-villain who could test Batman, not a typical crime lord or gangster designed to be easily disposed of. [168] In The Killing Joke, the Joker is an abused member of the underclass who is driven insane by failings of the social system. In "The Laughing Fish", the Joker disfigures fish with a rictus grin resembling his own (expecting copyright protection), and is unable to understand that copyrighting a natural resource is legally impossible. [119][32] The character was described as having killed over 2,000 people in The Joker: Devil's Advocate (1996). Joker. "[141][115], The character's arsenal is inspired by his nemesis' weaponry, such as batarangs. [236][237], The television series Gotham (20142019) explores the mythology of the Joker through twin brothers Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, played by Cameron Monaghan. [80] The Joker is arrested, and then-Robin Damian Wayne beats him with a crowbar, paralleling Todd's murder. Then he worked on the face; made him look a little clown-like, which accounted for his white face, red lips, green hair. [178], Harley's co-creator, Paul Dini, describes their relationship as Harley being someone who makes the Joker feel better about himself, and who can do the work that he does not want to do himself. He became a cunning thief in the 1950s, and wassidelined as much as possible during the 1960s, because he didn't fit in editor Julius Schwartz's vision of the "new look" Batman era. Another futuristic version of Batman and The Joker is in the famed miniseries The Dark Knight Returns from 1986. [32][35][42][43] Englehart's and Rogers' work on the series influenced the 1989 film Batman, and was adapted for 1992's Batman: The Animated Series. [4] Beginning as a letterer and background inker, Robinson quickly became primary artist for the newly created Batman comic book series. However, the Joker has never been one for keeping decorum. Todd was unpopular with fans; rather than modify his character, DC opted to let them vote for his fate and a 72-vote plurality had the Joker beat Todd to death with a crowbar. Buffoon. Although the 1970s restored the Joker as Batman's insane, lethal archenemy, it was during the 1980s that the Batman series started to turn around and the Joker came into his own as part of the "Dark Age" of comics, with mature tales of death and destruction. The heist goes awry; the comedian leaps into a chemical vat to escape Batman, surfacing disfigured. For other characters called Joker or other uses of "The Joker", see, Greenberger and Manning, p. 163: "In this fondly remembered tale that was later adapted into an episode of the 1990s cartoon, Greenberger and Manning, p. 38: "Offering keen insight into both the minds of the Joker and Batman, this special is considered by most Batman fans to be the definitive Joker story of all time. He has scraggly grass-green hair and dark circles around his eyes. The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) was a departure from long-established tradition. [125], The Killing Joke (in which the Joker is the unreliable narrator) explains the roots of his insanity as "one bad day": losing his wife and unborn child and being disfigured by chemicals, paralleling Batman's origin in the loss of his parents. Anthony Ingruber voices the Joker in Batman: The Telltale Series (2016)[261] and its sequel Batman: The Enemy Within (2017). 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[32][68][139][140] The villain is immune to venom and most poisons; in Batman #663 (April 2007), Morrison writes that being "an avid consumer of his own chemical experiments, the Joker's immunity to poison concoctions that might kill another man in an instant has been developed over years of dedicated abuse. [128], Snyder's "Death of the Family" describes the Joker as in love with Batman, although not in a traditionally romantic way. [70] In this graphic novel, the Joker shoots and paralyzes Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl, and tortures her father, Commissioner James Gordon, to prove that it only takes "one bad day" to drive a normal man insane. He tries (and fails) to prove that anyone can become like him after one bad day by torturing Commissioner Gordon, physically and psychologically. DC Super Friends Joker (Lloyd Floyd) Warner Bros. On one hand, Lloyd Floyd's take on the Joker scores a lot of points just by happening in a cartoon in 2015 and not just being someone doing . The flower in his lapel sprays acid, and his hand often holds a lethal joy buzzer conducting a million volts of electricity, although both items were introduced in 1952 as harmless joke items. [25][31] This version has been cited in many stories, including Batman: The Man Who Laughs (in which Batman deduces that the Red Hood survived his fall and became the Joker), Batman #450 (in which the Joker dons the Red Hood to aid his recovery after the events in "A Death in the Family", but finds the experience too traumatic), Batman: Shadow of the Bat #38 (in which Joker's failed stand-up performance is shown), "Death of the Family",[95] and Batman: Three Jokers (which asserts that it is the canon origin story). [232][233] The Joker has featured in a number of animated projects, such as 2009's Batman: The Brave and the Bold (voiced by Jeff Bennett)[234] and 2011's Young Justice (voiced by Brent Spiner). [98] In The Brave and the Bold #31, the superhero Atom enters the Joker's mind and sees the criminal's former self - a violent sociopath who tortures animals, murders his own parents, and kills for fun while committing robberies. [137] He commits crimes with a variety of weaponized thematic props such as a deck of razor-tipped playing cards, rolling marbles, jack-in-the-boxes with unpleasant surprises and exploding cigars capable of leveling a building. They have a classic abusive relationship; even though the Joker constantly insults, hurts, and even tries to kill Harley, she always returns to him, convinced that he loves her. [115], The Joker is obsessed with Batman, the pair representing a yin-yang of opposing dark and light force; although it is the Joker who represents humor and color and Batman who dwells in the dark. His work comprised nineteen films, including 10 Things I Hate About You . In "The Joker's Utility Belt" (1952), he mimicked Batman's utility belt with non-lethal items, such as Mexican jumping beans and sneezing powder. [84], The Joker is portrayed as having no fear; when fellow supervillain Scarecrow doses him with fear toxin in Knightfall (1993), the Joker merely laughs and says "Boo! Frequent references are made to his having suffered a disfiguring accident in a chemical factory. The Joker, with a planned release date of Oct. 4, 2019, stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian in 1980s Gotham who becomes unhinged and launches a crime spree. The Joker has been characterized as psychopathic/sociopathic paramour to Harley Quinn in many mediums. [55][56][57] Grant Morrison's 1989 Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth explores the psychoses of Batman, the Joker and other rogues in the eponymous facility. If . [39] While O'Neil and Adams' work was critically acclaimed, writer Steve Englehart and penciller Marshall Rogers's eight-issue run in Detective Comics #471476 (August 1977April 1978) defined the Joker for decades to come[31] with stories emphasizing the character's insanity. The Joker sometimes works with other Gotham City supervillains, such as the Penguin and Two-Face, and groups like the Injustice Gang and Injustice League, but these relationships often collapse due to the Joker's desire for unbridled chaos. Enraged killer. [38][39][40] The complete series became difficult to obtain over time, often commanding high prices from collectors. [61] The Joker's first major storyline in The New 52, DC Comics' 2011 reboot of story continuity, was 2012's "Death of the Family" by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo. Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson are credited with creating the Joker, but their accounts of the character's conception differ, each providing his own version of events. The 1990s introduced a romantic interest for the Joker in his former psychiatrist, Harley Quinn, who became his criminal sidekick and girlfriend before finally escaping their abusive relationship. Aside from being really tall and really handsome the one thing that everyone associated with Cesar Romero was his mustache. [2][17][27] The character risked becoming an obscure figure of the preceding era until this goofy prankster version of the character was adapted into the 1966 television series Batman, in which he was played by Cesar Romero. Cohen, who specializes in violence and psychopathy, told Insider that "Joker" strengthens the incorrect stereotype that there is a link between mental . 2. Generally speaking, superheroes utilize at least one primary color in their costume and/or design. [138] In 1942's "The Joker Follows Suit", the villain built his versions of the Batplane and Batmobile, the Jokergyro and Jokermobile (the latter with a large Joker face on its hood), and created a Joker-signal with which criminals could summon him for their heists. When he returns a year later, during the "Death of the Family" storyline (October 2013-February 2013), The Joker is wearing the skin as a mask. [184], Since 20122013, the Joker has inspired a large number of internet memes, often focused on the character's portrayal in films (see below). [106], Renowned as Batman's greatest enemy,[107][108][109][110] the Joker is known by a number of nicknames, including the Clown Prince of Crime, the Harlequin of Hate, the Ace of Knaves, and the Jester of Genocide. [19][62] Capullo's Joker design replaced his traditional outfit with a utilitarian, messy, and disheveled appearance to convey that the character was on a mission; his face (surgically removed in 2011's Detective Comics (vol. [113][114] The other version, popular in comic books from the late 1940s to the 1960s and in the 1960s television series, is an eccentric, harmless prankster and thief. He was more angular, his beady eyes got even more beady and reversed in color;his needle nose got even more needle-like, and he lost the red lips. 2) #1) was reattached with belts, wires, and hooks, and he was outfitted with mechanics overalls. The Joker strayed from his beginnings as a chilling murderer as comics shifted to become more child-friendly. During this period, the first changes in the Joker began to appear, portraying him as a wacky but harmless prankster; in one story, the Joker kidnaps Robin and Batman pays the ransom by check, meaning that the Joker cannot cash it without being arrested. 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