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Villain Overview

Welcome to the madhouse, Batman! I set a trap, and you sprang it gloriously! Now let's get this party started!
~ The Joker to Batman after escaping custody in Batman Arkham Asylum and his most famous quote.
You of all people should know. There's nothing so cruel as memory. The pointy, bitey little thunderbolts. Unwanted party crashers, screaming through your synapses. Inescapable, unrelenting, not at all friendly... You can't even escape into madness! And then you meet someone who changes your life, and you feel that you don't even know who you are anymore. Isn't it funny how one little encounter can cleave off little pieces of your past, deform your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity? And as you realise how foolish it all is, your laughter reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness.
~ The Joker explaining his views to Dr. Harleen Quinzel.
Take a hint, old boy! We may have had our differences, but you and me, we're made for each other.
~ The Joker to Batman in Arkham Knight.

The Joker is the main antagonist of the Batman: Arkham franchise.

He is a nefariously insane and homicidal supervillain who is one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal masterminds in all of Gotham City to an extent upon his many brutal and ludicrous crimes. Like many incarnations, He is the arch-nemesis of Batman, whom he committed absolute terror due to attempting to break his mind even after his death and hurting majority of his loved ones.

Portrayals[]

He was voiced by Mark Hamill, who also portrayed the Joker and fellow Batman villains Solomon Grundy, Ferris Boyle, Jordan Pryce, and Tony Zucco in the DC Animated Universe, as well as Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Alvin the Treacherous in the How to Train Your Dragon series, Darth Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Trickster in The Flash, Dictatious in Trollhunters, and Niju in Balto II.

In Arkham Origins and Assault on Arkham, he was voiced by Troy Baker, who also played Two-Face and the Arkham Knight in the same series and the Joker in the Tommorowverse, as well as Schneizel el Britannia in Code Geass, Shinnok in Mortal Kombat X, Greed in Fullmetal Alchemist, Rhys in Tales from the Borderlands, Joel Miller and James in The Last of Us video game series, and Kyle Rondart in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

Appearance[]

Classic[]

The Joker has the twisted look of a clown. In all of his apparitions (including those of Arkham Knight), he wears an elegant, eccentric harlequin outfit: consisting of a yellow shirt under a purple pinstripe Victorian tailcoat and matching pants with a green bow tie and a poisonous prank-flower on his lapel. After falling in a vat of chemicals, Joker's skin was burned a stark, pale white. His also lips became a wicked dark red, as well as permanently maintaining the shape of a sinister and untrustworthy grin.

In Arkham City, he has the same appearance but with red spots on his face caused by the Titan poisoning.

In Arkham Origins, he wears a darker purple suit with a green shirt and blue pants.

In Arkham Knight, he wears a brighter purple suit with red spots covering most of his face (although he gradually loses these red spots as he gains control over Batman), and in the Family Matters DLC he occasionally wears a top hat.

Titan[]

Ro idd joker

Joker-Titan

Titan Joker is a giant monstrous version of the Joker and the final boss in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Titan Joker is even taller than Killer Croc. He's an incredibly muscular monster, a lot of his bones such as a large amount of his ribs on both sides as well as his fingernails are sharpen and revealed, and his hair is now a mohawk.

Personality[]

An insanely homicidal super-villain, the Joker’s white skin, green hair, and blood-red lips belie the chaotic nature underlying his cartoonish appearance. The self-styled Clown Prince of crime has no superpowers beyond a capacity for incredible violence and a skill at creating deadly mayhem. He frequently concocts elaborate schemes to entrap his arch nemesis, Batman.
~ The Joker's bio in Batman: Arkham Asylum.
You know, Joker? Used to be real good at hurting people with words.
~ Harley about the cruelty the Joker was capable of.

Joker is made clear to have an incomprehensible plethora of mental illness: including but by no means limited to schizophrenia, hysteria, egotism, severe psychosis, and borderline personality disorder. Wherever he went, the Joker left a trail of misery, chaos, and death in his wake. He had no interest in money or power, he was neither greedy nor did he have any concern over companionship or want of a friend. His goals were simple and downright evil: chaos for the sake of chaos. Joker's sense of humor was twisted, malevolent, and vituperative, so uncountable deaths were just a distraction to sadistically feed his appetite.

He was also a monomaniac who underwent extremely deranged fixations upon different obsessions. The most obvious one was harlequins which actually became the motif of his crime empire, this also was carried out in his appearance and manner of killing his victims (making them laugh to death after exposing them to his Joker Toxin). But perhaps the most startling was his fixation on Batman, the first vigilante ever to set foot in Gotham. His obsessions were so bad he focused most of his energy on killing the Dark Knight and should he interfere in his plans, he instantly became the top priority.

Joker most openly chooses to display his craziness to Batman. Despite being archenemies, Joker ironically refers to Batman as his best friend: as proof he would never kill him even if it was beneficial to his plans but only if he was bored with him. The reason is because he did not care about the man underneath the cowl (which ultimately maintains consistency with a question he makes to the Dark Knight in Arkham Asylum) and even stopped Harley Quinn from unmasking a kidnapped Batman, stating "no-one's who you think they are, my dear, why spoil the fun?". Which infers Joker knew the whole time (ironically since Arkham Knight) but wanted to prevent even Harley from likewise knowing because he loves the mutual mystery.

Joker deep hated Batman's sidekicks and believed that they held the vigilante back and only prevented him from "playing" with Bruce. It was this that prompted him to kidnap and torture Jason Todd (the second Robin), and then mail him the video of Jason's brutal death which only hung over Batman's guilty conscience. Thankfully, as later revealed in Arkham Knight, Jason's death was faked by Joker shooting him in his bullet-proof armor.

Joker holding Harley Quinn hostage

Joker displaying his lack of empathy by threatening to kill Harley Quinn.

He had no concern over anyone's life except his own. If one of his own men were left behind or died, it was a mild inconvenience in Joker's eyes. He would even kill them himself, including the loyalist thugs if he was disappointed by them and sometimes just for the sadistic entertainment in simply killing them. Even Harley Quinn, his most loyal minion and girlfriend who utterly idolized the maniac was left totally oblivious to his cruel treatment and utter abuse towards her. However, Harley is still useful to Joker's cause and as long as she kept this way he would keep her by his side there was a rare time when Joker did care for her or at the very least had a soft spot for her (such as the fact she was the only person he didn't try to shoot under the effects of Scarecrow's gas, his jealousy of her when she started dating Deadshot) and he never outright tried to kill her.

Despite his obvious untrustworthy appearance, Joker is surprisingly charming - and in some cases - seductive. He was a pathological liar and a sadomasochist. Given his incarceration in Arkham City, he had concocted twelve unique identities with one finite detail, Batman. He was completely unafraid of any physical harm inflicted on him, not only taking twisted delight in being beaten half to death by an enraged Batman but actually persuading him to kill him. Joker's very presence was corruptive; he brought out the worst in people, turning good men into killers, and was a cynical, manipulative Machiavelli.

During his therapy sessions, not only was he able to get Dr. Penelope Young into thinking that he was completely intelligible and sane but actually tricking Doctor Harleen Quinzel into thinking herself in love with the Joker. He openly did not think much of humanity, believing every man, woman, and even child was as equally insane, sarcastic, and treacherous, as he was on the inside and that to deny this was pure madness, in this case, he resented Batman for his ideas that people were basically good. He also thought that life is a joke and everyone in it thought that no one's life is valuable.

He became increasingly obsessed with Batman as the story of Arkham Origins continued. Though he originally viewed him as a "tiny little distraction", he slowly becomes more focused on the vigilante especially after he saved the clown prince from his death on top of Gotham Royal Hotel, and was completely dumbfounded that people like him would risk their lives to save his until he admitted to his psychiatrist that it was fate that he and Batman met that day. He even ordered the freed prisoners of Blackgate to leave Batman alive, which was odd as he showed no concern over the Caped Crusader living or dying beforehand. Even when he was defeated and imprisoned, he was seen laughing insanely all the while saying, "this is going to be fun" prolonging the inevitable life-long duel between Batman and him.

The A,tics

Joker meeting Batman for the first time.

However, the Joker was not totally deluded, as he was aware that he was a bad person who deserved death and was completely dumbfounded when Batman risked his own life to save his, as he was aware that he wasn't worth saving. He was also a revolutionary, suicidal individual, just after Bane rocketed an RPG toward the Gotham Royal Hotel, instead of panicking he casually accepted his fate without hesitation. He presented numerous opportunities for Batman to take his life, although because of his arrogance there is always a chance that he was simply mocking him as he knew the Dark Knight had never killed beforehand. His lack of self-preservation was further reinforced when he shot himself with a dangerous chemical that turned him into a hulking beast after Batman unravelled his plans to take over Arkham Asylum. After a short battle with his henchmen, Batman took him out by spraying his glove with explosive gel and punching the Joker, knocking him out. Despite this, Joker completely overvalued his life above anything else. After feeling the effects of the TITAN poisoning from Arkham Asylum, he frantically searched for a cure so he would not die, he even had his girlfriend kidnap doctors all across Gotham then brutally tortured and killed anyone who could not cure his disease.

The Joker's emotions were impossible to read, one of his own henchmen even commented on how the Joker's mindset could change so easily from being maniacal and humorous to being a serious, calculated mastermind. He was capable of being calm and rational yet this broke in an instant and he reverted to his hysteric state, literally laughing until he was near the brink of tears. Joker rarely got angry and whenever he did it was almost impossible to realise however he did come close to having a breakdown when Batman had set his plans in an array during the siege of Arkham.

Joker enjoying the torture of Jadon Todd

Joker torturing Jason Todd.

He seems to have developed a symbolic connection towards Arkham Asylum. Despite it being the place of his incarceration Joker considers it a "home away from home" which he used as a way to add insult to injury to the politicians who locked him away there. It was also the same place he chose to put Jason Todd under brutal torture however this was probably pathological to emotionally attack Batman as he was the man who incarcerated him in Arkham.

Joker was also a total genius, to make matters worse. He was a master tactician, manipulator, and actor, not only he was able to fool The World's Greatest Detective into thinking he was Black Mask but his entire gang as well. Single-handedly he was able to mastermind the attack on Arkham Asylum by setting a fire at Blackgate Prison so all of his goons would be there to help him take over the Asylum. He was also familiar with Batman's weak points knew that if he brought innocents into the equation then Batman would have no choice but to help him. Because of this, he sent his poisoned blood to hospitals all over Gotham to force the Dark Knight to locate his cure as well as poisoning the Dark Knight himself so symbolically the two would either be united in death.

The iconic end to Arkham City

Joker's lifeless body being carried out of Arkham City.

In his final moments, Joker gloated over Batman, showing arrogance, overconfidence, and remorseless to his very core. He boasts that in the end, he would always save him, ignoring that the Joker ended up destroying his own cure. Despite dying, he was able to find humor in his own death and ultimately got the last laugh on Batman.

Despite his death, nine months later, Joker returned. He was able to send his contaminated blood to numerous hospitals which were overlooked and infected five people (Henry Adams, Christina Bell, Albert King, Johnny Charisma, and Batman) over time his personality manifested in these five people, and they began to resemble him in appearance and personality. As the Joker-Virus spread throughout Batman, many traits of Joker himself spurred when he was alive inside the Dark Knight, mainly his manipulative and sadistic nature.

He was able to manipulate Batman into imprisoning Robin by antagonizing his mind with Jason Todd's death and forcing him to relive his worst memories throughout the night, such as the paralysis of Barbara Gordon, the torture of the Second Robin and even forced him to break his no-killing rule (in a hallucination only). Joker himself comes to the conclusion that though in life the two were divided, death became a symbolic unite for both of them as well he even makes allusions that in contrast to their differences they were "made for each other", should he have fully taken control of Batman he would have returned to "the full package" and plunged Gotham into his reign of chaos.

Underneath his terrifying demeanour and bravado, Joker was actually capable of fear. He was terrified of being forgotten by the people of Gotham. This is exploited by Batman when the Joker-Virus takes control of Bruce's mind which ultimately results in his final defeat before he is laid to rest by both the city and Batman.

Appearances[]

Games[]

  • Batman Arkham Asylum
  • Batman Arkham City
  • Batman Arkham Origins
  • Batman Arkham Knight
  • Batman Arkham VR (Dream sequence only)

Other games[]

  • Batman Arkham City Lockdown
  • Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate

Movies[]

  • Batman: Assault On Arkham

DLC[]

  • Batgirl: A Matter Of Family

Skills and Abilities[]

  • Endurance: Being slammed through extremely thick glass, slammed into ornaments and the ground and pummeled by Batman had seemingly no effect on the Joker. Whatever happened to him, he was able to get straight back up.
  • Skilled Fighter: The Joker was an extremely skilled fighter, overpowering Black Mask in Arkham Origins and proving a match for the Batman.
  • Hand to Hand Combat: The Joker was at least as skilled in battle as the Batman, matching him in battle on several occasions.
  • Force of Will: Whereas his henchmen were reduced to mindless and feral creatures when injected with Titan, the Joker retained his intelligence, personality and speech after injecting himself.

Arsenal[]

  • Ace of Spades: The Joker's main weapon was a typical but powerful silver six-shooter revolver.
  • Knife: A regular red knife that Joker used very rarely.
  • Glass Shard: During the battle in Blackgate Prison's chapel, the Joker tried to cut Batman's throat with a broken shard of stained glass but the Dark Knight blocked it.
  • Explosive Teeth: Chatter teeth that could explode when triggered. He used these extensively throughout the final battle in Arkham Asylum.
  • Smilex: The Joker's signature weapon was a deadly green nerve gas that made the victims laugh uncontrollably until they died a slow, painful death with a smile on their face.
  • Goggles: The Joker possessed goggles that had thermal vision, allowing him to see skeletons through objects like Detective Mode.
  • Joy Buzzer: The Joker possessed a deadly electrical buzzer that could shock victims to death.

Victims[]

Victims killed by The Joker
  • Giovanni Luchese
  • Tiffany Ambrose
  • Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb
  • Lester Buchinsky/Electrocutioner
  • Frank Boles
  • Dr. Penelope Young
  • Razor
  • Katie Burke (Edward Burke's daughter)
  • Edward Burke
  • Talia al Ghul
  • Unnamed Bank Manager
  • Multiple Employees at Gotham Merchant's Bank
  • Many of his own thugs
  • Multiple Black Mask thugs
  • Multiple Penguin thugs
  • Multiple Two-Face thugs
  • Multiple Bane thugs
  • Multiple Blackgate staff
  • Arkham Lunatics
  • High Secretly Henchmen
  • Political Prisoners
  • Two unnamed Joker thugs
  • Innumerable Arkham Asylum staff
  • Multiple Arkham City doctors
  • Multiple TYGER guards
  • Multiple Blackgate inmates
  • Multiple Arkham Asylum inmates
  • Multiple Arkham City inmates
  • Hundreds of Gotham Citizens
  • Countless number of unnamed people

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Quotes[]

Arkham Origins[]

They say crime doesn't pay but someone oughta check the good commissioner's pockets- 'cause they are lined with my money. And what have I got to show for it, huh? My own in the slammer?! Not no more. No. Tonight, we're making some changes! Some big changes.
~ The Joker whilst disguised as Black Mask holding Commisioner Loeb hostage and his very first words in the series chronologically.
Part of me just wants to flip that switch. But it is Christmas Eve... and he is the Calendar Man. *wheezing laughter* and that's just too perfect to ignore. You're gonna owe me for this, Julian. And that could be... useful.
~ The Joker as Black Mask allowing the Calendar Man to live.
Loeb: What's all this about, Sionis? Haven't I always come through for you?
"Black Mask": You may have Gillian but, uh, things have... changed. We're starting with a clean slate and you're not on it.
Loeb: What are you talking about? I'm not on it? After all I've done for you?! You can't do this! I'm the Police Commissioner, damn it!
"Black Mask: Show's over, boys. Let's go.
~ The Joker as Black Mask executing Loeb.
"Black Mask": Think you can just waltz into my bank, huh?
Batman: Roman, I'm here for the Joker.
"Black Mask": The Joker? [giggles] Never heard of him. How about you, doll, know the Joker?
Bank Manager: [laughing in pain] The who?
"Black Mask": And you, sir. name "Joker" ring a bell?
Sionis: You sunova bitch! You think you can steal from me and get away with it? You're a dead man! DEAD!
"Black Mask": Can't.. .you... just play along?![removes the mask] Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.
Batman: It's been you this whole time- you hired the assassins. You've been running Sionis' operation.
Joker: Well, technically, it's
my operation now. Isn't that right, boys?
~ The Joker revealing himself.
Oh, life would be so simple if you were all I wanted. No, no - you're just a teeny little distraction - compared to what I've got up my sleeve. Huh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Here! Have a laugh on me. Hu hu hu ha ha! Do you hear that? Sounds like eight tiny reindeer. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
~ The Joker when Batman demanded that he release the bank manager.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Must be a bad connection. It seems you said that after I SHOT HIM, and BLEW UP A BUILDING ON HIM, THE BAT SOMEHOW SURVIVED!!
~ The Joker when his gang members revealed that Batman had survived him bombing the Gotham Merchants Bank's vault.
Well, since I know that's IMPOSSIBLE, I'm going to let you reconcile my vision of reality, with your version of reality, and in case your pea-brain can't parse big words, I'll translate it into thug-speak for you: KILL THE BAT, OR I'LL KILL YOU!
~ The Joker when his thugs reaffirmed what they said.
Have you ever tried BURPING the National Anthem?
~ The Joker
"Black Mask": Friends, assassins, welcome to our first quarterly performance review... As you can see here, Batman deaths are coming in far below projections. [giggles] We are really gonna have to turn this around...
Joker: And by "we" I mean "you." Got that, Mr. ... 'Cutioner?
~ Joker holding a meeting as Black Mask, but opting to reveal his true identity to the assassins.
I'm the guy with the money and the gun! So when I hire you to kill the Batman, you SHUT THE HELL UP AND KILL THE BATMAN!
~ Joker arguing with the Electrocutioner.
Do you have anything else to contribute... I didn't think so.
~ Joker before killing the Electrocutioner.
Mmmm! This fruitcake is fantastic! Anyone want a piece?
~ Joker to the assassins after killing Electrocutioner.
Bane: You have ONE minute.
Joker: Do they even have manners where he comes from? You see, it's a traditional in my house to open one present each on Christmas Eve. Hmm... how about... this one? [pushes detonator that exploded a nearby skyscraper] Ha ha ha ha! And a partridge in a pear tree!
[Batman grabbed Joker by the collar]
Batman: How many lives did you just take?!
Joker: None! I think? That was just a little stocking stuffer - a construction site blocking my view. [grabs another detonator] But this one isn't.
~ An example of Joker's mind games to unnerve and enrage Batman.
How do I want this stocking stuffer delivered alive or dead?
~ The Joker
'T'was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a... well, there was a Bat, but a few more hits to the head will fix that!
~ Joker reciting Christmas rhymes, changed into something sadistic.
I want my money's worth! Fifty MILLION dollars worth!
~ Joker commentating on the first fight between Bane and Batman.
Toot toot, all aboard the Bane train!
~ Joker commenting on Bane's charging attacks.
Now, this is what I call a party!
~ Joker firing upon police helicopters.
Now... Why? Why? Why would you do that? Newsflash: I'm the one who's trying to kill you. (shoots thugs) Those were two very... VERY bad men. Ooo, the things they've done. *tutting* You really don't want to know. They deserved death. Hoo hoo hoo hoo. Just... like... me. Ha ha ha hoo hoo hoo.
~ The Joker when Batman saved him from falling to his death from the Royal Hotel's penthouse.
Harvey Bullock: Where is he?
Joker: Who?
Harvey Bullock: The Bat, your partner!
Joker: My partner?!
Harvey Bullock: Yeah, who else would jump outta building to save your sorry ass?
Joker: Heh heh, you know, officer... I was wondering that myself.
~ Beginnings of Joker's obsession with Batman.
Joker: Harleen, what a pretty name. Do your friends call you Harley?
Harleen Quinzel: Oh, I don't have a lot of friends.
Joker: Well, Harley, you're got one now.
~ The beginning of Joker's years of manipulating Harleen Quinzel.
Jingle bells, Batman smells, Gotham's quite a mess! Blackgate's mine and you're out of time, which means you'll soon be dead!
~ The Joker after taking control of Blackgate Prison
Prisoners, meet the Batman, Batman, meet the prisoners. Now prisoners, please kill the Batman.
~ The Joker
Well, what do you know? You did it. You took 'em all out. I should be sad, I suppose, but the truth is, I'm happy. Happier than I've been in years. How about you?
~ The Joker after Batman defeated all of the inmates.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for I present to you, the death of the Batman!
~ The Joker as he witnesses Batman and Bane's first fight.
Jingle bells, Batman smells, Gotham's quite a mess! Blackgate's mine and you're out of time, which means you’ll soon be dead! Hahahaha!
~ The Joker
I... I understand you. You had a chance to let me die, and you didn't take it. I bet right now you're wishing you had. I've killed... a lot of people, brought this city to its knees, crippled the police, and it's not even time to open our presents yet!
~ Joker greeting Batman in Blackgate Prison.
Well, I'd love to stay and celebrate your victory, but I've got stockings to stuff, mistletoe to hang - and about fifteen skyscrapers to blow up before sunrise. Ciao!
~ The Joker before attempting to flee Blackgate.
Is all this for you or for me? You must know that I'm a lost cause. But there's still hopes for you. Yes. I've got great hopes for you. So c'mon, don't stop now!
~ The Joker
You just can't get it through your thick skull! WE BOTH EXIST, BECAUSE OF THEM!!
~ The Joker when Batman revealed that Bane was still alive.
That's why you do it, isn't it? You like the way it feels. It's what you need!
~ The Joker
Come on, baby. Beat me til' your knuckles bleed. And why stop there? You know there's only one way to stop me!
~ The Joker before being finally defeated.
Stopped his heart. Hehehe! Good one, Bats. Oh, this is going to fun!
~ Joker after his defeat, foreshadowing his many years of fighting against Batman.

A Matter of Family[]

See, it used to be simple. I blow things up. He shows up. Start all over again. Now there's you two knuckleheads spoiling my game. MY GAME! Not funny!
~ Joker gets angry that Batgirl and Robin interfere before attempting to kill them with a rocket launcher.
Welcome one and all to Joker's main event! Tonight's special act... The Magnificent Deaths of the Caped Do-Gooders! Come in. Take a load off. Enjoy!
~ Joker, Harley and his henchmen about to confront Batgirl and Robin.
Back off or the sidekick gets it! What would Batman do? Well... it's been a blast!
~ Joker using Harley as a human shield against the cops, while taunting Batgirl.
Next one's for you, kiddo. TOODLELOOO!!!
~ Joker promising he's not done with Batgirl after nearly taking down Robin before escaping by jumping off the Seagate platform.

Arkham Asylum[]

The night is young, Bats. I still have a trick or two up my sleeve. I mean, don't you think it's a little bit funny how a fire at Blackgate caused hundreds of my crew to be moved here?
~ The Joker while being transferred.
Can you smell the excitement in the air? No? Hmm... must have been one of the guards, then. Croc, old boy, is that you?
~ Joker to Killer Croc.
Gotta say, it's good to be back!
~ Joker just before his attack on his escorters.
The choke's on you. Hee hee, ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ta-daa! Honey, I'm home.
~ The Joker after escaping custody.
Batman: There's no escape, Joker!
Joker: Silly Bat! I don't want to escape, I'm having
way too much fun! I even have you here to keep a smile on my face!
Batman: Not for long.
Joker: Really? We'll see. Ta-ta!
~ The Joker telling Batman he doesn't intend on escaping Arkham Asylum.
Harley: He's done it again. I don't believe it. I'm on my way now.
Joker: Oops. Change of plans, kiddo.
Harley: But I tried my best!
Joker: Sorry, but there is no prize for second place. I'm afraid you're off the party list. Better luck next time. Eh heh heh heh heh heh heh.
~ The Joker betraying and abandoning Harley after she failed to stop Batman in Extreme Isolation.
Let's talk about your employee relations, Bats. Harley disappointed me and now she's out of the picture. Gone. Forgotten. Dead to me. You get the idea. What's it like in your organisation? Do you punish your hired help when they fail? Or is that saucy outfit you make him wear punishment enough?
~ The Joker after Batman defeated Harley.
Patient continues to show bizarre and irrational tendencies. On continued observation, it is clear that he believes he can in some way influence the inevitable destruction of the city. Tests prove what can only be described as a buried messiah complex. I fear he is untreatable.
~ The Joker about Batman in Scarecrow's nightmare.
I once went to a psychiatrist 'Doc', I said, 'Every time I get into bed, I think there's someone under it, I get under the bed, I think there's somebody on top of it'! I was going crazy. So I cured myself. I cut the legs off my bed. And then the doctor. Slept fine ever since.
~ The Joker.
Joker: Oh God... Does she ever stop going on about those plants of hers?
Poison Ivy: When I finish with Batman, I'll be coming after you, Joker!
Joker: Will you really. Well, that's gratitude, isn't it? Women! You give'em presents, experimental chemicals and nice costumes and they still turn on you
~ The Joker to Poison Ivy.
Over? Why, my dear delusional Dark Knight, it hasn't even begun!
~ The Joker, unwilling to accept defeat just yet.
You had to spoil everything. Beating up Bane, feeding Scarecrow to Croc, slapping around Harley, my hobby by the way! And ruining all my precious venom plants.
~ The Joker when confronted in his secret lair within the Visitor Center.
Ow. You're ruining my big night! Months of planning down the crapper! I just wanted to bring down your grim facade and for once, let you see the world as I see it, giggling in a corner and bleeding. But you denied me even that. (points the Titan formula at himself) I have nothing to live for! (injects himself with Titan)
~ Joker to Batman for the reason for why he planned the riot of Arkham Asylum before he mutated into his Titan form.
GREETINGS, GOTHAM, JOKER HERE. ARKHAM IS MINE. SOON I'LL UNLEASH MADNESS UNTOLD ONTO THE STREETS OF GOTHAM. BUT FIRST, DIRECT YOUR EYES TO THE ROOFTOPS AND WITNESS THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF YOUR DEAR DARK KNIGHT!
~ The Joker to the news helicopters after mutating into his Titan form.
Showtime, Batman!
~ Titan Joker.
Hysterical! But you still spoiled my fun. And for that, I'll paint Arkham with your blood. Let's get ready to tango!
~ Titan Joker before the final battle.
I can take it. I can take anything you throw at me Bats! You can't beat me. I'm actually going to win. Ready for the next round?
~ The Joker during the final battle.

Arkham City[]

I was just remembering when it first occurred to me. It was about 6 months after you left me on that rooftop back at the asylum. As the bones knitted back together I had plenty of time to think: So how do you keep a secret from the World’s Greatest Detective? Well, do you know? It’s easy. You stick it right in front of him. Right under his long, pointy nose and wait.
~ Joker foreshadowing the events of Batman Arkham City.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat. Watch me kill your favourite cat! Hu hu hu hu *cough cough*
~ The Joker while attempting to kill Catwoman and his first words in the game.
Well, look who it is. I haven't seen you for, how long as it been? Let's see, there was an asylum, some monsters, and oh, that's right, you left me to die. Now you probably don't remember it that way, but who cares?
~ Joker discussing the events of Arkham Asylum with Batman.
Welcome, inmates. You are now taking your first, tentative steps towards a better world. A world of fun, mischief and best of all, a world where the only person you need to answer to is yours truly.
~ The Joker
I know what you guys are thinking. Is it all true? Is life at Joker Enterprises everything it's rumored to be? Sadly, it is. All of it. But look on the bright side. At least you know what you're getting yourself into and I can promise you this. You'll never leave.
~ The Joker
Surprise! You fell for the ol' fake Joker gag, Batman.
~ Clayface, secretly posing as the Joker.
Good evening, troops. This is General J with a quick update on what's going down here in Arkham City. As you can see, I'm looking much better. In fact...oooh...I think I'm looking better than ever. Oh, I can hear you all now: "How did this happen?", "Can I get me some of that crazy cure?", "I want answers, damn it! Now!" Well, here's the thing. Answers don't give you everlasting satisfaction. Sometimes you need to brace yourself for disappointment. Now think about it. Imagine your favourite TV show. You've been through it all. The ups, the downs, the crazy coincidences, and then: Bang! They tell you what it's all about. Would you be happy? Does it make sense? How come it all ended in a church? You guys just need to know one simple thing. I'm back. Back for good. Now arm yourselves, boys, we've got a prison break to plan. No hostages. No surrender. I know. It sounds like suicide, but listen. Whatever happens...I'll be right behind you.
~ Clayface posing as the Joker.
Joker: Get back here, Harley!
Harley: But I want to know who he is sweetie.
Joker: No one's who you think they are, my dear. Why spoil the fun?
Batman: It was all a lie. There's nothing wrong with you.
Joker: Nice of you to say, but, you of all people should know. There's plenty wrong with me. Take my blood for example. I wish somebody would. This stuff is killing me!
Batman: Why should I care?
Joker: Because now there's a teeny little bit of me in you too, Bats. Oh, c'mon. Don't tell me it's not what you always wanted. Look, we're running out of time, I need your help. I nearly had a cure; It was so close and then it was taken form me.
Batman: So we both die. I'm fine with that.
Joker: Are you? Imagine, sucking down that last breath, knowing that Gotham is doing the same.
Batman: What are you talking about.
Joker: Oh, didn't I say? I've spent weeks shipping samples of my blood to emergency rooms all over the city.
Batman: So, that's Protocol 10. Poison Gotham. I expected more.
Joker: Protocol 10? [dramatic gasp] Never heard of it. Hold tight! (Push Batman out the window.) I'll be in touch!
~ The Joker poisoned Batman with his blood to force him to recover the cure that will save their lives.
Hello! Anyone in there? No sense of humour. Oh, the strong and silent type, eh? Think you're safe behind that mask? Give me 20 minutes and a can opener and I'll have you whimpering like a schoolgirl. You might like it.
~ The Joker
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly. Besides, it was worth it to see the look on her face. Hey, you know what, I think I've got a piece in my pocket.
~ The Joker
It was a Thursday night. Things had been getting worse. I was 3 days from the bank foreclosing on my home. The Chemical Plant I worked at was about to lay off half of the workforce, and I was sitting in the hospital, holding the hand of my pregnant wife, wishing to God she wasn't dead.
~ The Joker
Probably was. Back then, though, all I knew was that if I didn't let old man Falcone's men into the plant that night, they'd a killed me too. So here's the thing. I had to decide: could I live without her? Was there any point going on? I've got to admit it, I was scared. Not of being dead, you understand?
~ The Joker
Do I look common? No, I was scared of the part just before you die. When you don't know what is about to happen. When you desperately clutching at life and trying to hold on with slippery, blood covered hands. So I need a decision right there.
~ The Joker.
Ok, Pro-fess-or. I'll give you a little more. I hope you're taking notes. It's the day after and I'm standing in the freezing rain, just staring at the Chemical Plant; feeling numb. Jeannie was dead. It didn't seem real. I could remember the day I first met her. Her infectious smile as I told her bad joke after bad joke. How, even after living with the pathetic wretch I was, she still wanted my child. And then they arrived. Reality's way of yanking me another wedgie. Falcone's man told me to cheer up. He said things could get worse. I asked him how? He grabbed me by the collar, pulled me close-he'd been eating garlic and each word stank as he threatened to perform oral surgery on me with a nail and a brick. Creative guy. They hand me a box. I remember thinking it was heavy. Was it a bomb? A gun? I'd never used a gun before, where they that heavy?
~ The Joker.
Ah, yes, the box. So there I was, tearing open this box, expecting the worse, and all it had in it was a crazy red dome and a cloak. I thought they were having a joke with me, but oh, no. They made me put it on. They said it was a disguise, it would keep me safe. It smelt like garlic. And that was it really. I dressed up like a spaceman, barely able to see, trying to break into the one place in this town that had given me a job. Have you ever tried to walk with an enormous fish bowl on your head? Don't answer that. It's hard. I couldn't see where I was going. I must have tripped one of the alarms. I heard muffled gunfire. I panicked and tried to run. And then I saw him.
~ The Joker.
Yes, really. Batman tried to hit me, I moved out the way but, well, what you need to understand is, I had this giant bowl on my head, and I lost my balance. It's like life really. One minute everything's bad, the next, your wife's dead and your hanging on for dear life, suspended over a tank of experimental chemicals. I'm sure he'd tried to save me, but we all know he didn't. I fell. For a second, just as I hit the surface, I thought I may just get away with this.
~ The Joker.
What can I say? I like to keep things interesting. A wise man once told me that if you have an origin story, you're better off making multiple choice.
~ The Joker.
Hugo, you merry maniac. You were obsessed with me. You all were. Trying to get in here. Next thing, you'll tell me it wasn't you who sent old Sharpie over the edge. Nice work by the way.
~ The Joker
So, here's the thing. If you want to make sure that no one else finds out about your past, you should stop poking your nose into mine.
~ The Joker explaining why he made up his past to Hugo Strange.
Joker: Encore! More! Bravo! [Coughs]
Batman: It was never you!
Joker: Not always. Well, sometimes. Confusing, isn’t it? I know I’d want to know just what the hell is going on if I were you. Let’s just say, at times like these it’s important to keep up appearances. [Coughs] But first, If you would be so kind. [Points his gun at Batman] Hand. Over. My. Cure.
~ Joker reveals himself after taking down Talia Al Ghul, revealing that he had been using Clayface as a healed self all along.
You're making me late for my spa treatment, Bats. I mean, it's not like you've got a girl to save anymore. Oh! I'm sorry, was that too soon? Would a change in scenery help ease the pain?
~ Joker mocking Batman with Talia's death, before detonating the floor to drop the fight into the Lazarus Pit chamber.
Joker: Quick, the cure! What are you waiting for? Come on! I killed your girlfriend, poisoned Gotham, and hell... it's not even breakfast. But so what? We all know you'll save me.
~ The Joker to Batman about his morality of always saving him as the latter acknowledges his heinous crimes.
Joker: Think of it as running.. Gag!! [Stabs Batman’s deltoid for the last of the cure to shatter]. NOO!!!
~ Joker realise his downfall for Being consumed to kill Batman and attempts desperately to drink the broken samples from the floor
Joker: Are you happy now!?
Batman: Want to know something funny? Even after everything you've done... I would have saved you.
Joker: [Coughing laugh] That actually is...pretty funny! [Coughing laugh]
~ The Joker's last words while auccumbing to his Titan infection which sealed his fate over his reign in Gotham.

Arkham Knight[]

This is how it happened. This is how the Joker died.
~ The Joker in the New Game + intro
Miss me?
~ Joker coming back, before he shot Batman.
Can you hear me. Bruce? Oh don't at all surprised, Bats. You knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Me, stuck deep inside you. Together we are going to give this city what it deserves. A new Batman. A better Batman. A darker, More...Well, we can come back to this later.
~ Joker explaining what he plans for Batman.
I've really got to hand it to Scarecrow. I've never been a fan of his concoctions up to now, but this batch, it's intoxicating. It really brings out the me in you.
~ Joker admitting that Scarecrow has done a good job with the toxin.
Remember Talia? Of course you do. How could you forget a girl like that! All it took was one piece of lead to end your hopes if a happily ever after. You blamed me of course, but you were wrong.
~ Joker taunts Batman with Talia's death.
That guy's more disturbing than Harley's and my honeymoon video!
~ Joker expressing repulsion about Professor Pyg.
Good for you, Bats! Eddie doesn't need psychiatric help. No, no, no. Beat'em up. Lock'em up. That the best medicine.
~ Joker congratulating Batman for capturing The Riddler.
Gather round kiddies Uncle Slade's got another tale from the trenches. Ask him to tell the one about the mass graves, it's a hoot!
~ The Joker makes fun of Deathstroke after his imprisonment.
Never could stand a tattletale, that's why I like to work alone! No one to spoil the punchline. You should try it some time; after all, you've seen what happens when you drag your friends into this crazy little game of ours.
~ Joker taunting Batman about the suffering of his allies in the video after the apparent death of Jason Todd.
This is it, Bats. Can you feel the rush of the delicious toxin burning through your veins, creeping into that demented mind of ours! I sure can. I'm getting stronger, Bruce. I'm more alive every breath you take.
~ Joker taunting Batman when he has to be in the cloud of fear toxin to replace a power cell for the Batmobile.
Stay calm, take deep slow breaths. Deep. Slow. Breaths. [yawns] All that effort must be tiring you out. You getting sleepy, Bats? Rock-a-by-Batsy, I'm getting free; soon you'll be the one trapped inside me; so keep taking breaths, great lung-fulls of fear! Soon, Bats will be gone, and I will be here!
~ Joker mocking then singing a lullaby to Batman.
Let's not fall out here, Bats. I might have told you a teeny, tiny little lie. But come on, look at the boy! You did good. We did good! You should be proud.
~ Joker revealing that he didn't kill Jason Todd after the latter reveals himself to be the Arkham Knight.
So, guess that's the end of the Arkham Knight. He chose the name himself, you know. Bless him. Where better to drive a man crazy than in the madhouse? Oh, I miss that place, don't you? Who knows, maybe we'll end up back there one day, eh?
~ Joker mocking Batman over Jason's fate following his defeat, while also foreshadowing the ending of the game.
All these years later, and I still have a soft spot for little Barbara Gordon. Fortunately, mine's not between the vertebrae!
~ Joker jesting about causing Barbara's paralysis.
Oh, come on! You think you're different because you never killed anyone? Newsflash! You killed me! I was there remember? You destroyed my cure, right in front of me! Watched me choke on my last laugh. And then after killing me, you said you would've shared! You couldn't admit I'd won could you? Not even as a parting gift.....But now I'm on the inside, ooh we both know the truth. Yes, you've killed before. And tonight I'll make you do it again!
~ Joker trying to convince Batman that he can be a killer.
Such a happy couple. Shame about the kid though. Poor little Brucie never quite got over it, now die he? Well, there's no point crying over spilt blood. It's time to move on, kiddo, let go, take a load off, join your parents. Uncle J will take it from here.
~ Joker provokes Batman in the hallucination of Crime Halley, the place where Bruce's parents died.
So, you finally lost it, eh? Finally snapped. My neck. No denying it this time. You've got the mind of a killer. And that mind is mine. It's over, Bruce. You crossed the blood-red line. And now Scarecrow's going to set me free.
~ The Joker after managing to make Batman snap his neck during his hallucination.
Joker: You know, you almost had me scared back there! Me! Haha! What have I got to be afraid of?
Batman: You're afraid of being ashes. You're afraid of being forgotten. And you will be forgotten, Joker. Because of me. I am vengeance. I am the night! I am Batman!
~ Joker fight his mortal enemy for the last time in his mind.
Joker: No, Bats, wait! (Batman lock the cell.) No please! Nooo!
Batman: Goodbye, Joker.
Joker: No, Bruce! Don't leave me! Please... I need you...
~ The Joker's last words before being imprisoned in a forgotten corner of Batman's mind forever.

Game Over Lines[]

Batman: Arkham Origins[]

To Batman[]

Aww. Too bad. So sad!
~ Joker
Oh I'm sorry! Did I kill your friend? Oops! My bad! Haha!
Looks like I'm gonna need to find a new playmate. Oh and we were having so much fun, too! Hahahaha!
Ding dong! The bat is dead! Which old bat? The dumb old bat! Ding dong, the dumb old bat is dead! Hahahahaha!
Aw, I gotta say. I thought you'd have more fight in you. A LOT more fight!

To Deathstroke[]

Deathstroke? Hehehe... More like Death...Joke. Ha ha ha ha ha!
You may be the world's greatest assassin kiddo, but Joker always gets the last laugh... HA HA HA HA!
~ Joker

Batman: Arkham Asylum[]

Hey! Someone help Bat-baby up off the floor!
Oh, I'd like to thank my fans for their undying support and the people of Gotham, who I'll be seeing very, very soon.
Gotta say, I'd thought you'd last longer.
I salute my fallen enemy!
That loser didn't stand a chance! Ha ha ha! I mean look at me!
Ohh, isn't that cute? Little Bats is sleepin'... Someone finish him off.
Too easy! Played you like a violin then cut your strings! Nighty-nighty, Bats.

Titan Joker[]

One down. Who's next to party with me!?
Who else wants to get crazy?
Tonight, Gotham, I have defeated your dear Dark Knight. Don't be sad... YOU'RE NEXT!

Batman: Arkham City[]

I figured you'd have a little more fight in you. Guess I figured wrong!
Oh, Bats! I really figured you'd last longer than that!
It's ok to die, Bats. I'll be here to protect Gotham! Ha ha ha, I'll do a real good job!
HA-HA-HA-HA-HEH-HEH-HEH!!!

Clayface Joker[]

Get up, Bats! Hey, you ain't looking so good!
~ Clayface-Joker
Oh, Bats! If you only knew what I have planned! You'd just die!
~ Clayface Joker
Aren't you supposed to be up on your feet and trying to stop me?
~ Clayface Joker

Batman: Arkham Knight[]

Downside: You're dead, but the upside? We've got each other, Bruce. Forever.
~ Joker
This is how it happened. This is how the Batman died.
~ Joker
Who's going to fight crime now? Robin? Ha ha ha!
~ Joker
What? You survive everything I threw at you only to die now, like this?
~ Joker
Bats? Bats?! BAAATS!
~ Joker
Oh Bats, you big kidder. You don't fool me. Bats? Bats?
~ Joker
That's it, Bats, play dead. We've got 'em right where we- oh, dear.
~ Joker
Oops. You're dead! Wait, does that mean I'm dead? GET UP, BRUCE, GET UP!
~ Joker
Ugh, well that's what I get for betting it all on black.
~ Joker
Now, if I was in charge this would never have happened!
~ Joker
Aw, off to see Mom and Pop at that big country club in the sky.
~ Joker
Don't head towards the light, Bruce, it's not fair, they'll never let me in!
~ Joker
I've sat through my own funeral already, now I have to go through the whole thing again?! Thanks for nothing!
~ Joker
Tsk, tsk, tsk, you should take better care of yourself, Batsy, there's two of us in there.
~ Joker
What the? Why's everything gone dark? Are we dying? We better not be dying, Bruce.
Come on, Bruce. You can't die! I didn't kill you!
Well, that's one less Gordon to worry about. At least you won't have to tell him the truth about Babs.
There goes your only lead to finding Barbara. Well, it was fun while it lasted.

A Matter of Family[]

Everything is in a smile.
It's a little known fact that there's a bit of Joker inside us all. Come on, kiddo! Let your Joker out!
Hey sad clown...turn that frown around.

Trivia[]

  • The Joker is one of the two villains of the saga to appear in all four titles and play an antagonistic role against Batman, the other being the Riddler.
  • The Batman: Arkham version of the Joker seems to be a bit of a music buff:
    • When Batman confronted Joker in the penthouse of the Gotham Royal Hotel, TV sets behind him were playing the Looney Toons short "Rabbit of Seville" with the Barber of Seville also playing in the background.
    • In one of the game over scenes for Arkham Origins, Joker sung his own version of Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead from The Wizard of Oz.
    • During his therapy session with Harley Quinn, the background music of the Comedy Club brawl was from The Thieving Magpie, which alluded to A Clockwork Orange. The theme played during a similar scene with several escaped inmates fighting people in an abandoned theatre.
    • During the credits for Arkham City, Batman received one last pre-recorded message from Joker's cellphone: a recording of the Clown Prince of Crime singing Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters. This was referred to in Arkham Knight, as the song was playing in the background in the room where Joker 'killed' Two-Face.
    • The credits for Arkham Origins homage this: as Joker was locked back in his cell at Blackgate Prison, he sung Cold, Cold Heart by Hank Williams.
      • Interestingly, in both instances, the Joker was singing love songs, apparently to his adversary.
      • Although not sung by Joker himself, the scene in which Joker was cremated in the opening to Batman: Arkham Knight had the Frank Sinatra song: I've Got You Under My Skin playing in the background.
    • In Batman's nightmare of Joker possessing his mind and murdering all of Gotham's villains, Only You can be heard playing through an old record player. However, if you shoot at it, the music stops playing.
  • In both The Road to Arkham and the comic prequel to Arkham City, Joker was shown yelling "Are we there yet?" repeatedly, and both times led to him being harmed afterwards (in the former, Batman punched him in the face hard enough to leave him groaning without taking his eyes off the wheel, and in the latter, the Arkham Asylum personnel proceeded to inflict torture on Joker in revenge for his killing 103 personnel during the events of Arkham Asylum).

Assault on Arkham showed Joker without his red lips for most of the film while in his prison uniform in his cell in Extreme Incarceration at the Penitentiary.

    • The Arkham Origins flashback showed him with red lips immediately after his transformation, albeit it's unclear whether they actually were red, given the unrealistic style of the flashback.
  • Joker was the only playable character in the series who took fall damage if he fell from too great a height.
  • Two references to some of Joker's plots in different mediums were made when Harley Quinn was searching the Evidence Locker for her mallet: A clown mask and a fish with a grin, which referred to his robbery of Gotham National Bank in The Dark Knight and the events of the episode "The Laughing Fish" from Batman: The Animated Series.
  • In the storyboards for the scene where Harley was trying to shoot at the Joker included in the behind-the-scenes featurette, Joker said a slightly different line from the final version. In the storyboards, Joker said: "Women! Can't live with them, can't kick them out of a moving car without them getting steamed!" In the final release, Joker said: "Women! Am I right, officer? Can't live with them, can't kick them out of a moving car!"
  • After Joker set off a cache of one of the Arkham guards' grenades and while approaching to steal his gun to kill him before "changing into something more comfortable," as well as when encountering the Suicide Squad near the laundry chute, he briefly whistled the version of "Jingle Bells" from the BTAS episode "Christmas with the Joker".
  • The Joker is the first villain that's playable in the Batman: Arkham series, the second being Catwoman, the third being Deathstroke, the fourth being Red Hood and the fifth being Harley Quinn. He is playable in a DLC exclusive to the PS3 in Arkham Asylum and in Arkham Origin multiplayer mode.
    • However, in chronological order, the Joker is the second playable villain, the first being Deathstroke.
  • The Joker is one of only three only playable characters (other than Red Hood, Bane and Elite Henchmen) to grant the player the ability to certainly kill their opponents, such as gouging out their eyes, shooting them point blank in the chest with a lethal revolver, blowing them sky high with deadly explosives, and, unlike the rest of the playable characters who simply smother their opponent until their low air supply knocks them into unconsciousness, the Joker seems to lethally choke them and strangle them till death, which is fitting due to his sociopathic and murderous personality.
  • It is revealed in Arkham Origins that most of the Joker's henchmen and hired thugs were originally mobsters in Black Mask's gang, before the Joker took over his operations. From listening to conversations between the gangsters, it can be learned that many of them are disgruntled with the way Black Mask under pays them and dispatches them for their perceived failures, preferring to work under Joker's chaotic way of doing things.
    • Joker's backstory is a reference to The Killing Joke:
    • In Asylum, when the player go to the Visitor Center, Joker would said a joke that about how two inmates in an asylum escape (which were the last joke that he told Batman in the ending), however, he will say: 'Oh hell, you've heard that before, haven't you?', which a reference of the ending.
    • Also Joker's goal in Asylum were most likely a reference to The Killing Joke version Joker's goal as both versions of him want to bring Batman to his side of insanely)
    • In Origins and City, Joker had told his (possible) origin backstory to Harleen Quinzel and Hugo Strange, the player can even play him in his Origins backstory.
    • In Knight, a flashback of Barbara being paralyzed by The Joker was in one of Joker hallucinations, which references how she got paralyzed in the story itself.
  • In Arkham Origins, he is listed to be 6ft 1 in, while in City and Asylum he is 6ft. His weight is also 165lbs in Origins not 160lbs in previous games.
  • When visiting the Visitor Center, after the Joker's head in the TV finished talking to you, turn the camera around and after a few seconds turn it back and notice how the Joker "mannequin"'s arms change positions.
  • In Dr. Young's notes, Joker may have looked at it, but he only put his signature around himself only, not even Harley. Yet, there is a Joker smile on the Tweedledee and Tweedledum page, where regularly the Tweeds hire themselves out to Joker, most of the time.
  • Unlike the other inmates, Joker doesn't appear to have an identifiable or decorated cell in Arkham Asylum. The only cell that could possibly be his is one found in the penitentiary, because on the wall someone has written "Welcome to my humble abode". Alternatively, he could be kept in the "Extreme Isolation" area of the Asylum, which is the one place that the player can not explore.
  • In the Joker's Carnival Challenge Map, the Joker can be seen watching the fight and joins in when the player reaches a x100 hit combo.
  • When Joker won the VGA 2011 Award for Best Character, he was holding a file with the name Batman: Arkham World and on the back Rocksteady. When he dropped it he says "Whoops, Spoilers".
  • In Arkham Asylum, in Scarecrow's third encounter with Batman, the Joker is playable.
  • In Arkham Knight, in New Game+, the opening sequence where the Joker is cremated ends with the Joker suddenly waking up and screaming in pain before proceeding to lie back down and laugh all the way to oblivion, with him then mockingly narrating the first line of Gordon's speech.
  • In Arkham Knight, every time the hallucination of the Joker talks, faint Joker laughter is heard.
  • He's the only main villain of the Batman: Arkham games whose plans didn't threaten the world.
  • In the comic book series "The Fall" which itself is canon to the video game series, Joker committed arguably his most evil act of the entire Batman: Arkham franchise. In it, he kidnaps an entire classroom of kindergarteners and released a statement where he assured that the children were all going to be in "one piece" when they were found and when Jason Todd did, Joker had killed them all, dismembered them, and then stitched them back into "one piece" and mocked the parents as they tried identifying their children's bodies.
  • In Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Harley mentions that Joker was still crueler than Batman even though Brainiac brainwashed him to make him murderous and merciless.

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Comics
Amanda Waller | Angle Man | Amygdala | Anarky | Bane | The Batman Who Laughs | Billy Numerous | Black Adam | Black Hand | Black Lantern Corps | Black Mask | Bud and Lou | Calculator | Captain Boomerang | Captain Cold | Carmine Falcone | Catman | Catwoman | Cheshire | Cheetah | Chemo | Clayface | Court of Owls | Crime Syndicate of America | Deadshot | Deathstroke | Despero | Doctor Sivana | Duela Dent | Falcone Crime Family | Firefly | Floronic Man | GCPD | Gotham Sirens | Gorilla Grodd | Harley Quinn | Hector Hammond | Hellhound | Hugo Strange | Hush | Intergang | Joker | Killer Croc | Lady Shiva | League of Assassins | Lex Luthor | Lord Death Man | Mad Hatter | Magpie | Maxie Zeus | Mercy Graves | Merlyn the Archer | Mister Freeze | Neron | Nightslayer | Phantasm | Penguin | Prometheus | Poison Ivy | Punchline | Raina Creel | Ra's al Ghul | Ratcatcher | Red Claw | Riddler | Scarecrow | Sinestro | Snowflame | Solomon Grundy | Star Sapphire | Suicide Squad | Talia al Ghul | Tigress | Two-Face | Ultra-Humanite | Vandal Savage | Victor Zsasz

Movies
Catwoman (2004): Patience Phillips/Catwoman | Hedare Beauty (Laurel Hedare & George Hedare)
DC Showcase: Catwoman: Rough Cut
Catwoman: Hunted: Catwoman | Leviathan (Cheetah, Black Mask, Tobias Whale, Boss Moxie, Tzin-Tzin, La Dama, Mr. Yakuza, Abaddon & Morax) | League of Assassins (Talia al Ghul, Cheshire & Nosferata) | Solomon Grundy

Video Games
Batman: Arkham City: Catwoman episodes: Catwoman | Two-Face | Poison Ivy | Penguin | Joker | Two-Face's Henchmen | TYGER (Hugo Strange)
Batman: Arkham Knight: Catwoman's Revenge: Catwoman | Riddler | Riddler Thugs
Injustice: Superman | Catwoman | Poison Ivy | Deadshot | Bane | Grid

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Comics
Amanda Waller | Basilisk | Bane | The Batman Who Laughs | Black Mask | Bud and Lou | Captain Boomerang | Captain Cold | Catwoman | Caucus of Corruption | Calender Man | Cheetah | Cheshire | Clayface | Clock King | Darkseid | Dark Knights | Deadshot | Deathstroke | Egg Fu | The Enchantress | Female Furies | Floronic Man | Gotham Sirens | Gorilla Grodd | Granny Goodness | Grison | Harley Quinn | Gaggy | Hugo Strange | James Gordon, Jr. | Joker (Criminal Sanity)| Joker's Daughter | Keepsake | Killer Croc | King Shark | Lady Luna | Lex Luthor | Lord Death Man | Mercy Graves | Minor Disaster | Mr. Freeze | Neo Joker | Penguin | Poison Ivy | Punchline | Riddler | Scarecrow | Sinestro | Solomon Grundy | Sportsmaster | Starro | Suicide Squad | The Verdict | Toyman | Two-Face | Victor Zsasz

Movies
Suicide Squad: Eyes of the Adversary (Enchantress & Incubus) | Suicide Squad (Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, El Diablo, Killer Croc, Slipknot & Amanda Waller) | Joker's Gang (Joker, Jonny Frost, Panda Man & Monster T) | Griggs
Batman and Harley Quinn: Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy | Floronic Man
Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay: Professor Zoom | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Bronze Tiger, Copperhead, Punch and Jewelee, & Count Vertigo) | Killer Frost | Blockbuster | Silver Banshee | Vandal Savage | Scandal Savage | Professor Pyg | Tobias Whale | League of Assassins (Deathstroke) | Two-Face
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn): Harley Quinn | Huntress | Black Mask | Victor Zsasz | Stefano Galante | Carlo Rossi | Happy | Joker
The Suicide Squad: The Thinker | Starro | Silvio Luna | Corto Maltese Armed Forces (Mateo Suarez & Vera) | Suicide Squad (Bloodsport, Ratcatcher 2, Harley Quinn, Peacemaker, King Shark, Polka Dot Man, Captain Boomerang, Blackguard, Mongal, Javelin, The Detachable Kid, Weasel, Savant & Amanda Waller) | Kaleidoscope | Calender Man | Double Down | Karma | Ratcatcher | Polka Dot Man's Mother | Bloodsport's Father

Television
DC Animated Universe: Boxy Bennett | Bud and Lou | Catwoman | Dora Smithy | Harley Quinn | Joker | Kitsune | Livewire | Mercy Graves | Poison Ivy
Harley Quinn (TV Series): Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy | Clayface | King Shark | Joker | Doctor Psycho | Lex Luthor | Scarecrow | Queen of Fables | Penguin | Joshua Cobblepot | Killer Croc | Man-Bat | Cheryl | Riddler | Two-Face | Catwoman | Bane | Mr. Freeze | Deadshot | Solomon Grundy | Calender Man | Condiment King | Felix Faust | Toyman | Metallo | Livewire | Parasite | Black Adam | Captain Cold | Gorilla Grodd | Black Manta | Cheetah | Giganta | Sinestro | Maxie Zeus | Eris | KGBeast | Bud and Lou | Nora Fries | Sy Borgman | Doctor Trap | Frank the Plant | Kite Man | Nick Quinzel | Sharon Quinzel | Darkseid | Parademons | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller) | Clock King | Firefly | Court of Owls | Neytiri | Steppenwolf | Talia al Ghul

Video Games
Batman: Arkham Knight: Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy | Riddler | Joker | Penguin
Injustice: Superman | Poison Ivy | Deadshot | Scarecrow | Wonder Woman | Joker

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Comics
Amanda Waller | Arkham Knight | Bane | Basilisk | Bizarro | Black Adam | Black Hand | Black Lantern Corps | Black Manta | Black Mask | Black Spider | Blackguard | Bloodsport | Blockbuster | Bolshoi | Brainiac | Bronze Tiger | Captain Boomerang | Captain Cold | Catseye | Catman | Catwoman | Cheshire | Cheetah | Chemo | Chronos | Clayface | Clock King | Copperhead | Count Vertigo | Crime Syndicate of America | Cyborg Superman | Darkseid | Deadshot | Deathstroke | Doomsday | Doctor Light | Doctor Destiny | Eclipso | El Diablo | The Enchantress | Electrocutioner | Firefly | Female Furies | General Wade Eiling | Gentleman Ghost | Giganta | Gorilla Grodd | Harley Quinn | Heat Wave | Icicle | James Gordon, Jr. | Jason Todd | Javelin | Jihad | Joker | Joker's Daughter | KGBeast | Killer Croc | Killer Frost | Killer Moth | King Shark | Klarion | Kobra Cult | Lamia | Lex Luthor | Lobo | Magpie | Major Disaster | Major Force | Major Zastrow | Man-Bat | Manchester Black | Manhunters | Master Jailer | Match | Maxwell Lord | Mindboggler | Mirror Master | Mongul | Mr. Bloom | Mr. Freeze | Multiplex | Nocturna | Orca | Owlman | Parademons | Parasite | Peacemaker | Penguin | Plasmus | Plastique | Poison Ivy | Professor Zoom | Punch and Jewelee | Red Shadows | Riddler | Shrapnel | Silver Banshee | Sinestro | Solomon Grundy | Slipknot | Starro | Star Sapphire | Suicide Squad | Talon | Tattooed Man | The Thinker | Ultraman | Vandal Savage | Victor Zsasz | Weasel | Zebra-Man

Movies
Batman: Assault on Arkham: Riddler | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, King Shark, Black Spider, KGBeast) | Joker | Penguin | Scarecrow | Victor Zsasz | Bane | Two-Face | Poison Ivy | Quincy Sharp
Suicide Squad: Eyes of the Adversary (Enchantress & Incubus) | Suicide Squad (Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, El Diablo, Killer Croc, Slipknot & Amanda Waller) | Joker's Gang (Joker, Jonny Frost, Panda Man & Monster T) | Griggs
Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay: Professor Zoom | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Bronze Tiger, Copperhead, Punch and Jewelee & Count Vertigo) | Killer Frost | Blockbuster | Silver Banshee | Vandal Savage | Scandal Savage | Professor Pgy | Tobias Whale | League of Assassins (Deathstroke) | Two-Face
The Suicide Squad: The Thinker | Starro | Suicide Squad (Bloodsport, Ratcatcher 2, Harley Quinn, Peacemaker, King Shark, Polka Dot Man, Captain Boomerang, Blackguard, Mongal, Javelin, The Detachable Kid, Weasel, Savant & Amanda Waller) | Silvio Luna | Corto Maltese Armed Forces (Mateo Suarez & Vera)| Kaleidoscope | Calendar Man | Double Down | Karma | Ratcatcher | Polka Dot Man's Mother | Bloodsport's Father

Television
Suicide Squad Isekai: Undead King | Suicide Squad (Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Peacemaker, Clayface, King Shark, Ratcatcher, The Thinker, The Enchantress, Killer Croc, & Amanda Waller) | Joker

Video Games
Injustice: Joker | Brainiac | Black Adam | Captain Cold | Cheetah | Darkseid | Deadshot | Killer Frost | Poison Ivy
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: Brainiac | Justice League (Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Batman) | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang & King Shark) | Gizmo | Penguin | Lex Luthor | Poison Ivy | Riddler

See Also
Harley Quinn Villains | Peacemaker Villains

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