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| “ | The Legion of Doom used to stand for something: top tier evil. But now, they’ll let in any, say... second rate clown with a cheap dye job. The Legion is no more. Gotham, you deserve better, someone with vision, someone who speaks French, moi of course. I'm calling it!: RIP Gotham City, time of death... Right now! | „ |
| ~ The Joker rising to power. |
| “ | No! No! Are you shitting me! What is wrong with you?! Don't you think I would have done that had I wanted to?! Half the fun of our relationship was the mystery! Now I know Batman is just some boring, rich asshole with parental issues! | „ |
| ~ The Joker furious response to Scarecrow unmasking Batman. |
| “ | Lots of stepfathers are serial killers. | „ |
| ~ Joker, defending that he is not giving up evil, but will also remain a family man |
The Joker is the main antagonist of the DC adult animated series superhero/black comedy series Harley Quinn.
He is Gotham City's greatest criminal mastermind, a former member of the Court of Owls, Batman's arch-nemesis, and the ex-boyfriend-turned-one of the two archenemies (alongside Doctor Psycho) of Harley Quinn, whom he never treated as his equal. He is what led Harley to go on a journey of self-discovery as she seeks to become an independent supervillain and prove to herself that she is better than the Joker. Eventually, he becomes even more ruthless than he already is in his attempts at "getting back" at Harley.
He is voiced by Alan Tudyk, who also voiced Clayface, Condiment King, Calendar Man, Doctor Trap, Firefly and Ocean Master in the same series, Lenny in Ice Age, Ben Chapman in 42, Turbo in Wreck-It Ralph, the Duke of Weselton in Frozen, Duke Weaselton in Zooptopia, Ludo in Star vs. the Forces of Evil and Iago in the 2019 remake of Aladdin.
Personality[]
| “ | Joker: What is wrong with me? Batman: You're a sociopathic narcissist. Joker: It was rhetorical, assh*le! |
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| ~ Joker and Batman. |
Joker is a sadistic man who loves to kill, torture and abuse people. He is also extremely rude to his own allies. According to Batman and Harley, Joker is a sociopathic narcissist.
He is very arrogant and has an oversized ego, refusing to let Harley leave him for the simple reason that he is Gotham's greatest criminal, and that this gives him the right to decide for her, even daring to say that it is he who creates her. After that, he has never lost a moment when he could have to discount her to the lowest level.
When learned Batman's true identity as a billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne, he doesn't feel to want to torture or killing him anymore due to wanting WayneTech's electric car and money.
| “ | Harley: So you gonna give up the criminal life? Go to PTA meetings and go for ice cream? Joker: Heavens no! Little Leticia is lactose intolerant. Plus plenty of fathers are serial killers. I'm not giving it up. I just found a better reason for killing. |
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| ~ Joker decides to balance his old and new lives. |
However, a key difference with this version of Joker is that he can actually feel love. He admits that he feels a form of love for Harley, though in this case, Joker views it as a weakness, and he attempts to rid himself of this weakness by turning Harley back to normal so she can get out of his life. Then, when Joker loses his memories, he spends several months living a new identity, and during that time, he meets a woman and starts a family. Despite regaining his memories, the time he spent with his family has come to change him, and he grows to feel actual, genuine love for his wife and his adopted kids. Though he does not stop his criminal life, he still decides to stay with his family and live with them. Joker also was upset about Gotham city's underfunded public schools and public healthcare systems so much, when he was in the middle of robbing a bank, he announced that he was running as Mayor of Gotham city on a progressive platform.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Joker claimed that he was born to a wealthy family but his parents were emotionally neglectful of him. He had lived alone throughout with his pet ferret Mr. Ferris being his only friend. Unfortunately, things forever changed after he stumbled upon his father cheating on his wife with a maid. When his abusive father noticed this, he immediately punished his son by killing Mr. Ferris before beating him with no mercy. As the Joker had actually plagiarized Poison Ivy's childhood, his actual backstory is shrouded in mystery.
At some point in the past, Joker apparently lived together with two other men in a dorm, having presumably met during liberal arts school. Joker's roommates also took on his identity and they wore similar attires and also bore similar facial features. The three eventually went their separate ways, with one supposedly dying from an unknown cause while the other began a career in ill-timed comedy.
Becoming Joker[]
Joker reenacting his killing of Jason Todd in "83rd Annual Villy Awards."
At an unknown point in his adulthood, Joker fell into a vat of acid at Ace Chemicals, leaving his skin bleached white, his hair dyed green and his lips a bright red, giving him a clown-like feature. Driven insane by the chemicals, Joker would ultimately rise to become Gotham City's top evil supervillain and the greatest enemy of the masked hero Batman. At some point, Joker killed Jason Todd, the second Robin, by beating him to death with a crowbar, though Jason was later resurrected and he assumed the title of Red Hood.
Meeting Harley Quinn[]
While doing a stint at Arkham Asylum, Joker was assigned to Dr. Harleen Quinzel, who was apparently hired by Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon to only be the Joker's psychologist because "she was cheap and had a pulse, skirt". When she was sent to investigate where the Joker had placed a bomb in Gotham, Joker compliments her thesis as "pretty good" fan fiction. When she was goaded into entering his cell, thus going against protocol, he attempts to kill her but was unsuccessful due to her skill in acrobatics. Despite his failed attempt, Joker managed to charm her before she left and be scolded by Gordon letting herself be put in danger.
Batman was then sent to interrogate the Joker. Despite trying to get the information out of him through physical abuse, this had little effect on the former, who would just laugh and mock him. Though Batman gave up on his attempts, Harleen insists that she can get through to him. She then learns from Poison Ivy that the Joker had murdered his therapist when the man tried to get him to talk of his family history. Using this as leverage against him, Harleen goads Joker into revealing his family history and the latter recaps his plagiarized version of Poison Ivy's backstory before cunningly tricking her with false information that the bomb is in Italy, which she then relays to Batman and Commissioner Gordon, who were amazed by her "success."
However, what they didn't know was that the "Italy" Joker mentioned actually didn't meant the country itself; it turns out Joker had secretly placed the bomb in the body of Luigi, the chef of Arkham Asylum, whom Joker nicknamed as "Little Italy". The bomb eventually sets off, killing Luigi while also destroying his body, causing blood to splatter everywhere. However, the explosion also blasts through a wall, allowing the Joker to escape, taking Dr. Harleen with her as a hostage. When Harvey Dent orders the guards to shoot Joker through Harleen, Poison Ivy, who had also escaped, blocks a bullet, causing Joker to thank her but was dismissed. The guards managed to catch up to Ivy and Joker and the two were recaptured.
Becoming partners-in-crime[]
While Harleen continue working as Joker's psychiatrist, she soon fell in love with him. Joker managed to escape to Ace Chemicals where he has her jump into the same vat of vat he had fallen into the past. This transforms her into his side-kick Harley Quinn. Despite now being partners-in-crime, however, their relationship soon turned out to be toxic as Joker would frequently abuse Harley and use her as a mere pawn against Batman so Joker could save himself. Despite the two not getting along with each other, Joker spent a large amount of time campaigning for the Annual Villy Awards and he and Harley won "Best Couple" every year. During the awards, he never lets his sidekick bask with him in their victories, such as refusing to let her accompany him onstage or being given the acceptance speech. At one point, he even brought Dean, one of his own goons, to the special occasion instead of Harley.
Season 1[]
Til Death Do Us Part[]
During a luxurious yacht party, Joker, in the guise of the boat's captain, pretends to join in with some of Gotham's unscrupulous wealthy businessmen as they celebrate their greed until Harley Quinn arrives to steal their mountain of cash but the patrons were unfazed by her intimidation, and though Harley breaks one of the men's legs so she'll be taken seriously, the businessmen instead threatened her with their guns, mockingly declaring that she should not have coming here on her own until the Joker reveals himself by ripping off his fleshy face disguise, to the men's horror, which soon turned to disgust when he began toying them with it.
Joker appears to allow Harley to continue handling the situation herself but proceeds to massacre the men with an acid bomb, causing Harley to complain that she wanted to be the "muscle". When they began fighting back, he took refuge behind the mountain of money and smoothly compliments Harley before telling her to do her thing while he does his thing as she is the "appetizer" while he is the "entrée. He began fighting the men off with his flamethrower and a Molotov cocktail while Harley expresses her dream of becoming a great villain. When she asked to join the Legion of Doom. However, the Joker annoyingly mocks her that the legion doesn't accept "sidekicks", this which Harley finds very offensive and insulting. He then becomes aggravated when Harley suggested they become partners and tries to avoid the question while murdering one of the businessmen with a knife.
When Batman arrives to confront the duo, Joker remotely summons his submarine and abandons Harley to distract Batman while he escapes, even though Harley wanted to flee with him. As she was overpowered by Batman, she becomes worried over being sent to Arkham and Joker promises to break her out before leaving in his submarine. He does not stay true to his word, however, as he ended up forgetting his promise, leaving Harley to be locked up in Arkham for a year.
In his lair, Joker watches the news about the escape of Harley, Poison Ivy and the Riddler, with the Riddler being called Gotham's funniest villain; this angers the Joker to the point that he shoots his TV and he demands his goons to name a funnier villain other than himself before shooting the goon dead when he answered "Harley", as Joker thinks "women aren't funny" showing a rather sexist nature. Harley then shows up and immediately scolds him for having lied and abandoned her for a year. She then declares that she is breaking up with him. Angered, Joker tells her that she didn't call the shots but she made to leave anyway. This forced to change tactics and uses reverse psychology to make Harley believe that he had abandoned him for the protégé of Batman who attacked everyone he loved (Of course another lie), which pushes Harley to return to him and they began having sex, much to Poison Ivy's disgust, as she always knew that Joker never cared for Harley.
Later, Joker becomes aggravated when the Riddler (at Ivy's behest) advertises a joke that is "so funny it could kill you", continuing his vendetta against Riddler. Harley offers to watch a movie with Reese Witherspoon if she kills the Riddler. Joker accepts but is still upset when he learns that the film is Sweet Home Alabama. Unfortunately, when she went to kill Riddler, Harley gets captured with Batman by Riddler and gets suspended above a vat of acid.
Riddler then invites Joker to his lair where he demands the Clown Prince of Crime to choose between the life of Harley or Batman. Refusing to let the Riddler have the honor of killing Batman, Joker chooses to save his old enemy so he could kill himself and abandons Harley once again to her fate, before being chased by a now-freed Batman out of the den.
Having been betrayed a second time, this made Harley snap, finally realizing that he never loved her. Wearing a new attire, she returns to Joker's lair to confront him a second time. Upon seeing Harley's new appearance, Joker compliments her but Harley refused to buy it, and she angrily lets him know of he had lied and mistreated her and for never even loving her, which Joker dismisses as "nonsense" and excuses that his motives are never clear and that he is an agent of chaos, insisting it is what she loves but Harley rejects it and declares that she is breaking up with him.
Angered, Joker declares that she can never break up with him because he is Gotham's top villain and summons his goons to sic Harley, but she easily gains the upper-hand until Joker throws a bomb at her mallet, forcing her to throw it away, allowing the goons to gain the advantage. Refusing to accept defeat and telling Joker "Til Death Do Us Apart", she takes a baseball bat from a goon as her new weapon of choice and with a crate full of Joker bombs, she used several of them to destroy the lair, forcing him to take cover underneath a billiard table but was then trapped underneath a pile of rubble. Now left at the mercy of his former sidekick, Joker asks if she is going to kill her but Harley spares him as she wanted to see the look on his face when she becomes runs Gotham after surpassing him as the new top villain.
A High Bar[]
In the Hall of Doom's kitchen, Joker encounters Bane and Scarecrow, who were gossiping over Harley's break-up. While having coffee and being consoled over the matter, he laughs and says that he doesn't care, although his hand tremor seems to indicate that he is very upset. On the ruins of his lair, Joker is angry that the construction manager asks him for a permit when no one is expected to know where he should be. Bane then calls to tell him that Harley is at the Bar Mitzvah of Joshua, the Penguin's nephew, where she is trying to get along with the Legion of Doom; angered, the Joker heads over there immediately.
Finding Harley bantering at the table with Bane, Scarecrow, and Two-Face, Joker humiliates his former henchgirl in front of them before ordering her to leave for sitting at the Legion of Doom's table. Harley tries to rally the three bad guys to her side, causing the Joker to mockingly laugh at her and even forced the other villains to (reluctantly) side with him, causing a frustrated and dejected Harley to leave. While camping at their table, Joker bullies Bane by stealing his dinner much to Bane's anger.
Later, when Harley inadvertently ruins the Bar Mitzvah by beating a troupe of fake guards and robbing a nearby bank, which the Penguin had filled with "play money" for Joshua to do play-robbery, Joker immediately burst into hysterical laughter as Harley had ended up embarrassing herself and he watched as the Penguin incapacitates her for ruining his nephew's party. Joker mockingly tells her to say "good night" before she loses consciousness. As Harley was being captured, Joker continue to bully Bane by heckling and insulting him. He then watched as Harley (now chained to a chair) is brought forward by the Penguin's bodyguards to be executed as punishment for her actions.
The execution didn't go as planned, however, as Harley managed to prevent Joshua from killing her by cleverly eroding his confidence before being saved by Poison Ivy and Kite-Man, Joker insultingly tells her that she will never be anything but a sidekick and threatens to kill her unless she admits that she is nothing without him. When a defiant Harley refuses, Joker retaliates by ordering the Legion of Doom to kill her. During the battle, upon seeing Bane beating up Kite Man, he orders him to stop fooling around and focus on Harley and Ivy, insulting him as a 'dumb freakish monster'.
Using this to her advantage to turn the Legion of Doom against him, Harley asks Bane and the other villains on why they allow the Joker to talk to them like that, saying that they have no reason to fear him, as he has no superpowers and that he only harasses others to get what he wants. The other villains realize she is right, and turn their backs on the Joker, with Bane complaining over the latter's insults. Exasperated that his allies have turned against him, the Joker decides to kill Harley himself only for Poison Ivy to step in and intervene. During his tense standoff, Joker was immediately threatened by vines conjured by Ivy only to then be saved by a phone call from the contractors rebuilding his lair. Knowing that he has to leave to deal with "a construction problem", he reluctantly lets Harley and Ivy go.
So You Need A Crew?[]
Joker and his goons infiltrate a Russian weapons transport train called the KGBeast to sabotage Harley's attempt to steal a nuclear bomb from the train. She tried to open the nuke's vault by using three keys simultaneously to unlock the door but failed, allowing the Joker to supersede her. Harley criticizes him that he only succeeded because he has minions at his command. Joker denies this before ironically and mockingly ordering his goons to throw Harley off the train. However, when he later learned from the news that she might soon become "Joker's biggest competitor", as she had successfully formed her own crew, this made Joker so angry that he crushed his drink and shoots his TV.
Finding Mr. Right[]
Joker attempts to rob a credit union but was stopped by Batman. This failed heist is what prompted Harley Quinn to go find an archenemy of her own but she ended up becoming enemies with Robin. Bewildered, Joker sends her pregnancy decorations as an act of mockery before sending her a mocking recording note card, which congratulated her before exploding. Later, he was able to rob Gotham City Bank since Batman was busy defending Robin from Harley Quinn and King Shark.
L.O.D.R.S.V.P[]
When Harley was recruited into the Legion of Doom, Joker appears before her and lets out maniacal laughter.
A Seat at the Table[]
Wanting to exact revenge on the Legion of Doom for accepting Harley, Joker decided to set up an anti-environment trap to trap Poison Ivy so that she could be taken by Scarecrow, which would be used in a scheme to destroy the Legion of Doom and all of Gotham City. Joker also plots to trick Harley into believing that she had gained his respect in order to have her double-crossed. During a speech, he pretended to praise Harley to the entire legion and when he caught her eye, he encouragingly nods at her, which had a strong effect on Harley. During a meeting between the members of the Legion of Doom, Joker requested millions of dollars for a tower with his face on it, which nearly required $800 million. Although, most of the legion swiftly agree to support it, only Harley and Lex Luthor were against it, since for Harley, she believed that it is excessive while Lex knew that Joker couldn't justify the cost of such an unwarranted project, much to Joker's anger, and he is forced to accept the fact that he needs to put in more and complete details on the tower.
Later, in the break room, while Bane appreciates Harley for standing up to Joker, the latter himself arrives and rips out one of Bane's tubes, which sent Bane sprawling out of the room. Now alone with Harley, Joker continues to trick her by thanking her for standing up to him and agrees that he his project needs work and that he needed to put enough time to flesh it out. He then invites Harley for a work drink so that they could work on the plan together and in exchange he will help her learn how to "game the system". Harley silently rejects it and Joker leaves her alone so that she could think about it. A little while later, Harley decided to agree to Joker's offer so that she wouldn't have to work for Bane and after a while, Joker begins to regain her trust. He and Harley then went out on a romantic yacht dinner.
When Harley came up with the idea of having Joker's tower built underground and then having it launched through the ground like a "jack-in-the-box", Joker, for once, agree. After stating his gladness to her for having struck out on her own, their dinner was interrupted by Batman's arrival, causing Joker to throw a gas grenade at him, which pushed Batman away. Just as he is about to escape on his helicopter, the Joker invites Harley to escape with him this time, much to her delight. As they continue to escape, they share a passionate kiss, but when Batman, who is riding on his ship is catching up, Joker reveals his true colors and shoves Harley out of the helicopter but she was saved by Batman, who broke her fall. However, because he was forced to abandon the chase to save Harley, this allowed the Joker to escape.
Bensonhurst & Harley Quinn Highway[]
Though he was physically absent in those two episode, Joker continue to remain active and furthers his plans for vengeance on the Legion of Doom. As Scarecrow succeeded in capturing Poison Ivy, Joker began finalizing his plans while behind the scenes. At that time, the construction of his tower had already begun and once it is finished, he would use it to destroy the Legion of Doom's headquarters, which will allow the Joker to seize power over all of Gotham.
Devil's Snare[]
Joker is revealed to be working together with both the Scarecrow and the Queen of Fables to overthrow the Legion of Doom and take over Gotham City. When the Justice League (without Batman) arrive, the Joker has the Queen of Fables trap them in her book while she sends Harley and her crew to the clouds and to leave them to die at the hands of the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. Joker then exacts his full vengeance on the Legion of Doom by having his newly built tower rise through the Legion of Doom's headquarters, completely destroying it. After mocking the Legion via broadcast from his tower, he began celebrating his triumph with the Queen of Fables until he realized that Harley and her crew had survived.
Eventually, after Poison Ivy takes the combination of her pheromones and Scarecrow's gas to mutate herself into a giant (but still in control) and destroys the tree monsters that defended the Joker Tower, she reconciled with Harley and began repairing their friendship. It proved to be short-lived, however, a flagpole was launched from the Joker Tower and it went through Ivy's chest, seemingly killing her. As Harley's crew mourn Ivy's apparent death, Joker burst into sadistic laughter, saying "oops", before continuing as Harley screams in rage and grief.
The Final Joke[]
Harley, full of hatred and vengeance, forms an alliance with a reluctant Batman to help in taking down the Joker. Their plan to work together to take out Joker nearly succeeded but ultimately failed because of the stupidity of Harley's henchman and friend Clayface. Joker gasses Batman to unconsciousness, and kidnaps Harley's crew while Harley escaped. For the next week, with Batman as his hostage, the Legion of Doom destroyed, and with no superheroes left to stop him, Joker seized power over Gotham with little effort and under his tyrant rule, the city became an authoritarian dystopia; The Joker orders his own army (or secret police), who had captured Commissioner Gordon, to murder anyone who doesn't laugh at the Joker's jokes. Because Harley had escaped, he puts a huge bounty on her head. Joker even took sadistic enjoyment in torturing not only Harley's crew but also Batman; Starting with King Shark, Joker brutally rip his teeth out with pliers before using them to make a necklace for himself. He forced Dr. Psycho to watch never-ending footages of Feminist rallies and has his eyes always open so that he won't cover them. He pushed Sy down a long spiraling flight of stairs, spun Clayface around on a pottery wheel to make himself a large clay pot during art class, and taunting the people of Gotham by using Batman as a cuckoo bird for his tower's giant cuckoo clock.
Eventually, while continuing to torture Batman, Joker became bored and he began reminiscing of the time he had with Harley and even became disruptive on whether they both finished causing some evil or another. A captive Batman then mocks him by suggesting that he is a sociopathic narcissist, much to Joker's anger. When the latter asks him on who he is, the Scarecrow decided to remove Batman's mask to find out. When Batman is unmasked, he is revealed to be billionaire Bruce Wayne, much to Joker's bewilderment. The latter was then angered that Scarecrow had revealed Batman's true identity, as Joker liked the mystery. Joker then kills Scarecrow in a fit of rage when the latter continue to talk about Harley, which made Joker spray acid from his squirting flower onto Scarecrow's head, causing it to explode, though it didn't cheer Joker up.
Harley shows up at his door and threatens to kill herself if Joker doesn’t release her crew, so Joker does so, but mainly out of spite and that she doesn’t want her to die on her own terms. He demands that he puts her old outfit on when she was with him under threat of killing her crew and tried to seduce her one last time, even saying he needed her more than she needed him. Harley intended to stab him when they came close together. She does, but Joker does too. During an ensuing fight, the Joker was triumphant, and tells her that he does not intend to kill her, but to erase her completely.
His men take her into the vat of acid that she came out off in the past, stating that this acid will not only take away her enhanced abilities, but will also erase her memories as Harley Quinn. However, Harley, noticing growing vines, immediately knew that Poison Ivy has been revived, as since her corpse had been buried in soil, this allowed her to regenerate. In one last act of defiance, she requests that she jumped into the vat, which Joker allows, as he believed to be victorious. However, as soon as Harley jumped into the vat, Poison Ivy used the vines to rescue her. Ivy used her vines to dispose of the Joker's henchmen before hanging the Joker himself over the vat. After berating him for abusing her in the past, Harley has Ivy drop him into the vat. Before supposedly drowning in the acid, Joker, in one last act of spite, activates a bomb that began destroying not only his tower but also level most of Gotham City (with an 8.6 earthquake). Harley and Ivy would have been killed if not for Batman, who managed to save them both after freeing himself from his bond. In the aftermath of the tower's destruction, the Joker's hand suddenly emerges from the rubble while letting out maniacal laughter, revealing that he has survived, but the chemicals from the vat immediately took effect, as he was made normal again, losing his raspy and fervor laughter while his white skin assumed a normal Caucasian tone.
Season 2[]
All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues[]
Months after the events of the first season, Harley and Ivy found a normalized Joker working at Noonan's bar, with no memory of his past as the Joker. At the end of the episode, however, he laughs maniacally at a funny photo of his girlfriend's children, who are covered in sauce (which resembles blood), hinting that he is relapsing and will return to being the Joker eventually. His first meeting with Harley is shown, where he (likely) fakes a dramatic backstory for Harley and ends up kidnapping her, but was thwarted by Poison Ivy.
Dye Hard[]
Depressed due to having her romantic feelings rejected by Ivy, Harley goes to a fancy bar where "Normal" Joker just happens to be working due to Noonan's likely being too unsafe due to the Parademons Harley released. The two end up bound together and are forced to work together in order to survive some armed goons attempting to rob the place. While "Normal" Joker initially dislikes having to fight, he is forced to stab a goon through the eye with a pencil (referencing Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight) and laughs madly after doing so, revealing traces of the Joker beneath. Fleeing from Dr. Psycho's force field together with him and Commissioner Gordon, Harley takes Joker to Ace Chemicals and throws him into acid once more due to needing the real Joker's memories back to stop Psycho and his Parademons.
A Fight Worth Fighting For[]
The acid has worked and Joker is back to normal and is seemingly horrified when he discovers how normal and good he has been lately. He at first refused to help Harley find the Queen of Fables' book, which the Justice League were trapped in, but he reluctantly agrees to help her after she threatens to make his head explode with bombs she apparently planted in his head. He goes to the house of his girlfriend Bethany, but after she discovers him being the Joker and due to his harsh words, she angrily throws at him the book the Justice League is trapped in but a Parademon catches it.
While going to the Parademons' nest, Harley angrily blames Joker for the new situation they are force to face all because of his mistreatment of Bethany, causing him to transfer the blame onto the latter but began to reflect on their relationship and how much he had actually enjoyed it, as it was the most fulfilling relationship of his life. Joker then shoots back at Harley when she insults him, stating that he couldn't believe that she was ever a therapist and that he wasn't sentimental to her because she came to him when he was a supervillain. Joker then mocks Harley for not being with Ivy by saying she "biffed" her relationship with her, angering Harley.
They eventually find the book beside two Parademons cuddling each other as they slept, causing Joker to surprisingly ruminate on how he once cuddled with Bethany. This caused Harley to remember her times with Poison Ivy and urges the Joker to "fight for" Bethany if she is his true love. They successfully snatched the book but were immediately surrounded by Parademons as the duo tried to escape. For the first time in a year, Joker and Harley fought side-by-side but they began to tire out when more Parademons arrive. Fortunately, they were saved by Batman, who also captures them under the accusation of working for Doctor Psycho, a former member of Harley's crew, who had made a deal with Darkseid to take over the world.
Harley, however, clarifies Batman of her and Joker's intention to free the Justice League from the book only for the Joker to suddenly realize that the book they have is the wrong one and that real book is back at Bethany's house. Batman takes him to her house, where he initially received a cold welcome but he successfully reconciles with Bethany and Zatanna Zatara was called in to free the Justice League from the book. After the heroes left to fight off the Parademons while Flash returns to Central City and Zatanna takes her leave, Harley asks Joker if he plans to return to being his amnesiac self but he tells her that he will still stay as a serial killer with love being the reason and urges Harley to get his own love.
Lover's Quarrel[]
Joker first witnesses the fight between Harley and a mentally controlled Poison Ivy, bemusedly claiming that violence was a habit for him and Harley as well. Rather than laze around, he asks Bethany if she wants Thai or Italian food. Later, he watches Doctor Psycho’s mental broadcast of Ivy and Harley having sex, obviously enjoying it and laughing, commenting that Harley was "still limber."
Season 3[]
The 83rd Annual Villy Awards[]
The Joker appears as the host for the 83rd Annual Villy Awards, where he introduces himself through a song and dance number, together with an intro that references his murder of the second Robin, Jason Todd. At the same time, during his introduction, he was backed by two background dancers dressed as Harley Quinn in her classical attire, much to the latter and Poison Ivy's discomfort. While singing his song, Joker humiliates the two by revealing that he had intentionally sat them next to Kite-Man, Ivy's ex-boyfriend. He later presents to chicken-themed supervillain the award for "Most Creative no de Plum" and notes that he is creative, upon seeing Cock King's chicken costume.
After Joker presented to Catwoman with the "Joe Chill Honorary Award", he watched as she used her acceptance speech to call the Villy Awards out for only awarding the award to her simply because she was black, after realizing that there has never been a black villain win. She further criticized the awards for ignoring black villains like Black Manta, much to Joker's surprise, who never knew that Black Manta is black himself. After Man-Bat gave out an unintelligible speech, Joker jokes that he had hoped that he won't have to censor any of it. Later as the night ends, Joker announces Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy as the winners for the "Best Couple" award but upon seeing their empty seats, as they had left to have a fun night on their own terms, he decided to take it for himself, "accepting it on their behalf". During a speech he thanks his loyal goon Dean, his co-class mom Laura, his girlfriend Bethany and their step-children.
A Thief, a Mole, an Orgy[]
After Poison Ivy's lab was ransacked by an unknown intruder and her plant Frank was captured, the thief left behind a golden broach shaped like the eyes of an owl. Harley recognizes it and realized that they could help from the Joker, who was busy helping out his step-son with his homework. Upon being showed the broach, he reveals that it was from the Court of Owls, which used to be one of the most prestigious secret societies in Gotham City and of whom he used to be a member of. However, Joker then reveals of the group's current state, describing it as "just a bunch of old white dudes jerkin' each other off". He then reveals that they are holding a meeting tonight and helps them enter the Court of Owls while undercover by supplying them with two owl masks and the organization's password ("hoot-hoot", which Harley finds uncreative).
Joker: The Killing Vote[]
Joker has been constantly tormented of nightmares of Debbie Shirley, a high-ranked member of the PTA of Sherill Robinson Elementary, who would mock his competence as a parent. During one nightmare, while he was walking home with groceries, he encounters Batman, causing him to flee into a dead-end alleyway. His protests of being a changed person fell on deaf ears as Batman grabs him and lifts him to the air, prompting Joker to immediately unmask him and Batman is revealed to be Debbie, who belittled him, stating that he has to die, because he was missed at the Bake Sale and also gave a negative opinion on his Lemon Squares. As he hadn't had any decent sleep in weeks, Joker declares Debbie as his worst adversary to date. After appearing on a TV sitcom-like intro, he visits Sherill Robinson Elementary, his stepchildren's school, in the hopes that they have been enrolled in the school's Spanish program. However, he encounters Debbie, who discloses that her own children had been enrolled in the program and not his, gloating of how they have made the class before disparaging him in Spanish, upsetting the Joker.
Back at home, he vents his frustration out as he minces a piece of meat, in which he splattered blood everywhere, even on himself. He tells Bethany of how the Spanish program would have help the kids in improving their heritage and notes of how frustrated he is when other children mocked Benicio's name when he was picked up from soccer. When he calls his stepchildren, he finds them watching a televised debate between Commissioner Gordon and the comatose Mayor of Gotham, who suddenly dies on live. Joker then turns off the TV, reminding the kids that they should not watch TV during dinner. When Benicio expressed worry over having seen someone die, Joker just brushed it off. During dinner, Joker listens to Bethany as she asks her children on what they would like to do if they can't make the dual-immersion program. When she asked Benicio on what he wants to do, he just asks his mother if he can be called by only "Ben" since he doesn't want to stand out in school. This made Bethany snap about Debbie only for Joker to calm her down, assuring that he'll deal with Debbie.
The next day, Joker visits Debbie and offers her a tray of homemade food he had prepared in an attempt to coax her to increase the amount of students that can join in the dual-immersion program. This fails, however, as Debbie was not impressed with his attempt and she tells him that only someone higher than her, like the mayor, can help him, and that he should file a complaint to Gotham City Hall. With this advice in mind, Joker vows to do so but then realized that his "ethnic dish" only contains bones. That night, he and his goons robbed a bank as part of an explosive stunt, where after giving out a hateful speech, announces that he's running for mayor. During an interview, Joker announces the policies that he'll implement in the law if he becomes mayor; this includes education reform and universal free healthcare, which will be funded by the city's wealthy. He soon began to deeply enjoy watching the news reports surrounding his campaign, which ended up warping his family duties. He even disappoints Benicio when he tells him that he'll not be able to attend his soccer game just so he could join in the mayoral parade.
During the parade, he gets a call from Two-Face and was shocked to learn that the latter has kidnapped Benicio, which was part of his conspiracy to get back on top in the mayoral race, after he had secretly poisoned the previous mayor, which was why the latter was gravely ill and had died in the first place. Choosing family over his ambitions, the Joker and his goons abandon the parade and drove to Two-Face's location, the abandoned pier amusement park. While en route to his destination, Joker calls Bethany to tell her of Benicio's kidnapping and has her daughter Sophia stay with her sister for her safety. Upon reaching the amusement park, Joker Benicio tied up to a rollercoaster. Two-Face then forces him to make a choice; either drop out of the race or let Benicio die. Joker ultimately agrees with Two-Face's terms and drops out to save his stepson, stating that his reason for joining is simply for his family's sake. Unfortunately, despite his choice, Two-Face nevertheless betrays them and leaves them to die. Fortunately, Commissioner Gordon, who had turned against Two-Face over kidnapping Benicio, rescues the two in the nick of time. In the aftermath of the incident, Joker convinces Gordon to not kill Two-Face, as murder won't solve anything. He then has a bonding moment with Benicio, who has come to accept him as his father. When Bethany arrives in her van, which she uses to plow down Two-Face, Joker stops her from taking her anger out and takes her and Benicio out for tacos.
Later, Joker gets the last laugh on Debbie when he upstages her by correcting her that her parking lot wasn't stolen but has now been reserved for the "mayor", showing that the Joker hasn't fully given up on his mayoral campaign.
Climax at Jazzapajizza[]
Joker has a minor role, in which he appears as the host of the Jazzapajizza event, where he bows before a raving audience while featured on the big screen. He apologizes for canceling the last Jazz event and introduces Joey Q and the Centri-Fugel Force as the first band to perform.
The Horse and the Sparrow[]
Joker enters the Monarch Theatre to attend the premiering of James Gunn's new film A Hard Wayne's Gonna Fall but struggles to find a seat. When a staff members points him out to the farthest seats in the theatre, Joker looks at his ticket and mutters to himself on how the placement didn't make sense. As he goes to his seat, he was immediately bagged and captured by Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, who then brought him to the projector room. He initially questioned on what is going on but then quickly catches on and interrupts Ivy's speech, smugly predicting that Ivy will explain her evil plan to Harley's annoyance.
Poison Ivy declares that the Joker will die at their hands once the movie ends so they could establish a new Legion of Doom. This caused Joker to realize that it was all Lex Luthor's doing, as he has been seeking revenge for his enforced evil lair tax, given the Joker's actions near the end of the first season. He annoyingly tells the two that the extra money will go straight to freeing Gotham College, which Harley agrees on before she snapped out of it by Ivy. While Harley went to get her bat from their car, Joker easily unties himself but was tied up again when Poison Ivy used her branches on him. Joker immediately manipulates Ivy by comparing notes about Harley, stating that Harley is not for tying weak bonds, causing Ivy to doubt Harley's feelings, and Joker insists that Harley had grown and changed like he did and he and Ivy began discussing some of Harley's quirks.
As the conversation continues, Joker alludes to the fact that Harley is only going along with the plan to please Ivy and does not want to, just like she always did with him. Ivy insisted she and Harley were equals and she would never force her to compromise herself as he did, although Joker pointed out Harley's quick change of heart from stopping Ivy's plan the previous day. Ivy was unconvinced until he said Harley would never forget her bat. Ivy was proven correct when Harley returned with her bat in hand at that moment, ready to attack Joker, but Ivy stops her, demanding to know if killing the Joker is something she wants to do, echoing the Joker's words that Harley has "evolved" and that deep down she's not as villainous than before. Harley finally admits she is afraid to be identified as a non-villain and capitulates to whatever Ivy wants because she doesn’t want Ivy to leave her. Ivy tenderly comforts her, saying having different paths toward self-actualization doesn't invalidate their relationship. The Maid of Mischief frets she doesn’t even know what she wants her path to be, but Ivy promises they can and will sort it out together.
While the couple spoke, Joker remained nonchalant about the endeavor, impatiently wanting them to hurry up. Provoked, Harley tried to prove a point and began swinging her bat at the trapped Joker. However, Ivy used her vines to move him out of her reach, not wanting Harley to do something she would regret. As the couple made up, Harley finally admitted she didn't want to kill him. Joker interrupted their moment, asking what time it was. After the movie was over, Joker made his way to the front of the audience and calls his newly-reinvented GCPD, whom are all dressed as clowns and coming out of a clown car. Joker reveals that he inviting Bruce Wayne to the premiere was all a sting operation and arrested on charges of Tax Evasion right in front of everyone, purposefully doing it in a way that would lead to public humiliation.
Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special[]
Joker has a minor appearance, where he is seen spending the evening together with Bethany and they kiss while watching a movie.
Season 4[]
B.I.T.C.H[]
At Gotham Park, Joker and Poison Ivy were being interviewed regarding the Legion of Doom and Ivy's plan to replace male trees with female trees in Gotham as part of her Operation Lady Trees. When the Joker was asked by Tawny Young on his stance on the matter, he states that he favors the plan given that female trees are the ones bearing fruit. He then tries to be kept in loop with Ivy's "evil twist" in her plan only for her to tell him that there is none, much to his anger. As was later told by Nora Freeze, the Joker, due to "hating" Ivy, now went against her plan by refusing to give his approval for the removal of the male trees. To try and get on Joker's good side, Ivy goes to a basketball game with him, where she tries to get him to sign a document needed to be signed for her plan but Joker insists on hearing the details of her "evil twist". With no other choice, Ivy begins explaining that she and the Legion of Doom intends to replace all the male trees by Wednesday before Joker enthusiastically cuts her off given that the "twist" was it would take place in the middle of the week, and he signs the papers, happy and finally satisfied to having played a part in her "devilish scheme."
The First Person to Come Back From a Business Conference Without Chlamydia[]
Joker eventually got bored with his life as mayor. Having been recently held reason by Two-Face and his goons, who were then defeated by Harley and the Bat Family, this sparks Joker's desire to return to crime and committing mayhem. Having attended a meeting with a gardener over grass cutting, which he found boring, he makes the lawn mower explode, killing the gardener, while the Joker watched from his office while laughing.
Metamorphosis[]
During a family meeting, Joker announces to his family of his decision to give up his life as mayor of Gotham and return to villainy. Though Bethany and the kids were surprised by this, they nevertheless supports his choice and even decided to embrace villainy as well, as they joined together with Joker in letting out maniacal laughter. Later, at the LOD, Joker reveals to all the villains present of his return to evil and claimed credit for killing Dick Grayson/Nightwing, though it was actually Harley who killed him, but was accidental since she was sleepwalking at that time. This earned him cheers from the crowd of villains, who chanted "rum and Joker". Unaware of the truth of Nightwing's death, Batgirl was left distraught over this revelation and she would have attacked Joker hadn't Harley stopped her. Batgirl then ran off as Joker laughs and revels in all the attention he has gotten.
The Most Culturally Impactful Film Franchise of All Time[]
Joker continues to strongly hold on his claim that he had killed Nightwing. He hosts a poker game at Bethany's house with some villains, such as Gorilla Grodd, Killer Croc, Metallo, and Dr. Psycho, who praised him for the "deed" and requests that he appear on his broadcast. Joker then gets a call from James Corden, who gave him a similar request though Joker refused as he doesn't like sharing and complains to his fellow villains that Corden only wants to use him to boost himself before hanging up the phone. He then wins the poker game and gathers all the money while laughing in triumph.
Joker later appears Dr. Psycho's broadcast Psycho not Crazy, where, in his ego, boasts of how he had killed Nightwing and concludes by bragging of all the opportunities he had since his comeback, though Psycho calls him out for being narcissist. The podcast was then interrupted by a shadowy figure, who appeared on the screen. Though Joker recognized her as Batgirl, the latter denies this and calls herself Madam Justice before revealing to everyone surveillance footage of Joker being tested for sleep apnea in the doctor's office at 9PM, which was around the time Nightwing was killed, thus exposing the Joker's lies. Though everyone now saw that the Joker is only stealing glory to elevate his comeback, the Joker, refusing to accept the truth, tries to laugh it off but when Dr. Psycho turns on him, he swore that it is not over and that no one crushes his comeback before storming out in anger and disgrace.
Potato-Based Cloning Incident[]
Joker shooting Batgirl as revenge for his exposing his lie of killing Nightwing (and also a reference to the Killing Joke).
The Joker only makes a cameo at the end of the episode; While Harley and Batgirl were having an emotional conversation on the rooftop of the abandoned GCPD building, during which Harley tells Batgirl that she's not the hero that she wanted to be, despite now being part of the Bat Family, Joker (out of sight) interrupts them by shooting Batgirl in the stomach as revenge for publicly disgracing him. As Batgirl lost consciousness, Harley turns to see the Joker laughing as he retreats into the shadows.
Killer's Block[]
The Joker's attack on Batgirl left her paralyzed from the waist down, though she miraculously survived. Her father Commissioner Gordon was left distraught over the incident and he vowed vengeance for his daughter's near-fatal injury. Seeking revenge on the Joker for crippling her friend, Harley goes to Bethany's house, where Bethany refuses to give up the Joker and engages Harley in a brutal battle. When Benicio and Sophia get themselves involved in the fight, Bethany reluctantly gives in, not wanting her children to get hurt, and she was forced to hand over the Joker to Harley, who then took him to a zoo, where she tied him up in one of the animal closures and tortured him by pouring blood and guts on him, which had little-to-no-effect on the Joker, as he just mocks her for torturing him simply because he had lied of killing Nightwing and made the excuse that shooting Batgirl is how he had to make up for it, as her exposing of his lies had crushed his reputation. Though Harley wanted to have her pet hyenas Bud and Lou kill the Joker she eventually decided not to and sprays the Joker clean.
As Harley debates on how she should kill him, the Joker mockingly notes that she is from suffering from killer's block, prompting to suggest that she attach jumper cables to his nuts, to which Joker figures that she has been watching A24 horror movies. When Harley asks if he is allergic to peanuts he answers that it is shellfish before he dares her to kill him, saying that if she were bad then she would have killed him, but if she were good, then he would be in jail right now. Joker asks her on which side she is in and Harley answers that she is on neither side and is in the middle between them, to which he claims that those in the middle are uggos and normies, but Harley leaves him tied up in the closure when she received a text message from Poison Ivy.
As Harley and Ivy left for the moon to attend Lex Luthor's 16th 40th birthday party, Joker was forcefully taken along with them by a leash while blindfolded. He was also made to carry Harley's luggage. Arriving at said party on Lex's moon base, Joker, despite being blindfolded, correctly figured out that they are at Lex's party after smelling perfume while Man-Bat looks on in amusement at Joker's current state. While heading out to use the plus one bathroom, Harley takes the Joker with her as she goes to the bathroom on a space vehicle. After Harley and Ivy used Lex's Earth Saver ray gun to destroy several business ruined by villains (along with a seafood restaurant that Poison Ivy doesn't like) at the cost of splitting the moon in two, the joker escapes with them but not before Harley rescued an imprisoned Superman, who had been deprived of his powers by Lex.
A few days later, Harley delivers the Joker to Commissioner Gordon in a box along with a message that says, "This knob goblin shot Batgirl." With the Joker in his hands, Gordon finally has the chance to make him pay for what he did to his daughter and couldn't wait to torture him by forcefully making him watch A24 horror movies that Batgirl got him interested in, to the Joker's dismay.
Season 5[]
The Big Apricot[]
While not physically appearing, the Joker was mentioned while Harley and Ivy were talking on how Gotham City had fallen into chaos. This was caused by not only the disbandment of the Bat-Family but also because the news of Joker crippling Batgirl had spread throughout the city, consequently resulting in the Joker's impeachment, leading him to resign as mayor.
Big Pasta Dinner[]
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Quotes[]
| “ | TV Presenter: The authorities are still on the hunt for escaped Arkham inmates Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, and Gotham's funniest villain, The Rid...[Shooting in the TV] Joker: Screw that guy! Name someone funnier than me, Stan. Stan: Harley? Joker: What? No! Sta...Women aren't funny! [He shoots on Stan] Stan: She's standing behind you. Joker: Oh, hey, Harley. Ragweed. Harley: That's it? Just "Hey, Harley"? You left me in Arkham for a year! You abandoned me, you lied to me! But this is the last time. I am here to break up with you! Stan: Oh, shit! She's dumpin' you. Joker: No, she's not! She doesn't call the shots! Harley: Yeah, 'cause I'm callin' a cab. See ya never. Joker: Oh, shit. |
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| ~ Joker meeting Harley a year after leaving her to rot in Arkham. |
| “ | Joker: Oh, uh, thank goodness. She's finally doing exactly what I prayed she would. Harley: What? Poison Ivy: Oh, for fuck's sake. Joker: Much as it destroys me to say it, Harley, I was going to insist on breaking up, because it's the only way to keep you safe. Harley: What the hell are you talkin' about? Poison Ivy: Yes, no, please continue with your bullshit. Joker: The world's gone mad since you've been in Arkham. Have you seen Commissioner Gordon? He's lost it. He wants revenge because I "paralyzed" his "partner." He and Batman are hell-bent on destroying everyone I care about. Harley: That's why you didn't come get me? Joker: Keeping you away from me was the only way to protect you. And still is. So, I'm afraid, my dear, this is a...Oh, it's a heartbreaking goodbye. Harley: Uh, no, no wait! Poison Ivy: No! No "wait". This is what you wanted, Harley! Harley: Is it? Poison Ivy: It is, yes. You came here to do this. Joker: Yes! Listen to your awful friend. Harley: So, this is really the end? Poison Ivy: Yep. This is it. Let's go. Joker: Unless... Harley: Unless what? Joker: Unless our love is so powerful even the threat of death can't keep us apart. Oh, screw it! I'll die for you any day. I'm in! Harley: Really? Me too! |
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| ~ Joker brings Harley back to him with insincere lies. |
| “ | Joker: So you don't have a riddle so funny it makes people's brains explode? Riddler: No. Joker: I knew it! Batman: You won't get away with this, Riddler. Harley: If there's no riddle, why are we here? Riddler: To play a little game. Choose one to live and one to die and in the acid, the loser will fry. Harley: Is it the good kind of acid that gives you super powers? Riddler: No. Choose! Harley: Aw... Go ahead. Tell him, Mistah J! Deep fry that bat. Joker: Yes, well, yes, yes. It would seem an easy choice, Harley, but... [Joker stars to laugh] Harley: Puddin'? Even for you that's a lot of maniacal giggling. Joker: Sorry, my little strung-up pheasant, but I couldn't possibly let this punctuation prick... Riddler: Hey! Joker: ...Get credit for k*ll*ing Batman, now, could I? Free the bat, drop the broad. |
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| ~ Joker chooses Batman over Harley, unaware that it was a trick by Poison Ivy. |
| “ | Joker: I need a permit for a trap door? The whole point is no one is supposed to know about it! Especially the City. I need this lair rebuilt now. [Cell phone ringing] Knock, knock, who's there? It's me, Joker. Bane: You will never guess who's at the bar mitzvah. Joker: Jesus, Bane! I don't have time for a guessing game. Hang on. [To the workers] Those shoes have black soles! Put plastic booties on. Bane: Harley is at Penguin's nephew's bar mitzvah. Joker: She crashed the stupid thing? Bane: Yeah, seems like she's doing pretty well. Brought a tiger. Pretty cool. Joker: What? Anyone can buy a tiger. You know she has HPV, right? Bane: Most sexually active adults do. Joker: Shut up! I'm on my way. |
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| ~ Joker to Bane. |
| “ | Harley: Glad you're here, J-Man. Pull up a chair. Doesn't bother me. So, who's goin' beef and who's goin' chicken? Joker: You are going somewhere else. Because this is the Legion of Doom table! Why don't you go find the Crazy Bitch table? Bane: Spoiler: It's not a real table. Joker: THAT WAS IMPLIED! |
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| ~ Joker incrusting himself only to demean Harley. |
| “ | Joker: So, I want to build a giant tower with my face on it. Loving this. My quote unquote "mouth" opens up...Boom! Reveals a giant TV. What's on it? Me! I open with a joke, threaten Gotham, you get the rest. I need 800 million, but I can do it for six. Scarecrow: Six hundred million! I mean, that's a bargain. Bane: I... I'm still trying to get a chair. Lex Luthor: Shall we move to approve? Harley? Harley : I don't get it. Joker: You don't... Get it? Harley: Well, for starters, why do you need a tower? Right? If you want to get on TV, why don't you just take over the airwaves like everybody else? Joker: Because everyone else has already done it. Fucking Bane's done it. Bane: Yeah, I done it. Harley: Okay, well then, why not just take over an existing tower? Why are we building a new tower? Joker: Because a regular tower doesn't have a fire pole that goes from top to the bottom, that's why. Scarecrow: That's a bit garish, innit? Why do you need that? Joker: Because I'm the Joker! |
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| ~ Joker during the Legion of Doom meeting. |
| “ | (Laughs) She's still limber. | „ |
| ~ Joker |
| “ | You wanna know how I got these emotional scars? | „ |
| ~ Joker to Harleen Quinzel. |
| “ | Urgh. Not even that was fun. | „ |
| ~ Joker after horrifically melting Scarecrow's head with acid for displeasing him. |
| “ | Wayne tech promised an electric car by This Year! I putted a Deposit down, WHERES MY GODDAMN ELECTRIC CAR BRUCE?!! | „ |
| ~ The Joker's most famous quote to Bruce after being unmasked by Scarecrow whom he killed the latter |
Trivia[]
- This version of the Joker is much more of a bully than his comic book counterpart, as he takes pleasure in intimidating his fellow villains, especially Bane. He is also much less affable and is willing to boss them around. Because of this, the show treats the way he treats his fellow villains more seriously than normal.
- In addition to the above, he's much pettier as shown during his attempts at getting back at Harley. He also goes as far as to kill Scarecrow after the latter unmasks Batman although that was because, as with most incarnations, he desires to be the one who finds out.
- He hates raisins and afraid of Wine Corks.
- Unlike other incarnations, this Joker doesn't have a pointy nose and doesn't wear gloves.
- Part of his origin story seems to have been revealed in Season 2; it seems that he was a caring man toward his girlfriend and her children before he became the Joker. However, it is still unknown what ended up happening that made him become the villain that he is.
- This Joker is much more prone to profanity as a result of the show's setting.
- In a flashback of Harley's origin, the Joker resembled his Nolanverse incarnation until in the present, he resembles his classic incarnation.
- Even directly parodying a line said by his Nolanverse incarnation: "You wanna know how I got these (emotional) scars?".
