Joker is a psychotic supervillain and a member of the Injustice League.
Personality[]
The Joker is a dangerous and psychopathic criminal. Although he looks like a clown, he is never to be underestimated. He is cruel, sinister, manipulative and above all, completely insane. He also claims to have multiple personalities and has a tendency to break the fourth wall.[3]
Physical appearance[]
The Joker is a tall, slender man, with chalk white skin, ruby red lips and a head of bright green hair falling down in a mop style. His most distinguishing feature, however, is his massive and wide smile that is constantly on his face, giving him a sinister sort of appearance at all times. He is most commonly seen wearing a purple suit with an orange and green undershirt, a flower on his lapel, skinny leg pants, a skinny purple tie and a silver chain at his waist.[4]
History[]
Early life[]
Originally a criminal known as the Red Hood, he became the Joker in 2000.[1]
In 2006,[5] Joker discovered the location of the Cave and attacked Snapper Carr and the Justice League inside, assisted by his monkey clowns.[6]
2010[]
Joker practices puppetry with some plants.
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Joker had become a member of the Injustice League, but was unaware that he was a proxy of the Light.[7]
They orchestrated a plan involving controlling plant creatures that attacked different parts of the world, adding his own Joker venom spores to some of them. He controlled all the plants in the worldwide assault. Eventually, the Team found the headquarters of the Injustice League in Bayou Bartholomew. After most of his teammates had joined the fight and the plant was destroyed, Joker tried taking down Robin. The Boy Wonder managed to evade his knife long enough for the Justice League to arrive, and Batman threw batarangs at his knives. Faced with the surrender of his teammates, he released the Joker venom from the plants, but Batman knocked him out. Aqualad, as Doctor Fate, sucked the venom away.[3] He was sent to Arkham Asylum.[8]
2018[]
In January,[9] the Joker found out about the Light using the Injustice League as proxies from Poison Ivy, and was furious that he was the only one not told. He sent Vandal Savage a video expressing his anger and promised a "new routine" to gain Savage's respect; an attack on the United Nations.
Joker took the UN general assembly hostage with Joker venom bombs, but by the time he had finished monologuing, they had been defused by the Bat family. Joker set off a smoke bomb and fled. He was pursued by an assassin sent by the League of Shadows on Savage's order, but Batgirl spared him from the assassin's blade, taking the hit herself. The Joker laughed and tried to flee, but was taken down by Batwoman, Spoiler, and Robin.[7]
Equipment[]
- Knives: Joker uses jackknives, occasionally two at a time.[3]
- Joker venom: a chemical which, when inhaled, causes its victims to laugh uncontrollably until they die with a wide grin on their faces.[3]
- Smoke bombs[7]
Appearances[]
- Season 1
- 14. "Revelation"
- 25. "Usual Suspects" (picture)
- 26. "Auld Acquaintance" (flashback, no lines)
- Season 4
- 07. "The Lady, or the Tigress?" (flashback)
- Companion comics
- 01. "Haunted" (illusion)
- 02. "Monkey Business" (illusion)
Background information[]
- The Joker is the archenemy of Batman. Making his debut in Batman #1 (1940), he has represented chaos opposite Batman's order ever since. In the comics, he is responsible for crippling Barbara Gordon and killing Jason Todd.
- This is his tenth animated appearance. He has appeared in The Adventures of Batman, in two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The New Adventures of Batman, Super Friends (but only in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians), the DCAU (Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Static Shock and Justice League), The Batman, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He also appeared in the DC animated films Justice League: The New Frontier, and Batman: Under the Red Hood.
- Phil Bourassa based the Joker's design, mostly his silhouette, on the Japanese manga character Lupin the Third. He also drew inspirations from Spike Spiegel, the Rat Pack and the 1960s Yakuza.[10]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weisman, Greg (2012-11-27). Question #17115. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (2012-01-10). Question #13943. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hopps, Kevin (writer) & Chang, Michael (director) (October 14, 2011). "Revelation". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 14. Cartoon Network.
- ↑ Aureliani, Franco, Art Baltazar (w). Norton, Mike (a). Sinclair, Alex (col). Lanham, Travis (let). Chadwick, Jim, Scott Peterson (ed). "Haunted" Young Justice 1 (February 16, 2011), New York, NY: DC Comics
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (2011-10-04). Question #13537. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Aureliani, Franco, Art Baltazar (w). Norton, Mike (a). Atkinson, Zac (col). Lanham, Travis (let). Chadwick, Jim (ed). "Monkey Business" Young Justice 2 (March 16, 2011), New York, NY: DC Comics
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Dubuc, Nicole (writer) & Berkeley, Christopher (director) (November 18, 2021). "The Lady, or the Tigress?". Young Justice. Season 4. Episode 07. HBO Max.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (2012-01-30). Question #14088. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ↑ Weisman, Greg (2022-03-23). Question #25706. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
- ↑ Harvey, James (2012-03-02). Backstage - Interview with Phil Bourassa. The World's Finest. Retrieved 2017-08-25.