Tim Burton's first Batman film released in 1989 contained the shocking revelation that a young Jack Napier killed the Waynes. Fans of the film know that Jack Napier would later become The Joker, adding a whole new layer to the infamous Batman/Joker rivalry.
When exiting a movie theater (opera in some versions), Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered by a mugger in front of their son, Bruce Wayne. This tragedy shocks Gotham and leads to Park Row (the street where it occurred) being labeled Crime Alley. Most importantly, it serves as the motivation for Bruce to become Batman.
Who killed Bruce Wayne's parents in Gotham Knights?
Joe Chill appears in the Gotham Knights episode "A Chill in Gotham", portrayed by Doug Bradley. Sometime prior to the series and after murdering Thomas and Martha Wayne, he ended up on death row. On the day of his execution by the electric chair, he requests to speak with Bruce Wayne's adoptive son, Turner Hayes.
The Court of Owls is a secret society made up of Gotham's elite that has existed in Gotham for hundreds of years, manipulating the course of the city's growth. The court is so dangerous it takes the team-up of Batman and Spawn to fight the Owls and it seems the Court had a hand in the death of Bruce's parents.
Ra's said that the League had attempted to use economics as a means of destruction in their previous attack on Gotham, which created the Gotham Depression and led the murder of Bruce's parents when Joe Chill attempted to mug them after the loss of his job.
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Why did Batman betray League of Shadows?
He told Wayne the story about how the injustice of his wife being taken from him led him onto the path of the League of Shadows. Bruce rejected the League when he was ordered to kill a criminal to prove his commitment to justice and he learned that the League wanted him to lead a mission to destroy Gotham City.
Joker Could Be A Former League Of Shadows Operative
Deeply affected by the fear gas and possibly suffering from amnesia, this member of the League of Shadows could escape the authorities, leave the League, and take on a new persona to wage war against the city he couldn't destroy and the man who instilled fear in him.
Later, Arthur goes to Arkham State Hospital and steals his mother's records, and finds out that he was in fact adopted, and that Thomas Wayne is not his father and that Penny is not his true mother.
Official confirmation will be required before we can consider Todd Phillips' Joker to be the brother of the much younger Bruce Wayne. Until then, they aren't officially related. In other comic updates, check out what Pink Kryptonite does to Superman.
During Batman's funeral, it was revealed that Alfred created the identity of the Joker to antagonize Batman, presenting himself as the Dark Knight's greatest villain.
No, Joker killing Thomas and Martha Wayne is only a thing in the Batman 1989 movie where his name was Jack Napier. In Comics, Joe Chill killed Martha and Thomas and he is not related to Joker. Joe Chill's full name is Joseph Chilton. In fact, Joe Chill has died in multiple timelines.
After gaining power by the sinister magic foe Frederic Vaux, Jensen attacked the Justice Society, prompting Batman to come out of retirement to defeat Jensen. The confrontation ended with the criminal's powers spiraling out of control, killing himself and Batman.
Batman has also died several times in DC Comics, with the first time occurring during 1952's Batman #72 in which Batman poisoned himself before being revived to allow him access to the "Death-Cheaters Club".
As the treadmill vanishes from the scene into the timestream, Thomas cites a quote he had told Bruce after he first fell into the cave: "Waynes never stay down... they rise!" These, in fact, are Thomas' final words as he defiantly plunges himself into the anti-matter wave while the world turns white around him.
History. The first generation of Waynes made their fortune by trading pelts and skins with the French, when Bruce Wayne was little, his father Thomas would sit Bruce down in Wayne Manor and explain to him the origins of the Wayne Manor and his family's legacy.
The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psychotic disorder or schizophrenia; the unusual combination of symptoms suggests a complex mix of features of certain personality traits, namely psychopathy and narcissism (he meets DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder).
Harley Quinn (Harleen Quinzel) is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for Batman: The Animated Series as a henchwoman for the Joker, and debuted in its 8th episode, "Joker's Favor", on September 11, 1992.
That's right: Batman and Joker are half-brothers, at least according to Penny. The movie never explicitly makes clear whether that's true or not. Arthur, donning a red clown nose, pays a visit to Wayne Manor and performs an impromptu magic show for an enthralled young Bruce Wayne (played by Dante Pereira-Olson).
Image via Warner Bros. Key to Arthur's spiral is new information he learns from his mother Penny (Frances Conroy), with whom he lives. Arthur finds a letter Penny has written to Thomas Wayne, claiming that Wayne is Arthur's real father.
According to Penny, Arthur was born of an affair she had with Thomas when she worked for him. She said in a flashback that Thomas' wealth, power, and influence helped to produce the claim and paperwork that Arthur was adopted.
However, given her role in Arthur's descent into complete insanity, there's one certain thing about Penny Fleck: she is partially responsible for making her son to become the person he is now.
So, although it was never stated in the movie, most fan theory is that Joker was moved to a Maximum Federal Facility somewhere outside of Gotham. Another theory is that Bane didn't want him released, because even he (Bane) wouldn't be able to control him, and he and Talia had their plan down to the second.
Matsuda taught Bruce while he was away in Japan. Matsuda is a Zen-Buddhist monk warrior, according to Bruce, who imparted on Bruce many techniques, including how to melt ice just by thinking of warmer thoughts.
The Gotham Depression happened when Bruce Wayne was a child, and it was due to the League of Shadows viewing Gotham as having succumbed to decadence and corruption, and the only way to restore balance (according to them, that is) was by destroying Gotham.
