Batman Beyond introduced fans to the Jokerz gang, but it wasn't without the original Clown Prince of Crime--in fact, 2 Jokers returned from the dead. Upon its release, Batman Beyond did the unthinkable: it launched a successful Batman story without the Joker.
After 40 years of being dead, however, the Joker's chip secretly embedded within Tim Drake's neck activates and grants the Joker complete control over Tim's body, a twisted chain of events that essentially brought the Joker back from the dead.
"Endgame" restores the Joker's face, and also reveals that he knows Batman's secret identity. The story ends with the apparent deaths of Batman and the Joker at each other's hands, though it is revealed that they were both resurrected in a life-restoring Lazarus Pit, without their memories.
Tim Drake as Joker Jr. Joker Jr. (or J.J. for short) is Tim Drake when he was brainwashed and tortured by The Joker in Batman Beyond : Return of The Joker. His laughs and crys are done by Andrea Romano.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was the epic continuation of the Batman Beyond animated series, and it came very close to getting a sequel, which was ultimately canceled.
Tim Drake Transforms Into The Joker Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker 2000
Who becomes the Joker in Batman Beyond?
The Transition From Tim Drake to Joker
Drake's story in the DCAU was always a mix of the character from the comics and that of Jason Todd, best known for meeting his end at the hands of The Joker. In the comics, Todd later returns to haunt Batman as the Red Hood, a sinister reminder of sin's past.
In the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity, the maturing Dick Grayson grows weary of his role as Batman's young sidekick. He renames himself Nightwing, recalling his adventure in the Kryptonian city of Kandor, where he and Batman meet the local hero of the same name.
It is revealed that, in the future, Drake has left heroics, married, and become a communications engineer, following a traumatic incident where the Joker and Harley Quinn kidnapped him and tortured him into becoming a miniature version of the Joker, before he was rescued by Batman and Batgirl and killed Joker during ...
In the DC Rebirth Batman Beyond series, Damian has succeeded his grandfather as the new Ra's Al Ghul. However, after an antagonistic encounter with his estranged father and the new Batman, Terry McGinnis he reforms and partly reconciles with Bruce.
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.
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).
The shot actually comes from Harley Quinn who, in Batman #99, showed that she was willing to put the Joker down -- permanently. Her shot doesn't kill Joker, but it does take out his right eye, and it's no accident.
The studio, also exploring other takes of Batman in development eventually placed Batman Beyond on hold in August 2001, but ultimately canceled the proposal. Yakin reportedly wanted the film to be dark, nihilistic, and with swearing and violence, and not the PG-13 film the studio wanted.
Despite critical acclaim, Batman Beyond ultimately failed to live up to the expectations WB executives had. In 2001, Batman Beyond was canceled after just three seasons.
In one episode where Bruce has a birthday, the writers said his age in the initial script, but had to take it out because the network would not allow it to be revealed. The producers, however, said off-the-record that Bruce Wayne was about 80.
With false implanted memories in his head, Dick Grayson becomes the Son of Joker, and it looks as though he just got a pretty gross inheritance in Red Hood and the Outlaws #48.
The Most Traumatized Robin Was Just Confirmed in One Scene - IMDb. Almost all the members of the Bat-family were shaped in some way by tragedy, especially those who wore the mantle of Robin at some point, but DC has just confirmed that Damian Wayne gets the worst trauma across the multiverse.
Robin was mentally and physically tortured by The Joker, who attempted to make him into his own image. It became too much for Robin so he began to reveal secrets about Batman to Joker. Now his skin was chalk white, and his face was permanently changed into a giant grin, Robin was now called "J.J.".
Warning! Contains Spoilers For Lazarus Planet: Omega! Batman has trained many young heroes as Robin, and while they have all been impressive on their own, DC just confirmed that one stands above the others in terms of power: Damian Wayne is the most powerful Robin.
During an ensuing struggle with Batgirl, Harley fell down a chasm and disappeared. Unbeknownst to the Bat-Family, she survived and gave up her life of crime. Harley was seen at the end of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker as an elderly woman berating her grandchildren for associating with the resurrected Joker.
Tim Drake assumes the identity of the Red Robin after Batman's disappearance following the events of Final Crisis and "Battle for the Cowl" and Damian Wayne becoming Grayson's Robin.
