Martha reveals that she forced Psycho-Pirate, a villain with extensive knowledge of the entire DC Universe, to tell her the name of the Joker in the main DC Universe. It is then revealed that the Joker's real name is “Jack Oswald White.”
The most widely recognized "real" name for the Joker is Jack Napier, introduced in Tim Burton's Batman film. The creators have intentionally maintained the mystery surrounding the Joker's true origins, as they believe it enhances the character's intrigue and popularity.
Arthur Fleck is a failed comedian and party clown struggling with mental illness and a laughing disorder. It's later revealed that he actually is sociopathic and gradually begins to become evil as result of his abusive treatment from the people of Gotham City, leading him to become the vengeful anarchist Joker.
DC's Flashpoint Beyond #5 reveals the Joker's real name is Jack Oswald White. Flashpoint Beyond #5 comes from writers Geoff Johns, Tim Sheridan and Jeremy Adams, artists Xermánico and Mikel Janín, colorists Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Jordie Bellaire and colorist Rob Leigh.
Arthur Fleck is an oddly specific surname, and while it could be pulled out of nowhere by writer/director Todd Phillips, a theory suggests that it's actually a cheeky reference to Ben Affleck. The character's name sounds a lot like Affleck when shortened to A. Fleck.
Besides having schizophrenia, Arthur Fleck was also identified as having Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA) disease. Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA) is a condition in which a person cannot control their laughter or crying.
Director Todd Phillips considered the character's body size as one way to represent his vulnerability. It is important to emphasize that unlike most people who diet to lose weight or who develop an eating disorder, Phoenix's weight loss was intended for the short amount of time it took to shoot the movie.
Much like her son, Penny suffered from an unspecified mental illness. She was responsible for letting her former boyfriend abuse Arthur in his childhood and was temporarily sent to the Arkham State Hospital for unsolicited claims.
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.
Following her introduction to the comics in 1999, Harley Quinn was depicted as the sidekick and lover of the Joker as well as the criminal associate and best friend of Poison Ivy.
Batman: Three Jokers #1 (August 2020). In Batman's origin story, Joe Chill is the mugger who murders young Bruce Wayne's parents, Dr. Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne. The murder traumatizes Bruce, inspiring his vow to avenge their deaths by fighting crime in Gotham City as the vigilante Batman.
DC has made it common not to give The Joker any solid backstory or family, but they still managed to accidentally give him a son. Due to DC canceling a comic just a bit too early, they unintentionally left Joker with a son in the form of Lonnie Machin, also known as Anarky.
Thomas is furious and swiftly lets Arthur know that he and his mother never had an affair, and that he fired her because she was increasingly unstable. Oh, and she did a stint at the Arkham Asylum. Oh, and Arthur was actually adopted. A fast-and-furious landslide of revelations.
Two jokers are included in the deck, raising the possible take in a round to 6 points. Jokers are considered trump, ranking just below the jack, and are not allowed to be led in the first trick of a round.
Batman and Joker definitely aren't brothers in the comics. While the Joker movie plays very deeply with this idea, it still maintains the same stance. In the books, Joker's origin story has been a mystery. Readers have come across multiple different ones over the years.
According to the Arkham State Hospital's files, Arthur was adopted by Penny but her boyfriend severely abused Arthur, leaving him with traumas and physiological damage until he developed a neurological condition that caused him to develop uncontrollable laughter in unsuitable moments.
At one point, Arthur rings the bell of Sophie's apartment and, after she opens the door, he kisses her promptly. Sophie appears to enjoy that surprise.
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.
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.
One of the mysteries in director Todd Phillips' Joker is whether Arthur Fleck really is the son of Thomas Wayne as his mother Penny Fleck claimed. Both Wayne himself and Alfred Pennyworth said it was untrue and that Penny was delusional, hence her eventual stay in Arkham Asylum.
The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as Joker. Set in 1981, it follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comic whose descent into mental illness and nihilism inspires a violent countercultural revolution against the wealthy in a decaying Gotham City.
The Joker's age changes depending on the version of the character – for example, in Batman: The Animated Series, he's 44 years old, but in some stories in the comics, he has been portrayed as being in his late 50's, so it's not surprising that the movie went for a younger portrayal.
In Joker's representation of mental illness through Arthur Fleck, a man is seen to be mentally deteriorating as his violent acts become more frequent and severe.
The movie's commentary on the attitudes and values of Gotham's wealthy is also confusing. Arthur's delusional mother Penny Fleck (Frances Conroy) informs him that he was a result of an affair between her and Thomas Wayne (Brett Cullen), a wealthy man who supposedly hid his relationship with Arthur's sick mother.
