History. According to the Joker, his father was "a drinker and a fiend". Joker claimed that his father gave him his cheek scars due to his being terrified when his father brutally stabbed his mother sadistically with a kitchen knife when she attempted to use to defend herself.
The Joker has had various possible origin stories during his decades of appearances. The most common story involves his falling into a tank of chemical waste that bleaches his skin white and turns his hair green and lips bright red; the resulting disfigurement drives him insane.
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 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).
A Joker 2 has not been confirmed, though there are rumors that it's in early development by Warner Bros. If there is a Joker sequel, then Batman and the Joker's possible brotherhood might be further explored. However, in the wider DC Universe, the Batman and Joker are not brothers and never were.
In the final version of the film however, Jack Napier takes Chill's role as Thomas and Martha Wayne's killer while Chill, according to producer Michael Uslan, became one of Napier's men who accompanied him in mugging the Waynes, was credited as "Other Mugger", and portrayed by Clyde Gatell.
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.
Wayne violently asserts that he is not Arthur's father as soon as Arthur introduces himself, and point-blank tells Arthur that he was adopted and that Penny Fleck had been committed because of her delusional belief there was something between her and Wayne.
Penny is not mentally well, as she possibly has schizophrenic and narcissistic tendencies hinted in the film. She is shown to be neglectful as she didn't save Arthur as a child from his abuse. It is currently unknown why she let this happen, but it's presumed she was abused by him as well, causing her mental problems.
The comics series The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing features Batman's nemesis get pregnant after a curse is placed on him, Daily Mail reported. Eventually, the Joker "vomits a sort of brown goo" that transforms first into a baby boy and then into a mini version of himself.
When the Joker became obsessing over destroying the Bat-Family, he decided to arrange for his face to be surgically removed. According to the Joker, he did this to symbolize how even without his, "Mask" he was still the joker where-as Batman's Robins and Bat-Girls' identities were only mask-deep.
His most recent physical transformation came when Harley Quinn shot him in the eye during the events of Batman #100. Initially, the symbolic meaning of this wound was unclear, but a new piece of information has given it greater depth.
The Joker has one of the largest numbers of different incarnations of a character who simultaneously counts as Pure Evil, rivaling multiple villains such as Satan/The Devil, Sauron, Green Goblin, Red Skull, Ultron, Ghidorah, Carnage, Unicron, Nyarlathotep, William Afton, Darkseid, Brainiac, Shredder, Megatron, Hugo ...
Starting with 'Joker's Five Way Revenge,' the Joker went from being either a dark, foreboding murderer or a goofy prankster to a villain who split the difference with threatening, thematic crimes that confounded Batman's status as the world's greatest detective while also standing in stark contrast to the Dark Knight's ...
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The Joker gradually seduces Quinzel and gets her to fall madly in love with him. He later persuades her to release him, subjecting her to shock therapy in retaliation for her using it on him, and manipulating her into jumping into a vat of the same chemicals that disfigured him to prove her love for him.
Due to her popularity, Harley now exists as a more nuanced and sympathetic character, a redeemed villain, and what could only be called an anti-hero. Some would even claim Harley Quinn is a hero now, though the Clown Princess herself begs to differ. Harley Quinn's solo series is all about self-discovery.
History. She is the wife of Thomas Wayne and the mother of Bruce Wayne. Joe Chill murders Bruce Wayne, rather than the boy's parents. Martha Wayne was so traumatized by the event she becomes the Joker.
After Bruce Wayne is shot and killed by Joe Chill, Martha is unable to cope with her loss so she cuts open her cheeks to create a faux smile. As Joker, she is the nemesis of Batman, who is her husband Thomas and uses Yo-Yo as a henchman.
