The Joker is one of the most instantly recognizable villains in media, but despite his long history with Batman and the Bat Family, Joker doesn't appear as a villain within Gotham Knights. Despite this, there are still references to Batman's nemesis sprinkled throughout the game.
The pilot episode of Gotham Knights confirms that the Batman of this reality broke his classic rule and killed The Joker. This continues a trend in recent Batman adaptations, where the Dark Knight's use of lethal force is meant to set it apart from more traditional interpretations.
The Joker may be physically dead, but he still left his mark on the Dark Knight. Specifically, he injected the hero with his infected blood. The cure helped, but the blood ultimately gestated too long. Coupled with Scarecrow's fear gas, this causes Batman to see his old nemesis everywhere he goes.
In the end, the Joker always ends up back in Arkham Asylum . Although Gotham city has a prison, Blackgate Penitentiary, but Batman's costumed villain always end up in Arkham. The Arkham Asylum was first introduced in “Threat of the Two — Headed Coin” in Batman #258.
Cameron Riley Monaghan (born 1993 or 1994) is an American actor and model. He is known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama series Shameless and as twins Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, who serve as origins for the Joker, on the DC Comics-based TV series Gotham.
Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor, model and former child actor who plays the role of Cal Kestis in the Star Wars Jedi video games.
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.
Following DC Comics 2011 relaunch of several of its comic series for The New 52, Detective Comics #1 (November 2011) sees the Joker captured by Batman and sent to Arkham Asylum; unbeknownst to Batman, this is part of the Joker's plan to meet with the villain Dollmaker, who surgically removes Joker's face at his request ...
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.
Similar to Jared Leto's Joker approach, Phoenix transformed physically and mentally with his method madness — losing 52 pounds for the role! "It turns out, that affects your psychology. You start to go mad when you lose that amount of weight in that amount of time," the actor said at the Venice Film Festival.
But despite the Joker's many atrocities, Batman has never taken the life of his arch-nemesis. This raises the question: why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker and be done with it? The answer lies in Batman's strict moral code, which he developed after witnessing the murder of his parents as a child.
This defeats the Court of Owls and destroys the Lazarus Pit, but comes at the cost of Batman's life … again. Knowing that Batman is now dead for real, the hero that defeated Talia dons a new suit and vows to protect Gotham City in their own way.
In an interview with Empire, Ayer noted that while Joker's tattoo is sort of a "personal thing" and not necessarily part of an overarching connection, it originates from when Batman smashes out Joker's teeth and locks him away in Arkham Asylum after discovering that he murdered Robin.
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.
Batman once resurrected the Joker from the dead in a Lazarus Pit in order to take down Ra's al Ghul. The move made the Joker sane... temporarily. The Joker has caused quite a bit of turmoil in Batman's life, as the DC Comics villain's special affinity for the Caped Crusader has led to violence, destruction, and death.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Thomas Alan Wayne, M.D. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the father of Bruce Wayne (Batman), and husband of Martha Wayne as well as the paternal grandfather of Damian Wayne.
