some villains want to bring about the
destruction and subjugation of the world
but what does the Joker want what do you
want my face on the $1 bill you must be
joking do I look like I’m joking
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Joker moments that’s why I’m gonna kill
everyone in this room for this list
we’ll be taking a look at all the
moments that have taken place with the
titular Clown Prince of Crime throughout
his various media appearances to be they
in comic books movies or TV
also if you haven’t caught up on your
superhero storylines spoilers definitely
lie ahead
I believe whatever doesn’t kill you
simply makes you a stranger number 10
his first appearance Batman number one
strange look Joker he’s included in the
comedian’s Hall of Fame after all one
must ask themselves as the Joker always
been this maniacal and random well his
first appearance in 1940’s Batman number
one as Gotham’s most twisted crime boss
shows us that yes yes he was included in
the fabulous jewel collection is how the
Joker made his own introduction be a
live radio broadcast announcing the
murders and crimes he plans to commit
nor Harvey I need to talk to him about
something just something little huh
besides this he also takes down the
city’s most infamous gangsters and
abducts Robin all at the same time
villain is eventually captured by Batman
and sent to prison and thus begins one
of the most interesting hero villain
relationships in comic book history no
you you complete me you’re a garbage
your kills for money don’t talk like one
of them you’re not number nine batman
makes the Joker laugh Batman Arkham City
Batman and the Joker have never been
able to see eye to eye when it comes to
humor but irony is something the two
could both appreciate in one last
desperate attempt to steal the serum
that would cure him of the venom
sickness The Joker blindsides Batman
with a knife which only results in the
hero dropping the antidote on the floor
devastated and hopeless the villain
attempts to sit the last few droplets
left from the spill while Batman reminds
the Joker that he would have never
chosen to let him die
thus Batman gets the last laugh on the
Joker even after everything you’ve done
I would have saved you number eight
The Joker’s TV special Batman and now
people of Gotham City the moment you
have all been waiting for the Joker has
always been a fan of theatrics in the
villains grand scheme to hijack the SS
Gotham he baits Batman and the Boy
Wonder to the Gotham City Opera Company
where he knew they’d attempt to capture
having been defeated by Batman’s gas
pellets earlier in the episode the
villain decides to get even with some
chemicals of his own subduing the two
with sneezing powder
the Joker now plans to unveil Batman and
Robin’s secret identities on live TV
this puts quite a twist on the show’s
typical death trap cliffhanger and is a
scheme worthy of the Clown Prince of
Crime could this mean curtains will the
identities of our dynamic duo be
revealed to the whole world is this the
end of their career as crime-fighters
can they avert disaster answers tomorrow
same bat-time same bat-channel
number 7 the Joker drives Superman
insane injustice gods among us
the Joker tired of losing to Batman
decides to quote try it on easy mode and
go up against Superman instead in
injustice gods among us The Joker murder
Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen and kidnaps a
pregnant Lois Lane using kryptonite
infused scarecrow toxin The Joker tricks
the now delusional Man of Steel into
killing Lois as if that wasn’t him funny
enough the Joker rigged a nuclear bomb
to detonate in Metropolis when Lois dies
destroying Superman’s City Supes then
kills the Joker and reprisal but this
was all part of the clown’s plan as
because he was never able to defeat
Batman maybe unengaged and insane
Superman would do it for him I know it’s
so but don’t ever come again
maybe you
number six the Joker dies the Dark
Knight Returns it’s finally here isn’t
it the moment we both dreamed about
Batman’s deepest internal battle is
remaining a symbol of justice and the
Joker’s prime directive is to
persistently challenge that very notion
all the people are murdered I never kept
count like we saw in our previous entry
the Joker has met his demise at various
points in the mythos however none of
these instances stack up to his death in
Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns
shut up make me come on finish me in a
desperate struggle
Batman was forced to snap the Joker’s
neck but only enough to paralyze him
since Batman opted to not kill him as it
would destroy his moral code as well as
his public appeal the Joker finishes the
job himself as one last parting gift to
dear old bat’s see you in number 5 The
Joker reveals himself Batman 1989
maybe we can cut a deal jack jack is
dead my friend
you can call me John while we can’t say
enough good things about Heath Ledger’s
portrayal of the Joker Jack Nicholson’s
performance in the 1989 Batman film is
just as haunting and memorable hello
Benny
it’s your uncle bingo
check
the pen is truly mightier than the sword
when crime boss Carl Grissom conspires
to have his rival Jack Napier killed
during a heist gone wrong jack is then
reborn as the Joker see what I have to
work with here imagine Grissom surprised
when Jack shows up at his office alive
and seemingly well it is revealed
however that being doused with toxic
waste and the subsequent reconstructive
surgery left him with a very unique
appearance and quite the personality
disorder number 4 Joker has the bat
family for dinner death of the family if
your arch-nemesis ever invites you over
for supper just politely decline after
capturing most of the bat family
Nightwing Robin red hood and Batgirl in
2012’s death of the family The Joker
forces Batman to surrender subsequently
electrocuting him and knocking him
unconscious when the Dark Knight wakes
up he finds that the Joker has seated
him at a mock dinner party surrounded by
his friends whose faces are covered with
bloody rags and has been doused in
gasoline the Joker with the help of a
brainwashed Alfred serve the gang with
what he claims to be their own severed
faces if that isn’t the stuff of
nightmares number three why so serious
the dark night my father was a drinker
and a fiend apart from seeing his city
in chaos
we are often reminded that all the Joker
really wants is to share a good laugh
this point was driven home in the
earth-shattering performance given to us
by the late Heath Ledger in the dark
night as eloquent as he is maniacal the
Joker outwits a rival mob boss and
forces him to listen to a very
interesting if clearly fabricated story
so dead that’s 500 how about a lie the
whole scene exude attention however it
was the last three words that would give
us chills to this day why so serious
number two Joker kills Jason Todd Batman
a death in the family wow that looked
like it really hurt as ruthless and cold
as we know this villain to be there’s no
getting past how utterly disturbing this
moment in comic book history was in a
death in the family
Jason Todd’s Robin parts ways with
Batman in order to find his real mother
after reuniting with her The Joker
kidnaps the two and brutally beats Jason
halfway to death with a crowbar what
hurts more a Obi Batman arrives on the
scene just a moment too late as the
Joker blows both Jason and his mother up
in a fiery explosion
out of every active villainy The Joker
has committed against Batman and his
allies this is the one that cut the
deepest sorry make that second deepest
before we unveil our pick for top Joker
moment here are a few honorable mentions
how about a magic trick I’m gonna make
this pencil disappear
you
number one the Joker shoots Barbara
Gordon The Killing Joke
was there
Nakao past tense
if there’s one thing the Joker can’t
stand it’s those that don’t laugh at his
humor in 1988 The Killing Joke the
villain decides to bring none other than
Commissioner Gordon into his
constructive madness by shooting and
paralyzing his daughter in their own
home to add insult to injury the Joker
takes pictures of Barbara Gordon’s
crippled body and forces her father to
view them on a twisted carnival ride not
only is this horrifying event every
parent’s worst nightmare but the
physical and mental damage the Joker
inflicted upon Barbara would become a
permanent aspect of her character dad
Barbara are you all right did he hurt
you
what are you doing do you agree with our
list that’s good
what Joker a moment did you find the
most iconic I stick a razor in my mouth
and do this to myself you know what she
can’t stand the sight of me for more
disturbing top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
destruction and subjugation of the world
but what does the Joker want what do you
want my face on the $1 bill you must be
joking do I look like I’m joking
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Joker moments that’s why I’m gonna kill
everyone in this room for this list
we’ll be taking a look at all the
moments that have taken place with the
titular Clown Prince of Crime throughout
his various media appearances to be they
in comic books movies or TV
also if you haven’t caught up on your
superhero storylines spoilers definitely
lie ahead
I believe whatever doesn’t kill you
simply makes you a stranger number 10
his first appearance Batman number one
strange look Joker he’s included in the
comedian’s Hall of Fame after all one
must ask themselves as the Joker always
been this maniacal and random well his
first appearance in 1940’s Batman number
one as Gotham’s most twisted crime boss
shows us that yes yes he was included in
the fabulous jewel collection is how the
Joker made his own introduction be a
live radio broadcast announcing the
murders and crimes he plans to commit
nor Harvey I need to talk to him about
something just something little huh
besides this he also takes down the
city’s most infamous gangsters and
abducts Robin all at the same time
villain is eventually captured by Batman
and sent to prison and thus begins one
of the most interesting hero villain
relationships in comic book history no
you you complete me you’re a garbage
your kills for money don’t talk like one
of them you’re not number nine batman
makes the Joker laugh Batman Arkham City
Batman and the Joker have never been
able to see eye to eye when it comes to
humor but irony is something the two
could both appreciate in one last
desperate attempt to steal the serum
that would cure him of the venom
sickness The Joker blindsides Batman
with a knife which only results in the
hero dropping the antidote on the floor
devastated and hopeless the villain
attempts to sit the last few droplets
left from the spill while Batman reminds
the Joker that he would have never
chosen to let him die
thus Batman gets the last laugh on the
Joker even after everything you’ve done
I would have saved you number eight
The Joker’s TV special Batman and now
people of Gotham City the moment you
have all been waiting for the Joker has
always been a fan of theatrics in the
villains grand scheme to hijack the SS
Gotham he baits Batman and the Boy
Wonder to the Gotham City Opera Company
where he knew they’d attempt to capture
having been defeated by Batman’s gas
pellets earlier in the episode the
villain decides to get even with some
chemicals of his own subduing the two
with sneezing powder
the Joker now plans to unveil Batman and
Robin’s secret identities on live TV
this puts quite a twist on the show’s
typical death trap cliffhanger and is a
scheme worthy of the Clown Prince of
Crime could this mean curtains will the
identities of our dynamic duo be
revealed to the whole world is this the
end of their career as crime-fighters
can they avert disaster answers tomorrow
same bat-time same bat-channel
number 7 the Joker drives Superman
insane injustice gods among us
the Joker tired of losing to Batman
decides to quote try it on easy mode and
go up against Superman instead in
injustice gods among us The Joker murder
Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen and kidnaps a
pregnant Lois Lane using kryptonite
infused scarecrow toxin The Joker tricks
the now delusional Man of Steel into
killing Lois as if that wasn’t him funny
enough the Joker rigged a nuclear bomb
to detonate in Metropolis when Lois dies
destroying Superman’s City Supes then
kills the Joker and reprisal but this
was all part of the clown’s plan as
because he was never able to defeat
Batman maybe unengaged and insane
Superman would do it for him I know it’s
so but don’t ever come again
maybe you
number six the Joker dies the Dark
Knight Returns it’s finally here isn’t
it the moment we both dreamed about
Batman’s deepest internal battle is
remaining a symbol of justice and the
Joker’s prime directive is to
persistently challenge that very notion
all the people are murdered I never kept
count like we saw in our previous entry
the Joker has met his demise at various
points in the mythos however none of
these instances stack up to his death in
Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns
shut up make me come on finish me in a
desperate struggle
Batman was forced to snap the Joker’s
neck but only enough to paralyze him
since Batman opted to not kill him as it
would destroy his moral code as well as
his public appeal the Joker finishes the
job himself as one last parting gift to
dear old bat’s see you in number 5 The
Joker reveals himself Batman 1989
maybe we can cut a deal jack jack is
dead my friend
you can call me John while we can’t say
enough good things about Heath Ledger’s
portrayal of the Joker Jack Nicholson’s
performance in the 1989 Batman film is
just as haunting and memorable hello
Benny
it’s your uncle bingo
check
the pen is truly mightier than the sword
when crime boss Carl Grissom conspires
to have his rival Jack Napier killed
during a heist gone wrong jack is then
reborn as the Joker see what I have to
work with here imagine Grissom surprised
when Jack shows up at his office alive
and seemingly well it is revealed
however that being doused with toxic
waste and the subsequent reconstructive
surgery left him with a very unique
appearance and quite the personality
disorder number 4 Joker has the bat
family for dinner death of the family if
your arch-nemesis ever invites you over
for supper just politely decline after
capturing most of the bat family
Nightwing Robin red hood and Batgirl in
2012’s death of the family The Joker
forces Batman to surrender subsequently
electrocuting him and knocking him
unconscious when the Dark Knight wakes
up he finds that the Joker has seated
him at a mock dinner party surrounded by
his friends whose faces are covered with
bloody rags and has been doused in
gasoline the Joker with the help of a
brainwashed Alfred serve the gang with
what he claims to be their own severed
faces if that isn’t the stuff of
nightmares number three why so serious
the dark night my father was a drinker
and a fiend apart from seeing his city
in chaos
we are often reminded that all the Joker
really wants is to share a good laugh
this point was driven home in the
earth-shattering performance given to us
by the late Heath Ledger in the dark
night as eloquent as he is maniacal the
Joker outwits a rival mob boss and
forces him to listen to a very
interesting if clearly fabricated story
so dead that’s 500 how about a lie the
whole scene exude attention however it
was the last three words that would give
us chills to this day why so serious
number two Joker kills Jason Todd Batman
a death in the family wow that looked
like it really hurt as ruthless and cold
as we know this villain to be there’s no
getting past how utterly disturbing this
moment in comic book history was in a
death in the family
Jason Todd’s Robin parts ways with
Batman in order to find his real mother
after reuniting with her The Joker
kidnaps the two and brutally beats Jason
halfway to death with a crowbar what
hurts more a Obi Batman arrives on the
scene just a moment too late as the
Joker blows both Jason and his mother up
in a fiery explosion
out of every active villainy The Joker
has committed against Batman and his
allies this is the one that cut the
deepest sorry make that second deepest
before we unveil our pick for top Joker
moment here are a few honorable mentions
how about a magic trick I’m gonna make
this pencil disappear
you
number one the Joker shoots Barbara
Gordon The Killing Joke
was there
Nakao past tense
if there’s one thing the Joker can’t
stand it’s those that don’t laugh at his
humor in 1988 The Killing Joke the
villain decides to bring none other than
Commissioner Gordon into his
constructive madness by shooting and
paralyzing his daughter in their own
home to add insult to injury the Joker
takes pictures of Barbara Gordon’s
crippled body and forces her father to
view them on a twisted carnival ride not
only is this horrifying event every
parent’s worst nightmare but the
physical and mental damage the Joker
inflicted upon Barbara would become a
permanent aspect of her character dad
Barbara are you all right did he hurt
you
what are you doing do you agree with our
list that’s good
what Joker a moment did you find the
most iconic I stick a razor in my mouth
and do this to myself you know what she
can’t stand the sight of me for more
disturbing top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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