does he really always get the last laugh
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 problems with the Joker nobody wants
to admit you’ll know that I’m telling
the truth
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every day so be sure to subscribe to our
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this list we’re looking at issues
prevalent across many different
incarnations of Batman’s archrival from
the beginning to the present day number
10
he was only meant to be in one issue
Batman himself showed up way back in
1939 and very quickly got his own solo
line of comics and he has had his own
solo comics consistently for eight
decades and it was a year after the
Caped Crusader’s debut that the Joker
first reared his head showing up in
Batman number one this also marked the
first appearances of Catwoman and Dick
Grayson’s Robin but neither of them were
killed off at the end of the issue
Joker however was supposed to be a
one-trick pony and it was only by the
editorial intervention of Whitney
Ellsworth that he survived and went on
to become the most famous villain in
comic book history number nine gaggy
gags worthy these days we always think
of Harley Quinn as the Joker’s right
hand but she’s actually a relatively
recent addition to the world of Batman
showing up in the 1990s before that the
Joker could sometimes be seen in the
company of gay geek eggs worthy who
shared the clown gimmick and first
appeared on pages in Batman number 186
he arrived in an era when the Joker was
toned down somewhat but certainly
wouldn’t be published today as he was
made the butt of many offensive jokes
for being a little person number 8 solo
Joker comics don’t sell lots of villains
have had successful comic-book lines of
their own The Joker’s own jaded jester
to name just one outrageously popular
wrongdoer but the same magic that
catapulted Harley to new heights
didn’t work on mr. J whose own solo
series began in 1975 and published only
nine issues until it was abandoned by DC
the main problem was that for the Joker
to be a good protagonist he had to be
toned down and sanitized
unfortunately doing this means he loses
everything that actually makes him the
Joker not to mention the fact that
Batman didn’t show up once number seven
he’s not crazy now look my rude
friend we can’t have people cursing at
each other on the freeway it’s simply
not polite it might surprise a lot of
people to hear that the poster boy for
insanity isn’t crazy at all he’s far
from well-adjusted clearly but none of
the symptoms he exhibits corroborate a
medical diagnosis of insanity
professional psychologists have carried
out evaluations of everything we know
about the character and usually settle
on a diagnosis of psychopathy assessing
his subconscious reflex responses to the
most provocative of stimuli and I can
safely say he is a criminal
no more someone could be a psychopath
that is showing no remorse and having no
empathy but not actually commit any
crimes The Joker belongs in Blackgate
more than in Arkham six Harley and Joker
is toxic it doesn’t matter how much faux
romantic merchandise outlets try to
peddle the fact remains that Harley
Quinn in the Joker’s relationship is not
to be idealized ever since her character
was initially conceived and introduced
to Batman the Animated Series by Paul
Dini and Bruce Timm they’ve been
portrayed as highly abusive on purpose
to root for Harley to escape from the
Joker and become her own antihero not to
stay with him and suffer but for some
reason the mainstream media looking at
you Suicide Squad don’t seem to
understand this hi it went so crazy I
think you’re insane number five he’s not
funny Great Scott actually I’m it’s hard
to think of an example where the Joker’s
ever said something genuinely hilarious
at least hilarious to somebody other
than himself even as henchmen don’t
always get his jokes
Harley included it seems odd that a
character built so firmly around gags
and comedy whose name is literally the
Joker is practically incapable of
telling a funny joke but them’s the
breaks
I thought I was a Pisces maybe it’s part
of his supposed madness but it would be
refreshing if one of these days we get a
joker who can actually make us laugh as
well as making our skin crawl number
four Batman’s greatest enemy the Joker
is constantly touted as Batman’s arch
rival his nemesis the yin to his yang
two sides of the same coin etc but is he
really
with more appearances than any other
Batman villain it also stands to reason
that he’s been caught and incarcerated
more than anybody else – so he could
well be one of the easiest recurring
villains to defeat other characters are
much more formidable foes for the Dark
Knight like the immortal assassin
Rachele Ghul and venom fueled Bane the
latter of whom manages to snap Batman
spine at one point surely it’s time to
let some of the other villains have
their turns in the spotlight number
[Music]
there’s a certain degree to which
everybody has to suspend their disbelief
when reading comic books or watching
movies but the Joker repeatedly pushes
that to the limit by exhibiting
superhuman abilities while he’s supposed
to be just a mortal deep down as is the
famously non-superpowered Batman he
bounces back from things that would kill
[Music]
he’s even capable of holding his own in
hand-to-hand combat against the bat and
has been described by celebrated writer
Grant Morrison as having super sanity
meaning his issues stem from having
heightened perception that constantly
overloads him with sensory data – clown
cliche I believe the Joker is constantly
being reinvented in the movies in an
attempt to escape from the tired old
jester gimmick he’s been rocking since
the 40s he may be one of the original
psychotic clown characters but there’s
getting to be an overabundance of crazy
clowns in the media be the terrifying
Pennywise twisty from American Horror
Story or even the bizarre clown craze
that shook the world in 2016 the Joker
is now one in a long line of cliche
comedians arguably overused in DC
properties and even at as darkest isn’t
quite as scary as some of the other
clowns out there number one
inconsistencies I’m only warning my half
all you care about
this town deserves a better classroom
I’m gonna give it dog like any comic
book character The Joker has had a
million different versions but while
Batman is always the moral bringer of
justice the Joker is wildly inconsistent
sometimes destroying Gotham and creating
mass hysteria is his goal while other
times he wants to rob a bank because
he’s running low on cash while many of
these inconsistencies can largely be put
down to the tone of whatever he’s
appearing in since comics and video
games are typically allowed to be much
darker than movies and TV shows there’s
just no telling which Joker he’ll be
from one issue to the next do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 problems with the Joker nobody wants
to admit you’ll know that I’m telling
the truth
before we begin you publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at issues
prevalent across many different
incarnations of Batman’s archrival from
the beginning to the present day number
10
he was only meant to be in one issue
Batman himself showed up way back in
1939 and very quickly got his own solo
line of comics and he has had his own
solo comics consistently for eight
decades and it was a year after the
Caped Crusader’s debut that the Joker
first reared his head showing up in
Batman number one this also marked the
first appearances of Catwoman and Dick
Grayson’s Robin but neither of them were
killed off at the end of the issue
Joker however was supposed to be a
one-trick pony and it was only by the
editorial intervention of Whitney
Ellsworth that he survived and went on
to become the most famous villain in
comic book history number nine gaggy
gags worthy these days we always think
of Harley Quinn as the Joker’s right
hand but she’s actually a relatively
recent addition to the world of Batman
showing up in the 1990s before that the
Joker could sometimes be seen in the
company of gay geek eggs worthy who
shared the clown gimmick and first
appeared on pages in Batman number 186
he arrived in an era when the Joker was
toned down somewhat but certainly
wouldn’t be published today as he was
made the butt of many offensive jokes
for being a little person number 8 solo
Joker comics don’t sell lots of villains
have had successful comic-book lines of
their own The Joker’s own jaded jester
to name just one outrageously popular
wrongdoer but the same magic that
catapulted Harley to new heights
didn’t work on mr. J whose own solo
series began in 1975 and published only
nine issues until it was abandoned by DC
the main problem was that for the Joker
to be a good protagonist he had to be
toned down and sanitized
unfortunately doing this means he loses
everything that actually makes him the
Joker not to mention the fact that
Batman didn’t show up once number seven
he’s not crazy now look my rude
friend we can’t have people cursing at
each other on the freeway it’s simply
not polite it might surprise a lot of
people to hear that the poster boy for
insanity isn’t crazy at all he’s far
from well-adjusted clearly but none of
the symptoms he exhibits corroborate a
medical diagnosis of insanity
professional psychologists have carried
out evaluations of everything we know
about the character and usually settle
on a diagnosis of psychopathy assessing
his subconscious reflex responses to the
most provocative of stimuli and I can
safely say he is a criminal
no more someone could be a psychopath
that is showing no remorse and having no
empathy but not actually commit any
crimes The Joker belongs in Blackgate
more than in Arkham six Harley and Joker
is toxic it doesn’t matter how much faux
romantic merchandise outlets try to
peddle the fact remains that Harley
Quinn in the Joker’s relationship is not
to be idealized ever since her character
was initially conceived and introduced
to Batman the Animated Series by Paul
Dini and Bruce Timm they’ve been
portrayed as highly abusive on purpose
to root for Harley to escape from the
Joker and become her own antihero not to
stay with him and suffer but for some
reason the mainstream media looking at
you Suicide Squad don’t seem to
understand this hi it went so crazy I
think you’re insane number five he’s not
funny Great Scott actually I’m it’s hard
to think of an example where the Joker’s
ever said something genuinely hilarious
at least hilarious to somebody other
than himself even as henchmen don’t
always get his jokes
Harley included it seems odd that a
character built so firmly around gags
and comedy whose name is literally the
Joker is practically incapable of
telling a funny joke but them’s the
breaks
I thought I was a Pisces maybe it’s part
of his supposed madness but it would be
refreshing if one of these days we get a
joker who can actually make us laugh as
well as making our skin crawl number
four Batman’s greatest enemy the Joker
is constantly touted as Batman’s arch
rival his nemesis the yin to his yang
two sides of the same coin etc but is he
really
with more appearances than any other
Batman villain it also stands to reason
that he’s been caught and incarcerated
more than anybody else – so he could
well be one of the easiest recurring
villains to defeat other characters are
much more formidable foes for the Dark
Knight like the immortal assassin
Rachele Ghul and venom fueled Bane the
latter of whom manages to snap Batman
spine at one point surely it’s time to
let some of the other villains have
their turns in the spotlight number
[Music]
there’s a certain degree to which
everybody has to suspend their disbelief
when reading comic books or watching
movies but the Joker repeatedly pushes
that to the limit by exhibiting
superhuman abilities while he’s supposed
to be just a mortal deep down as is the
famously non-superpowered Batman he
bounces back from things that would kill
[Music]
he’s even capable of holding his own in
hand-to-hand combat against the bat and
has been described by celebrated writer
Grant Morrison as having super sanity
meaning his issues stem from having
heightened perception that constantly
overloads him with sensory data – clown
cliche I believe the Joker is constantly
being reinvented in the movies in an
attempt to escape from the tired old
jester gimmick he’s been rocking since
the 40s he may be one of the original
psychotic clown characters but there’s
getting to be an overabundance of crazy
clowns in the media be the terrifying
Pennywise twisty from American Horror
Story or even the bizarre clown craze
that shook the world in 2016 the Joker
is now one in a long line of cliche
comedians arguably overused in DC
properties and even at as darkest isn’t
quite as scary as some of the other
clowns out there number one
inconsistencies I’m only warning my half
all you care about
this town deserves a better classroom
I’m gonna give it dog like any comic
book character The Joker has had a
million different versions but while
Batman is always the moral bringer of
justice the Joker is wildly inconsistent
sometimes destroying Gotham and creating
mass hysteria is his goal while other
times he wants to rob a bank because
he’s running low on cash while many of
these inconsistencies can largely be put
down to the tone of whatever he’s
appearing in since comics and video
games are typically allowed to be much
darker than movies and TV shows there’s
just no telling which Joker he’ll be
from one issue to the next do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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