Joker (1989)

l Jack Napier, better known as the Joker, is the main antagonist of the 1989 film, Batman. He is Batman's arch-nemesis and is portrayed by Jack Nicholson.

Early life
In the more popular Batman film directed by Tim Burton, the Joker is the main antagonist, and is portrayed by Jack Nicholson. His real name is Jack Napier. Napier was born in Brooklyn, and at school, he proved unstable, but highly intelligent. He turned to a life of crime when he was older, and was convicted of assault at age fifteen.

When Napier was older, he became a criminal. He and his partner-in-crime mugged a young Bruce Wayne's parents, Thomas Wayne and his wife, Martha. When Thomas attempted to protect his family, Jack shot both of them in cold blood, and came out of the shadows and pointed his gun at Bruce. Before he could shoot, his panicked partner urged him to leave so they could get away. Jack taunted Bruce before leaving him. The experience eventually caused Bruce to become a crime fighter under the name of Batman.

Batman (1989)
Napier had eventually become the right-hand of crime lord Carl Grissom. Napier would often toy with a deck of cards. Napier had an affair with his girlfriend, Alicia Hunt, and Grissom wanted Napier to work with a corrupt policeman named Lt. Max Eckhardt at the Axis Chemicals. Grissom wanted Napier to enter the Axis Chemicals, and informed him that he had to steal documents from the plant.

At the plant, Napier tried, but the plan was foiled when Batman entered the scene to capture Napier, and during the fight, Napier killed Eckhardt and tried to escape, but Batman, hot on his heels, made the criminal trip and plummet into a vat of chemicals.

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Trivia

 * Batman would continue to have memories of the Joker killing his parents for several years.