“ | I know it's soon but... think you'll ever love again? Maybe you won't kill your next family... | „ |
~ The Joker's last words before being brutally killed by Superman. |
“ | I love what you've done with the place. Arkham has never looked better. Dear members of the Joker Clan... You know the truth about the Metropolis Incident. Superman killed those people. Then he tried to kill me. I admire the work you've done in my name... disturbances... distractions... general pains in Superman's buttocks. But let's think bigger... Harley tells me Superman made this pill for his thugs. Then Bat-Boy's Insurgents got some. Now we have them too. With these a bus can fall on us and we won't be hurt! Slapstick at its finest! From now on we'll be more than a nuisance. The barking dog will become the rampaging elephant. The whoopie cushion, a land mine! The Joker... a king! | „ |
~ The alternate-universe Joker's speech to the Joker Clan. |
“ | Oh, Harley! Always such a disappointment! Why do I bother!? | „ |
~ Harley's hallucination of Joker in Injustice 2. |
The Joker is the overarching antagonist of the Injustice franchise, appearing as the overarching antagonist of the Injustice: Gods Among Us comic book series and Injustice: Gods Among and a posthumous antagonist of Injustice 2.
He’s the archenemy of Superman, Harley Quinn, and the entire Bat-Family, especially Batman. Wanting to plunge the world into chaos and torment Batman, Joker sought to corrupt Superman by orchestrating the death of his pregnant wife Lois Lane and the destruction of Metropolis.
These actions successfully drove Superman insane, but also drove him to murder Joker in retribution, leading to him become a delusional fascist enforcing peace through fear and brutality, becoming the tyrannical ruler of Earth and killing any and all who opposed him. This ultimately causes the Justice League civil war that lasts 5 years and kills many superheroes, and millions of innocents in the crossfire. It also results in heroes and villains alike resenting the clown for everything he's done.
He was voiced by Richard Epcar, who also played him in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and Mortal Kombat 11, and also voiced Cornelius Holden in Mafia III, Ansem, Seeker of Darkness and Terra-Xehanort in the Kingdom Hearts series. In the animated film, he was voiced by Kevin Pollak, who also portrays Fracture in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Personality[]
After he got tired of trying to break Batman, he went towards trying to break Superman instead, tricking him into killing his unborn wife and child and destroying Metropolis. He did this all so he could prove that anyone could turn evil from just one bad day, which is what is implied to have happened to him at some point. In the end, he got exactly what he wanted and managed to turn Superman into an insane dictator who took over the world.
The Joker completely lacked empathy, never showing any remorse for the millions of people he killed during his destruction of Metropolis. He never even showed any love for Harley, constantly abusing her, manipulating her and only viewed her as a pawn that he would discard at will. Even Harley knew how horrible of a father the Joker was so she kept his daughter secret from him.
Unlike many versions of the character, this Joker lacks the same humor and charm that many of his other versions have. He is a pure hate sink earning the hatred of nearly every single character in the franchise, with even some of the worst villains absolutely despising The Joker. Even Harley began to saw how truly evil the Joker was, despite initially still supporting and loving him even after his destruction of Metropolis, eventually got over him.
Quotes[]
Injustice: Gods Among Us[]
“ | Why so jumpy? I merely took it off standby. It's this button you gotta worry about. | „ |
~ Joker |
“ | Batman: You push that button and eight million die. Joker: Eight million and two, darling. I was going to enjoy the fireworks from a safe distance...But now that you're here...What say we have one last dance... |
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~ Batman and Joker about the nuclear bomb. |
“ | Maybe I was too sentimental before. I'll be fine without you! | „ |
~ Joker to Batman. |
“ | Thanks for the ride. You're a funny guy. Are you sure the old gang lives around here? True...Here they could be dead. Law-abiding?! Bite your tongue! | „ |
~ Joker to a dead cop. |
“ | Harley, it's me! I'm the Joker! Look, it says so right here on my underwear... | „ |
~ Joker to Harley. |
“ | This isn't my Gotham, but I'm the Joker, my dear. Am I your Joker? Harley? | „ |
~ Joker to Harley. |
“ | Batman corrupts young minds while I... bash them out of their skulls. | „ |
~ Joker |
Injustice 2[]
Harley's Hallucination
“ | Joker: Harley, darling! Look at you! Such a big girl! Cosplaying a superhero. LARPing in the Batcave. But you hear it... DON'T YOU? Harley: Hear what? Joker: The REAL you, buried under the floorboards... SCRATCH, SCRATCH, SCRATCHing to get out! The one who'd cut her friends' throats... and LAUGH about it! |
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~ A hallucination of Joker convincing Harley to become a villain again. |
“ | *laughs* That's my girl! | „ |
~ Hallucination Joker as Harley prepares to murder a hallucination of Batman. |
“ | Oh, Harley. (points a gun at Harley's head) Always such a disappointment. Why do I bother? | „ |
~ Hallucination Joker preparing to kill Harley for defying him. |
Arcade Mode
“ | I hadn't begun my day thinking I'd give a wannabe alien overlord a haircut. That was a happy accident. But what I'd first thought a distraction, inspired my life's greatest work. I found Brainiac's Collection. Those poor cities from across the universe, trapped aboard his ship. There was only one thing to do! I restored them. ...And gave Earth the reboot it so desperately needed. I stitched together a crazy quilt of alien civilizations, without regard to rhyme or reason. Afraid, confused, devolved to their basest instincts, they kill each other in the most sickening ways. And I get to sit back, munch popcorn, and enjoy the show--watching as the world burns! | „ |
~ Joker's ending. |
Film[]
“ | Batman: You took his wife. You took his unborn child and his city. Why? Joker: After all these years, Batsy, you really need reasons from me? |
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~ Batman and Joker. |
“ | Oh, no. This time, the joke’s on you. And the world will burn. | „ |
~ Joker to Batman foreshadowing Superman's corruption |
“ | Now that's... a punchline. | „ |
~ Joker's final words. |
Trivia[]
- He was the first villain to be killed by Superman.
- For some reason, his first alternative costume is named Insurgency despite the fact that he never joins Batman's group apart from working with the Injustice version of Harley.
- In his Injustice 2 dialogue, Joker reveals he thinks God is female.
- Almost every villain in the Injustice universe absolutely despised the Joker and even blamed him for Superman's descent into tyranny - from tricking the Man of Steel into killing his own wife and unborn child, nuking Metropolis to provoking Superman into ultimately killing him for his own sick amusement. Even Brainiac of all people (who is as vile as the Clown Prince of Crime) considers him a cancer that deserved to be neutralized, and Harley Quinn willingly strayed from him during the events of the game after realizing his utter depravity. On the other hand, Scarecrow only hates him for stealing Fear Toxin from him on top of killing him. Therefore, he only thinks Joker went too far for selfish reasons. The same applies to the heroes with even Batman stating that while he did not approve of Superman murdering the Joker, he couldn't blame him and was more upset over what happened afterwards and that Superman ended up proving Joker right by becoming a tyrant.
- Because of this, he is often considered as the most evil version of the Joker ever made. He is also one of the most disliked; not because people hate him, but because he lacks most of his typical, more comical traits and some dislike the concept of him being the one who corrupted Superman.
- And yet, funny enough, in Injustice: Year Zero, Issue 4, it's revealed that even this Joker has standards, when he reveals that he hates Nazi's, a nod to a 1997 Batman/Captain America crossover where Joker teams up with the Red Skull, only to terminate it when he learns that the Red Skull is an actual Nazi.
- It’s taken even further in Mortal Kombat 11 where all the Kombatants are not happy to see him and despise him as well, most of the villains do not take him seriously and the heroes are disgusted by his act in Metropolis (or for those who met him in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe) are angry that he’s even here in the realm in the first place, with Sheeva stating he has somehow done the impossible, he’s united all the realms just to end his tyranny and while Kronika is pure evil as well she didn’t go on a mass murder like he did Metropolis, something even she is disgusted by.
- Like most of his newer incarnations, he speaks with a Midatlantic accent. However, this is one of the few games where he isn't voiced by Mark Hamill.
- He has a daughter with Harley named Lucy, but he doesn't know she exists. This is because even before she realized that he was nothing more than a monster who never loved her, Harley knew that Joker would be a horrible father and thus, decided to act more like an aunt towards Lucy until she was old enough to know the truth.
- He was 32 years old. This puts him at around Batman's age in this universe.
- In Injustice: Year Zero, it is revealed that the real reason why Joker drove Superman to madness is because Batman told the Joker that no matter what kind of power Superman is influenced by, he cannot be corrupted. Joker proved Batman wrong with what he did to Metropolis and died at Superman's hand, knowing that he's proven his point and he's successfully claimed victory over his nemesis.
- Joker is one of the main reasons why Superman became the tyrannical villain he is today. The other is Wonder Woman, who encouraged his excessive actions after the Metropolis incident.
External Links[]
- Joker on the DC Database Wiki
- Joker on the Injustice: Gods Among Us Wiki
- Joker on the Pure Chaotic Wiki
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