In Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman: Endgame run of comics, the two reimagine the Joker as an immortal evil entity, potentially Beelzebub incarnate, haunting Gotham City throughout. Joker's recognition of Deadshot and having worked with him in the past was most likely a reference to his hiring of the assassin in Batman: Arkham Origins. The first and most obvious ending of Arkham Knight, the story ending, is bound to be controversial in its own right.The entire game is focused on a pair of villains, the familiar Scarecrow and the . As all supplies, ammunition, and weapons were prepared and stored away for transportation, Joker motivated his army and prepared them for the massive attack on the city. However, Batman, still wielded Talia's sword, was able to cut through Clayface's forces, and threw Freeze Blasts into his body, which froze him once again. Joker then demanded the mallet, in which he had hidden his dirty bomb. Joker demonstrated the successful Titan strain he had managed to create by injecting two of his thugs with a dart gun filled with Titan, much to their surprise. Batman is also increasingly being affected by Joker's blood, but he continues to pursue the Arkham Knight. Enraged that Batman would never allow him this final triumph, Joker shot himself with one of his Titan darts, and claimed he had little more to live for. Incredible tolerance for physical pain, which made fights with him unusually long. Joker deduced that, though Henry was an impressive host for him, he still could not compare to Batman and used his consciousness to influence Henry into committing suicide, which resulted in all four innocent hosts having their lives ruined and taken by the same influence. Why. His criminal record makes clear that he is an unrepentant homicidal maniac. In reality this was all a stunt for his mayoral campaign, and the plans of more sinister forces. Murdering dozens of guards and releasingjustasmanyinmates "Black Mask" took Commissioner Loeb hostage, announcing that there would be a "clean slate" and some big changes for Gotham that night. All this greatly disturbed Batman as he turned each corner to find a new level of the Joker's madness, including the converted Ballroom. The evil clown you encounter is in fact a hallucination, a consequence carrying over from the conclusion of "Arkham City," where Joker. With Joker in his mind, the psychopath had access to all his secrets and planned to use Bruce's company, equipment, funds, and resources to murder all his enemies, consolidate all the gangs under his criminal empire, kill all of Batman's allies, and ultimately lead a campaign of violence on Gotham and the world itself. Batman subdued all of them, interrogating the last one. One such henchman got an injection, which painfully failed to turn him into a Titan Henchman. "Batman does not kill"#BatmanArkham #arkhamGames #shortsareus #Arkhamknight #Shorts The third was the most obvious one if the player knew what to do: during the fight with Joker in the Steel Mill activating Detective Mode showed that Joker didn't have a skeleton, the only other character not to have one was Clayface, which revealed, very clearly to the player, that the Joker fought at the Steel Mill was a fake. He also took hostages and planted bombs around the oil rig which Batgirl and Robin had to find and disarm respectively. Not only that, but it seems The Joker has a grudge against Batman, since he's working with the villain he's just defeated. The Scarecrow returns to unite an impressive roster of super villains, including Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn, to destroy The Dark Knight forever. Many have assumed that this is due to the higher graphical capabilities of the PS4 and Xbox One, as it allowed developers more options for the appearance features of each character. This may have been a calculated ploy to manipulate Harley's emotions, taking advantage of her developing harsher persona in order to shape her into the brutal field agent the Joker would need for the gang war, or, given his twisted sense of humor, for the hell of it. Joker believed himself to be the leading man in Batman's life, and was constantly trying to out do his previous atrocities. During the riot, Deadshot escaped Arkham via an SCU Helicopter, which unbeknownst to him, Joker and Harley were also on board. With Batman grieving, Joker offered to take control of his body to free him of his pain; however, Joker lost his chance when Batman was encouraged to save Gotham from Scarecrow by Alfred. Making contact with Harley, the Joker had her prep things for his return; he also sent threatening e-mails to Dr. Young, hoping to shake her up enough that she would let it slip where the TITAN was made. With Talia at gunpoint, Joker demanded the cure from Batman, and confused the hero as he believed that Joker already had it and cured himself. The Joker had a ring side seat to the battle, offering colorful commentarytheentiretime. A familiar face also returns to give The Dark Knight a message he cannot ignore. Batman arrived, subdued all of Joker's men, and entered the very Theatre where his life as a crime fighter began to take root. You are not permitted to copy any image, text or info from this page. The Joker, using an unidentified type of fear toxin, injected the toxin into Barbara while she was attempting to help Batman take down the Joker. This is further supported in the climax of the Assault on Arkham incident: Shortly after realizing that the chopper he was thrown into by Deadshot was about to fall to the ground, he attempted to escape, only for Deadshot to pin him inside the chopper via the Joker's discarded daggers, yet then proceeded to laugh hysterically as the remains of the chopper descended down to the street below after Deadshot gave his signature "bang" pointer. Years before the Arkham Riots, Joker was seen wearing a carnival master's suit, which closely resembled his purple tailcoat, with a top hat. Kill!Joker is temporarily swayed to chose Henry as his new host. With the city evacuated, only the police officers were left as the villains and their respective gangs, who were all working together, began to take over the streets and created chaos and destruction all over Gotham. It will trigger a long cutscene. The crime lord's trademark mask would make for the perfect disguise and his steel mill, a front to manufacture drugs, came with all the resources needed to cook up deadly toxins and explosives. He openly did not think much of humanity, believing every man, woman and child were as equally insane and sadistic as he was in the inside and that to deny this was purely madness. His action to kidnap and torture Jason Todd (the second Robin) was not only a way to attack Batman on an emotional level but to warn him to leave his friends out of the "crazy little game of ours". He even somehow managed to have the body of one of these victims left outside the elevator Strange's office. Or are they? End this! Freeze were fighting by cutting the wall open that was located behind the safe and pilfered the cure. This caused him to immediately frown and growl in response. Joker saw that Batman had feelings for Catwoman, encouraging him to move on from Talia and have a good time with Catwoman; however, he then added it would only be worse for Batman once he took control of their body and killed her. However, he does not seem fettered by his psychopathic qualities or simply unaware of them but took no attempt to better himself. Joker, preparing to kill Deadshot. The relationship between Batman and Joker has changed his personality and views drastically, this can be specifically seen during the events of Arkham Origins. After this Joker switched tactics, suggesting that perhaps Jason should become his sidekick. After he deactivated the three bombs, Batman went toarrest Harley and discovered that itwas she who stole the Mechanical Guardians from Wonder City and used them to attack him. Joker lastly used Clayface to infiltrate Arkham Island, TYGER's main base of operations, to place dozens of explosives deep within the bowels of the Asylum as part of his alternative plans for Batman and Gotham, as well as to take out TYGER when the time was right. On Christmas Eve the Joker made his move. At one point Batman asks the Joker why he wants to kill him, to which he replies " [Laughs] I don't wanna kill you! All the Joker had to do was tell Strange why he was the way he was. I've been working on that.The Joker, Renaissance Man. After going to rescue the kidnapped cops, Batman was shot by Harley and put in a sphere in the Joker robot in a comatose state. !Joker explaining the punchline to Batman. Why are you here? Bane returned the favor with a bazooka. He'd glue your eyes open, or cut off yours legs, or make you eat a grenade. Officially, Bane was listed as an escapee from Blackgate Prison. Ever paranoid, Black Mask had a body double enter the safe house as a diversion while he snuck in via the adjacent balcony. That could be a subtle jab directed at individuals who attempted to figure out the Arkham Knight's identity with ridiculous ideas and concepts prior to the game's release, like Quincy Sharp being the Arkham Knight for example. To slow the vigilante down "Black Mask" turned to the GCPD and hired Edward Nigma, the head of the GCPD's Cyber Crime Division and secret master hacker, to broadcast a jamming signal to interfere with the Batwing and brought corrupt SWAT leader Howard Branden in on the bounty. Enemy conversations revealed that Joker had once attempted to run for President of the United States, complete with his own TV spots. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Two-Face, to Penguin, Scarecrow and oh so many more, the ill-famed inmates of Arkham, the criminally capricious citizens of Gotham both frighten and fascinate comic fans of all ages with their complexity, depth and completely insanely bazonkers gimmicks. How many people did you just kill!? Using Harley's prints, Batman found the entrance to the Titan Production facility. You've denied me even that I have nothing to live for.Joker, before injecting himself with Titan. That may have had something to do with the chemicals that were flowing through Joker's blood, which possibly eliminated his basic pain factor. Mark Hamill did such an amazing job playing Joker in Batman: TAS, in Arkham Asylum, City, Knight, and even in The Killing Joke movie. Not long after his death, Joker's corpse was immediately taken to the hospital for an autopsy. There is no information on him in any criminal database. Use the weapon to destroy part of the weakened wall and move on. Using a remote controlled sniper rifle that Harley had set up in the cathedral bell tower, Joker attempted to assassinate Catwoman, though his primary motive was simply to coax Batman into tracking him down as part of an elaborate trap. "Black Mask" surveyed the damage and informed Deathstroke he'd had his chance but the night was still young. For the first time in their battles, Joker was truly horrified, helpless and useless against Batman, ending with the clown prince being severely beaten and thrown into a cell within Arkham Asylum in Intensive Treatment. He came close to destroying Gotham several times, and was almost always outsmarted and certainly always out-muscled by the Dark Knight. That, however, turned out to be a trap, as the bombs were actually placed within Joker's cell at the asylum by Clayface, in order to lure Batman there. The Joker's exact origin is a mystery, barring that Batman was somehow involved. Joker could also be rather macabre, as he found other peoples' death, the threat of death and his own quite amusing. 02/26/2023 - 10:35 am . The challenge maps were divided into melee and stealth challenges. The Joker in his early activities was also shown to be significantly emotionally unstable, often times changing from goofy to serious at the drop of a hat and at random times, as well as frequently shouting at both his minions and, late in Arkham Origins, at Batman himself in a sudden manner. There's a section of the game near the end, where you play as the Joker/Batman who succumbed to the Joker infection. And wait.Joker tells Batman vaguely about his ruse. The Joker was unimpressed with the offer, firing several bullets into the vigilante's armor before he tossed him the bank manager. (However, Joker did eventually figure out that Hugo Strange had brainwashed Sharp.). We can get back to that later. However, the only record of this is found in Sharp's Spirit of Arkham Diaries and it's possible that he may have hallucinated the incident. Pushed to his limit, he ended up attacking his audience in both rage and terror and ruthlessly beat them unconscious. you. Does it make sense? After Robin rescued Batman,Batman himself wentto deactivate the bombs before the facility blew up while Robinwent to take the officers out of the building. Batman escaped in the Batwing and left the Joker in Captain Gordon and Harvey Bullock's custody. After locking a villain in the cell at the GCPD Lockup, Joker made a comment about them. Joker also ordered Harley to steal some of Freeze's offensive equipment in order to increase his weaponry after successfully obtaining the cure. He is the arch-nemesis of Batman due to his crimes and high numbers of people killed by his hands, and also due to attempting to break his mind even after his death. The two continued fighting, and Joker managed to severely injure Deadshot with his knives, albeit with enough difficulty that he even admitted that Deadshot was "a real pain in [Joker's] ass" for someone who wasn't Batman. "Joker sees his evidence case, Ooh, not bad Henry. Get ready for the encore! He took control of the Administration Building and had his men convert it into a fun-house themed fortress. After tracking down the electronic signal from the Electrocutioner's Shock Gloves, Batman infiltrated the hotel and dispensed Joker's men just in time to hack into the security feed and watch the meeting. She was eager to gain insight into the mind of the self style Clown Prince of Crime in order to publish a book. He then proceeded to begin taking over the west side of Arkham Island. The Joker stayed in touch with Batman through rigged TV sets and the hotel's P.A. In Arkham Origins Online, Joker was a playable character, by activating the marked door by the Joker's Elites, which allowed the playerto take control of him. Nine months ago, Joker was cremated. Joker then berated Batman for ruining everything by "turning Bane into roadkill, feeding Scarecrow to Croc, 'slapping around' Harley Quinn (which was his favorite hobby), and destroying his precious Venom plants." The Electrocutioner was more engrossed in his phone, ignoring the lecture. As "Black Mask" made his exit via helicopter Croc got his chance to make up for it when he caught Batman's scent, staying behind to duel the vigilante and claim the bounty. After she took advantage of the situation, Harley tried to stab Batman with a knife to finish her revenge, and was stopped by Robin, who threw a Shurikenat her, which knocked her out. I think our relationship is maturing. My most challenging patient at Arkham. However, thanks to interference from fellow assassin Deadshot, Batman escaped into the night. On the other hand, despite his nihilism, the Joker seemed to have sense of self-preservation. He has repeatedly refused to be treated by anyone except his special 'nurse'Harley Quinn. When the B+Y command comes up hit them at the same time. The Joker then coldly said to the dead guard: "The choke's on you! Kill! Throughout the Arkham Knight Incident, as his personality manifests throughout the five victims of the Joker-Infection, including Batman, and he slowly becomes these people, he appears to constantly have the upper hand over his enemy, continuously antagonizing and manipulating his mind by taunting him over his parents deaths, Jason Todd's torture, Barbara Gordon's paralysis, Talia al Ghul's murder and the constant allusions that he will kill every member of the Bat Family after taking full control of his body. 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