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* EvilIsSexy: Snappy dress sense and a good sense of humor go a long way. Ain't that right, Harley?
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* QuestioanbleCasting:
** Remember when people thought that casting [[Creator/HeathLedger that gay cowboy]] as me was a terrible idea? That guy [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward really nailed it]], though -- I do love a bit of BlackComedy. Shame he [[ActorExistenceFailure didn't get to do an encore]].
** And admit it, if you heard [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was playing me over]] Creator/TimCurry back when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' first aired you might not have been very happy at first. But again, [[SubvertedTrope this worked out]] ''[[CantUnhearIt very]]'' well too.
** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
** What about that time they got [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus]] to portray me? People weren't sold at first, but Joaquin made them all eat their words. Good on you, friend. [[Film/{{Signs}} Swing away]].
** Remember when people thought that casting [[Creator/HeathLedger that gay cowboy]] as me was a terrible idea? That guy [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward really nailed it]], though -- I do love a bit of BlackComedy. Shame he [[ActorExistenceFailure didn't get to do an encore]].
** And admit it, if you heard [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was playing me over]] Creator/TimCurry back when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' first aired you might not have been very happy at first. But again, [[SubvertedTrope this worked out]] ''[[CantUnhearIt very]]'' well too.
** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
** What about that time they got [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus]] to portray me? People weren't sold at first, but Joaquin made them all eat their words. Good on you, friend. [[Film/{{Signs}} Swing away]].
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** Remember when people thought that casting [[Creator/HeathLedger that gay cowboy]] as me was a terrible idea? That guy [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward really nailed it]], though -- I do love a bit of BlackComedy. Shame he [[ActorExistenceFailure didn't get to do an encore]].
** And admit it, if you heard [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was playing me over]] Creator/TimCurry back when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' first aired you might not have been very happy at first. But again, [[SubvertedTrope this worked out]] ''[[CantUnhearIt very]]'' well too.
** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
** What about that time they got [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus]] to portray me? People weren't sold at first, but Joaquin made them all eat their words. Good on you, friend. [[Film/{{Signs}} Swing away]].
** Remember when people thought that casting [[Creator/HeathLedger that gay cowboy]] as me was a terrible idea? That guy [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward really nailed it]], though -- I do love a bit of BlackComedy. Shame he [[ActorExistenceFailure didn't get to do an encore]].
** And admit it, if you heard [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was playing me over]] Creator/TimCurry back when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' first aired you might not have been very happy at first. But again, [[SubvertedTrope this worked out]] ''[[CantUnhearIt very]]'' well too.
** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
** What about that time they got [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus]] to portray me? People weren't sold at first, but Joaquin made them all eat their words. Good on you, friend. [[Film/{{Signs}} Swing away]].
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** My cartoon selves seem to be prone to this; the [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman dread-locked kung-fu-fighting version of me]] really got a lot of flack. Admittedly, wearing that torn-up purple straitjacket, and then my sweet jacket [[BarefootLoon without]] [[DoesNotLikeShoes shoes]] was probably not my best idea.
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** My cartoon selves seem to be prone to this; the [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman dread-locked kung-fu-fighting version of me]] really got a lot of flack. Admittedly, wearing that torn-up purple straitjacket, and then my sweet jacket [[BarefootLoon without]] [[DoesNotLikeShoes without shoes]] was probably not my best idea.
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** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
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* FoeYay: Of the century, folks. [[http://community.livejournal.com/joker_in_ink/42633.html Batsy darling and I were meant to be together like this, two peas in a pod!]] Of course he's in denial, but perhaps he's simply unaware he '''has''' feelings, since someone has yet to enlighten him of the concept of Foe Yay on his trope page.
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* CrazyAwesome: Admit it, laughing fishes were an awesome idea. Pity it didn't work.
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* CrazyAwesome: CrazyIsCool: Admit it, laughing fishes were an awesome idea. Pity it didn't work.
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** Was I ''really'' lying to ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}} about my past back when we first met, or was I just telling her the story I remembered at that particular time? [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Like I've told you,]] [[MultipleChoicePast I always remember it differently.]] [[MindScrew Unless, of course, I'm lying about that too.]]
** Am I really insane, or am I just faking it so I won't get the death penalty? Even old Batsy has wondered that on occasion.
* ArchivePanic: Given I've been at it about as long as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Brain]] (80 years, and no grey hair to show for it) I've amassed quite a few appearances in and out of the funny books.
** Am I really insane, or am I just faking it so I won't get the death penalty? Even old Batsy has wondered that on occasion.
* ArchivePanic: Given I've been at it about as long as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Brain]] (80 years, and no grey hair to show for it) I've amassed quite a few appearances in and out of the funny books.
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** Was I ''really'' he really lying to ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}} about my his past back when we they first met, or was I he just telling her the story I MultipleChoicePast he remembered at that particular time? [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Like I've told you,]] [[MultipleChoicePast I always remember it differently.]] [[MindScrew Unless, of course, I'm lying about that too.]]
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**Am I Is he really insane, or am I is he just faking it so I he won't get the death penalty? Even old Batsy Batman has wondered that on occasion.
* ArchivePanic: GivenI've that he's been at it about as long as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Brain]] (80 years, and no grey hair to show for it) I've Franchise/{{Batman}} himself, he's amassed quite a few appearances in and out of the funny books.appearances.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: For some reason, a guy just can't seem to go on a [[HaveAGayOldTime boner]] themed crime spree [[HehHehYouSaidX without people giggling about it]] decades later.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: For some reason, a guy just can't seem to go on a "The Joker's Comedy of Errors" revolves around the word "boner". [[HaveAGayOldTime boner]] themed crime spree [[HehHehYouSaidX without people giggling about it]] decades later.Back when the comic was written]], "boner" meant "mistake", but nowadays it means "erection".
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* AccidentalInnuendo: For some reason, a guy just can't seem to go on a [[HaveAGayOldTime boner]] themed crime spree [[HehHehYouSaidX without people giggling about it]] decades later.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Considering I'm... [[Film/TheDarkKnight ahead of the curve]], any and ''ALL'' interpretations are equally likely, and not even mutually exclusive!
** Was I ''really'' lying to ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}} about my past back when we first met, or was I just telling her the story I remembered at that particular time? [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Like I've told you,]] [[MultipleChoicePast I always remember it differently.]] [[MindScrew Unless, of course, I'm lying about that too.]]
** Am I really insane, or am I just faking it so I won't get the death penalty? Even old Batsy has wondered that on occasion.
* ArchivePanic: Given I've been at it about as long as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Brain]] (80 years, and no grey hair to show for it) I've amassed quite a few appearances in and out of the funny books.
* AwardSnub:
** Sure, my [[Creator/MarkHamill voice]] [[Creator/HeathLedger pals]] and I have gotten quite a few awards through the years, but there are times when I have gotten a bit more Award Snubs too. One of them was the 2012 Joystick Award for one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlOnqRginfM the Top Gaming Moments]]: [[spoiler:my DownerEnding]] in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. Unfortunately, even this [[spoiler:TearJerker ending]] lost to "[[http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a433646/skyrim-voted-game-of-the-year-at-2012-golden-joystick-awards.html The Throat of the World]]" in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''! DudeWheresMyRespect Whoever snubbed me of my best moment has ''surely'' [[Series/ILoveLucy got some 'splainin' to do]]!
** And of course, a lot of people got up in arms when [[Creator/JackNicholson ol' Jackie Boy]] didn't get so much as an Oscar nomination. Heck, Anton Furst reamed out the academy for it.
** Creator/MarkHamill sometimes brings up how his fellow Joker voice Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson was nominated for an Emmy while Markie himself was never nominated. All in good fun, of course, seeing as they're buds.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: It looks like I've become this in recent years. Either you love me for being such a great and iconic villain, or you think [[HijackedByGanon I'm pulling a Ganon]] and you're sick to death of me over it.
* CantUnHearIt: Regardless of which version of me you think is best, odds are that Creator/MarkHamill's [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries interpretation]] is the one you'll hear in your head when reading any of my lines. Unless my Creator/HeathLedger voice put a smile on your face. Or unless you grew up watching [[Series/Batman1966 Cesar Romero]] do his wonderful ''unshaven'' interpretation of the Clown Prince of Crime! Or unless for if you are fond of either the Golden Age or Silver Age versions of me, you would probably hear the voice of Creator/JeffBennett in your head whenever you are reading the lines of those versions of me. For some, Creator/RichardEpcar's iteration will be in your head.
* CompleteMonster: I will concede that I'm not very nice. But it really [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on which work I appear in]]. See my ''reeeaaaally'' long list of thrillin' accomplishments and misdeeds at Sandbox/CMIncarnationsPerCharacter!
* CrazyAwesome: Admit it, laughing fishes were an awesome idea. Pity it didn't work.
* CreepyAwesome: I'm quite possibly the most terrifying person in the Franchise/DCUniverse. And you ''love me'' for it.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Line? ''LINE?!'' IT'S COMEDY! There IS no line! '''BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!'''
* DracoInLeatherPants: Well, whaddaya know? [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I'm a hit with the ladies!]]
** [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Yes, fellas, I see you too]]. Now take them [[YaoiGenre creepy pictures]] off [[TheInternetIsForPorn the Interwebs]], ''pronto''. Believe it or not, even I have ''some'' standards.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: I wasn't always the big cat in Gotham. I was supposed to be some throwaway VillainOfTheWeek. But I knocked audiences dead, and proved popular enough to return to mess about with Bat-brain's head again and again.
* EvilIsCool: Of course I am! [[LaughablyEvil I'm a riot]], [[NightmareFuel I'm terrifying]], [[MagnificentBastard I'm smart]], what's not to like?
* EvilIsSexy: Snappy dress sense and a good sense of humor go a long way. Ain't that right, Harley?
* FandomRivalry: Apparently, some of you people are beating each other to death over whether Creator/MarkHamill or Creator/HeathLedger is the better me, with Creator/JaredLeto and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix fans soon to join the fray. Get over it! Either of them is perfectly fine and dandy as a valid me! After all, the more [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple Choice my Past the better]].
** And I know some of my more "mature" fans (and by mature, I mean old enough to remember TheSixties) are still fond of [[Series/Batman1966 Cesar Romero]] -- the 2014 DVD box sets are helping his cause too.
* FoeYay: Of the century, folks. [[http://community.livejournal.com/joker_in_ink/42633.html Batsy darling and I were meant to be together like this, two peas in a pod!]] Of course he's in denial, but perhaps he's simply unaware he '''has''' feelings, since someone has yet to enlighten him of the concept of Foe Yay on his trope page.
* FridgeBrilliance: Oh, how my fans were dreading TheReveal of my identity... [[spoiler: too bad I pulled a fast one by revealing that I'm actually [[LegacyCharacter more than one person]]]]. Suppose I might have to thank [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Bat-fake for helping my writers come up with it]].
* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Oh, aren't they all? Though reading about those times when others have tried to steal ''my'' idea of copyrighting a lifeform of my own design had me giggle. If someone as clever and handsome as me couldn't pull it off, what makes them think they can? Wait, what do you mean, '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_v._Chakrabarty they]]''' '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavr_Savr did?!]]'''
** My rant to ComicBook/RedSkull in ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'' became this after [[spoiler: Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} decided that good ol' ComicBook/{{Cap|tainAmerica}} is himself a member of HYDRA. Or maybe not. Personally, I found it hilarious!]]
* HoYay: I did have that fling with one of my mooks in "The Devil's Advocate" now, didn't I... And he's lucky just his legs got broken.
* LoveToHate: What can I say? There's no fun in being loathsome unless you're entertaining about it.
* MagnificentBastard: I always consider myself to be magnificent but others don't think so, saying that I'm too depraved and unstable... Errrgh! I'll show them who's depraved and unstable!!! But hey, at least this fella managed to qualify:
** From ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'': The Joker has all the cunning and audacity one would expect from him, but lacks the instability and depravity many other incarnations are known for. Receiving information from a mysterious figure, Joker decides to use a nuclear weapon to blackmail Gotham City into paying him a million dollars. He initially plans to build his own nuke, successfully obtaining radioactive material and cleverly escaping from Batman in the process. When this approach fails after an attempt to kidnap UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer is foiled by Batman and Captain America, Joker changes tactics and decides to [[EmptyQuiver steal a prototype atomic bomb codenamed "Fat Boy"]]. After succeeding at this, Joker learns that his informer is the ComicBook/RedSkull, a Nazi operative. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Declaring his hatred of the Nazis]], Joker attempts to kill the Skull, but is captured and brought aboard his plane. But later on, the Joker escapes and sabotages the plane's lowering mechanism to keep the Skull from dropping Fat Boy, taunting and mocking him even as he attacks. Ruthless, witty, and able to roll with the punches, the Joker demonstrates that he's earned his title of Clown Prince of Crime.
* MemeticMutation: My [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/calamityx1/1196633252560.jpg "Joker Face"]] from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has turned into a forum ImageMacro by way of a non-verbal FlatWhat reaction to either a ViolationOfCommonSense or firm grasps of the IdiotBall.
** [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries "You killed Captain Clown. YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN! You're going to fry like a grilled cheese sandwich!]]
** There's also [[FountainOfMemes nearly everything that spewed out of my mouth]] when Creator/HeathLedger [[Film/TheDarkKnight became me]].
** After [[spoiler: TheReveal that [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is TheMole for HYDRA, people like to point to the image in EvenEvilHasStandards from ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'' and say that I'm more of an upstanding person than he is.]]
** For some odd reason, recently people have portrayed me as a gamer who has grown disillusioned with society, usually saying "We Live in a Society". More often than not, this portrayal relies on the aforementioned Heath Ledger version of me, although it's not uncommon to run into versions that use the Creator/JaredLeto or now the Creator/JoaquinPhoenix versions of me.
*** It goes even deeper than that, at least in Spanish-speaking countries. Supposedly some pretentious content creators thinking themselves as some Creator/PauloCoelho wannabe started to make "inspirational quotes" about society and claiming them on my image. It led to this practice being mocked in that wacky side of the pond, and for good riddance!
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/mollyhaleismyfriend/art/Joker-Drinks-Ocean-Water-741619823 I am going to drink ocean water]]. You can't stop me!
* MemeticMolester: I'm this because of some fans' views on what happened in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', despite Creator/AlanMoore [[WordOfGod saying]] I did not touch Jimmy Gordon or his daughter in ''[[RapeAsDrama that]]'' way. Given ol' Beardie's ''other'' work, kinda hard to believe him. The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke animated version]] didn't help, with Batsy interviewing some prostitutes and them saying I normally see them after I escaped but didn't that time, though Creator/BruceTimm is [[http://collider.com/batman-the-killing-joke-bruce-timm-controversy/ also on record]] as saying I didn't touch Barbara like that, either. On the other hand, [[{{ComicBook/Joker}} in my self-titled graphic novel]], there was Jonny Jonny's ex-wife...
* MoralEventHorizon:
** [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Crippling Jimmy's daughter?]] [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily Bashing in Robin's brains with a crowbar?]] [[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand Blowing Sarah Essen's head off?]] Something ''else'' I've missed? I've performed so many atrocities that it's hard to say ''when'' I completely damned myself. And you [[EvilIsCool love me for it]]!
** Oh, wait, everyone! I just remembered! [[DealWithTheDevil I sold my soul]] to that Neron guy, that's when! Damn great cigars I got!
** Many fans haven't forgiven me [[Film/Batman1989 for shooting Bob]]. He ''was'' my number one guy, you know.
** There are fans that hate me for blowing up [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey’s]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight girlfriend]]. I told Harv that there are no hard feelings.
* NeverLiveItDown: If that stooge from ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' is any indication, it's been over fifty years and people are ''still'' laughing at my boner. Honestly! Time may change language, but it doesn't erase HaveAGayOldTime.
* TheScrappy:
** No, it's not me in general but apparently, nobody liked my new look from the [[{{Retool}} retooled]] fourth [[WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures season]] of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the very popular animated adaptation]]. Oh come on, it can't be that...JUMPING JIMINY CHRISTMAS!! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO ME?! They sucked the color out! My eyes look like some alien's possessed me! KILL IT! KILL IT! *''[[BangFlagGun Fwip!]]'' ''BANG!''*
*** Thankfully, they did a better job with the design of this rendition of me in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker the]] [[WesternAnimation/StaticShock following]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague adaptations]] that he is featured in.
** My cartoon selves seem to be prone to this; the [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman dread-locked kung-fu-fighting version of me]] really got a lot of flack. Admittedly, wearing that torn-up purple straitjacket, and then my sweet jacket [[BarefootLoon without]] [[DoesNotLikeShoes shoes]] was probably not my best idea.
** The [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 version of me]] played by ol' [[Creator/JaredLeto Jerry Leto's]] ruffled more than a few feathers. Damaged on my forehead, really? Poor guy losing most of his scenes didn't leave him with much material to work with either, but them's the breaks, ain't it?
* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: Of course, there are some times when some of my costumes seem to be laughable. In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' incarnation of ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', for example, my [[http://thebatmanuniverse.net/image/TV/News/01-Batman-The%20Brave%20and%20the%20Bold/Season%202/018-Emperor%20Joker/BTBTB-Emperor%20Joker%20Screenshot%2005.jpg spandexed Emperor Jester costume]] looks nothing at all like [[http://ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Emperor-Joker-1-2000.jpg the royal one I wore]] in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' original comic book! In fact, it felt so laughable, that the biggest flaw in my costume is the WhoopeeCushion in my crown, which looks almost like... you know... [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign let's just say...]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a condom]]. Whoever designed my costume like this in the show's episode creation department deserves to realize the biggest ''[[HaveAGayOldTime boner]]'' (i.e., mistake) they'll never forget!
* WTHCastingAgency:
** Remember when people thought that casting [[Creator/HeathLedger that gay cowboy]] as me was a terrible idea? That guy [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward really nailed it]], though -- I do love a bit of BlackComedy. Shame he [[ActorExistenceFailure didn't get to do an encore]].
** And admit it, if you heard [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was playing me over]] Creator/TimCurry back when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' first aired you might not have been very happy at first. But again, [[SubvertedTrope this worked out]] ''[[CantUnhearIt very]]'' well too.
** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
** What about that time they got [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus]] to portray me? People weren't sold at first, but Joaquin made them all eat their words. Good on you, friend. [[Film/{{Signs}} Swing away]].
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Considering I'm... [[Film/TheDarkKnight ahead of the curve]], any and ''ALL'' interpretations are equally likely, and not even mutually exclusive!
** Was I ''really'' lying to ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}} about my past back when we first met, or was I just telling her the story I remembered at that particular time? [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Like I've told you,]] [[MultipleChoicePast I always remember it differently.]] [[MindScrew Unless, of course, I'm lying about that too.]]
** Am I really insane, or am I just faking it so I won't get the death penalty? Even old Batsy has wondered that on occasion.
* ArchivePanic: Given I've been at it about as long as [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Brain]] (80 years, and no grey hair to show for it) I've amassed quite a few appearances in and out of the funny books.
* AwardSnub:
** Sure, my [[Creator/MarkHamill voice]] [[Creator/HeathLedger pals]] and I have gotten quite a few awards through the years, but there are times when I have gotten a bit more Award Snubs too. One of them was the 2012 Joystick Award for one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlOnqRginfM the Top Gaming Moments]]: [[spoiler:my DownerEnding]] in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. Unfortunately, even this [[spoiler:TearJerker ending]] lost to "[[http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a433646/skyrim-voted-game-of-the-year-at-2012-golden-joystick-awards.html The Throat of the World]]" in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''! DudeWheresMyRespect Whoever snubbed me of my best moment has ''surely'' [[Series/ILoveLucy got some 'splainin' to do]]!
** And of course, a lot of people got up in arms when [[Creator/JackNicholson ol' Jackie Boy]] didn't get so much as an Oscar nomination. Heck, Anton Furst reamed out the academy for it.
** Creator/MarkHamill sometimes brings up how his fellow Joker voice Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson was nominated for an Emmy while Markie himself was never nominated. All in good fun, of course, seeing as they're buds.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: It looks like I've become this in recent years. Either you love me for being such a great and iconic villain, or you think [[HijackedByGanon I'm pulling a Ganon]] and you're sick to death of me over it.
* CantUnHearIt: Regardless of which version of me you think is best, odds are that Creator/MarkHamill's [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries interpretation]] is the one you'll hear in your head when reading any of my lines. Unless my Creator/HeathLedger voice put a smile on your face. Or unless you grew up watching [[Series/Batman1966 Cesar Romero]] do his wonderful ''unshaven'' interpretation of the Clown Prince of Crime! Or unless for if you are fond of either the Golden Age or Silver Age versions of me, you would probably hear the voice of Creator/JeffBennett in your head whenever you are reading the lines of those versions of me. For some, Creator/RichardEpcar's iteration will be in your head.
* CompleteMonster: I will concede that I'm not very nice. But it really [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on which work I appear in]]. See my ''reeeaaaally'' long list of thrillin' accomplishments and misdeeds at Sandbox/CMIncarnationsPerCharacter!
* CrazyAwesome: Admit it, laughing fishes were an awesome idea. Pity it didn't work.
* CreepyAwesome: I'm quite possibly the most terrifying person in the Franchise/DCUniverse. And you ''love me'' for it.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Line? ''LINE?!'' IT'S COMEDY! There IS no line! '''BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!'''
* DracoInLeatherPants: Well, whaddaya know? [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I'm a hit with the ladies!]]
** [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Yes, fellas, I see you too]]. Now take them [[YaoiGenre creepy pictures]] off [[TheInternetIsForPorn the Interwebs]], ''pronto''. Believe it or not, even I have ''some'' standards.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: I wasn't always the big cat in Gotham. I was supposed to be some throwaway VillainOfTheWeek. But I knocked audiences dead, and proved popular enough to return to mess about with Bat-brain's head again and again.
* EvilIsCool: Of course I am! [[LaughablyEvil I'm a riot]], [[NightmareFuel I'm terrifying]], [[MagnificentBastard I'm smart]], what's not to like?
* EvilIsSexy: Snappy dress sense and a good sense of humor go a long way. Ain't that right, Harley?
* FandomRivalry: Apparently, some of you people are beating each other to death over whether Creator/MarkHamill or Creator/HeathLedger is the better me, with Creator/JaredLeto and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix fans soon to join the fray. Get over it! Either of them is perfectly fine and dandy as a valid me! After all, the more [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple Choice my Past the better]].
** And I know some of my more "mature" fans (and by mature, I mean old enough to remember TheSixties) are still fond of [[Series/Batman1966 Cesar Romero]] -- the 2014 DVD box sets are helping his cause too.
* FoeYay: Of the century, folks. [[http://community.livejournal.com/joker_in_ink/42633.html Batsy darling and I were meant to be together like this, two peas in a pod!]] Of course he's in denial, but perhaps he's simply unaware he '''has''' feelings, since someone has yet to enlighten him of the concept of Foe Yay on his trope page.
* FridgeBrilliance: Oh, how my fans were dreading TheReveal of my identity... [[spoiler: too bad I pulled a fast one by revealing that I'm actually [[LegacyCharacter more than one person]]]]. Suppose I might have to thank [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker Bat-fake for helping my writers come up with it]].
* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Oh, aren't they all? Though reading about those times when others have tried to steal ''my'' idea of copyrighting a lifeform of my own design had me giggle. If someone as clever and handsome as me couldn't pull it off, what makes them think they can? Wait, what do you mean, '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_v._Chakrabarty they]]''' '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavr_Savr did?!]]'''
** My rant to ComicBook/RedSkull in ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'' became this after [[spoiler: Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} decided that good ol' ComicBook/{{Cap|tainAmerica}} is himself a member of HYDRA. Or maybe not. Personally, I found it hilarious!]]
* HoYay: I did have that fling with one of my mooks in "The Devil's Advocate" now, didn't I... And he's lucky just his legs got broken.
* LoveToHate: What can I say? There's no fun in being loathsome unless you're entertaining about it.
* MagnificentBastard: I always consider myself to be magnificent but others don't think so, saying that I'm too depraved and unstable... Errrgh! I'll show them who's depraved and unstable!!! But hey, at least this fella managed to qualify:
** From ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'': The Joker has all the cunning and audacity one would expect from him, but lacks the instability and depravity many other incarnations are known for. Receiving information from a mysterious figure, Joker decides to use a nuclear weapon to blackmail Gotham City into paying him a million dollars. He initially plans to build his own nuke, successfully obtaining radioactive material and cleverly escaping from Batman in the process. When this approach fails after an attempt to kidnap UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer is foiled by Batman and Captain America, Joker changes tactics and decides to [[EmptyQuiver steal a prototype atomic bomb codenamed "Fat Boy"]]. After succeeding at this, Joker learns that his informer is the ComicBook/RedSkull, a Nazi operative. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Declaring his hatred of the Nazis]], Joker attempts to kill the Skull, but is captured and brought aboard his plane. But later on, the Joker escapes and sabotages the plane's lowering mechanism to keep the Skull from dropping Fat Boy, taunting and mocking him even as he attacks. Ruthless, witty, and able to roll with the punches, the Joker demonstrates that he's earned his title of Clown Prince of Crime.
* MemeticMutation: My [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/calamityx1/1196633252560.jpg "Joker Face"]] from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has turned into a forum ImageMacro by way of a non-verbal FlatWhat reaction to either a ViolationOfCommonSense or firm grasps of the IdiotBall.
** [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries "You killed Captain Clown. YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN! You're going to fry like a grilled cheese sandwich!]]
** There's also [[FountainOfMemes nearly everything that spewed out of my mouth]] when Creator/HeathLedger [[Film/TheDarkKnight became me]].
** After [[spoiler: TheReveal that [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is TheMole for HYDRA, people like to point to the image in EvenEvilHasStandards from ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'' and say that I'm more of an upstanding person than he is.]]
** For some odd reason, recently people have portrayed me as a gamer who has grown disillusioned with society, usually saying "We Live in a Society". More often than not, this portrayal relies on the aforementioned Heath Ledger version of me, although it's not uncommon to run into versions that use the Creator/JaredLeto or now the Creator/JoaquinPhoenix versions of me.
*** It goes even deeper than that, at least in Spanish-speaking countries. Supposedly some pretentious content creators thinking themselves as some Creator/PauloCoelho wannabe started to make "inspirational quotes" about society and claiming them on my image. It led to this practice being mocked in that wacky side of the pond, and for good riddance!
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/mollyhaleismyfriend/art/Joker-Drinks-Ocean-Water-741619823 I am going to drink ocean water]]. You can't stop me!
* MemeticMolester: I'm this because of some fans' views on what happened in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', despite Creator/AlanMoore [[WordOfGod saying]] I did not touch Jimmy Gordon or his daughter in ''[[RapeAsDrama that]]'' way. Given ol' Beardie's ''other'' work, kinda hard to believe him. The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke animated version]] didn't help, with Batsy interviewing some prostitutes and them saying I normally see them after I escaped but didn't that time, though Creator/BruceTimm is [[http://collider.com/batman-the-killing-joke-bruce-timm-controversy/ also on record]] as saying I didn't touch Barbara like that, either. On the other hand, [[{{ComicBook/Joker}} in my self-titled graphic novel]], there was Jonny Jonny's ex-wife...
* MoralEventHorizon:
** [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Crippling Jimmy's daughter?]] [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily Bashing in Robin's brains with a crowbar?]] [[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand Blowing Sarah Essen's head off?]] Something ''else'' I've missed? I've performed so many atrocities that it's hard to say ''when'' I completely damned myself. And you [[EvilIsCool love me for it]]!
** Oh, wait, everyone! I just remembered! [[DealWithTheDevil I sold my soul]] to that Neron guy, that's when! Damn great cigars I got!
** Many fans haven't forgiven me [[Film/Batman1989 for shooting Bob]]. He ''was'' my number one guy, you know.
** There are fans that hate me for blowing up [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey’s]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight girlfriend]]. I told Harv that there are no hard feelings.
* NeverLiveItDown: If that stooge from ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' is any indication, it's been over fifty years and people are ''still'' laughing at my boner. Honestly! Time may change language, but it doesn't erase HaveAGayOldTime.
* TheScrappy:
** No, it's not me in general but apparently, nobody liked my new look from the [[{{Retool}} retooled]] fourth [[WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures season]] of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the very popular animated adaptation]]. Oh come on, it can't be that...JUMPING JIMINY CHRISTMAS!! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO ME?! They sucked the color out! My eyes look like some alien's possessed me! KILL IT! KILL IT! *''[[BangFlagGun Fwip!]]'' ''BANG!''*
*** Thankfully, they did a better job with the design of this rendition of me in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker the]] [[WesternAnimation/StaticShock following]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague adaptations]] that he is featured in.
** My cartoon selves seem to be prone to this; the [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman dread-locked kung-fu-fighting version of me]] really got a lot of flack. Admittedly, wearing that torn-up purple straitjacket, and then my sweet jacket [[BarefootLoon without]] [[DoesNotLikeShoes shoes]] was probably not my best idea.
** The [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 version of me]] played by ol' [[Creator/JaredLeto Jerry Leto's]] ruffled more than a few feathers. Damaged on my forehead, really? Poor guy losing most of his scenes didn't leave him with much material to work with either, but them's the breaks, ain't it?
* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: Of course, there are some times when some of my costumes seem to be laughable. In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' incarnation of ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', for example, my [[http://thebatmanuniverse.net/image/TV/News/01-Batman-The%20Brave%20and%20the%20Bold/Season%202/018-Emperor%20Joker/BTBTB-Emperor%20Joker%20Screenshot%2005.jpg spandexed Emperor Jester costume]] looks nothing at all like [[http://ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Emperor-Joker-1-2000.jpg the royal one I wore]] in the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' original comic book! In fact, it felt so laughable, that the biggest flaw in my costume is the WhoopeeCushion in my crown, which looks almost like... you know... [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign let's just say...]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a condom]]. Whoever designed my costume like this in the show's episode creation department deserves to realize the biggest ''[[HaveAGayOldTime boner]]'' (i.e., mistake) they'll never forget!
* WTHCastingAgency:
** Remember when people thought that casting [[Creator/HeathLedger that gay cowboy]] as me was a terrible idea? That guy [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward really nailed it]], though -- I do love a bit of BlackComedy. Shame he [[ActorExistenceFailure didn't get to do an encore]].
** And admit it, if you heard [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke Skywalker]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was playing me over]] Creator/TimCurry back when ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' first aired you might not have been very happy at first. But again, [[SubvertedTrope this worked out]] ''[[CantUnhearIt very]]'' well too.
** And then there was the [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice time]] [[Creator/BrentSpiner Data]] was cast as yours truly. This one was a teensy bit more contentious, eh?
** What about that time they got [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus]] to portray me? People weren't sold at first, but Joaquin made them all eat their words. Good on you, friend. [[Film/{{Signs}} Swing away]].
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