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The Joker was a clown that was from Gotham City that was the arch-foe of Batman.

His continuing agenda was to humiliate and destroy Batman's family and friends.

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Batman vs

Batman confronts the Joker.[2]

Joker, somewhere

The Joker outside the Domed Retreat.[3]

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Early Years[]

Joker (fimation)

The Joker's Filmation Appearance

In the early 1970s the Joker teams up with the Penguin to switch crime methods so they can sue Batman and Robin for false arrest. In the end however they start to fight which leads to their downfall.

The Joker then returns a short time later and steals what he needs to build a laser so he can destroy Gotham City. In order to trick Batman and Robin he leaves false clues but that doesn't stop them from finding his lair. But the Joker managed to trap them in a funhouse slide that is going straight into a fire pit. But they managed to escape. The Joker then flees and self destructs the building but is followed by Batman and Robin and caught.

The Joker teams up with the Penguin, the Riddler, and the Catwoman but is defeated once again.

The Joker then runs for mayor in and teams up with Penguin and Riddler to achieve this goal and gets pardoned. In the end however his criminal ways are exposed and he is defeated once more.

Joker 2

1972 Joker Appearance

The Joker teams up with Penguin and Riddler again to break up the terrific trio by destroying Robin's Confidence and steal this map. The plan almost works but Robin regained his confidence just in time to save the day. Batman and Robin then do the same thing to them and successfully split them up. Joker managed to defeat Penguin and Riddler and took the map for himself but was later defeated by Batman, Robin, and Batgirl.

It is not long before he arranges for one of his henchmen to fall in the water so Robin would save him and he could switch Robin's utility belt with a fake, filled with fixed gadgets to mess him up so Joker could carry on with his plans to kill Batman.

On one occasion he uses a pirate theme to find buried treasure.

A short time later, he teams up with Penguin again. This time they distracted a crowd by releasing wild circus animals and stole a tank. They then use the tank to rob several banks. Unfortunately they don't discover that they were being followed by two circus penguins until they got to there hideout. Batman and Robin then us another penguin to track the tank down and arrest them.

The Joker still has time to pull off opera themed crimes to trick Batman and Robin but is once again defeated.

In 1977 the Joker impersonated this scientist named Proffessor Julius Irwin and stole Irwins untested prototype hydro-electric sports car. Joker then named it "the Aqua-Car" and stored it in Gotham's waterfront district, planning to sell it to the highest bidder. However Robin went after him alone but was caught by his pet hyena, Giggles and Joker trapped him in a fishing net. He then impersonated Robin's voice and called Batman. Batman managed to figure it out however and managed to trap the Joker in a net. Joker was then sent to Commissioner Gordon.

A short time later, he managed to escape from prison and made a plan to capture Robin to trap Batman but was defeated once again.

The Joker eventually teams up with the Penguin again to use this slime to turn everybody into criminals. In the end however they were both defeated and sent to jail.

He soon teams up with Penguin, Catwoman, and Clayface to takeover Gotham. They battle Batman and Robin but escape and ally themselves with a supervillian named Zarbor who has all of Earth's nuclear power plants. They then go with him to his planet to assist him but are defeated in the end along with Zarbor and are sent to jail.

Later Years[]

Ace

The Joker as Ace

In 1985 the Joker helps Darkseid in a plot to help take over the Earth. He disguises himself as Ace and saved petty crooks from Cyborg to form the Royal Flush Gang. He then sent the gang to capture Superman,Wonder Woman, and Firestorm.

But the gang is followed by Batman, Robin, and Cyborg. Batman managed to unmask him but is forced to flee when Darksied returns. The Joker along with the gang capture the remaining members. One of the members, Ten tries to free them but is stopped by Darkseid. Joker then watches as Darkseid's minions go to invade Earth, not knowing that Batman who had switched place with another gang member (Jack) freed the rest of the Super Powers Team and Ten.

When Superman stopped the invasion Darksied transported him to the Super Powers Team as punishment for his failure and was sent to jail along with the rest of the Royal Flush Gang with the possible exception of Ten.

The Joker

As seen in the Zeller's commercial (1988).

He escapes from Arkham Asylum once again but was scared off by Batman and Robin and ran away.

Joker (DC Superfriends)

As seen in Joker's Playhouse (2010).

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Earth-508A[]

He infiltrates the Hall Of Justice and uses it's new holographic technology to his advantage in order to stop and defeat the Super-Friends, he transports Batman and Superman to Solomon Grundy's swamp where they are attacked by Grundy and his mud monster minions as well as trapping the Flash in bubblegum, Mr Freeze also traps Green Lantern in a giant ball with a timer and Gorilla Grodd controls the Super-Friend's vehicles and uses them to fight Hawkman, he traps Cyborg in a holographic room that appears as a videogame and makes him fight enemies, eventually the Super-Friends escape from their traps and confront the Joker, but he pilots a giant robot and uses it to fight them, but they use their teamwork to destroy the robot and defeat the Joker, he is then taken back to Arkham Asylum.

Joker 2015

As seen in DC Super Friends (2015)

Earth-508B[]

After Joker robs a bank he abandons Riddler and escapes on Penguin's helicopter, he later joins the Legion Of Doom and usually gets on Lex Luthor's nerves most of the time, such as when he vandalized art in a museum to bear the likeness of himself, Batman and Robin eventually enter the Joker's Fun House but it is a trap and Joker blows it up with his tank but not before the duo escape, Joker is defeated when he and Luthor get merged and are later separated and sent back to prison.

Episode Appearance[]

Filmation Series, The Batman/Superman Hour (1968):


Hanna-Barbera Series, The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972):


Filmation Series, The New Adventures of Batman (1977):


Hanna Barbera’s Super Friends:


Zeller's Commercials (1988):

  • Joker Commercial


Joker's Playhouse (2010)

DC Super Heroes - My First Dictionary (2014)

DC Super-Friends (2015)

Season 2

  • The Runaway Punchline
  • Hack in the Box
  • A Messy Situation
  • Double Trouble...Maybe
  • Heat Wave Snow Day


Notes[]

  • The Joker first appeared in Batman vol. 1, #1 in the Spring of 1940.[4]
  • He was created by Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger and Bob Kane.

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JokerDCAU Joker The Joker was a supervillain who considered himself the comic counterpart to Batman. He was described as a homicidal maniac by both Batman and Batgirl, and was admitted into Arkham Asylum many times. He was Batman's deadliest enemy and a dangerous one of the Justice League. The Joker is also feared as the most powerful crime boss of Gotham City.
- For more on the Joker see article at 'DCAU'


References[]

  1. Joseph Kerr was an alias he used on New Earth in The Cutting Room Floor (1993)
  2. As seen in DC Comics Super Heroes - My First Dictionary (2014).
  3. This artwork was drawn by Alex Toth during the development of the third season of the Superfriends animated series. It was unfortunately not used, but was eventually published in Genius, Animated - The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth.
  4. Go to DC Database for more on Batman Vol. 1, #1
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