Batman (1989)

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*IMDb: 76 (56 onscreen, 20 offscreen)
*All Outta Bubble Gum: 58 
*Carnage Counts: 56 
*Movie Body Counts: 83 (56 onscreen, 27 offscreen). 
*Mr Sunday Movies: 50 killed by Joker, 17 killed by Batman (other kills were not accounted)
*Ginger 101: 61 (although video features 60, one correction through comments)
*The Movie Liker (commentary on Ginger 101): 74
*JoBlo.com presents The Kill Counter: 51 (interestingly counting all of Joker's henchman as his victims and only leaving Batman with one kill)
*Our research: TBA
=Bodycount=
Notes:
*Harold (Garrick Hagon), a father from the beginning of the film, as well as his wife are lethal casualties in a popular non-official Ukrainian novelization penned by Bill Flash (a collective pseudonym), which might result in rumors that they were killed. In fact Harold was merely pistol-whipped by Nic (Christopher Fairbank). 
*Eddie (George Roth) and Nic (Christopher Fairbank) were shown to be very much alive, with the former being towed into an ambulance. 
*After attack on Eddie and Nic Knox mentions it's an eighth sighting of Batman. It's unlikely that most of them resulted in lethal casualties. 
*Onscreen corpses killed offscreen are accounted as onscreen victims. 
*Six people are seen exiting Fluegelheim Museum (or Flugelheim, movie uses both spellings) as Vicki Vale enters. They were not accounted even as debatable deaths because they likely went to safety way before Smylex entered museum's ventilation system. 
==Deaths==
Count 	Name  	Cause of Death 	Killer 	Notes
01. 	Johnny Gobs 	"Took a walk of the roof" offscreen. 	Bruce Wayne/Batman (Michael Keaton) - 1. (presumed) 	Discussed by Nic and Eddie as a certain fact confirmed with both, although circumstances of death are unclear, if most certainly Batman-related. Even if Batman accidentally caused Gobs to fall from the roof it is at least a manslaughter.
02. 	Corto Maltese Revolution Victim 	Unknown, likely shot. 	Unknown 	Is seen on Time cover, as photographed by Vicki Vale.
03. 	Napier Hood (Valentino Musetti) 	Shot in the chest. 	Unknown policeman.Carl Grissom (Jack Palance) (indirectly, setup).	It is virtually impossible to pinpoint which shot from which policeman actually hit him. If you look closely it is possible to see bullet hole in his suit and/or wound.
04. 	Lt. Max Eckhardt (William Hootkins) 	Shot in the chest. 	Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) - 1. 	Actual moment of pulling the trigger was most likely not performed by Jack Nicholson, but by stunt double/stand-in.
05. 	Carl Grissom (Jack Palance) 	Shot in the chest two times with Colt New Service revolver. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 2. 	Although Napier shoots additional rounds until he empties the clip, Grissom is seen dead after the two shots already. It is also unlikely that most of the other shots hit the body at all.
06. 	Antoine Rotelli (Edwin Craig) 	Electrocuted and/or burned with a heavily customized joy buzzer. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 3. 	It is likely that Rotelli died when his corpse was not yet burned to the state we see the corpse in.Some sources state that joy buzzer held 40,000 volt, however that mostly originates from Mad magazine parody of the movie.Half of the kill scene seems to be performed by an uncredited stand-in instead of Jack Nicholson (see screen time for details).
07. 	Vinnie Ricorso (John Dair) 	Stabbed in the throat with a pen (made out of a feather). 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 4 	Given Napier's penchant for chemistry the pen might have been poisoned, although it sliced enough to do some lethal damage as is, possibly damaging the coronary artery.Exact death date: 25 October 1989.
08-11.	Two policemen and two Ricorso's bodyguards 	Shot with Webley Mk IV revolver, M1928 Thompson submachine gun and/or Villar Perosa M1915 submachine gun (mocked-up Beretta M38A). 	Joker's GoonsJack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) (by proxy) 	Policemen are not seen in more distant, overhead shots in a continuity error.It is virtually impossible to determine which firearm hit whom in the chaotic shootout.Two corpses could be seen towed into ambulances as Mayor Borg and Harvey Dent are interviewed.
12-17.	DDID Nerve Gas Victims 	Poisoned with DDID Nerve Gas. 	CIA - 1-6. 	Used by CIA in an unknown operation in 1977, after which it was discontinued.There seem to be six discernible victims in the photographs, one man being shown in two different poses (he might have been moved between the photographs).
18-19.	Candy Walker (Priscilla Cory) and Amanda Keeler (Rachel Ryan)	Poisoned with Smylex offscreen (official cause of death - violent allergic reaction). 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 4-5. 	Photographs seem to be showing them not long before or after death.
20-22.	"Three mysterious deaths at a beauty parlor". 	Poisoned with Smylex offscreen. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 6-8. 	
23. 	Becky Narita (Kit Hollerbach) 	Poisoned with Smylex. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 9. 	
24. 	Commercial Victim 	Poisoned with Smylex. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 10. 	
25. 	Taxidermied Seagull 	Unknown, either was hunted or died of natural causes. 	Unknown. 	
26. 	Homicide mentioned on Napier's case. 	Although it is mentioned that "case not proved", Napier was likely guilty but got off thanks to Carl Grissom's connections. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 11. (presumed) 	Napier was charged with homicide on November 6, 1980.
27-39.	"Product tampering claims 13 lives". 	Poisoned with Smylex offscreen. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 11-24. 	
40-41.	"Hempstead crash of bomber kills 2". 	Aircraft crash. 	Unknown pilot of a bomber. 	
42-47.	"Six new deaths". 	Poisoned with Smylex offscreen. 	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 25-30. 	Reported on Action News.
47-72.	25 Flugelheim Museum Victims. 	Poisoned with Smylex gas including Maitre d' (Philip O'Brien, 10 on the breakdown picture), waiter (Kenneth Coombs, 15 on the breakdown picture).	Jack Napier/Joker (Jack Nicholson) - 55. 	Note: After awhile main picture got sloppy. Sorry for that, I think it's still okay as a reference material/breakdown.21 and 22 only appear for a stunt and after it (if they were supposed to be stunt doubles for someone they look way too off to pinpoint).23 changes position and actor between shots.25 is only seen in one shot.5 is the only person seen exiting and yet later seen killed which means that despite Vicki seems to be waiting for hours in the scene, it takes place in a much more condensed amount of time.18 changes position and re-appears in a continuity error.
==Missing==
==Debatable==
Count	Name  	Debated Death? 	Killer?
01. 	Dr. Davis (Steve Plytas) 	Although nothing onscreen indicates in his scene that Napier killed him, later quote from Napier ("As my plastic surgeon always said: If you gotta go... Go with a smile!"), suggests he might have killed Davis over his hack job on his face.	Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson)
02. 	"Not An Actor" 	Unlike another victim seen in the same scene of Smylex commercial, man seemingly was alive throughout the whole shoot. It could be theorized that he was murdered offscreen, but there is no solid evidence to back that. 	Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson)
03. 	Second Taxidermied Seagull	As it was never shown in close-up, it is unknown whether second seagull seen in the commercial is taxidermied or just a model. It might even be a part of a background painting. 	Unknown.
=Bonus Counts=
==Main Protagonist Screen Time==
*ninewheels0's screen time: 32 minutes 30 seconds
*Our research: TBA
==Main Antagonist Screen Time== 
===Jack Napier/Joker===
*ninewheels0's screen time: 32 minutes 15 seconds
*Our research: TBA
===Harvey Dent===
Note: Accounted due to being main antagonist in the next franchise entry.
*ninewheels0's screen time: 2 minutes 45 seconds
*Our research: TBA
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