Joker

This article is about the Persona character. For the DC Comics character, see The Joker.
Ren Amamiya,The name of Persona 5's protagonist is player dependent, and while most Persona media uses "Ren Amamiya" (including the updated re-releases of Persona 5 Royal), he is called "Akira Kurusu" in the manga adaptation of Persona 5. also known as Joker, is one of the main protagonists of the Persona series. He appeared in the 189th episode of Death Battle, Joker VS Giorno, where he fought against Giorno Giovanna from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.
==History==
Ren Amamiya was once an ordinary teenager until the day he was wrongfully framed by a corrupt politician, who Ren attempted to stop from hurting an innocent woman. As such, Ren was arrested, slapped with criminal charges, disowned by his family, and was transferred to a new school, Shujin Academy, while awaiting the end of his sentence. Early in his stay, however, he wandered into the realm of the Metaverse: a world where the innermost subconscious of mankind is made manifest. This led to the awakening of his ability to wield Personas, and through these powers, Ren would form a gang of fellow Persona users called the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, who focused on making the wicked redeem themselves through defeating their Shadow counterparts and stealing their treasures, under the alias of "Joker".
As the reputation of the Phantom Thieves continued to grow, Joker would find himself tightly woven in a world rich with strife big and small. However, through making tightly-woven connections and growing his organization's ranks, he would be able to overcome the difficulties the world threw at them, uplifting the masses and cementing his group as heroes of the people. For all those lurking in Japan's underworld, they must be prepared to change their ways upon the sight of a particular calling card, lest Joker and his Phantom Thieves sneak into their mind's darkest bowels to take their heart.
==Death Battle Info==
===Background===
*Real Name: Ren Amamiya
*Aliases: Akira Kurusu, Senpai, Joker
*Height: 5'9" | 175 cm
*Age: 17
*Occupation: Coffee barista, floral assistant, student, phantom thief
*Likes: Older women, Cats, Hamburgers
*Dislikes: Corrupt adults, Chalk, Jail cells
*Spent 10 years in spin-off hell
*Excellent dancer
===Metaverse===
*Third Eye
*Personas
**Arsene, Jack Frost, Yoshitsune, Pixie, etc.
*Ultimate Personas
**Alice, Lucifer, Odin, Metatron, Satanael, etc.
*Velvet Room
**Physical, gun, elemental, nuke, holy, & dark skills
**Healing, ailment, buff, & debuff spells
**Shield & barrier spells
**Almighty skills
***Bypasses any defense
*Wild Card
**Social confidants, summoning multiple personas, Will of Rebellion, Unshaken Will
===Arsenal===
*Daggers
*Experimental drugs
*Grappling hook
*Metaverse Navigator
*Model guns
*Soma
*Thieves' tools
*Omnipotent Orb
===Feats===
*First human in history to save Igor
*Dodged lasers and star-crossing beams
*Knocked around a piggy bank weighing over 62 thousand tons
*Tanked the nebula-sized "Big Bang Burger"
*Fought on equal ground with Yu Narukami
*Survived the Valentine's Day massacre
*Defeated Yaldaboth, Gilgamesh, Enlil, Maruki, Samael
===Results===
:+ Stronger & faster than Gold Experience 
:+ Almighty magic bypasses GER
:+ More versatile options
:+ Social confidants & Wild Card powers countered willpower negation
:- GER negates many abilities
==Quotes==
<tabber>
|-|Joker VS Giorno=
*"Go, Arsène!"
*"Giorno Giovanna, your heart is twisted! It is ours to take..."
*"Persona!"
*"Heh, he'll never see it coming."
*"Checkmate!"
*"Alice!"
*"Nnff... (thinking) His Persona creates life... I've got to nullify that. (out loud) Jack Frost! Ice Age!"
*"(echoing) Jack Frost! Ice Age! Ice Age! Ice Age!"
*"SATANAEL!!!!!"
*"Maybe you didn't hear me before. Checkmate."
</tabber>
==Gallery==
===Appearance===
Joker sprite.png|Sprite used in Death Battle(By Sorya Tith and Zack Watkins)
Joker HD.png|Hand-drawn design used in Death Battle
Joker 3D.png|3D model used in Death Battle(From Persona 5)
Arsene sprite.png|Arsène sprite used in Death Battle(By Sorya Tith and Zack Watkins)
Alice sprite.png|Alice sprite used in Death Battle(By OriginTheHero)
Die For Me Bears sprite.png|Die For Me! Bears sprite used in Death Battle
Jack Frost sprite.png|Jack Frost sprite used in Death Battle(From Shin Megami Tensei: Synchronicity Prologue)
Satanael-3D-DB.png|thumb|Satanael 3D model used in Death Battle(From Persona 5)
===Arsenal and Abilities===
Jokers Wild Card Summon.gif|Wild Card
Arsene joker.png|Arsène
Satanael joker.png|Satanael
Joker Raoul.png|Raoul
Joker Personas.png|Personas(via Wild Card)
Knife joker.png|Dagger
Neutralspecialgun joker.png|Gun
Joker Grappling Hook.gif|Grappling Hook
Joker Metaverse Navigator App.png|Metaverse Navigator
Joker Metaverse.gif|Metaverse(via Metaverse Navigator)
Velvet Room.webp|Velvet Room
Joker Omnipotent Orb.webp|Omnipotent Orb
Joker Third Eye1.jpg|Third Eye
Confidant.webp|Confidant
Joker Pickpocket.gif|Pickpocket
Joker Rebel's Guard.gif|Rebel's Guard
Eiha joker.gif|Eiha(via Arsène)
Eigaon joker.gif|Eigaon(via Arsène)
Cleave joker.gif|Cleave(via Arsène)
Braveblade joker.gif|Brave Blade(via Arsène)
Dreamneedle joker.gif|Dream Needle(via Arsène)
Joker Showtime.gif|Showtime(via Arsène)
Joker Tetrakarn.gif|Tetrakarn(via Arsène)
Joker Makarakarn.gif|Makarakarn(via Arsène)
Sukunda joker.gif|Sukunda(via Arsène)
Satanael Black Viper.gif|Black Viper(via Satanael)
Satanael Maeigaon.gif|Maeigaon(via Satanael)
Sinfulshell joker.gif|Sinful Shell(via Satanael)
Joker Phantom Show.gif|Phantom Show(via Raoul)
Alice Die For Me!.gif|Die For Me!(via Alice)
Jack Frost Baisudi.gif|Baisudi(via Jack Frost)
Satan Ice Age.gif|Ice Age(via Satan)
Yoshitsune Hassou Tobi.gif|Hassou Tobi(via Yoshitsune)
Lucifer Morning Star.gif|Morning Star(via Lucifer)
Odin Thunder Reign.gif|Thunder Reign(via Odin)
Odin Wild Thunder.gif|Wild Thunder(via Odin)
Joker Flow.gif|Flow
Joker Sleuthing Instinct.gif|Sleuthing Instinct
Joker Detox X.gif|Detox X
Joker Wakefulness.gif|Wakefulness
Joker Stealth Mastery.gif|Stealth Mastery
Joker Will of Rebellion.gif|Will of Rebellion
==Trivia==
*Joker is the 13th Sega character to appear, after Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Eggman, Metal Sonic, Tails, Segata Sanshiro, Knuckles the Echidna, Bayonetta, Amy Rose, Mitsuru Kirijo, Archie Sonic, and Archie Silver.
**He is the second Megami Tensei character to appear, after Mitsuru Kirijo.
**He is the eighth Sega character to win, after Sonic the Hedgehog, Metal Sonic, Tails, Amy Rose, Mitsuru Kirijo, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Archie Silver.
*Joker is the 12th Video Game character to fight against an Anime/Manga character, after Shadow the Hedgehog, Blanka, Ryu Hayabusa, Kirby, Nightmare, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Red, Charizard, Lucario, and Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd.
**He is the sixth Video Game character to win, after Blanka, Kirby, Lucario, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd.
*Joker is the third combatant to be voiced by Kevin Rivera, after Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd and Alex Mercer.
**He is the second combatant voiced by him to win, after Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd.
*Joker's official English voice actor, Xander Mobus, has voiced several other combatants in Death Battle such as Lion-O, RoboCop, Wolverine, Agumon, Guts, and Superman.
==Notes==
==External Links==
*Joker on Wikipedia
*Joker on the Megami Tensei Wiki
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