Joker (Nolanverse)

Force the civilian and prison boats to blow each other up to prove that anyone can be a monster like him (all failed)
Have his henchman kill each other so he will be the only one left to take the mob's money.
Manipulate the mob into helping him kill Batman to create anarchy in Gotham.
Kill Gambol so he can completely take over his goons and have no one to oppose him.
Abduct Dent and Rachel.
Have Batman choose between Rachel and Harvey so Batman has to let someone die.
Corrupt Harvey Dent into becoming a murderous madman.
Prove that anyone, even the best of the best, can be brought down to his level of madness (all succeeded).
Motivate Batman into destroying his moral code by deteriorating his reputation and corrupting his mind (partially succeeded).
Continue to torment Batman and break him down mentally (briefly succeeded).

### Crimes

Mass murder
Mutilations
Psychological torture
Terrorism
Mass destruction
Attempted assassination
Snuff filming

### Type of Villain

Sadomasochistic Terrorist

**The Joker** is the main antagonist of the 2008 live-action superhero film *The Dark Knight*, which is also the second film in Nolan's Batman trilogy. He is displayed as a sadomasochistic madman who has a penchant for causing chaos and anarchy and seeks to create an era of them throughout the film while also trying to make Batman break his no-killing code at all costs.

He was famously portrayed by the late Heath Ledger.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He pulls off a successful bank heist while playing his accomplices like fiddles by tricking them into killing each other such as having one of them shoot another to get more of the share of the money, getting one of them killed by one of the bank's employees, and getting one of them killed by a bus driven by a guy whom he had crash the bus into the bank before killing said bus driver. He also manages to evade the bullets of one of the bank employee's gunshots before shooting him down himself and then after taking out the rest of his accomplices, he makes an epic and badass introduction to who he is while taking off his mask, responding to one of his questions with "I believe that what doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger" before pretending to set off a gernade in his mouth.
* He manages to steal one of the mob's money and uses it to buy an iconic purple suit for himself.
* He makes a badass introduction while coming in to the mob's room sarcastically laughing at the irony of one of their statements, labeling it as a "bad joke" before pulling off the iconic pencil trick where he makes a pencil disappear by putting it on a table before slamming one of the mob's guys' head into the pencil, killing him while saying "Ta-da! The pencil, it's- it's gone."
* He claims that he is able to deduce squealers just by looking at them and claims that Lau is a squealer and will squeal once Batman gets him (which is proven later on to be somewhat true), which also manages to intimidate Lau into ending the call with the mob.
* He kept a bunch of explosives wired in hand in case anyone in the mob tried to attack him as shown by when Gambol was about to, he revealed the explosives and staying calm when Gambol threatens him before exiting like a badass by walking backwards and kicking the door open with a horse kick before leaving.
* He cleverly had some henchmen carry his body in a body bag and bringing him to Gambol under the guise of having killed him where he would pop out of the bag and get a grip on Gambol with a knife before proceeding to psychologically torture and intimidate him by telling about his "backstory" before killing him and then having Gambol's henchmen fight if they want to join him and his crew.
* He manages to capture a Batman impersonator and kills him by hanging him off a building without getting caught by anyone.
* He manages to kill two major victims in a clever manner by planting a bomb inside the judge Janet Surrillo's car that exploded once she got in and former GCPD Commissioner Loeb by poisoning his scotch drink with acid.
* He manages to intimidate most of the guests whom Bruce invited in his penthouse while trying to find Harvey Dent, including Rachel Dawes, whom he tells a second one of his "backstories" to and even compliments her a bit when she gains the guts to kick him in the groin, telling her she's got a little fight in her before trying to kill her before Batman comes in to fight him and his goons.
* He tricks Batman into exiting the fight by dropping Rachel Dawes to her near death, prompting Batman to jump in and save her, allowing the Joker an opportunity to kill more people at the party.
* He removes his makeup and manages to disguise himself as one of the mayor's guards in an attempt to assassinate the mayor, though Gordon would come in and take the bullet to save him before faking his death so that the Joker would not come after his family.
* He chases after Harvey Dent with his goons while outsmarting some of the officers by having one of his goons set up a tight rope in between buildings to trick a helicopter into getting tangled in it and crash in front of the truck that Harvey is in.
* He takes his arrest and defeat there with dignity, letting go of his weapon when Gordon, who finally reveals himself to be alive, arrives and holds him at gunpoint before carrying out the arrest.
* He cleverly captures Harvey and Rachel by hiring goons to capture them and hold them hostage while having them be taken to different locations.
* He shows little to no fear when Batman interrogates him and laughs at every punch Batman throws at him while sharing with him his viewpoint on society.
* He deduces that Batman would have gone after Rachel and as such, lies about the locations they are in, telling him that Harvey is where Rachel really is and that Rachel is where Harvey really is, prompting Batman to unknowingly go after Harvey and then causing the bombs to blow up, killing Rachel due to the cops not arriving in time and getting burning half of Harvey's face.
* He stealthily escapes prison by provoking a guard into attacking him by talking about how he killed his friends and then holds him hostage while having one of the other guards give him a phone which he uses to make a call to a phone bomb that he surgically planted inside one of Lau's accomplices which blows up the prison, kills some of the guards, and allows him to escape in a police car.
* He manages to kidnap and tie up Lau and leave him on top of his pile of money before burning it with gasoline and a smoked cigarette from the Chechen before having the Chechen killed and fed to his dogs, declaring that the city needs a new class of criminal and that he will give them one.
* He manages to have a group of people target Coleman Reese, the guy who has Batman's identity and attempts to reveal it, by threatening to blow up a hospital if he does not die in 24 hours to protect Batman's identity in order to avoid ruining the fun.
* He sneaks into the hospital Harvey was at while disguised as a nurse and successfully manipulates Harvey into turning evil and motivates him into killing those responsible for Rachel's death, whether it was on purpose or not, before blowing up the hospital while making a badass exit.
* He sneakily implants two bombs on two ships, one with innocent people on it and another with criminals, in order to set up a social experiment to see how corrupt they are while hacking into the speakers to inform all the passengers on both ship of said experiment and that if neither of the ships get blown up by midnight, he will blow both of them up himself.
* He also kidnaps a bunch of people and disguises them as his goons when they are really hostages.
* He proceeds to beat Batman in his fight with him through stealth and has him on the ground while preparing to watch the fireworks from the ships to be set off though this does not happen.
* He was about to take his death with dignity, practically laughing as he falls after Batman tosses him off, though Batman would save him and leave his ankle tied up to one of his grappling hooks before leaving him to be arrested by the GCPD, where the Joker would take his defeat with dignity, laughing after informing Batman of how he corrupted Dent before being arrested.
* He has some funny moments himself like the iconic pencil magic trick, him calmly saying "Yeah" when Gambol tries to intimidate him by rhetorically asking if he thought he could just steal from them and get away, him saying "Here's my card" before putting down a joker card, etc.

## What Hinders His Magnificence?

* A majority of his crimes are done for the evulz as every heinous deed he performed was to incite a new era of anarchy and chaos for fun and while he does claim that he is performing his actions to prove how monstrous everyone is deep inside, this is merely a cover-up of the fact that he performs his evil deeds for the thrills of it.

## What Makes Him A Baddie?

* Being a proclaimed agent of chaos, he commits mass murder throughout the film, with such kills involving:
	+ the accomplices at the beginning, some direct and some indirect with him tricking some of them into killing each other and then killing some himself
	+ the bank employee by putting a gas grenade in his mouth
	+ one of Gambol's henchmen through the iconic pencil magic trick
	+ Gambol with a knife
	+ a Batman impersonator by hanging him after psychologically torturing him
	+ a judge by blowing up her car
	+ a former commissioner by poisoning his scotch drink with acid
	+ several people at Bruce Wayne's party by stabbing them with knives
	+ some people through the iconic truck chase scene
	+ Rachel by indirectly getting her blown up through an explosion
	+ a cop trying to transfer Harvey Dent out of a hospital by shooting him in the head and more
* He also psychologically tortures some of his victims like the Batman impersonator, Gambol, and Rachel in one of his encounters with her
* After getting Rachel killed off and tricking Batman into saving Harvey instead, the Joker corrupts Harvey by manipulating him into killing those responsible for Rachel's death regardless of whether it was direct or indirect, intentional or unintentional
* He then wires a couple bombs onto two separate ships, one with civilians and one with prisoners, and tells the passengers of both ships of the bombs and that he will give them until midnight to blow each other up and if they don't, he will blow both ships up himself.

## Trivia

* The Joker is the only villain from Nolan's Batman trilogy to be a Near Magnificent Baddie.

## External Links

* Joker on the Villains Wiki
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* Joker on the Antagonists Wiki