Prank

* Prank
* Donnie

*I wanted to make people laugh, not hurt them.*
―Prank.[src]
**Donnie** a.k.a **Prank** is the class clown of Barbara Gordon's school who later became Joker's temporary sidekick.

## Physical Appearance

Donnie is a fairly thin boy with blond hair. He wears a red shirt and black jeans.

As Prank, Donnie wore a red costume which consisted of a red shirt with tucked sleeves, black pants with red boots that have black spats, and a cap that had white eyelids, bells hanging, and a beak which served as a nose.

Unmasked.
## Personality

Donnie views himself as the "class clown". Despite this, nobody laughs at his jokes except for Joker. Joker convinced the boy that they are alike: two misunderstood comedians trying to make people laugh. Unlike Joker, however, Donnie was not willing to hurt people for the sake of a laugh.

## History

Donnie was the class clown of Barbara Gordon's school, but his jokes were terrible and instead of his classmates laughing at his jokes, they laughed at him. He then went to a comedy club to prove himself but the audience didn't laugh either. As Donnie was about to give up, he heard someone clapping in the audience who turned out to be Joker. Joker offered for Donnie to be his "apprentice", and said that Donnie would see him around.

At Donny's school the next day, Joker pulled a prank on his teacher by disguising himself as a lawnman and attaching a wire to him which trapped him on a flagpole, Joker and Donnie began to laugh, and Donnie agreed+ to be Joker's sidekick.

They went to Joker's idea factory where they attempted to come up with a scheme. Eventually, they came up with the plan of launching giant gumballs at the GCPD, and Donny took the name of Prank, but Batman and Batgirl arrived to stop them. Batgirl recognized Prank from his laugh, but Joker knocked her out with a boxing glove and strapped her to one of the giant gumballs. He then ordered Prank to launch it, but Prank refused to hurt her. This angered Joker and made him go to Ace Chemicals to throw Donnie into a vat of chemicals to turn him into another Joker, but the duo stopped Joker and helped Donnie up. Joker aimed a gun at the heroes but Prank knocked him out with his own boxing glove, saying that he was right about the best punchline is the one you don't see coming.

## Paraphernalia

Donnie didn't have any super-powers or abilities. But as Prank, he did have a lot of ideas for jokes and was given a handful of gadgets by Joker.

* **Trampoline Stick**
* **Gumball Machine**
* **Boxing Glove Gun**

## Relationships

### Joker

Donnie initially was tricked by Joker into thinking they were alike, as no one found them funny despite trying their hardest. They ultimately came to a disagreement however when Joker found that he was not willing to go to extreme measure just for a laugh.

### Barbara Gordon

Barbara was constantly annoyed by Donnie, as he claimed to be the class clown even though he was not funny to anyone.

## Trivia

* His costume is somewhat similar to Harley Quinn's.
	+ Back before his episode aired, many fans rumored that it would feature Harley.
* Joker's van in *Batwheels* has a similar design to the van in this series and is called Prank.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0601/31/index.htm