Joker Jr.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

## Character

Joker Jr (or JJ for short) is Tim Drake when he was brainwashed and tortured by the Joker in the film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

## Backstory

Sometime after Nightwing left to settle in another city, Robin (Tim Drake) was out on patrol alone one night. Hearing a cry for help, Robin rushed to the aid of a lone woman who was being accosted by bandits, but in reality, Robin was walking into a trap set by the Joker and Harley Quinn. Robin was kidnapped and imprisoned, and for the next three long weeks, in the ruins of the old and abandoned Arkham Asylum, Drake was mercilessly tortured with electroshocks and chemical injections. During these torture sessions, Joker extracted the precious secrets entrusted to Robin, who at first tried to resist, but ended up succumbing. Not content with just destroying In the mind of Tim Drake, the Joker sought to further humiliate Batman.

To achieve this goal, Joker transformed Tim Drake into a crude, childish version of himself: Drake's skin was bleached, his hair was dyed green and his mouth was twisted into a grotesque smile; his appearance was practically identical to Joker's. Because of the torture, disfigurement and brainwashing he suffered for three weeks, he was also left unable to communicate in any way except with demented laughter. Now renamed "Joker Jr", often shortened to "JJ", Joker has claimed the boy as his and Harley's "new son" and planned to use Tim Drake to destroy Batman. After Batman and Batgirl discover the location and arrive at the location, Batman is arrested by Harley, so Joker shows his "new son", Batman, angry, manages to free himself. Batman starts a fight with Joker while Batgirl fights Harley. Harley fought with Batgirl in the ruins of Arkham. During the fight, when Batgirl punished her, Harley expressed slight remorse for what Joker did to Robin, but stated that would fix things, afterwards, the two women fell into a deep hole. Batgirl managed to grab a ledge and tried to pull Harley up, but her sleeve tore and Harley apparently fell to her death. After Joker angered Batman, Joker placed a knife on Batman's knee, immobilizing his enemy. When Joker managed to leave Batman defenseless, Joker gave Tim Drake a gun to kill his adoptive father. Tim Drake starts laughing while pointing the gun at Batman.

In the original, Tim Drake still had some sanity, and ends up shooting the Joker. After a few seconds, the Joker died. Batgirl ends up arriving at the scene, Tim Drake starts laughing and crying, Batgirl hugs Tim Drake and comforts him.

In the Bad Ending, Tim Drake ends up shooting Batman, killing his adoptive father. Tim Drake and Joker then start laughing, and Joker then says that the fun wasn't over yet. Batgirl arrives at the scene, but is unexpectedly punched by Joker. Joker orders Tim Drake to shoot Batgirl, before Batgirl can say anything, Tim Drake shoots her in the head, killing Batgirl instantly. Tim Drake and Joker start laughing maniacally.

## How and why he would join Bad End Friends

Joker and Tim Drake (now Joker Jr) caused great chaos and terror in Gotham City, after all, Batman and Batgirl were dead, so there was no one to protect the city. Joker also taught Joker Jr about his chemicals and weapons. While Joker and Joker Jr were causing destruction, a mysterious child appears coming out of a portal (Bipper). Bipper looks around and realizes that Joker and Joker Jr caused all that destruction. Bipper starts laughing, and says that they are recruiting new members and asks for Joker Jr if he wants to join them. Joker Jr just laughs, Joker tells Joker Jr to go with Bipper and gives Joker Jr two orders: cause chaos and madness throughout the dimensions and use all his abilities to do so. Joker Jr, laughing a lot, goes along with Bipper, and that's how Joker Jr joined the BEF.

## Appearance

Joker Jr has bleached skin, his hair is dyed green and his mouth is twisted in a grotesque smile. He wears a purple suit, underneath he wears a green bow tie and vest. He also wears purple shorts, purple gloves, purple socks and black shoes.

## Personality

Joker Jr is a sadistic and cruel killer, he has absolutely no qualms regarding any measure of inflicting pain, as well as a complete lack of remorse for the murders he has committed. Despite his obvious insanity, Joker Jr is also intelligent, having incredible detective and deduction skills, plus great knowledge of chemicals and weapons.

## Abilities

•Skilled fighter (Joker Jr is a very skilled fighter, due to the fact that he was trained by Batman)

•Intelligence (despite his insanity, Joker Jr is incredibly intelligent, with enough experience in chemistry and physics to be able to invent devices and come up with elaborate schemes, learned more about chemicals and weapons from Joker)

•Detective and Deduction Skills (Joker Jr was trained by Batman, so he has a high level of deduction, even with his insanity)

•Serrated playing cards (Joker Jr carries playing cards he could shoot like projectiles, the cards were sharp enough to impale and stick into brick walls)

•Pistol/BANG Pistol (Joker Jr carries a six-barreled Smith and Wesson style gun, these can be typical normal guns and joke guns that only display a "BANG!" flag when fired.

•Weapons/Preparation (Joker Jr has knives, pistols and grenades)

•Joker Gas (Joker Jr's weapon of choice; a powerful green nerve gas that made victims laugh uncontrollably until they went completely insane)

## Weaknesses

•Mentally Unstable (his mind is completely disturbed and insane, due to the torture he suffered at the hands of Joker. Sometimes Joker Jr cries for having become a monster and for the atrocities he committed, but his madness is much greater, so he rarely cries)

## Interactions with the BEF

Joker Jr gets along very well with Bipper, Bipper loves Joker Jr's crazy and insane way and that's why they get along very well. Joker Jr also likes Genocide Frisk, Genocide Frisk understands Joker Jr's madness and desire to kill, so if they get along very well. Joker Jr calls Bipper or Genocide Frisk to cause chaos and madness together. Dark Impulse Mikey also likes Joker Jr's way, Joker Jr and Dark Impulse Mikey also cause slaughter together.

## Behind the Scenes

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is an American adult animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. It is the third film in the DC Animated Universe and is based on the animated series Batman Beyond.

If you want to watch Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker in full or support its creators, there are a few options. Some of these options may be blocked depending on the region where you live:

•HBO

•Amazon Prime Video

## Trivia

•Joker Jr can't speak, this is a consequence of the torture he suffered, so when he wants to communicate with someone, he laughs like crazy.

•Bipper, Genocide Frisk and Dark Impulse Mikey can understand Joker Jr's "way of speaking"

•Joker Jr still follows Joker's two orders: to cause chaos and madness throughout the dimensions and use his abilities to do so. This explains why he still has the reasoning to use his techniques from when he was Robin.