Joker

"*All it takes is one bad day, Bats. One bad day can drive even the sanest man alive absolutely nuts. I mean look at us, a clown and a bat, fighting on a rooftop above this cesspool of a city. We're the craziest of them all.*"
—Joker to Batman.[src]
**"Joker"**, formerly known as **John Doe** and occasionally **Jack White**, is the alias of an otherwise **unnamed man** who is a dangerous and maniacal criminal based within Gotham City. He is the boyfriend of Harley Quinn and one of Batman's most dangerous adversaries. Following his surfacing after the fall of Gotham's traditional mobs, Joker introduced the city to playful and childish, but deadly, crimes. This had led to him becoming one of the cities most well known and most feared criminals amongst citizens and the underworld alike, even being feared by more powerful individuals such as Superman and Wonder Woman.

During the city's No Man's Land incident, Joker declared himself "president" of Gotham, taking over many of the territories with his twisted tricks and attempting to poison the remaining civilians by placing his Joker Toxin into the Gotham River. After being responsible for the brutal murder of Robin, Joker fled into hiding, being relentlessly hunted by Batman. During these months, Joker was contacted by Tommy Elliot, who convinced him to aid in framing Bruce Wayne for teaming up with him, which Joker agreed to simply for the chaos it would cause the city.

## Biography

### Early Life

Little to nothing solid is known about the Joker's early life prior to his accident at Ace Chemicals. He has told many stories, all different. He told Dr. Quinzel that his father used to beat him endlessly through the nights, however, he later explained to Batman that he had a loving relationship with his father.

In another instance, Joker confessed to another psychiatrist in Arkham that his mother was a drug addict who neglected him as a child, later running away from her family. However, he later confessed to Harley Quinn that his mother tragically passed away right after he was born.

Joker has also stated that he was married at least once to an unnamed woman who later died in a fire caused by the mob.

### Admitted to Arkham

#### Ace Chemicals Accident

After the events of the "metapocalypse" in Gotham, the mob attempted to steal valuable chemicals from the Ace Chemicals Processing Plant and blackmailed an unnamed man, later known as the Joker, into stealing them for them. He was dressed in a red hood, out of which he could barely see, and a red cape. The mob then nicknamed him the "Red Hood" and this ended up forcing him into a scuffle with Batman. The man tried to surrender but Batman, in a rush, wouldn't listen and tried to knock him unconscious, only for the man to fall onto the loose railing, breaking it and forcing him to hold onto the platform for dear life, hanging over a vat of chemicals. Batman then attempted to help the man up only for the platform to give way, sending the man screaming into the chemicals.

Unknown to Batman, the man survived, driven insane by the burning sensation covering his entire body. Laughing maniacally to himself, the man wandered around the plant's grounds until a concerned citizen noticed him and called the GCPD for a psych evaluation. They eventually deemed him insane and he was admitted to Arkham Asylum in order to undergo immense treatment.

#### Meeting Dr. Quinzel

After Indian Hill had been exposed and Hugo Strange had went into hiding, Dr. Harleen Quinzel was preparing to leave for the night until a guard informed her that a new patient would be under her care. The man sat in his cell and as Dr. Quinzel peered inside, he only laughed more manically.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Chemically-Altered Physiology:** After being thrown into a vat of chemicals within the infamous Ace Chemicals, Joker's physiology was heavily altered and his body became immensely stronger than that of an average human.
	+ **Joker Toxin Immunity:**

### Former Powers

* **Bond with Neron:** After selling his soul to become bonded with the demon, Neron, Joker's soul itself was bonded with the demon, granting him supernatural powers. After Neron's death at the hands of Wonder Woman, Joker's bond with the demon was severed, resulting in the loss of his powers.
	+ **Reality Alteration:** After selling his soul, Joker was granted the power of reality alteration, being able to warp any aspect of reality to his will. He used to this power to completely transform Gotham City into his own personal wonderland where he was in charge.

## Appearances

### Films

* *Justice League* (mentioned)
* *Suicide Squad* (flashback)
* *Justice League: Legion of Doom*

### *Batman: Anarky*

Season 2
* "Arkham Has Fallen"

Season 3
* "New Beginnings"
* "Narrows Rising"
* "Born On a Monday"
* "Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body"
* "Eye For an Eye"
* "Jokes On You"
* "Nothing To Fear"
* "Fear of Man"
* "A Bird That Can't Fly" (mentioned)
* "Batgirl Begins, Part 1" (mentioned)
* "Batgirl Begins, Part 2"
* "Wildcard"
* "Joker's Wild"

Season 4
* "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" (mentioned)
* "Joy of the Holidays"
* "Two-Faced"
* "Agencies"
* "Better Half" (mentioned)
* "Order & Chaos" (mentioned)
* "Friend or Foe"
* "A Tale of Two Sisters" (mentioned)
* "So You Wanna Start a War?"
* "Shadows"

Season 5
* "Crazy Love"
* "The Owls are Watching" (mentioned)
* "Allegiances"
* "Watch Your Back"
* "Girls Night Out"
* "Heritage"
* "Underworld Unleashed, Part 1"
* "Speak Not a Whispered Word"
* "Regrets" (mentioned)
* "Harley & Ivy"
* "Attack on the Nest" (mentioned)
* "The Joke's On You"
* "The Gray Son of Gotham" (mentioned)
* "Sisters Are Forever"
* "Judgement Day, Part 1"
* "Judgement Day, Part 2"

Season 6
* "No Man's Land"
* "Fear the Reaper" (mentioned)
* "Fire and Ice"
* "We Are Legion"
* "Chaos Lives"
* "Enter the Sirens" (mentioned)
* "Gotham in Green"
* "Hope"

Season 7
* "Mad as a Hatter" (mentioned)
* "The Identity Thief"
* "The Laughing Cult"
* "Trial of the Batman"
* "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
* "Desperate Measures"
* "The Retribution of Bruce Wayne" (mentioned)
* "Hush, Hush"

### *Superman*

#### Season 1

* "Pilot" (mentioned)
* "Brothers In Arms" (mentioned)

## Behind the Scenes

* In DC Comics, **Joker** is the arch-nemesis of Batman and one of his most well-known villains. The two have been mortal enemies ever since the character's first introduction in 1940. He works as a serial killer, a terrorist and is also the boyfriend, more recently the ex-boyfriend, and partner-in-crime of Harley Quinn.