Joker

ℹ️️**Notice**This is a crossover character. Not canon

The **Joker** is a homicidal maniac and the archenemy of Batman. Completely unpredictable with no regard for human life, the Joker finds murder and mayhem funny, and is perhaps the most dangerous man on Earth with a body count stretching into the thousands, all centered around his obsession with the Batman. At some point he became the boyfriend of Harley Quinn and had a son with her, Nicky Quinzel

## Joker

### Relatives

Harley Quinn (girlfriend)Nicky Quinzel (son)

## History

### Origins

Accounts of the Joker's origins have been varied and numerous. He himself has told the story of how he came to be with several different variations, saying that sometimes he remembers it one way, sometimes another; and that if he has to have a past, he "[prefers] it to be multiple choice". What has remained the most consistent is that his first encounter with the Batman was while he was acting in the identity of the "Red Hood", along with a gang of other thugs, committing a robbery in or near the Ace Chemical Processing Plant. During this robbery he either tripped into a vat of chemicals or was accidentally pushed in by Batman.

Most versions end with him falling into chemicals which bleach his skin, make his hair green, and give him a maniacal red smile. Sometimes the chemicals are also blamed for his mental state, and the combination of chemical exposures, and possible brain damage due to oxygen deprivation have been cited as factors in his insanity.

## Featured Versions

### The Batman

**Joker** was a chemist and clown-themed sadistic criminal, as well as the Batman's main nemesis. He was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson

## History

### Origins

Joker was created by falling into a vat of chemicals, which bleached his skin white and his eyes red, dyed his hair green, and drove him to insanity.

### Suicide Squad

The **Joker** is an infamously extreme and formidable psychopathic crime lord from Gotham City, being at the very top of the city's criminal underworld, greatly feared by all other crime bosses and criminals, including his long time rival Roman Sionis. He was portrayed by Jared Leto

## Biography

### Clown Prince of Crime

#### Chaotic beginning

*"Most of the world doesn't share your opinion, Mr. Wayne.""Maybe it's the Gotham City in me. We have a bad history with freaks dressed like clowns."*
―Bruce Wayne to Clark Kent[src]
Absolutely nothing, including his real name, is known about the Joker's past before the beginning of his supervillain career, though it can be surmised that he was most likely born in 1973 and grew up somewhere around Gotham City, .

It is known, however, that at one point, he fell into a boiling vat of toxic waste during a botched robbery at ACE Chemicals, permanently bleaching his skin chalk-white, turning his hair bright green and staining his lips bright red. Seeing this disfigurement, the combination of chemical exposure and brain damage via oxygen deprivation drove him completely insane, into psychosis. Thus was born the bombastic, deranged, maniacal, depraved, fearsome, and murderous man who would shortly thereafter be nicknamed "The Joker".

Batman came into conflict with the Joker on numerous occasions, leading him to become the vigilante's greatest enemy. Upon repeated interactions, the Joker developed a sick and twisted love for the Batman, and their games together. Eventually, Batman would defeat and apprehend him, subsequently having the Joker imprisoned in Arkham Asylum for his numerous crimes.

#### Arkham and breakout

*"I did everything you said. I helped you!""Uh, you helped me?!? By erasing my mind?!? What few faded memories I had! No. You left me in a black hole of rage and confusion. Is that the medicine you practice, Doctor Quinzel?"*
―Harleen Quinzel and Joker[src]
In Arkham Asylum, Joker would first meet a psychiatric intern Dr. Harleen Quinzel when he was assigned as her patient, whom he psychologically sabotaged and manipulated. She gradually fell in love with him, and the Joker got Harleen to do him favors, which was giving him first a stuffed kitten, and then a machine gun. Shortly thereafter, Joker's bizarrely dressed goons (lead by Jonny Frost) broke into Arkham Asylum, and successfully aided their boss in escaping, tying Harleen down in the process. Before leaving, however, Joker sadistically subjected Harleen to shock therapy (as a retaliation for her shock therapy leaving him "in a black hole of rage and confusion"), fracturing her psyche and causing intense psychological trauma. Thus resulting in her severe mental instability.

#### Chemical wedding

*"Do not say this oath thoughtlessly. Desire becomes surrender, surrender becomes power."*
―Joker to Harleen Quinzel
Harleen later chased him down on a motorcycle, and managed to get Joker to stop his Smiley Car. She nearly killed him with a gun, even shooting a man who approached them. Joker took the gun and taunted her. Harleen claimed to love him, but Joker responds by saying that he is not someone who is loved, but rather "an idea, a state of mind, who executes [his] will according to [his] plan," with Harleen not being part of his plan. When Harleen still wanted to come with him, Joker took her to Ace Chemicals, where he had originally had his accident. While there, Harleen was told to say an oath and was asked if she would die for him. When she told him she would, he decided to die was too easy and asked her if she would live for him instead. She responded in the affirmative and allowed herself to fall into the vat of chemicals. Joker turned to walk away, leaving her to die, but was conflicted, changing his mind and jumping in after her, he pulled her up to the vat's surface. Joker then kissed her, and Harleen awakened. They kissed again and the Joker broke down into maniacal laughter.

From that point on, Harleen dubbed herself "Harley Quinn" (donning a red-and-black Harlequin costume), and the duo of psychopathic lovers would go on many crime sprees in Gotham City together, which would often result in the duo coming into conflict with Batman, becoming (as Amanda Waller would later claim) the criminal King and Queen of the city.