Joker

*This article is about the original character made by pm58790. For the character from Persona 5, see Joker (Persona 5).*

## Portrayals

### English Voice Actor(s)

Scott Porter
Kaiji Tang (*Soulcalibur V*)
Michael Sinterniklaas (*Soulcalibur VI*)

### Japanese Voice Actor(s)

Masahide Yamaguchi (*Soulcalibur V-VI*)

“*Nothing but a ghost.*”
―Joker
**Joker** is one of the two main protagonists of P.M. Universe, alongside his friend and rival Purple Monkey. He was formerly known as **The Dark Curse** and he first appeared in *Miitopia* for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. After being restored as a human, he became Great Sage Gaol's apprentice.

## Background

### Biography

Once an orphan, Joker was previously known as the Dark Curse causing trouble by stealing faces and gave them to monsters. He ultimately lost the fight to Purple Monkey and his allies. And instead of ending his suffering, he decides to save his life, resurrected as a human once more.

Because of his newfound strength, he vows to become stronger and defeat him one day. Rivalry asides, he became P.M.'s best friend and teams with him for things that have yet to come.

### Appearance

Joker has green eyes and medium-length brown hair. When his humanity is restored, he receives a ghostly blue scar on the top left side of his eyebrow.

In *Miitopia*, he wears a blue long-sleeved village shirt, blue scarf, and brown cuff boots, and carries a bag on his shoulder.

During his journey with his mentor, his body is now has an athletic build (due to the side effects of the Dark Curse) and he now wears a black vest, given by an elderly woman after he receives a cut on his left sleeve (How he got that vest when he got a tear on the left sleeve of his village shirt) and white bandages on his wrists, but he retains his blue scarf and pants, and brown boots.

### Personality

Although Purple Monkey is a fun and happy-go-lucky, Joker, in contrast, is a humble and serious person. He is an alpha male who wants to prove he is better than Purple Monkey, the same person who gave him a scar during their battle for the fate of Miitopia. After he was defeated by him, he sees P.M. as a worthy opponent.

As Gaol's apprentice, he was still haunted by his past sin as the Dark Curse, even though he didn't kill anyone. His hate is what channels his power when he was the Dark Curse and was looking to make amends. Throughout his journey, him and Gaol come to help those in need as he tries to let go of the rage inside of him.

## History

### Background

His corruption first started when he was a young child. Joker was an orphan, following his parents' death. He resides in an orphan home in Miitopia, but making friends could be complicated for him. He was mediocre and no one paid attention to him.

He visits the bathroom and looks in the mirror and states that his face is the problem. So, he decides to remove his face. But without his face, he cannot live as his soul transforms into the flame of hate. Weak in this state, he sealed himself in a cursed medallion where it was accidentally gifted to the factory owner of HP bananas, Jacques, manipulating him to wear the medallion. As he puts on the medallion, he transforms into the Dark Lord as the Dark Curse plots his revenge against all of Miitopia.

### *Miitopia*

With the Dark Lord defeated by Purple Monkey and his friends, the Dark Curse exits the now-broken medallion, reverting the former Dark Lord to his original human state, revealing to be that he is just a regular HP Banana factory worker. The Dark Curse attempts to possess Purple Monkey, but Great Sage Gaol steps in and unintentionally possesses her instead. The Dark Curse has become more powerful with the Great Sage's powers, dubbing himself the Darker Lord.

With the power of the Darkeye Slash, Purple Monkey and his friends once again defeat the Dark Curse. The Dark Curse exits the Great Sage's body, following his defeat. Just as he tries to possess the hero once again, Gaol gets up and traps him in a magical barrier, preventing him from escaping. She explains to Purple Monkey how he became the Dark Curse. She tells him what to do with a poor unfortunate soul; either he breaks the curse and ends his misery or save him. P.M. chose the latter, restoring his human form, but gaining a scar on his left brow of what's left of him as the Dark Curse. He is joined by Great Sage Gaol as his apprentice to make amends for his evil deed.

## Critical Edge

***Werewolf Confess*** (*Soulcalibur V* - Z.W.E.I.): Summons E.I.N, who grabs the opponent and slams them to the ground.

***Price of Justice*** (*Soulcalibur V* - Patroklos): Uppercuts an opponent with his shield, before throwing his sword into them, then leaping up to pull it out.

***Thunderbolt Blade*** (*Soulcalibur VI* - Mitsurugi): Slashes his opponent, which lifts them up into the air, then strikes them down with another slash which launches them higher into the air. Since patch v.2.0.0 after performing the Critical Edge, he will enter the Shura Blade state, no matter it's successful or not.

***Hunt of the White Wolf*** (*Soulcalibur VI* - Geralt): He slashes his opponent, who knocks them down. He then uses his Axii sign to stand the opponent's back up before launching them and following up with a horizontal spray of flame from his Igni sign. He finishes with a large flourish and downward strike to knock the opponent back down a fair distance.

***Hwang's Purifying Blade*** (*Soulcalibur VI* - Hwang): He slashes his sword. If connected, he knocks his opponent upward and uses his talismans to conjure rings. He throws his blade and jumps as he flies through the rings. As his blade pierces his opponent, he pierces it even further with his foot and goes through his opponent.

If his opponent's HP is low and he lands the Critical Edge, the triumphant music will play and the background turns white, rather than red, and the kanji signs turn black and glow yellow.

## Appearances

### Game Appearances

 *Miitopia* | 2016
 *Fire Pro Wrestling World* | 2017
 *Soulcalibur VI* | 2018

## Power and abilities

### Powers

* **Fire Manipulation**: Following his restoration as a human, he would channel the blue flames' power. He can even channel his power with his sword.
* **Healing Factor**: The side effects of being the Dark Curse grant him that ability. Whether its sword wounds or severe burns, he can fully heal his skin. If he is missing an eye or more or any other limbs, he can regenerate a new one in seconds.
* **Immortality:** Though his soul and his humanity are purified by Purple Monkey, he stopped aging physically at age 17.
* **Superhuman Stamina**
* **Invulnerability**

### Abilities

* **Meditation:** Though while meditating, he can channel his inner curse within him.

## Equipment

* **Stigma Sword:** The sword that once belonged to Sophitia's son Patroklos. Despite being a short sword, he fights it like a dagger.

## Trivia

### General

* His backstory on how he got that scar was based on Sagat from *Street Fighter* series, when he suffered the effect of Ryu's Metsu Shoryuken, which gave him a scar on his chest.
* Joker shouted, "You moron!" at Tira was the quote based on Goku shouted at Frieza, when he uses an Angry Kamehameha (or "Breaker Energy Wave" in *Xenoverse 2*) to intercepts Frieza's Last Emperor attack, which nearly kills him. A reference based on *Dragon Ball Z*.
	+ The way he killed Tira was based on Future Trunks who killed Mecha Frieza.
* His voice clips are from Winter Soldier from *LEGO Marvel's Avengers* and *Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite*, Cyclops from *Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order*, and Robin (aka Damian Wayne) from *Injustice 2*, all voiced by Scott Porter.
* His main theme is L'Oscuritá dell'Ignoto from *Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance*.

### *Soul* series

* The Stigma Sword, Patroklos' original weapon, is exclusive in *Soulcalibur V*.
* Joker has a total of five different fighting styles, surpassing Chelsea's total of four fighting styles.