Punch and Judy

**Punch and Judy** joined the Joker as his right-hand men.

L: Punch,R: Judy

## Physical Appearance

Punch is somewhat fat and he has green sideburns on either side of his face,as well as a bandage on his nose.

Judy has a healthier build and a rounder face. He also has small facial hair on his chin.

## Personality

Very much like the Kabuki Twins,the duo is silent and doesn't talk, however, they have shown a handful of personality traits. In particular, they seem to be staunchly loyal towards Joker, no matter how ridiculous his schemes may be, and despite the fact that he left them on their own purely to watch a TV program where Harley Quinn worked as a hostess. The two expressed visible sadness when the Joker didn't consider any of them as a viable option to have an "apprentice" of his own, saying they didn't count since they were "goons". This implied that they wanted to be similar to Batgirl and Robin.

## History

Punch and Judy first appeared when they helped Joker in his crimes with his Joker Putty. They first robbed a bank and then changed the face of the Statue of Justice into Joker's face. Joker then managed to capture Detective Ethan Bennett to turn him insane, However, both Punch and Judy were handcuffed outside, defeated already by Ellen Yin.

Punch and Judy then helped Joker in his scheme to broadcast his crimes on television as entertainment to the audience,and they served as the cameramen. Punch and Judy tried to take out Batman when he attempted to stop the Joker Gas from spreading around the city,but Batman tied up their feet and left them hanging, thus defeating them.

They later helped Joker in his attempt to attack Penguin when he messed up Joker's scheme but were stopped by the Kabuki Twins. Later,both duos got left behind while Joker and Penguin confronted Riddler.

The two thugs later helped him in his deal with Kilgore Steed. They took out Kilgore's bodyguards but were later defeated by Batman, Batgirl and Catwoman.

The two expressed visible sadness when the Joker didn't consider any of them as a viable option to have an "apprentice" of his own saying they didn't count since they were "goons". They later helped Joker and Prank shoot gumballs on the city before the Batman and Batgirl arrived to stop them. They got stuck in the gum and tried to break free, but Joker and Prank escaped without them,and Batman then knocked them out.

Later,they went to a dog food factory to help infect dogs with Joker gas. However,the two insulted his plains and then it was shown that they were Clayface in disquise.

They were captured by Rumor and were planned to be killed, but Batman and Robin saved them alongside Joker and Harley, but were taken down by the two heroes.

They later helped Joker hypnotize people with train lights but were stopped by the Bat-family.

In their final appearance,the duo preferred to stick with the original Joker when the conflict arose between him and his digital counterpart. Joker 2.0,however,tried to kill the Joker's gang but Batman and Robin stopped him.

## Appearances

### *Season 2*

* *JTV*
* *Night and the City*

### *Season 3*

* *The Laughing Cats*
* *The Apprentice*

### *Season 4*

* *Clayfaces* (Imitated by Clayface)
* *Two of a Kind*
* *Rumors*

### *Season 5*

* *Joker Express*
* *The Metal Face of Comedy*

### *The Batman Strikes!*

* Issue 28 "The Comic and the Straight Man"
* Issue 47 ":20 Minutes"

## Trivia

* They seem to be inspired by similar characters from Daniel Waters' *Batman Returns* script, referred to as "Punch and Juliet" as members of the Red Triangle Gang. These characters were eliminated when Wesley Strick rewrote the shooting script, but elements of them were used with the Josh and Jen characters.
	+ They also have similarities to Rocco and Henshaw from *Batman: the Animated Series*.
	+ They also have an uncanny resemblance to the Captain Atom villain duo Punch and Jewelee. Both duos are clown-themed.
* Punch and Judy are named after the title characters of the comedic puppet show of the same name due to the similar names and the comedic history associated with the latter.
* When Clayface impersonated them in *Clayfaces*, he used British voices. This may imply they are originally from the United Kingdom, but it's more likely conjecture from the villain.
* Punch uses a punch-oriented fighting style, while Judy—whose name sounds like "judo"—does a lot of grappling and throwing.
* They are some of the few characters to appear in all seasons besides Batman,Alfred,Commissioner Gordon,Marion Grange,Joker,Penguin and Mr. Freeze.