5 Times The Joker Has Protected Batman's Identity 

I like it whenever Joker supports Batman solely on the basis of "HE IS MY PLAYTHING AND NO ONE WILL DESTROY OUR MAGIC".

My favorite time is in the Batman issue #1000 where the Penguins talks about he always knew Batman identity after a villains meeting to discuss who it is. In said meeting most of them almost piece it together until the Joker goes out of his way to make the idea of Bruce being Batman as extremely absurd. Which is one of the more subtle ways he’s protected his identity.

"Where's my goddamn electric car, Bruce?" Joker doesn't care that he found out Batman is Bruce Wayne. He just wants his electric car from WayneTech 😂.

Joker asking Bruce where his electric car he pre ordered was has got to be one of the funniest lines I've ever heard. The transition from villain to disgruntled customer is perfect.

In the comics, Batman once told the Joker his identity while the Joker was in Arkham. The Joker’s insanity keeps that memory repressed.

The Three Jokers story would also be a great example of Joker protecting Batman's identity. In this story, the mad villain kidnaps Joe Chill to force Batman to rescue him and put aside the trauma that the criminal caused him with the murder of his parents, revealing later that he knows Bruce's identity, but doesn't plan to reveal it to anyone, as he wants to be Batman's only big trauma.

Moral of the story: If Joker hears that someone knows Batman’s identity, he will do anything to keep it a secret as he will either beat them or kill them.

"Chill of the Night" is probably the most underrated Batman story ever written. Batman finally confronting the man who ruined his life and revealing him that he created with his egoistical acts the monster that got rid of Gotham's evil is simply EPIC

Joker is that guy who doesn't want a movie or show to end.

Joker's relationship with Batman is one of the most interesting hero-villain relationships in fiction.

I think this is why I like the Joker. Even though he is Batman's greatest arch-nemesis, he goes to great lengths to make sure that absolutely nobody ever comes close to uncovering his favorite hero's identity as it would ruin their interaction and the dynamic energy they share. I love it so much.

How could you leave out Batman Arkham Knight? At the end of the Harley mission at Panessa Studios, the mental echo of Joker inside Bruce's mind is showing him (and the player/audience) what happened with Jason Todd, which is supposed to be the big hint of the huge plot twist that everyone saw coming. When Joker has shown that he has essentially flipped Jason, he asks him what is Batman's secret identity is. And just as Jason is about to reveal it, Joker "shoots him dead" saying "I always hate a tattle tale."

I find it ironic that Batman also knows The Joker’s real name, that he figured out who he was weeks after his first confrontation. He could tell his closest allies and The GCPD but he chooses not to. Not only because it wouldn’t matter but because it would endanger The Joker’s family.

Joker doesn't like getting spoiled.

I would also like to add that Joker's whole relationship with Batman's identity changes as The Batman series progresses; early on, there's an episode where the Riddler challenges Penguin and Joker to defeat and unmask Batman for the privilege of controlling the city, which Joker is totally on board with. But by the time we reach the episode mentioned in this video, the dynamic has changed so much that he's willing to take down other villains in order to preserve Batman's secret. I find that fascinating, and SO in character for him.

This reminds me of a moment in the "Generations" trilogy, set in a reality in which all characters age naturally, where a dying and elderly Joker asks Batman (at that time Bruce Wayne Jr.) as his last wish to reveal his secret identity to him, wanting to know if the man he faced for decades was always the same person. Unfortunately for him, Batman does not agree to his request, for which the clown prince of crime dies with genuine sadness, aware of how much he wasted his life.

Imagine a parallel universe in which the Joker actually died forever in his first appearance, with the Mad Monk becoming Batman's nemesis instead. It would be TRULY an interesting reality

The Return of the Joker monologue is up there with the one bad day monologue. I love how much joy he gets from rubbing it in Batman face. “Behind all the stern and batarangs. You’re just a little boy in a play suit, crying for mommy and daddy. It be funny if it weren’t so pathetic. O what the hay, I’ll laugh anyway 🤣”

Keep in mind that Joker is one of the few villains who believes that Batman's superhero identity is his real identity while whoever is under the cape and cowl is a fake.

Extra Irony for Return of the Joker: by the time Robin was broken, Joker had already placed the microchip that had his mind & personality installed. So, when he shot Joker, he wasn't breaking the control, "Joker" was killing the guy who knew who Batman was: Joker himself.

It’s kinda weird how one of the ways to beat joker is to just reveal Batman’s identity to him. Sure he will most likely kill you right afterwords but still he would get bored from being a villian.

I truly find the "Death of the Family" interpretation of Joker's mad obsession having a Twinge of "Love" attached to it is my favorite interpretation next to the Version of Joker that goes literally Catatonic until he hears rumors Batman's return to the streets.

Joker's feelings towards batman are literally "I could just kill you right now but you Living is just too much fun for me" 😈

There's probably a bit of professional courtesy involved. Every time batman fights a new villain, one of the first things he goes for is investigating/revealing the foe's true identity. There's no reason to believe he made any exception for Joker, and in some comic strips it's been noted that he knew Joker's true identity within weeks of encountering him. But since he doesn't really ever leak the Joker's identity to the public, maybe the Joker gives him the same treatment.

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I still think that the single funniest thing Harley Quinn's show did is have the Joker legitimately get Bruce Wayne arrested for Tax evasion! XD

"It can't be." "Oh no, your eyes do not deceive you, Brucey. After all, who'd know me better than you?"

The Dark Reflection trope is one of my favorite hero tropes, Wrath and Scorn are Dark Reflections of Batman and Robin, as are Owl Man and Talon. It's on my favorite list because it shows just how easy it could have been for the hero to go down the path of being a villain. And as for a suggestion regarding something different, it could be interesting to have a list of characters from comics, pop culture, and the like that inspired and influenced the incarnations of heroes like Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the like. For example, the Phantom is a surprising influence on the aesthetic for Batman and Spider-Man. The Phantom is a masked hero created by Lee Falk back in 1938, and is actually the earliest known case of a masked character having white in the eye section of the mask to help hide their identity, an aesthetic that was lifted directly to Batman, Spider-Man, and host of other well-known comic book characters; ironically, the Phantom is actually pretty obscure stateside, but he's really popular over in India and parts of Africa, he even had limited runs in Marvel and DC publications at one point, and one of the Marvel runs was even turned into an animated series back in the 1990s, The Phantom 2040, but the rights to the Phantom currently not with any of the big names in the US, last I checked. Amusingly, around the same time the animated series was airing, The Phantom also got a live-action movie with Billy Zane in the title role.

Batman's Joker hallucination from Arkham Knight should be on here. Joker literally shot Jason Todd before he revealed Batman's identity.

In the Dark Knight, Joker tried to carve Batman's face with a knife before Commissioner Gordon caught him.

In Arkham Knights, when Jason was gonna reveal Batman's identity, Joker just shot him even though Jason was already broken

I'm glad The Batman has started getting love in recent years. It's a criminally underrated Batman iteration.

I think, depending on the iteration, Joker sees himself as the friendly rival to batman. A ying-yang kinda thing. I would like to see a comic that has them bein friends as kids, with the main ways they became who they are, then in the end they find out who each other is and instead of a possible fight to the death they just let each other go and its just the same batman vs joker we all love

Joker is the chaos gremlin boyfriend keeping the secret that his boyfriend is a furry

It's pretty curious how they didn't adapt Jason in the DCAU because his story was considered too dark for a kids show, when what the Joker did to Tim in the Batman Beyond movie was far more disturbing than Jason's whole life...

Here's another time where joker protected batman identity this one is the most recent one. In "batman and joker the deadly duo" a super villain discovers batman identity not gonna spoil who it is but essentially the joker finds out about this and teams up with batman in order to protect his identity. You go read Batman and joker the deadly duo its a 7 issue mini series that came out recently and I highly suggest you guys read it.

Without Batman, there is no Joker.

Joker protecting Batman identity Kinda ironic and just weird than again joker biggest fear is being forgotten

That's because the joker already knows who's batman is, but he doesn't want to ruin his reality

If I had a nickel for every time Joker protected Batman's identity, I would have five nickels, which isn't a lot but it's crazy that it's happened five times.

The Batman series is the most underrated Batman show ever known. The voice actor for Joker in the show is incredible and perfectly encapsulates Jokers overall personality. In the show he does way more twisted things then simple mind-bending. He traumatizes the people of Gotham regularly with the most articulate schemes. One time he created a Card gadget that trapped people in life-size playing cards. The only thing they could do in that state was witness their coming demise. Another time he used a Joker Puddy solution to transform detective Bennit into Clayface, not before subjecting him to hours of psychological torture of course. His Joker gas rather then outright kill someone actually just puts them in an unending coma where all their body can do is look forward and smile.

Also in Arkham Knight during one of the torture scenes he asks Jason who Batman is, then immediately shoots him.

That last one is actually pretty cool, its different because it doesn't necessarily romanticize his connection with batman but he manipulates everyone into not wanting to know. Therefore protecting batman without straight out lashing out and killing joe then and there while running the risk of getting ganged up by the other villains in the process too.

Fun fact: Joker stole Scarecrow's fear toxin and mixed it with Kryptonits and used on Superman in Injustice.

Personally I like the Dark Knight one, it sounds like a crap reason but it’s just done really well. Great video man

In the Batman beyond Joker return: Even learning Batman identity, he really didn't care, it was a footnote of besting Batman. He like fighting Batman vs joker as it is. Hence one reason why Terry as Batman was able to best the Joker for not taking part in "Joker game" seeing the crown prince of crime as just another criminal to be taken down.

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In one of the comics he even finds the entrance of the Batcave by holding on to the bat boat. But halfway he decided to turn back.

Batman TAS Ep Trial. Is where Batman got ambushed and put into trial by the Arkham Inmates and Batman's rogue gallery. Since the Joker Is the Judge he stalled for as long as he can for Batman to think for an escape.

Awesome vid as always!!!

The details are vague on this, but I remember there was one time Batman had a card given to him from Joker to prove it was him or something. When Joker was locked up in Arkham, Bruce Wayne went to visit him and showed him the card and Joker just stared at the card, didn't look up to see who was holding it

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The three jokers finale is my favorite, when joker out right tells batman he knows who he and the bat family are, and continues to say he doesn't care and won't tell anyone just because he wants this cat and mouse game to continue until they can both die together In a Blaze of glory. Honorable mention Is new 52 joker 🃏 is met by Bruce Wayne and he knows but doesn't want to know the truth

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for me the batman moment was my favorite maybe because I grew up with that show version of the characters.

I think in the Dark Knight Returns Joker knows Batman's secret Identity also

Joker: "See Batsy, I'm a big fan of a little thing called Nord VPN, think of me as your VPN"

The Harley Quinn one I found funny mainly cause right after killing scarecrow, he goes on a tirade at Bruce about Waynetech’s electric car not being out yet and that he put a deposit down to buy one.

Imagine if batman uses his own identity as a threat to stop joker from hurting people

Now I get why Joker is more important to Batman than Jason at least Joker had his back and never ratted him out Jason has given up Batman’s identity multiple times

The Joker, someone who torments, attacks, destroys, beats down, and crushes Batman, someone who HATES what the Batman stands for, need Batman, as without Batman, there is no Joker.

Some times I wonder what would happen if comicbook joker was transported into the real world but with the same amount of plot armor he has in the comics

The weird part, NO ONE KNOWS JOKERS REAL NAME & PAST, NOT EVEN BATMAN.... Strange that is the one mystery that can never be solved by THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE. An insane supervillain is created with unique skills in psychosis, weapons, chemistry, bio chemistry, biology, & beyond skills in tactical planning and no one knows his origin, and he specifically targets Batman. ???WHY???

on batman arkham knight joker asks jason todd in a flash back who is the batman and jason gets ready to tell joker then joker shoots jason todd and says “never could stand a tattle tail”.

Joker also protects his identity in Arkham City when Harley Quinn wants to take his mask off

This is a awesome video!! Great Job as always, but here's an interesting idea for a new video. "All the Times the Joker Faced-Off Against Non-Bat Family Superheroes."

Harley: "Aw, but I wanna know who he is, sweetie!" Joker: "No one's who you think they are, my dear. Why spoil the fun?"

Joker and Batman is like an unbreakable duo. One cant be without the other.

8:05 *Unpopular opinion:* I prefer the Damian Wayne of TBATB far more than his comic-book counterpart. In find his personality and personal conflicts much more interesting and tolerable than the annoying brat. Besides, I think a son of Batman should be of Catwoman, not Talia's

Another Brave and the Bold moment had Joke with Bat Mites' power and having captured Batman. Harley asking the godlike Joker if he was going to find out who he was, Joker's response of 'and reduce my mortal enemy to a mere man? Harley, I'm so disappointed, where's the fun in that?' yes he's done some things to make sure others don't know but I prefer when he doesn't want to know either.

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Jason’s torture

In the game Arkham Knight we see a video/flashback of the Joker torturing Jason Todd. He has been doing this for awhile and asks Jason who Batman is. Jason finally gives in and as he is about to tell him, the joker shoots him dead saying nobody likes a tattletale

In "chill of the night" it's hintet that not the fight per se caused the building to fall right on top of chill and more because of the interference of Spectre.

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Great video.

Have you ever thought of doing a Lantern Corps video centered around the X-Men?

It makes good sense, The Joker sees the Batman as HIS PLAYTHING, and will do anything to keep the games going... Going as far as being really nice to Batman every so often It's more and more of a violent bromance than a real war between the two, and it's kinda nice

Joker Has Always Been Seen As A Somewhat Crazy Fun-loving Man-child In Whatever Serious Situations He Get His Ass Involved In.

There's also a flashback scene in Batman Arkham Knight were Joker has been torturing a Jason Todd(Who Batz thought was dead) for weeks on end to the point were he's so broken he nearly reveals Batman's identity just because Joker asked only to be seemingly shot dead by Joker himself who says he hates taddletales.

Awesome video.

I'm surprised Arkham Knight didn't make the list. He did it twice in the game. First in video he sent to Bruce of Jason. He asked Jason who Batman was, and right as he's about to tell him, Joker shoots and seemingly kills Jason. Next is at the end of the game when Scarecrow demands Batman unmask to save Robin and Gordon. The figment of Joker in Bruce's begs him not to do it.

*Joker has committed his “Villain Certificate” and “Villain Membership”.*

In batman arkham knight Joker asks jason what batman's name is but before jason could say anything the joker stops jason from telling by shooting him it is the last jason moment at the movie studio joker says he never liked spoilers

Where's my-god-damn electric car, BRUCE?

What if the Joker tortured the Robins because they knew the identity of the Batman, and either out of jealousy, or preservation of the knowledge, he hurts them?

There's no regret of finding out about Batman's true identity from the Joker in Return of the Joker. He only said it was anticlimactic. Plus in the BTAS episode "Trials", he and the other villains attempt to move his mask to find out who he really is and that also goes to the Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne with Two-Face and the Penguin so there's no standards. I'm sure that in the DCAU, Joker would tell everyone who Batman really is eventually after finding out and fulfilling his plans.

In Batman TAS Mad Love he also protected Batman's identity (well, sort of). Harley Quinn had him dangling head-down from a chain and the Joker punched her out of a window, basically because he couldn't live with being the boyfriend to the woman who killed Batman. Of course he then tried to kill Batman himself, but he never revealed the Bat's identity. But I personally think the times the Riddler actually protected Batman's identity are better. The Joker does it because he doesn't want the world to know, most of the time. The Riddler does it because he genuinely doesn't want to know, because "what good is a riddle when you know the answer".

I feel you left out another Brave and the Bold episode. In the episode where he gained Batmite's reality warping powers and captured Batman with them, Harley asked if he was gonna take of his mask and learn Batman's true identity. To which he expressed disappointment and asked "where's the fun in that".

The best joker might be the dark knight one but i honestly think the tell tail joker is the best telling of his backstory. i mean in that game you get to see him turn into the joker and its your falt if you let it happen. i dont think any other batman show or game has done it as well as that did.

Batman is perfectly saying I am perfectly fine

“No ones who you think the are, my dear. Why spoil the fun?”

what a very complex and brilliant character Joker is. There is no other that can be joker

Monkey D Luffy is the same way. He's all about the fun of the adventure, and not only refuses offers of info about whats coming up in the grand line, but edges on losing his temper even if one of his teammates asks about such information.

Joker and Batman need each other. They are two sides of a coin. Joker is the ultimate person Batman want's to save, yet in Arkham City when Joker dies, it cripples Batman. Carrying Jokers body out and placing it on Gordon's cop car wrecks Batman. When Joker died, a part of Batman died, the one who Batman feels needed Batman's help most, died, he failed to ever "help" Joker. While on the flip side, Joker needs Batman, we saw in TAS when Joker thinks Batman really died, he's devastated, he does a funeral for Batman and everything, we also have seen Joker go docile when Batman "retires" in The Dark Knight Returns.

I still find it insane that the Joker not only became Mayor in the Harley Quinn show, but actually arrested Bruce Wayne for tax evasion

I think heath ledger joker knew who batman was with the line "the way you through yourself after her, i thought you were dent but no " implying he figured it was bruce instead