History Of The Joker 

Joker is my #1 favorite villain in all of DC.

When I was young watching animated Batman cartoons like The Batman and Batman The Animated Series, it was very obvious to me that joker was the main villain. The Joker instilled the idea into me that the villain was always the polar opposite of the hero. The Joker was always smilling, 'light hearted', brighly dressed and pure evil. Whereas Batman was always unhappy, serious, dressed in dark and pure good. They are the perfect hero and villain counter parts.

Batman: Order and Discipline vs Joker: Chaos and Madness Truly, the best rivalry in all of comics!

Joker is the BEST supervillain ever! In my opinion.

lol. Most importantly, "He lives to piss of Batman"

I recently read Death of The Family...dude. The Joker was beyond insane in that one. No one, not even Batman or Harley Quinn recognized him by this point because of how crazy he has gotten. Batman's fear of him in this comic was so palpable.

the jokers full (and widely accepted) origin story a failed comedian and his pregnant wife struggled to make ends meet. the comedian had always prided himself on being a law abiding citizen but as the bills were piling up he saw no other option than robbery to pay for his wife's hospital fees. he dressed up as the red hood in order to protect his identity. during the robbery one thing lead to another which ended with batman accidentally throwing him into a vat of acid [now most versions of the jokers origin story depict his wife dying here, but that happens later] the comedian managed to survive his bath in the acid but this left his skin bleached. when the comedian next saw his wife, while she was initially scared she still loved him and managed to see past his looks. [there's a gap here where I can't work out cannon from... non-cannon? anyway some time passes and then] during another robbery a police officer impersonating batman interfered and shot the comedian in the face, the bullet went through one cheek and straight out the other, and split his lips so that his mouth opened at the bullet hole. he was taken to the hospital but the surgery was botched, leaving the comedian with a Chelsea grin scar. whilst in hospital the comedian was told his wife had gone into labour and unfortunately that neither her nor their son survived. the comedian immediately started to cry. but soon his cries turned into laugher this also explains why he turned Harvey dent into two-face; he wanted to prove that given the right circumstances anyone, no matter how noble, would fall

Being the insanely huge Joker fan I am, you have no idea how happy I am you finally made this video...-sigh-..nerd-gasm

When I was younger I used to be a big fan of Batman.. But now that I'm an adult I started to admire Puddin more than B-man.

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From a dude working in a comic shop, your show is spot on! I've started recommending your show to customers. Couldn't have summed up The Flash better myself. Looking forward to a History of Green Lantern. But, Infinity #6 wasn't out this week?

I actually have some type of sympathy for the joker. It isn't that he was a criminal from an early age like most of batman's villains. He just, in his words, had that "one bad day" that drove him to madness. The only thing that kept him alive for so long, I believe, was batman. It gave him someone who can understand him because once you remove the idea of good and evil they are both men who were driven to insanity

Best villain of all time

Am I the only one who thinks a collab between Deadpool and The Joker would be genious?

I love Death Of the family... the joker removing his own face was a moment to remember, literally!

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Killing Joke movie teaser just released guys! YEAH!!!!!

He kinda does look like a jack

One thing I would love to see in all actuality is Joker being turned loose in the Marvel universe. I can hear the groans already but let me plead my case before you curse me. I think Joker turned loose would be such an epic and completely unhinging event for the heroes at large in the Marvel universe because they have never ran across a villain like him. I am a lover of both DC and Marvel, with my favorite heroes being Flash, Batman, Green Lantern, Hulk and Spider-Man. So I hold no biases or prejudices. But I think not even Cletus Cassidy was as bad as the Joker. Give the Joker time and a hero to focus on like say Tony Stark or Peter Parker or hell even have him poke the bear with Frank Castle or just the Marvel heroes as a whole and I think he could whip up something that would scar them for years to come. What do you think? Please be civil. 😃

I love watching all your videos since i found it 2 days ago, i'm addicted to this as much as playing video games, keep up the amazing work!

I love the joker in Flashpoint Paradox. It's not really canon, but in that universe, on that faithful night in Crime alley, Bruce is the one who is killed. His father, Thomas Wayne kicks the guys ass and his Mother goes insane with hysteria becoming the Joker. His father becomes a ruthless version of Batman and uses guns and hand to hand to fight. You only really see the joker once in the movie, but I really like the idea.

This video does not contain a Joker laugh

i love this channel i am a huge comic fan even though i can't really afford comics every week but u help me keep up with what is happening in the comic world. please post stuff more than once a week if u can because i love this channel

Um....did anyone else notice that this backstory is also given when playing as the joker in Arkum origins? Well, except for the wife - dying part. But I expected something traumatic happened to him. It shows him as the red hood though, and the bat pushing him into a green swirling vat. I'm assuming thats the acid stuff. This makes so much sence now.... Which is why he likes batman so much. Bruce lost his parents, and the Joker feels he is the only person that understands his pain...that under different circumstances, he could have turned out the same as the joker.

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It would be nice to see History of Harley Quinn.

You should starting doing like 2 videos a week, i know you might run out of heroes or stuff to talk about but like maybe wednesday a History of a hero then on friday like a Vs, or top 10, reviews? I dont know people just like watching you Arris!

Am I the only one who saw the irony within the "History of Joker" while wearing a batman shirt? XD

I like how I can watch a bunch of horror movies and sleep just fine but I watched this and had a nightmare about the Joker

"Upset the Established Order Introduce the Anarchy and Everything Becomes Chaos" are the Best lines spoken by Joker........ :D

Arris sounds like he's on Video & Arcade Top 10 hahaha, half expected him to go ... ALLLLLRIGHT, and after the break it's Letter time!

One of your best vids yet i like that you mentioned the new 52 stuff

Love the Joker. Batman wouldn't be Batman without him.

Batman killed in the First Burton movie. 1st rule broken.

After watching Joker and not knowing any knowledge of the guy, I have so much love for this Villain - he’s not a bad guy😢

Love the deep back stories you guys do! On a sadder note I will forever remember Heath Ledger as the greatest joker to be played, even if it didn't follow the comic 100%; he did the role well and gave me more insight on Joker himself.

My favorite character of all timeee!!!

I love the joker he is my most favorite character villain ever of in DC

It's worthwhile to note that Joker is one of the few villains to have his own comic book series.:)

damn i learned something i never knew about the Joker..The man who laughs..damn..DC took a lot from that film, even the intro music! thanks for the history lesson

Why dot they have a million subs? They are amazing! I know it's tough but need to subscribe after watching a good video

One of the best parts of the dark knight returns was when the joker was running through the carnival, going on a shooting spree, killing everybody, and laughing all the way through.

I remember reading Arkham Asylum, and thinking about how much it messed with your head. I must get Death Of The Family, though.

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I was watching another one of your videos that mentioned something about Jason Todd. Then I watched a history of Red Hood and a history of The Joker and all my questions are answered. Now to go back and finish the original video that I was watching. Thank you so much for all of your information!

You didn't mention the joker becoming the UN representative for Iran? I am quite disappointed ;)

The History of All The Batgirls!!

Gotta love Joker!!

@1:13 the actor's name is Conrad Veidt, not Vendetti.

I don't know if this is like a special edition that I have or something, but in my killing joke copy, the flashbacks are in black and white, except for the red hood helmet/cape, which are red.

Is the Joker actually aware of his own past?

See, I like the Joker but I'm more a fan of him when he's actually not the main villain of the story or at least not starting as one. With his representation of chaos he almost seems like a plot device to me that can fuck up the entire plot line just because you don't know what he's about to do next. He might be turning on his own allies or something else. I'm essentially thinking of storys like "Batman R.I.P." but also stuff like "Mask of the Phantasm" would fall into this category.

"Jokers origin must always stay a mystery" Joker 2019 directors: let's tell jokers origin story

Joker is truly the greatest supervillain in comic book history he represents what supervillains are all about he is to supervillains what Dracula is to horror

In the Joker's entire history of existence, the only person that he's legitimately afraid of is DC's Creeper. Joker of all people even called The Creeper a lunatic.

Y'all want a comic book culture shock, compare the original Joker/Red Hood origin story from the '50s with the Killing Joke version of the '80s. Both tell the story of a fairly ordinary criminal in a red hood jumping into a chemical wash to escape Batman and becoming the Joker as a result. But the tone change is extreme. (For starters, can you imagine the '80s Batman hanging around in broad daylight, teaching a class in criminology?)

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7 years later.. still the homie Arris!

Easily one of the best and most iconic supervillain in comic books. He's just so insane, but so interesting because of his complex personality and what makes him tick.

History of Ms marvel next please

Please do a Harley Quinn origin video!

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Here's a fanfic I just thought of watching this video. Maybe... the Joker is the guy who shot Batman's parents son. The shooter, just a random non-evil desperate thief, turned to a life of crime due to poverty. Seeing young Bruce the shooter felt a pang of guilt, explaining why he left him alive to begin with, then do to a psychological collapse, took that anger and shame out on his son through a brutal childhood of torture and mental abuse, who would then become the Joker. The Joker hating Batman and Bruce Wayne respectively for making his life harder and reminding him of the (in the Joker's mind) privileged life that Bruce has with no abusive parents and a vast fortune (such as Bruce's other childhood friend Tommy's envy)... also the Joker could think of it as his father actually allowed Bruce to have all of this by not killing him therefor perhaps leaving the Joker feeling that his father actually provided more for Bruce than him. The Joker then hating Batman want's to see him suffer the only revenge that would fit him... becoming a murderer like the Joker's father had to which ruined his and the Joker's life. Also he is enigmatic because he feels who he is doesn't matter. He encompasses all of the villains of the Batman universe. Which is why he just want's to watch the world burn :)

You should have mentioned that he was the first super villain to have his own solo comic. It only lasted about 8 issues, but it's worth mentioning.

Without Batman crime has no punch line:(

"I want u to live Bruce, I want u to become my biggest enemy and stop me HAHAHAHAHAHA I want u to become what I want u to become because I know no one else could" joker lives because of Batman and he also deliberately let's Batman live, he surely lives to piss him off but also want him to be his enemy he WANTS Batman to defeat him in the most impossible game of cat and mice.

I 💜 the joker. The greatest villain ever in comics.

This video freaking awesome!!! Much Thanks!!!

Great video 👍🏼 one thing though: I would argue that The Joker absolutely has rhyme and reason for living the way he does. Honestly that may make people see me as a little crazy too but I can’t do much about it. As twisted as he can be sometimes I think he makes stellar points 😤

I'm not throwing this against the show, but I find it odd that people use "The Killing Joke" when it was never meant to be cannon but an elseworlds title.

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Best Villain of all time. "Come now batsie if you had the guts for that kind of fun you would have done it years ago HAHAHAHA!!!!

I remember a scene in the animated series where it shows the joker dressed like a gangster falling into a vat of acid

You forgot to mention he was the first villain to ever have his own comic. I have the TPB.

"The Clown Prince of Crime" I prefer "The Clown Prince of Chaos"

Best DC Villians 1. The Joker 2. Darkseid 3. Deathstroke 4. Atrocities 5. Lobo

I just came here for that New Joker.

Excellent summation of the Joker's character !

It’s Napier not Naper!

Anyone else think Dc is better thank Marvel??

Marvel, you have to admit, I don't think you have any villains as epic, sinister, and affective as the clown prince of crime! (marvel fanboys, don't even try to rant about it)

you know anyone who wanted to be known as the world s greatest psychologist would have to perfectly diagnose the joker. I'm no psychologist but I have a theory. what if the joker isn't crazy and just pretends to be. perhaps he just angry at the world for his misfortune and striking back and his up session with batman easy he's that one guy that joker relates to but stands for society which joker has come to hate.

This is pretty cool! I know this is *super* late, but just a note, it's actually Conrad "Veidt", not "Vendetti".. :) I love old German expressionist films, and the first time I saw him in a still of The Man Who Laughs I immediately thought, "I know the Joker is probably connected to this somehow!" That makeup was truly terrifying lol (ironically, since the character of Gwynplaine was the opposite of villainous; he was actually really gentle and kind). Looking forward to more of these shorts, keep up the great work!

My favorite Joker origin is from the fan film Joker Rising.He started as a serious hitman,no smiles.If you haven't seen it you should check it out.It's not canon but,it should.

do one on the Green Goblin

Joker > One AboveAll and Presence combined

Alan Moore said that The Killing Joke is the worst thing he's ever written and regrets that he started the trend of Joker becoming so disturbingly dark, what do you guys think of this?

Gotta love the way they introduce the joker in the TV Series "Gotham" tho. that was really well done.

You should do an episode on The Riddler.

Joker: the embodiment of doing things for the lolz and mindfucking at the same time😈🤪😈🤪😈🤪

Pffftttt, "Batman doesn't kill"

Joker brained his father with a hot iron. Leslie Thomkins is his real mother who abandoned him.

Dude, if this Arris saw where this would go... Wow. Congrats.

I said this about the gotham series. I didn't want them near his origins but the guy who plays him plays him well.

The joker does what he does for the LOLZ.

man, he is talking fast...

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Hi Arris! You're videos are absolutely fantastic! I was just curious if OVERALL you personally like DC Comics or Marvel Comics better? Thanks!

Appreciate the shout out to Bill Finger.