Newsflash! You Killed Me - One Amazing Scene 

Alright, I’ve gotten enough comments about this: I know Origins Batman is played by Roger Craig Smith, not Kevin Conroy. I’m an idiot, but I’m not that stupid. I put it there to show the difference in intensity the two were giving in their deliveries. Smith was gruff and incredibly aggressive, like Conroy’s Batman in the first 2 games. So I used it to show how different Batman was in every game except Knight, where he was very monotone for most of the game. And of course to just give Smith more credit for being a fantastic and incredibly under appreciated Batman. So you can stop commenting that now, I’m well aware of what I did!

Notice how Joker will look healthier after each fear toxin exposure. At first his face is all red and then back in the van his face is completely normal.

3:35 "Maybe its"- said by Kevin Conroy "already happened."- said by Mark Hamill shows the transition between batman into joker . So subtle yet effective.

If good Joker lines were dolla bills, rocksteady writers would be trillionaires.

I’m so glad you bring up your point in 7:40. First playing the game, I couldn’t help but notice that Batman sounds exhausted a lot of the time, and most people I heard would say that Conroy’s performance was wooden and lazy in this game. But like, I always felt like Batman was intended to sound like this. For a long while, his heart actually isn’t in what he’s doing. Batman is just…done. He’s worn down and depressed, of course he isn’t going to sound the same.

I love the scene where Henry kills all the infected and then kills himself after discovering that Batman is infected.

One thing I’d love to bring up is that the Joker in Batman’s head could only know things Batman knows. The disease making him more like Joker isn’t a full on conscience transfer. It just makes them act like a Joker version of themselves. Like when Harry is talking about evolution, because he’s a professor. So why is the Joker in Batman’s head the most accurate? Simple. Batman knew the Joker better than anyone. So it stands to reason that not only is Joker truly the opposite of Batman, but also that every twisted thing Joker says is a comedic version of a thought Batman himself has thought.

It pisses me off that the scene in the elevator is just rubbed off as a flaw by some because "BUtttt BatMan, U diDnt aKTuaLly kIlL tHE JoKer". Yes, everyone knows that, hell Alfred, Barbra, Robin, Nightwing and Gordon probably kept trying to console Bruce after City and tell him that it was Jokers own fault for his death. But the brain does a pretty damn good job on making you blame yourself for bad situations, even when everything points to it not being your fault. When I was bullied in school and nothing was done to stop me from being bullied I constantly blamed myself for nothing being done, even though I did literally everything I was told to do when I was getting harrassed. I had to get constantly reminded by my mom that it was the fault of the shite faculty for doing nothing, not me for being a victim of bullies. Now imagine instead of just an autistic kid being bullied for a few years it's instead an adult who is a decade in on fighting super criminals that constantly destroy what little sanity he has left, nearly breaking his one code of no killing and practically gaslighting himself into thinking he broke that code. It basically comes from a place of privilege or lack of self awareness to think that scene isn't fucking masterful in its depiction of blaming oneself for something they didn't do.

This is one of my favorite game series.

Fun fact about the crime alley fight. Apparently there’s an over looked Easter egg in it. As Batman is fighting he’s not only fighting more brutality, but his moves actually changes to Joker’s fighting style in Arkham asylum. This video was explain it:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FuZS_IzQ2_A.html

I like how fear gas doesn't really work to incapacitate batman. His worst fear is finally killing someone and bringing that out just makes him more and more dangerous

I love how you included Origins it is my favorite and it shows how even a young angry Batman will not kill but an older depressed Batman will in Harley Quinn’s revenge he still doesn’t kill but I think he is at the end where he believes Harley killed Tim and it is even more likely because he thought Tim died the same way he lost Jason to a mad psychopath who will cross any line but when Tim turns out to be alive Bruce leaves to stop the urge to end Harley which is why he wanted to kill Henry so much because if he killed Harley none of this would have happened leading him to believe he killed the other Jokers and that he will kill again and that he needs to do he locks up Tim and heads out then Tim is captured which is his fault again he makes mistakes that always lead to others getting hurt like Talia, Strange and Jason which is what ultimately causes him to let the fear gas in and he thinks it over which is why the Joker in the final nightmare gets to kill Bruce has no courage and he needs courage to fight his demon which is why he only shows up late in the fight and why he takes the form of stone he freezes when eyes are on him because he isn’t sure what he is but when he gets the courage and realizes that leaving his work to the Joker in his mind is a bad idea he needs to fight but he can’t do it forever

6:04 Ah, now you know I remember that classic sound. This scene always hits me hard

I absolutely love this video! I feel like a lot of people misunderstand a lot of aspects in Arkham Knight’s writing, and think it a worse game as a result, so it’s really awesome to see such proper appreciation and analysis of what I think is the best written part of the Arkham games: Batman’s internal struggle in Knight! That final story mission in Arkham Knight is probably my favorite part of the series (not even mentioning the Batman vs Scarecrow aspect of the writing), capped off with the epic declaration of identity in his “I am Batman” speech, I just love it so much, and loved seeing you talk about it! I’ll say once again, this video was a joy to watch! It’s very well made, obviously very well thought out, and it’s a very good analysis of that scene, and the Joker’s role in Knight in general! Good stuff!

My one amazing scene would be from Arkham origins with jokers monologue to Harley when he arrives at black gate. The dialogue is just fuckin awesome from that sequence.

Bruce waynes as batamn, fears is becoming joker. Jokers fear is loosing to batman. Batman is batman.

6:17 My favorite part of this scene when i first played knight after years is that i didn't realize it started, i entered the elevator, waited a few minutes and started looking around just to see joker sitting there.

The militia begging for their life has to be one of the best scenes ever, the fear in their voices really shows how devastating joker as Batman really would be

I saw batman locking joker away as his attempt to "reform " joker. A subconscious obstinance to save everyone

To me, its always come across that batman wasn't sure on what to do in the last part of arkham city and when joker stabbed him he said he would've given him the cure

The next could be that final scene from Origins, I hardly see anyone talking about it. In fact, everyone I've seen playing that ending won't even let the Joker finish his sentence(which ends up funny, because that's exactly what the joker is saying, about Batman not letting him finish a sentence of his)

In the elevator scene, u can faintly here a more eerie rendition of the Arkham theme in the background music, also Kevin Conroy referred to this game as his favorite in the series because of the story they were telling and I quote “really let me stretch my acting muscles”

Happy halloween! And happy bday to arkham origins (tho i'm late

Man, as a big fan of arkham series I can just thank you for this content. It shows how well structured and deep the games are. Please keep making these great videos, specially the "one amazing scene" ones

What makes this all even better is that not only did joker bring himself to his own demise in city, he did it in knight. We see constantly throughout the story joker trying to take control and using the fear gas weakening batman as his opening. At the end in the asylum, Scarecrow hits batman with more toxin and it finally breaks batman and causes his greatest fear to come to life: his sanity was lost and joker won, to which we see joker now strapped down. Joker now thinks he's won and laughs at crane, causing him to hit who he thinks is batman with even more toxin. Yet in actually, he dosed joker. It's then that batman preys on joker's deepest fears of being forgotten to take back control of his body and win this mental battle against joker once and for all.

One of my favorite lines from Batman is “If there’s a chance a life can be saved I have to try.” I don’t know where the line was originally said but I love it so much.

I adore Joker more in Knight over any other Arkham version because it's not Joker, it's Batman's inner monologue. It makes so many of the little quips and insults Joker throws at people a little darker. Joker's mocking of Batman's close friends is actually Batman's inner thoughts coming up with morbid, sadistic jokes to make at them. Batman insults and taunts himself and his closest friends within his own mind, and can't stop it. It's so good.

Always good seeing Arkham Knight being appreciated

Wow after this vid I got more respect for Arkham knight after you explained it a bit

And Batman sounding more tired started in the Arkham City DLC Harley Quinn’s revenge. He’s been feeling guilty the moment Joker died and he can’t let go of it. Joker’s death might have been why the Kightfall protocol was made, so Batman can either start fresh or put Batman away because his heart isn’t in it anymore, trusting his family to handle things without him

When ever i see some Reference to arkham asylum in arkham knight i feel sad that arkham asylum was relesed so long ago and arkham asylum is the place where it all Started

Alternative title: Batman Arkham Knight: One Amazing Game

Love your summarization man, please keep it up.

What an incredible video, thanks for your effort!

when you think about it, there could have been an alternate ending where Bats goes full Batman Who Laughs, succumbing to Jokers toxin in conjunction to the fear toxin now I want a BWL skin, damn

What’s so damn funny is that Joker is still blaming Batman for his own mistakes apparently not even death made him learn anymore

Perfect video. This scene encapsulates the conflict ever present within the game

This was amazing dude. Happy Halloween everyone

good to see people appreciate Arkham Knight even more, i really loved these mind sequences it really added layers to the story, the main story maybe be very generic/stale but this part and the ending makes the game SO GOOD

I LOVE this. Thank you so much for making this.

Great video man. Love that you talked about this because arkham knight in some ways may be the red headed step child but man when the game shine it shines and I'm glad I saw this video. Subbed.

This really shows Arkham knight actually was better than all the games well not in boss fights and plot twists

These videos are very great keep up the arkham content

This is a powerful video clown puncher ❤

Funny fact, when they killed joker off in Arkham city, I really thought they made a mistake. I thought to myself "both Batman and Joker are what makes the Arkham games worth playing. How are they gonna have another game without Batman's arch nemesis in it?" I really thought it was a dumb mistake and didn't know why they killed joker off, but then the masterpiece that is Arkham knight came along and surprised me by having Joker be INSIDE batman's mind. Holy....crap! What a great way to not only bring our beloved, psychotic clown back, but also it's a great new challenge for our dear dark knight. It gets you asking the question "how will Batman defeat joker this time now that he's literally a part of him?" I love the idea of joker being inside Batmans mind and slowly taking over. It's very joker like and the way rock steady told the story in Arkham knight was nothing short of brilliant. Plus I just love having Joker literally along for the ride with me while I beat up thugs on Gotham's streets, it's always so nice to see joker just casually chilling on a rooftop and he'll start talking to Batman. I love that so much, so yeah I was wrong, rock steady did not make a mistake by killing off joker in Arkham city, they just had something much better in store for both Batman and Joker. A real ace up their sleeve, and they played it well. Yeah Arkham knight will always be my personal favorite game in the Arkham franchise. The story, graphics, gameplay, characters, character designs, voice acting, the missions, the batmobile, it's all SO GOOD!!!! I admit, it's not a perfect game by any means but I love it so much and it's the one Arkham game I kept replaying the most and played it all the way through countless times.

Happy Halloween, and great video 🎃👻

Arkham knight is an fantastic game and my favoruite arkham game

He doesn’t believe all people can be reformed, thats been made clear by the way he’s talked about characters like joker and killer croc before. He doesn’t kill because he’s afraid of losing himself, if he steps slightly over the cliff he might lose control and fall all the way down. That every street punk who tries to mug a family like his will become his murder victim. that’s why batman possibly killing someone under the influence of the fear gas makes sense, because he’s AFRAID to kill.

Calling you a Batman fan would be the understatement of the century. Seriously, you did a great job delving deep into the psychology of Batman and why that underrated scene at Panessa Studio works so well. Bravo, dude!

One interesting theory I heard is that the original Bruce personality died when Joker took over. The Batman that manifests is Joker’s perception of what Batman is and this new persona takes over. No more Bruce, only the bat.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who came up with the same conclusion.

Honestly, there is something else I’ve honestly thought from that scene. “But now I’m on the inside, we both know the truth.” What if, when Batman had the cure at the very end of Arkham City, he wasn’t gonna give the cure? Even for a moment, maybe 2 or 3, he actually is thinking he’s not gonna give it to Joker. He’s gonna let him die, to save countless others from death. Then joker Stabs him, the vial shatters, and all the rest happens. But Batman almost killed, even by inaction. He almost let another person die, even if it was the joker. And those moments haunt Bruce, because if the joker wouldn’t have stabbed him, Batman may have killed a man. And that haunts him, because if he almost killed once, whose to say he won’t go through with it another time?

Batman is the most accurate representation of humanity

Bro i love your videos

happy Halloween always check your candy make sure it's not opened enjoy and watch out to kidnapper's

That chime gave me goosebumps

Fantastic video! Love that I'm not the only one who adores that scene!

Isn’t it Batman’s fault though. We’re talking about a guy who can walk through gunfire and a stab to the shoulder makes him drop the cure vial

7:55 I might be lying to myself when I say “Kevin’s Arkham Batman voice is better than Roger’s”. Kevin Conroy is iconic and nostalgic, But I think I like the Origins voice more.

Damn that music slaps i just love hearing it

Just finished Arkham city main game ng+ for first time

We we’re so close to having the Batman who laughs in our hands.

What you just described is, by far, the best story aspect of Arkham Knight, and perhaps of the entire series. It is telling that he locks Joker away, rather than killing it in his mind. When Joker tries to prove him and Batman are the same, we think that is ridiculous, but Bruce knows better. He knows Joker sees what he is capable of. It is always there, and has always been there. Joker's blood, combined with fear toxin, simply drew it out of him, but he locks it back up, where it belongs, because Batman's greatest achievement is not saving Gotham, but saving himself.

I once heard a quote that totally resonates with batman's perception and your analysis about it ( from 5:25) "True courage is having power but choosing not to use it"

Beautiful

new clownpuncher vid got me like woooaahh!!

I swear when I was playing that scene where it goes from Arkham asylum to the other room with all the villains saying “this guy killed 50 of our men”, when it was transitioning, before it was revealed to be joker on the stretcher, I saw in the left that it was Batman’s body with joker’s head on it

My favorite video of yours

And this is why Bruce should have for therapy because those pent up feelings of his can be unleash at any giving moment if the conditions are right

This game would've been the best introduction or even a post credits where batman becomes the batman who laughs.

Imagine if rocksteady had made a “what if game” were joker had taken over Batman’s body were you play as joker but in Batman’s body

So from what I understand now, *Batman’s feelings but mostly his violent tendencies + his knowledge and memories of Joker = his Joker personality, which is a near-perfect copy of the original’s.* Batman knows the Joker better than anyone. His knowledge and memories of Joker resulted in his Joker personality being a near-perfect copy of the original's while also adding on his own feelings and violent tendencies, which he always has restrained. Each of the infected take on a specific trait(s) of the Joker's personality while also adding on their own traits like with Henry having the ruthless, manipulative, and calculating traits of the Joker but still saying these scientific things related to his background of being a biology teacher. That’s possibly why Batman’s Joker personality is always tied to his feelings and violent tendencies throughout the events of Arkham Knight. These personal non-Joker-inherited traits may even be boosted by the infection as Henry’s biology teacher background resulted in him believing in survival of the fittest after becoming a Joker. The Joker Infection must’ve also boosted Batman's violent tendencies as a side-effect which is where these killing scenarios in Batman’s mind came from. The Joker Infection, combined with the fear toxin, was gradually stripping Batman of his restraints and then the "Batman Who Laughs" in this universe would've called himself the Joker and bring out Bruce's violent tendencies in the form of mass violence and destruction. I think.

CALLING FOR A SAVIOR TO CONVINCE YOU ITS ALRIGHT NOTHING BUT THE CONSEQUENCE YOUR WAISTING PRECIOUS TIME. - Everyone Loves A Villain

peak video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very good video bro

Happy Halloween

Weird that you thought that. This felt the most Batman out of everything I've seen from Conroy.

9:08 damn that was actually funny

I always loved this part.

Notice how Joker's face tends to look better as this game progresses. When In Ace Chemicals his face is all red and banged up, showing that he is not strong enough to take over Batman's body yet. On Stagg's airships, his face looks better but still red, showing he is only strong enough to take control of Batman's body for a limted amount of time. By the end of the game, His face is completely healed suggesting that he is fully ready to take over the body of Batman

I noticed that the more that joker takes over Batman’s mind the more jokers face clears up

Everything about this video and this game is amazing. And I love u giving the game the credit it deserves. The way u describe these scenes are amazing. And it even opened my eyes, too. It just shows how legendary this game is. I feel that no story game can compare to this.

The thing i like about the mini boss(Joker) is that in my opinion the only reason batman won his body back, is because of scarecrow.

0:28 wow joker flosses

The whole "newsflash, you're dead" part also eludes to the fact a part of batman wanted to let joker die, a part let go of that cure on purpose, it is jokers fault the cure was dropped, but part of him let go at the same time he was stabbed- he was almost broken by joker in city and he's broken down even further in knight, before finally fighting his way out of his own mind in the end of it all and shoves joker into the same corner of his mind joker wanted to put Bruce in

I think joker was more than just a hallucination of the fear toxin he was Batman’s guilty conscience over jokers death that he didn’t cause. I also think the joker is haunting Batman as some sick phantom of some sort but that’s a wild card.

This game gets way too much hate I mean don’t get me wrong I still think it has its problems and I like City and Origins WAY better but Knight is still great.

Can I just say Kevin Conroy never voiced Batman in Arkham origins

Going off the point about how Batman sounds detached and not really into what he's doing during the events of Knight and it most likely being intentional for the story, I remember an interview where Kevin Conroy said that Knight was his favorite of the 3 Arkham games he voice acted for. And I wonder if the fact that he was playing Batman in a way he hadn't before is part of that. Most of the time, he's played a version of Batman that's generally the same as he did in the animated series, and outside of some scenes in Batman Beyond we didn't see him play such a dejected and almost emotionless version of the character. Both versions felt they were just so done with it all, but their reasons are different. In Beyond, Bruce *almost* broke his rule of no killing, even brandishing a gun to save himself from a random thug and that's what made him retire. In Knight, he actually believes he *has* broken his rule with Joker being dead and feeling like he could have done more to save him, and couple that with his mind slowly being taken over by not just Joker, but his own inner darkness that made him and Joker two sides of the same coin in the first place. It's no wonder Batman started losing himself.

Another detail I've come to realize is that when in the Stagg airship / when facing Scarecrow and Joker interferes with Batman's mission, he's noticeably taken aback. On top of this, when Joker takes over Batman as a whole when facing Scarecrow on the airship and in the Asylum, Scarecrow is hearing what Joker is saying through Batman's voice, which is why Crane isn't super thrown off by what he's saying so much as what he was doing. Sure when he got hit by the fear toxin he lost control, but not for the reason Crane thought, not because he was experiencing his greatest fear, but because he was *becoming* his greatest fear.

That comment at 5:40-5:51 reminded me strongly of the killing joke that For those who don’t know if you do skip this That there are to men in prison and they decide to break out so they get to the roof one jumps across to freedom then turns around and tells him to jump and the other guy says he’ll fall so the other guy pulls out a flashlight and shins it over the gap and tells him if he walks across it he’ll make it The other guy says no way you’ll turn it off when I’m half way across.-joker end quote to Batman

YOU are the reason why I am redownloading AK

I still don’t get why Joker murdered Killer Croc in that one scene where he kills all the criminals with the Joker-Mobile and then the gun. I get Penguin and Two-Face since they’re his rivals in Arkham City. Riddler is kinda random since he doesn’t do much to Joker directly but considering he had spies in Joker’s gang it makes sense Joker would wanna kill him. But Croc? Why Croc? He used Croc as a weapon in Asylum and Croc never really did anything to him personally yet Joker felt the need to violently kill him by ramming him into the ground with the joker-mobile. Does anyone have an explanation for why he’d want to kill Croc?

13:43 Does anyone else realize that Batman defeated the Joker here the same way he did back in Origins?

he becomes the batman who laughs

Every realize this is pretty much the batman who laughs origin but avoided

Challenge idea: All batman arkham gams with no detective mode

I feel like the whole game is just in Batmans head

🃏This is basically the Batman who laughs but different🃏

i'd like to point out that at the intro it's you who has to start the fire to burn joker's body