What Is in JOKER Venom? (Because Science w/ Kyle Hill)

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Why so serious?? Just what is in Joker’s signature poison and how would it actually work? Kyle puts a smile on that face on this week’s Because Science!
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• Is Joker Venom an ideal gas? nerdi.st/1MrIuz0
• Hydrogen cyanide exposure: nerdi.st/1KnyJeI
• Strychnine: nerdi.st/1W40qBs
• List of fictional toxins: nerdi.st/1NDHbgD
• Home cooking with The Joker: nerdi.st/1KhpMEF
• Joker Venom: nerdi.st/1KqHDfU
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• Hydrogen cyanide: nerdi.st/1LyLvrI
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@TheDCmatrix 8 лет назад

There needs to be an episode about Scarecrow's fear toxin

@leonmartin4980 8 лет назад

you for president, sir.

@red_doggo7219 8 лет назад

Probably benadryl in gas form. That shit really is fear toxin.

@lisabonds9912 8 лет назад

+Leon Martin Batman Forever doll show

@Mootsey 8 лет назад

omg I use to trip out on that when I was a teen. fuking stoopid. lmao

@sonicinajarvauntedspeciali7245 7 лет назад

TheDCmatrix YES!

@Dragonivon 8 лет назад

Kyle is slowly looking more and more like Thor's younger twin.

@serenasmith7369 8 лет назад

And it is awesome.

@toastom 8 лет назад

+Dragonivon How can there be a younger twin?

@Dragonivon 8 лет назад

Thomas Gourley Because even Asgardian women can't have both children at the same time.

@cenkuygur6841 8 лет назад

+Thomas Gourley If you're a twin, like me, you'd know that both babies don't come out at the same time. The first twin to come out, is the older twin.

@toastom 8 лет назад

I know. I am a twin. I guess I just kind of forgot about that. I'm an idiot,

@Benjamin-rj7ds 7 лет назад

Let's be completely honest. Regardless of the show's rating, Joker venom is easily one of the most fucked up ways to die in all of fiction.

@palomequea6837 6 лет назад

I actually would love to die of laugher rather than burned or fear

@sonicinajarvauntedspeciali7245 6 лет назад

Benjamin568 Fndhfhdnsjqk yeah.... 😓

@JamesBrown-fb1dy 6 лет назад

It's not laughter it's essentially strangulation. You are choking to death through uncontrollable laughter. So you are listening to yourself laughing as you slowly choke to death unable to stop yourself. As you are slowly dying laughing all the while you slowly realize you can't stop no matter what you do you are dying and though your eyeballs are straining and you are dying of breath your face contorted in a grim smile as you slowly die you begin to collapse still laughing because your body can't do anything else like being trapped somewhere unable to do anything but watch yourself die.

@mellowwookiee7533 6 лет назад

Oh god....

@MitchellTF Год назад

The best part is that it GETS PAST RATINGS BOARDS.

@cjkhis1037 8 лет назад

It really pisses me off that Nerdist videos got so little views, when they deserve a lot and lot more. Because Science for example provides a deep and logical explanation for pop-culture that we take for granted. Anywho good job Nerdist, good job

@kylehill 8 лет назад

+Cj Khis Yeah.

@ronpetersen2317 8 лет назад

+Cj Khis 16k in views isn't that bad

@cjkhis1037 8 лет назад

+Ron Petersen averege big channels are easy get over hundreds of views, and the content not very original.

@ronpetersen2317 8 лет назад

Cj Khis This video has over 16,000 views. Not just a couple hundred. Also not sure why your pissed. Its not your content to be pissed over.

@cjkhis1037 8 лет назад

+Ron Petersen I meant that other big channels have over hundreds of thousands of views. Quality of content Nerdist creates are worth much more views. For example Because Science makes a legitimate deep science explanation for of things, that includes an actual physics and calculus

@tannerbooth9414 8 лет назад

Now do Scarecrow's toxin! 😍

@lordaniolist 6 лет назад

Ryan Rieth made that

@elgato9o 8 лет назад

thor talking about joker venom, seems legit

@christiandauz3742 8 лет назад

Well he is immune to the gas

@sonicinajarvauntedspeciali7245 7 лет назад

elgato9o *shrugs*

@benparrish672 4 года назад

Joker defeats Thor 8/10 times

@ColdFuse96 7 лет назад

So, what would happen if you drop two containers, one full of Joker Toxin, and the other full of Fear Toxin? Like, if you trap a bunch of people in a room, and break open a canister of both toxins of either sides of the room, what would happen to the people in the middle?

@lewiswilliams1203 7 лет назад

nervous laughter

@lasarith2 7 лет назад

Luciano Martinez bad smelling room filled with laughter 😉

@kalienusername693 7 лет назад

Probably not much, they would die very quickly. But to actually answer the question, since Joker's is mostly based on opiates and hallucinagens, it would make the effects of Scarecrow's gas worse. A bad drug trip.

@moinmahmud6265 4 года назад

Ha ha ha ha ha AHhhhhh!

@mikienowhoosebad1438 2 года назад

Would you say that's worse than joker venom and mutagen?

@Samael1113 8 лет назад

This is one of the better episodes I've seen you put out. No fuzzy theoreticals, no blatantly sponsored content, just an interesting question, the comic solution and the plausibility of it all IRL. Good on you Kyle Hill, I heartily approve this week. Have a Thumbs Up. I'd still prefer to see like 20 minute episode actually getting into a little more of the hard science behind this stuff though.

@kylehill 8 лет назад

+Samael 11 Trust me, I'd like longer content too, just not in the cards right now. But there might be a reshuffling in the next few weeks...

@EcstasyJesus 8 лет назад

He looks like Oliver Queens and Felicity ' s love child.

@strangerfromthemoon13 8 лет назад

TRUUU

@ricardoalves9605 8 лет назад

so if is the son of felicity and oliver and he's thor than oliver and felicity are titans? (one of them titan other god im not sure how grek mitoligy) (even though thod is a nordic god)

@PTR739 7 лет назад

Ikr !! I'm always relating Kyle with Felicity 😂😂

@rodrickhatton3664 7 лет назад

I love these segments...admittedly most of the time I'm trying to keep up with the concepts. It's awesome because I know that I'll pick up something new from every vid. Keep the info coming!

@lonestar1104 2 года назад

This man straight up taught people to make the most horrific poison in comic history

@peterskinder4533 8 лет назад

My favorite Because Science video! Please do more Batman related videos...how about Scarecrow fear toxin, Bane's Venom or The Mad Hatter's microchip in his hats that control minds? I am waiting with Bat-anticipation!

@lordaniolist 6 лет назад

Ryan Rieth made fear toxin

@Childofyeti 8 лет назад

Talk about a sadistic weapon

@rurutuM 8 лет назад

Turn 1 Yeti are sadistic weapons. God damn Druids

@Sladegaming555 8 лет назад

+The SaT Crew I'll drink to that! (Not this concoction though XD)

@manfromnantucket9544 6 лет назад

Fun fact: strychnine used to be considered a performance enhancing drug. Look up the 1904 St. Louis marathon for details

@garethalford682 8 лет назад

Do scarecrows aka Jonathan Cranes fear toxin/gas next

@benjaminwilks5162 8 лет назад

Youve just given someone the tools they need to become the joker!!!!!

@JohnRobenault 8 лет назад

+Bruce Wayne It is your duty to protect us! Become the Batman!

@tadstrange1465 5 лет назад

Well they also need to have a lot of chemistry experience.

@mr.x2567 4 года назад

They will end up dying eventually

@newquinken 7 лет назад

Now I'm curious as to how The Joker has made himself immune to his own toxin... I mean I get that repeated exposure in small doses can build immunity... but how did he survive it when he did that first bit that turned him INTO the joker.

@ryanverne2235 7 лет назад

i don't think he is immune, i've sen him use air filters in his nostrils.

@Ultinuc 7 лет назад

As far as I know, the chemicals he fell into were different, not the same as his venom.

@newquinken 7 лет назад

to the air filters comment I say, that would explain it but I must wonder why people say he is then... and the chemicals being different one, that would explain his ability to survive quite well.

@jacobhall4055 7 лет назад

i think instead of killing him it mutated him

@bawower8905 2 года назад

@@newquinken Lego Batman.

@alexporter7379 7 лет назад

Mark Hamill will always be the one true Joker for me. When I read the comics, his is the voice I hear.

@sonicinajarvauntedspeciali7245 7 лет назад

Des Ires 👍

@Shadow-479 6 лет назад

right?!

@meldroc Год назад

IIRC since Batman TAS was a kid's cartoon, they couldn't have Joker Venom kill its victims, so it just left them permanently catatonic with that rictus grin on their faces. Totally not a fate worse than death...

@jformaldehydem 8 лет назад

In all of the film interpretations that I've seen the cloud is, well, a cloud. Meaning that it wouldn't have to be a gas, just an aerosol. It could theoretically be done.

@DragcoDavid 7 лет назад

I think Joker Gas is likely just an aerosol form of Joker Venom, sprayed into a fine mist rather then being a true gas.

@zanGalant 6 лет назад

you mentioning the word strychnine suddenly made me recall some memories of my childhood particularly when I was in elementary almost over a decade or so ago. i first encountered the chemical strychnine on an entry for a connect-the-dots book about animals. The entry is regarding the Cascade Mountain Wolf where it mentions how strychnine was by hunters to kill them. It was a sad tale but at that time I also find the word strychnine and its pronunciation cool (the book suggested it as 'strike-nine'). That's about it. I just feel like sharing it and great video as always.

@jaingskirata009 6 лет назад

Kyle two things 1 scarecrow fear toxin, explain 2 admit you are Thor's younger brother

@rockclimbing3844 7 лет назад

"Because science", prove the theory that Jokers is not really crazy he's just really smart and pretending to be crazy

@Elliandr 7 лет назад

You could store it as a liquid and use a water spray approach, or you could store the parts that don't heat well separately to be dispersed together.

@flectic1247 6 лет назад

Nerdist you missed the chemical Hahnium which was mentioned in batman new 52 vol.3 death of the family. ....yeah I'm a huge nerd(ist) geddit?

@LJLvids 8 лет назад

YES! omg i asked for this and you delivered you are so awesome!!! :)

@aqacefan 8 лет назад

If those compounds were dissolved in DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide), the victims would absorb them through their skin; DMSO is regularly used for transdermal medication delivery.

@Shahalud 8 лет назад

When I first read the title, the first thing that popped into my head was Joker coming into contact with the Symbiote from marvel (venom, carnage, etc..) and the thought of that made me smile.

@Sambles_ 8 лет назад

Kyle, your hair is goals! And I love Because science, keep up the great work!

@IncanTV 8 лет назад

Kyle is so funny hahahaha in this video, Joker would proud.

@kylehill 8 лет назад

+IncanTV Thank you!

@IncanTV 8 лет назад

You're welcome!

@TitanusWho 2 года назад

0:56 I wonder how did he slowly edit his normal face into the Joker's face? Like what editing software did he use to do that?

@CrackTheo 8 лет назад

Kyle's impressions are really good. Subscribed!

@konnorkinser8932 7 лет назад

It's completely feasible that the joker would keep it in liquid form and spray a mist in people's face out of his flower but when he fills rooms with it he would need a vaporizer of some sort

@RuneForumwalker 8 лет назад

:04 That's it, I want a campaign to make Kyle Hill the new voice for the Joker in all future games and animated features.

@Sladegaming555 8 лет назад

Do a video on the BANE venom and what chemical properties we would need. That would be interesting.

@ibeenthere 8 лет назад

Loved this episode +Kyle Hill! Very interesting indeed... But mate, why so serious? ;)

@ShadowBoss99 4 года назад

Dude this is the first time I've seen one of your videos it was pretty cool I was wondering if there is one on scarecrows fear toxin and if not will you ever make one

@redhood9836 6 лет назад

It possible that you can store the ingredients in the strychnine at different temperatures in different canisters and then combine them once used

@angelvalencia8336 7 лет назад

Hey brother, big fan here! I was just watching some of your old videos...and I discovered you actually do have some sort of glass(ish) panel in front of you (I always thought it was all computer generated animation) but I also figured that not ALL that you write or draw is really there. How much of this is true? By how much am I off? How do you manage to keep a good(ish) handwriting while writing like Da Vinci? is it a mirror??? So many cuestions! Anyways, thanx for the science! Stay gold Ponny boy!

@Marcodiazgrey 7 лет назад

my favorite DORK!!!! keep the videos coming

@rand0malex 8 лет назад

Kyle, I love your hair.

@dylandelaurentis4873 8 лет назад

They also revealed in the New 52 comics "Death of the Family" that one of the chemicals used was the element Dubnium, and revealed it because of its original name Hahnium, which on the table its symbol is "Ha."

@eugenelai8336 8 лет назад

Thx for the formula

@AceBobcat 8 лет назад

Maybe he stores both chemicles in separate pressurised compartments within his jacket, and the mix occurs whenever he triggers his "flower." That sounded better in my head.

@AlexanderLongacre182 8 лет назад

Should do one on the Scarecrow's fear toxin! Totally interested in that!

@EzraColdsGarage 7 лет назад

The strychnine would be held separately and mixed in during distribution as an aerosol. Thus the spray isn't from a lone nozzle, but two firing simultaneously.

@FlagCutie 8 лет назад

This video made me smile! Wait, I'm not in a smiling or joking mood...... what is going on? AHHHH!!!!

@poisonivy3486 8 лет назад

Good that I dont care about Poison :D

@Nerdist 8 лет назад

+Jess_Marie_G Thanks for watching!

@scientificakosmos6340 8 лет назад

+Nerdist They could simply make the stuff spray out like in window cleaner spray or perfume sprays, or more effectively you could use sonic vibrating thingies to turn it into a fine mist, you see my point? I've actually never seen the joker (or marvel comics) so I am just saying this because I presume he had to deliver it somehow other then throwing.

@tiotharius 8 лет назад

+Scientifica Kosmos I think the term you're looking for is 'aerosol', but I completely agree with you. It's the only way I could think of it being used as a 'gas' without the strychnine de-toxifying (probably not a real word, but you get what I mean).

@Shotokan1001 7 лет назад

Cai Jephcott or it could be an "atomizer" which is used to turn liquids into a fine mist or fog.

@MisterTingles 8 лет назад

sounds like the writer of that particular issue just threw stuff together that sounded about right, "it kills ya, but it also makes ya happy...hmmm so poison, poison - happy drug, happy drug, happy drug, sounds about right..." weird coincidence that the combination actually might produce an effect comparable to the depicted forms of comic book demise? maybe...

@kenanconnatser3301 8 лет назад

love your joker impression intro

@heroictstudios 8 лет назад

Has Because Science ever tackled Kryptonite, specifically multicolored Kryptonite? I just posted this on my Facebook page to discuss that topic. I'd be curious to see what this V-Blog can do with it. "It's not the rock Superman is "allergic" too. It's the radiation the rock emits that can kill him because it prevents his cells from absorbing sunlight and make him vulnerable. The radiation could come from anywhere, not just a rock. Look at Superman 3, which had a Kryptonite beam (though calling it Kryptonite is false since Kryptonite does refer to the rock (Krypton for the planet, ite for meteorite). What WOULD we call the radiation itself? Has anyone bothered to give it a name? Which brings an interesting question: the comics do tend to treat the rocks as the source of the effect, hence different colored rocks have different effects on Superman, but would this be true? Wouldn't be it more accurate to say that the radiation itself would need to shift from one effect to the next in order to affect Superman differently regardless of the color of the rock? If so, what is it that causes the rocks to change color/the radiation to shift? What would need to happen is that the radiation should shift and that should cause the rock to change color, not the other way around."

@bratton79 4 года назад

This is relevant to my interests. Kryptonite emits a radiation that damages Kryptonian cells. In fact its harmful to humans too but it takes much longer for the radiation to take effect. Lex Luthor wore a kryptonite ring for years until he developed cancer that spread throughout his entire body. Superman handles different radioactive signatures differently. Kryptonite obviously makes him instantly weak, and prolonged exposure would kill him. Solar radiation heals him and makes him more powerful. Sometimes he's flown directly into the sun to supercharge his powers. Nuclear radiation from man made bombs also have an adverse effect on him too. In the Dark Knight Returns Superman absorbs the impact of an atomic bomb and he's left emaciated until he can discharge the radiation from his body and absorb UV radiation from the sun. I would love to hear a scientific explanation for how Kryptonite works. Humans can tolerate radiation to a certain extent. Exposure to uranium for a few minutes would cause radiation sickness. We can tolerate daily bombardment of UV radiation provided that we don't remain in a fixed position in direct sunlight for more than a few hours. Skin damage, cellular mutation, skin cancer, all of those things come from our sun. Some natural springs contain trace amounts of barium which is radioactive, and if its ingested in large enough quantities it can cause health problems. You pose some interesting questions that I hope we get some answers to.

@lamboking8able 6 лет назад

this is awesome and seemingly/surprisingly accurate for comics

@broden4838 8 лет назад

Nice on telling us the formula of the Joker Venom. Care to do Scarecrow's fear gas?

@absolutezero7018 7 лет назад

can you do a video about a speculations of what kind of chemicals the joker might have fallen into

@REAPERGAMINGCREW 7 лет назад

Hey sir could the joker be using some sort of extra bonding agent to stop the strychnine from breaking down in a gas form. or maybe a stronger chemical with the same effect of strychnine

@dexjones4515 4 года назад

Can we please have a video explaining what's in or theoretically what could work for scarecrows nightmare serum?

@GeezrPlays 8 лет назад

I had read from the man who laughs the active agent causing the muscle spasms in the face and neck is derived from the active agents in a regular tetanus infection made much more lethal (probably with hydrogen cyanide). Also pin pricking Aaron Cashes newborn baby with it in a one shot i once read (don't remember the name). From the book he went trough hundreds of test subjects to get the desired grin before going public as the Joker. In case you haven't noticed i love this character.

@dearrain5639 8 лет назад

i died at the end of the video

@captainpatchwork8107 8 лет назад

Maybe the breakdown of strychnine by the high temperatures is what allows the smile, as it ends up locking the facial expression rather than contorting the face entirely.

@mrgrandi 7 лет назад

hey (Because Science) Kyle Hill can u do a vid explaining the science of the Scarecrows fear toxin

@killamonjaromon 8 лет назад

Nice Mark Hammil impression at the start

@cyberjester8361 5 лет назад

I think that is why he holds it in his acid flower but when he has a full tanks of the stuff he just sticks with the acid that would be why we only see him use it with the flower if it's a close kill and with tanks if he wants to kill lots of people in one room and that would be why he puts it in the vents or any air duct so that it does not dissipate to fast so that it could kill more people in the short time he has and he does kinda throw it at them with the flower, even though the toxin did not have a backstory until that comic it all made sense in the end why he did that it all made sense in the end

@IanWatson 8 лет назад

I watch for the bounce Kyle does at the end when he says "thanks".

@kylehill 8 лет назад

+Ian Watson I can't not do it!

@Ynhu-es2st 8 лет назад

+Kyle, No offense to your grammar but your sentence sounds like, "I can not not do it."

@dcfanproductions 6 лет назад

Could you do the science behind Scarecrow's Fear Toxin?

@rexflamevermillion5527 8 лет назад

im curious how poison ivy's toxins work care to explain please ?

@gladiusexe3870 5 лет назад

I had a dream about the joker. Me and a bunch of other people some of them my classmates, were all in my schools theater. After a couple seconds people started screaming and the joker and his henchmen were gunning down a couple of running students and just as I was about to run I heard him say those that stay will be my henchmen and most likely won’t be killed. So me and a couple other people stayed as the joker came around with this weird looking gun. He held it under our noses and pulled the trigger spraying a gas into our noses and then everyone’s skin turned paper white and our hair turned green we started to laugh and our lips turned red. It only lasted for a few second but honestly it was SUPER relaxing like damn.

@DivisorOfZero 8 лет назад

well then wouldn't he have to store it as a liquid then heat it up just before use or store the Strychnine in a different canister then have the 2 gases meet just before use. The only problem I see with this is the grenades he uses but it could be a pressure thing where he adds in the strychnine last to keep the pressure high while being able to keep the temperature lower without the other gases forming back into liquids. ( think I said that correctly)

@LuciferMorningstar-zu1ud 8 месяцев назад

I LOOOOVE learning about the real science behind comics poisons. It really brings the reality aspect in the fictional stories. Who else is reading DC comics/graphic novels while watching Batman animated shows and having this video on your phone all at the same time? 🙌 yeaaa that’s me right now 😂 such a huge DC nerd 🤓

@hydnk8866 8 лет назад

Maybe they chemicals mix when there sprayed and all the chemicals are kept in separate places in jokers suit and then they can be manually controlled by the joker. This might be stretching it a little far but it would be cool if my theory was correct

@Bjornframson 7 лет назад

I say we test this theory on fish just to be safe. HA HA HA

@benzayb13 5 лет назад

Haha I see what you did there

@cesarmontenegro7593 4 года назад

You need an episode going over scarecrow fear gas toxin

@Maninawig 6 лет назад

You could boil them, compress the cocktail into a tank containing liquid strictnine to the point that the vaporous compounds liquify, adding to the strictnine and creating, essentially, an aerosol which is vaporized liquid falling into a gas AND liquid.

@LINKKART8 8 лет назад

THORS LITTLE BRO?

@Preytorcam 8 лет назад

Lol

@Kingoflaughter 8 лет назад

Coincidence I think not

@7Risen7Phoenix7 3 года назад

The Joker has always been my favorite villain, and I plan to have my next tattoo to be of his face.

@Valandar2 8 лет назад

Something doesn't need to be past its boiling point to be a "gas" - a mist would produce similar results while 'merely' being a cloud of small droplets - that's how aerosol cans work, air fresheners, and most inhalers. So it's probably normally kept in a liquid state, and the gaseous version is merely the liquid run through misters due to sheer pressure.

@Falney 8 лет назад

Rather than it being a gas, what about an aerosol or atomised liquid spray?

@akashdholakia3311 6 лет назад

+Nerdist That smile caused by Strychnine is called as RISUS SARDONICUS.

@Marleykye_official 5 лет назад

Now I know how to make this gas when I turn into a villain in the future

@emessar 8 лет назад

Out of curiosity, would it be possible to put these poisons into a solution and aeresolize them? Maybe you could grind them so fine that the particles themselves can remain airborne ... like weaponized anthrax. (asking for a friend)

@Sjono 8 лет назад

Could you guys go behind the science of double jumping

@Jckkx 8 лет назад

that intro was sick haha

@wayneigoe6722 8 лет назад

Hang on, there's another comic during "Death of The Family" (not to be confused with the 1980's "Death IN the family" in which Jason Todd (the second robin is murdered by the Joker) it shows that the (or a version of) chemical formula is Ha. (Big H, little a.) That's an element, right?

@JoelKellenProductions 7 лет назад

Do Fear toxin next

@captaincomic8678 8 лет назад

The components of Joker Venom were actually listed previously in 1993's "DC Comics STAR Labs Technical Manual," which featured an inventory and descriptions of various items in the DC Universe, though I'm not sure if it was accurate.

@FracturedPixels 8 лет назад

+TheComicCrafter I wouldn't hedge my bets on that being canon.

@captaincomic8678 8 лет назад

***** Probably not, but it was pretty neat that they tried producing something like that.

@FracturedPixels 8 лет назад

TheComicCrafter Yeah I always liked technical manuals and cool little stuff like that from sci-fi franchises.

@mathewpullen1167 8 лет назад

The strychnine could potentially be nebulized and mixed with the others during administration of the gas

@LucasBradley 7 лет назад

But... The Joker's cousin is actually the one who creates the formula for Joker Venom. It's revealed in Legends of the Dark Knight #50, set before the first official meeting of Batman and the Joker.

@howelljb 8 лет назад

The idea that Joker Venom/Smylex/Whatever contains hydrogen cyanide and strychnine was first seen in DC TECHNICAL MANUAL: S.T.A.R. LABS 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, a supplement for the (officially licensed) DC HEROES tabletop roleplaying game published by Mayfair Games. (The book actually said it was "strychnodide," a [fictional] derivative of strychnine.) Nice to see that bit finally made it to the comics.

@brock1250 8 лет назад

It wasn't quite the same as in the comics but the mixture is somewhat close. Don't ask how I tested or what the bodies in the Hudson in backs full of bricks are from.

@chrisb4131 8 лет назад

Fun fact: that voice you like so much is none other than the great Mark Hamill.

@funtpacecoof 8 лет назад

+chrisb4131 Mark Hamill is THE one and only Joker IMO.

@chrisb4131 8 лет назад

Captain Pantaloons you will get no argument from me.

@funtpacecoof 8 лет назад

chrisb4131 High-Five!

@chrisb4131 8 лет назад

Captain Pantaloons Down low.....Damn, you weren't too slow. :D

@funtpacecoof 8 лет назад

chrisb4131 I'm all over that s*** ;)

@chesterrobinson402 8 лет назад

It's probably not a "gas" it's most likely an aerosol, which will keep all those chemicals at a temperature which they wouldn't break down but would still be easy to disperse

@SkeletonMurderer 8 лет назад

Hemlock Water-Dropwart is a slow-acting, smile inducing poison. It's the closest you can get to actual Joker venom as no poison on the planet has the effect of uncontrollable laughter.

@Nyikili 7 лет назад

maybe he stores Strychnine in a separated section of the container but when sprayed or whatever they both come out simultaneously .....

@ollienix3285 8 лет назад

I wonder how much research the writers had to do to get the effects and names of the poisons

@danielvillalba5375 7 дней назад

wait...so is it possible to create such a thing...that's terrifying.

@jakobrodriguez7816 8 лет назад

When I saw the title I thought it was about what goes down in the Batman Beyond animated movie.

@jasonteh8389 8 лет назад

maybe it should be a mixture thus spreading throughout the body without its chemical structure changing

@Superwolf2022 2 года назад

Next you should see about Scarecrows fear toxin

@SunBunz 4 года назад

Strychnine is terrifying. I saw on a episode of Deadly Women, (Belle Gunness) killed around 40 people, (at least 14 of which) were mostly husbands- she’d lace their food with Strychnine, that was commonly used as rat poison in the 1800s. It makes your whole body cringe inward, until your body locks in a fetal position, where all your muscles spasm like a vice or bear trap...it’s one of the most excruciating ways to die. And your conscience the entire time unable to breath, talk or move. It’s like your whole body is squeezing itself to death. That’s some scary shit. I think it’s even a more fucked up way to kill rats, honestly. Then Belle fed their corpses to her pigs on her farm, and burned and buried the rest. People think she got away with it, too. Her house eventually burned down, but they never recovered Belle’s body. Just a headless female carcass that was much smaller than her.

@gourdguru 8 лет назад

It may not be canon, but a way around the strychnine breakdown issue would be to replace it entirely with another compound. Since the meth/XTC/laughing gas cocktail handles heightened euphoria, laughter and hallucinations, and the hydrogen cyanide is what actually kills you, if you replaced the strychnine with the active compound behind oenanthe fistulosa(tubular water-dropwort, the plant that the isle of sardinia used to make the concoction that caused their dead to have a death grin hence the term risus sardonicus, the sardonic grin), then you would lose the spasmatic compound but keep the smile. It's funny, i never thought of the joker toxin as actually poisonous, i just assumed the side effects piled up and killed you. Example: the laughing gas and the water-dropwort trigger the laughter and the grin, and some other spasmodic/paralytic chemical attacked the diaphragm, thus whenever you laughed you exhaled air, but the diaphragm couldn't relax once contracted, thus preventing you from inhaling. In essence i figured you suffocated to death from a sheer inability to breathe in. Fast acting poisons just seemed too humane and pedestrian for a macabre artist of the joker's caliber.