| NOTE: This page is only about his novel version as the film version of the Joker was voted Pure Evil, and thus only the novel version of his info should be put here. |
| “ | Do you wanna know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me, and he says, "Why so serious?" He comes at me with the knife. "Why so SERIOUS?!" He sticks the blade in my mouth—"Let's put a smile on that face!" Aaaand ... Why so serious? | „ |
| ~ The Joker telling his supposed backstory to Gambol before killing him - his most famous quote. |
| “ | I took Gotham's "White Knight", and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. See, madness, as you know, is like gravity: all it takes is a little push! | „ |
| ~ The Joker explains how he drove Harvey Dent to insanity before he is arrested. |
| “ | Don't talk like one of them, you're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me. They need you right now. But when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper. See, their morals, their code... it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you, when the chips are down, these... these civilized people? They'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve. | „ |
| ~ Joker explaining his worldview to Batman during his interrogation. |
The Joker is the main antagonist of Dennis O'Neil's novelization of the 2008 film The Dark Knight, the second installment of Christopher Nolan's trilogy of the same name.
He was a psychotic anarchist and notorious criminal mastermind who, describing himself as an "agent of chaos", rose to power in organized crime by thrusting Gotham City into turmoil and drew Batman ever closer to crossing the fine line between heroism and vigilantism.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- He convinced his goons to kill each other when they were robbing a bank; he killed the bus driver goon as well as this.
- He killed a mobster by shoving a pencil into his skull.
- He convinced the mobsters to team up with him.
- When Gambol offered money to whoever killed the Joker or brought him alive to him, the Joker killed him and had his men engage in try outs to see who would come out on top and join him.
- He crashed a gala and killed numerous people, threatening to kill several more guests just because Batman didn't unmask himself.
- He threw Rachel out the window, leading to Batman rescuing her.
- During and event, he wore a police uniform and attempted to kill numerous guests, including the mayor.
- When Harvey Dent falsely claimed to be the Batman to the press, he got transported in a high security truck which the Joker tried to destroy. The Joker also destroyed a lot of Gotham during the attack.
- He had his henchman kidnap both Harvey Dent and Rachel timing bombs to kill both. When Batman asked where they are, the Joker switched their locations to Batman, leading him to rescue Harvey when he wanted to rescue Rachel.
- He stuck a bomb into one of his henchmen, killing him and numerous others when he set if off with a phone call in the GCPD.
- He ordered the death of Coleman Reece.
- He killed two police officers in the hospital on his way to convince Harvey to become Two-Face, which he did.
- He burned the mob's money along with Lau.
- He fed the Chechen to his dogs.
- He attempted to manipulate two groups of people on boats into killing each other with bombs, saying how both would blow up by a certain time if one of them didn't blow the other boat.
- He disguised hostages as crooks to make the GCPD and Batman attack them.
- He savagely attacked Batman in hopes that Batman would break his moral code and kill the Joker.
- When both boats refused to blow one another up, the Joker attempted to blow both up before Batman defeated him by catching him off guard.
- His manipulation of the Two-Face led to his accidental death by Batman, causing Batman to go into hiding for seven years. His death would also be a major factor in Bane's uprising in the next book, the novelization of The Dark Knight Rises.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Unlike the film version, who used his rhetoric as an excuse to commit the evil crimes, this version genuinely believed in his rhetoric that all humans were evil inside and was a genuine extremist who wanted to reveal who people were deep down and expose the truth. His rhetoric on chaos to such a degree that for the sake of being unpredictable was what lead to a moment where he considered pushing an old lady in front of a moving bus but spared her and gave her a hundred-dollar bill instead.
External Links[]
- Joker on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
- Joker on the Villains Wiki
- Joker on the Vs Battles Wiki
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 Near Pure Evils
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