While Arthur struggles in his job as a clown-for-hire, he falls in love with a pretty neighbor, a single mother named Sophie (Zazie Beetz).
In the movie, Arthur appears to be dating Sophie, a woman who lives in the same apartment building as him. Towards the end of the film, audiences start to understand that Arthur's relationship with Sophie (Zazie Beetz) is a fantasy created by Arthur rather than a reality.
Arthur sees Sophie at the show, but he bombs due to having no medication to control his own condition that causes him to laugh at inappropriate times. At one point, Arthur rings the bell of Sophie's apartment and, after she opens the door, he kisses her promptly.
One of the biggest twists in the story is the reveal of some parts of Arthur's life being all in his head, including his romance with her. The two do interact in the elevator early on, but everything after that is part of Arthur's imagination within Joker; it never really happens.
One of the biggest revelations in Joker was that Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck's relationship with Zazie Beetz's Sophie was not real and was all inside his mind.
Eliza. At some point in his past Arthur met a young waitress named Eliza, whom he got pregnant with their son, Isaac. It is uncertain what relationship the two had but it can be deduced that they were on good terms.
One of the biggest revelations in Joker was that Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck's relationship with Zazie Beetz's Sophie was not real and was all inside his mind. This, according to Beetz, was not set from the start and Sophie's role and story actually evolved and changed during filming.
Arthur also falls in love with Mary Linton, and they eventually get engaged. The relationship doesn't work out, mostly because her family disapproves of Arthur's outlaw lifestyle. Mary's younger brother, Jamie, still likes Arthur regardless of his criminal escapades with the Van der Linde gang.
Harley Quinn: The real femme fatale of DC
Though she was just introduced for one episode, she became a recurring character. Also, Joker's love interest. This made her a canon character in the DC comic book Batman that came out in October 1999, titled Batman: Harley Quinn #1.
Throughout Todd Phillip's take on the 'Clown Prince of Crime' known as Joker, a troubled Arthur Fleck is seen bonding and eventually spending a decent amount of time with his neighbour Sophie Dumond. She comes to see one of his stand-up routines. The two share a steamy kiss.
To get into the character of Arthur Fleck, Phoenix lost 52 pounds for the role by eating a restrictive diet that was supervised by a doctor.
The Joker (or Arthur) appears to have a complex mix of diagnoses, including pseudobulbar affect – a rare condition consisting of uncontrollable laugher or crying, and possibly a psychotic illness, evidenced by his apparent hallucinations about the subject of his affections (played by Zazie Beetz).
These group of teenagers and kids antagonize Arthur Fleck stealing the sign running away from Fleck. As soon as Arthur catches up to them, they hit him with the sign, hitting him with it and then kicking him leaving him on the alley way running off.
Guinevere, wife of Arthur, legendary king of Britain, best known in Arthurian romance through the love that his knight Sir Lancelot bore for her.
In her place, DC has recently decided to give the Joker a new sidekick. Aptly named Punchline, this new female villain is much like Harley in some ways but is also vastly different in many others. Here are ten ways that Joker's new girlfriend, Punchline, is the complete opposite of Harley Quinn.
The novel has been described as the greatest Joker story ever told. Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) built on the Joker's 1951 origin story, portraying him as a failed comedian who participates in a robbery as the Red Hood to support his pregnant wife.
The Joker does not reciprocate her love and is in fact incapable of romantic emotion as he sees people only as tools to further his own plans. Harley is in denial of this fact and prefers to view him as an antihero until she eventually has to come face-to-face with his complete disregard for her.
In Countdown Presents The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society it is revealed that Earth-3's heroic version of the Joker, the Jokester, is the father of Duela Dent and that her mother was Evelyn Dent, Three-Face (the Earth-3 version of Two-Face).
Arthur died at age 35 or 36, from tuberculosis. This is when the famous gunslinger Doc Holiday died in real life, who also had tuberculosis. With low honour, Arthur is a villain protagonist who only really cares about himself.
Arthur had a son, Isaac, with a waitress named Eliza; he demonstrated regular support for them until they were killed in a robbery. Over time, Arthur transformed into Dutch's most dedicated enforcer.
Sadie was hinted to be in love with Arthur, she trusted him the most because he reminded her of her dead husband.
While Arthur struggles in his job as a clown-for-hire, he falls in love with a pretty neighbor, a single mother named Sophie (Zazie Beetz). One of Joker's big twist occurs when Arthur's “dates” Sophie only to find out that those flirty conversations and their eventual hookup were completely in his imagination.
IndieWire recently asked Phillips about Sophie's fate during a video interview with Anne Thompson, to which the director doubled down on the answer that Sophie is alive at the end of “Joker.” “He doesn't kill her, definitively,” Phillips said. “As the filmmaker and the writer I am saying he doesn't kill her.
Joker Jr. is the son of Harley Quinn and the mass-murdering criminal The Joker.