According to the 2017 documentary I Am
A grim story indeed. The second story is wildly different from the first, with Joker creating the scars himself after his wife told him to “smile more”. After she got involved with dangerous criminals who “carved her face”, Joker did the same to his own face in solidarity.
The distinctive joke 'smile' occurs when the corners of the top lip are pulled up by muscles in the cheeks, while the rest of the lip remains static. This is because the top lip, injected with filler, can't move naturally.
As the Joker explains to Rachel Dawes, he had once wanted to help his wife after his gambling led sharks to “carve her face.” Lacking any money for surgery, the Joker disfigured himself in sympathy, hoping it would make his wife smile again. Instead, horrified at the sight of him, she left.
In the end, we never find out, but what we do know is the Joker's a lunatic who smears clown paint on his face to frighten people—that's the look this Joker needed, and ultimately it's the look that Caglione Jr was able to create.
The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psychotic disorder or schizophrenia; the unusual combination of symptoms suggests a complex mix of features of certain personality traits, namely psychopathy and narcissism (he meets DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder).
Martha reveals that she forced Psycho-Pirate, a villain with extensive knowledge of the entire DC Universe, to tell her the name of the Joker in the main DC Universe. It is then revealed that the Joker's real name is “Jack Oswald White.”
The actor, 44, agreed to lose 52 lbs. at the urging of director Todd Phillips, who thought his character, Arthur Fleck, should be “real thin.” Phoenix lost the weight carefully, under the guidance of a doctor, but the strict calorie deprivation he endured affected his eating habits well after he hit his goal.
Batman reappears and engages the Joker a second time in a far more violent fight, in which the Joker hysterically stabs him in the stomach several times. Mid-stab, Batman instinctively breaks the Joker's neck just enough to paralyze him. Joker laughing his last laugh while he snaps his own neck.
Arkham Asylum Incident
Luckily, Batman was able to put a stop to Joker's plans before they could get that far - but not before the Joker injected himself with a large sample of Titan as a last resort.
In 2009's Superman/Batman #65, the Joker's greatest fear is losing control of the joke—being perceived by his audience not as the master, but as its subject. The Joker claims it's all in fun, but being laughed at is the worst fate he can imagine.
The above-mentioned characteristics make the Joker's laughing episodes compatible at first sight with the pseudobulbar affect, a clinical entity characterized by episodes of exaggerated or involuntary expression of emotions, including uncontrolled laughing or crying.
The Joker's most famous romantic partner is definitely Harley Quinn. Together, they were two peas in a pod, at least until it all came crashing down. Harley Quinn got her start with the Joker when she became his psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum.
So the Joker is called Jack Oswald White and he worked as a janitor who cleaned toilets at Wayne Casino. While grilling Psycho-Pirate for information on the other version of Bruce, she also managed to get him to give up the Joker's real backstory.
1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (2008)
Joker's long, dreadlocked hairstyle was inspired by the Jester's Hat, which is often associated with The Joker or The Fool.
Batman for the NES
The ending is roughly the same, though Batman is a bit more cold-blooded. He beats the Joker down, tells him, “You killed my parents,” and then tosses him to his doom. We see Joker's lifeless corpse and roll credits. Then a year later, they released Batman: Return of the Joker.
1) It's to show how escape has become hard for Arthur. He wants to shut himself away from the world completely, and the fridge provides a quick and easy way to do just that, but only temporarily.
The Joker is a psychopathic mass-murderer and the arch-enemy of Batman, however he is also the love interest of Harley Quinn - who he often abuses quite terribly due to his sociopathic tendencies but has also, on some occassions, shown a degree of affection for (albeit in a way only a madman like The Joker could).
Arguably the Joker's greatest weakness is his ego, however. He turns to crime to get the attention he desperately craves from Batman.
In contrast to most of the entries, one of the darkest versions of Joker ever created is when Martha Wayne becomes the supervillain. This tragic turn for her comes during the Flashpoint storyline where Bruce was killed on that fateful night instead of her and Thomas.
The Joker's mask is a means of fabricating a (false) past pain and instilling a present fear. Bane also wears a mask that covers his mouth, but his mask fulfills a purpose outside of terror: Bane's mask provides him with analgesic gas for his immobilizing pain.
Joker IQ is estimated to be around 160 IQ, which is not really surprising. Meanwhile Batman's IQ is around 192. The Joker is, in fact, more twisted than intelligent. Joker has chosen to use his intelligence in a different way than his archenemy Batman, who uses it to strengthen his arsenal and improve Gotham.
In Joker, Thomas Wayne (Batman's father) and Penny Fleck (Joker's mother) are key characters. Penny claims that Thomas is actually Arthur's father. The movie wants you to guess for yourself who's telling the truth.
The most common story involves him falling into a tank of chemical waste that bleaches his skin white and turns his hair green and lips bright red; the resulting disfigurement drives him insane. The antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance, the Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary.