Special:Badtitle/NS90:Forum:Trope Talk/Complete Monster YMMV/reply (2)

I'm pretty sure that the Joker's status as a Complete Monster is a case of Depending on the Writer. Some versions have him preform anticts that are amusing to the audience (such as the disappearing pencil trick). I just realized that some people also would never consider the joker evil because he is pretty much always insane, and thus at least on some level, not accountable for his actions. In fact I recall a trope that describes someone that considers insane people fully accountable for their actions, and the trope description clearly disagreed with that viewpoint. So I guess your right.