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'''Bruce Wayne''': ''"It wasn't a popularity contest. He was a [[Ax Crazy|psychopath]], a [[Complete Monster|monster]]."'' }}
A [[The Movie|feature-length adaptation]] of ''[[
Puzzling both Terry and Bruce is the fact that Joker seems not to have aged at all over the years. As Terry strives to solve this new mystery, he is forced to dive into his predecessor's [[Dark and Troubled Past|dark past]], unraveling the long-kept secret of what exactly split apart the bat-family, and how the conclusion of the rivalry between Joker and the Dark Knight occurred all those years ago.
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The movie had the unfortunate timing of being made right after the [[wikipedia:Columbine High School massacre|Columbine Shooting]] and was [[Bowdlerise|hastily changed to lessen the violence]]. Thankfully [[Warner Bros]] held onto the original print and later distributed it as the uncut version.
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The Jokerz seen here all have backgrounds, real names, etc - which are only given in supplementary material like official websites.
** ''[[Justice League (
* [[Alliterative Name|Alliterative Names]]: Delia and Deirdre Dennis (better known as Dee Dee).
* [[Animation Bump]]: The movie was done by [[
* [[Art Evolution]]: Aware of fan hatred and due to the crew's own unhappiness with his ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
** For your education, you can compare yourself: [http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/8/81/JokerDCAU1.jpg Batman: The Animated Series Joker], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130627055205/http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/0/08/JokerDCAU5.jpg The New Batman Adventures Joker], [http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/8/8b/JokerDCAU9.jpg Batman Beyond (flashback sequence) Joker]{{Dead link}}.
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Harley Quinn}} is implied to be this in her brief appearance near the end. {{spoiler|She apparently settled down to start a family after her apparent death at Arkham, and she tried her hardest to keep her granddaughters from going down the same path that she did. It didn't work.}}
* [[Automated Automobiles]]
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* [["BANG!" Flag Gun]]: This being [[The Joker]]'s weapon-of-choice, it's more dangerous than one might think.
* [[Beast Man]]: Woof. He's a human spliced with Hyena DNA, to be exact.
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: Zig-zagged. {{spoiler|Tim Drake is tortured/mutated/brainwashed into becoming a "Joker Junior". This is subverted when he shakes it off, refuses to hurt Batman and turns on the Joker instead. Then this is subverted when it's implied that, years later, Tim Drake turned evil again and became the new Joker, probably as a result of the original torturing/brainwashing. Then ''that'' is subverted when it turns out that Tim has been completely unaware of the recent unfolding schemes. He only turned into the new Joker because the original had planted a microchip in his brain, thus causing his transformations.}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: "'''YOU'RE NOT BATMAN!'''"
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Ace.}}
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** Joker when he gets spear-gunned in the flashback.
* [[Boring Insult]]: The basis of Terry's [[Hannibal Lecture]]:
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* [[Bowdlerise]]: The frenzy surrounding Columbine in 2000 resulted in extensive debates on media influences, which put some pressure on Warner Brothers. Despite having a completed film, executives feared backlash on releasing a particularly violent animated movie and had certain scenes reanimated (which is different than normal, as it resulted in ''new'' material being written instead of simply cutting material). The original film was released later under a PG-13 rating but even the edited version isn't particularly "kid-friendly," the only real difference is the absence of blood and some of the more bone-crunching violence.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Tim.}}
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** A subtler instance occurs when Tim Drake {{spoiler|really Joker in control of Tim’s body}} tells Bruce he wants Bruce to watch as {{spoiler|he transforms Tim’s body into his own}}, “it’s a killer,” echoing Dick Grayson’s advice to Tim the first time they met way back in the TNBA episode, Sins of the Father.
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: {{spoiler|When Terry quits being Batman out of anger at Bruce, Joker sends his gang to attack him and Dana whilst out at a club. Whilst this is going on, Joker makes a personal house call to Wayne Manor. Dana is hospitalized, Ace is injured, and Bruce is poisoned by Joker toxin and almost killed.}}
* [[Cast
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: {{spoiler|Terry in his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]}}.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Commissioner Jim Gordon and Dick Grayson/Nightwing were mentioned, but not seen. Also, in the uncut version, Bruce was practicing his batarang-throwing against replica statues of some of his [[Batman: The Animated Series
** Terry's affectionate nickname for Ace, "Good Bat Dog", came from an earlier episode also featuring Ace.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Jordan Pryce.
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* [[Cute Bruiser]]: The Dee-Dee twins.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: In comparison to both the series (although it certainly had its moments) and previous [[DCAU]] series.
* [[Death
** And again in the finale. {{spoiler|Joker finally dies, by his own joybuzzer.}}
* [[Decoy Damsel]]: Harley Quinn, in order to {{spoiler|capture Tim Drake}}.
* [[Deface of the Moon]]: Joker plans to use his hijacked [[Kill Sat]] to carve a giant smiley-face into Gotham City (taking out Terry's family, Wayne Manor and the hospital Dana is staying at along the way) as a way of showing everyone once and for all that "this is Joker territory."
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Harley vs. Batgirl. {{spoiler|Ends up tragically as Harley plummets to her death while Batgirl looks in horror. Or so we think.}}
* [[Development Gag]]: The producers had always wanted to get Joker into the Bat Cave, but couldn't figure out any way to logically do so without a movie as big as this.
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* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{spoiler|The Joker's final words, as seen in the flashback, were: [[Irony|"That's not funny."]]}}
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Chucko
* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: The Dee-Dee twins.
* [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]: The Dee Dee twins do this occasionally.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: The edited version of {{spoiler|Joker's death involving water, wires, and a lot of electricity. Because the camera cuts away as he's dying, all we hear is his scream}}. For this reason, some people consider it worse than the uncut version, as it leaves more to the imagination.
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* [[The Hyena]]: Woof actually ''is'' part hyena.
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Terry at first assumes this when Bruce says that he's pretty sure the Joker is dead. {{spoiler|He's not wrong.}}
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* [[If I Wanted You Dead...]]: Flashback-Joker uses the inversion.
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'''Joker''': *laughs* Oh Batman, if you had the guts for ''that'' kind of fun you would have done it ''years ago''. I, on the other hand... }}
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: On two occasions, Joker uses a gigantic military orbital laser to carve a swathe of destruction through Gotham. Civilian casualties are never mentioned on either occasion, but it's a ''giant military laser'' carving through a ''major city'', often going right through buildings. One can only imagine the death toll. The commentary track notes that the laser miraculously [[Sarcasm Mode|avoided hitting a single person.]]
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* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Terry is probably one of the best examples out there.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: In spirit if not exact wording:
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'''Batman (Terry) to Joker''': "You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic." }}
* [[Joker Immunity]]: {{spoiler|'''Finally''' averted. The Joker actually dies for good ''twice'' in the film (first time is when he's killed by Tim Drake in modern day, second time is when Terry fries the chip containing Joker's consciousness and DNA coding attached to Tim Drake's neck in the future)}}.
** Played straight with {{spoiler|Harley Quinn, though. [[Word of God]] says it's because [[
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Harley, as revealed in [[The Stinger]], ended up getting to live a fairly normal life.}}
* [[Karmic Death]]: Joker's {{spoiler|first death}}.
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* [[Mind Rape]]: {{spoiler|Poor Tim.}}
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In the flashback, after Batman busts in on them at Arkham, we see Joker and Harley pretty much acting out a cheesy 50s sitcom. The announce their intention was to start a family, and the mood is quite goofy. Then Joker peels back a curtain, {{spoiler|revealing what he did to Tim Drake}}.
* [[Monster Clown]]: This is Joker we're talking about, but his gang of Jokerz all deserve special mention. Dee Dee is/are done up to look like ragdolls, Ghoul is dressed as a ghastly scarecrow for Halloween, Woof spliced himself with hyena DNA, Bonk is giant rage case, and Chucko wears a creepy mask.
* [[My Biological Clock Is Ticking]]: From Harley, no less: "That old clock's a-ticking!"
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The shredded Robin costume was a reference to the "Death In The Family" arc in the 80's, where readers could call a 1-800 number to decide whether Jason Todd (the current Robin) would survive a story arc.
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* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Woof
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: "''Ha. Ha.''"
* [[Pretty Spry for
* [[Pygmalion Snapback]]
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: A rather epic one, {{spoiler|delivered by Terry to The Joker.}}
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** Terry {{spoiler|saves one of the Dee-Dee twins from falling to her death}}.
** {{spoiler|Batgirl tries to save Harley from falling down the chasm at Arkham but fails. Harley survives anyway, [[Word of God|because of the serum Ivy gave her in "Harley & Ivy"]].}}
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: {{spoiler|Tim Drake}}. Considering ''[[Mind Rape|what]]'' ''happened'' to him, it's no wonder that he still has some effects 40 years later. [[It Got Worse]] when {{spoiler|Joker [[Hijacked
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** [[Word of God]] explicitly states {{spoiler|the orbital satellite laser}} was inspired by ''[[
** One of Terry's wild guesses on how the Joker survived is that he was [[Captain America (comics)|frozen in a block of ice for decades.]]
** [[Word of God]] admitted that as they talked about the novel, ''[[Hannibal]]'', one night, after the book came out but while the movie was being made, elements inspired by the novel description of Hannibal Lecter made their way into the Joker designs for the movie--the slicked-back hair on the future Joker and the [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]] on both the future and flashback/''[[Justice League]]''/''[[Static Shock]]'' Joker designs.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: "YOU'RE NOT BATMAN!" *[[Stuff Blowing Up|BOOM]]*
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: With Joker and his venom around, this was pretty much inevitable. This time, they had made his smiles into horror [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Smug Snake]]: Joker every time he interacts with Terry. He regards Terry as nothing more than Bruce's lackey and takes constant amusement in taunting him, thinking him incapable of succeeding against him (oh, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|how]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|wrong]] [[Berserk Button|he was]]). Perhaps the best example in the film, is after Joker reveals his [[Kill Sat]] plans to Terry.
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* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: {{spoiler|Robin was of the Lacerated Larry type}}.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: It's ''Batman''.
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: {{spoiler|Tim}}. Easily the most disturbing moment in [[DCAU]] history.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: The Dee Dee twins. {{spoiler|Do we even have to mention the yacht scene?}}
* [[Talking the Monster
* [[Ten
* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Joker.}}
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]
* [[That Man Is Dead]]
* [[Throw It In]]: The bit at the end with {{spoiler|Nanna Harley}} wasn't originally in the script, but Dini didn't want to let the character go. Timm agreed to leave it in because the funny moment served as a good release after the climax.
** Ghoul came about because Michael Rosenbaum's impression of Christopher Walken was never used in previous collaborations.
** The salute the police officer gives Batman wasn't in any storyboard given to the animators. Everyone was surprised to see it in the final print, and found it too hilarious to be upset.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: The Joker upon his return is suddenly an even match for Batman in hand-to-hand combat. {{spoiler|This return and his unaged face in comparison to Wayne are clues that this is a subversion, and a second Joker.}}
* [[Too Soon]]: The reason there is both a cut and uncut version of this movie - the original release date came shortly after the Columbine shootings.
* [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]: Terry, to hilarious and "Did he just do that?" extents.
* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: {{spoiler|Bruce to Terry. He does it out of fear of what Joker might do to him, but doesn't do the best job of getting it across.}}
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Joker hit Bruce's [[Papa Wolf]] instincts and [[Berserk Button]] one time too many in the flashback, as it convinced Bruce to attempt to kill him for good. {{spoiler|He didn't succeed. But Tim did.}}
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Joker is so used to this trope that, {{spoiler|when he loses control of the [[Kill Sat]]}}, he seems to think he can just walk away (although that may also have been due to his lack of respect for Terry).
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'''Terry''': "Hold it!"
'''Joker''': "Oh, wise up, junior - GAME'S OVER!" }}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Terry is perhaps the second person in the DCAU to make the Joker completely lose his cool.}}
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* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Terry gets one in by understanding he has to be his own Batman, so he ''laughs at Joker.''
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: "I guess I should salute you as a 'worthy adversary' and all that, but the truth is I really did ''hate your guts''". * Raspberry*
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Play ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' and you'll see.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Played straight with the Dee-Dee twins, Terry largely just grapples and tosses them around rather than the rather intense beating he would give the other Jokerz. {{spoiler|Terry somehow got them to beat each other up}}.
* [[Wronski Feint]]: How Terry beat the Deedees: his jet boots got him out of the way so they crashed into one another.
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