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{{quote|"Okay, so there's this [[The Killing Joke|comic who can't make an audience laugh]]... I ''think'' that's how this one goes, I forget sometimes... Oh, you've heard that one? All right. Ah, I can't keep 'em straight. How about the one where a [[Batman (film)|mob killer named Napier]] comes to Gotham and-- No, wait, [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|you're too young for that one]]. I know. This one ''always'' works. So a small-time yutz in a Red Hood walks into a factory, right? He's there to steal the payroll..."|'''[[The Joker]]''' in ''[https://read.dccomics.com/comixology/#/issue/4033/The-Origin-of-the-Joker The Origin of The Joker]''}} |
{{quote|"Okay, so there's this [[The Killing Joke|comic who can't make an audience laugh]]... I ''think'' that's how this one goes, I forget sometimes... Oh, you've heard that one? All right. Ah, I can't keep 'em straight. How about the one where a [[Batman (film)|mob killer named Napier]] comes to Gotham and-- No, wait, [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|you're too young for that one]]. I know. This one ''always'' works. So a small-time yutz in a Red Hood walks into a factory, right? He's there to steal the payroll..."|'''[[The Joker]]''' in ''[https://read.dccomics.com/comixology/#/issue/4033/The-Origin-of-the-Joker The Origin of The Joker]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Hugo Strange:''' I have read twelve different accounts of your past. All different, except for one detail: Batman. |
{{quote|'''Hugo Strange:''' I have read twelve different accounts of your past. All different, except for one detail: Batman. |
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'''Joker:''' What can I say? I like to keep things interesting. [[Alan Moore|A wise man]] once told me that if you have to have an origin story, you're better off making it multiple choice.|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''}} |
'''Joker:''' What can I say? I like to keep things interesting. [[Alan Moore|A wise man]] once told me that if you have to have an origin story, you're better off making it multiple choice.|''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''J.D:''' No. No more! Here are some of the lies you've told us over the last five years. "You went to Harvard." "You have a wife who only has a pointer and "thumb-pinky"." "You have a, a "brother-dad", a "mother-sister"?" "You have two kids, no, wait, you have one kid, no, you had a baby with a Chinese local!" "You're a deaf mute!" Oh, wait, now you're telling us that you're a world-class hurdler and you slept with the beautiful and irreplacable Amy Carter? |
{{quote|'''J.D:''' No. No more! Here are some of the lies you've told us over the last five years. "You went to Harvard." "You have a wife who only has a pointer and "thumb-pinky"." "You have a, a "brother-dad", a "mother-sister"?" "You have two kids, no, wait, you have one kid, no, you had a baby with a Chinese local!" "You're a deaf mute!" Oh, wait, now you're telling us that you're a world-class hurdler and you slept with the beautiful and irreplacable Amy Carter? |
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'''Janitor:''' I-I didn't sleep with Amy Carter. We did everything ''but''. |
'''Janitor:''' I-I didn't sleep with Amy Carter. We did everything ''but''. |
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'''J.D:''' ''(groans)'' |
'''J.D:''' ''(groans)'' |
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'''Janitor:''' [[Crying Wolf|And I really was a world-class hurdler.]]|''[[Scrubs]]''}} |
'''Janitor:''' [[Crying Wolf|And I really was a world-class hurdler.]]|''[[Scrubs]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Bashir:''' You know, I still have a lot of questions to ask you about the past. |
{{quote|'''Bashir:''' You know, I still have a lot of questions to ask you about the past. |
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'''Garak:''' I've given you all the answers I'm capable of. |
'''Garak:''' I've given you all the answers I'm capable of. |
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'''Bashir:''' You've given me answers, alright, but they were all different. What I want to know is, out of all the stories you've told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't? |
'''Bashir:''' You've given me answers, alright, but they were all different. What I want to know is, out of all the stories you've told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't? |
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'''Garak:''' My dear Doctor, they're all true. |
'''Garak:''' My dear Doctor, they're all true. |
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'''Bashir:''' Even the lies? |
'''Bashir:''' Even the lies? |
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'''Garak:''' Especially the lies.|''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', "The Wire"}} |
'''Garak:''' Especially the lies.|''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', "The Wire"}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:03, 8 August 2014
"I took a look at my thoughts, my appearance, my expressions, my mannerisms and idiosyncracies and didn't like them. So I stripped myself down, chucked things out and replaced them with a completely new personality. When I heard someone say something intelligent, I used it later as if it were my own. When I saw a quaility in someone that I liked, I took it. I still do that."
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I mean, what is it with you? What made you what you are? Girlfriend killed by the mob, maybe? Brother carved up by some mugger? Something like that, I bet...something like that. Something like that...happened to me, you know. I'm - not exactly sure what it was. If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice!
—The Joker to Batman, The Killing Joke
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"Okay, so there's this comic who can't make an audience laugh... I think that's how this one goes, I forget sometimes... Oh, you've heard that one? All right. Ah, I can't keep 'em straight. How about the one where a mob killer named Napier comes to Gotham and-- No, wait, you're too young for that one. I know. This one always works. So a small-time yutz in a Red Hood walks into a factory, right? He's there to steal the payroll..."
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Hugo Strange: I have read twelve different accounts of your past. All different, except for one detail: Batman. |
J.D: No. No more! Here are some of the lies you've told us over the last five years. "You went to Harvard." "You have a wife who only has a pointer and "thumb-pinky"." "You have a, a "brother-dad", a "mother-sister"?" "You have two kids, no, wait, you have one kid, no, you had a baby with a Chinese local!" "You're a deaf mute!" Oh, wait, now you're telling us that you're a world-class hurdler and you slept with the beautiful and irreplacable Amy Carter? |
Bashir: You know, I still have a lot of questions to ask you about the past. —Star Trek Deep Space Nine, "The Wire"
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Pinkie Pie: *after supposedly telling the story of how she got her cutie mark* And that's how Equestria was made!... Maybe on the way home, I can tell you the story of how I got my cutie mark. It's a gem!
—My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, "The Cutie-Mark Chronicles"
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