The Joker is a psychotic criminal from Gotham City. His appearance and personality is that of a clown, and he pulls tricks and assassinations that are deadly and clever. He is the archenemy of Batman, although he plays a minor role and makes occasional cameos in Teen Titans Go!.
History[]
The Joker was once a standard criminal who was foiled by Batman whilst in a chemical factory. During the struggle he fell into a vat of chemicals. This accident bleached his face white, dyed his hair green, turned his lips blood red, and gave him a permanent smile, transforming him into the Joker. His disfigurement also made him lose his sanity, and he would go on to become one of Gotham City's most feared super villains.
Biography[]
Season 2[]
Joker made his debut in "Real Boy Adventures", in the song "Real Real Boy". The Joker was one of the characters who sang the song, while cheering on Cyborg.
Season 3[]
Joker appeared in the episode "Pyramid Scheme", as he paid money to Raven, Cyborg and Starfire. His next appearance was in "The Titans Show", where he was revealed to be one of the viewers in Control Freak's summer event.
Season 4[]
Joker made a cameo appearance in the episode "The Streak", where he was shown to be beaten by Kid Flash and then shown in the song "It's Not About the Parts", locked up alongside Slade, The Penguin, The Riddler and Mr. Freeze.
In "TV Knight 2", he and The Penguin were invited to watch TV with Batman and Commissioner Gordon. When Alfred caught them, the Joker and Penguin escaped. He then appeared at the end of the episode bringing coffee for Batman and Commissioner Gordon, while The Penguin brought them a huge umbrella, to protect them from the rain. Then the four of them share a hearty laugh.
He later made an appearance in "Mo' Money Mo' Problems", accompanying Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler and Poison Ivy to invade and rob Wayne Manor and easily beating the Titans (namely squirting Robin's eyes with a stinging gas). But in the end, he was defeated by Alfred, who tickled him with a broom, and then beat him with it.
Season 5[]
Joker appeared in a flashback, where he was shown to be captured by Batman and Robin, laughing all the way to prison.
Season 6[]
In "Bat Scouts" he was reading 101 Killing Jokes (a possible reference to the graphic novel titled Batman: The Killing Joke), when the Titans, minus Robin, trespassed into Arkham Asylum and chased them off. Later, he was shown to be terrorizing the people of Gotham City. Nonetheless, he was defeated by Cyborg, who did the Batusi, which cringed The Joker. Cyborg then punched him into a street light pole, causing The Joker to faint. He and his cohorts were teleported back to Arkham.
In "Egg Hunt", Joker and the rest of the inmates were freed by the Titans, who could search the asylum in peace.
Season 7[]
In "Pig in a Poke", Joker made his speaking debut. He scammed Starfire by pretending to be a prince online, and used her money to buy the whole Axis Chemicals as a place to make a giant whoopie cushion filled with his patented toxin. Although he managed to figure out the Titans' tricks against him when they initially confronted him, he soon got outwitted by Starfire who feigned her injury. In the end, he was forced to return her money, had his whoopie cushion plan foiled by her and the rest of the Titans and ended up being enslaved by Starfire in her ice cream shop as punishment.
Season 8[]
In "The Great Holiday Escape", Joker is one of the many inmates of Jump City Prison rather than Arkham Asylum.
Physical Appearance[]
Character artwork for The Joker ("The Titans Show").
The Joker usually dresses in purple, custom made clothes. He has a light green undershirt and a yellow flower, which shoots acid. He has white skin, a pointy nose, and green hair. His overall appearance is based on a clown, as his name implies.
Episode Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- The Date (as a poster in Robin's room)
- Tower Power (cameo on screen)
- Sidekick (mentioned, cameo)
Season 2[]
- Serious Business (Beast Boy dressed up)
- Real Boy Adventures (debut, cameo in Real Real Boy )
- Cool School (cameo on truck)
- Yearbook Madness (referenced in yearbook)
- Beast Man (cameo)
Season 3[]
- 40%, 40%, 20% (cameo on cereal bowl)
- Pyramid Scheme (cameo)
- Batman v Teen Titans: Dark Injustice (cameo)
- Rad Dudes with Bad Tudes (cameo on sticker)
- The Titans Show (cameo)
Season 4[]
- Booby Trap House (cameo on baby pool)
- The Streak
- BBRAE (cameo as a painted face on a ferris wheel seat)
- TV Knight 2
- Mo' Money Mo' Problems
Season 5[]
- Real Orangins
- Business Ethics Wink Wink (cameo on card)
Season 6[]
- Butt Atoms (cameo)
- Bat Scouts
- Walk Away (mentioned, as a car)
- Egg Hunt
- Toddler Titans…Yay! (cameo)
Season 7[]
- Pig in a Poke (speaking debut)
- Space House - Part 4 (cameo in Batman: The Brave and the Bold form)
- Doomsday Preppers (picture only)
- Control Freak (picture only)
- Sweet Revenge (cameo)
- Jump City Rock
- 50% Chad (cameo)
Season 8[]
- TV Knight 8
- The Brain of the Family (cameo on television)
Movies[]
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (cameo)
Comic Appearances[]
- Claus of the Batman (cameo on poster)
Game Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- The Joker's first design in this series is very similar to his revamped design from The New Batman Adventures.
- During the audio commentary on the Superman: The Animated Series episode "World's Finest" the producers state that they regret the stylistic change for the Joker, they also admit that removing his red lips was a mistake and that doing so was Teen Titans TV Series creator Glen Murakami's idea.
- In the DCAU and many other appearances he was voiced by Mark Hamill, who is best known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films.
- At San Diego Comic Con 2017, Tara Strong stated that she would love it if Mark Hamill guest starred as The Joker in a future Episode.
- The Joker is one of the few characters to have multiple different designs throughout the series.
- Joker's voice actor Jason Spisak did voice work with Khary Payton as Aqualad in Young Justice.
- True to his name, he is responsible for giving ice cream in Joker's Gelato, where he denied Robin's birthday scoop.
Gallery[]
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