Joker kidnapped Commissioner Gordon, Summer Gleeson and Harvey Bullock, forcing Batman to overcome several challenges such as saving a train from running into a collapsed bridge and destroying a cannon installed in the Gotham Observatory; all this while he aired the events on TV.

With an unknown past, sadistic nature, and pronounced sense of unpredictability, he quickly became Gotham City 's most notorious criminal, bent on tormenting Batman and causing as much havoc as possible out of pure glee. The man who would become the Joker. The Joker was originally an unidentified gangster operating under a number of aliases.

The Joker was the Batman's archenemy, believing himself to be inextricably linked to the Batman, and considered him to be his favorite sparring partner and opponent. The Joker was once a man who wanted to make people laugh, but after he fell into a …

He is a notorious criminal mastermind who is the archenemy of Batman and the most malevolent supervillain in Gotham City as a whole.

Batman stranded Joker within the compound and fought him one on one, with Joker proving to be a powerful opponent in their physical clash as he knew every move of the original Batman family.

Enjoy this compilation of iconic Joker moments from B... From trying to copyright a fish to destroying Gotham city, The Joker is alway pushing Batman's buttons.

"Joker's Favor" is an episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series. This episode is notorious for being both the first ever appearances of the Joker, by airdate, and the now iconic character Harley Quinn, in any form of Batman media.

Joker's threat ("I'll rip his lungs out") is reminiscent of the line said by Jack Nicholson's Joker in the 1989 film Batman. Joker states "then again, all work and no play..." in the casino, likely referencing The Shining , where Jack Nicholson's character repeats the full phrase hundreds of times while spiraling into madness.

The Joker is one of the main antagonists of the Batman comics, and Animated shows. He is Batman 's arch enemy. He originally was a criminal named Jack Napier who fell in a vat of chemicals that made him into The Joker.

This is a list of episodes featuring The Joker as the main villain. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.