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This is what's missing in today's Joker. He's gotten too big, planning huge terrorist schemes that blow up cities and doing horrendous acts that rival Jigsaw. But here we see Joker doing something so unbelievably cooky and silly, yet still retaining his sadistic and chaotic nature. THAT to me, is the true Joker. A true Clown Prince.
Well, that's the case with many popular villains like Lex Luthor or Doctor Octopus. Here they're just stealing some high-tech thing but here they're causing havoc on a massive scale or creepiness like something out of a horror movie.
I mean you do realize this is the same show that has one of joker’s plans as “give me money or I’ll drop an actual nuke on Gotham” right? Like I get what you’re saying but to act like Joker committing those types of crimes is a modern thing is a bit disingenuous. He’s been like that for a long time going back and forth from doing stupid stuff like joker fish and running away from the IRS to nuking multiple populated cities and committing horrible atrocities to innocent people because it’s funny to him. Joker by his very nature is chaotic and can go from being someone humbled by a normal middle aged guy with a fake bomb to someone even Superman is scared of at the drop of a hat. That’s part of what makes him great, the complete uncertainty of what he’ll do next.
It is a shame that so many of the recent takes on Joker mainly in live-action film focus on more grounded iterations, I like plenty of them but it does feel a bit tired now. I mean laughing gas is arguably his most iconic weapon and he hasn't used that in a live-action film since 1989.
@@tomtudorweaver1078 _"I mean laughing gas is arguably his most iconic weapon and he hasn't used that in a live-action film since 1989."_ I wouldn't say gas is his most iconic weapon though he sometimes uses "Joker toxin" (in any form, really), his iconic weapons would be the playing cards (razor sharp or exploding) and the acid-spraying flower.
Bruce Timm praised the music in this episode, he wanted the score to sound like a horror movie, making reference to the film Alien, while also calling it the "weirdest" music in the whole series, stating it "builds a weird tension" behind the Joker that most viewers consciously wouldn't be aware of.
The Joker doesn't really care about getting the copyright for the fish. He's just setting up a situation where he asks people to change the way the world works or else he'll kill them. Since he knows they can't do as he wants, he feels he now gets to kill them.
I think it's more about it being funny to him than 'justification' to kill them. He's never really needed justification for anything he does. Batman himself says in this episode that the entire reason he's doing it is because it's a sick joke for him. So he knows they can't change it, which means they can't avoid death, and he thinks that's hilarious.
I remember the day I finally understood that this was the joke. The copywrite clerk can't do the thing that will save his life. That's the punchline. I was horrified that I got the joke.
This episode, along with the Christmas with the Joker one, are the episodes i watched the most as a kid. Had them both on the same VHS tape. This one always used to creep me out lol, stark contrast to the Christmas one lol.
This episode is based on an old classic Joker story from 1978, the brilliancy of this scheme is that it is a complete joke and the Joker knows it, he's completely aware that he can't get those fishes copyrighted, and that's part of the joke, he just acts like he's upset about it
This episode kind of scared me when I was a kid.. The inhumane smile and laughing fit still gives me the creeps.. and the joker musical theme in this episode is somber and spooky..
Another Bruce Timm/Paul Dini deluxe presentation. This was an algamation of 3 actual comic issues (I've read one of them). So signature in it's storyline because of the material it's based on. Keeping me on the edge of my seat for sure. In fact, it almost feels very cinematic. From a much quieter start to a more quieter and ambiguous ending, it's one of the best Joker episodes ever.
According to Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm directed this episode as a result of the network not wanting to pay for an extra director, leading to the two splitting seven episodes that weren't previously assigned to anyone, and adding them to their normal workloads.
Based on a classic comic story written by Steve Englehart, during a short but influential run in 1977 with artist Marshall Rogers. Englehart also created Starlord and Mantis at Marvel.
Yeah.... it also kind of sad that only cartoon Joker is the one who allow to make goofy crazy plan like this. Live action movie Joker these day are just crazy maniac who just want to kill everybody while cartoon Joker at least make everybody laugh with how goofy and silly the plan is....
9:18 I actually started watching this show because I saw that Harley was in it, and even though it’s not much it gave me more appreciation for Batman than I had before
I always thought that Mark Hamill's voice on The Hobgoblin in Spiderman is almost the same as the Joker. There are very small differences between the was he voices those characters. Both fantastic!
On that Mosanto point Eric made there was an episode on the orighinal Leverage run, I think it was the Potato Job that addressed such a thing. Great reaction as usual guys :)
If you don't see him actually die(like with blood), he's fine. He survives this, he survives the massive explosion in the movie, he survives a plane crash in the superman crossover. If he were to actually die, they'd make it obvious
Somebody else, possibly several people, have mentioned this is based on a comic story and I will reiterate that. It's very good, it's collected in an omnibus called Strange Apparitions and is well worth seeking out if you want a really, really good Batman story that has loads of appearances from famous and some not so famous Bat villains from the 70s. Some of them first appearances I think. You can tell the creators of this series loved that era as well, Rupert Thorne is in it a lot and they generally delve into the interiority of the villains. Reading it when I picked it up from my library by pure chance was one of the things that made me fall out of love with modern comics frankly. It's an omnibus so it's a collection of like, 7 issues I think and it tells a story that these days, would take up about 30 issues. There's not a wasted panel/page and it weaves multiple storylines together so well. By the end of it, you genuinely feel like Batman has been through a life changing experience.... of course because it's a comic book, none of those things had any real effect going forward. So some comics things are still the same.
Don’t know swat cats but I’d definitely be down for the other 3. Gargoyles especially would be a good replacement for BTAS if they don’t continue the DCAU once they’ve finished the show due to the similar art styles and themes.
It is very interesting to see your joint reaction to the films Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts and Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem. These are cool movies 👍👍👍
Honestly the DCAU could have had a whole gallery of law enforcement characters for that, like "In this episode of Superman TAS Maggie Sawyer thinks she has the drop on Livewire when this happens".
I know the Superman series did more in terms of crossovers with other DC heroes, but it would've been so funny if in this episode Joker had this grand scheme, only for Aquaman to show up and be pissed off for what he did to the fish. This and Joker's Wild are easily my two favorite Joker episodes. Joker's Wild is just such a fun premise to the point that Joker is arguably the central character for a lot of it, and this one is such a great example of a Joker scheme. This really makes me miss the goofier aspects of the Joker that the recent films have somewhat glossed over in favor of darker/more grounded takes. I mean his laughing gas, arguably his most iconic weapon hasn't been used in a film since 1989.
Ah Rob said it best the Jokers schemes make sense only to him It great for the Joker to be this chaotic unrelenting genocidal maniac with gran terrorist like schemes but alzo like when he’s like doing crazy weird stuff just for the shits an giggles
6:35 Ok, story time, kinda sad but my weird twisted sense of humor got a genuine chuckle from this because... about six months ago my best friend Maisie was dating this guy, but then broke up with him cause he was an abusive gaslighting piece of shit, kinda like ol' Mr J. It was right around Christmas, and I remember because about a week before Christmas, I hung out with her and she had mentioned she knew he was getting her an authentic mermaid tale, one that you could wear in a pool, something she really really woulda loved. Also important, AGES ago she took one of those Insta games where it'd randomly give you a fictional character for "what your next relationship will be like", and for her it showed Harley and Joker, which was right before she met Brill (the abusive tiny wiener). So when this scene popped up at 6:35, I genuinely was like, "Hey look, it's Maisie and Brill...". I feel kinda bad laughing but she's told me she's relatively over it. I don't know, this just reminded me of her is all, I don't know. Hope you guys have a good day, sorry for potentially trauma dumping!
Anyone here seen the movie a miracle in cell number 7(Korean)? Trust me this is the most emotional movie I've ever watch. I hope y'all watch it and recommend other to watch it too. Even watching someone react to the film gets me emotional however many times I watch it
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This is what's missing in today's Joker.
He's gotten too big, planning huge terrorist schemes that blow up cities and doing horrendous acts that rival Jigsaw. But here we see Joker doing something so unbelievably cooky and silly, yet still retaining his sadistic and chaotic nature.
THAT to me, is the true Joker. A true Clown Prince.
Well, that's the case with many popular villains like Lex Luthor or Doctor Octopus. Here they're just stealing some high-tech thing but here they're causing havoc on a massive scale or creepiness like something out of a horror movie.
I mean you do realize this is the same show that has one of joker’s plans as “give me money or I’ll drop an actual nuke on Gotham” right? Like I get what you’re saying but to act like Joker committing those types of crimes is a modern thing is a bit disingenuous. He’s been like that for a long time going back and forth from doing stupid stuff like joker fish and running away from the IRS to nuking multiple populated cities and committing horrible atrocities to innocent people because it’s funny to him. Joker by his very nature is chaotic and can go from being someone humbled by a normal middle aged guy with a fake bomb to someone even Superman is scared of at the drop of a hat. That’s part of what makes him great, the complete uncertainty of what he’ll do next.
It is a shame that so many of the recent takes on Joker mainly in live-action film focus on more grounded iterations, I like plenty of them but it does feel a bit tired now. I mean laughing gas is arguably his most iconic weapon and he hasn't used that in a live-action film since 1989.
@@tomtudorweaver1078 _"I mean laughing gas is arguably his most iconic weapon and he hasn't used that in a live-action film since 1989."_
I wouldn't say gas is his most iconic weapon though he sometimes uses "Joker toxin" (in any form, really), his iconic weapons would be the playing cards (razor sharp or exploding) and the acid-spraying flower.
@@tomtudorweaver1078 I know you said "film", but he did get to use it in the _Gotham_ show.
This is like an Adam West level villain plan and I love it.
That was arguably also the case with the Christmas With The Joker and the Captain Clown incidents.
Daily reminder that Mark Hamill's a national treasure! And the fish plan was pretty interesting!!
He did some of his best laughs in this specific episode, I think. And that's a high bar.
Bruce Timm praised the music in this episode, he wanted the score to sound like a horror movie, making reference to the film Alien, while also calling it the "weirdest" music in the whole series, stating it "builds a weird tension" behind the Joker that most viewers consciously wouldn't be aware of.
The Joker doesn't really care about getting the copyright for the fish. He's just setting up a situation where he asks people to change the way the world works or else he'll kill them. Since he knows they can't do as he wants, he feels he now gets to kill them.
I think it's more about it being funny to him than 'justification' to kill them. He's never really needed justification for anything he does. Batman himself says in this episode that the entire reason he's doing it is because it's a sick joke for him. So he knows they can't change it, which means they can't avoid death, and he thinks that's hilarious.
I remember the day I finally understood that this was the joke. The copywrite clerk can't do the thing that will save his life. That's the punchline. I was horrified that I got the joke.
Yeah, he's just having a laugh
This episode, along with the Christmas with the Joker one, are the episodes i watched the most as a kid. Had them both on the same VHS tape. This one always used to creep me out lol, stark contrast to the Christmas one lol.
I had both those episodes on vhs when I was a kid too. I still remember the trailers that were on it too
Bruce Timm storyboarded the entire third act on his own.
Joker faces on fish creeped me out when I saw this episode as a kid and they still creep me out decades later.
This was the most memorable Joker episode for me when I was a kid. The rictus grin was so creepy on both the fish and the victims.
This episode is based on an old classic Joker story from 1978, the brilliancy of this scheme is that it is a complete joke and the Joker knows it, he's completely aware that he can't get those fishes copyrighted, and that's part of the joke, he just acts like he's upset about it
8:07 if you count the 1966 Adam West movie and Batman: Arkham City, Batman is known for beating sharks
This episode kind of scared me when I was a kid..
The inhumane smile and laughing fit still gives me the creeps..
and the joker musical theme in this episode is somber and spooky..
I love how dark and serious this episode is (it's one of my favorites), despite the plot revolving around Joker trying to sell people fish.
Another Bruce Timm/Paul Dini deluxe presentation.
This was an algamation of 3 actual comic issues (I've read one of them).
So signature in it's storyline because of the material it's based on.
Keeping me on the edge of my seat for sure.
In fact, it almost feels very cinematic.
From a much quieter start to a more quieter and ambiguous ending, it's one of the best Joker episodes ever.
According to Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm directed this episode as a result of the network not wanting to pay for an extra director, leading to the two splitting seven episodes that weren't previously assigned to anyone, and adding them to their normal workloads.
Based on a classic comic story written by Steve Englehart, during a short but influential run in 1977 with artist Marshall Rogers. Englehart also created Starlord and Mantis at Marvel.
Mark Hamill considers this episode a terrific adaptation of a comic storyline that sees Joker at his goofiest.
Yeah.... it also kind of sad that only cartoon Joker is the one who allow to make goofy crazy plan like this. Live action movie Joker these day are just crazy maniac who just want to kill everybody while cartoon Joker at least make everybody laugh with how goofy and silly the plan is....
Goofy but still a threat 😊
9:18 I actually started watching this show because I saw that Harley was in it, and even though it’s not much it gave me more appreciation for Batman than I had before
Easily Jokers best episode of the show. Mark Hamill is on fire in this episode
I always thought that Mark Hamill's voice on The Hobgoblin in Spiderman is almost the same as the Joker. There are very small differences between the was he voices those characters. Both fantastic!
One of my favorite episodes.
One of the most famous Joker plots from this show
On that Mosanto point Eric made there was an episode on the orighinal Leverage run, I think it was the Potato Job that addressed such a thing. Great reaction as usual guys :)
Such a scheme is only possible because of regulatory capture. It is crazy to call this a lack of regulations.
If you don't see him actually die(like with blood), he's fine.
He survives this, he survives the massive explosion in the movie, he survives a plane crash in the superman crossover. If he were to actually die, they'd make it obvious
"I don't know if you can beat a shark Batman."
His beat the s*** out of one in Arkham City.
RIP Arleen Sorkin
It's 3 in the morning, and I'm dying at that damn whoopie cushion
Somebody else, possibly several people, have mentioned this is based on a comic story and I will reiterate that. It's very good, it's collected in an omnibus called Strange Apparitions and is well worth seeking out if you want a really, really good Batman story that has loads of appearances from famous and some not so famous Bat villains from the 70s. Some of them first appearances I think. You can tell the creators of this series loved that era as well, Rupert Thorne is in it a lot and they generally delve into the interiority of the villains.
Reading it when I picked it up from my library by pure chance was one of the things that made me fall out of love with modern comics frankly. It's an omnibus so it's a collection of like, 7 issues I think and it tells a story that these days, would take up about 30 issues. There's not a wasted panel/page and it weaves multiple storylines together so well. By the end of it, you genuinely feel like Batman has been through a life changing experience.... of course because it's a comic book, none of those things had any real effect going forward. So some comics things are still the same.
Would anyone like to see Gargoyles, Swat Kats, Transformers Prime and Jackie Chan Adventures on here?
Gargoyles, Swat Kats, sure, also Night Hood and Cyber Six and maybe Spawn and Invasion: America.
Don’t know swat cats but I’d definitely be down for the other 3. Gargoyles especially would be a good replacement for BTAS if they don’t continue the DCAU once they’ve finished the show due to the similar art styles and themes.
I would LOVE Swat Kats. That show is a quintessential 90s action cartoon to watch imo.
Gargoyles and SWAT cats would be sweet
Rogues appearances so far...
- Joker: 9
- The Mob (Thorne, etc): 8
- Two-Face: 5
- Catwoman: 5
- Poison Ivy: 5
- Scarecrow: 4
- Harley: 3
- Mad Hatter: 3
- Evil business men: 3
- Penguin: 3
- Manbat/woManbat: 3
- Evil Robots: 3
- Clayface: 2
- Killer Croc: 2
- Riddler: 2
- Al Ghul family: 1
- Count Vertigo: 1
- Hugo Strange: 1
- Mr Freeze: 1
- Clock King: 1
- Dr Moreau: 1
- Evil Ninja: 1
- Captain Hook: 1
- Mad Bomber: 1
- Wolfman: 1
Joker takes the top spot.
Don’t worry Aaron, we’re not even halfway through and Harley becomes a lot more relevant
Another amazing video
This is the episode ive seen the most i think
Best Joker episode, NUFF SAID
Happy meal line always gets me! 😂
I really love Bullock this episode. He’s competent and good at his job, but rough and impulsive
It is very interesting to see your joint reaction to the films Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts and Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem. These are cool movies 👍👍👍
I still think you guys should try reacting to the 1966 version.
the happy meal jomke probably my favorite joker joke of all time
For your next animated series you guys should consider 2012 animated Ultimate Spider Man, such an underrated show!
Joker episodes are always the best, lol
This episode has plenty of references to the first comic appearence of the joker.
One of the darkest Joker episodes despite a rather silly premise. I like how involved Bullock was in this one, sort of being a stand-in for Robin.
Honestly the DCAU could have had a whole gallery of law enforcement characters for that, like "In this episode of Superman TAS Maggie Sawyer thinks she has the drop on Livewire when this happens".
Are you doing young justice season 4 ?? Yes or no ?? You did the first 3 seasons. Why it the 4th season ??
Based on issue detective comics
2:43 lmao
When are you guys gonna start watching Vox mochina season 2
I know the Superman series did more in terms of crossovers with other DC heroes, but it would've been so funny if in this episode Joker had this grand scheme, only for Aquaman to show up and be pissed off for what he did to the fish.
This and Joker's Wild are easily my two favorite Joker episodes. Joker's Wild is just such a fun premise to the point that Joker is arguably the central character for a lot of it, and this one is such a great example of a Joker scheme. This really makes me miss the goofier aspects of the Joker that the recent films have somewhat glossed over in favor of darker/more grounded takes. I mean his laughing gas, arguably his most iconic weapon hasn't been used in a film since 1989.
Ah Rob said it best the Jokers schemes make sense only to him It great for the Joker to be this chaotic unrelenting genocidal maniac with gran terrorist like schemes but alzo like when he’s like doing crazy weird stuff just for the shits an giggles
6:35 Ok, story time, kinda sad but my weird twisted sense of humor got a genuine chuckle from this because... about six months ago my best friend Maisie was dating this guy, but then broke up with him cause he was an abusive gaslighting piece of shit, kinda like ol' Mr J. It was right around Christmas, and I remember because about a week before Christmas, I hung out with her and she had mentioned she knew he was getting her an authentic mermaid tale, one that you could wear in a pool, something she really really woulda loved. Also important, AGES ago she took one of those Insta games where it'd randomly give you a fictional character for "what your next relationship will be like", and for her it showed Harley and Joker, which was right before she met Brill (the abusive tiny wiener). So when this scene popped up at 6:35, I genuinely was like, "Hey look, it's Maisie and Brill...". I feel kinda bad laughing but she's told me she's relatively over it. I don't know, this just reminded me of her is all, I don't know. Hope you guys have a good day, sorry for potentially trauma dumping!
nah thats pretty funny
Haha. What a story Mark.
Im gonna cheat and say Worlds Finest is best joker episode
Anyone here seen the movie a miracle in cell number 7(Korean)? Trust me this is the most emotional movie I've ever watch. I hope y'all watch it and recommend other to watch it too. Even watching someone react to the film gets me emotional however many times I watch it