The Trickster (Mark Hamill) on the Flash
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This video is NOT targeted at kids under the age of 13.
The Flash was TV show which ran one season from 1990 - 1991, based on the popular DC comic character of the same name (starring John Wesley Shipp in the title role as Barry Allen / the Flash). In 2014, another show was started (starring Grant Gustin in the title role) which is a part of the CW's Arrowverse. Both these shows brought on many different characters from DC Comics, but one of the most memorable villains was James Jesse a.k.a. the Trickster - who was played by actor Mark Hamill on both shows. Mark Hamill is of course best known for playing the Jedi Luke Skywalker in all the Star Wars movies (and the Mandalorian), but he's also known for his excellent job as the voice of the Joker in various Batman animations. He also voiced Chucky in the 2019 reboot of Child's Play, Skeletor on the new Netflix show Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Red Skull on The Super Hero Squad Show, Hobgoblin on Spider-Man: The Animated Series, and many more. This is not to mention that Mark Hamill did the voice of the Trickster in several different animations, including one on Scooby-Doo. It's also been said that when director Joel Schumacher directed Batman Forever, he's look at Mark Hamill's portrayal of the Trickster for inspiration on how he would direct Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face.
So, there's nothing Smallville related here (my channel is most popular for Smallville videos). But I think this video should interest all DC fans - including Smallville.
#TheFlash #MarkHamill #Joker
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What a coincidence, i googled "The Trickster Mark Hammil" because i started to remember the 90s show, and this video released 25 minutes ago came out. I'm not complaining :)
So awesome! Thanks for letting me know that!
I thought it was funny that they brought Hamil on to play a Joker-like character after he'd been the voice of the Joker for decades, only to discover that he'd also been voicing the Trickster for decades.
Very true.
Mark Hammil is an excellent Trickster!
Absolutely!
I definitely agree about how good his performances are and think he doesn't get enough credit. I also agree that his first go as the Trickster didn't catch me, but for me it was from disliking how different he was from the comic villain (a favorite of mine at that time) and still not being able to stop seeing Luke. But thanks to that performance it opened me up to accepting him as other parts. I also can 't help but see his partner as possibly influencing Harley Quinn's creation, but I might be way off on that.
Harley Quinn's first appearance was in 1992 (just one year after this Flash episode aired). So it's quite possible! I hadn't thought of that before. Thanks
Ivan E yeah sorry he's not comic accurate, i get that, the comic version is good too, I doubt it but would you say the version from Justice League show is comic accurate?
But he's such a highlight.
Ivan E I see the Hamill Trickster James Jesse as a different character to the comic James Jesse. And I only care about him because him and Ragdoll are the only good villains on the show consistently. 11:52 is this trickster in JLA accurate to the comic version or too exaggerated?
@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 Visually, other than looking young and having wilder hair this cartoon one looks like him, but I guess the big difference with the live action portrayals and the comic character ( at least the one from when I collected his series, the Silver and Bronze Age eras) is that he was never shown as crazy or comical, mostly just gimmicky; he didn't have much by way of personality to distinguish himself actually. But these modern performances certainly are more zany and even scary (in a Joker-lite kinda way) and I bet more memorable to fans.
I completely overlooked the trickster! But he's like...A Joker Lite! 😂
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Fun fact: There was one person they considered to voice the Joker in Batman TAS before Mark Hamill. Tim Curry was chosen because of his performance as Pennywise the Clown, but was turned down due to the directors finding his voice as being too scary and not clown enough.
Really? I heard Tim Curry was considered to play the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film, but I never heard that he was considered to do the voice in the animation.
@@JoelikesmoviesnstuffThere's actually recordings of him doing test footage.
@@Neo-Midgar Can you post a link?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff ua-cam.com/video/mgnbbiENLbQ/v-deo.htmlsi=017a-_GYluApjSIC
All Mark has to do now is play the Joker in live action. If he does, he’d be the only actor to’ve played two different characters who’re based off of each other in animation, games, and live action formats.
What do you think are the odds James Gunn will try to get Mark Hamill to play the Joker in The Brave And The Bold?
Yet another great video on your part Joe. We’ve missed you… 👍🏻
Thanks so much, Andres! Always nice to read your comments! I'm glad you liked this.
In the animated episode with Mark play joker himself and trickster he also plays swamp thing
Yes! That is true.
The one episode where they showed earth 3 Trickster dressed in purple was obviously an attempt from the creators to let Mark play The Joker in live action without having the rights to the character.
Exactly! I could not agree more, timrob12
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff For fans of the animated Joker like myself, that's a great moment.
@@timrob12 i just wish we could have had a whole episode. He surpassed his own trickster role from season 1 and 2 in just that short scene. The opening line is just so stupid and funny. As for the 90s show, I think he just did too well in those episodes plus they were better written to focus on him.
@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 I wish he could have appeared as The Joker in Crisis on Infinite Earths, just like how (the now late) Kevin Conroy appeared as Bruce Wayne.
@@timrob12 yes me too. Somehow coincedentally he was the trickster in th 90s show so at least we got to see him return as a joker-like character in earth 3 which was his best trickster outside of the 90s series, i think the 90s trickster is pretty disturbed and genuinely insane and very disturbing due to that. Whereas CW Trickster is fun because he's got all his marbles, he's joker crazy aka not really crazy just eccentric. I do like the colorful costumes of the original especially the 2nd one, the first one is just iconic and honestly just pretty disturbing because it's in a mostly realistic show (the 90s show) or at least is treated as such.
That was an awesome video! Thanks for all the research and info!
You're very welcome, Jerry! Thank you for watching and commenting!
11:40 Mark Hammil kidnaps himself😂
One could say that. 😆
I loved how he took the fact that he voiced both of them to his advantage and used his voice to turn trickster and the joker against each other 😂
That's awesome of you to do a small recap on various epsiodes of the first three seasons of The Flash, those are probably the best eras of The Flash though Season 3 is pretty debatable in the fandom. Can't say the same about the recent seasons like the second half of Season 6 and Season 7 though, hope the show gets better during Season 8.
Personally, I think next season could be a lot better if they were to use more of Jay Garrick. The last season finale suggested that they might, but I still doubt it.
Hey what the hell, this is such a well done video of exactly what i was looking for, I swear this had 1 million views not 1.8k.
You deserve more views man.
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you liked it. I can't always make sense out of view counts for my videos, but I do really appreciate those who watch them and leave nice comments... If you really think this video should get more views, please feel free to post a link to it on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff You do. I shall try to assist.
@@eudemon002 Thank you so much! I greatly appreciate that!
5:06 actually, they original had tim curry play the joker, mark had already voice farice boil the guy who sort of created mr freeze but mark wanted to do more in the show so we went to ask for another role and did a small audition for the joker and Bruce tim liked it and had mark dub over the episodes that where animated for tim curry's joker performance
Really? I will research this. Thanks for sharing.
I am glad the old flash got a new gig and a new audience to appreciate him.
For me, seeing John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick was in many ways the best part of the show.
In Joe Schumacher's defense, Batman forever is still an ok movie. Batman and Robin though...
You think so?
I prefer Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, prefer him as a Good Guy, than Bad Guy.
Fair enough. But he sure did a great job as the Trickster, right?
i love how netflix flashs dad is the 1990ś flash when me and my dad first qatched the netflix show he remembered him
You're referring to the current CW show as "the Netflix show?"
Fans praise and talk about the Trickster all the time but rarely (if not never) mentions Prank. She's criminally underrated and deserves more love. I believe she's a better sidekick than Harley Quinn. After the original Flash series ended in 1991, I was hoping Prank would resurface on other media like Harley but never did. Even the Game Boy and Master System games did not feature her; only the Trickster. Prank did appear in the latest Flash series but 27 years was too little too late. What a shame.
Well, what did you think of the depiction of Prank on this show?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff I love her, madly! Corinne Bohrer did an excellent job portraying the screwball sidekick like in those 60's Batman TV show. I was deeply disappointed Prank did not have enough screen time in Trial of The Trickster. Fans may disagree but I did not like the brainwashing plot of the Flash because she was completely neglected as a result. Maybe that was the charm but I really wanted her to "fire the candles" on the streets and put the city on trial with the Trickster, not Flash.
I truly wanted the Bonnie & Clyde/ Joker & Harley moment throughout the episode but it didn't happen; only during the TV station hijack scene which was not enough. If I could remake that episode and change the script exactly the way I wanted it to be, I would.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuffi used the quote" he is nothing nothing!" From the CW FLASH when i get Mad
@@sebastianfalu4238 Cool!
Also Hamill's character "Cock-Knocker" from Jay and Silent Bob Strike back is a Trickster/Joker parody.
I think Mark Hamill is just meta.
I'm not sure what you mean... The character of the Trickster is not a metahuman... But I also feel like this could be reference joke to Mark Zuckerberg recently announcing Facebook would be renamed Meta... I don't know... What do you mean?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff its just a saying "being meta" basically just means being metaphysical. I'm staying that Mark is a being of a higher state because he's able to go connect different movie franchise and multi-verses together.
@@calebarias5676 Okay. Thanks for explanation.
By the way, what did you think of this video?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff I thought it was a great and in depth character analysis of the Trickster. I only saw him in the one episode of the, 2006 Justice League unlimited show and thought he was just a throw away character. Idk he had an extensive past with the Flash. That and Mark Hamill really is an amazing actor I'm a huge fan of his work, and the fact that he played the Trickster, voiced the Joker, and parodied a Star Wars scene that he was in, is truly amazing funny.
From the trickster to the 🃏 quality. 🙂👍.
Thanks, Neill. But I don't recognize the emoji that you put before the word "quality." What emoji is that?
Joker
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuffjoker
@@Z3rd1x Yes! He made a great Joker as well.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff yep he's saying he went from trickster quality to Joker quality.
Mark Hamill being cast as the Joker was not an accident.
Do you know any more details?
@Joelikesmoviesnstuff ... no... I meant to say that the producers of Batmas TAS observed Mark Hamill on the Flash, as you mentioned in the video... and wanted the Joker to be similar...and then created a sidekick based on Prank.... it's so obvious after watching the 90s Flash episodes...kudos to you for doing the research.
@@TearsoftheAeon Thanks so much! It seems so obvious, I just wish I could 100% confirm it (but I can't).
5:25 I didn't know that wow 11:05 nor that
It's interesting, right?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff yeah surprised this role was so influential. It's really disturbing and good. It may not be comic accurate but it is disturbing in the 90s show yet still entertaining and entertaining somewhat in the CW. I saw somewhat because they hardly use him and he doesn't have that many one-liners.
Great video
Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it.
Question...I never watched the flash show, heardalot of good things and remember watching episodes of the 1990 show my uncle taped when I was like 5 in 1993... But since the original flash actor reprises his role as flash on another earth, how is that same actor playing Henry Allen in 2014 Flash's earth ???
Hello. First off, actor John Wesley Shipp has now played THREE different characters on the current Flash show: Henry Allen (Barry's Father), Jay Garrick (the Golden Age Flash), and Earth 90 Barry Allen / Flash (the same character of the 1990 TV show)... How is this possible? I'll try to explain: In Season 1, John Wesley Shipp simply played the role of Henry Allen (Barry's father). In Season 2, Barry discovers there are alternate Earths where everybody has a doppelganger (who turns out differently than on Earth 1 - the Earth which Barry is from). Additionally, Barry discovers that his father Henry's mother's maiden name was Garrick. Then at the very end of the season, Barry discovers that his father's doppelganger of Earth 3 is a speedster with a different name: Jay Garrick (so for some reason, on Earth 3, his father's doppelganger took the last name of his mother instead of his father, and was given a different first name). Note: This was a change in story from the comics. In the comics, Henry Allen and Jay Garrick are NOT doppelgangers... Additionally, much later in Season 5, Barry met another speedster named Barry Allen (from Earth 90) who looks exactly like his father (and is the same character of the 1990 show, in continuity with that show). He was referred to as the "Earth 90 Flash." It was never confirmed if this Earth 90 Barry Allen was a doppelganger of Earth 1's Henry Allen, or if the fact that they look the same is simply coincidental... Okay. Did that make any sense?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff yea I got it. Thanks for explaining that to me.
@@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH You're very welcome. Thanks for reading it all. I'm glad that my explanation helped.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff for sure man ! 👍
Thanks so much for responding to my comment on your other Flash video, and directing me here! This was great fun and showed how much fun stuff I need to catch up on. Maybe sometime soon I'll be able to pick up the modern Flash show once more and watch the later Trickster eps. I'm sure that's what my friend would have wanted. Have a great day!
Sure! Thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, so Flash has his own Joker?
One could say that!
I can Confirm that CWs Flash is in Fact
Not going Strong anymore
You have to look at the date that this video was posted.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff Would you Believe me if i said i made that comment at 4 am
It only takes a couple months to grow a beard, something you obviously know nothing about🤣 good video though!
I've had beards - just not as long as Hamill's in the Last Jedi. Thanks, though. I'm glad you liked the video.
The 1990 episodes seem way better than the episodes of the Tricksters in CW Flash
The story of Axel in S4 doesn't match with S1 because of the time travel shenanigans
Which time travel shenanigans exactly are you talking about?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff Flashpoint and everything else between S1 Ep 17 and S4 Ep 11
@@YeetoTheYeetafic There were multiple times when the timeline was changed. Can you pinpoint one of them?
Hey Joe glad to see more content from you but honestly I’d love to hear your thoughts on Superman and Lois as well as Stargirl season 2
Also maybe you could do another video on other villains from the flash show or do a video on how you could introduce Batman on Smallville
Thanks, Michael. I'd like to try to do a video about my thoughts on John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick on Season 2 of Stargirl. That episode will air this Tuesday October 5th. So maybe I could have such a video posted on Wednesday October 13th (if I am to continue this trend of posting a new video every Wednesday)... This coming Wednesday October 6th, I have a video "The Suicide Squad on Smallville" scheduled... I already did post the video "What's interesting about Superman and Lois" but obviously a LOT happened since then, which changed many ideas of the show. So posting another video about my my thoughts on how Season 1 ended would be a good idea for the near future. Thanks.
@@michaellucejr.6374 Being completely honest, I'm not sure what you mean by "how you could introduce Batman on Smallville." The show is long over, and Batman was already brought on to the comic book continuation of that show.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff great can’t wait to see your new stuff man
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff I meant like if you could bring Batman to the show how would you go about it? Like would he be just Bruce Wayne or starting to figure out how to be a vigilante
Great video. Highly disagree Marks role was better than Heath's. Doesn't make sense.
Thanks! I'm glad you like the video... It's perfectly fine if you disagree with me that Hamill's performance was better than Ledger's (most people will agree with you that Ledger's was better). But what do you mean that my opinion doesn't make sense?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff he doesn't think voice actors can be compared to regular actors. Mark is phenomenal.
@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 But I was talking about his live action portrayal of the Trickster in the current Flash show.
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff that role is so tiny he doesn't think it can be compared. I am stating what I believe his logic is, not my opinion. I kinda think his portrayal of trickster in the 90s show is probably just as good if not better than the joaquin phoenix joker. A disturbing mentally ill man but trickster is far more disturbing especially since he isn't comic accurate. He also is entertaining too in his trial of the trickster where he sports a cooler and less disturbing costume. Idk a man dressed like that is just disturbing. I never use that word but here it applies. As for Hamill's CW Trickster, I think it was a great performance. Idk if I'd put it equal to Ledger or better but I can see that totally. Considering you're talking about performance not writing. I may even agree.
Mark Hamill is great as Trickster and Joker.
Absolutely!
M{arkham}il he was destined to be the joker.
FYI, there was a "movie" released on VHS combining the two Trickster episodes from the 1990 Flash series. It actually worked pretty well, and the segue would've been almost flawless except that they had completely redesigned the show from a time-nonspecific look (with '50s-looking cars and buildings and props suggesting various other decades) to a more modern, real-life one at some point between episodes 12 & 22. Your synopses of the two episodes also makes these changes stick out like a sore thumb, so hopefully this comment will keep a few viewers from thinking they're caught up in the time stream...
Interesting. I remember seeing that VHS tape on the shelves of video stores, but I never rented it.
Oh wow ok, because I always thought this was just a movie when I seen as a kid.
@@itsjonathanbitch No, I'd say that was two episodes of a TV show turned into a movie.
Yes
Thanks!
You can't really rely on Wikipedia.
Are you saying that the animation which I read about there might not exist?
@@Joelikesmoviesnstuff
I'm saying Google is more
accurate and on point.
Glad to see you’re back!
Thanks so much! I'll have another new video posted this Wednesday September 29th with a magician performing superhero-themed magic. Then on Wednesday October 6th, I'll post a video called "Suicide Squad on Smallville."
You had the joker and made him the watered down shitty flash villan trickster. old bored joker looking for a new game with the bat missing would have been so much better