Thankfully, before Bruce allegedly hangs up the cowl, he seals away the last fragment of the Joker in the deepest corner of his mind, for good. As long as Batman was unable to move past Joker, he would always have some echoing hold in Gotham, to the point where he nearly took hold of Batman's body in a split personality born of a lingering infection and Batman's pervading memories. As Long as There Is Evil: A variation.Probably because he and the boys were planning to slice Joker up for all the guards he killed last time. Yet again in the prequel comic to the second game, as he's being transferred down the hallway while strapped in a wheelchair.Batman's response is simple but effective. Asks this in the prequel comic to the first game, while handcuffed in the Batmobile.He's Batman's real litmus test for Thou Shalt Not Kill if Batman won't kill him after all the stuff he's done, he won't kill anyone. He crippled Barbara and shot Talia and tortured Jason Todd for a year and sent Batman a video where Joker shoots Jason in the face. Arch-Enemy: To Batman, in terms of the sheer hell and personal cruelty he unleashes on him and his allies. ![]() And I Must Scream: Not the case for the Joker himself ( possibly), but this is the fate of the hallucination in Arkham Knight, literally being locked away in a cell somewhere in Batman's mind never to be seen again.Alas, Poor Yorick: In Arkham Asylum, his profile on the status screen shows him holding up a bloody skull in reference to Hamlet.In Arkham Knight, he actually kidnapped Jason and brutally tortured him for a year in an abandoned wing of Arkham Asylum, going so far as to brand his left cheek with a J. Adaptational Villainy: In the comics, his role in the death of Jason Todd amounted to just beating him with a crowbar and blowing him up.Ironically, since the game is the first timeline-wise, that would make his last lines in City more of a Book End. But after he's beaten and had time to reflect on it, he laughs himself silly at the whole notion, stating "That IS pretty funny". Done again in Origins where he at first considers Batman revealing that he failed to kill someone "not funny". ![]()
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