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Joker: Batman: The Animated Series
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The Joker has been referred to as the Clown Prince of Crime, the Harlequin of Hate, and the Ace of Knaves. Throughout the evolution of the DC universe, interpretations and incarnations of the Joker have taken two forms. The original and currently dominant image is of a fiendishly intelligent lunatic with a warped, sadistic sense of humor. The other interpretation of the character, popular in the late 1940s through 1960s comic books as well as the 1960s television series, is that of an eccentric but harmless prankster and thief. The 1990s cartoon Batman: The Animated Series blended these two aspects to great acclaim, although most interpretations tend to embrace one characterization or the other.
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Interpretations of the Joker in other media include Cesar Romero's in the 1960s Batman television series, Jack Nicholson's in Tim Burton's Batman, and Mark Hamill's in Batman: The Animated Series and other DC Animated Universe shows. Wizard magazine listed him the #1 villain of all time in 2006. As played by Nicholson, The Joker ranks #45 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 50 film villains of all time. Heath Ledger will portray the Joker for director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight.[2]
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The Joker was portrayed by various actors in other media. He was portrayed by Cesar Romero in the 1960s Batman television series; Jack Nicholson in the 1989 film Batman; and voice actors Mark Hamill and Kevin Michael Richardson in TV's Batman: The Animated Series and the subsequent The Batman respectively. Nicholson's version of the Joker ranks #45 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 50 film villains. Heath Ledger portrayed the role of Joker for director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight.
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The Joker's obsession with Batman, and vice versa, is somewhat unique to other super heroes and villains. In the movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Terry McGinnis, the successor to the mantle of Dark Knight, said to the Joker that the only real reason he kept coming back was because he never got a laugh out of the original Batman. The Joker has ... said that without Batman, his life is nothing. In "The Dark Knight Returns," a catatonic Joker becomes animated only after seeing a police report that Batman has returned to action, setting in motion a final confrontation. In an episode of Batman: The Animated Series, when it was thought a young upstart in the crime syndicate killed Batman, Joker held his own funeral for his old foe at the very place Joker had his accident (see "Character history"), and nailed the man who supposedly killed Batman in the coffin and dropped it in a vat of acid. In "Going Sane," a story featured in "Legends of the Dark Knight," The Joker thinks he finally succeeded in his ultimate goal of killing Batman, reverts to sanity, and gets plastic surgery in order to look like a normal human being.
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Along with the rest of the cast, the Joker underwent a revamp when Batman: The Animated Series streamlined into The New Batman Adventures. The Joker's change was relatively minor; ... he lost his trademark red lips, and his eyes were turned black.
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Mark Hamill first voiced the role of Joker in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. He reprised the role in Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, the unaired pilot and premier of the Birds of Prey (TV series), several episodes of Justice League, Batman: New Times and Static Shock.
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