The Joker (The Dark Knight Trilogy)

“	You wanna know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker, and a fiend. One night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn’t like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. He turns to me and he says, “Why So Serious?” He comes at me with the knife, “Why So Serious!?” Sticks the blade in my mouth, “Let’s put a smile on that face!” Why so serious?	„
	~ The Joker

Summary

The Joker was a psychotic anarchist mastermind who portrayed himself as an agent of chaos, rose to power in the criminal underworld by thrusting Gotham City into turmoil, and drew Batman ever closer to crossing the fine line between heroism and vigilantism.

Described as a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy", he is potent in both mental combat and strategic planning, and his physique was defined by his clown makeup and gruesome Glasgow smile to add sick comedy to all his crimes and misdeeds.

He was played by the late Heath Ledger, who would receive an Academy Award for the role, and has been considered by many to be one of the greatest villains in all of cinema.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-C physically, possibly 9-B with steel bar. 9-A with bazooka. 8-C with explosives

Name: Unknown (referred to as the Joker)

Origin: The Dark Knight Trilogy

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown (presumably in his 30s)

Classification: Human, Psychopath, Anarchist

Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics, Superhuman Durability and Possible Speed, Genius Intelligence, Social Influencing (Is a master manipulator and gaslighter, manipulated Harvey to go insane), Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Stealth Mastery, Preparation, Hacking, Limited Electricity Manipulation (with Taser), Explosion Manipulation (With bombs), Very high pain tolerance.

Attack Potency: Street level (Overpowered and subdued a cop with ease when he began his escape from prison. Overpowered and killed a thug. Effortlessly snapped a cue stick without even trying. Can somewhat compete with Batman with some assistance), possibly Wall level with steel bar (Capable of harming Batman and knocking him through a glass pane). Small Building level with bazooka (Destroyed cars. Fatally damaged the Batmobile, Should be comparable to real life bazookas). Building level with explosives (Destroyed an entire hospital. Capable of destroying Ferries)

Speed: Peak Human, possibly Subsonic combat and reaction speed (Managed to react to and kill an attacker in one second. Managed to keep up with Batman for sometime), Transonic attack speed with guns and Bazooka

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Striking Strength: Street level, possibly Wall level with Metal Bar

Durability: Wall level (Laughed off a beating from Batman in an interrogation, and survived being in a truck that was flipped over while he was driving it. Has a high pain tolerance and somewhat enjoys being harmed)

Stamina: Likely Superhuman (Somewhat comparable to Batman)

Range: Standard Melee Range, higher with guns and other weapons.

Standard Equipment: Knives, Bladed Shoes, Guns, Metal Bar, Bazooka, Taser, Explosives, The Russian pet dogs.

Intelligence: Genius (Is a criminal genius, an excellent planner and improviser, capable of outthinking Batman, master manipulator, managed to turn Harvey Dent insane with ease, creates complex scenarios to test people's morality)

Weaknesses: Human weaknesses, somewhat a masochist

Notable Matchups

Victories:

The Joker (DC Extended Universe) Joker's Profile (9-C versions used, speed equalized)

Losses:

Inconclusive:

Alec Trevelyan (007) Alec's Profile (Film Alec was used and speed was equalized)

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