The Killing Joke Ending (Comic Dub)

[@ADAJ342]

I love how the last joke is an allegory for batmans and jokers situation: Both were insane aka patients at an assylum that one day decided they wanted to get better aka leave the assylum, batman made the leap through the gap between the buildings "no problem" and made it back to the land of the sane but joker was afraid of making said leap, It was simply too far. So batman, now sane, offers to help him by shinning a Bridge of light. This last part could be taken many different ways but I personally like to interpret it as that joker thinks batman is insane for thinking he can provide anything that can truly help, any therapy or support batman can give in order to help joker get cured of his ailment is going to be as effective as the Bridge of light in the aforementioned joke. The punchline is also worth discussing: " you'd turn it off when I was half way across¡" This may mean that joker,even with how far fetched and surreal he sees redemption, would be willing to accept batmans help but the thing truly holding him back is that he is too paranoid that batman would just abandon him when he was half-way through his rehabilitation and he'd just plunge back into the abyss.

[@greenguardian5845]

🤯 That Makes Total Sense for sure

[@shade7014]

D-Damn.. thats deep...

[@theactualredgoblin]

Nah, you've got it wrong my guy. Batman isn't "now sane", the whole point of the joke is that both of the patients are insane but in different ways. Batman offers to shine a light across the gap, so Joker can "walk across the beam and join me". But you can't walk across a beam of light, you'll fall right through. It's saying Batman is insane to think that he can help the Joker and is offering a solution that will not work. But the Joker is insane in a slightly different way. The punchline is that the Joker is just as insane as to believe that he could walk across a beam of light, but distrustful of Batman that he believes that Batman would rescind that help if Joker ever accepted the offer.

[@ADAJ342]

@@theactualredgoblin , fair enough. I suppose I should clarify that by batman being sane I'm refering to him being in a better place mentally than the joker. Even though they both started at the same point.

[@greenowl3062]

@@ADAJ342 Unlike joker, I found a way to walk on that light. The first step, falling

[@JoeTheWriter]

Joker's remark about no longer remembering his past clearly and the terrible things that made him what he is - how he'd prefer his past be "multiple choice" - resonates in Heath Ledger's portrayal with the various backstories he told about his scars. It's what makes the Joker so mysterious and sinister in the first place. So memorable. Clearly many notes were taken from The Killing Joke. I love it.

[@glennchartrand5411]

At one of the comic cons a writer was asked if Joker really is insane....he isnt, he just knows he's a comic book character. Well,that explains everything that makes his character different. You see hints of it over and over. He'll reference events that happened in a different story line when speaking to another character ( he literally gets mixed up about what version of the DCU he's in.) When speaking to other characters he routinely starts talking to the audience. Sometimes he's genuinely tickled by the work of the writers , other times he makes fun of it ( Just like Deadpool ) His only fear is being written out of the plot , which is the only way he can actually die. So he works at staying in character and being entertaining. The thing that bothers him the most about the situation is he knows that he isnt the main character.

[@cinderpxmpkin9554]

@@glennchartrand5411 is there a comic where he’s the protagonist tho

[@glennchartrand5411]

@@cinderpxmpkin9554 Batman:White Knight.

[@hatad321]

@@glennchartrand5411 He's "super sane" the Lazarus Pit which is supposed to make you go insane actually made him normal. His level of sanity is actually beyond normal people, apparently granting him that self awareness.

[@iigukusan5640]

So..... Joker having dramaturgy vibe? All his life was drama and he need to keep acting to stay alive

[@d-os1.883]

Joker's face in the "why aren't you laughing...?" panel is disturbing. The man, who normally smiles, now depressed and genuinely confused about bats not laughing. It's just ain't tight.

[@unknownwarrior9775]

Ikr . Seeing the Joker not smile and actually sad is just ... Disturbing

[@lugismansion2400]

Joker frowning is disturbing and Batman laughing in any context is disturbing

[@VideoGameMasters09]

That's why when we first saw the trailer for the animated version and we heard Joker yelling 'WHY AREN'T YOU LAUGHING??!!" I knew they were gonna fuck it up. I remember this panel and the tone was different. He was definitely NOT screaming the dialogue.

[@hulkbelowall9532]

@@jb9243 comics Joker doesn't have makeup....he is bleached in the skin from the chemical vat

[@StudMacher78]

While I do like the Killing Joke movie, I definitely would’ve preferred it they just stuck to the comic’s details more

[@corjonbett]

Notice, Batman is leaning on Joker's shoulders for support there, his hands are NOT around Mistah J's neck!

[@schizoidmeme5470]

No, but they're next to it.

[@raihanalwaritzu9530]

If i remembering this right, they already animating this scene and yeah Batman is not chocking joker

[@tommyottoking]

it's meant to be ambiguous whether or not batman kills the joker. the author did confirm tho that the intention was this being jokers death scene. The joke he tells at the end is the "killing joke" hence jokers death.

[@itamario9429]

@@tommyottoking if you look behind joker and Batman you can see yellow circles (which I assume are a truck’s headlights) getting bigger (therefore closer) in addition to a onomatopoeia of a truck horn getting closer (since the letters are getting bigger). On the last panels you can see that joker and Batman’s feet are on a road when suddenly the laughter and the feet disappear. I believe they both got hit by a truck at the end. The Batman probably survived, although I am not so sure about Joker… Edit: Joker is probably definitely dead since on the last three panels you can see the colors of Batman (black and yellow) and joker (green) on the floor. And then only Batman’s colors remain…

[@chobitsjunky7960]

I love this theory that and maybe the lights from the truck represent the flashlight in the joke.

[@Towerous]

Joker is the nhilist in this situation while batman is the absurdist, hilarious.

[@thewrathfulsloth2384]

Batman is a realist while the joker is a mix of absurdity and nihilism

[@ReapersLove69]

@@thewrathfulsloth2384 no thats jason, batman is an absurdist

[@sterd1149]

@@ReapersLove69 I would say Batman is more of an existentialist. A man who faced nihilism, and rejected it as well. Forcing his own meaning upon the world, his own will and power in spite of everything.

[@Mark-tq7bf]

Batman: You know that not everyone goes fucking insane without healing just because they went through rough times right? This edgy man: Ah yes. The absurd.

[@KingNazaru]

I mean it’s kind of ridiculous for anyone to be a nihilist in the DC universe. Especially Batman and Joker since they both know gods exist, thus there is a higher power and order to the cosmos and life.

[@theonattrass2207]

No ones talking about how good your joker voice is and im confused

[@timcosgrove707]

Most fan dubs are just a mark hamill impression, I like that this guy took it in a different direction.

[@maxteraform]

@@timcosgrove707 He tried mimicking Hamil though.

[@nofacedgoldfish6216]

@@maxteraform Seems like a mix. Parts sound like Mark, while other parts sound like their own interpretation. Either way, it's great.

[@Totallyawakern]

I finally got the joke after I thought about it. It's a metaphor that's representing the relationship between joker and Batman. I felt really stupid for the longest time cause I thought the joke was, when one of the guys said that the other one would turn off the beam while he's half way across, I was like the joke is that you can't walk across a beam of light so you would fall either way 😂

[@madslayer4197]

That is the joke but it is also a metaphor so you're right either way

[@elimiller2188]

The best part about the joke is the multiple interpretations it can have

[@madslayer4197]

@@elimiller2188 really just the two

[@bigenemy000]

@@madslayer4197 actually theres a third one where its an interpretation of the fact that joker is only able to explain what he proves by jokes of any kind, unsane jokes or actual ones. This was the only time where he actually tried to express himself to batman and he did it with a joke. How many other times he might have done it without us realizing?

[@chriwehl7173]

@@bigenemy000 The joker being scared... Maybe wanting to get help, but scared to be abbandoned makes the joker so good a character. He's not purely a monster.

[@commentdouchery2838]

I think it's interesting that the polarity of Batman and Joker in this sense is that Batman DID have that bad day. An event that haunts him, drives him; he remembers everything about that moment clearly. It's what made him into the Batman; who, by most standards, is insane for living the life of a vigilante. It's his purpose to stop that same event from occuring to another scared little boy. The Joker is quite the opposite. He doesn't quite remember what drove him to this point. He has many tellings of it or reasons for doing so. Where as Batman wants to save people from suffering like he has, the Joker wants everyone to suffer like he has. And it's possible that he simply cascaded into deeper sense of insanity and loss of control the more terrible things he does. He knows they're wrong. Batman being someone who stands in defiance is living proof that the Joker is wrong. And that's what drives him to torture Batman. Because he was able to do what Joker couldn't. And that was to simply shoulder the worst day of his life, then turn it around into a strength. Both men face their worst day in this book. It made Batman want to help people, while it made the Joker want to hurt people. In a sense, everyone has this choice when they suffer something horrible.

[@blockhead134]

Its also important that Batman obssesses over his parents decades later, allowing it to define every aspect of his life. He dresses in a silly costume and punches drug addicts in the streets because of them. In most continuities, he has trouble maintaining any sort of relationship because of them. Batman *is* just as mad as the rest, he is just extremely smart and useful to society, so it would take way more than its worth to help him.

[@franklinmjr1642]

Yeah, their relationship is a tragic one. Batman just wants to help Joker but he is constantly denying this because he is aware of how far down the rabbit hole he is.

[@shinigami9851]

Like people say “Misery loves company” when someone has a bad day theres always that little thing in the back of your head that hopes someone else has it as bad as you. Its like when you dont do your homework and hope someone else didnt do it so you dont feel alone only this is on a much bigger scale.

[@HDLLHANZ]

There's also the fact that Batman can't exist without the Joker.

[@mrboerger1620]

@@HDLLHANZ this is a lie. Batman can exist without him it's the other way around joker can't exist without Batman.

[@KUrbzVO]

Hello, I’m the voice actor for Joker and Batman in this. Video seems to be getting a few more clicks than usual, glad people seem to like it!

[@toomanyeyesjoe1438]

yoooooo great voice

[@giovannisoldovieri5270]

Great video man keep it up

[@gshsingt8856]

yo you did BOTH? pretty cool and best of wishes!

[@HAMZA-OLYMPUS]

EPIC shit bro!

[@greenowl3062]

The laugh wasn’t the best, but it’s hard to pretend to laugh like a mad man, A for effort my friend

[@superdave6889]

BATMAN: "C'mon, I'll give you a ride back to Arkham, besides, i hear they ordered pizza from that great little place down on 37th street" JOKER: "you mean that place down in the heart of Little Italy that's been in the same family for like, over 100 years? 'supposed to have the best pizza in all of gotham?" BATMAN: "Yup." JOKER: "Lead on Batsie, I'm NOT missing pizza THAT good for ANYTHING! I'm crazy, not stupid!"

[@reesewhittington6778]

Joker: That'd be like trying to dodge the IRS!

[@yazidefirenze]

Joker: Or trying to work with Nazis!

[@imaginewag0n244]

trash joke

[@mrvaporiz]

Major Silverage vibes

[@NominalDingus]

"I'm crazy, not stupid" Is the punchline of another joke!

[@brandonpatterson634]

That was some good voice acting! You killed the Joker lines dude!

[@spiritlaw]

5 years and no one replied... "Guess you could say he's Killing Joke."

[@thecasualparry7797]

@@spiritlaw The hero we needed

[@BrenGamerYT]

I feel like a lot of people worship the Joker, but forget that the point of this comic is that he’s wrong.

[@parsleyman6073]

But in my opinion no except for all the horrible things he has done the idea is not wrong

[@carnetplank6259]

@@parsleyman6073 I think it comes down to what you put the blame on, the severity of the "bad day", or the weakness of the person. It's likely a mix of course, but most people choose to grow from their bad days, and the more bad days you have the worse days you can endure. Or maybe not.

[@jasonalbran376]

Most people have been worshiping Heath Ledgers Joker. All because of their silly anarchist wet dream Comic fans understand or try and understand his character. I for one analyze Batman. His entire motive is to ensure o child is orphaned by "some punk with a gun". However, he allows the Joker to continue living to do just that. The Batman Who Laughs even stated that he's the least successful and least happy Batman. All the other Batman counter parts made Gotham a shining utopia or at least made crime so miniscule that it barely registers as crime. All through NOT dressing as a Bat and using their power, wealth and influence to make real change. I've always felt he could do so much more. Injustice 2 Batman, after Superman's defeat, started going in that direction. I know he's written that way (for you weirdos that keep pointing that out) but in the DC universe it always makes me analyze what drives these characters. I enjoy psychoanalyzing fictional characters.

[@ometta7]

@@jasonalbran376 Heath Ledger's Joker is a shit example of an anarchist. If anything, it seems more like his actions in the movie are specifically calculated to make authoritarianism seem justifiable. Anarchy isn't chaos, after all. At the very least it isn't meant to be. (In fact, that circle around the A in the common anarchy symbol is meant to be an O, and stand for the phrase "Anarchy is Order".) A true anarchist has to have a lot of faith that society won't just descend into chaos the minute the state isn't there to kick in people's doors and throw folks in prison. Whether you think that's realistic or not is immaterial, since the fact remains that such idealism and faith in humanity sounds about as far removed from the character of the Joker (and his edgelord fans) as one could imagine. If I had to call any villain in the Dark Knight trilogy an anarchist (or at least the closest possible thing to one), I'd probably pick Bane.

[@NikolasoGames]

No, we didn't miss the point.

[@jaimedanielhernandezrios5398]

Batman got the joke. He didn't find it funny like he said. But he laughed because he DID get it. That's my interpretation, anyway

[@anondabomb]

That means that the joke is funny, if you laugh because you got the joke that is humor...

[@jdhdkehev8715]

I got the joke a lil after finishing the video and I was laughing hard personally

[@strife6034]

@@jdhdkehev8715 i just chuckled moderately

[@anondabomb]

@Purple Emerald So it’s funny... dude, you don’t laugh at something unless it is funny.

[@anondabomb]

@Purple Emerald Yet Batman laughed at it when he never has laughed at that before, they both got something different from it.

[@FreshmanGrimm]

I like how when joker is supose to scream he just does a little "a"

[@Ludovicus1769]

According to the Joker Batman is batshit crazy.

[@Winrarnt]

Is that pun intended?

[@unknownwarrior9775]

That was a clever pun

[@firepuppies4086]

Man has a few bats in the belfry. But he has enough sense to protect others

[@corbsshas2811]

Naw he strait batty!

[@kayden232ou]

And he ain't wrong

[@thatwouldbeme]

People wonder why Batman doesn't kill Joker. Him deciding to extend the offer of help even after all this is probably the most heroic and selfless thing he's ever done, and it's these moments, this and staying with Ace, that make Batman a hero.

[@KiEntertainer]

Plus after he knows he can’t save the joker he is afraid if he dos kill him he might come back as something worse. Give they live in the dc universe thats very smart of him

[@galatic-wyvern2993]

I mean, its implied he does kill the joker here.

[@thatwouldbeme]

@@galatic-wyvern2993 implied, but not stated

[@galatic-wyvern2993]

@@crazyalarmstudios2012 death of the author.

[@galatic-wyvern2993]

@Purple Emerald it is, I never said it was not, I was just metioning my own take on the matter. It's also one of the most popular interpretations of this material, and my personal favorite. Death of the author allows us to have these conversations, discussing which interstation is most likely.

[@DemigodSalt]

The ending though always makes me say WTF JUST HAPPENED it's either batman killed joker or joker was suprises somone actually laughed at one of his jokes, let alone batman

[@corjonbett]

I believe it was the latter, Batman would NEVER kill the Joker, it goes against everything he stands for.

[@lovellhorrors1586]

@@corjonbett you can only push someone so far.

[@onlytheone86]

If you read the whole comic, alot of hints lead to batman killing Joker. From the title to the hints in the Joke itself.

[@lovellhorrors1586]

@@onlytheone86 true

[@ikson1516]

@@lovellhorrors1586 I like to believe he didn't kill him.It goes against what batman stands for and he got pushed to limits alot of times so this one shouldn't be an exception.I think it ended like every other batman vs joker comic or movie and thats by joker going back to the asylum.It is ment to show us that nothing changed, it shows us that batman tried but its too late to help the joker and the lunacy they are locked in will go on untill the end which is unknown.

[@icetide9411]

I love how even though Batman and Joker are enemies, they still can't bring themselves to truly kill each other, because they relate too much

[@soulreaver6546]

Batman is a terrible hero honestly, he whines about his past and then throws murderers in a prison that they keep escaping from so they can escape again and cause him more issues, he SHOULD kill joker

[@kayden232ou]

@@soulreaver6546 Not sure if you were told this already, but if batman kills he would become basically a criminal like the joker or the joker. They're not arch nemesis they are one of the same branch, the same person with a different mindscape. Batman has Catwoman right? So joker has Harley. Joker makes jokes about how life is shit, batman broods about it. There's alot more, but Batman is just as insane and the same as the joker, if not more. They just choose to cope differently.

[@soulreaver6546]

@@kayden232ou he's killed before, what's stopping him now? He's already a criminal

[@miguelmigs8520]

@@soulreaver6546 dont know if u know this but theres an animated movie tdkr by frank miller that batman already killed the joker, decrease the mobs and even stops being batman for 10yrs and u know what happen to gotham at that time?? nothing changed crime rates increases when hes gone and it even gets worse.. give batman a break his so against in killing that it became his trauma and fear even in batman beyond the reason why he never wore his suit that can lift a mountain is because he almost shoot a thug give batman a break bro atleast batman follows jurisdiction, human rights and laws his not some deadpool or punisher that literally kills criminals w/o investigations

[@soulreaver6546]

@@miguelmigs8520 ok? I didn't say it would decrease crime rate, it's Gotham, I was saying that maybe instead of sticking him in the same place after he murdered people around him, so he can escape and do it again, he should do something about it

[@laughisfun2003]

“One cackles, the other laughs mirthlessly.” “There is a cracking sound.” “One laughs mirthlessly.”

[@rainylight6268]

The ending is the best part of the comic.

[@MrGems-jx8oc]

4:14 a look of true insanity.

[@rickydeaza8694]

Some people take the bad days to learn and grow while others are consumed by it. The reason there are two sides is because one will be helped and some never get that help. Its the job of the people who do better to help the others do better themselves. Thus, the ladder of hope is formed for all to climb.

[@SpringDavid]

7:53 idk if you're being intentional here but mixing both laughs into 1 at the last panels is genius.

[@DJayJesse]

Someone has probably pointed this out already, but I love how the reflection in the puddle of the last three panels appears to be a bridge of light, but then, it's shut off, referencing the joke. Amazing stuff.

[@nofacedgoldfish6216]

I love the voice acting! Joker sounds like Mark at times, sounds like an original take on the voice in others, and sometimes sounds like a mix of the two as well as a mix of Troy Baker's Joker from Arkham Origins. And the Batman sounds like a mix of Troy Baker's Telltale Batman and an original attempt. Fantastic work!

[@darkdreemurr4486]

For me when batman started laughing, i think it was him seeing something he missed, Joker wasn't the real red hood just a guy who got dragged into it and batman made fall into a vat of acid, batman finally saw this and laughed at the irony the man he cant save is someone he should have. His greatest enemy was someone he himself created thats why he laughed. That's the killing joke

[@deadprank947]

no

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@deadprank947 , not only is Dark Dreemur’s the correct interpretation of The Killing Joke comic, but Alan Moore the creator of the story outright said that the story has the exact same meaning as what Dark Dreemurr wrought out in his/her comment.

[@deadprank947]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr no

[@henryvoid9808]

@@deadprank947 when you just say no and offer no explanation. *insert half-brain winnie the pooh face*

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

@@henryvoid9808 I'll reply for him. *clears throat* no

[@shibitoobscura3348]

I appreciate the use of the music from Batman Returns here.

[@KUrbzVO]

Thank you! I did this way back in the Summer of 16, and I think this is the first comment on the music choice!

[@briancorvello3620]

2:37 Uhm, no, not even close there, Mistuh Jay.

[@Spider-Mate]

God, you did such a great job voicing two of my favourite characters in fiction. One day you'll be an amazing voice actor. I know it.

[@Pyfer]

Great job NDL, that mark hamill impression is always getting better! =)

[@KUrbzVO]

Thanks Pyfer :)

[@DuckLord-1]

+NDLMongoose what's the background music during his speech?

[@nerdomatic2489]

4:13 The third picture there: Jesus christ is that a Zombie.

[@blockclockgamez7643]

Lmfao

[@crimsonbender8682]

The long pause of silences broken by Joker going "bah!" when Batman broke through the mirror made me pee my pants laughing.

[@maritofuentes4690]

Good god Joker being genuinely confused and heartbroken in the "why arent you laughing" is so much better than being furious like the movie

[@JoyfulStyle]

"Why aren't you laughing? I can't sit by, by myself laughing at this joke, shhh NO, you're gonna sing it WITH ME"

[@walkerspectre]

This also shows how demented Batman is. He's literally standing in front of a killer, and instead of just knocking him out and putting him back in prison, he just stays there laughing. No matter how you word it, this is far from okay

[@wilfweNightsky]

You don't believe it's better to ail the sick than to lock them up to die?

[@walkerspectre]

@@wilfweNightsky son i don't believe laughing it out with a maniac is better than putting him in an asylum or prison.

[@wilfweNightsky]

@@walkerspectre batman offers rehabilitating and saving joker than to kill him or to lock him up again

[@walkerspectre]

@@wilfweNightsky he has been put in "rehabilitation" many times and it never worked. Again, the point is not about rehab, its about losing time laughing with a maniac serial killer instead of giving him a tranquilizer and putting him back in prison or an asylum

[@walkerspectre]

@@crazyalarmstudios2012 that's the point, laughing with a maniac before knocking someone out is a sign that ur not okay, and so is realizing youre something like the joker

[@pyrocominical]

most people might still think batman is the good guy and joker is just the running joke of an enemy but, most dont really see the true connection of the 2 of them, they just see what they do, not what they say most of the time, and this, this really says alot

[@supertoxicgamer]

This was amazing. You really brought it to life and I enjoyed it so much!

[@doubledio3061]

Ngl , that joker voice relaxing to me for some reason . I want him to read me bedtime stories .

[@noapld9]

how I wished it would have been in the film, great work!

[@FeelAlrightInc]

2:56 middle school kids after making the 357th funny racist dark humor joke

[@oridanetitan4808]

All these philosophical remarks and kind comments... mean while all I can think of is H O O O F

[@ouch2040]

Absolutely Beautiful, your voice acting as joker is amazing.

[@Unknown-cx3tr]

2:38 therapist: not smiling./sad Joker is not real, He can’t hurt you Not smiling/sad joker:

[@ursa4580]

I didnt even notice the lights of a truck in the backround of the last panels getting closer the first time

[@StudMacher78]

This 8 minutes of voice acting is better than the whole Killing Joke movie!

[@TheHolySacred-Cow]

Not this version lol

[@StudMacher78]

@@TheHolySacred-Cow what version then?

[@MagentaRodent]

I like that the joker says he does not remember what happened and sounds sad as he says it then turns it into a joke

[@danipizzani7148]

Dang, you nailed it!

[@linkmariokirby7373]

His joke, I think, refers to what he fears will happen if he accepts Batman's offer. "You'd turn off the light when I was halfway across." In other words, he's afraid that Batman would make good on the promise to "rehabilitate" the Joker... but only until he was no longer a threat. After that, it's lights out and abandonment. Joker would rather stay in the asylum than risk being left halfway.

[@HeReS_JoHnNy-qc6vy]

If only there was a timeline, where Joker didn't turn out this way...

[@Andre-vt4np]

A timeline where joker is a host of a comedy show?

[@igoroliveira9778]

White Knight? I think thats the name of the comic

[@FatherTenebrae]

White knight joker

[@DamionVansarda]

Don’t know how many times I’ve looked at this comic and just finally put together the last part shown in this video has the beam of light between Batman and Joker and it being gone between them at the end, much like the joke, and the connotation of how this interaction ended.

[@caponuts]

2:38 that's litteraly spongebob's crying face meme

[@smb_64youtube5]

Damn it its the vine booms all over again

[@MrAppleSalad]

i finally got that joke XD

[@soc1163]

What's the joke?

[@jizzer9000]

It's not really a joke, more of a metaphor

[@SlashDashCrash]

the joke is that the first lunatic used his flashlight between the buildings and the second ones response wasn't that he would fall through the light-beam but rather the first guy will turn off the light when hes halfway across

[@jizzer9000]

imnotreal No, you completely misunderstood it. It's a metaphor for Joker and batman's relationship. Think of it this way. Batman and Joker both had bad days, leaving them in the asylum. Batman easily jumped across the gap to sanity because of his friends and family. But joker has no friends and family, he can't make the jump. The flashlight represents batman helping joker across, but joker thinks that batman would abandon Joker - so he declines it.

[@ManOfTheMounten]

@@jizzer9000 Actually the real brilliance here is that the joke goes both ways. In this metaphor you can look at it either way , it maybe joker holding the light OR batman , the fun fact that it doesnt really change anythin. A year late responce XD

[@SuperChavon]

he basically can't help being crazy, man, how can a character be so misterious, evil, villanious yet so saddening.

[@Red-gb7bo]

There is honestly nothing more depressing then joker frowning

[@gaz-75w63]

You're a good VA, props bro.

[@666thestormdragon]

that joke made me laugh XD

[@sonicinajarvauntedspeciali7245]

The voice man.....The "VOICE"

[@DongbaekEGOSpicebush]

There's lots of people talking about how the final joke is supposed to be a metaphor but the jokes actually funny out of context

[@zoidango6166]

One the most wholesome endings ever

[@aidanvandervenne]

Not exactly. A lot of theories point to Batman snapping Joker’s neck out of shot in the last few panels, hence the stopping of the laughter.

[@peterwiehe5445]

Most people trying to narrate the joker on YT piss me off, but you actually did quite well, bravo

[@peternagy6847]

"It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... It's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?" "Because I've heard it before... And it wasn't funny the first time." (Don't mind me, just quoting my favourite part)

[@nun4464]

Even here batman’s laugh is unsettling

[@OriginalVault_Boy]

Batman cant live without Joker such as Joker cant live without Batman. Its a good frienemyship that they have.

[@sal6695]

Joker sounds like Doug walker

[@willsith9762]

Words cannot describe how much I love this. So, for the first time, I'm not even going to try.

[@idkwywfm]

for all those who also have had a bad day, your ptsd isn't what defines you, you decide what you learn from situations, you're here for a reason, I Love You And You Are Not Alone.

[@1thumbs-upmountain138]

Why does the thumbnail make joker look like a CHAD?

[@GhostPlanetFilms]

YES! U DID IT! THANK YOU!

[@ShasOSwoll]

Batman seriously says “Don’t” when Joker touches his mask?

[@numberi7988]

Me telling a joke but the quiet kid look angry at 2:55

[@chobitsjunky7960]

My theory of why it is the "killing joke" is cause you can see a trucks headlights (being the beams of light in the joke) in the background and I like to think that after they are both so distracted by laughing at the joke( which explains their situations perfectly) they are both struck by the vehicle and both die. The punchline being both of their deaths at the same time.(but hey just my personal thoughts)

[@Spider-Mate]

The lining of the lights make it look like it's coming from a truck. So your theory may not be so off.

[@SkullQueen_Chloe]

This is in my humble opinion, one of the most tragic joker moments ever, if not the single most tragic. Joker has given up on himself, even when Batman wants to help him, joker doesn’t believe he is saveable, and refuses… it’s heart wrenching.

[@RWSfan2024]

Even if Joker does accept, he will die. He’s did so many evil deeds that he already has many enemies that would kill Joker and only a small handful of people would forgive him.

[@jaoofy]

They call it the killing joke for a reason, joker is dead

[@redravenriot3650]

Not enough people are willing to admit the TRUTH! That Joke was actually really funny

[@nkwn975]

Ngl no one can resist the laugh energy

[@timotheygoodwin9667]

And then Decades later Joker started a war and Harley Quinn literally told Batman to Kill the Joker. (I love both stories and batman refused mostly. He left him in a burning building about to explode. Joker of course escaped somehow)

[@Dantipool]

Prefect as always! x)

[@FlightReacts6]

I would have loved if batman actually killed joker but sadly he did not, if joker would have died it'd be so well done seeing as batman would finally realise that he has to kill joker due to the joke, as batman finally would realise that joker just in the end cannot trust batman and therefore be changed he'll always be unable to be treated and the only end for batman is to switch off the light and leave him therefore killing him

[@kakarot1007]

The joke was actualy funy

[@giorway9153]

4:05 that hoof tho

[@triadicoder7106]

Joker seems all too sane in this comic, or maybe it's just because I'm basing the standard of sane on myself

[@doubt2022]

He didn't turn it off, it's just run out of batteries...

[@MRRED-bk5hb]

The killing joke the joke that kills anyone that dare utter it

[@yandereemily9419]

Great voice acting. Although I love the HOOF.

[@sidneyadnopoz3427]

Did a version of this exist prior to this one? I remember watching something like this in an English course in 2013.

[@yourlameohusband6257]

A masterpiece.

[@entity5279]

3:02 A- *intense action music plays*

[@awesomespiritcat21]

Whoever was playing the joker in this was clearly having fun with the noises 🤣

[@Gundam_JAY]

I always wondered.... does this joke know batmans identity??? 🤔🤔

[@lillycline1414]

he actively avoids knowing

[@nakedmario9359]

To me yes but doesnt really give 2 shit about it he want to defeat batman not bruce Wayne

[@SalamiMilk]

It's a shame, really. Joker, finally having a chance of redemption, having someone actually stick their hand to them to help them out, someone who has been in the same place before, refuses to accept. Because he can't trust anyone anymore. Whatever happened to him, whenever someone did try to help him, they backstabbed him. Over and over, every time he thinks he has someone to rely on, they abandon him, like an old used toy. It has happened so many times, that he doesn't even remember what was the first one. It has happened so many times, that he doesn't even trust Batman's kind and genuine words. And that was Jokers whole goal. That in this world, trust and loyalty are just a joke. That he isn't the only one who feels this way. That anyone can lose their sanity like him. So he knows that he isn't the only insane one in this insane world. But Batman completely throws that notion out the window. How can someone who lost their way in the dark, end up bringing others to the light? Why Batman chooses to save people, when time and time again, they make the same mistakes? Why couldn't he stay in the darkness like him? He's jealous that someone grew from the darkness while he faltered and stumbled over and over.

[@jbp3of3]

2:32 The War Department Creditors sounds like something you'd find in MGS4.

[@Zheckonsin]

He laughed scarier in the cartoon

[@bambeepik]

Why does joker look like Michael Jackson in the thumbnail

[@thatoneguywiththevoice328]

It's true all it takes is one bad day to activate change But it's not always one bad day to insanity. It can be one bad day that leads to the best things in your life later on in that bad week or it could be one bad day that sends you down a rabbit hole that leaves you cowering in fear. Life is a very strong force sometimes too strong for people but maybe the biggest test of life is just one bad day

[@KorawichKavee]

3:10 i like this part

[@JeremyFinch42]

Batman: Okay, so now I know The Joker didn't kill my parents.

[@thisguyithinkdaone]

When joker sad me sad

[@axeyouaquestion]

I like how they're friendly at the end even though joker crippled for life and made it look like he raped her and tortured one of his best friends to the brink of almost madness simply just to prove a point Dammit Batman

[@olivia892]

Knowing joker he probably did all of that just so batman can finally snap Since we know for sure joker is dead in the ending of this comic, this coming from the comic creater so maybe he did all of this just to prove a point

[@axeyouaquestion]

@@olivia892 joker actually did that as a way to torture Gordon since bat girl was his daughter

[@olivia892]

@@axeyouaquestion yes But even if its seposed to be for gorden Its basically just a test for batman to see how long he stays sane before he breaks his rules and have him kill someone

[@andrewmihovich4252]

Great job there.

[@stanislaviliev6305]

Sigma male batman doesn't laugh at beta jokes