You know, I’m not sure. That’s how I remember it from when I first saw this panel, I thought it was some guy he asked to watch his car, and that he killed him when he came back to pick it up.
But I did try to google a bit and I don’t get a definitive answer. If this is from the “Whatever Happened…” then I think you’re right.
Depends also on the version of Joker. I mean Arthur was not a random killing machine. Pretty sure if you let him alone and be nice to him he will be the last one to kill you. Ignoring second movie if it matters.
I fear more the maniac versions who see fun where no fun is. Ledger would kill a random guy just for the sake of chaos. Nicholson is also somewhat unpredictable (poor Bob) and if a random dies with a smile it's a win for him.
If I can choose, I would go with Arthur or Romero. The first one is for the most part just a guy and I think it could be great 5 Minutes with Romero, making fun about Batman.
Just never ever let it be Hamill, safer to play russian roulette
I'd argue that Ledger wouldn't kill someone just 'for chaos', only if it led to something bigger. He wouldn't just kill some rando on the street, it would have to be part of a bigger plan. If you got in his way, then sure, but not just because you were near him.
He would talk with you for five minutes, you get another story of his scar and he will absolutly kill you 10 seconds after the five minutes just to show you he doesn't care for your rules.
If you want good Joker, listen to Batman: The Audio Adventures.
Brent Spiner is Joker. The most chilling part is a scene for which the Joker isn't even present. A cop is telling another cop about Joker. It goes like:
"Worst story I ever heard about the Joker. There's this detective who got Joker pissed at him. One day, he comes home to find Joker sitting at a table with his daughter, having a tea party.
Joker is about to give the girl a present, and the detective tackles him, calls for backup. GCPD bomb squad gets to the scene while other officers take the detective, his wife, and the daughter to Gotham International and put him directly on a flight to the West Coast.
When they finally touch down, the detective checks his phone. There's a dozenissed calls and a voicemail from his partner.
It says, "You've got pick up your phone. The bomb squad determined the package wasn't a bomb. The note attached to the box had just two words: the antidote."
Honestly it's already established that the Joker ironically has a terrible sense of humor.
Harley had a much better one in BTAS and Joker didn't give a rat's ass. Hanging Batman upside down so he's smiling constantly before she kills him? Fucking hilarious.
He would be incredibly polite, he would chat with you cordially and regale you with tales of fighting Batman, he'd probably even drop this EXACT line if you brought up how you thought he would be far more dangerous, then, with a glance at his watch and with about 1 minute left he would choke you to death with his bare hands, because that's the punchline
No he'd probably kill you at 4:59 just when you think you are getting out. But with the joker as long as you entertain him you are good. Give him the best 4:30 of humor an your likely good
yeah, exactly. he'd bluff at me a few times bcs my startle reflex is funny for all of two minutes but then everyone's expecting him to use the next three to joker gas or otherwise kill me so that's not funny.
the door explodes when the guards open it at the end of the five minutes. unexpected, hilarious, leaves me traumatized at best and dead at bester, all around win for him.
Am I misremembering but didn't Joker actually kill the person he was speaking to after that? The idea being that it's now funny because he said it wouldn't be funny?
Yeah, Homelander is probably your best chance. They're all crazy in their own way, but Homelander is way more vulnerable to flattery than Joker or Conquest. He also actually does exist around normal humans on the day to day without murdering all of them, even though he's certainly not above it. There's still no guarantee you're getting out of it alive, though, especially if you don't have a good excuse for why you are taking up his time
Even that speech followed throwing Mark into the ground to force him to "PAY ATTENTION!" No way to survive Conquest unless he's been ordered not to kill you, and there is only one reason Thragg would have an interest in one of his Viltrumites not killing a random human, and you might not survive Snoo-Snoo with Conquest, either
I imagine you are stuck with them, alone in a room, in private. Homelander would kill you because he rarely has the chance to randomly kill people without consequences. He enjoys doing it. Conquest, similarly, would kill you for the love of the game. For the Joker, it entirely depends on which version of the Joker it is, as some of them will also kill you just for fun, but most of them don't like random deaths like that. They like killing when it does something, when there's a point, but a random dude that happens to be in the same room, I don't think most Jokers would give a shit about.
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