One Perfect Moment: The Joker's best line

[starwolf_oakley]

I've posted this before, but I consider it the Joker's best line (not counting anything from the various live-action and animated movies). From JOKER: LAST LAUGH #6.

Comments

[perletwo]

And then Dick punches him into orbit. Right? ...right?

Actually...

[angel_negra]

If I remember right, Dick kills him. Or nearly does and gets stopped.

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[shadowpsykie]

oh no he does kill him. he performs CPR and resuscitates him, but it haunts him that he actually did technically kill the Joker

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[angel_negra]

Oh good, I did remember that right. I wasn't sure. It's been a while since I read that arc.

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[icon_uk]

We actually don't know who did the CPR, it's left vague.

[pyrotwilight]

I think I actually like it better when Joker barely can distinguish the Robins apart. He knew Dick was a separate since he got older and left for a while but I remember him talking about having beaten up the second one (having killed Jason) only for him to pop up again good as new (Tim).

[jcbaggee]

Robin's second mini-series, yeah. He still mentions getting frustrated about how he kills a Robin and another pops right up, but he's eventually figured out it's a totally different Robin.

[randyripoff]

See, I dunno.

To me, the best Joker stories are those where he shows he can outwit Batman. To me, that's what really makes Joker his arch-enemy--he's just as smart, if not smarter than Bruce.

So if that's the case, I think he should know exactly who Jason, Tim, Damien, Dick and Bruce are--he's smart enough to figure that out. Hell, I think it's an unwritten truth that Jim Gordon knows who all of them are.

Of course, one of my hobbies is trying to explain the Joker, so take it all with a grain of salt.

[filkertom]

The Joker's one of those characters with several disparate personality traits that each deserve highlighting. There's his shitnut crazy scheme side (e.g., The Laughing Fish), his inhuman endurance side (you never find his body, no matter how many heights he falls from or times he gets blown up), his devil-may-care lack of fear, his casual (and usually perversely creative) murdering of henchmen, and (as highlighted here) his unique ability to get under the skin of any given hero, especially one of the Batman family....

[benicio127]

God, yes, this was a great pwnage moment for the Joker.

[okkult3000]

"You have a son, too, right?"

"I get it! Just like your daughter! HAAHAHA!"

[mullon]

And earlier there was his "to do" list.

Not exact quote but:

[yaseen101]

"Underneath all that gadgets and toys you are just a scared little boy crying out for his mommy and daddy, I would laugh were it not so pathetic but hey, I'll laught anyway"

Is I think what he says in RotJ, hell nothing ever really beats that moment.