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Joker

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Overview

The Joker is a character in the Batman: Arkham series of video games. He is based on the DC Comics supervillain of the same name, created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and was adapted for a continuity developed principally by Rocksteady Studios. The character debuted in Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), in which he is voiced by Mark Hamill. Hamill portrays the older version of the character in Rocksteady's main trilogy and Batman: Arkham VR, while Troy Baker voices a younger Joker in the prequels Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, and Batman: Arkham Shadow.

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Notable quotes

“Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.”
— Akiba ben Joseph, Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.”
— John Cleese, as quoted in What Winners Do to Win! : The 7 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life (2003) by Nicki Joy, p. 113
“Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.”
— Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Jesting. Maxim II.
“As examples from history show, when jokes start circulating about a powerful leader, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.”
— Nissim Mannathukkaren, Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media, 3 December 2017,
“If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.”
— Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp", Against Interpretation (1961)
“Der Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.”
— A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Joker: 2019 musical film directed by Todd Phillips · playing card found in most modern card decks · UK-based musical artist who creates music in genres such as · American men's digest published by Humorama

Overview

The Joker is a character in the Batman: Arkham series of video games. He is based on the DC Comics supervillain of the same name, created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and was adapted for a continuity developed principally by Rocksteady Studios. The character debuted in Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), in which he is voiced by Mark Hamill. Hamill portrays the older version of the character in Rocksteady's main trilogy and Batman: Arkham VR, while Troy Baker voices a younger Joker in the prequels Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, and Batman: Arkham Shadow.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.”
— Akiba ben Joseph, Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.”
— John Cleese, as quoted in What Winners Do to Win! : The 7 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life (2003) by Nicki Joy, p. 113
“Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.”
— Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Jesting. Maxim II.
“As examples from history show, when jokes start circulating about a powerful leader, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.”
— Nissim Mannathukkaren, Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media, 3 December 2017,
“If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.”
— Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp", Against Interpretation (1961)
“Der Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.”
— A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.