I love this one from Robot Chicken. Not only that Mark Hamill is the one that voices Joker, but it also shows that Batman finally said "fuck it" and that enough is enough and let the law do the all the work.
In the original robot chicken bit he survives way longer because batman put a dry sponge on his head making electricity go away from his head prolonging his death lmao
0:52 These types of gags never fail to make me laugh. Jim Gordon seemingly listing the crimes that Joker has committed, only for it to cut to a piece of paper that says “NOT A NICE PERSON”
Yeah, Mark Hamill has regularly done his most famous roles for Robot Chicken for years. Might be part of the reason why Robot Chicken does so many Star Wars specials and so many DC specials...
I love how in the original Robot Chicken sketch Batman looks all smug when he says "it's ah...it's outta my hands!" but in this he looks genuinely remorseful about it. It feels weirdly in-character for him.
I mean its the obvious joke. The line that directly proceeded it was, "And due to the persuadive testimony of the Batman, thank you Batman, the court has decided on the death penalty."
Absolutely. Despite being absolutely heinous and even wanting to kill him himself, Batman should have a strange attatchment to Joker, whether that's because he's the ultimate test of his no-kill rule or because they see each other as reflections of each other. It's way more interesting than Batman taking pleasure in his death.
"I'd be violating the belief that has sustained me all these years. I believe In the absolute sacredness of human life. I may not really believe In anything else." -Batman, Written by Denny O'Neil, Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #1 (1991)
@@RacingSnails64there's a comic (Batman: White Knight) that takes this idea to an interesting conclusion; Batman finally snaps when the Joker tries to say that they're similar to each other, and nearly kills the Joker with a lethal overdose of pills shoved down his throat. The subsequent overdose cures the Joker of his criminal insanity and the now-sane Jack Napier vows to save Gotham City as recompense, leaving Batman with a tarnished reputation as an attempted murderer and as a lapdog of Gotham's elite. That's basically issue 1 of 8; it's worth a read if you can find it!
The villain plot armour of not getting the death penalty is incredibly strong. I have no doubt that if he ever did get the chair, he'd get lightning powers
The issue is, Joker can plead insanity of criminal charges since he is insane, after all. That's part of the reason he's afraid of the IRS. You can't plead insanity to tax evasion
Reminds me of a line from Xavier Renegade Angel when a villian is melting in a pool of lava "aaaaaaaIacceptJesusChristintomyheartasmypersonalsaviorYes!Madeit!"
@@Zabor-ny3coIf you think about it (in a morbid way) that's a more fitting punishment then death. Getting all your bones broken by Batman for 10 minutes straight is probably a lot more painful then a swift death.
In a city like Gotham, realistically, the Joker would never see the inside of a court room, much less a jail cell. The second Joker was arrested a few cops would’ve put two in his skull in the back of a squad car citing an attempted breakout.
At least after the 26th time Joker escaped, yes. Either that or the US government would have Joker classified as an international terrorist before long (which in most continuities, he most definitely is) and have Joker executed.
@@divp- At this point, I'd expect if someone decided to kill Joker by ripping out his soul (such as it is), destroying it so that even Necron couldn't bring Joker back, and atomized his body for good measure just so it couldn't be possessed or turned into a zombie, in other words destroyed Joker in every way possible, he would still come back in like... a year tops.
There is also the factor that the Joker, along with almost all of Batmans villains, has never been detained through legal means and almost all evidence being obtained illegally means there is no legal way a court case can be held. Batman causes his own vicious cycles.
@@berkstien1289The Doctrine that illegally-obtained evidence is thrown out only applies to when the govt gets that evidence. As Batman is a vigilante, any of his evidence is still fair game.
I get the feeling that, were this to happen in the "real world", Gordon could've gotten a lethal force order signed before it was even off the printer by any half-competent judge in any jurisdiction that included Gotham, waited for the inevitable Joker v Batman confrontation, then stuck a marksman on a roof to watch. Legally sloppy? Yep, but nobody would care as long as an incorrigible mass-murderer bit it.
If Joker trial was done in real life, regardless of how insane Joker is they probably just execute him considering the the amount of crime he committed.
If the Joker trial was done in real life, he'd be put into a facility that he can't escape from, and it would work. The problem with these comics isn't so much that the choices don't make sense, it's that the perpetuity of events don't make sense.
That or if all but one juror dont know who the joker is and they dont listen to him and they end up letting him go only to see what he does later and realizes they done f**cked up
There was that real life joker who shot up a movie theater during a batman premiere in Colorado years ago I think it was around the same time some drunk dude put a trash bag over his head and broke into the church of the jedi in California. Proclaiming himself to be Darth Vader before seriously beating a bunch of people half to death with a golf club. I never inquired, but it must have been a putter, wedge and up and it probably would have been a damn bloodbath like the Sagamihara Stabbings in 2016
There is a movie where joker falls into ocean water with his electric glove active, gets shocked and freaking sinks to the bottom, ten minutes later he is talking to the penguin and a vampire eats him.
This has now opened my eyes to the fact that the reason death penalties arent used in superhero media is that theres like... a 20% that whatever penalty will just give the villan more superpowers somehow
LMAO exactly 😭 whether bit by a spider, exposed to radioactive material, electrocuted, or thrown into a vat of acid... they all come out with more powers somehow 💀
In the golden age comics joker gets the death penalty, but he plans for his goons to get his dead body and revive him. And since he died he becomes a free citizen that has paid society for all his crimes.
Somehow killing him means he wins, too. I don't know why Batman lets him in his head like that. Joker's like a little psychopath on the playground taken to the natural extreme. If his antics make you mad, he wins. If you restrain yourself, he wins on the basis of not having enough opposition to stop him. But neither of those things is true. He just wants you to think they are.
@@________dQw4w9WgXcQ Someone needs to take it out of his hands, for sure. It's hard to gain perspective on a conflict you're always embroiled in and never get any distance from.
Let's be real. The single most unbelievable thing in all of Batmans comics, the insanely corrupt cops in Gotham never took the 5 seconds to cap Joker in the back of a squad car.
I wouldn't have believed the level of corruption 4 years ago, but then BLM happened to Portland, California and Chicago, and now it seems like comics have now underplayed how bad corruption can get.
@@redjoker365 You mean the original people who were out around 2010? Wait I think it was even earlier than that. It's been co-oped for nearly as long as most people have been aware of BLM. Certainly since occupy wall street.
Honestly, it's weird that they always rule for insanity instead of giving him the death penalty he deserves... Batman's no-kill rule would be fine if the courts actually did their job.
@@Alexander59059 has he ever tried to stop a judge from sentencing a Rogue to death? If no, then my argument still stands. Batman usually tries to stop any murders that are outside of law ("You are not the one to decide" style)
@@mechavos4066 Because that would "Disrespect the legacy of one of the most iconic rivalries in comic book history" and the authors *usually* can't make good profit margin money from a batman comic that doesn't star the joker. So why should the author kill him in a simple manner?
Not only is the animation amazing, the expressions beautifully exaggerated and funny, and the designs CRISP, but you also managed to make this skit 10x funnier. Thank you sm for doing this, it's absolutely jaw droppingly good 🙏
You really gave this Robot Chicken sketch a glowup. Great job! Also I feel like the chair would be more merciful than having Spider-Man sent after them.
@@jonahsumner9151or the time Doc Ock took over Peter’s mind and became the Superior Spider-Man then executed a guy at point blank range with a gun, and not to mention what happened on the raft to Smythe, the Vulture, Scorpion, and Boomerang
For those that don’t know, people diagnosed with insanity don’t get the death penalty in the US. They are deemed “not in a right state of mind” when they committed their crimes and admitted to a asylum. There have actually been people who, when asked what they think their punishment should be, said the death penalty. But because they were diagnosed as insane, they instead went to an institution. Also, if you try to plead insanity, be prepared for a horrible time. Insane asylums are arguably a fate worse than death for sane people pretending to be insane.
This is to an extant true, but the thing to keep in mind with the Joker is that he doesn't meet the legal requirements for the insanity defense. Pleading insanity requires the person to have probably been in a state of mind where they couldn't have understood the consequences of their actions. Joker is both far too intelligent and far to deliberate for anyone to believe he didn't understand that his actions would kill people. Also, unlike in comics, it's incredibly difficult for legally insane people to escape the mental institutions they're sent to, and they are often in these institutions for just as long if not longer than if they had been sent to prison for the same crime, with the obvious exception for if they would have been granted the death penalty, but they usually have to spend the rest of their lives in institutions so it's not that much better.
@@The_Lord_of_Cryptids Not to mention if you break out of super max for insane people (Arkham) the US government isn't going to do nothing about it. Especailly when you are a domestic terrorist with a massive body count and acts involving chemical weapons. State and Federal police would be brought in and with a threat like the Joker the national guard and some specail forces as well. Joker's only chance at life would be to stay in that asylum. The moment he breaks out the police are unlikely to take him alive and depending on th carnage he causes the federal government could just order a rendition killing. Gotham PD wouldn't even be handling this the moment Joker started making chemical weapons. The FBI and the Office of Chemical and Biological Warfare would be involved. It is unlikely Joker wouldn't be immediately put down after the first incident. Yet people ask why doesn't an unelected man be judge, jury and executioner. Without understanding he is written to always get the bad guy. In real life his rate would be considerably lower and brutality would violate the law as excessive force. He goes around killing people and the federal government will put an end to it. The real question is why does the federal government do nothing about what are basically domestic terrorists. Insanity plea isn't going to save any of these people. Penguin depending on the iteration might be one of the few villains who legit wouldn't be put down by the government as he's basically a mob boss. He'd likely cut a deal with the CIA which we find out he has in the Suicide Squad Animated Movie (Cadmis not CIA, but same difference). The government gives him more leeway because of this.
Well also most places haven't done the death penalty in decades If we go by the comics releases yea he probably should have cause he clearly isn't actually legally insane. He is INSANE but he knows what he's doing. But death penalty as far as I know now in 2023 is legal in only 2 states now only one of them having done it since 2000
I think it would make more sense considering the joker's ruthlessness that, every time he IS given the death penalty, he somehow escapes and everyone involved in the trial ends up dead. This would explain why nobody in their right mind seems to want to just get him executed and over with because, with his track record, it would be a death sentence to attempt it. Hell you could even have lex luthor and other villains chip in to getting the joker rescued, the idea being as long as the joker is around batman has a big enough threat back in gotham to leave the other big time villains mostly alone. Makes more sense than just going with the insanity plea. At least batman's no kill thing makes sense considering he is also somewhat mentally damaged and afraid he might do the same shit the joker does if he gives in, but the justice system has done worse to people for less than the joker has so it makes no sense hes managed to go this long without being executed without there being some sort of threat or bribery to the people in court.
@@Briselance ....because they would be replaced? I mena the jury would be easiest because they dont stay the same trial to trial anyway,but they would eventually find another judge to take the place of the one that ended up dead.
The funny thing is, in the comics, Batman was testifying in the trial where Harvey Dent was turned into Two-Face. Costume and all. Meaning he could very well canonically do this
I've often wondered if they could feasibly pass a law that makes legally recongized superhero identities legally distinct people from their civilian lives. Not the same company, but I should check She-Hulk. If anyone's thought of addressing that one, or the issue of testifying in general, it'd be in her comics.
@@bowenorcutt78In DC comics there’s the Federal Authority of Registered Meta-Humans which allows a superhero to testify in full costume. Edit. I found the comic. It was The Flash v.2 #135. Green Lanturn testify s in court.
To be honest, my main problem with this is it still compromises Bruce's secret identity. It makes sense that Bruce isn't around when Batman is prowling because it all happens at night. But if Batman is testifying in broad daylight and Bruce Wayne is missing for some reason, questions will be asked.
He has survived. It was early on when Joker was first introduced to the comics. After one encounter Joker gets put on trial and sentenced to the chair, Batman watches the life leave Jokers eyes. When they take his dead body to the morgue his heart starts up again and he escapes. The chair only stopped his heart long enough to be called in as officially dead
ok but the way you draw his expressions, especially his eyes and teeth while hes gettin electrocuted are genuinely terrifying and top notch, nice work.
A little context for the end there, when given the chair, they're supposed to put a wet sponge on your head to keep you from frying to crisp and reduce the pain, but Batman removed it and Gorden removed the second one. Joker suffered a horrible agonizing death as a result.
I genuinely find it weird how Gotham's courts (as corrupt as they probably are) have not given the Joker the death penalty, i mean even Batman ends up almost snapping the guy's neck and leaving him to die quite a few times actually.
Apparently in-universe the legal loop-hole is that because he is violently brough in by a vigilante (no Miranda rights, etc) he can not be tried under criminal law and that is why they send him to the asylum instead.
@@bluexgreen1If thats true then I really put even more blame on the courts and cops for Joker. Everyone knows cops and even the FBI stand no chance against a monster who is as tricky as Batman and almost as inhumanly skilled yet don't shoot on site when they have the chance?
@@Flamme-Sanabi In at least some states such as Florida, you can not be executed if you have active mental illness. Even if you are given the death penalty, if a corrections psychiatrist deems the perpetrator to have impaired capacity due to psychiatric reasons (at the time of incarceration, not the time of the crime) there can be no execution. The execution can occur when/if the inmate becomes lucid. This is significant for inmates with intermittent exacerbation of mental illness such as schizophrenic breaks, as well as for just plain faking.
@@Akira-cd2qs Every person in Gotham including the legal system is incredibly corrupt, Joker is such a nervous planner that he might have people on the inside keeping him around
@@orangeinkius7257Honestly, they'd probably still kill joker. I can't imagine him being liked by anyone in real life. Needs a corrupt mob running the place? There's always penguin and black mask. At least they won't randomly kill you as a joke. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if they paid for joker's demises. Win win for everyone.
@lightningpenguin8937 I'm the most surprised that the joker hasn't been shot by some random guy with a self-defense gun during one of the joker's many public appearances for schemes. Gotham is so full of crime that someone if not everyone should be packing heat. For that matter, why hasn't a cop shot him yet?
When it comes to Joker, he’d have gotten the death penalty a long time ago. There’s gotta be *some* limit to the whole “not guilty by reason of insanity”
There is it's called tax evasion you cannot claim insanity for tax evasion that's why the joker is canonically terrified of the IRS besides that no they can't kill him because then they'd be breaking the law and no the government doesn't give a shit about how many people he's killed the law is the law
Actually- joker would not be eligible for an insanity defence in the real world. You have to demonstrate that you did not understand, due to your insanity, that what you were doing was illegal. Joker has numerous escape plans and plans for when law enforcement arrives, proving he is well aware of the illegality of his actions.
Imagine if his execution was death by firing squad, and Bruce Wayne was one of the gunmen. Hey, he's not wearing a cowl; it wouldn't be out of character for him.
Yes it would out of character for Batman to use a *gun* to *kill* the joker. And there no way the police force would have a civilian be a gunman. It’s part of why Batman is beloved hero is that he will never kill and if he ever did kill it be 1. Under special circumstances where it’s a last result or there no other way 2. He would give up being Batman like what happened in beyond whew he used a gun to scare off a random thug.
@@jonahsumner9151 and alfred's no joke either. Combat medic, military training, MI6 (the british spy service), he spars and keeps up with the Batman on occasion, cleans every room of the mansion including the bat cave, and quite probably has training in all small and explosive arms as he has used a rocket launcher and blunderbuss before.
As soon as Joker or any other criminal is delivered into police custody the vigilantism part is over. This means it really IS the court's failure if they don't get a death sentence for their repeated deadly offences. If you seriously want Batman to kill the Joker and others then you kinda have to be cool with the idea of living in a world policed by murderous super-vigilantees, or maybe just wait until he acquires a bat-gavel and a bat-judiciary licence.
I always found the idea of "punisher would clean up Gotham in a week" very damn stupid cuz not only would punisher just straight up die since most of bats villains have genius level intellect and don't confront you head on then there's the superhumans like bane,croc, amygdala,clay face,manbat,Grundy, killer croc that would rip him in half like a tissue. The problems in Gotham are more due to its economic and social problems which the Bruce Wayne persona tries to fix
If the Joker actually put Batman's or any other person's life in immediate peril, Batman would be lawfully empowered to exercise lethal force in defense of self or others. Unless, of course, Gotham is just another Proggy shithole. =9[.]9=
@@chideraumejiaku3895and he can't because Gotham has around six different curses affecting it at any one time, and depending on the comics you read, Gotham itself is built on cursed ground
"Morice P Joker. For 2,391 counts of murder, and *many other crimes that seem minor next to 2,391 counts of murder.* You have been sentenced to death" Yeah, always wondered why they kept putting Joker back in the asylum when he's clearly beyond fixing
@@therandomcommenter6629But legally, Joker isn’t insane. You’re only considered legally insane if your mental illness prevents you from recognizing that you committed a crime or recognizing that the crime you committed was wrong. Joker can clearly understand both, so he’s not insane no matter how much he laughs.
@@saucevc8353 @saucevc8353 and you don't think he could convince the doctors he didn't the joker is a master of manipulation I never said he was actually insane
It cut the best part, the part where it's revealed that the reason Joker’s execution was botched was because Gordon took off the wet sponge placed on top of his head, whenever someone is placed in an electric chair, a wet sponge is sat atop their head so that the electricity conducts directly onto their brain, without this, the electricity runs rampant throughout the convict's body basically bursting every vain and nerve from their head to their toes.
Nah, the best part is the *next* next scene, where Batman is about to punch Gordon, only to reveal he did the same thing, and they both laugh it off lmao
"I won't kill you!" "That somehow means I win!" Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Joker's whole thing is that he wants Batman to kill him because then he'd be betraying his morals, which he considers to be the ultimate joke. Or something like that.
There was a Batman and Punisher crossover. When Frank put a gun to Joker’s head, he stopped smiling and was actually shitting bricks because Frank would feel nothing after or while killing The Joker. That’s one of his ultimate fears: being killed by someone who doesn’t care/wouldn’t change from it and being forgotten after he died
People seem to forget that when making the argument that batman should kill him, especially in the injustice universe, where we see what happens when Superman does it.
@@connerharvey548 If not Batman, then the government. There’s no reason why the government hasn’t stepped in and said “This guy redefined war crimes, we’ll put him down”
I believe it falls into his philosophy of "anyone can be like me after one bad day," and his perceived bad day for batman is breaking his morals by killing Joker.
Batman is a character that in principle, it’s not willing to give up on anyone regardless of how far gone they’re, that’s why on some iterations (namely the animated series) he’s goes through great lengths to rehabilitate his villains, this is all rooted from the trauma that fell upon him as a Kid, Batman is the hero that that little Bruce Wayne needed, not the one that kills or beats the lungs out of Joe Chill, but the one that either scares him to not pull the trigger… Or the one that prevents Joe Chill from killing by helping him, and that speaks volumes of what is essentially Batman. Joker however is the folly of that principle of his, when a Joe Chill is never going to be reformed or scared. If Batman kills Joker/Joe Chill, then he’s giving up on someone, is that abandonment of hope that Bruce fears the most.
Well, you can be forgiven, but you still have to make restitution for the temporal effects of the transgressions, and that may include the death penalty.
@@timopper5488 Asking the big J for forgiveness after doing heinous things is a bit of a cop-out in my opinion. Being an objectively horrible person, then claiming that you accept Jesus as "your savior" shouldn't be a get-out-of-jail-free card in the afterlife, assuming the Christian version of it is correct. Of course, Joker could also be judged by Hades and placed in a deep pit in Tartarus.
@@blam320 depends on the branch of Christianity. All agree that you can repent and be forgiven by god for basically anything, but the means of repentance differ a bit. For some simply accepting Jesus as your savior is enough and you are forgiven of all sins, which would theoretically more mean that you wouldn’t do heinous things anymore, because you understand that Jesus wouldn’t and admonishes such behavior. But some people unironically take it as a “I can sin all I want” card Others say you can sin but you must repent afterwards, typically this means a genuine apology to god. And if you are truly apologetic and regretful, you would cease your ways. This one has less get out of jail free cards because the churches typically say “can’t just go oh whoops I’m sorry, now back to what I’m doing!” Others have high authority given to the church and the priests are given the authority of god to forgive you for your sins This one seems the most silly to me, and historically has the most… unchristlike clergy men
@@b1gamer68 that's not the point I was making foo. Smh. It was that this was an already existing sketch foo. Smh. Take your head out of your ass foo smh. Trying to be a smart ass over there foo. Smh.
I remember pondering for a little while as to why Gotham doesn’t have a death penalty for its most confirmed heinous criminals like the Joker. But then I remembered that one of the running themes for Gotham is that it’s government and ruling body is often laced with corruption - so someone probably did suggest it but it was immediately voted down via the influence from major crime bosses.
That, and Gotham sometimes exists in a universe where aliens/intergalactic sci-fi affairs, magic, and the undead exist. Why implement the death penalty in a world where the death doesn't always stick? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@cpaul562 Key shtick of Batman villains is Gotham's corruption, I think some of the police would try to protect him. Still not beating the million plus angry folks charging at him though.
@@amog8202idk. I still feel like Gotham police would still try to kill Joker. NO ONE likes the joker. He's just insane with no end goal. He's a literal joke of a crinimal that only reason he got so far is because of plot reasons and no one actually punishing him.
He'd either get the Whitey Bulger treatment, or else he'd have an "accident" in the police car and "hit his head". Or the cop could just shoot him and claim self-defence, is anyone going to question it with such a psycho?
The baseline Batman has a grey costume, a black cowl, black cape, black gloves, black boots and white lenses. Sometimes as a rule of cool he is drawn with a black costume, golden eyes and spiked shoulders but you went the extra mile and made the spikes at the height of his head, made his costume PITCH BLACK and gave him ORANGE lenses. This is an exxageration of his character and his design. Absolute cinema.
All that punching and he got away with just a black eye and some blood. Damn he's resilient! Nicely done! Wish you could have animated the part where he shakes his hand before going back to punching! I loved that part!
He's been hit in the face with a sledgehammer before and just had a split lip. The guy is not easy to take down. Ironic though as a normal person once brought him down with a pipe to the back of his head XD
@@weebjeez Kinda reminds me of that trope you'd sometimes see in horror fiction. Where the main characters sometimes get a death that's either more stylish or toned down than the rest. Often for no other reason than they're the main character. It's hard to describe, but once you see it. You'll know.
I've never seen this Robot Chicken sketch, so I was all... is that Mark? It _is_ Mark Hamill! How in the Hell did some random TH-camr manage to get Mark Hamill to voice their animation?
I was half expecting Bruce Wayne to be in court with a million dollar+ lawyer team but Batz being there himself in despite his vigilatism also being a crime made me laugh.
It's not always a crime. He works with the police department. Like Bob kane the definitive batman describes as a federal agent part of the batman task force in gotham city pd. Outranking all police officials even the commissioner
Something similar to this happened in real life. When serial killer Albert Fish was on trial his lawyer attempted to plea insanity. After presenting his case the jury unanimously agreed that Fish was insane by every definition of the word, but his crimes were so heinous that they were afraid of what would happen if they let Fish live. So the jury agreed to declare that Fish was sand so he would get the death penalty.
I’ve always wondered why they didn’t do this. Someone who killed as many as him and escaped as many times as he has would ABSOLUTELY get the death penalty. It doesn’t matter what Batman wants.
As someone said before, the joker has tormented everyone in Gotham, And thus its not possible to form An impartial Jury as they would all be considered biased agaisnt him
that's a good point, they blame batman for letting that man run loose, but it's the courts that actually let him run loose. send him to trial and he'll just be executed.
I am pretty sure that that part of murica already baned the death penalty a lonh time ago .... Also in the og comics the joker did constantly die Wichtig is why he is also called gothams pheonix
@@sonicsatammegalover3563 In almost any part of America, the cops would have shot at him many, many times before. But this is Gotham. Were it not for the whole corruption thing, Joker would have got rocket launchers, helicopters, robot dogs, etc on his ass, it's basically the NYPD for cryin out loud.
I love how the art is so similar to Darkest Dungeon, it comes perfect to it. And no only the art, the background music, the tone of the voices, the hidden eyes. I love all in this animation
That was one of my favorite Robot Chicken sketches when they finally solve the problem with the Joker. Fun fact they actually had the real Mark Hamill voice of the Joker for Robot Chicken for that sketch. I really enjoyed your animation quality and style would love to see more of your stuff keep on going and keep sharing your wonderful art:-)
@@HaydrogenBomb You need to work on your reading comprehension. The point (since you seem to have trouble finding it) is that the guy up there congratulated the Video maker to the Jokes that he didn't write. He took the entire thing from RC. Whether credit is given or not doesn't change that.
Sometimes someone can be saved and redeemed, even when they have done horrible things. But sometimes, you just can't save them. It's like Mace Windu said: He's too dangerous to be left alive.".
Always possible, but not always probable. I definitely believe the law should prosecute Joker, just not Batman himself so he doesn't cross that line and continue to kill whoever he wants. We have seen stories like Telltale Batman where Joker is way more human and sympathetic, and even The Killing Joke ends with Batman suggesting Joker be rehabilitated and he says it's "too late for that" out of doubt and fear. I'd like to see a story try to rehabilitate Joker as an established supervillian, see how far the concept can be taken.
You should've included the one where Gordon and Batman mock his death XD Great quality work as always! I liked your touch on the commissioner's glasses.
Seriously with all the chaos, pain and strife he’s committed he’s completely beyond redemption and regardless of his mental insanity this would be the only punishment that would stop him permanently.
Exactly. Also, Red Hood has a more moral compass than that of Bruce Wayne. We know Red Hood has a very strong sense of justice and will only kill the irredeemable criminals, like Joker, to save thousands or millions from being sacrificed. So Red Hood’s the real hero.
@@rabbialmodovar7231 While I agree with you that Red Hood does have a point about killing one to save millions it’s like Bruce said it’s a very grey area and once you’ve killed once it’s very hard to come back from that. I mean look how far Superman went after killing the Joker in the Injustice series, he was willing to rule with an iron fist killing or severely punishing anyone who stepped out of line. Batman has that no killing rule to stop that from happening.
Wonderful ending. What’s funny is when they flipped the switch I was like. “Given the ammont of bullshit the joker can survive will this even kill him?”
If not then the gas chamber. If that fails the firing squad. I do think there’s enough people in Gotham who hates joker to form a line the city king just to enter a raffle just to shoot him.
@@spaceengineeringempire4086 one of the citizens having a radioactive bullet that gives Joker superpowers is the most plausible to happen, always remember, superhero comics are always full of bullshit when it comes to death
I love this one from Robot Chicken. Not only that Mark Hamill is the one that voices Joker, but it also shows that Batman finally said "fuck it" and that enough is enough and let the law do the all the work.
I was going to comment "that was the best Joker voice impression and laugh" but now it makes sense.
Batman does let the law do the work,the mfs in Gotham are just stupid or smthn
Hamill's the man!
You should watch "Actor Mark Hamill gets kidnapped by the Joker and the trickster" it's funny because he voiced all the characters since the 90's
@@donaldspage5157 ^yea in that clip he basicly speaks to himself xD
Joker refusing to die, while receiving increasingly higher voltage of electricity and showing off that maniacal expression is so on character.
@thelegendaryarceus5618Yep it was reference to the "Green Mile" by Stephan King. Im suprised noone mentioned it yet
@shaquile_neal I was going to write this exact thing. Really horrifying scene but in the robot chicken bit Batman literally does not care.
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It's actually just a flaw of electric chair. It's a torturous death that can last up to ten minutes or, in some cases, even longer
@thelegendaryarceus5618 I never understood that part of the sketch until now lol
I like to imagine joker survived the chair for that long through sheer determination to throw one last insult at Batman before he died
In the original robot chicken bit he survives way longer because batman put a dry sponge on his head making electricity go away from his head prolonging his death lmao
@@BlitzkriegAP Is that a reference to The Green Mile?
@@schwarzerritter5724 the electric chair is in fact not a reference to the green mile
@@mewsmeme he means the sponge thing you fool
@@schwarzerritter5724 and yes i believe it was
0:52 These types of gags never fail to make me laugh. Jim Gordon seemingly listing the crimes that Joker has committed, only for it to cut to a piece of paper that says “NOT A NICE PERSON”
And if you look in the background, you can see the list is literally very long.
"Fuck you, dork knight!" is 100% something I could see the Joker saying in this situation. It's like one final slightly out-of-character joke.
But seeing how it's actually Mark Hamill voicng this Joker too, that means it's *in* character.
*snort* Dork Knight...
The fact that "dork knight" had me laughing harder than him dropping an F bomb 😂
Me who scrolled down in the comments to see what Joker really said
Huh. He really never called him Dork Knight in the entire run of TAS?
At first, I was like, "Damn, that's a solid Joker impression," but then I realized and confirmed... that's actually Mark Hamill.
Yeah, Mark Hamill has regularly done his most famous roles for Robot Chicken for years. Might be part of the reason why Robot Chicken does so many Star Wars specials and so many DC specials...
Interesting that this is the first one we’re Batman isn’t voiced by Kevin Conroy also RIP btw
Yeah, this is a reanimated scene from Robot Chicken
@@elliotsturtplus3400wait really?
@@JmonsterNEO Good to know, I haven't watched robot chicken in at least a decade
Joker's face while he was being electrocuted is terrifying. You could say it gave me quite a shock with how well it was done.
The illustrations just really Amped up the whole experience, really.
And the long drawn out and painful death of The Joker was really reVOLTing...
It reminds me of that time joker wore his own face
Thanks for participating in the funniest joke gets the death penalty challenge.
Two ballistic missiles are inbound to your location.
That joke is so old and overused by this point. Can't you come up with anything more... Current?
I love how in the original Robot Chicken sketch Batman looks all smug when he says "it's ah...it's outta my hands!" but in this he looks genuinely remorseful about it. It feels weirdly in-character for him.
I mean its the obvious joke. The line that directly proceeded it was, "And due to the persuadive testimony of the Batman, thank you Batman, the court has decided on the death penalty."
Absolutely. Despite being absolutely heinous and even wanting to kill him himself, Batman should have a strange attatchment to Joker, whether that's because he's the ultimate test of his no-kill rule or because they see each other as reflections of each other. It's way more interesting than Batman taking pleasure in his death.
"I'd be violating the belief that has sustained me all these years. I believe In the absolute sacredness of human life. I may not really believe In anything else." -Batman, Written by Denny O'Neil, Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #1 (1991)
@@RacingSnails64there's a comic (Batman: White Knight) that takes this idea to an interesting conclusion; Batman finally snaps when the Joker tries to say that they're similar to each other, and nearly kills the Joker with a lethal overdose of pills shoved down his throat. The subsequent overdose cures the Joker of his criminal insanity and the now-sane Jack Napier vows to save Gotham City as recompense, leaving Batman with a tarnished reputation as an attempted murderer and as a lapdog of Gotham's elite. That's basically issue 1 of 8; it's worth a read if you can find it!
Batman IS a consummate actor, one of the FIRST skills he learned!
The villain plot armour of not getting the death penalty is incredibly strong. I have no doubt that if he ever did get the chair, he'd get lightning powers
The issue is, Joker can plead insanity of criminal charges since he is insane, after all. That's part of the reason he's afraid of the IRS. You can't plead insanity to tax evasion
@@commanderluigiis the IRS insanity plea thing an actual fact
@@nathanyein I know. That's why I included it
@@commanderluigi Honestly I don’t even think the Joker is insane, I think he’s just a dick
@@commanderluigiI mean wasn`t ted bundy killed on an electric chair? IDK if he`s insane though. He killed a lotta ppl i doubt he`s sane at all
"I know Jesus has forgiven me" is still one of the funniest lines the Joker has ever said
Is that a joke?
@@theris2747*No!!*
@@theris2747Dork Knight
It sounds like a Ted Bundy reference.
Reminds me of a line from Xavier Renegade Angel when a villian is melting in a pool of lava
"aaaaaaaIacceptJesusChristintomyheartasmypersonalsaviorYes!Madeit!"
i love how batman kept beating the shit out of the joker for 5 minute straight
5 minutes long beating causing multiple deadly injuries is fine but killing nope
@@Zabor-ny3coJoker deserve it
And he didn't even die for that lol
@@Zabor-ny3coIf you think about it (in a morbid way) that's a more fitting punishment then death. Getting all your bones broken by Batman for 10 minutes straight is probably a lot more painful then a swift death.
He hit the 5 minute combo that should’ve triggered a brutality animation
In a city like Gotham, realistically, the Joker would never see the inside of a court room, much less a jail cell. The second Joker was arrested a few cops would’ve put two in his skull in the back of a squad car citing an attempted breakout.
Probably true.
Only 1 problem: He makes DC too much money so now the cops have to have 0 common sense.
At least after the 26th time Joker escaped, yes. Either that or the US government would have Joker classified as an international terrorist before long (which in most continuities, he most definitely is) and have Joker executed.
Which he'd somehow survive, and then... actually... breakout XD.
@@divp- At this point, I'd expect if someone decided to kill Joker by ripping out his soul (such as it is), destroying it so that even Necron couldn't bring Joker back, and atomized his body for good measure just so it couldn't be possessed or turned into a zombie, in other words destroyed Joker in every way possible, he would still come back in like... a year tops.
I imagine the only reason this hasn’t happened is because there’s no way they’d find an impartial jury
The judge and the jury wearing joker makeup: he seems like a nice person so he shouldn’t get the death penalty.
@@isaacnelson4503 also pretty much everyone in Gotham has been terrorized by him at least once so he could argue that the jury was biased against him
There is also the factor that the Joker, along with almost all of Batmans villains, has never been detained through legal means and almost all evidence being obtained illegally means there is no legal way a court case can be held.
Batman causes his own vicious cycles.
@@berkstien1289The Doctrine that illegally-obtained evidence is thrown out only applies to when the govt gets that evidence. As Batman is a vigilante, any of his evidence is still fair game.
I get the feeling that, were this to happen in the "real world", Gordon could've gotten a lethal force order signed before it was even off the printer by any half-competent judge in any jurisdiction that included Gotham, waited for the inevitable Joker v Batman confrontation, then stuck a marksman on a roof to watch.
Legally sloppy? Yep, but nobody would care as long as an incorrigible mass-murderer bit it.
If Joker trial was done in real life, regardless of how insane Joker is they probably just execute him considering the the amount of crime he committed.
Especially if he somehow managed to get out of prison numerous times, likely letting others out in the process.
Basically batman would be out of service here
If the Joker trial was done in real life, he'd be put into a facility that he can't escape from, and it would work.
The problem with these comics isn't so much that the choices don't make sense, it's that the perpetuity of events don't make sense.
That or if all but one juror dont know who the joker is and they dont listen to him and they end up letting him go only to see what he does later and realizes they done f**cked up
There was that real life joker who shot up a movie theater during a batman premiere in Colorado years ago
I think it was around the same time some drunk dude put a trash bag over his head and broke into the church of the jedi in California. Proclaiming himself to be Darth Vader before seriously beating a bunch of people half to death with a golf club. I never inquired, but it must have been a putter, wedge and up and it probably would have been a damn bloodbath like the Sagamihara Stabbings in 2016
"keep going until he's dead"
I'm so glad he said because there is not a doubt in my mind that joker would survive that shit
And knowing him gain sith lightening powers.
There is a movie where joker falls into ocean water with his electric glove active, gets shocked and freaking sinks to the bottom, ten minutes later he is talking to the penguin and a vampire eats him.
@@massgunner4152 That’s the batman series right?
@@massgunner4152 Batman vs Dracula
It's also a real life thing it's more monstrous to leave them in a catatonic state of being half dead brain-dead
0:52 the joker is like “ dude u were supposed to send me to prison “
Sorry man, technically this out of Batman’s control. Didn’t really take this in account
This has now opened my eyes to the fact that the reason death penalties arent used in superhero media is that theres like... a 20% that whatever penalty will just give the villan more superpowers somehow
hunter zaun tin the cw verse, so they actually risk cereal killing speedsters, my god imagine the joker as a speedster
LMAO exactly 😭 whether bit by a spider, exposed to radioactive material, electrocuted, or thrown into a vat of acid... they all come out with more powers somehow 💀
@@Tm-dn9obthat would be horrifying at that point batman would need the flash's help
In the golden age comics joker gets the death penalty, but he plans for his goons to get his dead body and revive him. And since he died he becomes a free citizen that has paid society for all his crimes.
@@TrexWrangler-m9b let me guess, he got bord
"I know jesus has forgiven me."
"Is that a joke?"
fucking iconic line.
No 😢
“Here we go” (activates Electric chair)
@@Titanusrex1616
Bababaababsaaaaaaaaaaaa
“That’s not right…”
@@Titanusrex1616
YAAAA
“For 2,391 counts of murder and many other crimes…”
That’s putting it drastically mildly
"that seem minor next 2,391 counts of murder"
What is? The kill count, or the fact that they just move on from it?
I am pretty sure it's millions
@@ThomasSpikes-sg3ye. Depends on the canon
They've limited it to murders they could definitively prove he did rather than what he *probably* did
1:13 when you made a bet to out live your friend ( you cant add any more to your debt)
The fact that "Maurice p. Joker" is his legal name kills me every time
🗿Maurice Supermurder
He plays his music in the sun.
His legal name is Jack Napier, but Maurice P. Joker is much funnier lol
@@TekPlayzGames His name is not jack napier. That was an invention for the 1989 film.
@frogman4555 that's what some versions claim his real name is.
"That somehow means I win!"
-Maurice P. Joker
I don't know why, but I love that line...
It’s the best part :)
It’s the way Mark Hamill says it so cheerfully
Somehow killing him means he wins, too. I don't know why Batman lets him in his head like that.
Joker's like a little psychopath on the playground taken to the natural extreme. If his antics make you mad, he wins. If you restrain yourself, he wins on the basis of not having enough opposition to stop him. But neither of those things is true. He just wants you to think they are.
@@ashleyshanks6821because batman at his heart is a traumatized child, and is not coping with that well
@@________dQw4w9WgXcQ Someone needs to take it out of his hands, for sure. It's hard to gain perspective on a conflict you're always embroiled in and never get any distance from.
Let's be real. The single most unbelievable thing in all of Batmans comics, the insanely corrupt cops in Gotham never took the 5 seconds to cap Joker in the back of a squad car.
I wouldn't have believed the level of corruption 4 years ago, but then BLM happened to Portland, California and Chicago, and now it seems like comics have now underplayed how bad corruption can get.
@@sirellyn Especially since a majority of BLM's original founders died under mysterious circumstances
Yeah. With how many of them he’s killed, and how he just keeps escaping, I imagine they’d be plotting about how to do it and stay clean.
@@sirellyn Talking about the original founders, not the opportunists who took it over later
@@redjoker365 You mean the original people who were out around 2010? Wait I think it was even earlier than that. It's been co-oped for nearly as long as most people have been aware of BLM. Certainly since occupy wall street.
1:24 If someone told me that that was the frontpage of a new Joker centered comic, I swear id wouldn't question it for an instant.
How is no one talking about that "I know Jesus has forgiven me" line followed by "Is that a joke" only for Joker to say no. That had me in stitches
Because joker would NEVER convert.
@lockmuertos I do not believe. Everyone can...deserves to fry nonetheless.
@lockmuertos, you think he would be forgiven?
@@DrunkedOwlyI do
@@lookwhatyoudidtomyfish4453 hahaha
The Joker finally pays for his crimes against humanity after the Lopunny incident.
_"Batman, there are no laws against the Pokémon, Batman! I can do whatever I want with it!"_
We do not speak of the Lopunny incident.
The what now?
I'm afraid of an explanation for this...
And for the phone prank. XD
Considering some supervillain origins, this might just give Joker superpowers and make him more dangerous.
Like the Harley Quinn when dude was like IT GAVE ME POWERS
I mean, that’s what happened to Lex Luthor in All Star Superman.
It’s all in the cocktail.🍸
speedforce
Oh no joker with the powers of electro.
Look up “Sandman”…
and then he gets splattered with a strange chemical and becomes faster than the speed of light.
Oh, good, Speed Force Joker. We're all boned.
Honestly, it's weird that they always rule for insanity instead of giving him the death penalty he deserves... Batman's no-kill rule would be fine if the courts actually did their job.
Yeah, why does Batman have to carry the burden of killing/not killing when there other people to decide?
@@mechavos4066
When other people do try he always stops them
@@Alexander59059well to be fair it's not people working with the law
@@Alexander59059 has he ever tried to stop a judge from sentencing a Rogue to death? If no, then my argument still stands. Batman usually tries to stop any murders that are outside of law ("You are not the one to decide" style)
@@mechavos4066 Because that would
"Disrespect the legacy of one of the most iconic rivalries in comic book history" and the authors *usually* can't make good profit margin money from a batman comic that doesn't star the joker. So why should the author kill him in a simple manner?
"I know Jesus has forgiven me" line will never not be funny 😂😂😂
Is that a joke?
@@multiverse_media2023*crying* Nooo
@@Alejandroigarabide Here we go.
Flips switch.
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@@josephadventure4635💥
I've always loved that genuinely sad "No!" Said by Joker. Such a good bit.
Not only is the animation amazing, the expressions beautifully exaggerated and funny, and the designs CRISP, but you also managed to make this skit 10x funnier. Thank you sm for doing this, it's absolutely jaw droppingly good 🙏
Even in death, he got the last laugh.
Well played Joker, well played indeed
In the final bit that the animation cut off Batman removed the wet sponge and replaced it with a dry sponge.
Trust me, in the parody this is based on, Batman and Gordon definitely had the last laugh
dork knight
I mean he sounds like like mark hamil
@@taketheL-u6kThat's because it is.
You really gave this Robot Chicken sketch a glowup. Great job!
Also I feel like the chair would be more merciful than having Spider-Man sent after them.
*When Spider-Man wears a black suit and doesn’t make any quips* 😳
shooockeeeeeeeerrrr!!!!
ILL CHASE YOU TO THe ENDS OF THE EARTH
@@jonahsumner9151or the time Doc Ock took over Peter’s mind and became the Superior Spider-Man then executed a guy at point blank range with a gun, and not to mention what happened on the raft to Smythe, the Vulture, Scorpion, and Boomerang
@@mikejalloh5537 GET BACK HERE SHOCKER!
the amount of effort you put into these videos is actually incredible. even the joke ones are just.. insanely talented and it's wonderful
Jokes and voice acting from Robot-Chicken
Zip it up when ur done doing backflips on it lil bro
The only original part of this video is the animation. The voice clips are from Robot Chicken.
@@hasthehighground8560yeah but animation is hard
@@cggc5871 LMAOOO
1:09 "is that a joke?" is crazy ngl
the fact mark hamil actually did the voice acting makes it 10x better
man his face when he's saying "Fuck you dork knight" is just awesome to see in this artstyle
For those that don’t know, people diagnosed with insanity don’t get the death penalty in the US. They are deemed “not in a right state of mind” when they committed their crimes and admitted to a asylum.
There have actually been people who, when asked what they think their punishment should be, said the death penalty. But because they were diagnosed as insane, they instead went to an institution. Also, if you try to plead insanity, be prepared for a horrible time. Insane asylums are arguably a fate worse than death for sane people pretending to be insane.
Depending on who you ask, the Joker isn't insane. He is so self-aware as to defy classification. Some would say he is super sane.
This is to an extant true, but the thing to keep in mind with the Joker is that he doesn't meet the legal requirements for the insanity defense. Pleading insanity requires the person to have probably been in a state of mind where they couldn't have understood the consequences of their actions. Joker is both far too intelligent and far to deliberate for anyone to believe he didn't understand that his actions would kill people.
Also, unlike in comics, it's incredibly difficult for legally insane people to escape the mental institutions they're sent to, and they are often in these institutions for just as long if not longer than if they had been sent to prison for the same crime, with the obvious exception for if they would have been granted the death penalty, but they usually have to spend the rest of their lives in institutions so it's not that much better.
Yeah that last point actually happened at one point he turned into a new villain called Great White Shark
@@The_Lord_of_Cryptids Not to mention if you break out of super max for insane people (Arkham) the US government isn't going to do nothing about it. Especailly when you are a domestic terrorist with a massive body count and acts involving chemical weapons. State and Federal police would be brought in and with a threat like the Joker the national guard and some specail forces as well. Joker's only chance at life would be to stay in that asylum. The moment he breaks out the police are unlikely to take him alive and depending on th carnage he causes the federal government could just order a rendition killing.
Gotham PD wouldn't even be handling this the moment Joker started making chemical weapons. The FBI and the Office of Chemical and Biological Warfare would be involved. It is unlikely Joker wouldn't be immediately put down after the first incident.
Yet people ask why doesn't an unelected man be judge, jury and executioner. Without understanding he is written to always get the bad guy. In real life his rate would be considerably lower and brutality would violate the law as excessive force. He goes around killing people and the federal government will put an end to it. The real question is why does the federal government do nothing about what are basically domestic terrorists. Insanity plea isn't going to save any of these people. Penguin depending on the iteration might be one of the few villains who legit wouldn't be put down by the government as he's basically a mob boss. He'd likely cut a deal with the CIA which we find out he has in the Suicide Squad Animated Movie (Cadmis not CIA, but same difference). The government gives him more leeway because of this.
Well also most places haven't done the death penalty in decades
If we go by the comics releases yea he probably should have cause he clearly isn't actually legally insane. He is INSANE but he knows what he's doing. But death penalty as far as I know now in 2023 is legal in only 2 states now only one of them having done it since 2000
0:58 the crimes list just saying he’s not a nice person make me almost choke 😂
Now we know Batman as a 6th sense for how many punches would it take to kill someone
I mean batman could kill all of his villains that aren't superhuman in one punch so he'd have to tune it down to a tolerable level
Canonically Batman has studied all ways to possibly kill someone so he wouldn't do it on accident
I think it would make more sense considering the joker's ruthlessness that, every time he IS given the death penalty, he somehow escapes and everyone involved in the trial ends up dead.
This would explain why nobody in their right mind seems to want to just get him executed and over with because, with his track record, it would be a death sentence to attempt it.
Hell you could even have lex luthor and other villains chip in to getting the joker rescued, the idea being as long as the joker is around batman has a big enough threat back in gotham to leave the other big time villains mostly alone.
Makes more sense than just going with the insanity plea. At least batman's no kill thing makes sense considering he is also somewhat mentally damaged and afraid he might do the same shit the joker does if he gives in, but the justice system has done worse to people for less than the joker has so it makes no sense hes managed to go this long without being executed without there being some sort of threat or bribery to the people in court.
The last time a villain hired the joker to distract batman Jason Todd died
I'd always assumed Joker just consistently escaped before the courts got a chance to kick into motion.
Just put him in the phantom zone during the trial
If everyone involved in the trial dies, then how are there still courts?
@@Briselance ....because they would be replaced? I mena the jury would be easiest because they dont stay the same trial to trial anyway,but they would eventually find another judge to take the place of the one that ended up dead.
The funny thing is, in the comics, Batman was testifying in the trial where Harvey Dent was turned into Two-Face. Costume and all. Meaning he could very well canonically do this
DC is an interesting place.
I've often wondered if they could feasibly pass a law that makes legally recongized superhero identities legally distinct people from their civilian lives. Not the same company, but I should check She-Hulk. If anyone's thought of addressing that one, or the issue of testifying in general, it'd be in her comics.
@@bowenorcutt78In DC comics there’s the Federal Authority of Registered Meta-Humans which allows a superhero to testify in full costume.
Edit. I found the comic. It was The Flash v.2 #135. Green Lanturn testify s in court.
Wow, I thought it was weird that he was in costume in court in Batman Forever. I can't believe it was actually canon.
To be honest, my main problem with this is it still compromises Bruce's secret identity.
It makes sense that Bruce isn't around when Batman is prowling because it all happens at night.
But if Batman is testifying in broad daylight and Bruce Wayne is missing for some reason, questions will be asked.
Tbh joker would probably survive the chair from all the superhuman feats bro has done💀
He has survived. It was early on when Joker was first introduced to the comics. After one encounter Joker gets put on trial and sentenced to the chair, Batman watches the life leave Jokers eyes. When they take his dead body to the morgue his heart starts up again and he escapes. The chair only stopped his heart long enough to be called in as officially dead
ok but the way you draw his expressions, especially his eyes and teeth while hes gettin electrocuted are genuinely terrifying and top notch, nice work.
A little context for the end there, when given the chair, they're supposed to put a wet sponge on your head to keep you from frying to crisp and reduce the pain, but Batman removed it and Gorden removed the second one. Joker suffered a horrible agonizing death as a result.
Good he deserves it!
Honestly, considering all the things he's done, Jason Todd alone would be enough to be deserving of this
Also, it is a reference to Green Mile, where one of the prisoners was executed with soft sponge
Ayyyy ok, I was waiting for someone to make a green mile reference
@@dikastederook6380The way you wrote that made it seem like you're saying Jason Todd deserves it.
I genuinely find it weird how Gotham's courts (as corrupt as they probably are) have not given the Joker the death penalty, i mean even Batman ends up almost snapping the guy's neck and leaving him to die quite a few times actually.
Apparently in-universe the legal loop-hole is that because he is violently brough in by a vigilante (no Miranda rights, etc) he can not be tried under criminal law and that is why they send him to the asylum instead.
@@bluexgreen1If thats true then I really put even more blame on the courts and cops for Joker. Everyone knows cops and even the FBI stand no chance against a monster who is as tricky as Batman and almost as inhumanly skilled yet don't shoot on site when they have the chance?
@@bluexgreen1 and also because Joker can plead insanity!
@@bluexgreen1But many times is shown the police being the knes that ultimately put Joker in the police car and jail him.
@@Flamme-Sanabi In at least some states such as Florida, you can not be executed if you have active mental illness. Even if you are given the death penalty, if a corrections psychiatrist deems the perpetrator to have impaired capacity due to psychiatric reasons (at the time of incarceration, not the time of the crime) there can be no execution. The execution can occur when/if the inmate becomes lucid. This is significant for inmates with intermittent exacerbation of mental illness such as schizophrenic breaks, as well as for just plain faking.
The "thank you batman" from the judge is pure comedic gold
This is what would actually happen to the joker in a court system
People keep saying why Batman doesn't just kill the Joker, but why isn't the court killing Joker after so fcking long
@@Akira-cd2qs Every person in Gotham including the legal system is incredibly corrupt, Joker is such a nervous planner that he might have people on the inside keeping him around
@@orangeinkius7257Honestly, they'd probably still kill joker. I can't imagine him being liked by anyone in real life.
Needs a corrupt mob running the place? There's always penguin and black mask. At least they won't randomly kill you as a joke. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if they paid for joker's demises. Win win for everyone.
@lightningpenguin8937 I'm the most surprised that the joker hasn't been shot by some random guy with a self-defense gun during one of the joker's many public appearances for schemes. Gotham is so full of crime that someone if not everyone should be packing heat. For that matter, why hasn't a cop shot him yet?
Guess it would depend on the state. Unless federal takes over?
When it comes to Joker, he’d have gotten the death penalty a long time ago. There’s gotta be *some* limit to the whole “not guilty by reason of insanity”
There is it's called tax evasion you cannot claim insanity for tax evasion that's why the joker is canonically terrified of the IRS besides that no they can't kill him because then they'd be breaking the law and no the government doesn't give a shit about how many people he's killed the law is the law
Joker shouldn’t even be considered insane because he’s sane enough to realize that he committed a crime and why that crime was wrong.
Actually- joker would not be eligible for an insanity defence in the real world. You have to demonstrate that you did not understand, due to your insanity, that what you were doing was illegal. Joker has numerous escape plans and plans for when law enforcement arrives, proving he is well aware of the illegality of his actions.
@@thatguy771ifymaybe Gotham is in a no death penalty state
Supervillains are the one time i support the death penalty
"F*ck you, Dork knight"
Joker has achieved peak comedy
The fact you gave Robot Chicken and Mark Hamill a shout out earned you a subscriber!
Imagine if his execution was death by firing squad, and Bruce Wayne was one of the gunmen. Hey, he's not wearing a cowl; it wouldn't be out of character for him.
Nah, but he wouldn't stop Alfred or Jason from joining the fun.
Yes it would out of character for Batman to use a *gun* to *kill* the joker. And there no way the police force would have a civilian be a gunman. It’s part of why Batman is beloved hero is that he will never kill and if he ever did kill it be 1. Under special circumstances where it’s a last result or there no other way 2. He would give up being Batman like what happened in beyond whew he used a gun to scare off a random thug.
@@dante_0962nah, he’d have one of the guns with a blank in it.
@@p5ychojoe138Joker doesn’t mess with Alfred, because he knows that unlike Batman…Alfred does not *have* a no-killing rule.
@@jonahsumner9151 and alfred's no joke either. Combat medic, military training, MI6 (the british spy service), he spars and keeps up with the Batman on occasion, cleans every room of the mansion including the bat cave, and quite probably has training in all small and explosive arms as he has used a rocket launcher and blunderbuss before.
As soon as Joker or any other criminal is delivered into police custody the vigilantism part is over. This means it really IS the court's failure if they don't get a death sentence for their repeated deadly offences. If you seriously want Batman to kill the Joker and others then you kinda have to be cool with the idea of living in a world policed by murderous super-vigilantees, or maybe just wait until he acquires a bat-gavel and a bat-judiciary licence.
And the Bat credit card.
I always found the idea of "punisher would clean up Gotham in a week" very damn stupid cuz not only would punisher just straight up die since most of bats villains have genius level intellect and don't confront you head on then there's the superhumans like bane,croc, amygdala,clay face,manbat,Grundy, killer croc that would rip him in half like a tissue.
The problems in Gotham are more due to its economic and social problems which the Bruce Wayne persona tries to fix
If the Joker actually put Batman's or any other person's life in immediate peril, Batman would be lawfully empowered to exercise lethal force in defense of self or others. Unless, of course, Gotham is just another Proggy shithole. =9[.]9=
I'm cool with it
@@chideraumejiaku3895and he can't because Gotham has around six different curses affecting it at any one time, and depending on the comics you read, Gotham itself is built on cursed ground
"Morice P Joker. For 2,391 counts of murder, and *many other crimes that seem minor next to 2,391 counts of murder.* You have been sentenced to death"
Yeah, always wondered why they kept putting Joker back in the asylum when he's clearly beyond fixing
Because legally you can't decide that someone's "beyond fixing"
@@therandomcommenter6629But legally, Joker isn’t insane. You’re only considered legally insane if your mental illness prevents you from recognizing that you committed a crime or recognizing that the crime you committed was wrong. Joker can clearly understand both, so he’s not insane no matter how much he laughs.
@@saucevc8353 @saucevc8353 and you don't think he could convince the doctors he didn't the joker is a master of manipulation I never said he was actually insane
Depends on the versions and context.
Typically, it's a little bit of both insane and sane
Out of universe it's because you can't use a character if you kill them off.
The face he makes while saying rinse and repeat 😂 0:36
It cut the best part, the part where it's revealed that the reason Joker’s execution was botched was because Gordon took off the wet sponge placed on top of his head, whenever someone is placed in an electric chair, a wet sponge is sat atop their head so that the electricity conducts directly onto their brain, without this, the electricity runs rampant throughout the convict's body basically bursting every vain and nerve from their head to their toes.
I know this information thanks to Green Mile.
Considering The Killing Joke, Gordon knew full well what he was doing
@@shards-of-glass-man He even says "that was for Barbara" in the original.
I rewatched the original after this, and you’re right! That Twist ending really ends to the punch!
Nah, the best part is the *next* next scene, where Batman is about to punch Gordon, only to reveal he did the same thing, and they both laugh it off lmao
"Is that a joke"
"No"
Those being the Jokers last words is perfect.
"I won't kill you!"
"That somehow means I win!"
Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Joker's whole thing is that he wants Batman to kill him because then he'd be betraying his morals, which he considers to be the ultimate joke. Or something like that.
There was a Batman and Punisher crossover. When Frank put a gun to Joker’s head, he stopped smiling and was actually shitting bricks because Frank would feel nothing after or while killing The Joker. That’s one of his ultimate fears: being killed by someone who doesn’t care/wouldn’t change from it and being forgotten after he died
People seem to forget that when making the argument that batman should kill him, especially in the injustice universe, where we see what happens when Superman does it.
@@connerharvey548 If not Batman, then the government. There’s no reason why the government hasn’t stepped in and said “This guy redefined war crimes, we’ll put him down”
I believe it falls into his philosophy of "anyone can be like me after one bad day," and his perceived bad day for batman is breaking his morals by killing Joker.
Batman is a character that in principle, it’s not willing to give up on anyone regardless of how far gone they’re, that’s why on some iterations (namely the animated series) he’s goes through great lengths to rehabilitate his villains, this is all rooted from the trauma that fell upon him as a Kid, Batman is the hero that that little Bruce Wayne needed, not the one that kills or beats the lungs out of Joe Chill, but the one that either scares him to not pull the trigger… Or the one that prevents Joe Chill from killing by helping him, and that speaks volumes of what is essentially Batman.
Joker however is the folly of that principle of his, when a Joe Chill is never going to be reformed or scared.
If Batman kills Joker/Joe Chill, then he’s giving up on someone, is that abandonment of hope that Bruce fears the most.
And that, kids, is how Joker got his superpowers,
The biggest joke here is Joker asking for forgiveness through christ unironically. 😂
Lmao
Well, you can be forgiven, but you still have to make restitution for the temporal effects of the transgressions, and that may include the death penalty.
@@timopper5488 Asking the big J for forgiveness after doing heinous things is a bit of a cop-out in my opinion. Being an objectively horrible person, then claiming that you accept Jesus as "your savior" shouldn't be a get-out-of-jail-free card in the afterlife, assuming the Christian version of it is correct. Of course, Joker could also be judged by Hades and placed in a deep pit in Tartarus.
@@blam320 How did the Olympian god of Death get mixed in with Christianity???
@@blam320 depends on the branch of Christianity.
All agree that you can repent and be forgiven by god for basically anything, but the means of repentance differ a bit.
For some simply accepting Jesus as your savior is enough and you are forgiven of all sins, which would theoretically more mean that you wouldn’t do heinous things anymore, because you understand that Jesus wouldn’t and admonishes such behavior.
But some people unironically take it as a “I can sin all I want” card
Others say you can sin but you must repent afterwards, typically this means a genuine apology to god. And if you are truly apologetic and regretful, you would cease your ways.
This one has less get out of jail free cards because the churches typically say “can’t just go oh whoops I’m sorry, now back to what I’m doing!”
Others have high authority given to the church and the priests are given the authority of god to forgive you for your sins
This one seems the most silly to me, and historically has the most… unchristlike clergy men
Interestingly the older Mark got, the better his Joker voice got. Funny how that works.
Benjamin Button voice syndrome
@@simonhailom2477LMAO
The fact that the actor for joker mark hamill actually voiced this sketch 😂
It's originally from an episode of robot chicken, foo. Smh
@420Meshuggah and they got Mark Hamill to voice him in the bit foo, smh
It's straight stolen from an episode with animating instead of the show.
@@b1gamer68 that's not the point I was making foo. Smh. It was that this was an already existing sketch foo. Smh. Take your head out of your ass foo smh. Trying to be a smart ass over there foo. Smh.
@@420MeshuggahThat explains Seth Green "randomly" as the Judge
"I know Jesus has forgiven me"
"Is that a joke?"
"🥺Noo😥"
death noises
I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THIS SAME JOKE AND THEN I REALISED THAT I ALREADY DID..
I remember pondering for a little while as to why Gotham doesn’t have a death penalty for its most confirmed heinous criminals like the Joker.
But then I remembered that one of the running themes for Gotham is that it’s government and ruling body is often laced with corruption - so someone probably did suggest it but it was immediately voted down via the influence from major crime bosses.
Those same crime bosses might change their minds when the Joker decides to off pretty much everybody, including the crime bosses.
@@melvinfranco2142 Nah, they'd probably just try and send their own assassins to get Joker
@@mishaalkisan1688 Joker: Good luck with that, boy. I'm unkillable!!!
Actually, it's mostly due to Bruce Wayne. He legitimately believes everyone can be rehabilitated, and funds anti death penalty politicians.
That, and Gotham sometimes exists in a universe where aliens/intergalactic sci-fi affairs, magic, and the undead exist. Why implement the death penalty in a world where the death doesn't always stick? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Irl, joker wouldn’t see the inside of a courtroom/prison cause he would be mobbed by an entire city wanting revenge
And the police would be joining them.
@cpaul562 Key shtick of Batman villains is Gotham's corruption, I think some of the police would try to protect him. Still not beating the million plus angry folks charging at him though.
@@amog8202idk. I still feel like Gotham police would still try to kill Joker. NO ONE likes the joker. He's just insane with no end goal.
He's a literal joke of a crinimal that only reason he got so far is because of plot reasons and no one actually punishing him.
@@ProxiProtogen at least some of them yeah
He'd either get the Whitey Bulger treatment, or else he'd have an "accident" in the police car and "hit his head". Or the cop could just shoot him and claim self-defence, is anyone going to question it with such a psycho?
0:10 Arkham Batman In a Nutshell:
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"Hey man, I think you got him."
The baseline Batman has a grey costume, a black cowl, black cape, black gloves, black boots and white lenses.
Sometimes as a rule of cool he is drawn with a black costume, golden eyes and spiked shoulders but you went the extra mile and made the spikes at the height of his head, made his costume PITCH BLACK and gave him ORANGE lenses. This is an exxageration of his character and his design.
Absolute cinema.
All that punching and he got away with just a black eye and some blood. Damn he's resilient! Nicely done! Wish you could have animated the part where he shakes his hand before going back to punching! I loved that part!
I mean, he got his heart punched out, and replied that it was a great joke.
Resilience is, weirdly, a major part of Joker's "power set"
Joker is very very resilient
He's been hit in the face with a sledgehammer before and just had a split lip. The guy is not easy to take down. Ironic though as a normal person once brought him down with a pipe to the back of his head XD
the grease paint probably covers anything else that shit is more opaque than actual wall paint
@@weebjeez Kinda reminds me of that trope you'd sometimes see in horror fiction. Where the main characters sometimes get a death that's either more stylish or toned down than the rest. Often for no other reason than they're the main character. It's hard to describe, but once you see it. You'll know.
Funniest DC Robot Chicken gag thanks to the man himself.
I've never seen this Robot Chicken sketch, so I was all... is that Mark? It _is_ Mark Hamill! How in the Hell did some random TH-camr manage to get Mark Hamill to voice their animation?
I was half expecting Bruce Wayne to be in court with a million dollar+ lawyer team but Batz being there himself in despite his vigilatism also being a crime made me laugh.
It's not always a crime. He works with the police department. Like Bob kane the definitive batman describes as a federal agent part of the batman task force in gotham city pd. Outranking all police officials even the commissioner
Something similar to this happened in real life. When serial killer Albert Fish was on trial his lawyer attempted to plea insanity. After presenting his case the jury unanimously agreed that Fish was insane by every definition of the word, but his crimes were so heinous that they were afraid of what would happen if they let Fish live. So the jury agreed to declare that Fish was sand so he would get the death penalty.
My god, Joker actually looks sadistic and unhinged, like... ESPECIALLY so with your style & expressions!
Bloody fantastic work as always! ^^
I truly appreciate this animation. This was one of the first Robot Chicken sketches I ever saw, so the nostalgia hits hard. And I love the animation ❤
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFUCK YOU DORKNIGHT!" The best last words ever heard.
0:23 didn’t think he’d have any blood left after all those punches.
You drew all their expressions so well 😭
RIP to Maurice Pompatus Joker.
See you, space cowboy.
would die so happy if we got a series animated in this style
FR THO
I would happily watch from heaven if that was the cost
I’ve always wondered why they didn’t do this. Someone who killed as many as him and escaped as many times as he has would ABSOLUTELY get the death penalty. It doesn’t matter what Batman wants.
As someone said before, the joker has tormented everyone in Gotham, And thus its not possible to form An impartial Jury as they would all be considered biased agaisnt him
that's a good point, they blame batman for letting that man run loose, but it's the courts that actually let him run loose.
send him to trial and he'll just be executed.
I am pretty sure that that part of murica already baned the death penalty a lonh time ago
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Also in the og comics the joker did constantly die
Wichtig is why he is also called gothams pheonix
@@sonicsatammegalover3563 In almost any part of America, the cops would have shot at him many, many times before.
But this is Gotham.
Were it not for the whole corruption thing, Joker would have got rocket launchers, helicopters, robot dogs, etc on his ass, it's basically the NYPD for cryin out loud.
I love how the art is so similar to Darkest Dungeon, it comes perfect to it. And no only the art, the background music, the tone of the voices, the hidden eyes. I love all in this animation
That was one of my favorite Robot Chicken sketches when they finally solve the problem with the Joker. Fun fact they actually had the real Mark Hamill voice of the Joker for Robot Chicken for that sketch. I really enjoyed your animation quality and style would love to see more of your stuff keep on going and keep sharing your wonderful art:-)
Mark Hamill was practically a regular on that show, considering how much Star Wars and DC stuff they did.
It's not hard to take all the audio without permission and then do an animation over it. I doubt Robot Chicken gave this channel the rights to use it.
@@GOKUISTHEBOMBrobot chicken was a parody show they can't do copyright so anyone doesn't have to ask for permission
It feels like I first saw this video two years ago instead of just seven months ago.
Wasn’t this a Robot chicken Sketch?! Lmaoo
I believe 1:13 “IK Jesus has forgiven me, Noooooo” was definitely taken from the sketch lmao
I think the entire audio for the video was taken from the sketch
It was, well most of it, he put the video link in the description.
Either way. *Animation is* 💯 🔥
@@frankofam1069 twas indeed
the amount of effort you put into these videos is actually incredible. even the joke ones are just.. insanely talented and it's wonderful
You know he completly stole this from robot chicken right?
@@hannesromhild8532Robot Chicken's credited in the description.
@@HaydrogenBomb And why are you telling that to me? I obviously already know that.
@@hannesromhild8532 Cause he didn't completely steal it. He credited Robot Chicken.
@@HaydrogenBomb You need to work on your reading comprehension. The point (since you seem to have trouble finding it) is that the guy up there congratulated the Video maker to the Jokes that he didn't write. He took the entire thing from RC. Whether credit is given or not doesn't change that.
Not even plot armor can save him this time.
“ nothing can stop the joker! “ *begins to have the absolute shit beat out of him*
“Is that a joke?” Deadass busted out laughing lmao
(Cry) nooooooooo
0:45) Me whenever someone says that Batman sucks because he refuses to kill people when that has never been, nor shall it be his goddamn job.
He doesn’t seem too upset about it.
I mean just look at that smile. :) 1:18
Sometimes someone can be saved and redeemed, even when they have done horrible things. But sometimes, you just can't save them. It's like Mace Windu said: He's too dangerous to be left alive.".
Always possible, but not always probable.
I definitely believe the law should prosecute Joker, just not Batman himself so he doesn't cross that line and continue to kill whoever he wants. We have seen stories like Telltale Batman where Joker is way more human and sympathetic, and even The Killing Joke ends with Batman suggesting Joker be rehabilitated and he says it's "too late for that" out of doubt and fear.
I'd like to see a story try to rehabilitate Joker as an established supervillian, see how far the concept can be taken.
You should've included the one where Gordon and Batman mock his death XD Great quality work as always! I liked your touch on the commissioner's glasses.
Seriously with all the chaos, pain and strife he’s committed he’s completely beyond redemption and regardless of his mental insanity this would be the only punishment that would stop him permanently.
Exactly and batman woudlve left gotham all the way to russia to save joker from the death penalty i swear
@@box4467
Yeah pretty much 👍
Exactly. Also, Red Hood has a more moral compass than that of Bruce Wayne. We know Red Hood has a very strong sense of justice and will only kill the irredeemable criminals, like Joker, to save thousands or millions from being sacrificed. So Red Hood’s the real hero.
@@rabbialmodovar7231
While I agree with you that Red Hood does have a point about killing one to save millions it’s like Bruce said it’s a very grey area and once you’ve killed once it’s very hard to come back from that. I mean look how far Superman went after killing the Joker in the Injustice series, he was willing to rule with an iron fist killing or severely punishing anyone who stepped out of line. Batman has that no killing rule to stop that from happening.
Even in death, he was... lightning. Such a powerful performance.
“I won’t kill you. But I don’t have to save you.”
Batman cheating and finding a loopholes😊
Honestly this feels exactly how joker would get the chair, good job
I would genuinely watch an entire series animated with this style, it scratches my brain
Wonderful ending.
What’s funny is when they flipped the switch I was like.
“Given the ammont of bullshit the joker can survive will this even kill him?”
If not then the gas chamber. If that fails the firing squad. I do think there’s enough people in Gotham who hates joker to form a line the city king just to enter a raffle just to shoot him.
In the Robot Chicken sketch this is based on, Joker’s head explodes after all that.
😂
@@spaceengineeringempire4086😂
@@spaceengineeringempire4086 one of the citizens having a radioactive bullet that gives Joker superpowers is the most plausible to happen, always remember, superhero comics are always full of bullshit when it comes to death
this aged crazily