Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Bat-May

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Terry gave Joker his worst nightmare: The batman laughing AT him and becoming the bane of every comedian, a heckler.

For me, the moment Terry dismantled the Joker psychologically by heckling him, was the moment Terry truly became his own character and really became the Batman. And it was something only he would have done.

"You make me laugh. But only because I think you're kind of pathetic" - Terry. One of the most savage quotes out there. Joker is so used to Bruce's stoic personality that he wasn't ready for Terry's level of savagery. Joker's biggest mistake was thinking he could deal with Terry the same way he deals with Bruce. Terry was making Joker so uncomfortable, that the clown actually tried to escape the room than to deal with that, lol.

That flashback scene was something else. The way Tim Drake was tortured into becoming Joker Jr., Bruce's reaction, Tim's insane laugh turned to sobbing after killing Joker, it's all so chilling, and still one of the most powerful Batman moments ever.

The Joker: "Don't play psychoanalyst with me, boy"

"Oh what the heck, I'll laugh anyway. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Mark Hamill's performance in this movie is one of my favorites in all his career as the Joker. He never disappoints, but he was so good here.

I love the idea of a "young" joker emerging in an unfamiliar future, seeing his main nemesis being a hunched old man with a cane, and his new rival being half his age.

Still can't believe the guy who's Ron Stoppable and Cory's brother on Boy Meets World was Batman

I'll be honest. The main reason I remember this film is because of the flashback scene with Joker and Harley revealing their... Mentally traumatizied mini Joker. That's probably the worst thing they have ever done and everything about the mini Joker feels off... From his constant grinning to just the way he moves around.

To this day, Terry heckling The Joker is my favourite Batman moment. Terry comes into his own as Batman by beating The Joker through a method Bruce was too stoic to ever consider, and, with his defiant "Ha, ha" before destroying the Joker-chip, Batman got the last laugh against The Joker.

The moment Terry turns out the lights to scare the Joker with the impending doom of the laser is as pure of a "Batman" moment as there's ever been

I really like how their respective histories with Joker inform how Bruce and Terry see him. Bruce is probably the person who is most familiar with the Clown Prince of Crime and has more than enough reason to take him seriously as a threat even before before the trauma with Tim. Joker is like a bogeyman to him now, striking fear far more effectively than Scarecrow ever could. Whereas Terry’s experience is with the opportunistic Jokerz gang, opportunists whose crimes and ambitions don’t reach even the lesser of their idol’s schemes. He’s never known a Gotham under terror from Joker. This also informs how each Batman approaches Joker. Terry sees Joker’s weakness where Bruce can’t, that when his perceived threat is diminished so is his evil charisma. Terry heckles Joker into becoming sloppy because Joker can’t see past Bruce behind the cowl, and underestimates his new opponent. Bruce always took Joker seriously and Joker fed on that, but he couldn’t take being the butt of the joke himself.

"That's not funny... That's not..." It's perfect! I couldn't imagine better last words for the definitive version of the Joker.

18:53 Joker: Don't you dare laught at me! Batman Beyond: Why? I thought the Joker always wanted to make Batman laugh! Joker: YOU'RE NOT BATMAN!!!

Everybody talks about how scary heath ledgers joker was but honestly mark hamill’s performance in this movie is Sh🐬t your pants terrifying torturing Robin and breaking his mind, killing bonk by launching a flag pole into his chest, sneaking into the bat cave and nearly killing Bruce with joker toxin and of course that scene where he’s tim drake and he makes Tim drake transform into him that’s just as scary if not scarier than the lamp wick scene from Pinocchio I watch this movie on Halloween simply because of how scary the joker is in it

I loved Terry's confrontation with the Joker. That chilling transformation scene, Terry getting under the Joker's skin by laughing at mocking him, and that last laugh the Joker gave, before Terry fried him, is one of my favorite Joker laughs; it was sadistic and downright scary.

"It's not Batman that makes you worthwhile, it's the other way around. Never tell yourself anything different." A great line from old Bruce to Terry. Really shows how much Bruce actually entrusts him with Batman. Also, both Joker scenes are great, but there is something to be said for the 'censored' version. Joker dying to a Prat Fall electrocution is just hilarious.

Holy shit I never until this moment realized that Terry McGinnis is voiced by Ron Stoppable. Dude's got range.