Jokerz - Blog Posts
Based on Batwoman: Season 3
Played by Nick Creegan
Impostor Joker
Before he had his unfortunate encounter with The Joker, Winslow Heath was simple businessman who worked for pharmaceuticals company. He had a girlfriend named Beth who he was planning to propose to. One night while having a romantic picnic on a rooftop, The Joker showed up, riding a jet pack. He was being chased by Batman, who quickly caught up and tackled him to the ground. In order to distract Batman, he tossed a Joker Gas grenade at Winslow, who quickly started to succumb to the gas. Fortunately, it turns out that Winslow and Beth were stoners/drug users, and the drugs in their systems were able to stop the gas from killing them. Unfortunately, the gas put Winslow in a state of paralysis, and he was put in Gotham Hospital. He wasn't in a coma, though. He was fully aware of his surroundings, he could hear everything happening, but he could move or speak. 2 years later, they decided to run a brain scan on Winslow, and that's when they found out that he was conscious. Using advancements in medical science, they were able to restore him to full function. Admitting their negligence, the hospital gave Winslow a huge cash settlement. Using this money, he was able to set up his own pharmaceutical company, and soon became rich enough to rival Bruce Wayne and Simon Stagg. However, Winslow had a lot of time to think while stuck in his glass coffin, and he grew to greatly resent Batman, blaming him for bringing all of this misery to Gotham City. Seeking revenge against the Dark Knight, Winslow was able to get his hands on the recipe for Joker Toxin, and used hired a mad chemist named Dr. Kaligari to convert it into a non-lethal drug that they called "Joker Juice". It comes in a gaseous form contained in small, pill-shaped capsules. Crack it open, sniff it, and your hair turns green, your skin turns white, and you go crazy for about an hour. He then handed it out different citizens and orchestrated mad mob riots in different parts of Gotham. After a cop killed one of the Jokerz, more people started to buy the Joker Juice, and engaged in a coordinated attack on the GCPD. After several cops were killed in the riot, an impostor Batman rose up and told all of Gotham's citizens to defend their city by dressing up as Batman and killing any other the Jokerz they could find. Before long, the entire city engaged in a month-long war between the Jokerz and the Guardian Batz. In order to pull off his master plan, Winslow built an amusement park for citizens to have fun in to distract themselves from the carnage. However, this was a trap. He and Dr. Kaligari had developed a version of Joker Juice that made you destructive and violent, and had rigged to park's lampposts to spray the gas onto the crowds. Before long, the entire park turned into death arena with both Batz and Jokerz trying to kill each other all over the place. The Impostor Batman had led an army of Guardian Bats to lay siege to the park, and he strolled through the park, brutally slaughtering Jokerz left, right, and center. Batman chased the Impostor Batman into the Hall Of Mirrors, and was able to unmask him after a fight. It turns out that Winslow Heath was both the Impostor Joker, and the Impostor Batman. He'd orchestrated all of this to show Batman how his battles with the Joker constantly destroy Gotham, and the lives of everyone around them. Winslow then revealed the other reason he was doing this. After he was poisoned by the gas, Beth disappeared. It turns out that she'd taken the same drugs that night, and they also stopped the gas from killing, but also put her in the same "Glass Coffin" state. Batman didn't see her, and she was left there paralyzed for god knows how long. I wonder what it felt like when the crows ate her to death. Batman then tried to arrest Winslow, but he lost him in the crowd of Jokerz and Guardian Batz. No one has seen him since, but who knows where he is, or what he's planning.
The Joker King
As far back as he can remember, Douglas Tan was obsessed with The Joker. He decorated his room in every piece of Joker merchandise he could get his hands on, and tried to research as much about the Clown Prince of Crime that he could. Unfortunately, his parents saw his fascination as an “Unhealthy Obsession”, and they tried their best to distance their son from anything Joker related. They got rid of his merchandise, deleted all of his hard drives containing information, and even sent him to multiple therapists. Doug was a lot like his father though, as when he sent his mind on something, he’d never let it go. He later joined a Jokerz gang, as he saw it as a prime opportunity to spread chaos in The Joker’s name. However, all the Jokerz did was petty vandalism, loitering, and they sometimes even fought other Jokerz. After being sent to prison for the umpteenth time, Doug had an epiphany, and thought he finally knew what The Joker’s message truly was. No matter what you do, nothing matters. Everything ends eventually, no matter how far your legacy reaches past your death. Wanting to spread this wisdom with his fellow Jokerz, he began proselytizing to these people, and became their messiah in a way. After finally getting out of prison, Doug and his friend Pally Otchee went around recruiting Jokerz from other cities, planning on having all of them converge on Gotham. Once he had them all meet up in the Gotham Cemetery, he secretly sprayed them all with hypnotic drugs using hidden misters in the trees. He then convinced all of them to wear bomb vests and to suicide bomb themselves all over Gotham in order to destroy it in the name of The Joker. During the ensuing chaos, Doug headed to the hospital to kill the family that abandoned him, since his father was in a coma after Doug elbowed him in the face. He was stopped by Batman Beyond, but Doug managed to incapacitate him by constantly knocking him on the head in order to keep him delirious. His then took Batman to a construction site, and planned to hang him from the top. Batman managed to escape from the noose, and he along with a couple other heroes tried to stop Doug, who had completely lost it, and had gone full Joker crazy. His sister then ran on the scene, and Doug took her hostage. An explosion caused Doug to loose his footing, and he wound up toppling over the side of the building. His foot got tangled in a rope he was standing on, and his head ended up getting banged on the side of the building, killing him instantly. At least he died with a smile on his face, like a true Joker.
The New Joker
As a child, Marquis Jet's school bus was held hostage by The Joker, and he wound up taking a joy-buzzer to the head. Due to this severe head trauma, Marquis would end up developing violent and sociopathic tendencies. Sometime later, his sister would become the new Batwoman, and he would use his new skills to advance in the business world, and was soon the executive vice president of his mother's company. When his family was kidnapped by an escaped Professor Pyg, he escaped his bonds and saved his mother by stabbing Pyg to death. This singular event finally pushed Marquis over the edge, as later that night when his mother returned home, she found him with a bloody smile smeared across his face. His mother then sent him to cryo-therapy, but he would end up escaping his cell, killed multiple people, and violently took over Wayne Enterprises as it's new CEO. Tired of the doom and gloom of Gotham, Marquis gives a speech, proclaiming that all he wants is to put an smile on everyone's faces.
The Joker King
Doug Tan was a troubled youth who admired the Joker and wanted nothing more than to emulate him. After years of admiration, his parents got rid of all of Tan's Joker paraphernalia, viewing it as an unhealthy obsession. His idolization of the Joker continued, however, eventually leading Tan to join up with the Jokerz. He was dissatisfied with the childish nature of the gang and the petty crimes they committed. He had plans to make unite the various Jokerz around the country and bring honor to their namesake. Eventually Doug was imprisoned and was able to spread his vision while incarcerated. Soon Tan was named the Joker King and had a united force of every Joker behind him. Bringing all the Jokerz to Gotham City was phase one of his plan. The Joker King used hypnotic drugs in a mass gathering of Jokerz to carryout mass destruction on Gotham's infrastructure. Members of the Jokerz gang were strapped with explosives and "willingly" taking out buildings along with themselves. Joker King confronted his family at a hospital, but they were saved by the combined efforts of Bruce and Terry. Later Joker King got the upper hand on Batman, but he was saved by Dick Grayson. After a final showdown between Batman and the Joker King, his reign of terror ended when his foot is caught by some rope and he fell off the ledge. The swing from the rope caused Tan's body to slam against the concrete wall of an unfinished building. The trauma inflicted to Tan's head killed him instantly, but he died with a smile, like a true Joker.
Batman: Imposters
A new drug is being peddled around Gotham called Joker Juice, which turns whoever uses it into green haired, white skinned lunatics. Led by the Impostor Joker, the Jokerz ran rampant through Gotham for three months, causing chaos. This leads to the rise of the Guardian Batz, a group of civilians dressed in batman costumes who are led by the Impostor Batman, a brutal vigilante who often kills the Jokerz savagely. It is later revealed that the architect behind this entire war is Winslow Heath, the head of a pharmaceutical company who was disfigured by the Joker during an attack, but managed to survive due to the amount of drugs in his system at the time. He remained in a paralytic coma for two years in Gotham Hospital while his girlfriend went missing. When he was revived, Winslow discovered the skeletal remains of his girlfriend, who had been paralyzed as well, and was eaten alive by crows. He now wants revenge on Batman for not saving his girlfriend, as well as bringing all of this misery to Gotham city.
Batman Beyond - Cast
Set in 2065, a rebellious high schooler named Terry McGinnis’ life changes forever the day he meets Bruce Wayne. Discovering Bruce Wayne was Batman, he steals the new Batsuit and uses it to get revenge on his father’s killer. Meanwhile, Terry’s girlfriend’s deranged brother Doug Tan (a.k.a. Joker King) has secretly become a tyrannical cult leader and is rallying all of the Jokerz (crazy teens who dress up as clowns and cause chaos) together and instructing them to blow themselves up in order to destroy Neo-Gotham in the name of The Joker. Having no choice, Bruce and Terry reluctantly work together to stop the chaos and save Gotham from the Joker King’s madness.
Who’s your favorite member of The Jokerz?
J-Man
Joker King
Winslow Heath
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