Who's That Jokermon?

[lego_joker]

Welp, as first LJ posts go, I could have gone better... or a whole lot worse...

Anyhoo, as a longtime fan of the Clown Prince of Crime, below is a little something I originally whipped up for about_faces. Lately, however, our dear thespian seems to barely have the time and energy to compose his own posts, let alone guest ones. This post is thus dedicated to

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Ooh, I know 'em all!

[mothy_van_cleer]

Center, from left to right: Batman '66, Batman '89, The Dark Knight.

Clockwise from top left: The Man Who Laughs, The New Adventures of Batman, The New Scooby-Doo Movies: Scooby-Doo Meets Batman, The New Adventures of Batman, Super Friends, that one weird Zellers commercial, Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, The Man Who Laughs, The New Batman Adventures, Curtis Armstrong in an On-Star commercial, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Justice League, Birds of Prey, Justice League, The Man Who Laughs, The Batman, The Batman, Justice League: The New Frontier, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Fisher-Price Imaginext: Super Friends - The Joker's Playhouse, The Man Who Laughs, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Batman: The Brave and The Bold, Young Justice, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2.

Re: Ooh, I know 'em all!

[lego_joker]

Well done! There are a few nitpicks I could make (I don't see "The Batman/Superman Hour" or "Static Shock" anywhere in there, when I specifically procured screenshots from both) but it's probably the most complete answer I'm going to get.

As for your prize... see below.

Re: Ooh, I know 'em all!

[mothy_van_cleer]

Oh, right, the picture of him adjusting his bowtie is from Static Shock, hence why the colours look off - they're from a painted cel.
Still, I was able to identify a On-Star commercial, for goodness' sakes, so I don't feel too bad.

[mothy_van_cleer]

Now, then... where's my prize?

[lego_joker]

I had several potential prizes in mind. I'll just put this one out here, and save the others as backup in case you've already gotten to it (which is not unlikely

[psychopathicus]

There's an Aardman Joker? As in, stop-motion? Ye gods, the mind boggles! Where is this creature?

[lego_joker]

Somewhere on Youtube. Google is your friend.

I sat through the first short once, and have no intention of going back ever again. Aardman!Joker looks more like Krusty the Clown, and sounds nothing like either character.

[psychopathicus]

OK, found it.
I have to say, given that the intention of the short is clearly more of an evocation of 'Creature Comforts' than anything approaching realism, I venture to state that you may be overreacting just a trifle. I mean, yes, that Joker is nothing whatsoever like the 'real' Joker, but neither are any of the other characters; the contrast between what we expect of them and how they look, sound and act is part of the humor. It kind of reminds me of the 'Little Batman' webcomics that were floating around a while back; you know, the ones that had him gleefully shouting out 'I'm the Gosh-Darn Batman!', then giggling like he'd just said something really naughty.

[lego_joker]

Eh. At least Nguyen's characters look vaguely like the Bat-cast I know and love.

I suppose that it boils down to the fact that I have little love for the Aardman style, or claymation in general. I find it kinda gross to even look at, and - rightly or wrongly - I have a knee-jerk tendency to associate anything that even resembles Aardman with toilet and body-part humor.