#The joker animations series#
And when you consider that it was all part of a series that debuted 50 years ago, it’s easy to feel a touch of awe for how radical and unhinged and gleefully out there Romero’s Joker truly was.
#The joker animations tv#
The same Joker as the 1966 TV series, Cesar Romero really invented the template for the joker outside of the comic books – the maniacal cackle, the blissed-out revenge – because, of course, he got there first. Ignoring this small hiccup in canon continuity, Monaghan’s take on the character gives him a different grounding than the rest – and one of the most frighteningly realistic “clown” grins of the bunch. The show has been quite clear to not call either of his twin characters ‘The Joker’ – even though they quite clearly are in the Batman universe.
If we’re being technical, Cameron Monaghan isn’t actually the Joker. He is no doubt the least human and most monstrous incarnation of the Joker yet. More mad than manic, the character also starts off wearing an Arkham Asylum straitjacket, before getting his purple suit. He has big green dreadlocks, bright red demon eyes and (for some reason) always walks barefoot. The Joker, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, has quite a different look from the rest. Looking a bit like Jim Carrey’s Riddler (with some very 2002 levels of hair gel), the glimpse we do get of the Joker is enough to make us glad the original Batman film series stopped with Batman & Robin. Technically, Hamill played the Joker again in Birds Of Prey – although he only dubbed the voice over Roger Stoneburner’s performance, and the character only appears briefly in the pilot episode. Still calling itself a kids’ show, the new villain of The New Batman Adventures looked like something from a Conjuring movie.
#The joker animations skin#
His white skin went grey, his hair went black(ish), his lips were removed and his eyes were replaced with round black holes. Hamill returned in the follow-up series with a slight redesign that matched the new direction of the show. Basically a green and white triangle with teeth, the Animated Series Joker took the mood of Tim Burton’s film and somehow mixed it with the feeling of the original series – giving a pop cartoon clown that feels like the most gleefully anarchic of the bunch. Mark Hamill’s first performance as Joker’s voice saw him take on the character’s pointiest chin. In the far-off days of 1992, it seemed an utterly wack idea to cast the earnest and slightly mopey Luke Skywalker as … the most gleefully high-on-himself villain in the history of villainy. Batman: The Animated Series (1992 – 1995) Somewhere between the original comics and Romero the definitive look of the Joker was found. Lurid purples and greens were used to make him look as much like the comic book character as possible. Cesar Romero refused to shave his moustache for the role, so he looks a bit like a respectable ballroom dancer dressed up as a clown – which, to be fair, is exactly what he was. The first onscreen version of the Joker is probably one of the oddest. Make sure to vote for your favourite incarnation of the world’s most famous comic book villain. With the release of The Joker trailer, let’s take a look back at the onscreen evolution of the Joker. Drawn with a purple jacket, green hair, white face paint and a permanent creepy grin, the Joker went on to change subtly over the decades – being a gangster in Suicide Squad, to the realistic portrayal of a mentally sick man in The Joker, with a lot of weirder incarnations in-between. Debuting first in Batman (1940), the Joker was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson – who based his appearance on Conrad Veidt’s character in The Man Who Laughs (1928). The Joker has historically been through many, many different looks already. Phoenix’s Joker seems more like an unhinged-looking regular person – and much less like the evil clown we’re so used to. Befitting for a film that’s aiming for a more grounded, gritty take on Batman’s edgy punching bag. This week we got our first glimpse of Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker and he looks…pretty normal actually. Here’s SHIFTER’s Jenna Drover with a look at the onscreen evolution of the Joker from 1966 to 2019. We were recently given a first-look Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker in a newly released trailer.
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