On the other hand, Arthur's sources of trauma in Joker are much more explicit. Before he was fired, his boss mentions that his coworkers thought of Arthur as a “freak” (17:00 - 17:30). He struggles with a mental illness, and simultaneously must care for his mother who has a mental illness of her own.
In Joker's case, pseudobulbar affect probably occurred secondary to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). A number of studies have established that TBI increases the risk of mood disorders, personality changes and substance use disorders.
Batman's nemesis, the Joker, didn't start off as a bad person. He once was a child named Arthur Fleck. Fleck's story begins with the physical abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of a harsh, rigid father and an enabling mother with serious mental health problems.
The most common story involves him falling into a tank of chemical waste that bleaches his skin white and turns his hair green and lips bright red; the resulting disfigurement drives him insane. The antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance, the Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary.
He has mental health issues. He can't get the medication to help with those issues because of state cutbacks. He is treated poorly by people around him because of these issues. He feels abandoned by a father he never knew, infatuated with the mother who stayed.
There, Batman learns that the unstable properties of the Titan formula are mutating in Joker's blood, gradually killing him. Joker captures Batman and performs a blood transfusion on him, infecting him with the same fatal disease.
Joker Jr. was born after The Joker, who had manipulated Harley Quinn into re-entering a life of crime, impregnated her without her knowing. Harley out of shame refused to accept the child and gave him up.
History. According to the Joker, his father was "a drinker and a fiend". Joker claimed that his father gave him his cheek scars due to his being terrified when his father brutally stabbed his mother sadistically with a kitchen knife when she attempted to use to defend herself.
Denying that the baby onesies were trophies after an infanticide spree on the part of the cackling psychopath, Ayer provided the following explanation for the scene instead. "No it's more innocent. Harley wanted a normal family with Joker hence the baby in her vision.
The APA estimates that approximately 1 percent of U.S. adults are psychopaths. Generally speaking, like the Joker, psychopaths are intelligent, glib, and articulate and they use these attributes to manipulate others into trusting and believing in them.
Arthur's supposed loss of grip on reality is suggested by a peppering of nods to psychotic symptoms: delusional ideas of a grandiose nature (“I am an undiscovered comedic genius”) and hallucinations of his neighbour – which are confirmed by his eventual admission to a psychiatric institution.
Personality. Penny is not mentally well as a person as she possibly has schizophrenic and narcissistic tendencies hinted in the film. She delusionally believes that Thomas Wayne will respond to her letters and help her and Arthur.
Having found legal documents from Arkham which confirm his suspicions, Arthur kills her while in custody of the medical hospital by smothering her with a pillow in revenge for all years of lies and the abuse during his childhood.
1) It's to show how escape has become hard for Arthur. He wants to shut himself away from the world completely, and the fridge provides a quick and easy way to do just that, but only temporarily.
Joker with Harley after her rebirth at Ace Chemicals. After Harleen Quinzel helped the Joker break out of Arkham Asylum, the Joker brought her to Ace Chemicals. There, he asked her to test her devotion to him by performing a trust fall into a vat of chemical solution below.
He experienced physical abuse and neglect by his stepfather. He was adopted by a woman who was living with her own mental illness, which prevented her from being the nurturing force he needed. These relationships could have made him feel safe and protected and buffered his trauma, but instead were limited and empty.
At one point, Arthur does visit Arkham State Hospital and reads his mother's file, which says that she adopted him as a child and an abusive boyfriend took advantage of both her and Arthur when he was an infant/toddler.
She again called herself the Joker's Daughter and traded chattering teeth and riddles for more deadly accessories. She was shot to death by Batman IV, Tim Drake of the future. Before she was killed, she hinted that she knew more about him when he was younger.
In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Harley Quinn reveals she gave birth to Joker's daughter, but gave her up for adoption rather than subject her to a life with Joker as a father.
Believe it or not, this tale saw the Clown Prince of Crime himself become pregnant and give birth to a child. The mother of the child? That was none other than DC's famous magical hero Zatanna, who cast a spell on the Joker after he tried to persuade her to start a family with him.
Martha reveals that she forced Psycho-Pirate, a villain with extensive knowledge of the entire DC Universe, to tell her the name of the Joker in the main DC Universe. It is then revealed that the Joker's real name is “Jack Oswald White.”
He had a compassionate mother/ son relationship with his mother Penny, until he found out the latter had lied to him and abused him as a child. In the beginning, Arthur appeared to be a kind yet troubled man with a forgotten dark past.
Following several adventures with Catwoman and Ivy, Harley betrays them and breaks into Arkham Asylum, intending to kill the Joker for his years of abuse towards her.
Joker Venom is a toxin, usually dispersed as a gas that makes victims laugh uncontrollably. The Joker himself is immune to the effects of Joker Venom after prolonged exposure to it.
Stairwell with Mom's Records. This scene is probably the most emotional scene in all of Joker. Props to Joaquin because he puts on a fantastic performance. After Thomas Wayne tells him about his mother's stay in Arkham Asylum, Arthur tries to get the records.