Batman: No Laughing Matter/Tropes


 * Actor Allusion: The Joker notes Batman must be desesperate if he wabrs to firm an alliemce with him, as Loki did in Thor: The Dark World.
 * Adaptational Jerkass: A mild one. Batman is still compassionate about his foes, but he believes mental illnesses inherently turns someone evil. Part of his arc involves him overcoming this mindset.
 * Big Damn Heroes: The Joker manages to kill The Batman Who Laughs before he could kill his Earth's Batman.
 * Crazy-Prepared: The Batman Who Laughs. Is the fact that he is so prepared everyone just plays to his games what makes him such a deadly foe.
 * Hannibal Lecture: The Joker tauntly gives a few of these to Batman during their partnership.
 * Mythology Gag:
 * Upon realizing Batman wants his help, Joker says "You need me Sunny Jim", which is word-for-word what he said to Batman in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Game Over For Owlman!" when talking about a partnership.
 * The Joker kills the Batman Who Laughs by pretending to shoot him with a "Bang!" Gun he later reveals is real, whoch is how he killed Bozo in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.
 * Speaking of Return of the Joker, The Batman Who Laughs' invasion of the Batcave echoes the Joker's own attack on the cave in that film.
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * As in the comics, The Batman Who Laughs. The sight of someone with the Joker, but with the tactical mind and knowledge of the Batman, makes him a downright terrifying foe you do not want to meet.
 * The first fight between Batman and The Batman Who Laughs. If you want to call it that. First, he attacks Wayne Nsmor out of nowhere by entering the Batcave, something only Jim Carrey's Riddler ever did in a live-action film. Oh, and every attack Batman throws, from fight moves to Batarangs? Because this is an alternative Batman, he instantly overcomes them or counterattacks. Abd since this is a Jokerized Batman, he does it in extremely saddistic and extremely painful manners.
 * Many of his movements while chasing diwn his foes makes him seem less like an evil Batman and more like a predatory animal hunting down his prey.
 * The Joker may be a deuteragonist, but he's still terrifying. During their meetimg at Arkham, he gives Batman a lecture that leaves the Dark Knight geniunely unnerved. And he knows that Batman can't just leave due to the current situation, which is why he gives him such a lecture in the first place.
 * The Only One Allowed to Kill You: How the Joker feels about killing Batman, which is why he kills The Batman Who Laughs at the end.
 * Role Reprise:
 * Keanu Reeves reprises his role as the Dark Knight from DC League of Super-Pets.
 * Similarly, Ralph Fiemnes returns as Alfred from The LEGO Batman Movie.
 * Shout-Out: The Batman Who Laughs detonates a Batarang at Batman's face in reference tomthe climax of Spider-Man (2002).