Christmas with the Joker
- Episode aired Nov 13, 1992
- Unrated
- 22m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
2.9K
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The Joker kidnaps three prominent citizens during Christmas and challenges Batman to find him before midnight.The Joker kidnaps three prominent citizens during Christmas and challenges Batman to find him before midnight.The Joker kidnaps three prominent citizens during Christmas and challenges Batman to find him before midnight.
Kevin Conroy
- Batman
- (voice)
Clive Revill
- Alfred
- (voice)
Mark Hamill
- The Joker
- (voice)
Mari Devon
- Summer Gleeson
- (voice)
Loren Lester
- Robin
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBruce Timm said of the episode, "I like the fact that Fox always runs it on Christmas, every year. It's really different than a typical, sappy Christmas episode on other series. It's dark, bitter and weird."
- GoofsAt one point, Batman uses his cape as a decoy, then right after it gets shot full of holes, he puts it back on and it's perfectly intact.
- Quotes
The Joker: [singing] Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, the Batmobile lost a wheel, and the Joker got away!
[he puts a star on the Christmas tree; then it takes off through the roof with a concealed rocket engine, Joker riding it]
The Joker: [singing] Crashing through the roof, in a one-horse open tree, busting out I go, laughing all the way!
- ConnectionsEdited into Bat-May: Christmas With The Joker (2020)
Featured review
Even the Joker celebrates Christmas!
On Leather Wings might be listed as the first episode of this fine series but to me this one always felt much more like a real pilot. So in this tremendously fun introductory adventure we first ever meet who is possibly the best and most consistently great villain of the series, The Joker, as he makes a suitably spectacular escape from Arkham Asylum by crashing through its roof riding on a rocket powered Christmas tree in order to cause a little chaos in Gotham and force everybody to watch his demented version of a holiday tv special on Christmas Eve! I like how Joker was one of the few villains that didn't get an origin episode but simply appeared as an enigmatic pre-established menace, which worked fantastically for a villain who is more effective and interesting the less you really know about him. Mark Hammill has all but retired from voicing the character now but it's still great to look back on the beginning of what proved to be one of he most perfect magic combinations of an actor's voice and an animated bad guy ever, it will always be my favourite incarnation of the character... As of this episode he was still clearly finding his feet as the Joker's character and his voice range somewhat, but you can tell he was having a blast from the being the crazy showman as it were, and the great iconic laugh was definitely there! His voice and the character evolved but I think he did have it down pretty much from the start. They'd get to his truly dark and malevolent side later but there are hints even here of his more darkly twisted quirks, like how he laughs at the reporter's tears when she tells him her mother is on a train that's heading for disaster thanks to him, and his complete disregard for human life in what eventually turns out to be a quest for a simple punchline is pretty dang scary! And that is kind of hilarious in the story, how after everything they've gone through running around the city in the snow and icy cold all night trying to stop the Joker who has put many lives in deadly danger in the name of what he considers fun, all leads up to Batman getting a pie in the face! I love the thrilling animation of when they're running along the speeding train and the snowy terrain is rushing by, it looks so good! I do love the visuals of these earliest episodes in particular, they just draw you right in, it's beautiful and some of it like works of art. I never liked Robin and I don't get how he's just here in this episode without any explanation and you don't even learn his story for another thirty episodes! This episode, which is both very entertaining and strangely genuinely festive has a lot of great Joker gags and is just plain barrels of fun, there were even better, much darker and deeper Joker stories to come, but this little classic has a special place for me and it should never be disregarded, I still love it and I think it's gotten even better over the years! Classic, top tier animated series fun x.
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- Foreverisacastironmess123
- Feb 28, 2022
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