00:03The Joker is nothing if not generous with his hatred, and although he reserves plenty for
00:08Batman, he's got some to go around for pretty much everyone, even other villains. You'd think
00:13maybe the rogues of DC might get along, what with the amount of evil team-ups they've orchestrated
00:18over the years, but when the Joker's involved, ain't nobody laughing but the clown prince himself.
00:24With that in mind, I'm Will for What Culture, and here are 10 comics villains humiliated
00:28by the Joker. 10, Maxi Zeus. It's always interesting to see two villains face off,
00:34which we got in Batman Cacophony. At a time when Maxi Zeus and the Joker were fighting for leadership
00:39of the criminal underground in Gotham, an attempt by Zeus to talk the Joker into surrendering goes
00:44horribly off the rails. Zeus tells Joker if he doesn't give up their quarrel and let him take
00:48over, he'll crush him like a bug. In turn, the Joker, who is understandably miffed, attacks not
00:54Maxi, but his nephew, by blowing up the kid and his entire school. Killing kids is nothing new for
01:01the Joker, but even for him, this seems a bit much. It did, however, force Maxi to surrender,
01:06which is all Joker wanted in the first place. 9, Catwoman. The Joker loves a good party. In one case,
01:12the clown prince of crime decides to throw himself a birthday bash. As a present to himself, he sends
01:18his henchmen out to kidnap notable Gothamites who've interfered in his schemes at one time or another.
01:23Unfortunately for Selina Kyle, this includes Catwoman. Joker ties his various acquisitions to
01:29giant explosive candles in front of a crowd of thousands of people lured into a stadium
01:34for a free bakery show. Yeah, the 80s were an odd time for comics. Batman arrives to be the final
01:40candle, but as always, outsmarts the Joker and frees not only Catwoman, but all the other kidnapped
01:45victims. Still, the Joker had Catwoman dead to rights without Batman's intervention.
01:508, Bane. This one is from the first of the excellent Arkham video games. During the storyline,
01:56Joker, under his alias Jack White, had Bane transferred to Arkham from Blackgate Prison.
02:01This was all part of a plan to create a newer, stronger version of Bane's venom called Titan.
02:06When Batman first encounters Bane in the game, he is hanging in chains, withered and helpless.
02:11Bane explains that Joker and Dr. Young drained the venom from him. Bane begs Batman to rescue him,
02:17but before Bruce can do so, Joker pumps Bane full of Titan, turning him into a mindless brute,
02:22and causing a major boss fight to ensue between the two old adversaries. Bane is a proud and vain
02:29man, constantly displaying both his powerful physique and superior intellect. To see that
02:34the Joker broke him down to the point of begging Batman for help is truly a victory for the madman.
02:407, Carnage. In September of 1995, during a Marvel DC crossover, circumstances brought together Joker
02:48and the homicidal symbiote Carnage. In a complicated story involving control chips that were supposed to
02:54both dampen Joker's and Carnage's psychosis, but failed, Spider-Man ends up in Gotham helping Batman.
03:00However, Joker quickly realises that Carnage's brand of mass murder has, in his own words,
03:04no style or theatre, and he compares the symbiote's work to that of David Hasselhoff.
03:10This enrages Carnage, and the Joker then takes his first hit at the monster by sneaking out of
03:14their hideout and blowing it to tiny bits, apparently killing the symbiote. Later, Carnage,
03:20who survived, is preparing a death blow against Batman. Joker once again intervenes,
03:25threatening him with Joker toxin, allowing Batman to subdue Carnage and psychologically wear him down
03:30back into Cassidy. It was a solid victory for the Joker, who humiliated the upstart symbiote for
03:36coming onto his home turf. 6, The Riddler. The War of Jokes and Riddles was set during Batman's
03:42second year as a crime fighter. Essentially, across six issues, the Riddler and the Joker go to war over
03:48who has the right to kill Batman, forcing the rest of Batman's rogues gallery to choose a side.
03:53The finale of the series involves Joker, Riddler, Batman, and Kite Man finally sorting out who's won.
03:58With the Riddler having lost his allies and then being beaten up by Kite Man, it's a pretty clear
04:03victory to the Joker. Joker then takes it one step further after Bruce is willing to kill the Riddler
04:08for all he's done and saves his life too, showing him that he's not even worthy of being Batman's
04:14first kill either. 5, Poison Ivy. Throughout season one of the excellent Harley Quinn show,
04:20Poison Ivy grows increasingly aware that despite her relationship with Kite Man, she is falling in
04:24love with Harley. Harley, for her part, is fighting the same growing feelings, all of which Joker
04:30knows. This culminates in the second to last episode of the first season. During a battle
04:34against the Joker, he forces a giant Ivy to go against everything she stands for by killing
04:39dozens of sentient trees who are attacking Gotham Park. After the battle, with our heroes appearing to
04:44have won the day, Joker allows Harley and Ivy one moment of togetherness and reconciliation
04:50before harpooning Ivy through the chest with a giant spear. Oof.
04:554, Red Skull. Another gem from a Marvel DC crossover, this was a wonderful story set during
05:01World War II when Captain America and Batman teamed up to take on the Nazis in general and the team
05:06of
05:06Joker and the Red Skull specifically. However, there comes a little twist in the tale. The Joker,
05:11who believed the Red Skull to be just another costumed villain, is appalled when he learns that
05:16he's been working with a Nazi. As he says, I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an American criminal
05:22lunatic. Joker then helps our heroes sabotage the Skull's plans and fail his mission in spectacular
05:28fashion. 3, Lex Luthor. In the DCAU series of episodes called World's Finest, Joker and Luthor team
05:36up to take on Batman and Superman. After a series of misadventures, Luthor predictably double-crosses
05:42Joker and threatens to kill both him and Harley. Joker manages to turn the tables and capture Lex
05:46and his assistant Mercy before telling Lex he's going to take his revenge by destroying both Lex
05:51Corp and Metropolis. Much to Lex's annoyance, he is rescued by the heroes, loses an airship,
05:58Bruce terminates a multi-billion dollar partnership with Lex, and on top of all that, the Joker gets
06:03away. 2, Black Mask. Batman Under the Red Hood is a solid retelling of the story of Jason Todd's death
06:09and subsequent rebirth as the vigilante Red Hood. One of the central pieces of the story is that
06:14Red Hood is warring with another member of Batman's rogue's gallery, Black Mask, for control of the
06:19Gotham Underworld. Black Mask grows so desperate that he breaks Joker out of Arkham and pays him
06:25to stop the Red Hood. Even after Joker immediately kills four of Mask's henchmen right in front of him,
06:30he doesn't see a problem with teaming up with the Joker. A costly mistake. In short order, Joker
06:36betrayed Black Mask and his henchmen playing them for complete fools. He almost kills them and
06:41admits to only using them to draw out Red Hood and Batman. 1, Harley Quinn. Oh man, where do we
06:48even
06:48start? The Joker and Harley Quinn's dysfunctional relationship has been a hallmark of their stories
06:53since Harley was introduced in the DCAU in 1992, which makes it all the sadder that the Joker has
06:59endlessly tormented Harley for the simple act of loving him. There is an endless list of terrible
07:05things Joker has done to Harley, but suffice it to say that there's barely a crime in existence
07:10he hasn't committed against her, murder included. Perhaps the saddest part of all is that every time,
07:16almost without fail, Harley returns to her pudding, only for the cycle to repeat itself all over again.
07:23Harley has recently broken free of the Joker in numerous adaptations and revisions on the character,
07:28but the specter of his influence over her life will never leave. More than anyone in DC Comics,
07:34more even than Batman, Harley Quinn is the person the Joker has damaged the most.
07:40And there you have it folks, 10 comics villains humiliated by the Joker. Feel free to drop this
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