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    Default Can Joker laugh at himself?

    Has he ever done any self depreciating humor?

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    If Return of the Joker is any indication, no. Joker prefers it when someone else is the punchline not him.

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    Absolutely yes.

    Joker joked about how he was broke in A Death in the Family.

    The Joker: "Just another victim of Reaganomics."

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    I suspect Joker sometimes figures he's the biggest joke of all, and that inspires some of his biggest schemes, but that's just me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent Z View Post
    If Return of the Joker is any indication, no. Joker prefers it when someone else is the punchline not him.
    I think he's fine if he does it to himself, not when he has an upstart Batman making a joke out of him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier View Post
    I think he's fine if he does it to himself, not when he has an upstart Batman making a joke out of him.
    Yeah my take is that he can’t stand it if other people make fun of him or mock him.

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    He's not even a big fan of Harley or the henchthugs telling a Joke that ISN"T about him. After all "I make the jokes around here..."

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    His style of self-deprecating humor is "Hey I'm nuts but I don't just trust a guy with a bandaged head" or "What's your greatest fear? Not saving the Commissioner in time? Me, in a thong?" so he's self-aware and can make fun of himself if the punchline is done at the expense of others.
    Last edited by Restingvoice; 09-27-2019 at 11:49 PM.

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