The Joker (DC Extended Universe)

"Oh, I'm not gonna kill ya. I'm just gonna hurt ya. Really, really bad."

- Joker

The Joker is a psychotic criminal from Gotham City. He has no pity for anybody taking part in his wicked schemes either by intimidation or fraud, and is particularly unkind to his sidekick and girlfriend Harley Quinn, such as manipulating her to amuse himself.

Murdering Robin
In around 2005, the Joker managed to kill Batman's sidekick, Robin. Afterwards, Joker spray-painted "HAHAHA JOKE'S ON YOU BATMAN" in yellow on Robin's suit. A devastated Batman would later place the damaged and vandalized suit in an exhibit in the Batcave.

Suicide Squad
"I can't wait to show you my toys!"

- The Joker

Abilities

 * Genius-Level Intellect: Joker is extremely intelligent, able to go to-to-toe with Batman for years.
 * Master Tactician: Joker is a genius at planning and improvising criminal activities, despite his insanity being capable of sometimes impairing his higher thinking. While scheming, the Joker usually manages to stay one step ahead of the police, and sometimes even Batman himself, due to him being completely unpredictable. Hence, he was ultimately able to somewhat gain the upper hand against his opponent by finally managing to trap and murder Batman's protegee Robin.
 * Intimidation: Joker, due to his capacity for heinous torture and murder, commands a very intimidating presence, enough to frighten low-level thugs and make them work for him out of the sheer fear of what he would do to them if they refused. This the one quality that Joker and Batman have in common to an extent.
 * Indomitable Will: Joker possesses an obliviousness to danger that makes him invulnerable to fear and intimidation, which are usually Batman's greatest weapons in combat. Hence, Joker does not fear death and will even threaten his own life to achieve his goal or make a point. This makes the Joker the Caped Crusader's most formidable enemy.

Equipment

 * Jokermobile: an Infiniti G35 Vaydor is his personal stylized car, which reflects his flamboyant personality.

Allies

 * Harley Quinn - victim and partner
 * Jonny Frost - henchman

Enemies

 * Batman
 * Robin - victim †

Trivia

 * First Joker to not receive any kind of disfigured smile or even an extended makeup smile.
 * A scene for the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer sees Bruce Wayne looking at a Robin suit with "Ha Ha Joke's on you Batman" sprayed on it, which is more than likely the Joker. It is also possible the costume belonged to Jason Todd (or some kind of version of him), as Joker murdered him in the comics. It was confirmed Joker killed Robin in an interview with Zack Snyder. []

Behind the Scenes

 * Fifth live action iteration of the character.
 * According with Zack Snyder, the Joker was planned to appear in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, along the Riddler. However, the idea was scrapped, and they were replaced by Anatoli Knyazev.
 * Jared Leto stayed in character even behind the scenes and sent his co-actors bizarre gifts, like a rat with a love letter for Margot Robbie, and bullets for Will Smith.
 * Before Leto was cast as The Joker, many actors were speculated as possible Joker actors including Willem Dafoe and Adrian Brody. Ryan Gosling was reportedly offered the role, but turned it down.