Heath Ledger stunned the world with his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. The DC supervillain is presented much more ...

In the long history of Batman in comics, the Joker has been equally popular as the Dark Knight. He’s the ultimate ... havoc on the asylum in the first entry, then attempt to take control of ...

This Joker: Folie a Deux article contains spoilers. Of course, the internet has quickly come up with its own (misguided) theories, suggesting that, because Storrie’s likeness in the film ...

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"According to one source, the original ending of the first movie featured Phoenix’s Joker carving his face in front of a crowd of his supporters. But The Dark Knight filmmaker Christopher Nolan ...

It’s what the inmate does next, though, that starts a discussion about Joker 2 being a prequel to The Dark Knight. After taking out Arthur and telling him a joke about clowns, he turns the blade ...

He says all it takes is “one bad day” to send anyone spiraling into the abyss. In The Dark Knight, the Joker’s perspective is so warped that love is as foreign to him as a unicorn in Gotham.

This scene has led to a fan theory speculating that this unnamed inmate is the younger version of the Joker from The Dark Knight. In that movie, Heath Ledger’s character has similar scars.

It seems like a pretty blatant nod to the late Heath Ledger's take on the Joker from The Dark Knight, but is it actually supposed to be the same character? We highly doubt it - for multiple reasons.