Did Robert Pattinson’s Batman Already Fight & Defeat The Joker?
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Batman.
Barry Keoghan appears as Joker in The Batman, but his presence in Arkham State Hospital hints Robert Pattinson’s Dark Knight has already defeated him. Pattinson’s Batman defeats Paul Dano’s Riddler in the end, but greater threats are in the way. The Batman sets up multiple possible villains, with both Riddler and Penguin left alive and Easter eggs pointing to characters such as Hush. It is, however, perhaps inevitably, Joker who gets the biggest tease of all.
Given The Joker is the definitive Batman villain, then there’s a good chance any version of the Caped Crusader will have to go up against him at some point. That’s certainly setup by The Batman’s Joker scene, which reveals Keoghan’s take on the Clown Prince of Crime and, by way of a riddle, positions him as a friend of The Riddler. It’s expected that Joker will be in The Batman 2 or 3, since Pattinson is believed to be up for a trilogy of movies, yet he may not just be Batman’s future but also his past.
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The Batman’s version of Joker is in Arkham, which isn’t the kind of place a person just ends up — they need to have been put there for a reason, by someone. Not only that, but it seems The Joker has a grudge against Batman, since he’s working with the villain he’s just defeated. The pair teaming up isn’t necessarily dependant on a shared history with — and losses to — Batman, but it would make a lot of sense, and director Matt Reeves himself has said Pattinson is responsible for putting Joker in Arkham, albeit the details and exact scenario are to be confirmed.
In an interview with Variety, Reeves discussed a deleted scene from The Batman involving Joker. This would’ve
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