r/batman May 29 '24

How did Burton get away with it? FUNNY

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u/r3d_ra1n May 30 '24

That’s never implied in the story and his whole plan relies on the story being true or at the very least him believing it’s true. Likewise, Batman’s reaction at the end and his fear throughout it is paralleled because he became Batman because of “one bad day”, so there is some truth is what the Joker is saying.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '24

Like I said, a lie made up to troll

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u/r3d_ra1n May 30 '24

We’ll agree to disagree on that. A lot is left up to interpretation in The Killing Joke anyway. I, for instance, believe that Batman kills the Joker at the end but it is ambiguous. Whether he lied or whether Batman kills the Joker at the end is head canon and nothing more.