Top 10 The Batman Who Laughs Shocking Facts
The Batman Who Laughs is one of the more recent additions to the DC universe, from the Dark
Multiverse, in the event spearheaded by Scott Synder and Greg Capullo, Dark Nights: Metal. If you're unfamiliar with it, the story revolves
around Batman discovering a dark multiverse beneath the existing DC multiverse, connecting
through mysterious metals. Through his investigations, he accidentally
releases 7 evil versions of himself. One of which is the terrifying amalgamation
of Batman and the Joker, known as the Batman Who Laughs. So today, we're counting down some facts about
this new nefarious character in our top 10 the batman who laughs shocking facts. And, should be given, this video is ROTTEN
with spoilers. So, you've been warned. 10 Origin
While the Batman Who Laughs has been appearing in the one shots of the other six Batman alternates
to collect them, his origin story was revealed in the last of the tie in one shots, and it's
as dark as you can imagine. While we'll be getting into more details as
we go through this list, long story short, the Batman on this earth is infected by Joker's
toxins, causing him to transform into something truly sinister and Joker inspired. In case you're wondering, he's from Earth
-22 of the Dark Multiverse. 9 Joker's Influence
We all know that the Joker is an immensely sinister villain. But the Joker of this Batman's earth is seemingly
even more intense that ones we've seen previously. He's creating pure chaos - He's murdered many
of the characters we know and love, like Catwoman, and villain like Peguin and Killer Croc, and
almost every cop in town. He's blown up all the hospitals in Gotham. He re-creates Bruce's parents death in front
of his eyes. And he tortured and murdered Jim Gordon in
a pretty brutal way - by disintegrating his eyes and jaw while Gordon screamed out for
Barbara. So it's easy to see how a Joker of this level
could have a much more serious impact on Bruce of this earth. 8 Joker's Death
All of that pushes Bruce too far. As Joker says in the comic to Batman, "We're
running out of time, you and me." Going on to say that "there is no by the book
anymore. I threw the dam thing out." And that he was looking for that breaking
point, I quote, "the joke too far. It has to exist Bruce. I know it does." And it really does, with Bats snapping his
neck, unfortunately releasing toxins that Batman inhales - the same toxins he later
finds out was actually killing the Joker slowly, justifying why he pushed things as far as
he did. 7 The Other Evil Batmen
Side tracking here a bit, let's take a look at the other evil versions of Bats that appear
in this event., who the Batman Who Laughs is the leader of, in a group called the Dark
Knights, working under Barbatos, who is a powerful demon bat god that we still don't
know too much about. In demonology Barbatos is a duke of Hell,
who rules legions of demons. Anyway, the other Batman who inhabit other
earths part of the Dark Multiverse include The Red Death (an amalgamation of Batman and
the Flash on Earth -52 when Bruce steals the speed force from Barry Allen ), The Murder
Machine (Earth -44's Cyborg inspired Batman), The Merciless, (a new Batman motivated by
Wonder Woman's death on Earth -12), The Drowned (a female alternateon Earth -11 known as Batwoman
who was at war with Atlantis, and when Gotham was sunk underwater in retaliation, she surgically
engineered herself to adapt). There's Earth -1's The Devastator, in which
Batman induces the Doomsday Virus on himself to defeat Superman, and lastly, Earth -32's
Dawnbreaker, who was giving a green ring to join the Green Latern corps, but uses it for
revenge against his parents' killer. 6 The Toxins
The toxins released from Joker after his death, as Batman discovers, will transform him, leaving
his superior mind the same, but adding Jokers' moralities into the mix. He reveals this to the Bat family, who are
all inclined to fight for Bruce and find a solution. But by that point it's too late. 5 His Murder Spree
Continuing from where our last number left off - The Batman Who Laughs has already claimed
Bruce's mind - which he reveals to the members of the Bat Family hes gathered - Bat Girl,
Red Robin, Red Hood and Nightwing - and then proceeds to murder them with machine guns. From there, the comic flashes forward a week
later, where we see that he's murdered most of the members of the Justice League, and
with Superman being the last remaining member holding on by a thread, he reveals he's brought
Lois Lane and his son to the JLA watch tower, tosses a piece of black kryptonite to Supes,
who then goes crazy and murders them. 4 His Robins
Where there is Batman, there is definitely a Robin. But the Robin, or rather Robins, of the Batman
who laughs are NOT the kinds of sidekicks you would ever want to encounter. They're essentially chained up slaves, maniacal,
like a disturbing pack of rabid dogs. Some critics actually praised the characters
treatment of his Robins as being a horrifically truthful take on the relationship between
Batman and his boy wonders; the fact that Batman has been collecting these underage
apprentices, training them to be vigilantes, and depriving them of their childhoods by
constantly putting them in danger. 3 His Earth is Coming to an End
After the people of his earth retaliate, the Batman who laughs pretty much obliterates
everything on the planet, until he is all that remains. This causes his world to fade from existence. But not before Barbatos shows up, reveals
the Dark Multiverse to him, and makes him his leader to guide other evil Batmen in his
invasion of the true multiverse. And when he goes to acquire these other twisted
Batman alternates, it's moments before their own worlds are about to be erased. Raising some interesting questions about the
nature of the dark multiverse; are these negative earths part of a grander cycle in which the
dark multiverse resets itself? Or does this just happen to be perfect timing
on Barbatos' part? 2 Nth Metal
While this Batman seems to be a vicious villain for our Earth 0 Batman and co to go up against,
he does have one weakness - Nth Metal. Nth Metal is a special metal with gravity
negating effects, protective abilities, accelerates healing ,and increases strength .Inhabitants
of the Dark Multiverse vibrate at a differet frequency to Nth Metal, and are hurt pretty
badly when they come into contact with it. So it's likely we'll be seeing Nth Metal being
used sometime soon in the evitable conflicts to come. 1 He's Just the Beginning
Get ready for the biggest spoiler of them all for the list - the very end of the Batman
Who Laughs one shot reveals part of the grander scheme behind Barbatos' plan. It's not just 7 evil Batman that will be plaguing
the main multiverse. It's evil alternates of the entire justice
league. In one of the last panels of the comic, the
Batman Who Smiles not only reveals the twistedly beautiful logic behind his Joker/Batman evolution,
but that the larger picture to his new purpose involves bringing in evil alternates. And they're horrific. There we have it friends! That's just the tip of the iceberg when it
comes to this terrifying new character, and what the overall arc of the Dark Nights Metal
event will entail. While the one-shot posed lots of interesting
questions - like who the bandaged man the Batman Who Laughs has in captivity that we
see at the end of the comic - there's still a WHOLE lot we'll be learning with the next
several issues featured in the event, so keep your eyes peeled. IF this was any indicator, it's going to be
a wild ride. In the meantime, maybe hold yourself over
with some more Batman videos on our channel, like our top 10 alternate versions of Batman
series, or our top 10 alternate versions of the Joker series. If you dug this video, please show us some
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