10 Things You Didn't Know About The Joker

3. It's Always "The" Joker (Except Once)

Regardless of the various changes The Joker has gone through over the years - the various redesigns in the comics, his different appearances in other media and the like - there are certain things that always remain the same. He always has green hair, clown make up, a frightening smile, some sort of purple get up, and he's almost always a psychopath to some degree. One of the other weird things that's a hardy perennial in every Joker appearance is that he's always The Joker. Definite article included.

In fact the only time that's not been the case was in the underrated early noughties animated series The Batman, which boasted a bunch of interesting character redesigns, including a Marilyn Manson-inspired Riddler. The Clown Prince Of Crime too got a pretty neat makeover, with green dreads and the lolling gait of a chimp making it one of the more radical versions of the character. It's also the only time where he is consistently just "Joker", which the suggestion that it makes for the opposite number to the Dark Knight being The Batman.