The Dark Knight: 10 Reasons The Joker Is The Greatest Movie Villain Of All-Time

5. Is It The Scars?

joker2€œOh, you look nervous. Is it the scars? You want to know how I got them?€ €“ The Joker In both comics lore and the movie mythos, the most unknown origin is that of the Clown Prince of Crime. For a man who has struck fear in such a well-documented manner, there is nothing of his beginnings. There are theories and hypotheses of how the Joker came to be, many started by the Joker himself. And in The Dark Knight, this mystery is perpetuated by the Joker€™s telling of how he got his scars. Were they inflicted by a drunkard father? Self-inflicted by a man broken by grief? Or is there really no story, and he€™s just a psychopath with a need for a foible? This mystery only heightens the unpredictability of the Joker. For if you don€™t know a man€™s past, how could you possibly predict his future?
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