10 Most Disturbing Clowns In Video Games

2. The Joker (Batman: Arkham Series)

Batman Arkham City Joker
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

If you were putting together a selection of the most popular clowns from the last ten years or so, then Batman: Arkham's Joker would be right near the top of the list.

And while "popular" doesn't automatically equal "disturbing", Mr. J more than earns his spot on our list due to his nasty, gloriously unpredictable behaviour over the course of Asylum, City, Origins, Blackgate, and Knight.

In the first game, he's perfectly okay with injecting a dangerous compound into his veins and transforming himself into a hulking beast, which then leads into the second game, where he's cruel enough to ship samples of his tainted blood to hospitals all over Gotham. Not cool.

This blood then infects a bunch of people and creates a group of pseudo-Jokers, while the real Joker - having previously died - returns as a hallucination, plaguing Batman like a relentless virus.

In short, the Joker has caused more headaches for the Dark Knight than just about anyone else, and as far as disturbing clowns go, he pretty much has it all.

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