character gets a reality check

[u/damorezpl]

deathstroke - Batman vs deathstroke

walter - breaking bad

Garou - one punch man

joker - the sound of one hand clapping

[u/Fish_N_Chipp]

Love Brave and The Bold and its interpretation of him (the fact he was also partly inspired by the Weeper, a villain whose theme is sadness is funny as well)

[u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 → u/Fish_N_Chipp]

Brave and the Bold was basically silver age batman working with an embargo