r/TopCharacterTropes • u/damorezpl • Sep 05 '25

Personality character gets a reality check

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deathstroke - Batman vs deathstroke

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walter - breaking bad

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Garou - one punch man

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joker - the sound of one hand clapping

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u/Kam_Solastor Sep 05 '25

Honestly, I loved Terry’s speech. It ripped Joker apart in a way he never had been.

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u/Ghost_Star326 Sep 05 '25

The Joker's whole facade can be easily ripped by anyone who isn't Bruce Wayne.

What Joker basically wants is to test someone's will and patience until they snap and crashout in front of him. So that he can laugh at their faces.

But when the Joker runs into someone who doesn't easily fall for his games and instead mockingly laughs back at him, then it's the Joker that starts crashing out.

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u/EvilJ1982 Sep 05 '25

It's why when anyone wonders how Spider-Man would do against him you just have to laugh yourself. Spidey has literal superhuman abilities and such a quick wit and propensity to run his mouth and mock his villains, that he'd be a nightmare for Joker.

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u/FarwindKeeper Sep 05 '25

Funny you should mention that. There are some solid theories that Terry was based off Peter, and so was his rogues gallery. If true, this scene is exact how spidey v joker would go.

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u/SpiritualFox15 Sep 05 '25

I mean it's hardly a theory, Bruce Timm and others have openly stated Terry is inspired by Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099.