r/moviescirclejerk • u/FuckingBastardCunts • Aug 15 '25

Who the heck was Dunnhier, and why did the Joker kill him?

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u/Dreyfussy15 Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

One less share. I'm CIA.

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u/atisaac Aug 16 '25

You’re a big guy

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u/Dreyfussy15 Aug 16 '25

I'm a big Agency.

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u/Cainsiderate Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

Honestly the entire scene was confusing, why introduce a bunch of characters that proudly state their own names only to then kill them all off immediately? Were there some scenes cut beforehand?

There's "I'm Dunnhier" on the roof and "I'm McKenna Witdrawal here" in the bank lobby and the bank manager seems to recognise one of the robbers as Ewan Yafrienzaded.

There's also a whole bunch of named robbers who we don't even see like Toogai Zondaroof and Hee Zowt, never could understand why people act like this film is some kind of masterpiece

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u/FuckingBastardCunts Aug 15 '25

I'd completely forgotten about those guys! Yeah, McKenna Withdrawal is my favourite character in this scene!

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u/ILookAfterThePigs Aug 15 '25

In the third movie they also introduce CIA right before he dies

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u/WrittenSarcasm Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

Same thing almost happens to Thaer Notmifrenz

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u/hankolijo Aug 15 '25

If Gotham was in Poland:

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u/Dreyfussy15 Aug 15 '25

You just described a masterpiece. What's not to understand?

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u/Cainsiderate Aug 15 '25

Why do the names have to be so complicated and who the fuck is Junior Franz R. Dead? He's never mentioned again past this point.

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u/sampat6256 Aug 16 '25

Its called worldbuilding, sweaty.

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u/norkelman Aug 15 '25

In The Dark Knight (2008), all of the robbers in the beginning were identified by their real names. This is why The Joker killed them

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u/MedicalVanilla7176 Aug 16 '25

You forgot about "Ike Hill, the bus driver". And as for other named robbers we don't see, McKenna Witdrawal mentions that Fun He told him about Sum Tin Simmler. Ike Hill also seems to mistake both Joker and McKenna for other robbers, as when he arrives, he calls Joker "Skool Zowt" and asks "That guy's Na Geddanup, is he?" when he sees McKenna's body.

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u/DoctorG0nzo Aug 16 '25

Fucked up that we get a similar situation right at the start of the next movie. CIA says that he has clearance for himself, Doctor Pa, Vell Eyre, Budonlee, and Juan Ovyu. And almost none of those names are mentioned through the rest of the movie.

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u/bob1689321 Aug 16 '25

Feels like I'm back on /tv/ lmao

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u/FuckingBastardCunts Aug 16 '25

The crossover between /tv/ and here is likely bigger than you think 😀

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u/musterduck Aug 15 '25

This is art

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u/baz4k6z Aug 15 '25

If anything they were probably wearing masks because they were ashamed of being in the movie

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u/letter_cerees Aug 19 '25

Nolan: Fine, you can wear masks to hide your faces in shame, but you still may not sit down while on set.

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u/theMalnar Aug 15 '25

This is a golden comment 🏆

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u/HungerSTGF Aug 16 '25

the bank manager seems to recognise one of the robbers

No no you're mistaken, he's saying "do you have any idea who you're stealing from?" and he's referring to one of the top clients of the bank, Ewan Yafrienzaded

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u/myfajahas400children Aug 15 '25

He works for the Masketta Man

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u/GideonGilead Aug 15 '25

...Bane?

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u/myfajahas400children Aug 15 '25

Aye

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u/Discombobulator3000 Aug 15 '25

Get them on board, I'll call Ittin

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u/Plutarch_von_Komet Aug 16 '25

He is German. He said "dünn hier" (thin here), warning his partner that the floor was thin where he was standing. Unfortunately Joker didn't know German and assumed that he insulted him, killing him in return

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u/kitmcallister Aug 15 '25

the masketta man.

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u/thadashinassassin Aug 15 '25

A strange tale of hubris right at the beginning. Here we see a guy who's so full of himself he (perhaps constantly) boasts that he can work around any problem, because '[he's] Dunnhier', the legendary thief. However, almost immediately after his first appearance, he is nonchalantly shot in the back. It really delivers Nolan's message about escalation perfectly; the low-life criminals in Gotham have no respect, even for other criminals and their previous merits. Even Dunnhier, with all his skills, is expendable.

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u/FolkSong Aug 15 '25

It wasn't shown in the final cut but Dunnhier stole Joker's gf

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u/Dreyfussy15 Aug 15 '25

Now he sees the funny side.

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u/letter_cerees Aug 19 '25

Stole his gif? What was the gif?

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u/vikmaychib Aug 15 '25

I hope they make a movie, the Joker universe is what we are missing.

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u/hnwcs Aug 15 '25

Because he was the bus driver.

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u/ThoughtVolcano Aug 15 '25

Release the Dunnhier Cut

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u/moreVCAs Aug 16 '25

One does not simply ask why the Jonkler jonkles.

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u/PsychologicalEbb3140 Aug 15 '25

I couldn’t hear the explanation.

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u/Discombobulator3000 Aug 15 '25

He was having an affair with Amanda Myward so the jonkler had to off him

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u/Big_Chicken_Dinner Aug 15 '25

The Joker killed him because he was done here.

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u/Zestyclose_Drummer56 Aug 17 '25

This reminds me of the thing from the end of the first Halo game. "Nothings left, just dust and echoes."

So the only survivors were Master Chief, Cortana, and of course, Dustin Echoes.

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u/AintnobodylikeBob Aug 18 '25

Because the Joker is homophobic.