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#Christmas with the Joker#The Last Laugh#Be a Clown#Joker's Favor#The Laughing Fish#Joker's Wild#Make 'Em Laugh#Joker's Millions#the joker#joker#btas joker#dcau#dc animated universe#dc animated series#dc animation#dc comics#dc universe#batman: the animated series#batman the animated series#batman tas#btas#the new batman adventures#tnba#new batman adventures
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Year of the Bat - Number 8
Welcome to Year of the Bat! In honor of Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, and Richard Moll, I’ve been counting down my Top 31 Favorite Episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series” throughout this January.
TODAY’S EPISODE QUOTE: “But they share my unique face! Colonel Whathisname has chickens, and they don't even have moustaches!" Number 8 is…The Laughing Fish.

Many have claimed that part of what made B:TAS so great was that, in many ways, it’s episodes felt less like typical short superhero stories of the time, and more like “mini movies.” The production values, uses of colors, shadows, and angles, and even the quality of the voice cast all made for a series that felt cinematic on its best outings. “The Laughing Fish” is a great example of this, as it features so many of the points that have led to the show’s stellar reputation. While the story it tells isn’t especially deep or complex, its especially dark and unsettling tone, along with its marvelous storytelling, makes for arguably the single greatest Joker-centric outing in the entire series. This episode combines elements of three (well, technically four) separate Batman comics together: the plot, and even a good chunk of the dialogue, is taken from the famous two-part story “The Laughing Fish/Sign of the Joker.” The grand climactic sequence where Batman’s final confrontation with the Clown Prince of Crime takes place is ripped from another famous story, “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge,” which many credit as the story that officially brought Batman out of the Silver Age and into the darker Bronze Age of comics. Finally, the final scene of the episode is based on a bit from the story “Dreadful Birthday, Dear Joker!” As someone who has read all of these comics, and loves all of them, I honestly feel that the combined elements of the stories used here – along with some original bits and pieces – makes for a story that is honestly stronger than any of them separately. It’s another case where the Animated Series showed its merits, and improved on already magnificent material through its own attributes.
The plot begins with a strange epidemic in Gotham: all of the fish in the harbor have turned a hideous shade of white and green, with their mouths twisted to resemble the Joker’s own warped smile. The toxin is harmless, as it only affects the fish, not people, but naturally folks are quite disturbed. It’s soon revealed that this is part of an elaborate scheme the Joker has made up, to try and copyright all the fish in Gotham, so he can make a fortune via the royalties and residuals. Of course, one can’t copyright fish, by law, so the Joker goes on a rampage, attacking paper pushers and bureaucrats till his demands are met. This all culminates in a showdown at an aquarium, where a captured Harvey Bullock and Batman are forced to duel with a Great White Shark.
This is one of Mark Hamill’s greatest performances as the Joker, no doubt. Part of this is because it carries so much from the comics, which I think helps lend his performance a sort of “authenticity,” for lack of a better word; it’s one of the reasons so many people say he simply IS the Joker: he got to do a lot of the villain’s best stories, this episode being a great example. “The Laughing Fish” showcases the Joker’s greatest values, as he has many great and funny moments, but there’s also a viciousness to his voicework in this outing that’s particularly notable. On top of that, this episode gets borderline horror-story-levels of creepy, as the Joker’s victims are given near-lethal doses of his patented Joker Venom, and the visuals this conjures up – plus the dead-eyed grins of the titular fish – make for some unnervingly memorable imagery. No one dies in the episode (unlike in the comics, doubtless due to the show’s need to keep things “safe” for the kiddies), but that doesn’t stop the scenes from being truly horrifying to behold. It’s one of the Joker’s most frightening tales, and illustrates why he’s such a great villain for Batman to face. The inclusion of original elements – such as Harley Quinn – does not lessen the impact of the episode, and every single voice artist is at the top of their game, not just Hamill. Both Conroy and Sorkin are just as magnificent, not to mention the other supporting players, such as Bob Hastings as Commissioner Gordon and Robert Costanzo as Bullock. Everything, really, is at 100% here: the writing, the direction, the animation, the characters…it’s arguably the definitive Joker episode of the show, and for that reason above all else, it deserves placement in the Top 10 for me.
Tomorrow we move on with Number 7! Hint: “How could you? I worked with you, trusted you, and you never told me?!”
#list#countdown#best#favorites#new year's special#year of the bat#top 31 btas episodes#btas#batman: the animated series#dcau#batman#dc#animation#tv#number 8#the laughing fish#joker#harley quinn#harleen quinzel#harvey bullock#mark hamill#arleen sorkin
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hold that posture
#them being way too serious about fishing makes me laugh#metalhiro arts#one piece#one piece fanart#luffy#monkey d luffy#usopp#god usopp#sniper king
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still spinning out, can't wait to come down
#art#fanart#illustration#original art#pathologic#pathologic 3#daniil dankovsky#the bachelor#roaring applause from everyone when dankovsky gets thrown into the loop again. will he do it will he fix it#please laugh at the fish its silly and you should laugh please laughg chomp#LOVE THIS GUY (pushes him off a cliff)#enjoy the ui mix im normal
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Mihawk's gone from babysitting Zoro and Perona to babysitting Crocodile and Buggy
#op#one piece#cross guild#dracule mihawk#crocodile#buggy the clown#fanart#buggy in the water: mihawk save mee waaa#crocodile: * laughing* look at this idiot * tries to fish him out with his hook * *gets dragged into the water*#crocodile: ...save me mihawk
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yeah, everybody leaves
[id: It's a drawing of Aizawa and Yamada standing against a darkening sky. They are both wearing their hero costumes—a black jumpsuit with a brown belt and grey capture weapon and studded leather jacket with a large pop-up collar and leather pants—and appear somber. Aizawa, depicted with tan skin, is clutching his goggles tightly in one hand while the other hand is in his pocket. Yamada, drawn with paler skin and dirty blond hair, has both his hands in his pockets. Shadows cast over their upper bodies while light illuminates underneath the curve. /end id]

[id: It's the original Horikoshi illustration of Aizawa, Yamada, and Kurogiri. Yamada and Aizawa are both wearing their hero uniforms. Kuroigiri is very faintly sketched behind them. /end id]
#yeah ok#listened to weird fishes/arpeggi all throughout drawing this laugh out loud#Aizawa and yamada... aizawa and yamada I just fell to my knees#bnha#boku no hero academia#nibeul art#aizawa shouta#yamada hizashi
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picture this: it’s your second week at the commission. your boss is a fucking fish. your coworkers are way too friendly. your higher-ups’ biggest concern is a random ex-employee who you’ve never met, her next being her fashion game. and her daughter is just running around wreaking absolute havoc.
and then one day the meanest 13-year old you’ve ever seen in your life walks in, finishes his case in 10 minutes, and immediately after gets recognized as the best worker in the room full of adults.
im quitting on the spot wbu

#sorry but the line “your boss is a fucking fish’’#is so so funny to me#making myself laugh way too hard at that one#funniest part is that it’s literally not exaggerating. he literally is a fish#laur says stuff#the umbrella academy#tua#umbrella academy#five hargreeves#tua s4#hargreeves siblings#number five#tua season 4#tua five#number five hargreeves#tua number five#old five#the commission#temps aeternalis#temps commission#tua season 1#tua s1#tua s1e6#tua spoilers#five tua
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unfinished mer au comic :) dialogue from @mamawasatesttube
#there’s actually alt text on this for once#but they’re so stupid and so dear to me <3#mer au#dc#timkon#tim drake#dc robin#red robin#kon el#superboy#conner kent#in the last panel#is Tim blushing because he’s embarrassed? or is it because he suddenly has a faceful of very pretty laughing fish?#it’s up to u to decide
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HYUNJIN | SKZ-CODE EP. 52
#hyunjin#skz#stray kids#bystay#staydaily#me arriving to the shore like oh. someone caught a rare pisces fish and left it on the rocks.#booping him with a stick and pushing him back to the water. there there. swim lil fishy swim#gifs#he was just feeling the rock. still promoting lalalala#truly prime example of reconnecting with nature#also the fire sparks flying in the last gif at the perfect time when he laughed 😞..
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Mermay Special Prompt 3
“Are you kidding? No one goes to Gotham, that place is like,” Aquaman made a motion with his hand, a not-quite grimace on his face. “Like things should not be living in the water, like it should be impossible, and things should be dead, but they aren’t and it’s like, like the equivalent of an undead apocalypse over there!”
Bruce rolled his eyes behind his cowl, taking a sip of his coffee as the others continued drinking. Socialize, they said, it’ll be fine they said. Well excuse him, but the waters weren’t that bad. Sure there were always dumped bodies, and chemicals from the rogue attacks, but it was far worse at one point.
One thing he’ll always be relieved for is how the… curse (thank you broken statuette back in the beginning of his vigilante career that fused with the other many curses of Gotham) made the people of Gotham actually care about the waters around them.
Though also, he couldn’t help but thank anything that might be listening for the fact that the curse only interacted with Gotham waters, because losing legs with any risk of a drop of water would be downright annoying.
“No dude, you don’t understand, no one goes there for a reason! That shit is horrific- someone saw a big thing with bits of rebar stabbed straight through it and still chased after a big alligator-thing!” Oh. Oh that had been him. Oops. Hopefully his kids didn’t find out about this, but they were probably already on the cameras. Dammnit.
#Prompts#Batman Au#DC#DCU#*WHEEZE* H20 Au#Gotham is the eldritch cryptids of the Atlanteans#Very dark colored in scales but with razor teeth & so much poison#And some bioluminescence that’s the only warning in the murky waters#The kids do in fact already know and are laughing at him#This may result in them pranking any Atlanteans skirting around Gotham’s waters lol#If you’ve ever seen the aberrations from Dredge that’s similar vibes to the Gothamites compared to normal fish & atlanteans#Let them be eldritch & lovecraftian in vibes#merfolk#mer au#mermay#mermay prompt#batman#justice league
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request from @hanaybuns to translate these pages from i believe "Matsuno Family Dependents Gallery"? sorry i didnt know how to approach the typesetting for this lol
all the quotes the boys are saying are from s1 episodes (right -> left):
oso 1 2 3
karamatsu 1 2 3
choromatsu 1 2 3
ichimatsu 1 2 3 (warning: ichimatsu incident)
jyushimatsu 1 2 3
todomatsu 1 2 3
#osomatsu san#translation#thank you for the request <3#knowing the sources for most of these quotes almost immediately made me feel insane LOL#i will now list all of them out in the tags for anyone who doesnt feel like clicking the links/dont have access to the yt upload of ososan#oso 1: ep12 year end special at the very end#oso 2: ep14 'we caught a cold'#oso 3: ep1 'meloncholy of osomatsu' when he first sees ichi in the alleyway#kara 1: ep14 'we caught a cold#kara 2: ep23 'kerosene'#kara 3: ep10 during the intro fishing scene w oso#choro 1: ep19 'choromatsu rising' when he first walks into the room w beni#choro 2: also ep19#choro 3: ep10 'iyami and chibita rental girlfriend' when he first sees iyayo#ichi 1: ep5 'esper nyanko' defending himself to dekapan#ichi 2: ep16 'ichimatsu incident'#ichi 3: also ep16 when he fake confesses to oso#jyushi 1: ep9 'jyushimatsu falls in love' talking about kanojo to his brothres#jyushi 2: ep14 'we caught a cold'#jyushi 3: ep17 'jyushimatsu festival' during the jyushi and concepts bit#totty 1: ep19 'choromatsu rising'#totty 2: ep14 'we caught a cold'#totty 3: ep18 'iyami's counter attack' schmoozing the girls in his car#i stuck to the official localizations but it's clear these are meant to be read in a way where you insinuate that You are the subject#i.e. jyushi 1 is probably meant to be read like “You laughed a lot!”#classic japanese subject through context = double meanings trick. c'est la vie
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Thank you @brainrot-yumm for the idea, my problem was that l had too much fun with it.
#every time i look at flippy i want to laugh and every time i look at gracegory the catdgeworth i want to cry#dog man#ace attorney#greg the dog#petey the cat#lil petey#80hd#big jim#dogman#yolay caprese#sarah hatoff#chief dog man#flippy the fish#grace the cat#cat kid#grampa dog man#phoenix wright#miles edgeworth#maya fey#pearl fey#mia fey#trucy wright#lana skye#larry butz#dick gumshoe#manfred von karma#lotta hart#godot#my art#kay faraday
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Playtime :]
#sth#team chaotix#vector the crocodile#espio the chameleon#charmy bee#mydoodles#Charmy never ever scared of Vector he knows Vector would never intentionally put any harm to him . sticks his hands in his mouth#They will get Espio involved eventually LOL#he's fishing rn though. they know not to interrupt a fishing man lol#Charmy allowed to swear in specific situations he asks before doing it every time bc those stories make me laugh fdghd
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after playing stardew for 1200+ hours and coral island for 100+ I wish more games with romanceable characters have the option where you dON'T date/marry them but you can invite them to become roommates/buds with you in your house (like in stardew where you become roommates with krobus :'D)
#rambles#delete later#be partners with me in game minus the romance/dating bits LMAOOO#muffled laugh#haven't really tried romancing anybody in coral island honestly fhkdff#I'm busy catching sea critters and fish 0:<#gameplay itself fav is still stardew but story wise I got really charmed by my time at sandrock and the writing esp. for unsuur haha#waiting to play fields of mistria when it's fully released but the little bit of early access I played was fun#also art nice :'D
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Teach a man to cook and… heee… can't fish, but teach a man to fish and he feeds himself and cooks! You've ever heard that saying before? The class- yeah is s the classic saying, teach a man to cook and… cook good, not good, he die, starve!? teach man fish! not starve! cook and fish starve, not… if you've heard that before.
#art#my art#fanart#Gigi Murin#Hololive Justice#Hololive EN#Hololive#vtuber#I feel like this is the jankiest drawing I've posted so far#oh well it's still good practice#fish laugh love#prayer emoji
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