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13 Joker Easter Eggs and Inspirations: The King of Comedy is Just the Start

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Tim Molloy

The Killing Joke: Alan Moore’s 1988 Joker origin story posits that the Joker is a badly damaged, failed standup comedian. As you know from the Joker trailer, the Joker in the film is also a struggling comedian. 

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Tim Molloy

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  • You forgot to include "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes" from 1972. The end riot scene, with Joker being pulled form the back of the crushed police car, laid out on the hood of another vehicle and then rising to his feet as the night sky burns with flames and the crowd's anger, recalls the last 15 minutes of "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes" without question.

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