Episode #07 - Joker's Millions
Original Airdate - February 21st, 1998
The clown's broke. But he inherits money from a mob boss, and plans to
distribute it freely throughout Gotham to gain positive influence, until
he finds his millions don't quite add up to his expectations.
Media by Bird Boy
Review by Robin III |
Credits
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Dan Riba
Music by Lolita Ritmanis
Animation by Koko/Dong Yang
Voices
Kevin Conroy as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Tara Charendoff as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
Loren Lester as Nightwing/Dick Grayson
Mark Hamill as Joker
Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn
Paul Williams as Penguin
Diane Pershing as Poison Ivy
Jeff Glen Bennett as Jack Ryder
Allan Rich as King Barlowe
Sam McMurray as Ernie
Maggie Wheeler as Fake Harley
John Garry as Joker's Lawyer
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Quotes
JOKER: I thought I told you to get gas!
HARLEY: We're broke, remember? What was I supposed to do, fill the tank,
shoot the guy and drive off?
JOKER: (Nodding) Mmmhmm!
HARLEY: Now ya tell me!
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JOKER: (to Bud n' Lou) Yeah yeah, you're hungry, I'm hungry. Do me a
favour and eat each other.
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LAWYER: If a man's full of glee, that man must go free!
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JOKER: Well done, kiddies!
NIGHTWING: We were trying to save innocent lives. You're just an
unpleasant bonus.
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JOKER: Drown the kids and shoot the neighbours! We've got a winner!
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JOKER: I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? No thank you!
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FAKE JOKER: Well, well, Bruce Wayne! Join me! A bottle of your best, my
dear, for my guest!
BRUCE: You'll understand if I refuse. The last time we met you tried to
throw me off a building.
FAKE JOKER: I did? Heh heh heh... Well, that was so long ago.
BURCE: It was last month.
Review: This updating of the
classic Joker tale is fairly well pulled off, despite the lack of good
animation. The story was well re-vamped from the original tale,
including the addition of the minor Harley / Fake Harley subplot, and
also an out of place, yet funny musical montage where Joker spends his
cash. The whole episode is tongue in cheek, from Batman giving a thug a
swirly at Penguin's club, to Joker's sanity test on Jack Ryder's
program. The whole episode is a nice change from some of the darker
stories of the series, and does bridge off from the idea that Joker is
broke throughout the span of TNBA.
The animation was off par, with some more bad staging and inconsistent
character modeling. This episode could have been much better if they had
sprung for some better animation work. No matter how many times I see
this type of animation, I am always reminded on how the TNBA style
didn't go over well with some of the studios.
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