As mayor of Gotham city, I have many duties.
But none tastier than judging our annual chili cook-off.
[crowd applause]
[slurping] Mmm.
Ahh.
[laughing]
Ah! Oh! Ohh!
[gasping]
Hot! Too hot! Too hot!
[intense music]
[gasps]
Jo.. Joke..
[sirens blaring]
[tires screech]
It's Joker!
- Let's get out of here! - Come on!
[all shouting]
Five alarm, ha ha! Jalapeno fire-mouth!
I'll put it out!
You really should know better, Mr. Mayor.
Chili always gives you gas.
[laughing]
[music continues]
[theme music]
[music continues]
[Joker laughing]
Huh?
Batsy?
[dramatic music]
Punch, Judy.
[panting]
Unh!
[laughing]
Now open wide and say, "Ha."
(Batgirl) Stop me if you've heard this one.
Should've stopped me.
[grunting]
[growls]
(Joker) Just look at batsy and bitsy.
The teamwork.
The footwork.
I want my own mini-me.
Punch, Judy!
[engine revving]
(Joker) Eat my dust, bats!
[gasping]
So, what's the plan to take down Joke..
[tires screeching]
Nice to be a part of the team.
Must be nice to have someone to watch your back.
To mold in your own likeness.
Well, if you have a sidekick, batsy
I want one, too.
You two don't count.
You're not sidekicks. You're goons!
I just know somewhere out there is a Joker Junior
just waiting for me to take him under my wing.
(Barbara) Which would make the factored equation
two times X minus eight times X minus five.
I rock.
Excellent, Barbara.
Hilarious.
Donnie.
Now, who would like to solve for X?
[chuckles]
Oh, I-I know! I know, I know! I know!
X equals P-U!
[laughing]
Ahem-ahem.
No, Donnie. X equals one week of detention.
Aw, Mr. Harmes
isn't that harsh punishment for the class clown?
Gee, Donnie, I thought you had to be funny
to be the class clown.
[laughing]
You people don't know funny.
I'll just go somewhere they do.
[instrumental music]
- Gee, that's funny? - Pathetic.
And the mathematician says, "X equals P-U!"
[drum music]
(male #1) You stink!
Hey! You're gonna miss the best part.
Prop comedy!
[drum music]
[instrumental music]
[clapping]
Thank you. I'll be here all week.
Kid, you have some real potential.
And I know funny.
You're, you're..
(Joker) A comic who only wants to make people laugh
just like you.
I'll bet no one gets your jokes, either.
Instead of laughs, I usually get detention.
See, you get sent to detention.
I get sent to the asylum. And for what?
Trying to bring a little joy into this miserable world?
Donnie, is it?
How would you like to learn from the best?
Be my, uh, apprentice?
Uh, a-apprentice?
Oh, I, I don't know, I..
Chew on it a while.
You'll see me around.
[music continues]
[bell rings]
Same time tomorrow, Donnie.
I'm sure we'll have another barrel of laughs.
[lawn mower buzzing]
[intense music]
Shh!
[motor revving]
Uhh! Aa-aah! Aah!
Let me down! Let me down!
Aah! Aah! Uhh!
Get-get me down!
[laughing]
That was classic!
See how much fun we could have?
Join team Joker.
It'll be a hoot.
[instrumental music]
Thought I might find you brooding in this part of town.
Joker's gonna strike again.
The question is where.
Well, two heads are better than one
when they're on separate bodies.
[music continues]
And this is where the magic happens.
My idea factory!
Contraptions, concoctions and comical confections.
As you can see, I've been toying
with quite a few whimsies.
Whoa. I'm in prop comedy heaven.
"Revenge is a dish best served...chili."
Eh, half-baked but slightly inspired
circus fire truck homage.
It lacked that classic Joker touch, you know what I mean?
Coming up with comedy gold week after week is tough.
Which is why it's good to get some new blood
in the old clown house.
(Batgirl) Look, I know you never asked for a partner
but I don't wanna be freelance forever.
What's it gonna take for me to be your official sidekick?
I mean, I could be a better Batgirl if you trained me.
[wind whistling]
[sighs] You must have a secret hideout.
Why can't we hang out there once in a while?
Then it wouldn't be a secret.
[instrumental music]
Okay, okay, I got it, I got it, I got it.
Then we set off the giant dominoes..
...and wham!
The chief gets flicked into a vat of green jelly!
Huh? Huh? Huh?
Eh, not grabbing me. What else you got?
Okay, the police banquet.
Cover the ballroom floor with mousetraps.
Doesn't scream "Joker."
Seal cops inside giant playing cards?
Uh, been there, done that.
Giant crossword puzzle maze!
Nah, too riddler.
Um..
[chewing]
[spits]
Oh! Uhh! Great.
Gum on my shoe.
Gum? Shoe?
G-gumshoe! Oh! We hit the police with a giant gumball!
That could gum up the gumshoes for days!
And with the right touch
it could have that crazy crime clown flare!
[laughing] I love it!
Construction! Wardrobe!
Wardrobe?
I can't be seen with you dressed like that.
[intense music]
[train rumbling]
(both) Huh?
[dramatic music]
[laughing maniacally]
[chuckles]
[grunting]
Your joke just fell flat.
Well, stand by for another, batsy.
[tires screech]
(Donnie) Knock, knock.
Who's there?
(Donnie) Prank.
Prank who?
Prank, your new sidekick.
[clapping]
Joker has a sidekick?
Sorry to burst your bubble, batsy.
It's your time to shine, sonny boy.
Stick around, Batman.
Now, Prank, remember what I taught you at the hideout.
He's been to Joker's hideout?
Why don't we have that kind of relationship?
[music continues]
[grunting]
[whirring]
Chew on this.
[grunting]
Show me what you got, clown boy.
Ohh, gross.
[laughing]
That laugh.
No way.
Huh?
[groans]
The best punch line is the one you don't see coming.
[intense music]
(Joker) Looksie, Batman!
My sidekick is about to make your sidekick go splat!
[laughing]
[intense music]
[grunting]
[laughing]
Launch away, Prank!
[laughing]
Whoa, w-wait a minute.
If I do that, she'll..
That's right. It'll be hee-haw-larious!
Um..
I-I'm not sure I get it.
[sighs]
You yank lever, gumball go boom.
Goo everywhere, including Batgirl.
We laugh, they cry, what's not to get?
- Uh.. - Comedy is timing, Prank.
(Joker) So let her rip!
[music continues]
I wanted to make people laugh
not hurt them.
Ah!
Sounds like you and I need to take a little time-out.
Oops! Almost forgot.
[upbeat music]
[engine revving]
Donnie needs our help.
Donnie?
Prank's no criminal. He's a classmate.
[intense music]
Long story.
Hopefully with a happy ending.
We'll need to pick up Joker's trail.
Covered. Popped a tracer on him.
Property of Gotham PD?
I borrowed dad's.
When you don't have access to the official Bat arsenal
you improvise.
[door opens]
We have lots to do if you expect to graduate from class clown
to crime clown.
That's the thing, Joker.
I'm thinking maybe I'm not cut out for this.
- I blame myself. - You do?
I should've known that a costume and make-up wouldn't be enough.
No. To live the part ...you have to be the part.
Wha.. What does that mean?
Come on. I'll show you.
[intense music]
Uh, where are we going?
(Joker) To a happy place for only special boys to see.
A place where crazy crime clowns are born.
Have a good look at my past
and your future.
[gasps] No!
That's right, Pranky.
It's perma-clown time!
[grunts]
It was in this very chemical concoction
that I collected my clowny complexion.
And now it's your turn.
Aah!
[laughing]
[grunting]
Why so nervous?
I mean, look how I turned out.
[grunting]
Let the kid go, Joker.
I'm trying to!
Huh?
[grunting]
Grab your ducky. It's bath time.
[gasps]
[groans]
[growls]
[music continues]
[grunting]
Can't hang on!
I got you.
[gasps]
Ah! Not helping!
[grunting]
(Batgirl) Batman!
[dramatic music]
[grunting]
Ya-aa-ah!
[grunts]
[snarling]
[intense music]
[laughs]
Huh?
[grunts]
[groaning]
You were right, Joker.
The best punch line is the one you don't see coming.
[instrumental music]
You know...our relationship's looking better all the time.
[theme music]