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17th May 2018
11:14am BST

Yet another Joker has actually just been introduced – in Gotham, the Bruce Wayne origin TV series that is currently in its fourth season. Well, sort of. To fully explain the situation would go into proper spoilers, but basically Cameron Monaghan plays a character called Jerome Valeska. There is a *lot* more to it than that, but we'll leave it there in case you're currently binging the show on Netflix. But basically, he has white skin, bright red lips and a ‘Glasgow Smile’ – he is to all intents and purposes the Joker, but he’s not called The Joker.
And the reason is pretty interesting. Monaghan tweeted a few cool make-up test shots, and revealed the reasoning behind it:
https://twitter.com/cameronmonaghan/status/995422386437570560
Pure green was off-limits to us (as well as the name "Joker"), a decision from high-up as they wanted to reserve these for films. A decision which ultimately I respect. They did not want to dilute the very lucrative brand. It allowed for creativity on our end.It would seem that there are so many Jokers running around on the big screen, that they don’t want any more on TV lessening the impact of the character. Which, to be honest, is a good idea. The Joker is might to be Batman’s scariest foe. Make his appearance mean something.

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