The Batman’s Joker revealed in creepy deleted scene

The BatmanAlthough the movie was released in cinemas for some time now, many mysteries have not been solved. The movie’s post-credits scene revealed a link to the website rataalada.com, where fans could try to solve the game’s ongoing ARG, and it seems that the case has finally been cracked.

The website was updated on Thursday to reveal three new riddles, along with a deleted scene from the movie that gives us our best look yet at Batman’s most iconic villain.

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for The Batman.]

Batman ends with the Riddler locked away in Arkham Asylum, but he isn’t alone. Barry Keoghan, the universe’s Joker plays next to Riddler in his cell. Joker taunts Riddler briefly, but he seems to know a lot about Riddler and is calling himself a friend. It suggests that the two might collaborate in the future. While the movie leaves it up to us to figure out why the Joker might know about Riddler’s crimes from inside his cell in Arkham, this deleted scene reveals the truth.

Joker was actually visited by Batman in Arkham, where he is a Hannibal Lecter-type figure. The Caped Crusader asked his nemesis, who he apparently met about a year previous, to decipher some of Riddler’s messages, in hopes of learning something only a fellow psychopath might understand. The Joker gives him nothing but a smile, a teasing laugh, and an incredibly haunting smile.

We don’t get a good look at the version of the Joker that actually appears in the movie, but this deleted scene shows off far more, and he looks rough. Far more disfigured and scarred than other cinematic versions of the character, this one’s green hair is splotchy and only bits and pieces remain, while scars mark his face, and blood surrounds his smile.

BatmanIt is currently playing in theatres. While no sequel has been announced, the movie has made over $600 million in a COVID-recovering box office landscape (compared to Batman Begins’ $358 million in 2005) so a follow-up is likely in the Joker’s cards. But one thing we’re definitely getting: A Penguin TV series starring Batman costar Colin Farrell.