

Over the course of three weeks, the Joker subjects Tim to a series of brutal physical and psychological tortures, bleaching his skin white, dying his hair green, giving him a purple suit, and contorting his lips into a rictus reminiscent of the Joker's. While on solo patrol one night, Tim Drake, the second Robin in The New Batman Adventures universe, is kidnapped by The Joker and his sidekick, Harley Quinn. Terry quickly administers an antidote with the help of Barbara Gordon, whom he called, and as Bruce recovers, Barbara tells Terry the truth about the Joker's death. Terry rushes to Wayne Manor, and finds Bruce half-dead from Joker venom. Dana is injured, but Terry evades the Jokerz and gets Dana to the hospital. At the same time, the Joker himself ambushes and attacks Bruce in the Batcave, leaving him for dead. Later on, as Terry is dancing with his girlfriend Dana at a nightclub, he is attacked by the Jokerz, who know that he is Batman. The two argue, and an angry Terry throws the Batsuit to the ground. Terry refuses, saying that fighting crime as Batman is what makes him a worthwhile person. Bruce does not respond, and instead asks Terry to give back the Batsuit. In the Batcave, Terry asks Bruce if he killed the Joker to prevent him from committing a particularly heinous crime. Bruce is stunned to see his archenemy again, and staunchly insists that it cannot be the real Joker, whose death he claims to have witnessed decades before. The next night, Bruce is about to announce his return to active leadership of Wayne Enterprises when the Joker and his cronies interrupt, and the Joker announces his return to Gotham. On his orders, they steal high-tech equipment which Batman had been tracking for weeks. Some 40 years after the timeline of Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, the seemingly immortal Joker has taken control of a faction of the Jokerz, a street gang devoted to the Clown Prince of Crime's image.

Harley Quinn (Flashback and main story).Joker (Flashback and main story) (Death).Barbara Gordon (Flashback and main story).
