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Russkafin
10-26-2001, 04:21 PM
Hey, this might just be a coincidnce... in The Last Laugh #4, a Jokerized villain called Black Mass is shot and killed. As he dies, he sputters, "Hey, that's not funny... That's not..."

Same last words as The Joker after he gets shot in the uncut ROTJ. Maybe this is writer Chuck Dixon's way of giving a nod to this bootleg cult classic. :D
Shriek
10-26-2001, 08:00 PM
I think it's coincidence because in Bloodsport when Terry is trying to ditch Stalker, he sticks a Joker in the gut. And when he falls the clown says, "That's Not Funny"
batboy2001
10-26-2001, 10:36 PM
Yeah, also in Golem? A joker goes, "Hey, not funny man".
DarkAngel
10-27-2001, 12:03 AM
Originally posted by batboy2001
Yeah, also in Golem? A joker goes, "Hey, not funny man".

Yeah, but that quote that Russkafin put up from Last Laugh #4 is almost exactly what Joker's final words were. The only slight difference, I think, was that Joker never said "hey" before saying the words. It was just: "That's not funny...that's not..."
and then slumping over and dying.

I'd say that's a definite nod to ROTJ. The similarity is too close.
batboy2001
10-27-2001, 10:35 AM
Also, though, in another episode (can't remember which) a jokerz, goes "not funny" and runs away. It just seems to be a common phrase uttered by jokerz.
DarkAngel
10-27-2001, 02:16 PM
Originally posted by batboy2001
Also, though, in another episode (can't remember which) a jokerz, goes "not funny" and runs away. It just seems to be a common phrase uttered by jokerz.

Yeah, true. In the Last Laugh case, though, we're talking about a character that was shot and killed, as Joker was. Take those circumstance and add Joker's final words, and you've got pretty much the same scene as the Joker's death in ROTJ. It's the totality of the scene that seems to definitely point to a ROTJ reference.
batboy2001
10-27-2001, 02:25 PM
Yeah, but if, it's a common phrase jokerz say, then all of them would say it.
The Mad Hatter
10-27-2001, 02:42 PM
It's a common phrase, but that extra "that's not..." gasp at the end seems a little too carefully planned to be a coincidence.
Joe Tully
10-27-2001, 03:48 PM
I don't have the issue, but I wouldn't be surprised. Both ROTJ and Last Laugh use "jokerization" strongly in the story. Maybe it is Dixon's way of acknowledging this similarity between the 2 stories. It could even be possible that ROTJ helped inspire Last Laugh, but that's just a guess.
James Harvey
10-28-2001, 05:26 PM
It's probably just a coincidence, but a pretty cool one, I'll admit!