Joker's Thugs (The Dark Knight)

The Joker Thugs were a group of small-time criminals who were hired by The Joker. They are a group of Joker's Henchmen.



Robbing of Gotham National Bank
Five thugs served under the Joker in the robbery of Gotham National Bank, who were all killed off in the process. The Joker himself posed as one of his thugs, going by the call sign Bozo.

Ending Gambol's Regime
The Joker employed two street thugs to bring him to Gambol, pretending that he was dead and had been killed by them. The Joker then murdered Gambol. With Gambol's guards on the floor, and the thugs aiming handguns to their heads, the Joker informed the men that he had opened tryouts for his new gang. He snapped a pool stick in half and dropped one half on the floor, then ordered his enforcers to be quick.

Crashing Bruce Wayne's Party
Another group of the Jokers thugs crashed a fun raiser for new D.A., Harvey Dent. Outside on of the Jokers thugs tryed to ambush Bruce Wayne, who Wayne easily defeated. Also, the thugs(including the Joker) fought Batman, but made a speedy escape after throwing Rachle Dawes out of a shattered window

Known members

 * Bozo (who was secretly the Joker)
 * Grumpy
 * Chuckles
 * Happy
 * Dopey
 * The Joker's bus driver
 * The Joker's truck driver
 * The Joker's black bounty hunter
 * The Joker's white bounty hunter
 * Party Thugs
 * Truck Thugs

Behind the scenes

 * During the Robbery of Gotham National Bank, at least three of the thugs were given callsigns in homage to Dwarfs from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Grumpy, Happy, and Dopey). The serial killer John Wayne Gacy, aka: the Killer Clown, whose clown character was named Pogo the Clown, was known to paint images from this film. The Joker may have assigned these callsigns with Gacy in mind.
 * Chuckles was the name of a clown on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. That Chuckles was also killed unexpectedly, albeit from an elephant attack.
 * The Joker assigned himself as Bozo, as in Bozo the Clown, who was a very famous clown and television personality.
 * It is currently unknown if the Bus Driver had a callsign like the rest of the thugs involved in the robbery. One possibility is that like three of the others he may have taken his name from one of the Dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The four unused names are Doc, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Bashful.

Another possibility is that he took a name from a fictional clown character, as with Bozo (the Joker), and Chuckles. This could range in anything from Clarabell, to Ronald, to Krusty, to Pogo, to Pennywise.

Appearances

 * The Dark Knight
 * The Dark Knight (Book)