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The Stacked Deck is a bar and pool hall located Gotham City. Depending on the writer, it is located either in Otisburg, Park Row or the Gotham Harbor. It was regularly visited by members of the criminal underworld, including the Joker and Catwoman. Batman himself also visits the Stacked Deck, usually in disguise.

History[]

DC Animated Universe[]

The Stacked Deck first appeared in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Almost Got 'Im". Serving as the main location of the episode, Joker, Penguin, Two-Face and Poison Ivy meet at the bar over a card game. With who they believe to be Killer Croc, they discuss the various times they've come close to killing Batman. Unknown the group, Croc is actually the Dark Knight in disguise, having recently partaken Joker's tale and infiltrated the group to learn where a captive Catwoman is. The GCPD are also present, disguised as bar patrons, and arrest the criminals.

The Stacked Deck also appears briefly in "Shadow of the Bat Part I", where a disguised Batman tracks one of Two-Face's thugs. It also appears in "Batgirl Returns", where Batgirl and Catwoman crash the bar to interrogate the Chemist, resulting in a fight with the other patrons.

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Telltale's Batman[]

Stacked Deck (Telltale)

Concept Art for The Stacked Deck

The Stacked Deck appears frequently in Telltale Games' Batman series.

During Batman: The Telltale Series, Bruce Wayne visits it to meet with Selina Kyle during "Children of Arkham". Ambushed by Penguin's men, they enter a bar fight and defeat them, fleeing the scene as the GCPD arrive. The Stacked Deck also appears in "City of Light", where "John Doe" watches a failed attacked on James Gordon's rally on television.

During Batman: The Enemy Within, it is revealed that John has been hosting "therapy" sessions with other patrons at the Stacked Deck, including Willy Deever and Frank Dumfree. Bruce later meets him and Harley Quinn at the bar in "The Pact", hoping to infiltrate the titular organization. During "Fractured Mask", Batman tells John to meet him near the Stacked Deck after acquiring Riddler's Laptop. Should he be successful, they also practice throwing Batarangs in its adjoining alley. In "Same Stitch", it is mentioned that John, now calling himself "the Joker", had recruited members of his gang from patrons of the Stacked Deck.

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