E27: First Foot in Insanity

First Foot in Insanity is the thirteenth episode of Batman: Shadow War's season two. It is a Joker episode.

Plot
During a party at Wayne Manor with a charity, Hugo Strange arrived to Bruce's dismay and Strange began having a conversation with Bruce for a "experiment" then left. Strange, working on his latest device, was greeted by the clownish, colorful lunatic known as the Joker. Strange tried to call the cops but Joker utilized his Acid Flower to prevent that by destroying the buzzer. A horrified Strange asked him why isn't he in his cell, Joker explained he escaped to see him and his interesting device. Joker tried to try out the device and revealed it is used to go in one's mind, which Strange was going to use to try and discover Batman's secret identity. Strange however grabbed Joker in anger to try and restrain him, but the sadistic clown injected him with a non-lethal variant of Joker Toxin and stole the machine; leaving a Joker playing card behind as a calling card.

Instead of grinning creepily like the crazed clown, Strange was instead constantly laughing hysterically which tortured and tormented him. Batman arrived and revealed an antidote when everyone was gone, after Strange provided Batman with the information he needed to track Joker and his machine, he cured Strange which caused him to grin creepily in a Joker-like smile but he would awaken soon to go back to normal. Batman then left to go after Joker. It is revealed that Joker didn't kill Strange because he needed him for that information to provide to Batman.

Inside his hideout, Batman wondered around until the clown managed to ambush and knock him out with his spring-loaded boxing glove. Batman was strapped to the device and Joker had his henchmen strap him to it so that Batman could enter Joker's mind with the clown's attempt to drive him insane. It looked like the device didn't work, until the henchmen transformed him into Joker-like maniacs and the device began laughing to Batman's dispense and Batman was sent down to a hole which revealed a demented Gotham City overrun by multiple Joker's with some even killing each other and doing insane things like blowing up buildings and burning large piles of money. The moon was grinning at Batman and fired a missile targeted at Batman and a civilian, Batman rescued the civilian who was revealed to be Joker and the child as a Joker, Batman demanded for him to be released but they both literally zipped their mouths and took them off.

Batman tried to find the real Joker and went to his idea factory, who there was Red Hood; the only thing Joker truly remembers about his former self, who was signing papers for his "master". Batman looked at one of the papers which was just jokes, Red Hood then said things he always wanted to make people laugh and Batman interrogated him into trying to find a way out. When Red Hood was about to speak, Joker yelled at them saying that he shouldn't be revealing family secrets and a large amount of chemicals was poured all over him, transforming him into Joker who laughed and gave Batman images of his closest friends being brutally murdered. Joker then fled to a funhouse where Batman saw a tied up victim in a chair for the Dark Knight to see, revealed to be the grinning corpse of James Gordon but Batman said it was all fake and continued to escape the funhouse to go to Gotham's comedy club.

There it was revealed Joker telling dark humor and jokes to the audience full of Joke'rs, when they realized Batman was sneaking; they all attacked him and started to laugh, causing Batman to laugh as well until he snapped his mind back and broke free then attacked Joker. A giant Joker used Batman like a puppet and tormented him, however when Batman climbed up him and threw an Bat Bomb at his head; both vanished and Batman was in a straightjacket inside of Arkham Asylum with Joker escorting him and an captured Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Aaron Cash and Vicki Vale screamed for help, as armed Victor Zsasz and Ventriloquist where taking them outside to be executed. Scarface was the Warden on the televisions and Scarecrow along with Killer Croc and Mr. Freeze were at the other side, with Batman shouting to be freed. Due to Batman's strong will when an armed Joker was laughing at him, he broke out of his restraints and attacked Joker, causing everything to turn black and Joker was then alone.

Joker was put in a world without Batman nor Joker, nobody knowing of the two. Joker was terrified to the point of begging him to being freed, however Batman arrived and locked Joker away in a massive cell which led to Joker being in the Forgotten Zone to his dismay. In reality, Batman escaped the device and Joker was seen being tortured and suffered inside, Batman defeated his henchmen and then freed a horrified Joker. Batman then used Explosive Gel to destroy the device and took the clown back to Arkham.

Characters

 * Bruce Wayne/Batman as 
 * Alfred Pennyworth as 
 * Vicki Vale as
 * Jack Ryder as 
 * Joker as
 * James Gordon as 
 * Harvey Bullock as 
 * Aaron Cash as 
 * Hugo Strange as
 * Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow as 
 * Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze as
 * Arnold Wesker/Ventriloquist and Scarface as 
 * Waylon Jones/Killer Croc as 
 * Victor Zsasz as 

Objects Used

 * Batarang 
 * Grapnel Gun
 * Explosive Gel 
 * Bat-Cuffs
 * Bat Bomb
 * Batlight 
 * Joker Venom 
 * Joy Buzzer 
 * Acid Flower
 * Razor Playing Card
 * Boxing Glove Arm
 * Jack N' The Box
 * Harpoon Gun 

Deaths
None