10 Batman Arkham Theories That'll BLOW YOUR MIND
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- In this video, we're going to explore 10 Batman Fan Arkham Theories that'll BLOW YOUR MIND!
Batman Arkham Knight, the last game of the Arkham series, released over 8 years ago. We've come up with some pretty good fan theories over the years, so I decided to gather some of the best Arkham theories imo and put them all into one large list. These are 10 Batman Arkham theories that change EVERYTHING.
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THEORY LIST AND CREDITS :
1. The Bad Blood Theory (made by ClownPuncher139) - • Does Batman Have Bad B...
2. Killer Croc was under the effects of fear toxin in Arkham Asylum (made by unknown)
3. Jason planned to become the next Batman after killing Bruce in Arkham Knight (made by me) - • Did you know that in B...
4. Killer Croc killed Anarky before Arkham Knight (made by Jenpachi) - • Creepy killer Croc the...
5. Ra's killed Shiva, which caused a civil war within the League of Assassins (made by Character History) - • What Happened to the A...
6. Batman was never infected in Arkham Knight (partially made by me, rest unknown) - • Batman was NEVER Infec...
7. Batman caused Harley Quinn to have a miscarriage in Arkham City (made by unknown, but there's a really good video about it made by RetelFactor) - • What Happened to Harle...
8. Bruce Wayne is actually just a crazy patient at Arkham Asylum and the entire Arkhamverse was all made up in his mind (made by unknown)
9. Bruce Wayne actually died at the end of Batman Arkham Knight's main story (made by unknown)
10. Joker actually WANTED to die at the end of Batman Arkham City (made by unknown)
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FOOTAGE CREDITS :
- Batman Return to Arkham Asylum Killer Croc Boss Fight Remastered (Batman Arkham Asylum Remastered) made by RabidRetrospectGames : • Batman Return to Arkha...
- Batman Arkham Knight All Jason Todd Story Cut Scenes 4K 60fps made by Fari0_0 : • Batman Arkham Knight A...
- The Joker Scenes (Batman: Arkham Knight) 1080p HD made by Gamer's Little Playground : • The Joker Scenes (Batm...
- Batman Arkham Knight - Ending, Joker's Fear, Batman Unmasked, Scarecrow Defeated made by calloftreyarch : • Batman Arkham Knight -...
- Batman:Arkham Asylum - Post Credits Scene - Scarecrow made by Hec-x 000 : • Batman:Arkham Asylum -...
- Batman: Arkham Origins - Ending and After Credit Scene made by Generic Gaming : • Batman: Arkham Origins...
- Batman: Arkham Knight Panessa Studios Joker Infected and Reveal made by L2Luridus : • Batman: Arkham Knight ...
- Batman Arkham Knight - Batman Is The Last Joker (Infected Jokers Death) made by calloftreyarch : • Batman Arkham Knight -...
- Batman: Arkham City - Easter Egg #3 - Harley Quinn singing "Hush, Little Baby" made by Batman Arkham Videos : • Batman: Arkham City - ...
- Batman Return to Arkham Asylum Ending and Joker Final Boss (Batman Arkham Asylum Remastered) made by RabidRetrospectGames : • Batman Return to Arkha...
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - All Scarecrow nightmares made by Mezzaluce : • Batman: Arkham Asylum ...
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Remastered (PS5) 4K HDR Gameplay - (Full Game) made by FA GAMEZ : • Batman: Arkham Asylum ...
I usually hate using other people's content, but for this video it was something that I really had no other option because I don't have enough storage on my pc to store enough of my own footage for 10 different theories across 4 different games. So, PLEASE check out all of these wonderful creators, this video wouldn't have been possible without them!
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MUSIC USED:
1. How it Happened (Batman Arkham Knight)
2. Saving the Doctors (Batman Arkham Asylum)
3. Forensic Trail (Batman Arkham Asylum)
4. Invisible Predator (Batman Arkham Asylum)
5. Anticipation (FesliyanStudios Background Music)
6. Stealthy Bat (Batman Arkham Asylum)
7. Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (Alex Leader)
8. Saving Gordon (Batman Arkham Asylum)
9. Snipers (Batman Arkham Asylum)
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0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Theory #1
2:26 - Theory #2
3:29 - Theory #3
5:43 - Theory #4
6:34 - Theory #5
8:18 - Theory #6
10:48 - Theory #7
12:12 - Theory #8
13:32 - Theory #9
16:04 - Theory #10
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Got any other arkham theories you want me to include in my next list?🤔
I do I commented a whole paragraph about the grapple boost theory. It’s simple but really shows how Batman grows as a fighter but with the exception of loosing some speed when gliding
Do you know what does not make sense? How do batman does not know joker's real name while in gotham he was an enemy of bruce wayne as a kid, Jeremiah fell in that toxin, that's how the joker was born
I have a minor theory that Batman baited the Joker into stabbing him at the end of city with Talia's death being the moment he realized the Joker is too dangerous to be kept alive.
@@jorgizoran4340 batman said that he would still have saved the joker, even everything he has done. And batman sworn not to kill, so he's not responsible of joker's death, Joker actually killed himself, and Harley Quinn is too dumb, bc when the joker infected kill themselves, Harley said batman kill him.
i think batman is bruce wayne
The bomb’s payload is exposed. I can use the power winch to trigger a controlled explosion.
Why did the payload expose itself? Is is stupid?
Is there a lore reason this is spreading to CZcams or are you stupid. Two guns beach
@@metunamonwhat the hell does this mean
@Sabre0321 it’s the arkham subreddit
@@Wsggade is there a lore reason as to why you don’t know this?
Scarecrow's face one is actually canon. Militia members talking confirm that what we see in AK is not a mask, but his face. Arkham City's mask is the old one, and an easter egg to tell that Scarecrow was still active, but is not his current "mask"
PLOT TWIST ALERT!
But you can also find the same mask in the Ace Chemicals building
@@Jokerman9540I think Scarecrow left it for Batman to find as a clue of his returning
I mean, if you zoom in on the character model in game it’s pretty obvious it’s fused to his face but I doubt many really care about those
I also remember hearing that this is why his voice is changed so different between Asylum and Knight, due to the attack from Croc and having to have surgery.
I have a different theory about theory 1.
Batman was dying so fast after being infected with Joker's blood, because Joker's blood was already infected with Titan for so long. So basically when Batman got Joker's blood, he got the desease in the last stage before death and not the first stages. Batman simply skipped ahead in the dying proces.
Now that I can believe
In the Batman VS Dracula movie, if I remember correctly, Batman gave Joker his blood to cure him. I know it’s a different universe but that means they have the same blood type in some universes
Also what I was thinking
or Joker's Blood is just built different look at what his blood is able to do to other people he is not really human anymore the Ace chemicals accident changed his blood and his DNA he doesn’t even look humans his skin his hairs and his mind have been permanently affected so it's probably bc the joker is not a normal human
Naw that doesn't make any sense. Diseases causing agents such as pathogens aren't like that
Infects Batman with his disease
Gets him to make a cure
Stabs his arm to get him to lose the cure
Refuses to elaborate
Dies
I like that theory it makes sense for joker’s character
@@brandonmyers5448 It's not a theory that's literally what happened, lmfao.
@@lord_egg might the theory about wanting to die
Sounds like that was the joke & he forgot the punchline briefly
I only make the greatest plans.
Theory 8 was actually a comic story that actually had Bruce as a patient in Arkham and his adventures being imaginary.
It's also based on a movie called Shutter Island with the same premise!
Tell me the comic name
@@rishuasthana1086I would like to know that also 😂
Anddddd in the Batman ‘podcast’ (which is really a audiobook) the fear toxin makes Bruce believe he is that child who became a patient at Arkham if memory serves me correctly!
Batman the last knight on earth
I feel like the one on Bruce not being mentally cured of Joker's blood is less of a theory and more just media literacy. One of the themes of the entire game is facing one's fears, and Bruce gets the majority of that himself. Joker constantly appearing rings in Bruce's fear of failure, his fear of his no killing rule being broken. His "defeat" of Joker is him finally overcoming that fear and acknowledging to himself that he couldn't do anything to save Joker.
Yeah honestly it for sure is
I agree, but it also goes to show how lazy the writers were. It doesn’t make sense for batman to be the “last joker” out of the quarantined ones when the whole joker being in his head thing is caused by the fear toxin. Also, joker sent his blood to gotham in AC so that they would be POISONED, not turn into joker. All of the panessa studio jokers should’ve died as quickly as joker. Instead, they turned into him. It all comes down to being a plot error that has no explanation because it’s simply bad writing.
To add on to the last theory, the toxin makes Batman see more visions on billboards throughout the game that decontextualize their original meaning. One in particular shows Batman and Joker as the caption says “Never forget your first” with an image of Batman strangling Joker, showing that Batman truly does feel like he murdered Joker.
My theory I have is at the end of the game (AA) scarecrow, bane, and croc all grab a titan crate at the end clownpuncher already said why bane and crow are there but the way I see it croc tried using titan to cure himself thus making him grow a tail and him grow taller and amplified his cell regeneration witch is why his hand grew back
Huh that's a really cool theory, definitely explains why they had croc in that post credits scene
That was not what happened to Croc seen it's already explained in his Arkham Knight DLC storyline. He was experimented on in a harsh and cruel way
@@maui3551 but did experimenting cause croc to mutate like that? i didn't get that idea from the dlc mission
Yeah, in the dlc have a dialogue with the doc saying that. And latter Croc say the same thing "this doc make me suffer, he need suffer, he make me worse" and batman apologize Croc but say is not the correct kill everyone@@0biscrabbles
The miscarriage could also be induced by the stress of losing the joker. But I do think either way batman inadvertently caused her to lose the baby.
If you look at the Pregnancy test box in the main game, it's different from the box in the dlc. The one in the dlc says, "caution, tests may result in false positive"
Since Paul Dini (the writer) left right before the dlc was written, I think it's clear that he intended to surprise us with a pregnant Harley Quinn, and the new writers said, "Nope... false positive"
Or or or could the miscarriage be from all the flipping Harley does?
@@daltonlittle749 or always wearing a tight corset
There’s also other shit that happens to Harley off camera in Arkham City. Clearly she gets roughed up at one point when she’s tied to a pole in the Steel Mill. Joker is very physically abusive, I’m sure he could’ve had something to do with it.
If anything she'd want the baby as she it will remind her of Joker.
I like to combine Jenpachi's Anarky theory with Clownpuncher's that he has in the Iceberg with Anarky being the fear gas bomber, Jenpachi mentions that they found railings by following Anarky tags, and the thug in the diner is carving an A into the table, so my Frankentheory is that Knight was supposed to have a quest on finding the fear gas bomber. Batman would've noticed the A on the table, deduced Anarky or a supporter was the bomber, then follow the tags throughout Gotham to the railing where it would become Croc's sidequest or an actual storybeat,but due to time restraints, the mission was scrapped and Croc was to be pushed to DLC.
The only real evidence I have for Croc being intended for base game is the Joker section having him in it with the extra mutated hand he has in Beneath the Surface
This makes a lot of sense. That or just some really cool world building
A stands for Arkham Knight and if you find the the bomber in the game's files it's named Jason Todd.
About theory 9, probably the biggest evidence debunking it is that after the whole Scarecrow situation is done and over with, Batman isn't acting like someone else, he's still himself. He does end up using the fear toxin to enforce safety in place of "Batman", but he's not directly becoming a nightmare creature himself. He simply elevates the legend of the Batman to that status at a cultural level, and even then only because his identity was revealed and this was his last resort. If he were to have become a fear of a fear, it would be reductive twice over. He wouldn't be acting like a personality, he would be acting like a monster. The effects of the toxin also aren't permanent.
Here's a completely unrelated theory: Batman actually knew that he was going to get exposed as Bruce Wayne before the events of Knight ever even started. Evidence: The Knightfall Protocol that he used to fake his own death at the end of the game had to have been set up at some point prior to the events of the game, and Alfred was already aware of what it was. Batman might not have known exactly when the protocol would be needed, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to keep his identity as Bruce Wayne safe forever. During the events of the game, we see him actually consider Azriel's worthiness to take up the mantle instead of disregarding it from the start and when Cobblepot asks him about what his next superhero identity will be, Batman replies with a simple "You'll see". This suggests that he's well aware that the time he needs to fake his own death and reinvent the legend is close at hand and is increasingly decided that "tonight" is his last night as Batman as the story progresses. This is probably also why he chooses to accept his fate of getting exposed and allows his life as "Batman" to come to an end.
Long reply but this entirely makes sense
I dig the theory about Knightfall... Very well thought out BUT.... Aren't we told by Rocksteady that certain comic arcs are also cannon in the Arkham series? If that is indeed the case...the Knightfall Protocol was created long ago in the encounter with Bane. Specifically the Batman comic or arc "Knightfall" (not sure which exactly been a lil bit since readin it lol sorry) which focuses on how Bane broke Batman almost in half... The arc also goes into detail (if I'm not mistaking) of Bruce, while healing (and appointing the future Azrael as Batman) starts to discuss with Alfred the idea that becomes essentially the Knightfall Protocol (which I think has that name in comic as well) Could be mistaking or combining a few stories possibly but I'm almost sure that's right
Yeah, the knightfall protocol has been probaly made ever since Bane found out about Batmans true identity and almost killed Alfred in origins.
@@Bad6uY0124According to an interview with a writer or somebody at Rocksteady than it seems different then what happened in Knightfall. In Knightfall Bruce is replaced as Batman by the guy who becomes the first major Azreal, like you mentioned. The person who was interviewed said it was still Bruce in the suit at the end of Arkham Knight. So while the name comes from that story arc, and possibly the event if it did happen in the Arkhamverse, it is a slightly different outcome.
The theory about Jason planning to replace Bruce also explains why the new vigilante in the ending video uses the fear gas. Which only Jason was willing to use.
Funny thing, it's still Bruce in the batsuit. There is a comic that takes place after Knight and shows Batman in the Batcave.
@@darkmage9252Which comic are you referring to? I’m certain the ending is left ambiguous on purpose and there are no canon comics covering the aftermath of the game. The only proof we have of him being alive is the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game (confirmed to be taking place 5 years after the events of Arkham Knight) showing Bruce as Batman in one of their trailers
@@ariarasavar8290 Batman #135. Also the Creative Director from Rocksteady, Sefton Hill confirmed that it is Bruce in the Batsuit at the end of the game where 2 thugs are attempting to rob a rich family
No, Because Jason is all about guns, You don't see laser sights or muzzle flashes, So it can't be Jason
That doesn’t make sense considering the Red Hood story DLC takes place after the events of Arkham Knight
I’ve my own little theory, about Jason killing Victor Zsasz when he went to capture Oracle at the Clock Tower, that would explain why we see him in that video of the security camara but we don’t hear anything related to him or one crime of his. I know his appearance is just an eater egg but I think it’s a cool closure for a character that appeared in Asylum and City with a significant roll.
There was a scrapped side mission. There’s voice lines in the game files. He was supposed to be this games serial killer not pyg
@@Bugplanet8840 I heard they planned for both Zsasz and Pyg but ultimately decided they were too similar and that one needed to be cut.
@@Bugplanet8840 @TristenSarelvun yup but since they scrapped it, it opens the possibility for OPs theory to be true.
Another idea for theory 6, Green eyes
What if those conversations where people notice are just in his head. We already know that words and actions that happen in front of him can be all hallucination. Nothing can be trusted. So what if during his time around characters, he gets stuck in his head, spaces out and hears them commenting on that physical change and it just deepens the fear more and more
That definitely could've happened too! Plus Batman's green eyes are only mentioned by others in one scene and one scene only, meaning Batman would've only had to hallucinate one time for this theory to line up perfectly
@@Knerdd this theorie could be possible because Batman's hallucinations were strong enough to create uncanny vivid images of Jason Todd's torture moments. Not to mention two out of 3 jason todd sequences were un-recorded since there was no camera seen in the first two sequences. Which leads us to the next question, how did batman know exactly what Jason Todd and Joker were saying to each other if those moments went un-recorded??
But then why does Henry kill himself? If batmans eyes didn’t actually turn green Henry wouldn’t have shot himself
@@Prada.0 Batman didn't know, what he saw is what he THOUGHT they would say to each other
@@shahanshapro thats seems like a bit of a stretch
The amount of lore in these games is incredible. They are dripping with it. It’s always so fun to explore it and find cool easter eggs and come up with theories!
I actually really liked all of these theories, but the one that stood out the most for me was theory number eight. I would love to see this theory as a non-Canon comic book it’s just so dark, but yet so good at the same time.
Agreed, the transition between Bruce's mind and the real world inside the asylum would make such a good comic!
Didn't they do this already?
@@KnerddI think theory six about the joker is in batman head still doesn't hold up, because we heard in the Arkham knight game files I think,that it was the joker who influence batman to upgrade the batmobile with weapons.
@@hamzahnurreez8420hallucination joker says to batman something along the lines of "look at all the guns on that thing! Its almost as if you had a mad clown telling you what to do", that doesnt mean joker DID influence him, it just means batman THINKS he did
@@JasonLiftsWeights but what about Arkham VR that was all about the joker slowly taking over batman body.
On Theory #9, the subtitles for Batman only without his mask reference him as “Bruce Wayne”. After he beats Joker in his head, it refers to him as only “Batman” in the subtitles, even without the mask.
Really?! Maybe the devs DID intend for this theory to be canon then...
Where do you play as Bruce without the mask on after he beats joker in his head
@@Alejandro333777 he’s mask is already off in that scene
@@Knerddis this a detail that knerdd actually missed?!?
Adding to the redhood theory,
He would have teamed up with the bad guys for also learning their weaknesses too, they knew Arkham Knight, not Jason Todd so they'd be caught off guard by red hood knowing everything about them
Theory 3 is pretty interresting.
Not just you fixed everyone's problem with the character-writing of Jason in this game, but also turned him from a Villain redeemed to Hero, to a interresting Anti-Villain instead!
(An Anti-Villain for those who don't know, is the opposite of Anti-Hero. It have multiple meanings just like Anti-Hero, but the relevant one for this context is: An overall bad guy playing the role of a bad guy, but for an overall good or at least heroic objecttive, or somrthing that in his vision and through a moral vision, could be considered ultimately heroic or good willing at the end of the day. And in his vision, Batman wasn't a hero and Gotham needed brutality to keep peace, so it makes sense!)
I have an adjustment for Theory 6, especially when involving The Titan Formula. In AA, it is safe to assume that not one, not two but three Crates of Titan went unaccounted for on the island. One was secured by Bane, a Second one was secured by Killer Croc, and the other was secured by Scarecrow. In AC, Bane tasks Batman to help find the remaining canisters of Titan across the City. While Batman destroys his half, we know Bane had already collected his half. Batman however was nobody’s fool and figure out that Bane was trying to keep a hold of it due to addiction. Killer Croc, is more tragic. The crate Waylon Jones secured had a leak that was diluted in the water but enough to expose him to the Titan effects and by AK, that was when he became and looked more Monstrous. Sadly Batman didn’t know how exactly to help him. Now for Scarecrow, his crate of Titan was used in Conjunction with his Fear Toxin which made his hallucinations potentially more realistic hence his attack on the Diner at the Start of AK.
For Batman, I do agree that he was cured back in AC however I believe the Physical Damage caused by both Titan and Joker’s Blood was cured not the Mental and Psychological Damage. The first dose of the Fear Toxin re-triggered the effects of both Titan & Joker’s Blood which caused Joker to reappear. As a result, a Worst Case scenario Batman had was playing out in real time but too fast for him to properly adjust due to the Chaos ensuing. By the end of the Game, Scarecrow inadvertently helps Batman by giving him one last dose of the Fear Toxin and due to it having Titan mixed in the Toxin, Batman was able to disassociate from his Subconscious and permanently remove the Joker from his Mind. Therefore also removing the Psychological Damage caused by the Titan Formula and Joker’s Blood.
I completely agree on all points except for Croc. It's clearly stated that the warden experimented on him, giving him his tail and Monstrous appearance.
@@Grizzlox Could those experiments possibly have triggered the effects of the Titan even aide in the Mutations?
Regarding Theory 9: Batman Zur En Arrh is a secondary personality that Bruce created in case his original personality is compromised. If the Joker's personality took control of Bruce's body and his greatest fear was Batman, it would be possible for Zur En Arrh to come into action, causing Bruce to completely lose his humanity. At the same time, Zur En Arrh is often depicted covered in fire, which is exactly what Scarecrow sees when he sees Batman at the end of the game - a Batman covered in fire.
I was almost certain this was the origin story of the Batman Who Laughs, but I suppose Zur En Arrh would be the next thing. Sadly, this means they have to kill him in order to prevent Zur En Arrh from destroying everything. May the Hood be saved from this burden should the moment arrive where he murders his father figure. At last, the moment he wanted, and it happens when he no longer intends to do it. What a dark karma to come to the Bat..
I haven't played AK in a long time, but I don't remember Scarecrow seeing the fire Batman just two random thugs and I think it even showed one of them reacting like something hit them shortly before Batman appeared. I might not be remembering the scene correctly.
Honestly, Batman dying quicker than Joker can easily be explained by the fact that Jokers blood was exposed longer, therefore when he gave Batman the transfusion, it basically caught up explaining why they would have died around the same time.
Enless jokers death was fakef
Faked
#1 Jokers blood affected Batman quickly because at that point the jokers more severely suffering the effects of his irradiated blood and it makes perfect sense that it would diminish Bat’s health quicker
For theory 7 when Harley Quinn was singing to make it worse she was singing it to her dead child
Given that the song is only sung after the events of the main campaign instead of the DLC, I'm going to have to disagree with you on that, no matter how intriguing that would be.
Oh wow I was not expecting my theory within a theory to be highlighted here, appreciate the mention!
np! :)
3:26 you can also find his old mask in Ace Chemicals after you first confront Scarecrow
Some of these are hit or miss but I like number 9. The idea of the series ending with Bruce completely abandoning all humanity and becoming the true Batman is really cool
i remember when people though joker took the cure when batman was unconscious because it switches hands in the last cutscene. Imagine how awful twist it would've been if joker was alive in knight or even was the arkham knight especially after him being the main villain in origins.
Any theory that starts with “it’s just a dream” or “he’s insane” should never be entertained
I think the mental damage of Joker’s death is what caused Harley to have a miscarriage
In Batman Under the Red Hood, Jason Todd gains control of the criminal underworld so he can destroy it from within, the difference between that and Arkham Knight is that it was mainly mob bosses he took control from and his ultimate goal was to make Batman see that criminals like Joker shouldnt be left alive. It seems rocksteasy took inspiration from that storyline but added their own twist on it due to the death of the Joker
Dying of Joker's blood is not far-fetched not only because of incompatibility, but because in the comics Joker's blood is toxic. There's an instance of a mosquito sucking his blood and dying as a result.
I don’t have any theories but I think it would have been cool if Batman started to hallucinate after Scarecrow said that Barbara was in danger. While Batman was distracted and telling Barbara to run away, scarecrow could have put a huge amount of fear toxin into the Batman and lock him in the gas chamber where the explosion was occurring. This was the first mission with scarecrow and when you met Jason Todd. So Batman would escaped and Batman would go to the police station. There, Gordon would tell Batman about stopping Scarecrow but Batman would think that he was talking about the riddler, two face, and Penguin. So, all of those missions expect Scarecrows would be a hallucination, and when Batman saves the city from Scarecrow. The police would investigate Batman. They would have him go back to the police station and Gordon and Cash would be there. They would take him to this small room and they would ask why he destroyed the city, why he killed cops, blow up weapons catches, etc. Batman would say that he didn’t do any of that but Gordon would show him pictures. One was dead cops in the bank, brutality beaten. The other was the weapons catches where Batman thought “Penguin and his men” were,
The weapons catches were destroyed and no people were there. Batman would say that he was stopping the villains, Two Face, Riddler, etc. However, Gordon would be confused and say, what other villains, there was only Scarecrow! The militia missions were true and scarecrow mission, but all the others were just a hallucination from the fear toxin. That’s when Batman would realize, he was hallucinating, all of those people he fought and things destroyed were from him, he did it, he was the culprit.
Gordon would talk about the side missions after scarecrow would lock Batman in the gas chamber. This would make the hallucination ending be more realistic.
that's actually a really cool concept!
Agreed
#7 the grief Harley experienced when Joker died would almost be enough to possibly cause a miscarriage
Theory 11. The grapple boost theory!
This theory asks the question, why does batman have the grapple accelerator in Arkham origins, when in Arkham city Alfred says the grapple boost is a prototype. Answer his batsuit.
In Arkham origins Bruce’s suit is made of heavy bulky armor with gunfire and melee upgrades.and the the grapple accelerator is slower, but requires the boost to be a higher gforce speed to compensate for the heavy armor.
Flash forward to Arkham asylum, Bruce has a lighter weaved suit with armor upgrades for all damage not gunfire or melee, so it’s safe to assume that he just started wearing the lighter suits within a year or a few months, and since the suit is lighter if he used the grapple accelerator his body wouldn’t be able to take the higher G’s.
And in Arkham city he has un upgraded version of the city suit that has gunfire and melee upgrades. But it’s still a lighter weaved suit, it’s safe to assume that the grapple boost was being created and tested durring the events of asylum by Lucius fox, and durring Arkham city he’s made the first working prototype that outputs less g force than the grapple accelerator.
And in Arkham knight at the beginning of the game batman has light weight suit v7.45 and the grapple boost is labeled has v2, but it’s slower than it was in Arkham city because it’s fully working model and not a prototype.
Then gets the new lightweight armored v8.03. With the grapple boost v3 that can be upgraded to v5, and as Lucius says in game this suit can take the G’s.
I hope this theory is good and my favorite theory in this video has got to be theory 3.
no way, I also had this theory! twinsies
I love this one!
I enjoyed the video and respect what you had to say, good job👍but I have one little nitpick on theory #9. Something that a lot of people forget is that the Waynes died in that alley, Bruce included. When the Waynes died batman was born. Bruce wouldn't be gone since he died a long time ago. Batman isn't an alter ego, in truth Bruce Wayne is batman's mask. But hey, that's just me :)
The theory of Shiva is really cool. I also believe in theory 6
Yes a cool theory
14:39 Joker being afraid of Batman is possible but he's in love with Batman also
It's a really weird relationship between the two for sure lol but there's definitely some element of fear involved
W video. The intro was really cool and all these theories are really interesting.
While number 8 is a cool concept I feel like the whole "it was all in his mind/it was all a dream" trope is kinda overused.
For number 7, since batman can use detective mode to find out the emotional state of someone and all the anatomy of their body, not to mention being the world's greatest detective, I feel like he would have known if Harley was pregnant. Sure u could argue that he didn't notice Clayface even with the same equipment/expertise, but Clayface is a very unique case. Pregnancy on the other hand is very common. I'm sure he would have experience dealing with pregnant victims or suspects in the past. I feel like it's more likely that Joker was just manipulating Harley into believing she was pregnant to reinforce that control and sense of dependence he has over her. Then once he died, in a desperate attempt to carry on her attachment to him, she started testing for herself and had to come to terms with the fact that she never was pregnant. That's why the negative tests only show up in the dlc after Joker has passed. The original one in the main game was probably a fake or sabotaged test given to her by joker.
Overall, my favourite theories were probably Red Hood, Shiva, blood transfusion, and Batman's paranoia. They help fill some of the plot holes/unanswered questions of the arkhamverse really well.
I really like your idea that Joker sabotaged the test results, I never thought about it that way but it makes so much sense lol
Why is Jonkler laughing but Man is not? Is he unfunny?
theory 9 imo is correct, even one of the goons in knight says that he thought that batman is a force of nature, i agree with him
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I'm fairly certain it's implied that Harley had a miscarriage because of the stress from Joker's death.
I wanted Jason so badly to kill and turn on Scarecrow either early on or middle of the game and become the Red Hood as the main villain
Anarchy might been in another country based off of random npc convos
theory 7. that could very well be true. It even adds up with what she sings in the credits.
Theory 7 is honestly just not great for a number of reasons:
1. Harley's stomach wasn't slammed on the ground, she was thrown and just happened to *kind of* land on her stomach. when she's pushed later on, she falls *backwards* onto her ass
2. Out of all the things we know Harley did during the events of city, i doubt getting slightly thrown around would've caused the miscarriage
3. false positive pregnancy test results *do* occur, so why would she take more after if she believed it was real? what genuine reason would she have to believe that she's no pregnant anymore?
4. the lullaby can easily be chalked up to Harley's grief and delusion after Joker's death. she at least wanted a baby with him, so. when he died she desperately tried to recreate that in some way
Great video. I particularly love ClownPuncher’s ‘bad blood’ theory. On your theory about Jason already having created his Red Hood persona before coming to Gotham there’s an extra point that supports the theory in the novelisation of Arkham Knight. There during the final confrontation with Jason rather than changing the colour of his mask he instead ripped the the Arkham emblem off his chest to reveal the Red Hood emblem ALREADY PAINTED ON HIS ARMOUR UNDERNEATH. Finally about the theory that Bruce Wayne died at the end of Arkham Knight that can be disproven by the fact that Bruce nearly chokes on his words when saying his mother’s name while telling Alfred to activate the Knightfall protocol.
P.S the mini theory that Crane stitched his mask onto his face because of damage dealt by Croc’s attack is confirmed by Militia dialogue.
13:32 Well, when you think about it, that theory doesn't apply solely to the Arkhamverse, but to the Batman franchise in general.
Ok, theory #9 is freakin' banger.
That's definitely my new headcanon now.
the Bad Blood Theory is the easiest to deny given the fact that joker has an immunity to toxins that Batman doesn't possess and it has not been a year since Arkham Asylum it's been roughly over 6 months not to mention he mentions jaundice skin even though jaundice skin is when your skin turns yellow not pale and he tries to claim it turns yellow but if you pay attention to the scene it's actually just the fact that there was a yellow light and also the reason why scarecrows able to escape was because Batman intervened and entered Croc's Lair quickly after
Yeah people forget the Joker is technical a mutanted human immune to most poisons and chemical attacks.
The fact the fact it took nearly half a year to kill Joker, shows how deadly Titan really was.
@@JohnWilliams-wl9px which is really annoying because that's one of his key character traits
While I have heard the theory of Batman and the world being in Bruce's head before the Arkham games I don't think I have heard all of those details before. Good job, interesting theory.
Actually there is another explanation for why Batman was dying so fast in Arkham City, which is that the joker’s had already reached critical levels at the beginning of the game, and now that blood has mixed with Batman’s. So that blood that was already mixed with titan being in Batman’s body is what immediately put him in the same near death state as joker, or at least that’s a second theory
Makes sense. I think both happens, the bad transfusion and the blood in the bad state
@@sartbimpson4519I know this a late reply but I actually agree with you. The bad transfusion is probably the reason why Batman nearly died right before his fight with Ra’s Al Ghul. If it was the titan that nearly killed him that time, then Joker would have died at that same point of the game. Maybe a bad transfusion boosted the effects of the titan in Bruce’s blood
am I the only one who felt like theory #3 is low key his plot.
Kill Batman for revenge, become the next vigilante but obviously he kills.
I’ve always assumed that was his whole plan.
Awesome. Thanks for this video. Much enjoyed it. And brought me back to my best memories.
I would happily accept all these theories except 8 and 9. I have no patience for theories that involve "it was all a dream" or "he's actually insane" because since fiction is generally unbelievable in the real world you can make these theories for just about anything and take all the fun out of good stories like Batman and Harry Potter.
As for Batman being able to overcome all fear: It's because he's Batman!
The blood transfusion thing actually makes a lot of sense considering you can get blood poisoning and that's probably what happened to batman
Blood poisoning can kill very quickly. It's a horrible way to go
Wow I never knew that hayley sing at the end of arkham city and I been playing it for years
Absolutely LOVE your videos!! Making me re-download the Arkham games rn hahaha
#8 Bane is the muscular orderly that beats Bruce senseless when the doctors aren’t looking
I’m genuinely surprised. These are pretty fucking good theories, I personally like the Shiva and Anarky ones.
I thought his transition in Knight was due to the Lazarus pit reviving the cells of the Joker in his blood. It has curative traits as well as the ability to revive the dead. It could have killed of the disease and infection of the venom whilst simultaneously repairing Joker's blood cells.
16:33 in the tie in comics, joker had his body booby trapped to release poisonous gas during his autopsy
I'm ok with all of these theories except number 8. I have a deep hatered of the "It's all in their head" theory trope that seems to be a part of every franchise. To me it devalues the storys told in that world, especailly when there's a deeper meaning behind the events that happened.
I relate to that last one. In Knight, pretty much every villain (Harley, Joker hallucinations, I think even Two-Face) says that Bruce killed Joker, but, word-for-word what I said is "Joker *KNEW* Bruce was holding the cure, yet stabbed him anyway. Why?"
its already a decade and nearly 2 decades after the arkham franchise had been released. yet so many unsolved theories are there like what is protocol knightfall? this is why Batman's story is not just to play, but experience it to understand it. This is why we love it
While it may not be completely clear what Knightfall Protocol is just from the game, if you take the history of Batman into account you can make a reasonable guess. Its about changing Batman's alter ego. In the Knightfall story arc Bane breaks Bruce's back causing him to make Jean Paul Valley Batman while he recovers, so combine that with the official statement from Rocksteady that it's Bruce still in the suit at the end of the game, you can guess that it was about faking Bruce's death. Maybe he has a new alter ego maybe he no longer spends significant time outside of the Batsuit and no longer uses an alter ego.
Number one: The Jonkler is escaped the Alsume!
The issue I have with #9 is Batman without Bruce Wayne is already established as his Zur En Arh personality from the comics, a backup personality to ensure that Batman would go on if his mind was ever compromised.
But since Arkhamverse is a different timeline we don't know if he did that in the Arkhamverse. That said I don't buy the theory, he shows emotion during the scene where he talks to Alfred about activating the Knightfall protocol and the theory makes it sound like he would have almost no emotion, at least that's how it sounds to me.
The green eyes also could've been from the Demon's Blood. In the comics, Ra's, Talia, Nyssa, and even Damian have green eyes from Ra's and their extended access to the Lazarus Pits. So while they appear nine months after he drinks it, and do change from Green to Blue, it could be.
I really love your theory it makes so much sense
i always just thought of the poison as being at a late stage when joker gives it to batman because of how long it was in joker.
Part of the Bruce death theory is true. Bruce is dead and Batman is alive but not in the way you think. When Bruce activated Knightfall he killed Bruce and Batman took over. However Batman doesn’t kill so like when he killed Bane he revived Bruce by SS:KTJ
My three year olds recent obsession with Batman has rekindled mine. I think it super charged mine somehow. Maybe bc I know most of the story lines and his full life’s journey. Junior only knows Batman pre Damian.
This TOTALLY changes my view on the Arkham series. These are great theories.
I love these type of videos I’m rlly hoping to see more
I'm very happy youtube recommended this. I'm always looking for Arkham theories videos.
And this one did not disappoint at all.
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quick note on the "Green Eyes" theory. There is a small percentage of people whose eyes change color depending on mood, physical stress, and in some cases emotions. I know this bc I'm one of them. Specific eye colors and emotions defer depending on genetics. for example: when I'm mad my eyes turn from light blue to green (I call it my inner hulk), if I'm focused they turn gray, however Blue to green in a number of cases shows fear. There's a few other variations, but I think you get the point.
I don't think that applies here though since his eye color changing due to emotion hasn't happened before in any media, just changing color due to artist or actor portraying him, maybe on occasion when exposed to certain chemicals.
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@@Knerdd you killed it! great stuff!
Regarding theory 1:
Joker received treatment throughout the year, extending his life and holding back the titan disease. When Batman got infected, he had no medicine injected plus the disease was far more advanced by the time he got infected. Also, it is known that some diseases fight other diseases inside a given host, maybe the Joker Disease also helped Joker live longer while infected with Titan, while in Batman's case it was both diseases spreading and destroying everything.
Regarding theory 6:
I think Batman is really infected, but the cure he took at the end of Arkham City helped keeping it at bay for awhile. What really happens in my opinion is that he overdoses with fear toxin twice at the end, and the toxin helps Batman cure himself as a side effect.
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#1 - I agree with this theory. I think it could very well be true!
#2 - A problem with this theory. Why would Killer Croc be running at batman if he's seeing his greatest fear? Also, Croc was trying to drag Batman into the water, which makes sense since Croc would easily beat Batman under water.
#3 - I actually do agree with this theory. It's a good one.
#4 - Again, a great theory.
#5 - Another very good theory. Don't really have any reason to believe otherwise.
#6 - Oh by here we go. Batman was cured from titan. That means no glowing eyes from there. How do you know it wasn't enough time for his blood to mutant? You're right, in real life people can't just beat their blood mutation away, but this is comics. And trust me, a lot weirder stuff happens in comics. A lot of this excusing the green eyes thing, just sounds like you're scrabbling to find a reason.
#7 - Makes sense.
#8 - You shown no evidence for this. Like literally none. It's hard to debunk this when you made no points for this theory that I could debunk.
#9 - Bruce Wayne is Batman. They are the same person. Even if the fear Batman took over, it still Bruce Wayne. It literally does not matter. It isn't a different personality. Batman doesn't have multiple personality disorder, or bipolar disorder.
#10 - Worst theory I have ever heard. Here's the thing, the biggest thing that you didn't even address. What joker says right before he dies. From Joker's words, it's pretty much spelled out that Joker though that Batman would just let him die. He even laughs when Batman tells him that he would give him the cure. Joker's plan was to stab Batman, then take the cure from his hand. What he didn't expect was Batman to drop the cure. Joker doesn't just want Batman to blame himself for his death, what Joker wants is for Batman to really kill him. And not only that, Joker wants to also gloat about it. He wants everybody to know that Batman killed him. He wants to be remembered as the one person to make Batman break his one rule.
About the debunk you make in theory #10... That's actually kind of happen. There are dialogues around the game that shows many people around Gotham think Batman actually killed The Joker. And, well, The Joker's not stupid, it was pretty obvious that dropping the item as a reflexe move is a very real possibility if you stab the arm that holds it. And it is not far-fetched for The Joker to just act out one last time to make believable for Batman that he had no intention of dying and provoking him survivor's guilt, which is pretty much the central point of the hallucinations in Arkham Knight. The overall idea of making Batman drop Freeze's cure to make him and the city think The Bat killed him is actually very in-character for The Joker, specially in the Arkhamverse where he has done way more f-up things.
@@juanaguilera804 But, here's the thing, why would Joker act surprise that batman was going to hand him the cure? Joker's dialogue has he dies shows that he didn't think batman was going to cure him. Which means joker didn't think batman would see him dying that way as him murdering joker.
Yes Batman has guilt, but I don't think the Joker knew that would happen. I don't think he planned that out. Even if people think batman killed the joker, why would that be proof that the joker planned that out? His dialogue near the end shows that he didn't plan it out. It shows that he thought batman wasn't going to cure him. I mean, if you were joker and you heard batman say "After all the harm you've done" would you think batman would cure you?
@@MikatheVoidStar @MikatheVoidStar I thought I explained it in my comment, I'm sorry. So, the key is that The Joker is actually not surprised, just faking his reaction to mess with Batman's mind knowing well he'll feel guilt for his death. And come to think of it, it makes sense. The Joker is the one who knows Batman's psyche the best in all of the rogue gallery (one could argue about Strange being the only one who knows better, but that's another debate unrelated to this), he always knew Batman would give him the cure even after all he'd done, because Batman always keeps locking him instead of giving the definitive solution, even after all the gruesome and cruel crimes he'd done (Joker has gone waaaay farther than most of the other villains, both in comics and in the Arkhamverse). So, he takes the last opportunity he has to break the bat. The situation in Arkham Knight with Batman's survivor's guilt and the lines of people thinking Batman actually killed is not showing that it was planned all along, but to show that The Joker succeeded and had the last laugh. However, there might be a clue in Arkham City showing that The Joker already had everything planned in the beggining, at least the part of dying and making Batman feel guilty with no details on how he will acomplish. When you go to the church tower, after the countdown reaches zero, its doesn't immediately explode. Joker says something like he knows one of them will die tonight and the question is who and encourages Batman to jump out of the window before the bomb actually goes off.
Amazing video!
For the theory about Harley, maybe it’s the damned corset she wears all the time??
Some more evidence for Batman not being infected in Arkham knight is when crane is injected his eyes turn orange with fear. Potential the same thing but green for Batman?
But I guess that could be the serum not too sure
Huh that actually makes a lot of sense! Maybe the color of your eyes changes to represent the fear you're currently experiencing, like how Batman's eyes turn green for his Joker fear and Scarecrow's eyes turn orange to represent his fear of Nightmare Batman
In the comics, Batman has always felt that the Joker has a toxin that when the Joker dies will released upon the person who kills him and will make them a new Joker. This may be why Joker tried forced Batman to drop the toxin and why he wanted to die.
I like the theory that says Batman was never infected and it was all in his head. It actually makes a lot of sense. If he was infected, he would have needed a cure of some sort. At the end of the game when Sacrecrow unmasks him, he was able to beat the Joker(who was created by batman's mind and Not because of the infected blood) without taking any cures, which proves that it was purely a mental problem. After Arkham city, Batman blamed himself for the Joker's death(In Arkham knight and before beating the game, if you roam around Gotham, at random times you will see the billboards changing due to Batman's hallucinations and one of them will show Batman pointing a gun at the Joker and it clearly shows that Batman believes he killed the Joker by letting him die in Arkham city. Also during the mission when Harley takes over Panessa Studios, the Joker, who is not real, tells Batman that he has killed before and that he will make him do it again. It's like bruce is indirectly telling himself that he is a killer) the Idea of Batman killing someone and the fear of becoming what he fights against was lurking there in the back of his mind after the Joker had died. That fear is what made the Joker alive in Batman's head.
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Isn't joker immune to all poisons and toxins? That could be why it was taking so long for the titan to take hold of hime whilst it was killing batman within hours
Poison Ivy is immune to all toxins and poisons. I'm not sure about Joker, though. Although there was a DC/Marvel crossover where he took on the Red Skull, and Red Skull had a gas attack weapon, and both fired their guns at each other... their chemicals are similar, so it had no affect on each other.
@@charleslee8313"An avid consumer of his own chemical experiments, the Joker's immunity to poison concoctions that might kill another man in an instant has been developed over years of dedicated abuse." In other words, the Joker underwent a drastic, bizarre form of immunotherapy.
I wish there was a real explanation of how scarecrow survived from killer crock In knight from rocksteady but no like many big disappointments of knight rocksteady messed up big and messed up scarecrow.
it was revealed that scarecrow lived in asylum, not knight
@mrbobb1610 I know but in knight there was no explanation of how scarecrow survived from killer crock in Arkham asylum
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That 9th was an extreme stretch. Comic wise, bruce has overcome a shitton, so has batman.
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