Folie A Deux’s 10 Biggest Spoilers

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Joker: Folie à Deux

Arthur Fleck’s story takes a dark and unexpected turn Joker: Folie à DeuxWhich subverts most of what Todd Phillips’ first DC Elseworlds Joker Movie has established. Todd Phillips Joker Introduced a realistic, self-contained Gotham City with very few ties to the comics and a minimalistic focus on the Joker’s origin story. five years later, Joker: Folie à DeuxThe $200 million budget and musical genre ups the ante, giving Arthur Fleck another chance to choose between his usual naive personality and his deadly Joker persona.

A large part of JokerThe charm of Arthur Fleck is unreliable point of view. Due to his condition, it is difficult to determine what exactly is true and what is a product of Arthur’s imagination. Add Lady Gaga’s manipulative Harley Quinn into the mix, and Arthur Fleck can only become more confused about his own identity. Although Joker‘s shocking ending suggested that Arthur Fleck would fully embrace the Joker in Arkham, Joker: Folie à Deux Deconstructs his character and puts an abrupt end to his legend.

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Arthur meets Lee in an Arkham music class

Joker’s life changes when he runs into Lee Quinn in Arkham

Joker: Folie à Deux Begins with Arthur Fleck some time after the events of JokerIt’s the end. Apparently, Arthur has kept a vow of silence, and he no longer laughs or tells jokes to the guards. Arthur’s attitude changes when he meets Lee Quinn, who participates in Arham’s music program. Arthur’s good nature inspires the guards to allow Arthur to join Lee’s class, and Arthur soon befriends Lee.

According to Lee Quinn, she was sent to Arkham after burning down her house and killing her father. Lee burns down Arkham’s theater and convinces Arthur to escape, but they fail. Still, Arthur becomes obsessed with Lee and falls in love with her. As a result, Arthur Fleck’s Joker persona reawakens, and his fantasies return. This time around, Lee’s passion for singing turns Arthur’s fantasies into musical numbers.

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Arthur’s lawyer tries to plead insanity at his trial

Arthur Fleck gets a chance at freedom due to the aftermath of his childhood experiences

Although Arthur Fleck’s crimes are so controversial that some people call for the death penalty, Arthur gets a chance to avoid a harsh sentence thanks to his lawyer. Arthur’s lawyer makes the case for his innocence, arguing that the Joker is a separate identity created by Arthur to escape his mother’s abusive treatment during his childhood. According to the lawyer, the three men who attacked Arthur on the subway awakened Arthur’s Joker identity, but Arthur was not aware of his actions while committing the murders.

Neither the judge nor the jury believe the defense. However, Arthur’s decision to attend his trial in full Joker gear leaves ample room for doubt that the trial continues. Later, Arthur fires his lawyer and chooses to represent himself. Joker’s charismatic performance puts the public gallery on his side, and the media only adds fuel to the fire. However, Joker is soon unable to continue the charade.

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Arthur and Lee have sex, she tells him she is pregnant

Lee Quinn manipulates Arthur Fleck with her pregnancy

Lee visits Arthur in his cell and convinces him to stop trusting her. Realizing that Arthur is losing interest in his Joker persona, Lee praises him for bringing it back, and she applies clown make-up on him. The couple kiss and have sex inside the cell. While waiting for the next session of the trial, Arthur’s lawyer reveals Lee’s real backstory to him. It turns out that Li Qin is actually rich; She didn’t murder his parents or burn down her house, and she’s a psychiatrist who was never sent to Arkham.

Arthur initially struggles to accept that Lee has been lying to him, and he still hopes to continue his romantic relationship with Lee after learning her true identity. Days later, Arthur confronts Lee when she visits him, but she deflects him by revealing that she is pregnant. Arthur gets a boost of motivation from the possibility of Father Lee’s child. That’s when Arthur fires his lawyer and doubles down on his Joker persona in court.

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Arthur is physically abused by the Arkham guards

The Arkham guards feel betrayed by Arthur Fleck and take revenge on him

Arthur Fleck’s good behavior earned him the respect of the guards of his unit, which also earned him certain phrases such as access to Arkham’s music classes. However, the guards take Arthur’s decision to participate in his trial as Joker as a sign of betrayal, and they waste no time in harming him as soon as he returns to Arkham. Brendan Gleeson’s Jackie Sullivan and his colleagues stalk Arthur and attack him before throwing him in his cell.

At first, Arthur tries to use his Joker identity to deflect the guards’ attacks, laughing and mocking them while they beat him up. However, Arthur is unable to tolerate the pain and humiliation, and he falls into a deeper state of depression the next morning. This experience is key to his confession during his trial’s next session.

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The Arkham guards kill Arthur’s friend Ricky

Arthur’s only real friend dies next to his cell

After his own beating at the hands of the Arkham guards, Arthur Fleck is thrown into his cell. Arthur remains silent as the guards insult him and prepare to leave. Before they leave for the night, however, Arthur’s friend Ricky confronts the guards about what they did to Arthur. Jackie, the head guard, is offended by Ricky’s outburst and enters his cell. In a fit of rage, Jackie strangles Ricky as Arthur listens.

Ricky helped Arthur break his vow of silence and become more confident in himself, even without his Joker persona. Ricky was the only other Arkham patient Arthur felt comfortable around, and Arthur defended him from other prisoners and the guards’ attempts to humiliate him. After Arthur overhears Jackie strangling Ricky, he is no longer able to use his Joker identity, and his guilt overcomes him during the process.

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Arthur Fleck admits he doesn’t want to be the Joker anymore

Arthur Fleck no longer feels able to hide behind his Joker persona

Arthur Fleck tries another joker performance in the next session of the trial, but he stops suddenly and sits down. To everyone’s surprise, Arthur takes the blame for all the murders he was accused of, and he also admits that there is another murder that everyone ignored: his mother, whom he signed with a pillow. Arthur’s confession immediately loses him the support of Lee Quinn and his followers.

After confessing and being sent back to a cell, Arthur calls Lee to apologize and asks her to return for the last session of the trial. Arthur tries to sing a song to Lee on the phone, but he gets no response from her. Without his lawyer, without Lee, and with all variables against him, Arthur can only wait for the final verdict and his inevitable return to Arkham – or worse, the death penalty.

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Joker’s trial is interrupted by a car bomb explosion

Joker’s influence continues to destroy Gotham even without Arthur Fleck

At the end of Arthur Fleck’s trial, the judge ordered the jury to announce the verdict. One by one, Arthur is found guilty of each of his crimes. Arthur begins to crack once again, as he stops paying attention to the verdict of the jury and has a deep laughing fit. suddenly, A huge explosion sends Arthur flying, and everyone in the room is either killed or left unconscious.

Arthur is the first person to wake up from the blast. Stunned, Arthur makes his way out of the destroyed site and heads outside, where people are running through the smoke and debris. One of the passers-by is a heavy-set Joker Fan, who quickly recognizes Arthur and brings him into another Joker Fan’s car. The two Joker fans drive Arthur away, but Arthur jumps off the car at a red light and runs away from the fan who saved him.

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Harvey Dent is injured, setting up his two-faced turn

Harvey Dent’s face was burned after the terrorist attack

The attorney leading the case against Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie à Deux is none other than Harvey Dent. Dent is doing an expert job at the trial, and he seems satisfied with the verdict when the jury announces it. Unfortunately for Harvey Dent, the terrorist attack injured the entire left side of his body, including his face, which looks badly burned. As Arthur flees the court, he passes a semi-conscious Harvey Dent whose life is hanging by a thread.

It is unknown whether Harry Lawtey’s Harvey Dent survives his injuries yet Joker: Folie à Deux‘s third act, because the film does not reveal what happened to him afterwards. Naturally, Harvey Dent’s injuries lead him to become a deadly Batman villain known as Two-Face, and he develops a similar case of dissociative identity disorder to that displayed by Arthur Fleck in Joker And Joker: Folie à Deux. this time, Joker: Folie à DeuxThe realistic tone suggests that Harvey Dent’s version won’t make it.

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Lee rejects Arthur because he has given up on Joker

Lee Quinn was obsessed with the idea of ​​Joker, not Arthur Fleck himself

The first thing Arthur Fleck does after escaping from his fans’ car is head to the iconic stairs where he first discovered his Joker identity. Arthur looks up, sees Lee Quinn sitting at the top, and runs up to meet her. Arthur tries to convince Lee to run away and build a new life with him, but Lee ignores him while she smokes. Although Arthur expresses his enthusiasm about the baby Lee is supposedly expecting, Lee simply says goodbye and leaves..

At the end of Joker: Folie à DeuxIt’s clear that Lee Quinn only likes Arthur Fleck’s Joker persona, but not Arthur himself. Arthur begins to suspect Lee’s true intentions after his lawyer reveals Lee’s true background, which is why Arthur’s fantasies take a darker tone and he imagines Lee killing him in front of an audience. The reason why Lee is able to walk away unharmed in the end is not explained in the movie, leaving the door open for theories about Lee’s existence.

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Arthur is killed by another inmate who gives himself a Glasgow smile

A new Joker kills Arthur Fleck like Arthur killed Murray Franklin

Sometime after Arthur’s trial and subsequent return to Arkham State Hospital, Arthur seems much more at peace with himself than ever before. Arthur enjoys watching cartoons with his fellow Arkham patients and his Joker identity seems to be gone for good. at the end of Joker: Folie à Deux, Jackie tells Arthur he has a visitor and orders him to follow him down the hallway. Arthur obeyed, unaware that he would never know who had arrived to visit him.

As Arthur walks down the hallway, another inmate stops him and asks him to listen to a joke. The inmate tells Arthur a joke about a depressed clown who gets “What he fucking deserves” and stab him several times. Arthur falls to the ground as he bleeds out. Meanwhile, the prisoner cuts a smile in his own mouth and laughs, and he becomes the successor of Arthur Fleck. Joker: Folie à Deux Ends with Arthur Fleck dead on the ground. While the prisoner’s “Glasgow Smile” Giving him a resemblance to Heath Ledger’s Joker, his identity is never revealed.

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