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"Well, I'm the Joker, Baby" is a memorable quote from the viral video "My JOKER Pefomance." In the video, a man plays the DC Comics character The Joker in an amateur performance of a scene from the film The Dark Knight.

Origin

On November 5th, 2010, YouTuber Drew Russell uploaded the video "My JOKER Pefomance" to YouTube. The post received more than 665,000 views in less than 10 years (shown below, left).

Six years later, on August 12th, 2016, YouTuber Mediocre Coker uploaded a video remixing the clip of the line "I'm the Joker, baby" with the Disturbed song "Down with the Sickness." The post received more than 58,000 views in less than four years (shown below, right).

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The following day, YouTuber SuperGood Videos uploaded an isolated version of the video. The post received more than 254,000 views in less than four years (shown below).

On August 16th, Redditor ^[1] bigfatshite asked the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit where the clip came from. Redditor^[2] FullMetalPuramidHead said that the vidoe had appeared on the /r/CringeAnarchy subreddit.

Three years later, on June 12th, 2019, Redditor^[3] klayb shared the original video on the /r/cringe subreddit. The post received more than 425 points (95% upvoted) and 100 comments.

On August 23rd, Twitter user @jokers_trick tweeted a remix of the video. The tweet received more than 16,000 views, 820 likes and 200 retweets in less than two months (shown below).

pic.twitter.com/RS4oW7TlTK

— joker's trick (@jokers_trick) August 23, 2019

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