It’s what the inmate does next, though, that starts a discussion about Joker 2 being a prequel to The Dark Knight. After taking out Arthur and telling him a joke about clowns, he turns the blade ...

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Heath Ledger stunned the world with his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. The DC supervillain ... were quite different from previous live-action and animated Jokers.

He says all it takes is “one bad day” to send anyone spiraling into the abyss. In The Dark Knight, the Joker’s perspective is so warped that love is as foreign to him as a unicorn in Gotham.

It seems like a pretty blatant nod to the late Heath Ledger's take on the Joker from The Dark Knight, but is it actually supposed to be the same character? We highly doubt it - for multiple reasons.

This scene has led to a fan theory speculating that this unnamed inmate is the younger version of the Joker from The Dark Knight. In that movie, Heath Ledger’s character has similar scars.