If you love these people so much, you can mourn for them. [Music] Welcome to Watch Mojo, and today we're paying tribute to those who've met their horrific and unsettling demises in DC movies, both liveaction and animated. There will be spoilers and a content warning.
What are you waiting for? [Music] Number 20, Joker's quality time with Jason. Batman under the red hood.
To no one's surprise, the Joker caused many deaths on this list. One of his most infamous kills was Jason Todd, Batman's second Robin. The clown prince of crime has the boy wonder trapped in a warehouse and tortures him with a crowbar.
And he's not pulling any punches. I suppose I'm going to have to teach you a lesson so you can better follow in his footsteps. Nah, I'm just going to keep beating you with this crowbar.
He leaves Jason to die with a bomb, and Batman is sadly too late to save him. Anyone who's read a Batman comic knows how notoriously shocking this death was, showing that not even the Dark Knight's Young Ward is safe when the Joker's on the rampage. However, Jason doesn't stay dead for long.
Now he's hellbent on giving the clown a taste of his own medicine. Got to give the boy points. He came all the way back from the dead to make this shindig happen.
Number 19, Murray's fatal interview, Joker. Like the Joker always said, all it takes is one bad day. In his 2019 solo movie, Arthur Fleck has plenty of bad days leading up to his fateful appearance on Mary Franklin's talk show.
You just wanted to make fun of me. You're just like the rest of them. You don't know the first thing about me, pal.
The air is tense as we see the cracks in Arthur's sanity form the more he speaks. His hatred of society and Mary himself on full display. We're squirming in our seats, anxious over what comes next until it finally happens.
What do you get? I don't think so. When you cross a mentally iller with a society that abandons him and makes him like trash.
Call the police. tell you what you get. Call the police.
Get what you deserve. Arthur pulls out a gun and shoots Murray dead in front of the horrified audience. With this, Arthur Fleck is no more.
Only the Joker remains, living proof that anyone can be driven mad when pushed too far. Number 18, The Joker's Rampage, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two. Since Batman retired, the Joker has been in a catatonic state without his favorite dance partner.
Unfortunately, nothing good lasts forever. With the Dark Knight back in action, the Joker has a new spring in his step and goes on a massive killing spree. Breathe, David.
Breathe. Bats gives chase and manages to corner him, but he paralyzes the clown. Cheerfully, the Joker ends his massacre with a grim punchline.
He breaks his own neck. I made you lose control, and they'll kill you for it. In the end, the clown got the last laugh.
He forced the bat into losing control of his temper and turned our stomachs with one last sickening exit. It almost makes us wonder if Batman's coming out of retirement was worth it. [Applause] Number 17, Rick Flag's broken heart, the Suicide Squad.
Rick Flag has just uncovered the government's involvement in Project Starfish and aims to share the truth. Unfortunately, he has one big strong obstacle in his path. Peacemaker, who's ordered to stop him no matter what.
I'm truly sorry. Miss Waller charged me with making sure those records don't leave this building. Of course, I should have known.
Waller's always got a backup. To his credit, Peacemaker at least tried to reason with Rick, who managed to hold his own against the ruthless vigilante. Unfortunately, Peacemaker comes out on top, stabbing Rick through the heart.
To pour salt on the wound, we see his actual heart being impaled. Peacemaker is definitely thorough. This sequence left no shadow of a doubt that Rick couldn't come back from this, and neither would our lunches.
Peacemaker. What a joke. Number 16, The Warehouse Attack.
Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Ben Affleck gave a very divisive performance as the Cape Crusader, portraying a Batman more willing to kill with guns, despite his history with him.
And yet, one of his most vicious kills was caused not by a firearm, but with his grapple gun. To set the scene, Batman is holding his own against an army of thugs in a warehouse. In one instance, he grapples onto a crate and chucks it at a target, sending him flying backward until his head slams into the wall.
The blood stain on the concrete only confirms his fate. We know Batman's called the Dark Knight, but seeing him so ruthless and willing to have blood on his hands is unnerving. Number 15, Black Adom versus Sabach.
Black Adom. When you cast the Rock as the champion of Kondok, you better believe things are going to be vicious. Nowhere is this more evident than during his final battle against Sabach.
Both titans are neck andneck, but Sabach manages to get the upper hand until he's incapacitated by Hawkman. You are not a hero. [Music] No, I'm not.
But he is. Adam then electrocutes Sabach's horns before pulling him into the sky where he then literally rips the demon in half. Tell him the man in black sent you.
[Applause] We should be thankful we don't see his organs until you realize that they've been reduced to a pile of lava pouring out of his severed halves. When the man in black decides to kill someone, he doesn't mess around. I never thought I'd be happy to see you.
Number 14. Lao goes up in flames. The Dark Knight.
Some of the most horrifying deaths are the ones you don't see. For example, arrogant mobster Lao has been captured by the Joker, bound in a stray jacket, and sitting on top of a mountain of money. Joker, what you do with all your money?
You see, I'm a guy of simple taste. I enjoy uh dynamite and gunpowder. Casually, the clown pours gasoline on half of the pal and sets it on fire with loud trapped on top.
We don't hear him screaming, and his fate is left ambiguous. But can we really expect him to survive the Joker's barbecue? All you care about is money.
This town deserves a better class of criminal, and I'm going to give it to him. To the clown, it's just another stepping stone on his quest for anarchy. But for us, we're not trying to envision the mobster burning alive from the pal.
But it's too hard to ignore the thought. Why don't we cut you up into little pieces and feed you to your pooches? H and then we'll see how loyal a hungry dog really is.
It's not about money. It's about sending a message. Number 13, Wonder Woman versus Captain Thunder.
Justice League: The Flashoint Paradox. The Flashoint paradox brought out the worst in some of our favorite DC heroes. Just look what it did to Wonder Woman.
Unlike her primary counterpart, this Amazon has no qualms about mass murder. The queen of the Amazon is a servant to her people. Nothing is beneath her.
One of the few heroes brave enough to defy her is Captain Thunder, an alternate version of Shazam formed by a group of children. Wonder Woman forces Captain Thunder to separate, grabs young Billy Batson, and stabs him to death. Every superhero risks death in the field of battle.
But to willingly kill young Billy, that's just unforgivable and gut-wrenching. It really makes us appreciate how compassionate our Wonder Woman is. There will be no glorious victor, Diana.
No prize. What I do now, I do for the good of all. Number 12, Zod's brutal demise, Man of Steel.
It's the final battle between Superman and General Zod. Kryptonia versus Kryptonian, and their equal strength nearly reduces Metropolis to rubble. Zod refuses to back down, aiming to kill an innocent family.
Next, don't do this. With his hand forced, Superman puts an end to Zod's rampage by snapping his neck. [Music] The man of steel shows great anguish over his deed.
Meanwhile, we're still holding our breath from the shock of the moment. Usually, you'd have to absolutely ruin Superman's life for him to even consider killing anyone. Seeing him do so out of desperation was not only blood curdling, but also sparked a massive debate among DC [Music] fans.
Number 11, The End of the Penguin: Batman Returns. During the final battle at the zoo, the penguin was mortally wounded during a struggle with Batman and supposedly fell to his death. In the aftermath, he emerges from the waters to confront the bat one last time.
However, he's in terrible shape. Black ooze is pouring out of his mouth and nose. He's constantly wheezing, unable to catch his breath.
He promises to kill the bat after a cold drink, only to fall dead on his face. And the first a cold drink of ice [Applause] water. The other penguins give him a proper sendoff as he sinks into the waters below.
Batman Returns is infamous for its darker tone, and it's easy to see why after this unsettling death scene. Number 10. Roarshack welcomes death.
Watchmen. To maintain a newfound peace on Earth, the Watchmen must keep the secret of Dr Manhattan's innocence. Rochack, however, is having none of that.
Planning to make sure the truth gets out. Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon.
Manhattan can't allow this and stands in his way. Roarshack, seeing no way to convince the most powerful being on Earth, takes off his mask and urges his former teammate to just do it. Of course, you must protect it new utopia.
What's one more body amongst foundations? In a flash, Manhattan reluctantly disintegrates Roshack into an ink stain. The only thing more upsetting than the actual death is knowing that Rorchack welcomed death with open arms while never giving up on his moral code.
What are you waiting for? [Music] Do it. Number nine.
Off with Maris Head. Justice League: The Flashoint Paradox. If killing Billy Batson wasn't enough, Flashoint Wonder Woman caused an entire war between the Atlantians and Amazon.
It all started when she and Aquaman formed an alliance which blossomed into a romantic [Music] affair. Mirror, Aquaman's wife, didn't take this lightly and attack Diana, only for Diana to swiftly slice her head off. [Music] As if the beheading wasn't horrific enough, she then took Me's crown for herself as a warning to anyone who crosses her.
Things only escalated from there as an allout war between both kingdoms threw the earth into turmoil. All because of a love triangle gone horribly wrong. Remember when these guys were supposed to be our heroes?
Submit. You're beaten. Number eight, Joker's message.
The Dark Knight. The only thing riskier than being the Batman is pretending to be him. During a meeting with Harvey Dent, the mayor and the audience get the fright of a lifetime.
A corpse dressed as Batman with clown makeup thumps onto the window. Strung up by a news. Tell them your name.
Brian Douglas. Are you the real Batman? No.
A broadcast shows the victim, Brian Douglas, being tortured by the Joker for dressing like the bat, daring to try and stand up to evil. So, you think Batman's made Gotham a better place? Can you look at me?
Look at me. The Joker delivers a cryptic warning to the real Batman before murdering the impostor offcreen. Heath Ledger's acting, coupled with the unsettling atmosphere, makes the buildup to murder even more frightening than the actual deed.
and people will die. Starting tonight, I'm a man of my word. [Applause] Number seven, the wrong guys, the Suicide Squad.
Rick Flag has seemingly been captured and Task Force X sneaks in to rescue him. Naturally, they're more than ready to kill anyone in their path. [Music] It's nothing short of carnage.
Highlights include King Shark chomping and swallowing someone whole, Polka Dot Man killing several people while envisioning his mother, Peacemaker using the exploding compression bullets, and Blood Sport electrocuting one with their electric fan. The punch line is that Rick Flag is fine. The people they killed being allies.
We should be laughing, but we're trying not to think about these poor freedom fighters minding their own business only to be picked off one by one because of some faulty intel. We didn't see any people. I didn't see anybody.
I turned him into my mother in my head and killed them. Number six, Joker ruins Superman's life. Injustice.
After falling into one of the Joker's traps, Superman finds himself face to face with the monstrous Doomsday. The man of steel swiftly flies him into space before he can hurt anyone. But then we make the tragic discovery.
It wasn't Doomsday. It was his wife, Lois. Superman, stop.
Whatever you're seeing, it's not [Music] real. A hallucination caused by the Joker forces Superman to accidentally kill his pregnant wife. Just to add insult to injury, her depth sets off a bomb that destroys Superman's home in Metropolis.
Tada! Brace yourself. One tragedy after another sets DC's most righteous hero down the path of darkness.
Of all the Joker's tricks, this was arguably the most monstrous. Unfortunately for the clown, what goes around comes around. Number five, Robin delivers the punchline.
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. While investigating the mystery of the Joker's return, Terry McInness learns the horrifying truth about the night the clown died. Years ago, the Joker kidnapped Tim Drke and physically/ psychologically tortured him into becoming Joker Jr.
He then prompts the brainwashed boy wonder to finish off the bat, but instead the Joker meets two grueling ends. In the uncut version, Tim shoots him with a flag gun and he gaps his disapproval over the joke. That's not funny.
That's not In the censored version, Joker accidentally electrocutes himself, his sickening screams echoing throughout the asylum. Both deaths are horrific, but welld deserved after everything the clown put Young Robin through. The young ward has a heartbreaking breakdown after the deed is done.
It's okay, Tim. It's okay. Number four, Batman tricks Johnny Quick.
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. With the fate of the multiverse on the line, a speedster is needed to open a portal to our man. Flash volunteers for the job, but Batman has Johnny quit.
Flash's crime syndicate counterpart perform the deed instead. The plan works, but vibrating so fast causes Johnny to age rapidly. Are you all right, Johnny?
I'm back. Stop vibrating. Stop.
Before he passes, Johnny deduces that Batman chose him to spare Flash from the same fate. Surprisingly, Johnny isn't even mad. Instead, he commends the bat before peacefully passing on and all that rubbish about me being faster than Flash.
While Johnny took it in stride, we're in shock over Batman knowingly letting this happen, even if it was to protect his friend. Whether this actually violates his no killing policy is up for debate. You knew this was going to happen.
[Music] Good one, mate. Number three, Pete Savage loses face. The Batman Matt Reeves interpretation of the Riddler may be one of the scariest versions of the character to date.
He constructs terrifying death traps to take out Gotham's corrupt elite, such as an explosive collar if someone refuses to answer a question. Shut up. You don't deserve to be dead after what you did.
You hear me? Okay. Undeniably, the worst of his traps is the one he made for Commissioner Savage.
He has Savage's head locked in a cage full of live rats. The image alone is nauseating. While we thankfully don't see what happens next, Riddler's choice of words all but confirms Savage's fate.
On Halloween night, I killed your mayor because he was not who he pretended to be. But I am not done. Whether you're afraid of rats or not, it's hard to picture a more unnerving way to murder someone in the name of justice.
When the truth about our city will finally be unmasked. Goodbye. Number two, Dark Side's massacre.
Justice League Dark Apocalypse War. After years of protecting the Earth from Dark Side, the Justice League has had enough and decides to bring the battle to him with an ambush. Dark side knew every part of our plan.
Unfortunately, the tyrant of Apocalypse is ready for them with an army of paradmon/doomsday hybrids. What happens next is nothing short of a blood bath. Only a small handful survive.
Those who weren't murdered by Dark Side's forces were tortured, brainwashed, or ripped apart and remade into his cybernetic slaves. Dark Side didn't kill everyone. some he had plans for.
Even after he's finally slain, the victory is bittersweet after everything our heroes have endured. Only by resetting the universe can their suffering be reversed. Unfortunately, we're not so lucky, as the image of so many DC icons being ruthlessly decimated may never leave our heads.
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Number one, Team 1: Doom from the Start, The Suicide Squad. While 2016's Suicide Squad was a lackluster disaster, James Gun's Redcon took full advantage of its R rating with arguably the bloodiest opening sequence in a live-action DC movie. The minute team one steps onto the beach, all hell breaks loot.
Scalps are sliced, faces are caved in, limbs are detached and gunned down. Bodies are either burned alive or impelled. And one unfortunate member gets its head blown up for trying to abandon the mission.
Damn it. Only a handful survived while the second team sneaks in to carry the rest of the film. This was the movie Task Force X deserved, but it didn't hesitate to have us win and nearly lose our lunches right off the bat.
Which DC cinematic death freaked you out the most? Let us know in the comments down below. But in the meantime, how about a kiss, Santa Claus?
