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Great video Cody! I definitely agree with Heath Ledger’s Joker being a “generation defining performance” that movie will always hold a special place in my heart😁

My personal top 3 would be: 1, Health Ledger’s Joker 2, Paul Dano’s The Riddler 3, Tom Hardy’s Bane

Ledgers Joker is probably the greatest onscreen villain of ANY comic book movie. Absolute legend

Michelle pfeiffer’s scene in the sewer at the end… man that performance, the way her hair and make up, posture, expressions make her look like she really has nothing to lose is just crazy

Heath Ledger's Joker, Jack's Joker, Jim's Riddler, Anne Hatheway's Catwoman and......two face from the dark Knight. O and Bane. Tom Hardy Rocks 💪🏻😊🚬

The Jigsaw influence on Paul Dano’s Riddler was something I really appreciated as a massive Saw fan. The rat maze and the bomb collar used to take out the police chief and the DA, respectively, feel ripped straight of John Kramer’s sketchbook and I love it.

When I want a ranking video of any kind- you’re absolutely the first channel I wanna come to. Just your format and how you do it is fluid and easily consumed by my ears on binge mode. Thank you for helping me pass time for almost 3 years now bro 💪

I’m glad you considered Steppenwolf and Stumblenpuppy as two separate characters in this list because they pretty much are. One is sympathetic yet very menacing, and one is one-dimensional and dull as dishwater

I’m proud of you Cody! You’ve came a long way my friend💪🏽

My favorite Batman Villain is Mark Hamill's Joker from Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995).

I have genuinely never seen anyone love or even like Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor.

Top 5 plus honorable mentions 1. Joker (dark knight) 2. Riddler (the batman) 3. Two face (dark knight) 4. Joker (Batman 89) 5. Bane (dark knight rises) 6. Penguin (Batman returns) 7. Riddler (Batman forever) 8. Catwoman (Batman returns) 9. Mr.freeze (Batman and Robin) he’s a guilty pleasure to watch💀

Heath's Joker is the Joker on an ultimate high, while Phoenix's Joker is him at his lowest point. They are both perfect versions of the Joker imo. Btw Robert as Batman is perfect too because they took the Joker's look and essence and put that into the Batman which works so perfectly because it's Batman in his early years. One of the greatest superhero movies and my favorite rendition of The Batman and I can't wait for the next film.

As much as i feel Reeves understands batman, Nolan understood two-face

In reference to your section on Colin Ferrell’s Penguin: I absolutely loved his performance and love the character in The Batman. The one thing that makes Penguin stand out in my opinion is the fact that he is also from a wealthy, old money family from Gotham and that is what should be focused on in the future. He should be just as much a foil to Bruce Wayne’s persona as he is to Batman. This focus would bring us something we haven’t seen before. Let’s see Oswald Cobblepot out “Bruce Wayne” Bruce Wayne. I would like to see them take the time to really give the villains their own personality to differentiate them from each other. No other villain can take on Bruce Wayne in Gotham’s social elite circles like Oz. Riddler as a Jigsaw puzzle killer is what I’ve wanted to see for some time, and think Paul Dano did great! Bane and Hugo Strange should be similar but Bane being more physical while Hugo is more methodical / intellectual with a more cerebral battle (similar to Riddler, but in a more manipulative way). Another villain I’d like to see is Zsasz. He should have been young Batman’s first villain other than the mob (Falcone and Muroni) in my opinion (similar to Kraven the Hunter should’ve been Spider-Man’s first villain). He could be the mob’s #1 hit man and have a reputation like John Wick. He would be a great villain for a young Batman getting used to the fact that he can’t save everyone. I didn’t mean to write so much and I know it is a little jumbled but I had to get some of my thoughts out there.

Awesome video Cody! From one Batman fanboy to you love all the content, especially the horror ones, you are the reason I got into horror movies especially the halloween, Scream and chucky series, your review are always awesome love the detail you give, so keep up the awesome work man from a big fan!

I love your channel keep up the Amazing work!!! Also love the shirt chucky is one of my favorites too!

Really enjoy you’re content Cody, keep up the great work bud 💪🏼💪🏼

Health Ledger's Joker will always be the standard for comic book live action villains. Another great ranking video Cody.

Great ranking Cody! I really like your explanation for all of them. So my ranking here, I'm not counting two of the Catwomen cause I don't consider them villains, I'm also just gonna tie a certain couple. 24. Bane (Batman & Robin) 23. Talia Al Ghul 22. Two Face (Batman Forever) 21. Doomsday 20. Lex Luther 19. Steppenwolf (theatrical cut, haven't seen Synder cut) 18. The 66 villains (they're all exactly the same to me) 17. Sal Maroni 16. Max Shrek 15. Penguin (Batman Returns) 14. Poison Ivy 13. Mr Freeze 12. The Riddler (Batman Forever) 11. Carmine Falcone (Batman Begins) 10. Bane (Dark Knight Rises) 9. The Joker (Batman 89) 8. Catwoman (Batman Returns) 7. Carmine Falcone (The Batman) 6. Ras Al Ghul 5. Penguin (The Batman) 4. The Riddler (The Batman) 3. Scarecrow 2. Two Face (Dark Knight) 1. The Joker (Dark Knight) This was fun, thank you Cody!

Great list and video might even check out that ridge wallet lol 👏🏻

We can only wonder what would have happened if Arnold Schwarzenegger was chosen to play Bane in that movie

Bane's name in Batman & Robin before he changed was Antonio Diego. It's mentioned briefly before the procedure.

I agree Cody My top 5 1 bane from the dark knight rise 2 joker from the dark knight 3 cat woman from Batman return 4 joker from Batman 89 5 scarecrow from the dark knight trilogy

1. Joker The Dark Knight 2. Riddler The batman 3. Joker Batman 89 4. Catwoman Batman returns 5. Two-face The Dark Knight 6. Bane The Dark knight rises 7. Ras al Ghul Batman begins 8. Penguin Batman Returns 9. Penguin The Batman 10. Scarecrow Batman begins

Excited to see The Batman tomorrow finally!!

Been waiting on this one 🔥🔥

Great ranking!

This is the best ranking of the villains yet. Thanks for the video

Lol!!! That advertisement totally got me, I thought u we’re getting into the Batman credit card from the movie. Hahahah

Another great ranking, Cody - I don't think anybody would argue with your Nos. 1 and 2

The colors of Batman & Robin are really COOL 😎 👌 😀 👍 😄 👏

Phoenix’s Joker more grounded for me. Great vid as always

1. Joker TDK 2. Riddler The Batman 3. Ra’s Al Gual 4. Bane TDKR 5. Two Face TDK 6. Falcone The Batman 7. Scarecrow 8. Harley Quinn 9. Penguin The Batman 10. Joker Batman 89 11. Catwoman The Batman 12. Catwoman TDKR 13. Steppen Wolf ZSJL 14. Catwoman Batman Returns 15. Riddler Batman Forever 16. Penguin (Returns) 17. Talia Al Gual 18. 60’s Batman villains (I don’t care enough to rank them) 19. Poison Ivy 20. Lex Luther 21. Jared Leto Joker 22. Mr. Freeze 23. Two Face Batman Forever 24. Bane Batman and Robin

Love your vids Cody

My favorites are Joker(TDK), Bane(TDKR), The Riddler 2022, and Scarecrow. Talia Al Ghul is easily my least favorite of these

I actually went out as the 1966 Penguin for Halloween as a kid once, however I did not have the monicole he wears since I wasn't a rich man, and I didn't have the long nose since I found that to be quite uncomfortable.

Great video, great channel

Penguin is an interesting villain because of his fascination with birds and that he uses umbrellas as weapons.

Batman is my favorite superhero, second is Spider-Man. I love the similarities they share but most importantly I love both of their villains. Villains make the superhero.

Glad to see someone feeling the same way as I do about Penguin. Subscribed.

My top 5 is 5,Tom Hardy’s bane 4,scarecrow 3,two face tdk 2,Paul danos riddler 1,Heath ledger My top 2 keep on flip flopping

Mr. Freeze is one of my favorite villains of all time because of his new canon in the Animated Series. I despise what Batman & Robin did to his character and I reeeally hope Matt Reeves has a new idea for him. People are saying he’s a big Mr. Freeze fan so I’m hopeful. His backstory is so tragic and a villain whose motive I understand. A lot of people would do the same thing on his position. His love for his wife is stronger than his hate for everything else except maybe Ferris Boyle, who caused the whole thing in the first place. I get almost a darkly romantic Candyman vibe from him. His lines in Heart Of Ice still stick with me. “Think of it, Batman. To never again walk on a summer’s day, with the hot wind in your face and a warm hand to hold. Oh yes, I’d kill for that.”

I’d love to see the new joker character with Harley Quinn take on Robert Pattinsons Batman together in the next movie.

Awesome video Cody

Good video man We’re on the same page for a lot of these guys

You should do a top 10 live-action comic book villains. I think my personal top three would probably be Ledger's Joker, Brolin's Thanos, and Dafoe's Green Goblin in NWH (no order)

God man your make fire ass content 💥🤟 This is genuine entertainment !!

Personally the 1966 Batman villains had my favorite outfits from a Batman show/movie, catwoman's outfit is very fitting for the character and amazing, the Riddler's outfit is awesome, the Joker's outfit is good but it does have its drawbacks, and the Penguins outfit is good but does look silly when you really pick it apart. Ether way while they may not be the best interpretations of the characters, you can't deny that these outfits are great.

Poison ivy was much better than MR Freeze

I would LOVE to see Batman Animated series top 10 episodes!

Penguin my man if you wanna talk both/all adaptations. Heath Ledger Jokers and Tom Hardys Bane 🐐🐐

Pretty much agree on everything would have very few changes if any. Great list Cody.

Finally saw the Batman and I'm just going to say...it's a masterpiece.

Paul Danos riddler is #1

29:23 The comic, Batman Returns,Batman the Animated Series, Arkham, Gotham and this film's Penguins are all great IMO. One of the main points of his character is that people underestimate him and he uses that to his advantage. In Gotham he goes from Fish Mooney's umbrella boy to the top dog by being Falcone's inside man in Maroni's gang while playing those two off against each other.

Riddler definitely in the top 3 now for me at least

My top 5 1. Heath ledgers joker 2.Jack Nicholsons joker 3.Paul Danos riddler 4.Tom Hardy’s bane 5.Colin Ferrells the penguin

My fav 🦇man villains: 1. Heath Ledger Joker 2. Margott Robbie Harley Quinn 3. Tom Hardy Bane 4. Joaquin Phoenix Joker 5. Paul Dano Riddler

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I wanna travel to 1997 and watch Batman and Robin in a theater. Then I wanna take the people in the theater to 2012 so they can see the MUCH better version of Bane.

Arnold COULD make a good Freeze if it was more serious like his terminator and not campy, there were moments where he was good when he was sad and whatnot

"Do i really look like a man with a plan?"

I wouldn't change a thing about this list good job

great video Cody ! to me Heath Ledger joker will always be the best live-action joker he was born of that role just like William Dafoe was for green goblin

well done Cody

Great ranking, Cody. I was surprised to see Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze so high up, but I can kind of understand where you're coming from. At the very least, I would still take him over Jesee Eisenberg's Lex Luthor. Much like yourself, Cody, it took me awhile to understand the appeal of The Penguin, but if you dig deeply enough, there actually are some really good comics that feature him. "Pain and Prejudice" by Gregg Hurwitz and Szymon Kudranski in particular is a masterpiece and one of the best examinations of a villain that I've ever read. I highly recommend checking that out. And yes, as cliché and predictable as it might be, Heath Ledger's Joker truly is the best onscreen Batman villain that we have ever gotten. Not only is he an excellent, interesting interpretation of the classic comic character, but he also stands as one of the all time great villains of cinema. Even with all of the great adaptations we have gotten of Batman villains over the years, I doubt Ledger will ever be surpassed.

I loved your point in last videos regarding the dark knight and the hype for greatest comic film of all time ext.I definitely love that movie but I found when I expand my taste of film and of comedy horror and ext I still appreciate the dark knight trilogy but I don’t have it in such high regards like others

Heath Ledger’s Joker is Number one for me

Kinda late but as much as I love the Riddler he never really felt like a treat to Batman, no matter what version Batman is, the Riddler always felt to me more of like a villain that slows Batman down rather than being a threat. I belive the 2022 Riddler is actually morebof a threat to Batman where you die if you don't solve his riddles. I know the Penguin is kind of a goofy villain for a lot of people, but he still seemed threatening, especially the time in Batman Returns where the Penguin bites off a person's nose. Ether way I will always love the outfit designs of Batman 66' and Riddler's laugh from that show, but the 2022 Riddler is my favorite Riddler.

13:27 In one of the DC Fandomes Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle riffed on the 60's show in character as Bruce Wayne and Batman Beyond's Terry McGinnis.

Great video Cody. But I agree with this list from first to last.

Batman Villains we need to see future films, villains we haven't seen yet: 1. Clayface 2. Hush 3. Killer Croc (technically he was in Suicide Squad but he was underused, needs a second chance) 4. Ventriloquist and Scarface 5. Deathstroke (we did see Deathstroke as a big bad on Arrow Season 2 but damn we never got a live action Batman vs Deathstroke movie) 6. Professor Pyg 7. Hugo Strange 8. Deacon Blackfire 9. Firefly (the one we nearly got in Batgirl with Brendan Fraser was The Second Firefly; Ted Carson, NOT The OG Firefly Garfield Lynns) 10. The Court of Owls 11. Calendar Man 12. Man-Bat 13. Prometheus (another big bad from Arrow, but we haven't seen a comic book accurate Prometheus) 14. The Mad Monk (one of Batman's very first villains, who is now forgotten, he's a Vampire) 15. Great White Shark 16. Martha Wayne's Joker (Lauren Cohan): Jeffery Dean Morgan would be Flashpoint Batman

I don't think any adjustments need to be made you made a pretty damn good list Cody!!!

It’s hard not to put Heath Ledger’s Joker at number 1. It’s one of the best screen performances since the turn of the century, a perfect reinvention of a long established character, and proved to be massively influential in allowing others to be more creative in their interpretations of the same character and others. His Joker is so iconic in it’s own right that it’s really transcended the traditional Joker character himself and acquired it’s own prestige. I remember leading up to The Dark Knight’s release, everyone held Jack Nicholson’s Joker on that pedestal of “well, that’s how you do the Joker”, and then after the movie came out, NOBODY was talking about Nicholson’s performance anymore. That’s like an unprecedented upstaging of iconography. It’s just a really, really special character and performance.

I plan on making one of these videos too, but I'm still in the watching Batman content for research phase. I will say 89 and 08 joker are probably going to be in my top three.

I’d like to see this rankings including the villains from Gotham tv series Jerone was the best “not” joker IMO

Thanks for your advise the other night telling me to stay up and watch the exercist with you guys.Not a great film but enjoyable watch along🙂

What’s the background music?

Great ranking cody, I love Jack Nicholson as Joker, but Heath Ledger brings it more. I'm starting to watch Dark Knight.

Ranking of Theatrical Batman Villains: 1. Riddler/Edward Nashton played by Paul Dano (The Batman) 2. Joker played by Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) 3. Carmine Falcone played by John Turturro (The Batman) 4. Joker played by Jack Nicholson (Batman 1989) 5. Bane played by Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) 6. Joker voiced Mark Hamill (Batman: Mask of the Phantasm) 7. Harvey “Two-Face” Dent played by Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) 8. Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot played by Collin Farrell (The Batman) 9. Harley Quinn played by Margot Robbie (from Suicide Squad) 10. Phantasm voiced by Stacy Keach (Mask of the Phantasm) 11. Catwoman/Selina Kyle played by Zoe Kravitz (The Batman) 12. Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane (Batman Begins/Nolan Trilogy) 13. Black Mask/Roman Sionis played by Ewan McGregor (Birds of Prey) 14. Catwoman/Selina Kyle played by Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns) 15. Henri Ducard/ Ra’s Al Ghul played by Liam Neeson (Batman Begins) 16. Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot played by Danny Devito (Batman Returns) 17. Selina Kyle played by Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Roses) 18. Steppenwolf in ZSJL 2021 19. Carmine Falcone played by Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins) 20. Victor Zsasz played by Chris Messina (Birds of Prey) 21. Max Shrek played by Christopher Walken (Batman Returns) 22. Lex Luthor played by Jesse Isenberg (BvS) 23. Riddler/Edward Nigma played by Jim Carrey (Batman Forever) 24. Deadshot/Floyd Lawton played by Will Smith (from Suicide Squad) 25. Two Face/Harvey Dent played by Tommy Lee Jones (Batman Forever) 26. Doomsday in BvS 27. Joker played by Jared Leto (from ZSJL and Suicide Squad) 28. Talia Al Ghul played by Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises) 29. Mr. Freeze played by Arnold Schwarzenegger (Batman and Robin) 30. Killer Croc played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje from Suicide Squad) 31. “Ra’s Al Ghul” played by Ken Wantabe (Batman Begins) 32. Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley played Uma Thurman (Batman and Robin) 33. Bane played ? (Batman and Robin)

You lost me at global tracking app but still enjoyed the video, glad you took your time on it.

I get why you didn't include Joaquin Phoenix's joker since he doesn't appear alongside Batman, but he should make the list imo. Great video as always. My top 4: 1. Joker (Heath Ledger) 2. Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) 3. Riddler (Paul Dano) 4. Bane (Tom Hardy) Love to see you do a 'best action movies' ranking.

All I can say is my top 2 is Pfeiffer and Ledger. Good day.

4:35 Cody, that wallet looks good...but can it carry...a BAT CREDIT CARD?! 😂😂😂

16:25 In one script Harvey Dent was in the film and was the one electrocuted by Catwoman but he survives but becomes Two Face from the scarring. And in another Max Shreck was a Cobblepot and Penguin's older brother who hated their parents for throwing Oswald in the sewer so he changed his surname.

Let’s be honest bane from Batman & Robin is pretty much a version of Frankenstein

I was wondering if you were gonna include the Joaquin Phoenix joker, but I agree with you leaving him out. I must have not been paying attention for Collin Ferrell's Penguin. I'll have to watch again.

There are two animated Sequels to Adam West's Batman movie. One brings back Julie Newmar as Catwoman, Return of the Caped Crusader. The second animated movie has William Shatner as Harvey Dent/ Two Face

It’s funny feeling to know that literally every single person here can unanimously agree Heath’s Joker sits (way) atop the pile and I highly doubt will be knocked from said top within our lifetimes. Also I watched pretty much the whole video n was pleased/surprised to find my own rankings of these guys fell pretty close in line with yours so, that was cool. Well done mate 👍🏼😁

I love how high Liam Neeson is on your list. I absolutely loved him!!

Cody - 32- Me - lemme guess Leto's Joker Cody - Bane from Batman and Robin ....okay I admit I forgot that version of Bane ever existed, like I prefer to forget most of Batman and Robin's contribution to DC 😅

Mr Freeze above Danny Devito’s Penguin? Are you nuts?

i dont share many of your pics but totally agree with your #1., in my experience with this movies i had danny devito's penguin way higher and for sure higher than steppenwolf, dr frezze or anne Hathaway catwoman. Also it would have been nice to add some of the villains of the gotham tv series, that version of the riddler, cat or penguin were very good.

Actually there’s five catwoman in the live action films But we don’t talk about that one

I know this has nothing to do with the Batman but I have to know will you be reviewing better call saul I’m pumped for the final season and I’d love to see you cover it

not sure if you already done one but like to see a ranking of the worst to best Batman movie music scores

Do you count the businessmen like Daggett from The Dark Knight Rises and Max Schreck from Batman Returns as villains? Reason I ask is they're not in the traditional rogue's gallery.

Loved John turturro in secret window