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"And now folks, it's time for who do you trust. Hubba Hubba Hubba! Money Money Money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money, and where is the Batman? He's at home washing his tights!"
―The Joker to Gotham's citizens at the parade[src]

Events Surrounding[]

After he promised to give away millions of dollars in cash, the Joker stole the Balloons that were intended for the 200th Anniversary Parade.

Parade[]

Mayor Borg of Gotham City had long planned for a parade, but a combination of high crime and the city being in heavy debt jeopardized this. Earlier, Bruce Wayne hosted a party whereby he hoped to fundraise to save the festival, but the mayor later sadly announced the bicentennial was cancelled. The Joker later hijacked the airwaves and announced that he would hold anniversary celebrations with a grand spectacle: a nighttime parade at which he would dispense $20 million in free cash. Vicki Vale and Alexander Knox were there to cover the pandemonium, and they noticed strange tanks on the balloons. In the middle of his generosity, the Joker gassed the crowd with Smylex. Batman arrived in the Batwing, snatched the balloons away, and carried them out of the city. Furious, the Joker shot Bob, his number one Goon. Batman returned to make a strafing run on the Joker, who responded and shot down the Batwing with an insanely long-barreled revolver.

Behind the Scenes[]

In Sam Hamm's drafts the money was revealed to be fake, featuring the Joker's face on it as he jokingly alluded to earlier at the Flugelheim. The comic book adaptation depicts this, as penciller Jerry Ordway was not given a fully revised draft by Warren Skaaren where this moment was still included. This may have been inspired by the 1950s story "Joker's Millions", although in that case the Joker was the one to be duped. A rival gangster died and named Joker as his sole heir. Joker later sees the money is counterfeit with the gangster's face on it, and is now in trouble with the tax collector.

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