So why did the joker in the new batman movie have those cuts on his face making him smile?

Question

So why did the joker in the new batman movie have those cuts on his face making him smile?

Answer 1

he made up two different stories in the movie. One was how his wife got in trouble with some gambling card sharks so they cut her face, and he cut his to match to make her feel better. And then one story was how his dad told him he was too serious. Who really knows?  

Answer 2

he gives two stories in the film, he never had cuts in the comics though, so you would have to ask whoever wrote the screenplay/the director.  

Answer 3

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Answer 4

In the movie he gives many reasons....

of these I'm not sure which is the best answer

He said his dad gave them to him one night when he came home dunk and asked "why so serious" then took a razor blade to his face

Then he also said he did it himself because of his wife.

These are all the reasons I can remember.

Answer 5

his pops did it

Answer 6

he changed the story every time he told it, so basically someone cut him, we just dont know who.

Answer 7

The Joker never had a proper backgroud story because he always used to tell different versions to people. He fell into a chemical vat and thats how he got the bleached white face and green hair but as for the scars i'm unsure

Answer 8

Because his dad got drunk when he was younger and started beating the joker's mom. then he said, "why so serious" meaning, why do you have such a serious face on, then he made those cuts on his face so he couldn't frown, it'd always look lik he was smiling...

Answer 9

There are several variations of the tale in past tellings of the Joker's origins; I believe the most popular version has it that a bullet from his own gun ricocheted off some nearby machinery and pierced both cheeks just as he fell into a vat of mixed chemicals, causing nerve damage that resulted in his perma-grin. Another has it that the chemicals themselves caused the nerve damage. Still another has it that he is an ex-comedian who went crazy one day and grins because he simply can't help himself.

I can't speak for the latest movie version's explanation as I've been too busy to see it yet (hope to do so before it leaves the local theatre).

Answer 10

He kept changing his story so we'll never know.

The scarring itself is referred to as a Glasgow Smile or a Chelsea Smile.

Answer 11

No one knows, he kept changing the story, he wanted to keep everyone one guessing...I bet we would have found out in part 3, but alas that'll never happen.

Answer 12

The story changed every time

Mainly it was the reason when his dad was a drinker and abused his mum his dad put a blade in his mouth and asked why he was so serious and said that he should put a smile on his face.