Batman knocked him backwards towards the open shaft of the bell tower, but before he fell in, Batman was attacked from behind by Lawrence. In the Jerry Ordway comic adaptation, he got killed.It was revealed in the novelization that the Joker had hired that thug from a "Kung Fu Studio".The actor who portrayed the gymnast goon was Philip Tan, real life gymnast and Tae Kwon do champion. Peter MacDonald directing Tan for an action shot. Batman activated a similar device with a blunt edge from his gauntlet, extending his arm in the air and calmly waited the goon's groin to meet it, which knocked him out instantly.Īs he survived his ordeal with Batman, he was later taken into police custody, along with the other Joker Goons. The gymnast somersaulted toward the Dark Knight and leapt through the air, ejecting twin blades from hidden compartments on his legs. When Batman entered the belfry, he was the first to attack after Joker gave the signal and began dancing with Vicki. He then hid in the rafters with Lawrence and the Belltower Joker Goon, who had been planted in the belltower overseeing the parade. Vicki Vale took note of this goon and snapped a few photos of him before she spotted the Smylex canisters.Īs the Joker headed into the Gotham Cathedral with Vicki, this goon apparently followed, entering the building at an unknown time. The gymnast goon again wildly danced to the song " Trust" with his tommy gun on the one of the floats. This goon refrained from particpating in graffiti and defacing of art pieces as he was carrying a wine bucket and candelabra for Joker's date with Vicki Vale. After opening the doors Lawrence staring playing a song called " Partyman" on his boombox, which prompted the gymnast to start dancing over the corpses of Smylex victims on the floor. The gymnast accompanied the Joker to the Flugelheim Museum along with the rest of the gang hierarchy. At the moment of murder, he opened fire on a crowd of civilians and a pair of police officers with a tommy gun. His mime makeup was unique: unlike the other five, he did his in a kabuki style, proud of his asian heritage. This goon appeared as a street mime during the Joker's attack on Vinnie Ricorso.Īlong with five other Joker goons, he disguised himself as a street mime in order to sneak up on Vinnie Ricorso's bodyguards and shoot them after the Joker stabbed Ricorso in the throat with a quill pen. He was first seen in a meeting with the Gotham City Crimelords where the Joker killed Antoine Rotelli, and forced the gangsters out of Grissom's penthouse building. It is unknown if he had worked for Carl Grissom previously. That Goon was a flamboyant dancer, who often spun around in a circle.
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