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Digital Laughing Virus

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Real Identity: Not Applicable
Appearances (Movies): Monster Mayhem
Powers/Skills: Hacking
Voiced By: Not Applicable


The Digital Laughing Virus was an idea born by the Joker as part of a plan to render all technology in Gotham City, and later the world, under his control. He amassed a team of villains also interested in the take over and began stealing components to aid the spread of the virus. Scarecrow and Silver Banshee stole a fully functioning, self governing artificial intelligence created by Dr. Ivo to deliver the virus, Solomon Grundy stole an atomic battery from Gotham Power to use as a power source, Clayface kidnapped a genius video game designer named Gogo Shoto, and Joker stole the Inca Rose Stone to boost the transmission. He forced Shoto to build the virus. After Joker stole the stone from the Gotham Museum, he was soon prompted the artificial intelligence to unleash the Digital Laughing Virus on the city. It was transmitted from a centralized source on the Gotham Boardwalk. Its effects were seen instantly. Ace, the Batmobile, the Fire Bat, and Cyborg went hayfire then offline in a hysterical fit of laughter.

The Joker broadcast himself across Gotham and declared his virus infected every piece of technology from power plants to traffic lights. Everything on the digital grid now belonged to him. Nothing would work unless he allowed it. Joker declared himself king of Gotham. Batman and his allies soon pinpointed the Joker's location and raided his hideout on the Gotham Boardwalk. However, the virus allowed the Joker to take control of the computers in Ace, the Batmobile, Batplane, and Cyborg. He sent them to fight mostly as a distraction while he freed Grundy, Banshee, Scarecrow, and Clayface. They relocated to the Gotham News building and began to upload the virus transmitter into the control room mainframe. The upload would take 10 hours. Shoto, freed from the Joker, built Batman an interface to physically hack the artificial intelligence. With 8 minutes and 37 seconds left, Batman began his upload then used a virtual reality mask to enter the artificial intelligence world where he battled the AI and the Joker.

Batman created a giant Cyber Animal called CybeRex to help him take on the multiple Jokers until his virus was uploaded. He and the CybeRex infected the various Jokers and turned them into Batmans. Joker's failsafe plan kicked in. Cyborg's hydraulics unlocked and he rebooted. His programming took him to the parade held in Joker's honor. Near the end of the countdown, Batman defeated the artificial intelligence. The transmission from Gotham News malfunctioned and Joker retreated to his Joker Robo Rampage Armor to start his second attempt to take the virus worldwide. With under 10 minutes to spare, Batman and co. used World War II vehicles on display at the Gotham Museum to attack the giant robot. A tank operated by Green Arrow delivered the final blow. However, a battlesuit was inside the armor and Joker flew off. Batman realized Cyborg was the second transmitter since he was essentially a boosted quantum computer. Cyborg found the Inca Rose Stone embedded in his left arm. Cyborg found the central core in Joker's battlesuit and attached the rose stone to it. The feedback generated shut everything down and the world was saved.