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The plot works perfectly, at first. Change the theme of your new casino to The Joker, wait for him to wreck it, get the insurance money. And yet somehow, in the end of the episode, as Kaiser tries to flee in his helicopter, his finds out his pilot is no one but… the Joker himself! And the Joker is quite mad at Kaiser for playing him.

J: It was a scheme worthy of me, Kaiser. The way you got me riled up and turned me loose on this place.
K: You! You were supposed to destroy the casino!
J: Yeah, but then I realized it’d be more fun to get rid of you and run the show myself.
K: But you can’t … !
J: Oh please, Mr. Kaiser. You of all people should have realized there’d be a Joker in the deck!

The funny thing is, the “joker” in this case – the unpredictable element that messed up Kaiser’s plans – wasn’t Joker at all!

It was Batman.

While his initial plan worked out splendidly, Kaiser’s problem was that he severely underestimated his enemies – he did not count on Batman being as smart or nosy as he was – nor did he count on the relationship between the two archenemies (and Batman’s amazing power to [occasionally] talk reason to the Joker).

Batman tells Joker how he’s been set up by Kaiser to stop him from blowing up the casino with a bunch of innocent people in it, knowing Joker will decide to go after Kaiser instead.

B: You won’t get Kaiser. He’s been playing you for a patsy.
J: Eh?
B: He’s counting on you to blow this place up so he can collect the insurance. By the time you get clear, Kaiser will be miles away, laughing at you.
J: … I hate it when you make sense.

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