1. By Sheila M. Gagne

2. Terms  Narrative Theory: is the continuing pursuit of oral and scripted documentation of verified fictional and/or non-fictional events. How the intricacies of linguistics and cultural relics evolve and stimulate populations from local to international.  Intertextuality: Reference to or connection with other “texts” outside of the present one.  Frame Narrative: An event occurring with the events unfolding in a story.  Archetypes: A model of speech, behavioral pattern, and appearance used to distinguish characters in a narrative (ex. charming villain vs. sidekick)  Semiotics: A theory of study that involves applying various sign processes to communicating in-depth connotation, language/linguistics, and symbolic elements to a storyline.

3. Illustrative transformations of Batman’s image over the decades. Batman live-action television series, January 12, 1966 – March 14, 1968. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jg E-lrfZ3k&feature=related

4. Continued… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk

5. Batman to the Future! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdTbiLku48&feature=related

6. The Joker http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=QS1RTKVh6YEhttp://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=QS1RTKVh6YE- Up until 1:15 Before he was The Joker, he was known as The Red Hood.

7. …He dun gone cuckoo!

8. Illustrative/visual transformations of The Joker over the years. Above: animated evolution. Left: Graphic/Cinema evolution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM&feature=related

9. Why? A radical change in the interpretation of his character in The Batman (2004). Voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

10. Above: The Joker in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (November 14, 2008 (2008- 11-14) – present). Upper Left: The Joker in Batman: Under the Red Hood (July 27, 2010).

11. “Family Reunion” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYUJv5ODYw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJLbCFZDChc

12. “Beware the Creeper” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8y3Af3dH0 Voiced by Jeff Bennett

13. Robin/Dick Grayson/Nightwing Batgirl/Barbara Gordon Future Robin’s:  Jason Todd (Red Hood)  Tim Drake  Stephanie Brown  Damian Wayne

15. http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=6_vtn_gv1QM How the story is constructed to fit into the Batman/DC universe.

16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1RTKVh6YE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jgE-lrfZ3k&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnuY4aAXass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8fWUUXeKM&feature=relate d http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYUJv5ODYw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJLbCFZDChc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_vtn_gv1QM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8y3Af3dH0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk