DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse

Who will have the last laugh?

RELEASED 26 Aug 20100h 17m★ 5.2 TMDB

The Joker kidnaps Batman, Superman and the rest of the DC Super Friends and puts them against their worst enemies in their own secret base, the Hall of Justice.

WATCH NOTE

2010 animated direct-to-DVD short produced for Fisher-Price's Imaginext line. Already catalogued here; Joker's Playhouse is not an additional film to import. Storyboard artist Tim Eldred confirms its production and describes Green Lantern, Hawkman and Gorilla Grodd alongside Batman, Superman, Joker, Flash and Cyborg. It references earlier Super Friends cartoons and preceded a later series of 15 mini-episodes; these relationships do not establish duplicate episode coverage or required viewing. Animated Elseworlds collects separate continuities. No earlier DC adaptation is established as required. Exact original release day, complete performer-to-role credits and supporting, introductory and silent appearance coverage remain unresolved. Eldred gives 17 minutes, while FilmAffinity lists 18; retain 17 pending resolution.

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4 titles to watch before DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse — 4h 52m in total.

Green Lantern: First FlightOptional background1h 15m★ 6.9
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse’s story continuity.
Superman/Batman: Public EnemiesOptional background1h 7m★ 7.1
A separate adaptation of Batman and Superman; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse’s story continuity.
Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsOptional background1h 15m★ 7.3
A separate adaptation of Batman and Superman and The Flash and Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse’s story continuity.
Batman: Under the Red HoodOptional background1h 15m★ 7.8
A separate adaptation of Batman and The Joker; useful for comparison, but unrelated to DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse’s story continuity.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse is title 111 of 118 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. The Joker’s Playhouse gathers the Imaginext Super Friends for a single trap at their headquarters. The later mini-episodes are a separate viewing choice; the short contains its own rescue adventure.

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