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Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos.
— The Dark Knight ‧ 2008
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The Joker's whole philosophy in one speech: people trust a plan, even a monstrous one, and he exists to take that comfort away. It is the line on every poster-board and tattoo for the film, and 'agent of chaos' became the self-description of anyone gleefully stirring things up. The film also used it as a tagline.
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In context
Spoilers for The Dark KnightShow the scene
In a Gotham hospital, after the explosion that killed Rachel Dawes and burned half of Harvey Dent's face, the Joker meets the disillusioned Dent and persuades him to take the law into his own hands. Speaking to Dent, he explains himself: nobody panics when horrors go according to plan, but kill one mayor and everyone loses their mind. He pitches chaos as the only fair thing there is. Dent then leaves his decisions to his scarred coin and goes after those he blames for Rachel's death.
Sources (2)
- Wikiquote: The Dark Knight (film)Quotes, Joker speech to DentReference checked
- Wikipedia: The Dark KnightPlotReference checked
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