The Joker looks visibly confused and aggressively shakes a detonation remote control during a delayed hospital explosion.

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Timestamp: 01:42:15

When the Joker walks out of Gotham General Hospital in a nurse uniform, he presses a remote control to detonate the building. Due to a real-world technical glitch, the secondary series of explosions paused unexpectedly. Heath Ledger completely stayed in character, displaying genuine confusion and frantically playing with the buttons until the demolition sequence successfully resumed, transforming a costly special effects mistake into one of the film's most legendary improvised moments.

The Joker looks visibly confused and aggressively shakes a detonation remote control during a delayed hospital explosion. in The Dark Knight

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