Analyzing Evil: Joffrey Baratheon

Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred thirty-second episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature character for this video is Joffrey Baratheon from ASOIAF and Game of Thrones. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!

#gameofthrones #evil #villain

[_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: Jack Gleeson received a letter from George R.R. Martin after the show aired, stating: "Congratulations on your marvelous performance. Everyone hates you!"

[petermj]

I like how Joffrey and Tommen have the opposite downfalls as king. Joffrey was too selfish, too mean, and hardheaded as king. Tommen was too selfless, too nice and softheaded as king.

[TetsuShima]

I love how Joffrey obeyed his mother's lessons on how wrong it is to hit a woman, deciding to order a knight to hit her for him. Without a doubt, a logical decision at the level of the undoing of the Gordian knot

[kylehurst]

I hate how people take their hatred and anger out on the actor because people can’t distinguish him from the character because he did such an amazing performance.

[ErikDayne]

One minor correction- Joffrey wasn’t murdered. He poisoned himself so he wouldn’t be around when the show fell off a cliff.

[grandadmiralzaarin]

"It's hard to put a leash on a dog when you've already put a crown on its head."-Tyrion Lannister to Cercei about Joffrey

[Crimson]

You know Jack Gleason did a phenomenal job when the entire world hates your character with a passion and was delighted when he died via poisoning

[hez]

The fact Joffrey thought he could take on Robb Stark in sparring is actually comical

[pasajerodelabrujula]

Superb acting by that kid, regardless of how much he was hated. He was Caligula level of acting on par with Jay Robinson. Might be an overstatement, but for a essentially a child to evoke rage from people watching him play Joffrey is a testament to the level excellence he achieved such acting.

[GoodMorningBeautiful]

"I AM THE KING!!" ~ Joffrey, 17 Minute video

"Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king." ~ Tywin, 1 hour and 10 minute video

[johnrivers]

Perhaps the most hated and vile villain on television, but you can’t deny the incredible staying power he had in the show. Truly one of the most captivating villains of all time

[zinkheroofyoutube]

I'm glad someone acknowledged Robert’s influence on Joffrey, not just Cersi

[TakeTheWorld]

No matter how much we hated Joffrey, we look back on our time with him fondly in comparison to the last two seasons of Game of Thrones

[madsgrams]

"-That sword was Joffrey's, right? What did he call it?
-Widow's Wail...
-He really was a c**t, wasn't he?.... Tell Cersei! I want her to know it was me!"

Still the best part of Season 7.

[TetsuShima]

*Fun fact:* Joffrey is heavily based on Emperor Caligula. In addition to having an appearance quite similar to the Emperor's, his extravagant cruelty is basically identical. It's quite possible George R. Martin was specifically inspired by the Caligula from the Anthony Burgess' book "The Kingdom of the Wicked", in which that Emperor commits acts as cruel as lunatics, such as serving his guests cooked babies or filling with semen the pillow he uses to suffocate Tiberius

[clubkid]

Joffrey was so evil he even caused Jack Gleeson to suffer

[spoonbrero]

It sucks Jack Gleason got so much hatemail from crazy fans, he absolutely nailed the role - I hope to see him in more stuff in the future

[RmsOceanic]

The books heavily imply that Joffrey's tangles with Bran Stark didn't end with refusing to comfort Lady Stark. An assassin makes a failed attempt to kill Bran with a dagger that is eventually traced to belong to King Robert. The implication is that Joffrey took the dagger and gave it to the assassin to do the deed with. And there are two possible motivations for this act: Either his general cruelty, or a horribly misguided attempt to earn favour from his father, for after learning of Bran's crippling, Robert lamented that keeping such children alive might actually be crueler than letting them die.

[jjleblanc]

Joffrey is what happens when an evil nature meets power at a young age, if he had lived longer he could’ve been one of the most evil characters in television history

[olofacosta]

Another thing to note is that Joffrey seems obsessed about torturing sansa after she seems him weakly beg for his life. As if he's overcompensating for her seeing his weakness. He does the same to Tyrion after he slaps him as you noticed and it seems to be a Lannister thing lol(never forget a slight)