All hell breaks loose after Joker's stunt on Murray Franklin's show. The thousands of people who lauded him as a hero for getting payback on those who have wronged him and so many others take it as their cue to start a riot in the streets, which in turn helps Joker escape. While he's being taken away in a police car, one of his supporters rams the car with a stolen ambulance and breaks Joker out. There he stands victoriously atop a car, in the centre of all his worshipers, as the city burns around him.