Cannister in the banker's mouth in the dark knight

In the dark knight prologue, the joker shoves a cannister into the banker's mouth and yet, the banker just sits there with the cannister smoking in his mouth. Why and, what did the cannister do?

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Best Answer

If you look at the banker you can see that he has no control over his arms and legs (presumably a spinal injury from being shot).

Consequently, the only way to get rid of the cannister would be to spit it out but it appears (at least in universe) that it's shoved far enough in to negate that possibility.

As for what the cannister is, I think this is supposed to be the Joker toxin.

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What was the gas in The Dark Knight?

Joker Gas was a toxin designed to make people laugh to death.

Who was the banker with the shotgun in The Dark Knight?

William Fichtner: Bank Manager.

What did the Joker do to gambol?

Joker killed Gambol. The Joker revealed himself alive after stabbing two of Gambol's men with knives, pressed a knife in Gambol's mouth, and told him an ambiguous story of how he got his scars, before killing him with the knife.

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