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Harley Quinn
The classic and modern iterations of Harley Quinn. Art by Terry Dodson.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman: The Animated Series «Joker’s Favor» (September 11, 1992)
First comic appearance	The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993)
Created by	Paul Dini Bruce Timm
In-story information
Alter ego	Harleen Frances Quinzel[1][2]
Species	Human
Place of origin	Brooklyn / Gotham City
Team affiliations	Suicide Squad Gotham City Sirens Quinntets Gang of Harleys Secret Six Justice League of Anarchy Batman Family[3]
Partnerships	Joker Poison Ivy Bud and Lou
Notable aliases	Holly Chance[4] Dr. Jessica Seaborn[5]
Abilities	Trained psychiatrist Expert hand-to-hand combatant and gymnast Enhanced strength, durability, stamina, reflexes, and agility Immunity to various toxins Uses weaponized props

Harley Quinn is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm as a comic relief henchwoman for the supervillain Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, and debuted in its 22nd episode, «Joker’s Favor», on September 11, 1992. While intended to appear in one episode, Quinn became a recurring character within the DC Animated Universe as the Joker’s sidekick and love interest, and was adapted into DC Comics’ Batman comic book canon seven years later, beginning with the one-shot Batman: Harley Quinn #1 (October 1999). Quinn’s origin story features her as a former psychiatrist at Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum named Dr. Harleen Quinzel who fell in love with the Joker, her patient, eventually becoming his accomplice and lover. The character’s alias is a play on the stock character Harlequin from the 16th-century theater commedia dell’arte.

Following her introduction to the DC Universe in 1999, Harley Quinn was depicted as a frequent accomplice and lover of the Joker as well as the best friend of fellow supervillain Poison Ivy. Later stories depicted Quinn as a supervillain who has left her abusive relationship with the Joker behind, beginning with the publication of her first ongoing series written by Karl Kesel in 2000. After years of scarce appearances in comics, Quinn returned in a leading role in 2009 with the Gotham City Sirens series, as part of an unstable alliance with Poison Ivy and Catwoman. In 2011, DC’s line-wide reboot The New 52 reintroduced Quinn in the relaunched Suicide Squad title, which changed the character’s personality, design, and origin, replacing her original jester costume with a revealing ensemble and depicting her to be darker than her earlier counterpart. The character took a lighthearted and humorous direction with her second ongoing series in 2013, written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, which features the character moving to her hometown of Brooklyn and starting her own life in Coney Island. The character has since been depicted as an antihero independent of the Joker and a recurring core member of the Suicide Squad, with Poison Ivy becoming her primary romantic interest.^[6] In 2021, DC’s line-wide Infinite Frontier relaunch brought Quinn back to Gotham City and reestablished her as a superhero seeking redemption for her past actions.

Harley Quinn’s abilities include expert gymnastic skills, proficiency in weapons and hand-to-hand combat, complete unpredictability, immunity to toxins, and enhanced strength, agility, and durability. Quinn often wields clown-themed gag weapons, with an oversized mallet being her signature weapon. The character has a pair of pet hyenas, Bud and Lou, which sometimes serve as her attack dogs. As a trained psychiatrist with a genius-level intellect, she is adept at deception and psychological manipulation.

Harley Quinn has become one of DC Comics’ most popular and profitable characters, and has been featured in many of DC’s comic books and adapted in various other media and merchandise. DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee considers Harley Quinn the fourth pillar of DC Comics’ publishing line, behind Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

Originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin in the DC Animated Universe, she has since appeared in many other DC projects voiced by actresses such as Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Laura Bailey, Jenny Slate, Melissa Rauch, Laura Post, and Kaley Cuoco; the latter provided the character’s voice in the 2019 animated series Harley Quinn. Mia Sara portrayed the character in the 2002 television series Birds of Prey. Harley Quinn makes her live-action cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Suicide Squad (2016), where she is portrayed by Margot Robbie. Robbie reprises her role in Birds of Prey (2020) and The Suicide Squad (2021), with elements of her portrayal’s design consequentially incorporated into comics, while Lady Gaga will portray the character in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).

History[edit]

Creation and development[edit]

Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the 1992 Batman: The Animated Series episode entitled «Joker’s Favor» while Dini was writing the episode.^[7] Initially written as an animated equivalent of a walk-on role, Harley Quinn was intended to appear in just one episode.^[8][9] As Dini was putting together the story for the episode, he wanted to introduce a foil for the supervillain Joker; Dini recalled, «The way I created her was I was writing a story called “Joker’s Favor” and it was my first Joker story and I wanted to make it good and I wanted to make the Joker everything he is in the better comics books, which is funny and scary and egotistical and I thought maybe a foil would bring out some of those personality traits.»^[10][11] He then thought of giving Joker a female henchperson, inspired by the molls of the 1960s live-action Batman series,^[9][12][13] and then decided she would be a «funny counterpart to the Joker to maybe work up a little Punch and Judy attitude between them»;^[10] Dini stated, «[…] she could crack a joke and the henchmen would laugh, and the Joker would kind of glare at her.»^[14] In 1991, after seeing his college friend Arleen Sorkin play a roller-skating jester from a dream sequence in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, Dini decided to have Sorkin voice her.^[10][13] Dini then partly based Harley Quinn on Sorkin, with Dini incorporating aspects of Sorkin, such as her «very snappy, wisecracking, bubbly blonde» personality into the character as well as her mannerisms.^[14][11][10] In recording Harley Quinn’s voice, Sorkin spoke in her normal Brooklyn accent while putting in a «little Yiddish sound», since Dini made the character Jewish, another aspect of the character borrowed from Sorkin.^{[13][15][16][17]}

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Paul Dini’s original design for Harley Quinn, a «crazy blond character in a miniskirt» based on actress Barbara Eden and «1940s screwballs» such as Betty Hutton, Gloria Grahame, and Claudette Colbert.[14][18]
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The dream sequence from the show Days of Our Lives in which Arleen Sorkin plays a jester, which served as inspiration for the character’s creation. Dini came across the scene while watching a VHS tape of Sorkin’s «favorite Days moments», given to Dini by Sorkin.[10][13]

Dini had several names in mind while naming the character, such as Columbine, and eventually settled on the name «Harley Quinn».^[19] Dini chose the name for the character to be in line with other Batman characters’s names being puns, and also because he thought «Harley was a fun name for a girl.»^[20][14] The name Harley Quinn is a play on Harlequin, a stock character from the sixteenth-century Italian physical comedy theater commedia dell’arte.^[9][21]

In designing the character, Timm did a «simplified supervillain version» of traditional Harlequin gear; from the commedia dell’arte original, he took the jester hat, ruffled collar, diamond pattern, and domino mask and put them on a red-and-black bodysuit, on which the diamonds were strategically placed for easier animation.^[9][16] Timm took Harley Quinn’s red and black motif from the Golden Age comic book character Daredevil.^[9] Dini had previously made a rough design for the character, which Timm improved on.^[13]

Expanded role[edit]

After seeing Harley Quinn in the rough cut of «Joker’s Favor», the producers of Batman: The Animated Series, which include Dini and Timm, were impressed with the result, with Dini wanting to bring the character back for more episodes.^[22][9] Timm and another producer, Alan Burnett, were initially reluctant of this, and thought that giving Joker a girlfriend «played more towards his comedic side» and would «humanize him too much», which contrasted their vision for Joker as a character who is «as serious a threat as possible to Batman».^[22][9] Nevertheless, months after «Joker’s Favor», Harley made a second appearance on the show in the episode «The Laughing Fish» and became the Joker’s love interest.^[9] Harley Quinn gained popularity with fans of The Animated Series, with the character being featured more on the show and eventually starring in her own episodes, such as 1993’s «Harley and Ivy», which introduced a friendship between Harley Quinn and fellow supervillain Poison Ivy, and 1994’s «Harlequinade» and «Harley’s Holiday», which explored Harley Quinn’s life without the Joker.^[23][24][25] Harley Quinn then became a recurring character in the DC Animated Universe, appearing in The Animated Series sequel The New Batman Adventures, and in non-Batman animation such as Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, and Justice League. On February 7, 1994, she made her first appearance in a video game in The Adventures of Batman and Robin, an action platformer based on Batman: The Animated Series.^[26][27]

Transition to comic books[edit]

Because of her popularity, Harley Quinn was adapted into DC’s comic books.^[33] In September 1993, a year following Harley Quinn’s first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series, the character made her comic book debut in the twelfth issue of The Batman Adventures, a series set in the universe of The Animated Series, and became a regular character.^[6][7] In 1997, she appeared in the story Batman: Thrillkiller, released under Elseworlds, a DC Comics imprint that published out-of-continuity alternate reality stories, as Hayley Fitzpatrick.^[6] In 1999, she became a canonical character with the release of Batman: Harley Quinn #1.^[6]

Origin story[edit]

In February 1994, the one-shot The Batman Adventures: Mad Love recounting Harley’s origin was released. Written by Dini and drawn by Timm, the story marks their first comic book collaboration.^[22] Mad Love introduces Harley Quinn as a former psychiatrist named Harleen Quinzel who fell in love with the Joker during her internship at Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum and details her transformation into the Joker’s villainous accomplice Harley Quinn, as well as the Joker’s lack of respect for Harley.^{[22][24][34][35]} Widely considered the definitive Harley Quinn story,^[36][37][38] Mad Love added dimensions to the character, with Dini introducing Harley Quinn’s motivations as well as establishing her as a tragic figure and sympathetic villain.^{[39][40][41][42][43]} The story received wide praise and won the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best Single Issue in the same year and was later adapted into an episode of the same name in The New Batman Adventures in 1999.^[44][45][25]

Name origin[edit]

Harley Quinn’s actual name is established in Mad Love as Harleen Frances Quinzel. «Harleen Frances» was borrowed by Dini from Sorkin’s first and middle name, Arleen Frances. «Quinzel» was taken from a former teacher of Dini’s from Emerson College named Quenzel.^[14]

Introduction to mainstream DC continuity[edit]

Harley Quinn was adapted into the mainstream DC Universe with the 1999 one-shot graphic novel Batman: Harley Quinn, written by Dini and illustrated by Yvel Guichet.^[46], which put her origin in the middle of the «No Man’s Land» story line.^[47] Dini changed Harley and the Joker’s relationship to be darker to match the Joker’s character in the comics; in the story, the Joker attempts to kill Harley at the first opportunity. Dini also gave Harley new abilities, such as immunity to toxins and enhanced strength and agility, which she received after having been injected a special formula by Poison Ivy. These changes were made to match the needs of the DC Universe; on her new abilities, Dini said: «I figured if she’d be going head-to-head with Batman and the other DC heroes, Harley would need some kind of physical edge.»^[22][46]

First ongoing series[edit]

While pursuing new assignments at DC Comics’ offices in New York City, Karl Kesel was approached by former DC editor Matt Idelson to create a pitch for Harley Quinn’s first ongoing series, which Karl accepted, being a fan of the character after having read Dini’s Mad Love.^[22] Kesel chose Terry Dodson as the artist for the series, whose art Kesel thought complemented the character’s cartoonish roots and worldview.^[22][49] Kesel called Dodson and asked him if he was interested on working on the comic, to which Dodson agreed, and the two worked for a month on their proposal for the series, which was to make a comic about «love gone horribly, terribly wrong».^[49][22] The proposal was accepted by DC Comics, and the pair began work on the series, with Kesel and Dodson both being involved in the storytelling, and Dodson bringing in his wife, Rachel Dodson, to ink.^[22] Kesel’s run on the series began being published in December 2000, and was about Harley Quinn leaving the Joker and becoming a solo criminal, alongside a supporting cast of henchmen named the Quinntets.^[22] Because of underwhelming sales, his 25-issue run ended in December 2002, and DC decided to change the creative team; the series was given to writer A.J. Lieberman and artists Mike Huddleston and Troy Nixey by Idelson, and took on a grittier and darker direction, contrasting Kesel’s run.^[50] The decision renewed interest in the character, but the sales remained lackluster and the series was cancelled in 2003.^[50][13]

Gotham City Sirens[edit]

After years of scarce appearances in comics, Harley Quinn resurfaced in a leading role in July 2009 with Gotham City Sirens, a team-up title created by Dini.^[51][6][13] The series brought together Batman’s most popular female villains, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy, in an unstable alliance.^[52][53][54] The series also expanded on Harley Quinn’s background and early life; in Gotham City Sirens #7, Dini established the character’s hometown being Brooklyn, and also introduced her dysfunctional family, with her swindling father being described as the main reason for her pursuing psychiatry.^[55][56][57]

The first several issues of Gotham City Sirens were written by Dini and illustrated by Guillem March. Other creatives who worked for the series include writers Tony Bedard and Peter Calloway, and artists David López, Andres Guinaldo, Peter Nguyen, Jeremy Haun, and Ramon Bachs.^[53] The series was cancelled in August 2011 for The New 52, DC Comics’ relaunch of their entire comic line.^[54]

The New 52[edit]

Suicide Squad[edit]

As part of the New 52 reboot in September 2011, Harley Quinn was reintroduced by Adam Glass as a prominent member of the supervillain team Task Force X in the relaunched Suicide Squad series.^[24][59] The character was heavily redesigned to fit the tone of the book; her color motif was changed to red and blue, her jester costume was replaced with a revealing ensemble consisting of a corset and hot pants, her skin was bleached white, and her previously blonde hair was altered to half-blue and half-red.^{[60][13][59][61]} Her personality had also been depicted to be more violent and psychopathic than her former iteration.^[13][33][59]

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The controversial cover artwork for Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #1, which introduced Harley Quinn’s revealing look for the relaunched title.[13] Art by Ryan Benjamin.

In the series, Glass separated Harley Quinn from the Joker and explored her «becom[ing] her own person», with the Suicide Squad becoming a family to her;^[62][63] Glass stated, «Harley’s always wanted to belong to something. And if not Joker, then the team – and she’s finding herself in all this. She’s finding her place in the world, that she’s not just a sidekick.»^[63]

Suicide Squad was cancelled in April 2014 to coincide with the conclusion of the «Forever Evil» storyline.^[64]

New origin[edit]

In the seventh issue of Suicide Squad, Glass revised Harley Quinn’s origin story, making it reflect the Joker’s origins. In the story, the Joker takes Harleen Quinzel to the chemical plant where he originated and pushes her into a vat of chemicals against her will, which bleaches her skin and drives her insane, resulting in her transformation to Harley Quinn, similar to the Joker’s transformation in his origins.^[65] This origin was received negatively by fans of the character, who felt that its removal of Harley Quinn’s choice to become the Joker’s accomplice herself, as depicted in her previous origin stories, took out an essential part of her character.^[65]

Second ongoing series[edit]

Harley Quinn’s second ongoing series, written by husband and wife Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, with the interior art illustrated by Chad Hardin and John Timms, explored Harley Quinn leaving Gotham City and starting her own life in her hometown of Brooklyn, depicting her as a landlord in Coney Island, where she shares an apartment building with a supporting cast of «sideshow freaks».^{[66][13][67][68][69]} Considered to be the most defining writers to work on the character since Dini and Timm, Palmiotti and Conner reinvented Harley Quinn as an antihero who has left her controlling relationship with the Joker behind.^[24][70][71]

In contrast to Harley Quinn’s depiction in Glass’ Suicide Squad, Palmiotti and Conner wrote Harley Quinn with a lighthearted, cartoonish, and humorous tone. Her costume has also been changed with a roller derby-inspired costume designed by Conner, which incorporates Conner’s favorite aspects of Harley Quinn’s early costume and her costume in Glass’ Suicide Squad.^[68][72][66] The series also brought back Harley Quinn’s red and black motif.^[61]

The series began being published in November 2013, starting with Harley Quinn #0, which brought together seventeen comic book artists, including Harley Quinn co-creator Bruce Timm, to illustrate a fourth wall-breaking story about Harley thinking of the artists that could illustrate her in her own comic book series.^[73][74] The rest of the series details Harley Quinn’s adventures in Coney Island with her supporting cast.^[75] In Harley Quinn #25, Palmiotti and Conner reunited Harley Quinn with the Joker; the story depicts Harley Quinn returning to Gotham City to confront the Joker and end their relationship.^[76][77]

With Harley Quinn’s longtime friend Poison Ivy being a recurring character in the series, Palmiotti and Conner built on their relationship and hinted at romantic feelings between the two characters; Poison Ivy is shown kissing Harley Quinn multiple times throughout the series, and a sexual relationship between them was alluded to in the 25th issue.^[75][71] When asked regarding their relationship in a Twitter Q&A, Palmiotti and Conner replied, «Yes, they are girlfriends without the jealousy of monogamy.»^[35]

The New 52 Harley Quinn series received positive reception, and was also one of DC Comics’ top selling series, inspiring multiple spin-offs.^[75][72] The series was ended for the DC Rebirth relaunch of DC’s titles.^[78]

Controversies[edit]

The cover of the first issue of the New 52‘s Suicide Squad title drew controversy for its oversexualized depiction of Harley Quinn.^[13] This also caused some fans of the character to send Glass hatemail and personal threats.^[62]

In September 2013, DC Comics announced an art contest entitled «Break into comics with Harley Quinn!», in which contestants were to draw Harley in four different suicide scenarios. This contest drew controversy not only because it was announced close to National Suicide Prevention Week, but because some artists did not like the sexualized portrayal of Harley Quinn in the fourth scenario, in which the character attempts suicide while naked in her bathtub. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Psychiatric Association, and National Alliance on Mental Illness all responded to the controversy in an emailed group statement to the Huffington Post, stating, «We are disappointed that DC Comics has decided to host a contest looking for artists to develop ways to depict suicide attempts by one of its main villains – Harley Quinn». After seeing the reactions to the contest, DC Comics apologized, saying they should have made it clear it was a dream sequence that was not supposed to be taken seriously. In the final version, the bathtub scene was cut and replaced with Harley Quinn sitting on a rocket while flying in space.^[79][80][81]

DC Rebirth[edit]

In June 2016, the DC Rebirth event relaunched DC Comics’ entire line of comic book titles. Both Harley Quinn as well as Suicide Squad were rebooted, with the latter starting with the one-shot issue Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 (October 2016). Harley Quinn’s DC Rebirth design included pink and blue dyed hair tips and a jacket inspired by Margot Robbie’s portrayal of the character in the 2016 film Suicide Squad, a change established in the last issues of her New 52 series.^[82][83]

Harley Quinn returns as a regular character in the relaunched Suicide Squad series, written by Rob Williams. The series was cancelled in January 2019.^[84]

Harley Quinn’s relaunched ongoing series is a direct continuation of the former, with Conner and Palmiotti still writing for the character, and Hardin and Timms illustrating the interior art.^[85] After having written 64 issues of Harley Quinn’s ongoing series, Conner and Palmiotti’s five-year run ended with the 34th issue of the series in December 2017, with writer Frank Tieri and artist Inaki Miranda taking over the title.^[86][87][88] Tieri’s run on the series ended with the series’ 42nd issue, followed by a two-issue storyline written by Christopher Sebela and illustrated by Mirka Andolfo.^[89] By issue #45 in July 2018, Sam Humphries was the new writer for the series, with John Timms returning to provide art.^[88][89] The series ended in August 2020.^[90]

Harley Loves Joker[edit]

In 2017, Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini wrote a backup feature for Harley Quinn’s Rebirth monthly series entitled Harley Loves Joker, co-written by Palmiotti and illustrated by Bret Blevins, which ran for 9 issues.^[91] The story brought back Harley Quinn’s classic characterization and focuses on her past with the Joker. Unlike her characterization in Batman: The Animated Series, Dini and Palmiotti wrote Harley Quinn in the story as less of a «doormat», with Harley Quinn and Joker being on equal footing in their relationship.^[92] The story concluded with the two-part limited series of the same name, which also expanded on Harley Quinn’s past as a former intern in animal research at S.T.A.R. Labs, where she met her pet hyenas Bud and Lou.^[93] In the second part of the story, Dini and Palmiotti explained Harley Quinn’s change in costume, establishing the character’s modern design as a reflection of her having left her relationship with the Joker.^[94][95]

Infinite Frontier[edit]

For the 2021 Infinite Frontier relaunch, Harley Quinn is moved back to Gotham City as a superheroine, where she frequently interacts with and aids the Batman family, and she is given a new design by Riley Rossmo.^[96] Harley Quinn’s fourth ongoing series, written by Stephanie Phillips and illustrated by Rossmo, depicts her «actively looking to make up for her past sins», alongside a former Joker henchman named Kevin.^[97][96] Harley Quinn also has a prominent role in the «Fear State» crossover event.^[98]

Skills, abilities, and equipment[edit]

Harley Quinn has no superpowers, and relies on her unpredictability, gymnastics skills, and weapons and hand-to-hand proficiency.^[99] She is a peak athlete, having won a gymnastics scholarship at Gotham City’s Gotham State University.^{[99][100][22]} Following her transition to main DC canon in 1999, Harley Quinn was established as having immunity to toxins and enhanced strength, agility, durability, and reflexes, which she received after having been injected a serum concocted by Poison Ivy.^[99] «Vengeance Unlimited, Part Five» (Harley Quinn vol. 1 #30) revealed that it also gave her the ability to breathe underwater.^[101]

Harley Quinn is skilled in using various weapons, often employing weaponized clown-themed gag items, including pop guns, rubber chickens, and a gun that shoots a boxing glove, as well as oversized pistols and mallets, the latter being her signature weapon.^{[102][103][104]} Other weapons she uses include: unconventional weapons, such as a baseball bat; explosive weapons such as bazookas, customized bombs, and dynamites;^[105] firearms, such as pistols, assault rifles, and machine guns;^[105] Harley Quinn also has a pair of pet hyenas, Bud and Lou, which she can order to attack her opponents.^[99]

Despite being mentally unstable and sometimes distracted, Harley is highly intelligent. Her intellect extends to her psychological, tactical and deception abilities, but she does not stand out for particular strategic or scientific skills and often remains subordinate to the Joker, who between the two is the genius and the inventor. Harleen Quinzel earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and as a former Arkham psychiatrist, was highly qualified in psychoanalysis, criminology, and forensic psychiatry. While not on par with Joker, she is still an expert tactician, deceiver and escapologist, and still shows traces of her psychological experience. Harley Quinn is the only person besides the Joker to concoct Joker Venom, the Joker’s signature weapon, and is shown to have reverse-engineered its formula and developed an antitoxin.^[106][107] She also has an indomitable pathological will.

Just like Poison Ivy, sometimes and not as much, Harley uses her feminine charm to attract men but only to be able to manipulate them. Unlike the Joker, she is able to simulate sanity, thus being able to pretend to be a «normal» person. In this way, she disguised herself as a security guard, a lawyer and even Poison Ivy and Batgirl.

Romantic interests[edit]

Harley Quinn has had several love interests, the most notable being the Joker and Poison Ivy. Other love interests include Mason Macabre, a character created by Conner and Palmiotti.^[108] Plastic Man was initially intended to be a love interest for Harley Quinn by Kesel, but was not approved by DC.^[109]

The Joker[edit]

The Joker is Harley Quinn’s former lover. Harley’s solo comics often explores her former association with the Joker through «flashbacks of their past exploits, present-day conflicts», or through Harley as she «laments his absence».^[110] Harley often refers to him as «Mistah J» and «Puddin'».^[111]

Their relationship is known for its abusive and codependent nature, first established in Harley’s first origin story Mad Love.^[22] The Joker habitually abuses Harley, and despite the abuse, Harley Quinn returns to him.^[112] In the 1999 one-shot comic Batman: Harley Quinn, the Joker decides to kill Harley, after admitting that he does care for her, that their relationship is romantic, and that these feelings prevent him from fulfilling his purpose.^[113] Dini describes their relationship as abusive,^[114] and empathizes with Harley’s feelings of abandonment, with Dini basing most of Harley’s dialogue on his past experiences.^[115]

The Joker’s controlling and codependent relationship with Harley Quinn has been analyzed as a means of the Joker reinforcing his own belief in his power in a world where he may be killed or neutralized by another villain or Batman.^[116] Joker mirrors his identity through Harley in her appearance, and even though he may ignore or act indifferent towards her, he continues to try to subject her to his control.^[116] When Harley successfully defeats Batman in Mad Love (1994), the Joker, emasculated by his own failure, severely injures her out of fear of what the other villains will think of him; however, while Harley recovers, the Joker sends her flowers, which she accepts, reasserting his control over her.^[117]

Poison Ivy[edit]

Poison Ivy is Harley Quinn’s current love interest and best friend, and Harley often refers to her as «Red».^[118] Ivy was first introduced as a new friend to Harley by Dini in the 1993 Batman: The Animated Series episode «Harley and Ivy».^[119] The episode came from Dini wanting to make Harley a stronger character and write a story where she leaves the Joker; Dini decided to pair her up with Ivy because she was «the strongest contrast to Harley».^[119] The two later became close friends within the DC Animated Universe. Dini has stated that he could see a romantic relationship between the two happening the more he worked with the two characters, but the impossibility of properly portraying their relationship in a kids cartoon at the time prevented it from happening.^[41]

Prior to the New 52 reboot, Ivy is shown as having teamed up on occasion with Harley with Harley being her best friend and recurring ally. Unlike most villain team-ups, their partnership is based on genuine friendship and mutual respect. Ivy sincerely wants to save Harley from her unhealthy abusive relationship with the Joker. Accordingly, Poison Ivy despises the Joker, and the two exchange vicious banter at every opportunity. In the final storyline of the Gotham City Sirens series, Harley suggests that Ivy may be in love with her, an accusation that stuns her.^[120] The following issue has Poison Ivy acknowledge that she may indeed love Harley, but the details of her love are never specified, and the series ended with the New 52 reboot before their relationship could be addressed.^[121]

Conner and Palmiotti hinted at a romantic relationship in the New 52 Harley Quinn series,^[75][71] and later confirmed that Harley and Ivy are in a non-monogamous relationship.^[122][35] 2017’s Harley Quinn #25 marked their first canonical kiss.^[123]

Character biography[edit]

DC Animated Universe[edit]

Harley Quinn first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), voiced by Arleen Sorkin, who subsequently reprised her role in other DC Animated Universe series, including Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Static Shock (2000–2004), and Justice League (2001–2004), as well as the film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000). Following Sorkin’s retirement in 2012, the character was voiced by Melissa Rauch in Batman and Harley Quinn (2017) and an uncredited Tara Strong in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019).

Originally a career-oriented psychologist, Dr. Harleen Quinzel’s life took a radical turn when she chose to take an internship at Arkham Asylum for a semester of college. Convinced by the Joker himself to do it, Harleen interviewed him and learned he was abused as a child by his alcoholic father (later learning this backstory to have been one of several different stories he had told to others, some with different details each time), and after more interviews, determined Batman was the primary source of the Joker’s anger and was to blame for his actions, but that she also had fallen in love with him. Harleen helped the Joker escape and, renaming herself Harley Quinn, became his sidekick in hopes that she could win his love, going on a crime spree across the United States of America.^[124]

After assisting Joker in attempting to assassinate Commissioner James Gordon by planting a bomb at a dinner in his honour, she was subdued by Batman, and subsequently an accomplice in virtually all of Joker’s criminal schemes.^[125] On occasion, she would be kicked out of Joker’s gang when unintentionally upstaging or annoying the Joker, on one of these occasions teaming up with Poison Ivy, with the two becoming close friends and a successful crime duo independently.^[126] While imprisoned on her own in Arkham Asylum, Batman offered her a pardon in exchange for helping him track down the Joker after he had stolen a nuclear bomb.^[127] The day she is declared rehabilitated and paroled, Harley’s hyperactivity and unfamiliarity with the «real» world leads to her accidentally kidnap someone and be returned to Arkham yet again.^[128]

In the 31-episode Gotham Girls webtoon, Harley joins forces with Poison Ivy and Catwoman in a co-starring role.

After several failed attempts at rehabilitation, Harley returns to the Joker’s side. However, after another failed attempt to kill Commissioner Gordon leads the Joker to forgetting their anniversary, Harley re-examines her life and decides that as Batman was the cause of the Joker’s obsession, she should capture and kill him herself for him to kill, doing so by falsely pretending to have found sanity and luring Batman into a trap. Recognizing Harley to have come closer to killing him than Joker has ever done, Batman tricks her into facilitating his escape by making her call the Joker and tell him what she has done, knowing that he would not allow anyone other than himself to kill Batman, pushing her aside and unknowingly knocking her out a window. Recovering in Arkham, Harley decides that the Joker will never truly love her, before returning to her devotion upon seeing that he has left her a rose in a vase from him by her bedside table, with a note hoping that she gets better soon.^[124] Harley later references having convinced the Joker to attend couple’s counseling with her.^[129]

In the film Batman and Harley Quinn, Harley (voiced by Melissa Rauch) is working as a waitress after breaking up with the Joker again. Approached by Batman and Nightwing to help stop Ivy from accidentally causing the extinction of all life on Earth, Harley agrees to help them after having sex with Nightwing, convincing them to light Jason Woodroe on fire after she talks Ivy down with tears. Sometime later, Harley hosts a reality television game show, where she makes contestants run an elaborate obstacle course to win a year of therapy from a professional, in a scathing indictment of the American insurance system.^[130][131]

In the film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (again voiced by Sorkin), flashbacks reveal Harley’s apparent final actions after returning to the Joker again were assisting him in kidnapping Tim Drake and torturing him into insanity in order to transform him into their son «J.J», so that they can start a family together. She later fought Batgirl who angrily chastised her for even helping Joker commit a heinous act but fell deep into an abyss, leading to the latter presuming her dead, though she survived as depicted in the present, where she appears at the end of the movie, revealed to be the grandmother of the Jokerz members, the Dee Dee Twins, who address her as «Nana Harley», having reformed from her life of crime.

DC Comics Universe[edit]

Harleen Quinzel was a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, and after meeting the Joker, she became his frequent accomplice, took on the name Harley Quinn, and got in an abusive codependent relationship with him. She eventually splits up with him, and becomes a solo criminal, forming a criminal gang called the Quinntets. Following the Quinntet’s dissolution, Harley Quinn moves to Metropolis with her best friend Poison Ivy, where she works as a love columnist in the Daily Planet under the alias Holly Chance. She then moves back to Gotham City, where she then voluntarily incarcerates herself in Arkham.^[132] Harley Quinn then spents a year applying for parole, only to see her request systematically rejected by Bruce Wayne, the layman member of Arkham’s medical commission. She is kidnapped by Peyton Riley, the new female Ventriloquist, who offers her a job; Harley turns the job down out of respect for the memory of Arnold Wesker, the original Ventriloquist, who attempted to cheer her up during her first week in Arkham while the Joker was still on the loose. She then helps Batman and Commissioner Jim Gordon foil the impostor’s plans. Although Riley escapes, Bruce Wayne is impressed with Harley’s effort at redemption and agrees with granting her parole. ^[133] She then briefly joins the Secret Six, then decides to quit.^[134]

Final Crisis[edit]

During Countdown to Final Crisis, a reformed Harley Quinn resides in an Amazon-run women’s shelter. Having abandoned her jester costume and clown make-up, she now only wears an Amazonian stola or chiton. She befriends the former Catwoman replacement Holly Robinson and then succeeds in persuading her to join her at the shelter, where she is working as an assistant. They are both brought to Themiscyra by «Athena» (really Granny Goodness) and begin Amazon training. Holly and Harley then meet the real Athena and encounter Mary Marvel. The group reveals Granny’s deception, and Holly, Harley, and Mary follow her as she retreats to Apokolips. Mary finds the Olympian gods, whom Granny had been holding prisoner, and the group frees them. Harley is granted powers by Thalia as a reward. Upon returning to Earth, the powers vanish, and Harley and Holly return to Gotham City.

Gotham City Sirens[edit]

Harley Quinn then joins forces with Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) and Catwoman (Selina Kyle) in the series Gotham City Sirens. In Gotham City Sirens #7, Harley Quinn visits her family in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, during the holiday season. Harley’s father is a swindler who is still in jail, and her brother, Barry, is a loser with dead-end dreams of rock stardom. Her mother, Sharon, wants her to stop the «villain and hero stuff.» The dysfunctional, «horrible» experience while visiting family causes her to return home to the Sirens’ shared Gotham City hideout where Harley, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy spend the rest of Christmas together. Following several adventures with Catwoman and Ivy, Harley betrays them and breaks into Arkham Asylum, intending to kill the Joker for his years of abuse towards her. However, Harley ultimately chooses instead to release the Joker from his cell, and together the two orchestrate a violent takeover of the facility that results in most of the guards and staff members either being killed or taken hostage by the inmates.^[135] Harley and the Joker are eventually defeated by Batman and Catwoman, and Harley is last seen being wheeled away while bound in a straitjacket and muzzle.^[136] Shortly afterward, Poison Ivy breaks into Harley’s cell and attempts to kill her for her betrayal, but instead offers to free her if she helps her kill Catwoman, who had left both of her fellow Sirens behind in Arkham. Harley agrees, and the two set out to trap Catwoman.^[137] During the ensuing fight, Catwoman says she saw good in them and only wanted to help. As Batman is about to arrest them, Catwoman helps the two of them escape.^[138]

The New 52 and DC Rebirth[edit]

Like her previous incarnations, Harleen Quinzel was still the Joker’s psychiatrist, but before she becomes Harley, the Joker pushes her into a vat of chemicals, bleaching her skin white and driving her insane. Harley Quinn is forced to join the Suicide Squad by Amanda Waller. Harley Quinn then leaves Gotham City and moves back to her hometown of Brooklyn and resides in Coney Island.

Infinite Frontier[edit]

Harley Quinn moves back to Gotham City in an attempt to reestablish herself as a hero, aiding the Batman Family and trying to make up for her past «where she often enabled the Joker».^[96]

Cultural impact[edit]

Harley Quinn has become one of DC Comics’ most popular characters.^[139] The 2016 relaunch of her comic shipped more copies than any other DC Rebirth title and was one of the best-selling comics of the year.^[140] DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee refers to Harley Quinn as the fourth pillar in their publishing line, behind Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.^{[141][20][72]} Harley Quinn currently stars in four separate ongoing series — three eponymous titles and Suicide Squad. Only Batman and Superman have comparable numbers of monthly appearances, making Harley DC Comics’ most prominent and profitable female character.^[141] Kevin Kiniry, vice-president of DC Collectibles, says Harley Quinn is always a top-seller and she «can go toe-to-toe with Batman and the Joker as one of the most fan-requested and sought-after characters.»^[141] In 2016, Harley Quinn’s Halloween costume ranked as the most popular costume in both the United States and the United Kingdom and it remains a popular subject for cosplay.^[142][143] To celebrate the character, DC Comics declared the month of February to be Harley Quinn Month and published 22 Harley Quinn variant covers across their line of comic books.^[144] IGN’s 2009 list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Harley Quinn as #45.^[145] She was ranked 16th in Comics Buyer’s Guide‘s 2011 «100 Sexiest Women in Comics» list.^[146] Joker voice actor Mark Hamill attributes the success of Harley Quinn to Arleen Sorkin’s performance.^[147] On Twitter, he stated: «In the script she was just an unnamed Joker «hench-wench» w/ no discernible personality. When Arleen began reading her lines in that unforgettable voice so poignant & full of heart I nearly fell off my chair! She brought SO much more than was on the page & a legend was born.»^[147]

Collected editions[edit]

This section lists the collected editions, from trade paperbacks to omnibus editions, of various comics in which Harley Quinn is mainly featured.

Ongoing series[edit]

Vol. #	Title	Material collected	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Harley Quinn (2007–2014)
1	Preludes and Knock Knock Jokes	Harley Quinn #1–7	192	December 2007	978-1401216573
2	Night and Day	Harley Quinn #8–13 and Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War	190	June 2013	978-1401240417
3	Welcome to Metropolis	Harley Quinn #14–25	288	March 2014	978-1401245955
4	Vengeance Unlimited	Harley Quinn #26–38	314	September 2014	978-1401250683
Deluxe Editions
1	Harley Quinn by Karl Kesel and Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book One	Harley Quinn #1–8	224	September 2017	978-1401276423
2	Harley Quinn by Karl Kesel and Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book Two	Harley Quinn #9–19	288	November 2018	978-1401285098
Harley Quinn (2014–2016)
1	Hot in the City	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #0–8	224	October 2014	978-1401254155
2	Power Outage	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #9–13; Harley Quinn Futures End #1; Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego; material from Secret Origin #4	208	April 2015	978-1401257637
3	Kiss Kiss Bang Stab	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #14–16, Annual #1, Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1 and Harley Quinn Valentine’s Special #1	168	December 2015	978-1401262525
4	A Call to Arms	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #17–21 and Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1	176	June 2016	978-1401269296
5	The Joker’s Last Laugh	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #22–25 and Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For	144	September 2016	978-1401271992
6	Black, White and Red All Over	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #26–30	144	January 2017	978-1401272593
Harley Quinn (2016–2018)
1	Die Laughing	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #1–7	168	March 2017	978-1401268312
2	Joker Loves Harley	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #8–13	144	June 2017	978-1401270957
3	Red Meat	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #14–21	168	September 2017	978-1401273699
4	Surprise, Surprise	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #22–27 and Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special	168	January 2018	978-1401275266
5	Vote Harley	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #28–34	168	May 2018	978-1401278823
6	Angry Bird	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #35–42	192	August 2018	978-1401281526
Deluxe Editions
1	Harley Quinn: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #1–13	304	September 2017	978-1401273682
2	Harley Quinn: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #14–27 and Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special	384	July 2018	978-1401280659
3	Harley Quinn: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #28–42	392	January 2019	978-1401285531
Harley Quinn (2018–2020)
1	Harley vs. Apokolips	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #43–49	168	December 2018	978-1401285074
2	Harley Destroys the Universe	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #50–54 and 56	160	April 2019	978-1401288099
3	The Trials of Harley Quinn	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #55 and 57–63	208	October 2019	978-1401291914
4	The Final Trial	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #64–69 and Harley Quinn: Villain of the Year #1	208	March 2020	978-1401294557
5	Hollywood or Die	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #70–75	176	April 2021	978-1779503091
Harley Quinn (2021–present)
1	No Good Deed	Batman: Urban Legends #1 and Harley Quinn (vol. 4) #1–6	168	December 2021	978-1779513465
2	Keepsake	Harley Quinn (vol. 4) #7–12	168	August 2022	978-1779516633

Omnibuses[edit]

Title	Material collected	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Harley Quinn Omnibus By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti 1	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #0–16, Annual #1; Harley Quinn: Futures End #1; Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego; Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1; Harley Quinn Valentine’s Special #1; Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1–6; material from Secret Origin #4	768	September 2017	978-1401276430
Harley Quinn Omnibus By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti 2	Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #17–30, Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1, Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For Special Edition, Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #1–6 and Harley’s Little Black Book #1–6	864	October 2018	978-1401284565
Harley Quinn Omnibus By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti 3	Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #1–34 and Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special	800	October 2019	978-1401294465
Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens Omnibus	Gotham City Sirens #1–26 and Catwoman #83	648	April 2018 September 2022	978-1401278397 978-1779516763
Harley Quinn: 30 Years of the Maid of Mischief Deluxe Edition	The Batman Adventures #12, Detective Comics #831, The Batman and Robin Adventures #18, Batman: Gotham Adventures #10, Batman: Gotham Knights #14, Harley Quinn #3, Gotham City Sirens #20–21, Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1, Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For Special Edition #1, Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special #1, Harley Quinn: Make ’em Laugh #3, Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #14, Batman #98 and a story from Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1	336	September 2022	978-1779517180

One-shots and limited series[edit]

Title	Material collected	Writer and artist	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Batman: Harley and Ivy	Batman: Harley and Ivy #1–3; Harley and Ivy: Love on the Lam; a story from Batman: Black & White Vol. 2	Paul Dini, Judd Winick (story) Bruce Timm, Joe Chiodo (art)	136	July 2007	978-1401213336
Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories	The Batman Adventures: Mad Love, Batman Adventures Annual #1–2, Batman Adventures Holiday Special, Adventures in the DC Universe #3 and Batman Black and White #1	Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami (story) Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Matt Wagner, Dan DeCarlo, Klaus Janson, and Glen Murakami (art)	208	September 2011	978-1401231156
Batman Adventures: Mad Love Deluxe Edition	The Batman Adventures: Mad Love	Paul Dini (story) Bruce Timm (art)	144	April 2015	978-1401255121
Harley and Ivy: The Deluxe Edition	Batman: Harley and Ivy #1–3, Batman Adventures Annual #1, Batman Adventures Holiday Annual #1, Batman: Gotham Knights #14 and Batman: Black and White #3	Various	176	February 2016	978-1401260804
Harley Quinn and Power Girl	Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1–6	Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Stéphane Roux (art)	144	March 2016	978-1401259747
Harley Quinn’s Gang of Harleys	Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #1–6	Frank Tieri and Jimmy Palmiotti Mauricet (art)	152	February 2017	978-1401267858
Harley’s Little Black Book	Harley’s Little Black Book #1–8	Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Amanda Conner, John Timms, Mauricet, Joseph Michael Linsner, Billy Tucci, Flaviano, Neal Adams, and Simon Bisley (art)	256	November 2018	978-1401273606
Harley Loves Joker	Harley Loves Joker #1–2 and back stories from Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #17–25	Paul Dini and Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Bret Blevins and J. Bone	128	December 2018	978-1401283490
Old Lady Harley	Old Lady Harley #1–5 and Harley Quinn vol. 3 #42	Frank Tieri (story) Inaki Miranda, Tom Derenick, and Mauricet (art)	152	July 2019	978-1401292164
Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica	Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica #1–6	Marc Andreyko and Paul Dini (story) Laura Braga (art)	160	September 2019	978-1401292751
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy	Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy #1–6	Jody Houser (story) Adriana Melo, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Mark Morales (art)	152	May 2021	978-1779505989
Harley Quinn Black + White + Red	Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #1–17 and two new original stories[148]	Various	224	June 2021	978-1779509956
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour	Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Vol. 1: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour #1–6	Tee Franklin (story) Max Sarin and Erich Owen (art)	144	August 2022	978-1779516640

DC Black Label[edit]

Harley Quinn stars in various series under DC Comics’ adult-oriented Black Label imprint.

Title	Material collected	Writer and artist	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Harleen	Harleen #1–3	Stjepan Šejić (story and art)	200	February 2020	978-1779501110
Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley	Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #1–4; a short story from Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #12	Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Amanda Conner and Chad Hardin (art)	160	March 2021	978-1779504494
Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity	Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1–8 and Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity Secret Files (the 2022 edition adds a story from Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1)	Kami Garcia (story) Mico Suayan, Jason Badower, and Mike Mayhew (art)	304 312	September 2021 September 2022	978-1779512024 978-1779517203

Other versions[edit]

• Harley Quinn’s first major appearance outside the Batman animated world was in the Elseworlds miniseries Thrillkiller. This version of Harley is a schoolgirl named Hayley Fitzpatrick who dresses up to help a female version of the Joker called Bianca Steeplechase. After Batgirl kills Bianca, Harley is shown killing her own family, intent on revenge in the final frames of the story.^[149]
• In the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant, one of the stories is about Lex Luthor as a music producer. One of his groups is, as the press puts it, «alternative lifestyle folkies Ivy and Harley».^[150]
• On the new Earth-3, Harleen Quinzel is the Jokester’s business manager and is killed by the Owlman.^[151]
• Harley appears in Batman/The Spirit. In this crossover, Harley is one of the many villains who helps try to take down the Batman and the Spirit. She initially appears disguised as a flight attendant.
• In the 2008 graphic novel Joker, Harley Quinn appears as the Joker’s helper and aide-de-camp. She at one point acts as a stripper (though this may be a ruse) and is never shown speaking.^[152] In Batman: Damned, the loose sequel to Joker, Harley snaps after the Joker’s mysterious death following a battle with Batman and performs surgery on herself and dressing herself to make her resemble the Joker. Harley leads the Joker’s remaining henchman on a revenge mission, blowing up several buildings and taking over the GCPD building and defacing the Bat-Signal so that it resembles the Joker’s smile. Batman arrives and defeats the henchman before Harley paralyzes him with a toxin, beats him with her baseball bat, and attempts to sexually abuse him. Batman is then possessed by the Enchantress and strangles Harley against the Bat-Signal.^[153]
• In the Ame-Comi Girls universe, Harley is partnered with the Catwoman and Poison Ivy as part of a trio of villains.
• The Flashpoint version of Harley Quinn is named Yo-Yo. She was a henchwoman of the Joker, and the Batman chased her down to find the Joker’s location, as she had kidnapped Judge Dent’s children. He chased her to the ledge of the building around Crime Alley. Batman drops her off the roof, but she is luckily saved by Cyborg.^[154]
• In Batman ’66, a version of Harley Quinn designed more around the 1960s television show (she is slightly taller and her hair is short; she also wears prominent slanted glasses, a long red dress and red blouse, a large pearl necklace, and fairly prominent earrings) appears as Dr. Holly Quinn, Ph.D., a psychologist at Arkham Asylum, referred to as Arkham Institute for the Criminally Insane. She convinces the Joker to cooperate with Batman and Robin in exchange for approving his comedy night proposal.^[155] Dr. Quinn is manipulated by the Catwoman and the Joker to perfect the Joker Wave — a hysteria-inducing transmitting dish used on Gotham. Quinn is devastated by her role in the plot and to atone for her mistake, Dr. Quinn reverses the device by submitting herself to its effects — freeing the people of Gotham but sacrificing her sanity in the process. She escapes and becomes a supervillain named Harlequin, wearing a roller derby-inspired version of the classic Harley costume. She retains her considerable intelligence and psychological training, making her a difficult foe for the Dynamic Duo, but is eventually captured when Batman and Robin disguise themselves as criminals (Batman in his regular alternate guise of Matches Malone) who beat up other bad guys who were auditioning to be Holly’s henchmen.^[156]
• Harley Quinn appears in the prequel comic to the game Injustice: Gods Among Us. She helps the Joker kidnaps Lois Lane and surgically plant a trigger in her heart that will set off a nuclear bomb in Metropolis should her heart stop; when Superman accidentally kills her (thinking she is Doomsday) he becomes devastated, with the grieving Superman killing the Joker as a result. Harley struggles to come to terms with the Joker’s death but develops an attachment to the Green Arrow when he kidnaps her to protect her from Superman’s wrath but is also grief-stricken when he is killed by Superman. She later confronts the Black Canary but hesitates upon realizing she is pregnant upon vomiting mid-battle and reveals to the Black Canary she has a four-year-old daughter named Lucy who lives with her sister. Harley and the Canary befriend each other as a result and Harley starts helping Batman’s Insurgency, though most members distrust her due to her lover’s actions. In Injustice 2, she helps to fight Grodd’s Society and Brainiac alongside the Black Canary, the Green Arrow, and the other Justice League and Regime members. It is revealed in the ending she later joins the Justice League as a fully accepted member, though she occasionally has to deal with her violent impulses. It is also revealed her daughter thinks her mother is her Aunt Harley, though Harley hopes to one day tell her the truth.
• In the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover, Harley is mutated into a humanoid hyena by the Shredder. She is knocked out by Batman during the battle at Arkham Asylum, and Splinter uses her hammer to take down the rest of the inmates. After the Shredder is defeated, the mutagen in her system decays naturally, causing her and the rest of the mutated inmates to revert to normal.^[157]
• In Batman: White Knight, it is revealed that Harley Quinn was two different women all along. The first Harley Quinn, Harleen Quinzel, quit when the Joker captured and tortured Robin (Jason Todd), and she was replaced by another girl, Marian Drews, without the Joker even realizing it. Once the Joker was cured of his insanity, he proposes marriage to Harley, only for her to beat him and mock him for acting «normal». The original Harley Quinn then appears, kicks the «fake Harley» unconscious, and reveals to Jack Napier (the Joker’s true identity in this continuity) there were two Harleys all along. While Harleen loved the Joker «despite his flaws», Marian loved the Joker by «his flaws». She accepts his marriage proposal and joins him in his quest to rid Gotham City of Batman. Drews then takes the mantle of the Joker for herself «until the real Joker returns», calls herself the Neo Joker, and later romances Poison Ivy.^[158][159]
• In DC Comics Bombshells, Harley fell in with the Joker (in this version, a gangster) after leaving Charm School, but left him when he began his journey into the occult. By the time of the events of the story, Harley is drawn to England by a voice she believes is the Joker, but turns out to be the Joker’s Daughter. She rejects the Joker’s Daughter’s attempt to have the Joker resurrected in the body of Poison Ivy, instead of beginning a relationship with Ivy herself.
• In the Marvel Comics series Gwenpool Strikes Back, a variant of Gwen Poole based on Harley Quinn (from Civil War II) is introduced as a member of the GwenHive, dubbed «Harley Gwen».^[160]
• In DCeased, an alternate universe wherein a virus spreads around the world that turns people into zombie-like creatures, Harley Quinn kills a zombie Joker and convinces Ivy to let what was left of the human race take shelter in Ivy’s territory.

In other media[edit]

Television[edit]

Live action[edit]

• In 2002, a short-lived television series, Birds of Prey, an alternate continuation of Batman Returns, included Harley Quinn as a psychologist and the main antagonist, portrayed by actress Mia Sara. In this show, Harleen Quinzel uses her day job as a psychologist to achieve her hidden purpose: to take control of the city of New Gotham. She does not wear a costume, although she does wear an outfit that is reminiscent of her cartoon costume in the series finale «Devil’s Eyes».
• Harley Quinn made a cameo appearance in the Arrow season two episode «Suicide Squad», voiced again by Tara Strong, while physically portrayed by Cassidy Alexa (credited as «Deranged Squad Female»).^[161][162] The series star Stephen Amell revealed in an interview she was set to appear in the season two finale episode «Unthinkable», but was cut due to time.^[163] The show’s producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed there were plans for the character to appear, but series actress Willa Holland stated they had been axed due to the Suicide Squad film.^[164][165] Harley was mentioned by Kiki Roulette in the Batwoman episode «Broken Toys».
• A character loosely based on Harley Quinn named Ecco appears in the fourth and fifth seasons of Gotham, portrayed by Francesca Root-Dodson. Like Quinn, Ecco wears a black and red outfit, clown makeup, and roller-skates, refers to other characters as «Puddin», and is completely devoted and infatuated with Jeremiah Valeska, the show’s incarnation of the Joker; additionally, the character of Barbara Kean, portrayed by Erin Richards, was also modelled off of Quinn during their appearance in the fourth season, while Meggie Vilcina portrays a young Harleen Quinzel, whose family Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) rescues, in the final moments of the third season finale «Heavydirtysoul», dressed in black and red. Following Ecco’s death in «The Beginning…», Jeremiah mentions that «there are always other fish in the sea.»^{[166][167][168]}

Animation[edit]

• Harley Quinn appears in The Batman, voiced by Hynden Walch. This version is a former television pop-psychiatrist who also ends up being seduced by the Joker, sharing a normal relationship.
• Harley Quinn appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Meghan Strange.
• Harley Quinn makes several cameos in Teen Titans Go!.
• Harley Quinn appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Tara Strong.
• Harley Quinn appears in the 2019 animated series DC Super Hero Girls, voiced again by Tara Strong. In this version, Harleen is a fangirl of the Joker and Barbara Gordon’s best friend from Gotham City, though they are unaware of each other’s identities as Harley Quinn and Batgirl up until «Nightmare in Gotham». While initially living at Gotham, she moves to Metropolis in «#Frenemies Part 1», and becomes friends and partners with Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Giganta, Star Sapphire, and Livewire, while also becoming enemy of the DC Super Hero Girls.

Harley Quinn[edit]

• In 2017, it was reported Warner Bros. Animation had ordered 26 half-hour episodes of an adult-oriented Harley Quinn animated series for their new streaming service, DC Universe.^[169] In 2018, it was announced that Kaley Cuoco would provide Harley Quinn’s voice, and a short teaser trailer was released.^[170] The series officially began streaming in 2019.^[171] It focuses on Harley as she «attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City»,^[169] and step out of the Joker’s shadow with the help of Poison Ivy and her crew of supervillains.^[172][173]

Film[edit]

Live action[edit]

• Harley Quinn was initially set to appear in Batman Unchained, the fifth film planned for the original Batman film series.^[174][175] She was to be featured as the Joker’s (Jack Nicholson) daughter, who allies herself with the Scarecrow to get revenge on Batman for her father’s death.^[176] However, due to the critical and commercial failure of Batman & Robin, this film was cancelled.
• The Batman: Arkham version of Harley makes a cameo appearance in the 2018 film Ready Player One.^[177]
• On August 4, 2022, Lady Gaga was confirmed to be set to play Quinn in the 2024 film Joker: Folie à Deux.^[178][179]

DC Extended Universe[edit]

Margot Robbie portrays Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe.^[180]

• The character debuted in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. Paul Dini, the creator of Harley Quinn, said Robbie «nailed» her role.^[181]
• Harley Quinn appears in the 2020 spin-off film Birds of Prey, which Robbie also produced. On Robbie’s portrayal of the character in the movie, Dini stated, «I think they really got the essence of the character down, and they made her quite a lot of fun and appealing in so many ways. She’s not totally the animated version, and it’s not totally the Jimmy [Palmiotti] and Amanda [Conner] version, but it kind of borrows from all of them and creates its own reality and its own fun. There are so many moments in that movie that I just think are wonderful. […] When I saw her running, laughing hysterically, pushing a shopping cart full of Peeps, I said, «That’s my girl.» All those little impish things that she did in the movie – sitting down eating cereal, watching Tweety Bird cartoons, and just kind of skipping through life cheerfully oblivious of the devastation she’s caused – that’s Harley.»^[182]
• Harley Quinn appeared in the film The Suicide Squad (2021), a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad.

Animation[edit]

• Harley Quinn has a cameo appearance in Justice League: The New Frontier during a speech by John F. Kennedy.
• An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. In the film, she is a monkey of «The Jester» (the film version of the Joker).
• Harley Quinn is featured in Batman: Assault on Arkham, voiced by Hynden Walch.
• Harley Quinn appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout with Tara Strong reprising her role.
• Dr. Harleen Quinzel appears in Batman vs. Two-Face, voiced by Sirena Irwin. She is the assistant to Hugo Strange, who reciprocates the Joker’s flirting. In a Blu-ray exclusive bonus scene, Quinzel, dressed as Harley Quinn, busts the Joker out of prison.
• Harley Quinn appears in DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon, voiced by Kang Ji-young.^[183]
• The Brave and the Bold version of Harley Quinn appears in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, with Tara Strong voicing her.
• A feudal Japanese version of Harley Quinn appears in the anime film Batman Ninja, voiced by Rie Kugimiya and Tara Strong in Japanese and English respectively.^[184][185]
• Harley Quinn appears in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. She has a cameo appearance in an altered future where the villains have taken over.
• Harley Quinn appears in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with Tara Strong reprising her role. Harley is first introduced as an inmate at Arkham, who mocks Shredder from inside her cell. After the Joker frees her, she is mutated into a crazy and anthropomorphic hyena and assists her lover in fighting the Bat-family and the Turtles. She is knocked out by a crazed and mutated Batman, and abandoned by the Joker as he attempts to escape. She was presumably demutated by the Gotham police.
• Dr. Harleen Quinzel makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Batman: Death in the Family.
• Harley Quinn has a cameo appearance in Space Jam: A New Legacy on a train that LeBron James and Bugs Bunny are on while searching the DC World in the “Serververse” for the Toons.
• Harley Quinn appears in the animated film Injustice voice by Gillian Jacobs.^[186]

DC Animated Movie Universe[edit]

• The Flashpoint version of Harley Quinn named Yo-Yo appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced by Hynden Walch.
• Harley Quinn appears in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, with Tara Strong reprising her role. Again, she is a member of the Suicide Squad and is primarily designed after her appearance in The New 52.
• Harley Quinn appears in Batman: Hush and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, with Hynden Walch reprising her role. In Apokolips War, she is shown to have become the new leader of the Suicide Squad following Amanda Waller’s death by cancer and seeks to avenge the death of Joker, who was apparently killed by Batman, who at the time was under Darkseid’s control.

Lego Batman[edit]

• Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite, an adaptation of the video game of the same name, with Laura Bailey reprising her role.
• Harley Quinn appears in The Lego Batman Movie, voiced by Jenny Slate.
• Harley Quinn appears in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, voiced by Margot Rubin.

Web series[edit]

• Harley Quinn appears in the Batman Black and White motion comics, voiced by Janyse Jaud.
• Harley Quinn (credited as Harlequin) appears in the first episode of the web series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, in which she kidnaps and mutilates an unknown number of people and makes toys and dolls out of the bodies. She fights Batman after he frees her latest victim and ends up surrendering, only to be drained of her blood and possibly killed after Batman reveals his fangs to her. She is voiced by Tara Strong reprising her role from the Arkham franchise.
• Harley Quinn appears in the web series DC Super Hero Girls, in which she is a student at Super Hero High and the roommate of Wonder Woman. Unusually for the character, she is portrayed as a hero instead of a villain and has a mostly positive relationship with her superhero counterparts. She is once again voiced by Tara Strong.

Video games[edit]

DC Animated Universe games[edit]

• Harley cameos in The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Super NES, and as a boss in The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega Genesis.
• She appears in The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega CD and Batman: Chaos in Gotham, voiced by Arleen Sorkin.
• Harley Quinn appears in Batman Vengeance, voiced by Arleen Sorkin. At the beginning of the game, she disguises herself as Mary Flynn who got her son Toby kidnapped by the Joker. The whole thing came out as a plan to kill Batman, but the plan failed and the Joker apparently died falling off the Gotham bridge. In the final phase of the game, it was revealed the Joker is alive and faked his death to make a bigger plan to destroy Gotham City, with Harley supporting him all along.
• Harley appears in the sequel Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu where she is locked in her Arkham Asylum cell, being paralyzed by Sin Tzu’s mind control.

DC Universe Online[edit]

Harley appears in the DC Universe Online video game, with Arleen Sorkin returning as her voice. Harley is the basic Legends PVP character granted to Villains without having to spend Marks of Legend. To date, this was the last time Arleen Sorkin voiced the character; as of 2016, Harley Quinn is now voiced by Jen Brown, starting with a DLC episode based on the Gotham City Sirens.

Lego series[edit]

• Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman: The Videogame, with her sound effects provided by Grey DeLisle. She appears as an enemy of Batman, a 1st deputy of the Joker, and the second boss of Chapter 3 «The Joker’s Return».^[187][188] Harley Quinn in Lego Batman is a playable character, can be unlocked through the villain levels and carries a pistol and her giant mallet. She is one of three bosses that later appear as minibosses, the other two being Two-Face and Catwoman.
• Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Laura Bailey.^[189] She first appears as the first miniboss in «Theatrical Pursuits». In «Arkham Asylum Antics», she rides with the Riddler and Two-Face on the latter’s truck. She also appears as a boss at the Gotham Funland entrance.
• Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Tara Strong. She has two side-quests in the Hall of Doom, after which she is unlocked as a playable character.
• Harley Quinn is a playable character in Lego Dimensions, with Tara Strong reprising the role.
• Harley Quinn serves as one of the main characters in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced again by Tara Strong.^[190] Her design is based on The New 52.

Batman: Arkham series[edit]

Harley Quinn appears in the Batman: Arkham franchise. While Arleen Sorkin reprised her role from the DC Animated Universe in the first installment, she was replaced by Tara Strong for the rest of the series.^[191][192]

• In Batman: Arkham Asylum, she takes control of the eponymous asylum to facilitate the Joker’s escape, and makes subsequent appearances throughout the game; kidnapping Warden Quincy Sharp and Commissioner Gordon, releasing Poison Ivy from her cell, and attempting to kill Batman on the Joker’s orders. After Batman defeats Harley, he locks her up in a vacant cell, where she remains for the rest of the storyline. In this game, Harley wears an original nurse-themed costume.
• In Batman: Arkham City, she continues to work with the Joker within the eponymous city-prison, making several appearances throughout the main story. Following the Joker’s death due to his Titan-inflicted disease, Harley watches in shock as Batman carries his lifeless body outside Arkham City. In this game, Harley wears a biker-girl themed costume, using a low-key version of her usual makeup, with heavy eye shadow in lieu of her domino mask.
  • Harley also appears in the Harley Quinn’s Revenge expansion pack, set after the events of the main story, wherein she seeks revenge on Batman for the Joker’s death. After taking several police officers hostage in Arkham City to lure Batman into a trap, she manages to capture him, but is ultimately defeated after Robin rescues Batman. By this point, Harley has taken full control of the Joker’s gang, and has an adopted a new look: mostly black clothes, with hair dyed black, a mourning veil, and a «J» necklace.
• Harley Quinn appears in the mobile game Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, set before the events of Arkham City, where she takes a reporter a hostage to ransom her for the Joker’s release from prison. After luring Batman into a trap, she tries to execute the bound and gagged reporter but is stopped by one of Batman’s batarangs.
• Dr. Harleen Quinzel appears in Batman: Arkham Origins, which takes place before her transformation into Harley Quinn. She interviews the Joker at Blackgate Prison and falls in love with him after he confesses his fascination with someone whom he considers special to him (with Harley believing the Joker is talking about her, when in reality he is thinking of Batman). She later appears amongst the prison’s other staff members held hostage by the Joker when he takes over the facility, but she is rescued by Batman. Quinzel is last seen escorting the Joker to his cell after he is defeated by Batman.
• Harley returns in Batman: Arkham Knight. Still in charge of the remains of the Joker’s gang and vengeful against Batman, she is recruited by the Scarecrow to assist him in his plot to kill the Dark Knight. Harley discovers Batman and Robin’s hideout at the abandoned Panessa Studios, where the two are keeping the victims of the Joker’s blood transfusion who were not affected by the cure under observation. She leads her gang to invade the hideout and release the Joker patients, but is foiled after one of them betrays her and kills the others before committing suicide. Harley is then locked up by Batman in one of the Joker victims’ cells left vacant, where she remains for the rest of the storyline. In this game, she wears a modified version of her Arkham City costume.
  • Apart from the main game, she is a playable character via downloadable content. She was included in her self-titled expansion pack, which also features four challenge maps and a story-driven mission for the character, set shortly before the events of Arkham Knight, wherein she breaks into the Blüdhaven Police Headquarters to free Poison Ivy on Scarecrow’s orders.^[193] Harley has several unique gagdets at her disposal, including her baseball bat, explosive jack-in-the-box, and laughing gas, as well as a variant of Detective Mode, called Psychosis Mode, which allows the player to see enemies and objects of interest through walls; when the player keeps Psychosis Mode active for an extended period of time, the character’s Harleen and Harley personas can be heard fighting for control of her body. Harley also appears as a boss in the Batgirl: A Matter of Family DLC mission, set before the events of Arkham Asylum, in which she dons her classic jester costume.
• Harley appears as a playable character in the mobile game Batman: Arkham Underworld. She is unlocked after the player completes a mission for her, and wields a special pistol, grenades, and a baseball bat. She can also summon her pet hyenas.
• Harley will appear as a playable character in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.^[194] In the game, she is part of the Suicide Squad assembled by Amanda Waller to eliminate Brainiac and the members of the Justice League brainwashed by him in Metropolis.

Injustice series[edit]

• Harley Quinn appears as a playable fighter in Injustice: Gods Among Us, voiced by Tara Strong.^[195] In the alternate universe depicted in the game, Quinn establishes the Joker Clan to honor the Clown Prince of Crime after he is murdered by Superman. She is part of Batman’s Insurgency and is tempted in the story to revert to her older ways when an alternate Joker arrives in her dimension until Lex Luthor manages to convince her the Joker is manipulating her for his ends. In her arcade ending, she fatally slits the Joker’s throat after a wedding gone wrong.^[196]
• Harley Quinn appears as a playable fighter in Injustice 2, with Tara Strong reprising her role.^[197][198] She is a main character in the single-player campaign, wherein she serves as one of Batman’s most trustworthy allies, and assists him and the other heroes in combating Brainiac and the Society, which includes Poison Ivy. Harley is also shown to have completely overcome her feelings for the Joker after realizing he had been controlling and abusing her for years. In her arcade ending, she is offered a position within the Justice League and admits that she still has violent impulses from time to time, but manages to keep them under control by being heroic and spending time with her daughter Lucy (who believes her to be her aunt, though Harley hopes to tell her the truth someday).

Batman: The Enemy Within[edit]

Harley Quinn appears in Batman: The Enemy Within (the sequel to Batman: The Telltale Series), voiced by Laura Post.^[199] This version of Dr. Harleen Quinzel was driven insane following her father’s long bout with mental illness and eventual suicide. Attempting to avoid her father’s fate, she joins a criminal organization called the Pact to steal a virus able to cure her hereditary condition. This depiction initially reverses the dynamic between Harley and the Joker. Quinn manipulates and abuses her former patient at Arkham Asylum, named «John Doe», who is infatuated with her. As the series progresses, John’s confidence will increase, and depending on the player’s choices, he will either aid Bruce Wayne in capturing Quinn or transform into the traditional version of the Joker. In the latter outcome, Harley will become the Joker’s girlfriend and the two use the virus to threaten Gotham City.

Other appearances[edit]

• Harley Quinn appears in Infinite Crisis as a playable character, voiced by Tara Strong.^[200]
• Harley Quinn is among the villains summoned by Brainiac to retrieve Starites in Scribblenauts Unmasked.
• Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in the mobile game, Suicide Squad: Special Ops, based on the film.
• She appears as a playable character in DC Legends and DC Unchained.
• In Mortal Kombat 11, Harley Quinn appears as a DLC costume skin for Cassie Cage.
• Harley Quinn is a usable cosmetic outfit Fortnite.
• Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in SINoALICE, voiced by Rie Kugimiya.^[201]
• Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in the mobile game, DC Battle Arena, voiced by Kira Buckland.^[202]
• Harley Quinn is a playable character in MultiVersus, voiced by Tara Strong.^[203]
• Harley Quinn appears in Gotham Knights, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.^[204]

Novels[edit]

Harley Quinn has her own novel adaptation from comics as part of the DC Comic Novels series. Mad Love was released in November 2018 and written by Pat Cardigan and original co-creator Paul Dini and published by Titan Books.

She is reinterpreted as Pauline Ketch in The Refrigerator Monologues.^[205]

See also[edit]

• Hybristophilia
• List of Batman family enemies

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Langley, Travis (2012). Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight. New York City, New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-16765-6.
• Barba, Shelley E.; Perrin, Joy M. (2017). The Ascendance of Harley Quinn: Essays on DC’s Enigmatic Villain. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1476665238.

External links[edit]

• Harley Quinn at DC Comics’ official website
• Harley Quinn on the DC Animated Universe Wiki, an external wiki
• Harley Quinn at Curlie
• Collecting Harley Quinn
• Harley Quinn on the official Superman/Batman Adventures homepage, archived 1999-10-04

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Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, primarily known as Harley Quinn, is the titular main protagonist of the DC Universe’s animated Harley Quinn franchise.

Harley is the leader and founder of Harley’s Crew and a former member of the Legion of Doom. She is the former girlfriend of The Joker and is currently dating her best friend Poison Ivy. At the end of season 3 after realizing she isn’t a villan anymore, she decied to join the Bat Family while Bruce Wayne is serving his prison sentence.

Appearance[]

General[]

Harley Quinn is a caucasian woman with bleached white skin and blue eyes. Harley has an athletic body type, coming from her past as an acrobat. She has long blonde hair, usually has up in a pigtails style, which is dyed at the bottom in blue and pink shades. She occasionally wears it down when she dresses up such as during the Legion of Doom party. She is often seen wearing dark red lipstick, pink and blue eyeshadow, black mascara, and a demonic grin when she’s ready to fight.

Before her transformation into Harley Quinn, she is portrayed with fair skin, her hair often tied up in a bun and she wears less heavy make-up.

Wardrobe[]

Even before transforming into Harley Quinn, Harleen wore her classic color scheme, although in the form of a red blouse, a black skirt, and black heels, as well as a white lab coat. While working as a psychiatrist, she wore her hair in a bun. From her college years until her transformation, she also wore glasses.

Before her breakup with the Joker, Harley wore her original black and red jester outfit that as the character did in the DC Animated Universe where the character made her debut, except her shoes are heeled more rather than flat.

Harley’s regular outfit is a short black and red strapped crop top with a star and a diamond on it, a black choker around her neck, black and red fingerless leather gloves, black and red tight latex briefs, and black and red sneakers with pompoms as well as thigh high socks with the same color. In the cold, she adds a black and red jacket — also with diamonds and a star pattern — to keep herself warm; she also wore this jacket to conceal explosives in «The Final Joke.»

At formal events, she usually wears a black and red dress and heels, one red and one black. Her formal outfits can be seen in «L.O.D.R.S.V.P.», «Dye Hard», «The 83rd Annual Villy Awards», and «The Horse and the Sparrow.»

Harley keeps her hair in pigtails with one dyed bright pink and the other blue. She wears eyeshadow in the same color, but on alternate sides. When dressed up, she usually changes her hairstyle, but the highlighted tips are always visible.

Biography[]

Background[]

Early life[]

Harleen Quinzel was raised in a dysfunctional family, her mother Sharon Quinzel is an alcoholic and her father Nick Quinzel is a criminal and gambling addict who frequently got in trouble with the mob. She also grew up around her grandma and grandpa who grew apart through the years, eventually coming to hate each other. Harley had a younger brother, Barry, who tragically passed away in his teens.^[2] Harleen herself was normal, albeit mentally unstable. Her mental instabilities first manifested as an obsession with actor Frankie Muniz, who she wanted to kidnap and have a child with via lying about being on birth control. Eventually his family placed a restraining order on her, which she ignored, so she was sent to juvie.^[3]

In her teens, she went to camp where a girl named Jessica Sarner spread lies to the entire camp that Harley had lost her virginity to a horse. It is unknown what happened to Jessica Sarner after that but it can be assumed Harley had something to do with it as she was questioned about it for hours by police. When she graduated from high school, she was Valedictorian but used her speech to angrily denounced her entire school administration for not helping her and for ogling her.^[3]

She then went off to college to become a psychiatrist, and her dream was to win the Olympic championship of gymnastics. She nearly succeeded, but her father insisted that she did «take a dive» so that he would win a long-shot bet to clear his gambling debts. Harleen eventually relented, and failed on purpose, but snapped when her father joked that there would never be a woman president (her dream), so Harleen viciously assaulted her father in front of everyone.^[2] The acrobatics skills she gained as a gymnast served her later in a life of crime.

Arkham to the present[]

After graduating from university, she became a psychiatrist and got hired at Arkham Asylum to tend to the Joker. She thought she was hired because she did her dissertation on the Joker’s pathology and even wrote her thesis on him, making her uniquely qualified, it was later revealed by Commissioner Gordon that she was only brought in because the «Joker’s chewed up every other shrink in Gotham» and she was «cheap and you’ve got a pulse, skirt». Her first task was to get the Joker to reveal the location of a bomb. On her way to his cell, she witnessed Poison Ivy’s attempted escape and saw her being burnt by the guards and sedated. Horrified she went by her cell and to apologize for what happened but Poison Ivy promptly spit at the glass and told her, «Fuck off, narc».^[4]

She went to work on the Joker who revealed he knew who she was, even having read her thesis, however, he compared it to fanfiction. In order to get on his level, Harleen went against protocol, requesting to get into his cell where he went on to charm her while simultaneously threatening her. Although she managed to get out of his grip using her acrobatics, which impressed the Joker, she was scolded by James Gordon and Harvey Dent for putting herself in danger. After Batman was unable to get him to talk, she was given a second attempt. After speaking to Poison Ivy who inadvertently revealed that Joker’s childhood was a sour subject, she used this as leverage, goading Joker into talking about his family history. With the Joker finally showing some emotion for once, Harleen is seemingly able to play off it and convince him to reveal the bomb location. Thankful for her help, Harleen visits Poison Ivy once more, gifting her a flower.^[4]

However, Joker’s confession turns out to be a ruse, faking lowering his guard to send the heroes to the incorrect location while he was brought to the cafeteria where the real bomb then exploded and allowed him to escape through the blasted hole in the Asylum with Harley on his shoulder as a shield. Despite her being there, Harvey Dent ordered them both shot, but Poison Ivy saved them both by deflecting the bullet, then tying the Joker up in vines when he thought she did it for him. Harleen questioned why she had saved her, and Ivy admitted that no one had ever given her a gift before, let alone a plant, and helped her up. When Harvey Dent and the Arkham guards caught up with them, ready to kill them all, Ivy surrendered so that she and the Joker would be recaptured without the need for excessive force. Poison Ivy asked Harley to be her new therapist, to which she happily agreed. Afterward, Dent tried to smooth things over by promising Harley a promotion; however, she angrily spat in Dent’s face and told him, «Fuck off, Two-Face».^[4]

As Harleen continued working at Arkham, her friendship with Ivy would bloom as Harley eventually became the only person to successfully get through to her and help with her issues,^[5] even as Harley’s relationship with the Joker also deepened, until eventually the Joker escaped Arkham and convinced her to jump into a vat of acid and become his sidekick, Harley Quinn.^[3] During their time together, they were often awarded «Best Couple» at the Annual Villy Awards although Joker never allowed her on stage with him and never let her give the acceptance speech. One time he even brought his goon Dean with him to the awards instead of her.^[6]

Season 1[]

«Til Death Do Us Part»[]

Harley Quinn attempted to rob a group of wealthy yachters, but they were entirely unconcerned until the Joker arrived to terrify them. Together they fought off the yachters while Harley argued with the Joker to add her to the Legion of Doom and allow her to become his full partner, not his sidekick. The Joker dodges and deflects until Batman himself arrives to occupy their full attention, at which point the Joker flees into a single-man submarine and abandons Harley to distract Batman. The Joker assures her that he will break her out of the Arkham Asylum «before breakfast», then submerges into the harbor while Batman takes Harley into custody.

In custody, Harley refused to reveal anything about the «psychotic clown who treats you like garbage», as Batman referred to him. However, Harley insisted that they had real love, and that the Joker apparently proposed to her with a diamond ring not long ago. In response Commissioner Gordon sentenced her to life in prison, which Harley laughed at, believing that she would not spend even a single night in prison. Six months later she was still in prison, with Poison Ivy insisting that the Joker would not come for her. Three months after that, Harley justified that at least the Joker was exciting and a «challenge», that the vat of chemicals he pushed her in was more like a vat of «freedom sauce», and that the Joker made her who she was.

Three months after that, literally the entire prison insisted that the Joker was not coming for her, but Harley insisted that he would even until Poison Ivy hatched an escape plan and got Harley out of prison against her will. Afterward, Harley tried to return to the Joker immediately, but Ivy insisted that Harley diagnose herself — a hallucination of Doctor Quinzel asked Harley what should be done about a patient who was «fixated on a murderous psychopath and won’t end their relationship no matter how terribly he treats her». Harley then immediately diagnosed the patient as a «classic abusive co-dependency» before realizing that she was diagnosing herself, and that she needed to end her relationship with the Joker.

When Harley declared their break out, the Joker justified leaving her in Arkham as an attempt to protect her from increasing police scrutiny, and that he would have broken up with her anyway, «unless our love is so powerful, even the threat of death can’t keep us apart». This immediately enticed Harley back to the Joker, disgusting Poison Ivy. Later, the Joker gets fixated on the Riddler, so Harley goes to kill him, only to end up captured alongside Batman. The Riddler then have the Joker an ultimatum: choose one to live, and one to be dropped in a pool of acid to die. To Harley’s shock, the Joker chose to free Batman to deny Riddler the pleasure of killing him, allowing Harley to be dropped in acid.

Harley falls in, and Doctor Quinzel helps Harley have an epiphany about the Joker — he did not really propose, but rather the «diamond ring» was a grenade ring that the Joker gave to Harley so that Batman would stop to take the grenade out of her hands and save her. He never really proposed, and only said «til death do us part» because he assumed Harley would end up dead. Harley then realizes that the Joker only loves Batman, not her, and she wakes up as Poison Ivy is pulling Harley out of the pool of «acid». Ivy reveals that the acid was actually just margarita mix and that she had the Riddler set up his scheme to «prove» to Harley that the Joker didn’t actually love Harley.

In response, Harley amends to finally break things off with the Joker and even do her own crimes, such as kidnapping the mayor and threatening to kill him unless he named a highway after her. She then redid her outfit and went to the Joker’s lair. She once again ended things with him, this time brushing off his attempts to make amend. Realizing things were over, Joker ordered his goons to kill her, starting a huge fight where she defeated all his guards, and destroyed his lair. With the Joker trapped beneath the rubble, Harley decided to spare him, wanting «to see the look on your face when I’m running this town».

«A High Bar»[]

Harley was watching Howie Mandel’s TV show, when the Joker forcefully took over the show, having strapped a bomb to Howie’s chest and declared that it was he who dumped Harley and not the other way around, and that he would respect her wishes to «drift into the darkness of total anonymity». Harley then became enraged when the Joker activated a bomb strapped to Howie’s chest, so she angrily smashed the flat-screen TV with a bat. Ivy tried to convince her that she should not care what Joker or the Legion of Doom thought of her which she agreed with, declaring that she would «show them in person how little I care» and decided to crash the party at the Gotham Mint to show up Joker and his Legion of Doom compatriots.

At the «party», Harley was shocked to discover that it was actually just a bar mitzvah for Joshua Cobblepot, The Penguin’s nephew, but Harley insisted on staying to impress Bane, Scarecrow, and Two-Face, who were all present. She initially got on well with them with some banter, and tried to entice them to join a plan her, until the Joker himself arrived and drove her off. Angry, Harley planned to rob the Gotham Mint itself in order to impress the Legion of Doom, which was a facility so secure and confident that they willingly rented out their own atrium to the Legion of Doom for the bar mitzvah.

Ignoring Poison Ivy’s advice, Harley tried to rob it anyway, successfully taking down several guards throughout the atrium where the bar mitzvah was taking place. Unfortunately, it turned out the guards were actually «Gotham Chucklehut’s finest improvisers», an improv troupe who Harley just brutally beat into submission. Joshua was meant to «fight» through them to enter a vault full of «Joshua bucks» for his bar mitzvah, only to find Harley there with an open vault. The Joker laughed hysterically at the scene as the Penguin tranquilized Harley and had her tied up.

The Penguin gave his umbrella to his nephew Joshua to shoot Harley, but when Joshua asked for her last words, Harley easily eroded the 13-year-old boy’s confidence by questioning whether he could actually hit her rather than miss and embarrass himself. She continued a running commentary about how his hand was trembling, how he probably never drunk a beer before, or even «finger blasted a girl». Overwhelmed by shame, Joshua eventually broke, dropped the umbrella, and went to his mom. The Penguin himself made to shoot Harley, but Poison Ivy arrived with Kite Man and Harley broke out of her chained chair, prepared to fight. The Joker offered to allow her to live if she admitted she was nothing without him, and when she refused, battle commenced.

Poison Ivy held off Two-Face while Harley attacked Scarecrow, and Kite Man reluctantly went up against Bane. Kite Man was quickly dispatched, and although Harley and Poison Ivy briefly held their own, they were eventually cornered by Penguin, Two-Face, and Scarecrow. When the Joker demanded that Bane «stop dicking around» with Kite Man and called Bane a «dumb, freakish monster» for not focusing on Harley, Harley took the opportunity to sow doubt among their ranks, questioning why they took the orders from a powerless villain who simply bullied them into submission. Now bereft of help, the Joker made to kill Harley herself, but Ivy quickly surrounded him in plants. He was nearly defeated until his contractor called, so he took the opportunity to simply leave. Harley then amended to join the Legion of Doom to prove her worth that way.

«So You Need a Crew?»[]

Harley tried to steal a Russian nuke, but struggled all by herself and was thwarted by the Joker and his goons. This prompts her to seek out a crew for herself, again ignoring Ivy’s advice to the contrary, using Doctor Psycho as an example of someone doing things on his own as they watched him battle Wonder Woman by himself on TV. Although, they were shock when he called her «the C-world», prompting Harley to say that this is why he should have had a crew as they would have told him to use «the B-word instead». She sought out underlings from Underworld Talent Inc.. However, they rejected her after realizing she was no longer with the Joker, so she sought help from strangers in Noonan’s Bar but everyone fled from her, one even jumping into a «hell portal» to avoid working for her. She got frustrated when when Kite Man arrived asking for help and the entire bar eagerly went to help on his heist.

Angry, Harley went with Ivy to see promotional speaker Maxie Zeus’ seminar on recruiting goons, and he advised the crowd to simply never quit even if a recruitment agency or randoms in a seedy bar rejected them. Harley went to see Maxie afterward for more tips, but he was only interested in having sex with her, insisting that no «bad guy» would ever work for a woman, to which Harley asserted that she didn’t need a bad guy. Harley then sought out Ivy to join her crew, but Ivy again turned her down, telling her there was a «glass ceiling» for female supervillains, and referred her to the Queen of Fables. She was a sorceress who conjured an entire army and took over Gotham in the 80’s, prompting the Justice League to crack down on her directly, and had Zatanna Zatara imprison the her inside a U.S. Tax Code book.

After visiting Fables who told Harley her entire story, Harley returned to Ivy’s apartment, slightly down from the depressing encounter and wondering if Ivy had sent her there because she didn’t believe in her. Ivy assured her it was the opposite and she just wanted her to know what she was up against. Although the encounter with Fables gave Harley the inspiration to seek out villains who were downtrodden and disrespected, desperate enough to work for her, starting with Doctor Psycho who had recently been banished from the Legion of Doom for once again using «the C-word» on live TV, this time towards his wife. She also accepts Clayface’s request to join her crew.

For their first heist, they set out to get revenge on Maxie Zeus. She dispatched Clayface to distract him while she and Doctor Psycho snuck into his mansion to rob his gold medals. On the way out she and Psycho discovered Maxie handily fighting Clayface who had blown his cover, so Harley demanded that Maxie proclaim to the world that «Harley’s crew ain’t nothin’ to fuck with». She then had Doctor Psycho beat him with several telekinetically lifted statues, before Harley herself beat him up with her bat. The next day when reporters found him beaten and robbed, he wearily said what Harley demanded he say. Harley Quinn also used Maxie’s stolen medals to purchase a nuke, which she used to threaten Gotham City into renaming a highway after her.

«Finding Mr. Right»[]

Harley Quinn arrived at Ivy’s Ivy’s apartment with bales of cash after a successful bank robbery, but becomes angry when she sees no one on TV covering their heist — angrily destroying a ninth TV in Ivy’s apartment. Although Ivy advised her that a lack of notoriety was a good thing, Harley once again ignored her advice and became fixated on getting «nemesis» to increase her viewership. They had no luck finding one on «findanemesis.com», so Clayface enlisted King Shark, a «social media maven», to help. With King Shark improving her profile she manages to get a match with Tommy Tomorrow, but Harley does not want someone inconsequential like Tommy and plans to get Batman.

In order to provoke Batman into fighting her, Harley steals the Batmobile. Unfortunately for Harley, only Robin arrived to stop the theft, but Harley refused to fight him and so abandoned the Batmobile. Not to be outdone, Robin lied to Tawny Young on her show that he and Harley had battled after which she had asked him to become her nemesis. This angered Harley, even more so when Lois Lane picked up the story, saying it set the «Evil Women’s Movement Back Decades». Harley then had the idea to force Lois to retract the article, potentially drawing Superman to defend his girlfriend and make Harley his nemesis. However, Lois Lane was entirely unconcerned by being kidnapped by Harley, as was Superman himself, who simply brought Robin to fight Harley off. Still unwilling to fight him, Harley simply retreated.

Desperate to disprove Robin’s claims, Harley captured him and set King Shark to swimming below Robin in order to frighten him into retracting his claim about being Harley’s nemesis. When Robin insisted that he would never, because he had the media wrapped around his finger, Harley revealed that he was on the Tawny Young Show and being recorded the entire time. Harley was then cleared of being his nemesis, but in his shame, Robin had a nose bleed which fell into the water below, enraging King Shark. As King Shark tried to attack Robin, he called out for Batman, who arrived to subdue King Shark and save Robin. He then rounded on Harley Quinn, saying she would be sent to Arkham Asylum for the way she endangered Robin.

With the cameras still rolling, Harley and Batman started fighting. Harley nearly ended up getting captured until Poison Ivy arrived to help fight off Batman and save Harley. Together they fought Batman until the Joker himself arrived, furious Harley was trying to take his nemesis from him, and everyone engaged in a three way brawl, until the Joker noticed Robin still tied up from earlier. He kidnaps him and flees, forcing Batman to once again chase after the Joker as his full-time nemesis. After the show, Ivy reassures Harley, saying she will get a nemesis eventually but should no try to force it. She also added King Shark to her crew, because of what he could do while raged out, additionally «he does computer good».

«Being Harley Quinn»[]

While looking for a new base of operations after Ivy’s eviction notice, Harley continually rejected lair after lair. The agent demanded to know who Harley was, in order to zero in on her brand, but the questioning only caused Harley to scream that she didn’t know, just before she froze in place — what Doctor Psycho called a «level-four brain freeze». Doctor Psycho telepathically draws Harley’s Crew into Harley’s mind in order to identify and resolve the problem, and they land her in her museum of memories, learning much of Harley’s background.

After meeting Harley herself in her mind, Doctor Psycho admonished everyone not to touch anything lest Harley’s mind attempt to expel them. However, when Harley saw a glitched memory of the Joker pushing her into a vat of chemicals, she attempted to interact with it to figure out why, causing a «brain lock-down» and preventing Doctor Psycho from «rebooting» Harley, while simultaneously trapping everyone in Harley’s mind. Harley’s mind presumed them to be intruders, and then deployed Harley Gremlins to kill them all even as Sy Borgman arrived at Ivy’s apartment to find everyone passed out on the ground, who he assumed be «another suicide cult».

From Harley’s optic nerve, Harley saw Sy Borgman and Golda planning to cremate their bodies before Golda had Sy close «slutty Casper’s eyes», so she had Doctor Psycho take them to another exit — her subconscious. There Harley discovered the place to be a carnival filled with clones of the Joker, and Ivy pointed out that she wasn’t over her ex-boyfriend. Harley quickly had to flee with everyone else when more gremlins arrived, and eventually Harley and company came to an dead-end; however, they are saved by a hallucination of Frankie Muniz, who shows them the way out. Frankie Muniz was Harley’s unhealthy obsession as a child, who she wanted to kidnap and deceive into impregnating her, which, according to Psycho is the sane portion of her brain sending help.

Before fleeing, Harley noticed Repressed Memory Island, which she assumed might be at fault for the glitch in her origin story memory. Harley decided to go off toward it, with everyone else eventually following, but when more gremlins arrived, Clayface stayed behind and transformed into Frankie Muniz to distract them. Everyone else then rode on King Shark’s back to the island, where finally saw the missing part of her memory and discovered that it was actually her choice to jump into the acid and become Harley Quinn, that the Joker did not push her after all. Emboldened, Harley walks straight into the memory and assumes the guise of the memory of Harleen Quinzel, turning Joker’s offer down his offer to jump. When the Joker angrily tells her that she can’t change her past, Harley exclaims how this it not her origin story, changing the scenery so they’re now in Joker’s Fun House the day she broke up with him, telling him that he nor anyone else created her, she created herself.

This restored equilibrium to her mind, she found Clayface safe and sound, and everyone returned to their bodies in time to stop Sy Borgman from incinerating them. While the rest of the crew angrily confronted Sy, Harley looked around her surroundings at the Gotham Mall and suddenly exclaim this to be their new lair, making a deal with Sy that they could have it on the condition of letting him come along on some of their heists.

«You’re a Damn Good Cop, Jim Gordon»[]

Harley and the crew entered Gotham Mall after having just stolen King Tut’s desiccated corpse, but quickly became enraged when she learned that KGBeast had been nominated to join the Legion of Doom, while she herself has been ignored for two months straight. In her rage, Harley smashed King Shark’s computer, and at his recommendation to steal a new one, Harley came up with an idea to burgle an invisible motorcycle from WayneTech to get attention. Clayface distracted the guards, King Shark hacked open several doors, Poison Ivy helped everyone up into WayneTech tower, and Doctor Psycho seized a security guard to bypass the final retinal scan lock.

Harley then jumped through the laser beams surrounding the motorcycle itself using gymnastics, but noticed an even more secure inner area past where the motorcycle was stored. Despite Doctor Psycho’s protests, she abandoned the bike and stole a device from the inner area, and called an audible to draw away the police. In the process of escaping however, Clayface had his arm chopped off, which Harley insisted he leave behind so they could escape. Harley was initially pleased with the heist, but her entire crew had concerns, and the Cowled Critic lambasted her for her ineptitude, leaving behind a «member» of her own crew — Clayface’s hand — for the police to interrogate.

Determined to pull things out of the fire, Harley came up with a plan to break into the Gotham City police department to retrieve Clayface’s hand and make her crew look powerful enough to be invited to the Legion of Doom. At the same time, Poison Ivy and Doctor Psycho peeled off to deal with the Cowled Critic’s slander. Harley attempted to have King Shark cause a distraction while they infiltrated the building, but he was immediately thrown into Blackgate Penitentiary. She then deployed Clayface to be the distraction, who succeeded. She confronted Commissioner Gordon on the roof just as the arm was about to reveal the location of their lair and demanded it back, threatening to activate the device she stole from WayneTech if he refused, but instead he tried to shoot her. At the last moment, Harley pressed the button, but rather than explode, she was suddenly teleported.

Materializing in the Batcave, Harley tried to make Batman believe that Gordon was suicidal and needing his immediate attention, claiming that Batman abandoned Gordon. In saying so, Harley realized that she had been ignoring her own crew and focusing solely on herself. She admitted her own fault, and convinced Batman to go save his friendship with Gordon. He then flew with her back to the police station and resolved his friendship, prompting Clayface’s hand to return to Clayface himself. Despite just having repaired his relationship, Batman now claimed he had to take Harley to Arkham so Harley activated the device again and tossed it to him, teleporting him back to the Batcave, just before Doctor Psycho arrived with ivy and helped everyone escape. Finally, Harley apologized for not caring about her crew as much as getting into the Legion of Doom, and the Cowled Critic even gave her a glowing review, noting only that she once again left behind a crew member — King Shark. Harley and company went and rescued him from Blackgate.

«The Line»[]

Queen of Fables received a court order to be released from the United States Tax Code, and she advised Harley that she has to steal something the Legion of Doom wants in order to be noticed. Harley decided to steal Kord Industries’ famous Weather Machine, using S.T.A.R. Laboratories’ personal force field device to deflect the lasers Kord Industries uses to protect their Weather Machine. Harley’s plan was stalled by the need for someone who could enter a 4-inch crawlspace, and their focus was occupied when she saw on TV how Queen of Fables was freed from the tax code only to be sentenced to Arkham. Harley then freed Queen of Fables while she was being transported to the prison.

Queen of Fables agreed to help Harley steal the force field from S.T.A.R. Labs, but soon began to unnerve Harley’s Crew with her brutality. Harley insisted on continuing however, using Queen of Fable’s conjured mouse for the mission while Queen of Fables herself distracted a family who had seen them. After successfully pulling off the mission, Harley was horrified to return to a bloody massacre of the entire family reunion. Although she saw one survivor who appeared to be a little girl, she claimed not to see any survivors so that Queen of Fables would not kill another person. At Ivy’s insistence, Harley attempted to gently dismiss Queen of Fables from their group, but Queen of Fables became offended at Harley’s insistence on not crossing her «line» of killing innocents, and left in anger.

Harley managed to steal the Weather Machine without issue using the force field, and used it to blackmail the Mayor of Gotham for $1 billion, only for Queen of Fables to arrive and try to steal it from her. Harley protested that they were friends, but Queen of Fables continued to advance until Jason Praxis, the sole survivor of the massacre, arrived to destroy Queen of Fables’ storybook and launch an electrical assault on everyone present. Harley agreed to turn over Queen of Fables to him in exchange for mercy, but slipped her force field on Queen of Fables’ wrist so that Praxis’ electrical blast rebounded and struck him instead. Harley then sent Queen of Fables off, although she stayed around just long enough to brutally murder Jason Praxis before departing. With Queen of Fables gone, Harley tried to use the Weather Machine, but it self destructed after too many failed login attempts.

«L.O.D.R.S.V.P.»[]

Deep in the ocean, Harley and her crew have just stolen a cache of Atlantean jewels from the Atlantis Museum of Art, with Clayface pretending to be Aquaman to misdirect the guards. However, Aquaman himself apprehended them on the ocean surface, and it required Poison Ivy’s arrival and tying him up in seaweed for Harley and her crew to escape. Their exploits made the news and afterward, the Legion of Doom became interested and invited Harley for consideration into the Legion of Doom, and Harley guilt-tripped Ivy into coming along to see it. Scarecrow took them on a tour of the building and Harley and her crew were instantly smitten with the place, although Ivy disdained it.

While Harley was mingling at the party, Aquaman arrived to retrieve his jewels from Ivy and Harley. He fought off several Legion of Doom members including Black Manta, who landed on Ivy and left her helpless, until Harley distracted him and goaded him into throwing his trident at her. She then dodged, and his trident shattered the large aquarium throughout the Legion of Doom office, spilling hundreds of fish onto the ground and forcing Aquaman to save them. Everyone at the Legion of Doom then praised Harley for fighting Aquaman off, but just before the nomination began, Ivy suddenly proposed making up their own league without the Legion of Doom. Although tempted, Harley insisted on joining the Legion of Doom until Ivy admitted that they had only invited Harley to blackmail Ivy herself into joining, as Lex Luthor said.

However, to Ivy’s surprise, Lex Luthor announced Harley Quinn as the new member of the Legion of Doom despite Ivy’s rejection, leading Harley to assume that Ivy simply did not believe in her. Afterward Harley got into an intense argument with Ivy, claiming that Ivy simply did not want Harley to succeed and move on because Harley was supposedly the only friend she’d ever had. After Ivy stormed out angrily, the ground beneath Harley’s feat collapsed and dumped her into the basement of Gotham Mall, where Doctor Psycho and Sy Borgman were restraining a giant tentacle monster. As Doctor Psycho translated for the monster about how it felt abandoned by Sy Borgman, Harley began to realize that she lashed out at Ivy. After freeing the monster and going to the Legion of Doom, Harley debated reaching out to Ivy again, but decided against it. She then came face to face with the Joker himself.

«A Seat at the Table»[]

Harley and her crew were inducted into the Legion of Doom and the Joker praised her entry, saying she was «killing it». Her crew insisted she not fall for his schemes, and although she reassured them, she began to warm to the Joker when he nodded approvingly at her. She then tried to repair her friendship with Poison Ivy, assuring her she would always be there for her and offering to help her destroy Lex Corp’s PlanetWide Pavers factory with her, before heading to her first Legion of Doom meeting. There, she criticized the Joker’s idea to spend $600-$800 million on a tower, despite everyone else blindly agreeing with him before hearing her notes.

Afterwards, he surprised her by praising her for challenging him to put the time in to flesh out his plan. The Joker also offered to have a «work drink» with Harley to help develop his plan more and to show Harley how to «game the system», but although Harley was opposed to the idea, her crew’s requests to be assigned away from Bane convinced her to follow up on the Joker’s offer, in order to figure out how to get them off the hook. At the Joker’s dinner, he claimed he would simply talk to Lex Luthor and resolve the situation for Harley’s crew, saying that Lex considers Harley to be an «asset» that he wants to keep happy. As Harley began to enjoy the dinner, she realized she had to go to meet Ivy but the Joker convinced her to stay so she lied about having to reschedule, and ignored her crew’s calls for help when she moved to have a dinner on a commandeered yacht. After tossing the original owners onto a life-raft, the Joker even agreed with one of Harley’s suggestions for his tower — to have it emerge out of the ground «like a jack-in-the-box». Batman himself then arrived to apprehend them, but the Joker sent him sprawling with a grenade and then prepared to escape in a helicopter.

Mirroring «Til Death Do Us Part» when the Joker abandoned Harley to be captured by Batman, the Joker instead turned the situation on its head by offering to take her with him — seemingly accepting her for the first time. Harley squealed in delight and ran into his arms as they were both lifted into the air away from Batman. Now in the helicopter, Harley mentioned that she dreamed of escaping together, and they began kissing passionately until the Batplane pulled alongside the Joker’s helicopter, at which point the Joker savagely pushed Harley out of the helicopter to her death, betraying her once again. Heartbroken as the litany of her abusive relationship flashed before her eyes, Harley curled into a fetal position as she plummeted toward the water, only for Batman to break her fall.

Batman softly admonished Harley that «some things never change, Quinn» before Harley tearfully slid off the Batplane and adroitly dove into the waters below. At shore, she eventually arrived at the hospital after learning that King Shark had his fin blown off during Bane’s mission. She tried to keep to her story about being held up by the Legion of Doom, but didn’t realize that her crew and Ivy had all seen the footage of her kissing the Joker earlier, and so they saw through her lie. She tried to convince her crew that she was only meeting with the Joker to try and get them of working for Bane, but her original lie kept them from believing her. Ivy herself abandoned Harley with the rest of her crew, and even rejected her help in destroying the PlanetWide Pavers factory, saying «I need people I can count on».

«Bensonhurst»[]

Harley stalked her ex-crew on Instagram, briefly speaking with Bane before heading to the Gotham Mall alone. She tried contacting Ivy, but when she received no response, a hallucination of Doctor Quinzel appeared before Harley and suggested she go to her mother for acceptance and love. At her mother Sharon Quinzel’s home in Bensonhurst, Harley was taken in with open arms, and Harley apologized for not keeping in touch. However, Harley did still shrug off Sharon’s suggestion that she become a psychiatrist again, and became bothered that Sharon kept her second-place trophy from when she was a gymnast. Apparently Harley nearly won a tournament, but her father, Nick Quinzel, asked her to «take a dive» so that he could win a bet to get out of debt, and although Harley acquiesced, she became enraged and assaulted him.

Surfacing from the memory, Harley expressed how glad she was that Nick was in prison, only to find that he had been released and got back together with Sharon. At dinner Harley constantly complained about Nick, rebuffing Sharon’s suggestion that she marry a Jewish doctor, until Nick called for civility for Grandma Quinzel’s sake. Grandma Quinzel managed to explain that she had brain cancer just before her head exploded in a shower of gore — an assassin was shooting at them. Harley closed the blinds, painted everyone in blood, and had them lay still while the assassin was forced to physically enter the house. As he inspected Harley’s «corpse», she redirected his own knife into his chest and pulled him into a chair, demanding to know who he worked for as she pushed the knife deeper. Before he could give anything away however, Nick shot him in the head, claiming that it was revenge for killing Grandma Quinzel.

In the aftermath, Nick claimed that the assassin was from the mob and trying to kill him over a loan he took from them. He and Harley then went to fight them off, with Nick giving her pointers on which gymnastic moves to do in order to defeat the mobsters, eventually defeating them all. Nick then earnestly apologized for having her lose on purpose and complimented her skills until he was interrupted by the arrival of one last mobster with a minigun. Nick pushed Harley out of the way and lost his last thumb to the gunfire in the process before Harley killed him. Afterward, Harley and Nick finally appeared to make amends, believing her father to have changed.

Grandpa Quinzel arrived at the house to celebrate, claiming to have high blood pressure and wanting to drink with the time he had left, only for his chest to explode in another shatter of gore from a shotgun blast. Harley then killed yet another assassin and angrily declared that she would keep her family safe, only for another, much smaller explosion of gore to erupt from her own stomach — she was shot by her own father. He revealed that he had tipped off an assassin to kill Harley so that he could collect a finder’s fee from the $1 million bounty on her head and simply had her wipe out the mob while he waited, but when both assassins failed, he intended to kill her and collect the bounty himself. As Harley reached for a knife, her own mother took it away to prevent it from grabbing it. Sharon said that she only wanted «what every Jewish mother wants, for you to marry a doctor», but Harley insisted that she is a doctor, much to her mother’s disapproval.

Sharon said she tries so hard to change Harley’s life in the most passive-aggressive way she could and angry the only thanks she gets is “yelling and fighting. At Harley’s insistence that she was her daughter and deserved her love, Sharon said that her being their daughter made them into neighborhood pariahs wherever they went due to her being a supervillain. Harley then cauterized her own wound while continuing to argue, dodging bullets from Nick. Nick insisted that he was just like her, betraying her as she betrayed her crew, and although Harley said they left her and not the other way around, Sharon said it was because she was “sucking face with that goyische clown” and had a bad taste in men. Harley fired back that she learned it from her, only for Nick to throw her through a closet door and attempt to strangle her, at which point Harley pulled a knife on him. Backpedaling, Nick and Sharon then begged for mercy and said that “family doesn’t kill each other”, but Harley spared and disowned them, saying they aren’t worth killing, and stumbled out of the house covered in cuts, bruises, and a gut wound. She then passed out as a car rolled up, and awoke inside it with Frank the Plant at the wheel, who claimed that Ivy had been kidnapped and needed Harley’s help.

«Harley Quinn Highway»[]

Outside the PlanetWide Pavers factory, Frank convinced Harley that it was too dangerous to infiltrate without her crew. She reached out to Clayface, Doctor Psycho, and King Shark with a heartfelt speech about how she regretted her mistreatment of them, but they unanimously reject her offer to rejoin her crew until Frank tells them that Ivy had been kidnapped. Berating Harley to «put your thesis statement at the motherfuckin’ top», he convinced everyone to reform the crew — with the caveat that most members wanted nothing to do with Harley after Ivy was safe again. Sy Borgman also offered his assistance, and drove everyone to the factory in a Pretzel Wrapped Wieners truck and gained admittance under the guise of making a delivery.

Once inside, everyone donned disguises and went further into the factory, eventually hearing Ivy’s screams and zeroing in on them. Doctor Psycho says they must enter her mind to combat the fear toxin destroying her brain, so Harley knocks Ivy out, not realizing that Ivy could have been left awake for the procedure. Everyone then enters Ivy’s mind to discover it shrouded in darkness, filled with a myriad of Ivy’s greatest fears, such as a wood chipper grinding up young trees and spewing blood everywhere. After defeating the wood chipper, a hallucination of Frank materialized in front of Ivy and told her that she needed to destroy Ivy’s biggest fear to correct the damage done to Ivy’s mind.

Frank directed everyone to a mansion, where Harley discovered a memory of Ivy’s cruel father mocking her lack of friends. She immediately presumed him to be Ivy’s greatest fear, and tried to attack him, only for him to transform into a massive mouth that consumed Ivy and nearly ate Harley too. However, King Shark bit a chunk out of his tongue, causing him to spew them both out of the mansion in a flood of blood and pain. Harley sought to go back to find him, but Frank said he wasn’t actually Ivy’s biggest fear. At that moment, Kite Man emerged out of the darkness and fearfully tried to escape into the air, only to be caught by a fireball and disintegrated. Death himself then emerged out of the darkness and launched a fiery assault against Harley and her crew. Harley then had Clayface morph into a bat, which she used to club Death to death. However, when she pulled back Death’s hood, she discovered it was actually Harley herself who Ivy feared most. With Ivy’s biggest fear defeated, her mind abruptly corrected itself and ejected everyone.

Harley awoke surrounded by a bloody massacre, Sy Borgman having killed a slew of guards who arrived after he accidentally activated the alarm. Although Harley demanded answers about why she was Ivy’s biggest fear, Ivy insisted on going after Scarecrow and the rest of the Legion of Doom. Sy then transformed into a car and everyone drove off after Scarecrow onto the Harley Quinn Highway, a Mario Kart-esque track with loops and abrupt turns that Harley designed herself. Ivy quickly went ahead to take over one of Scarecrow’s trucks. Harley again asked Ivy about her fear again, and Ivy relented and revealed that her fear was finally placing her trust in someone only to be abandoned, as Harley did for the Joker. Before they could reconcile however, Harley’s truck slowed while on a loop and succumbed to gravity, forcing Harley to maneuver through the air to land inside of Clayface without harm. When Ivy flew off her own truck, Harley had Sy jump off the track to intercept her fall, with Harley herself pulling Ivy to safety.

After landing successfully, Harley invited Sy to join the crew even if it was just going to be him and her, and they then raced off to catch the last truck — with Scarecrow in it. As Scarecrow took the Gotham Park exit, spiraling around a giant statue of Harley herself, Harley took aim at the statue with a rocket launcher and proclaimed that it was the «old me. Time to blow her up.» Harley then fired, destroying the statue, whose head fell onto the track and blocked Scarecrow’s truck. Seemingly successful, Harley asked Ivy if they could make amends, only for Scarecrow to come to and drive his truck off the side of the track, landing in the Gotham Reservoir and infecting the entire water supply with Ivy’s pheromones. Harley and her crew watched in horror as trees throughout Gotham transformed into ravenous monsters.

«Devil’s Snare»[]

Harley and Ivy tried to fight off the plant monsters to no avail, eventually getting surrounded, and only survived due to the intervention of the Justice League. Although they made short work of the nearby monsters, they presumed Harley to be at fault, and nearly banished her and her crew to the Phantom Zone. Poison Ivy managed to save them only by wrapping Wonder Woman’s lasso around her neck to force her to tell the truth, proving to the Justice League that they were not at fault. Queen of Fables then arrived and trapped the entire Justice League inside her storybook, just as Zatanna Zatara did to Queen of Fables 30 years ago. She then tossed a beanstalk at their feet, launching them up into the sky where a giant soon tried to eat them.

Ivy sent out a distress call to Kite Man, and Harley wondered how Ivy had his number memorized. She continually questioned Ivy while battling the giant, until eventually Ivy said she was dating him. Doctor Psycho and everyone else in the crew knew about it, even Sy, but Ivy claimed that Harley never knew because she was self-centered. The giant finally captured them all then, but was stopped when Kite Man arrived and threw hot sauce in his one eye, causing him to fall over and toss them out of the clouds. As they plummeted, Kite Man caught Ivy in his arms, Harley, Doctor Psycho, and Clayface on the back of his kite, and extended a rope ladder for King Shark and Sy Borgman to grab onto. With all of the extra weight accelerating their descent, Clayface launched himself onto the ground and reformed into a ramp, breaking Doctor Psycho, Harley, Sy Borgman, and King Shark’s fall while Kite Man brought himself and Ivy gently to the ground. Their passionate kissing afterward disgusted Harley and her crew.

Harley then commandeered Commissioner Gordon’s tank to take on the Legion of Doom, only for it to blow up before she could even fire a missile at it. The Joker’s Tower then emerged from the ground where it previously stood, and broadcasted the Joker live. He derided the Legion for allowing in «any second-rate clown with a cheap dye job», so Harley angrily proclaimed that she went to a high-end salon weekly, only for Ivy to point out that she really does just buy bottles of dye from the drug store. Harley sought to use their tank to attack the Joker’s tower, only for another tank to literally fall from the sky and crush their own tank, thrown by a plant monster. Ivy then went off to distract the plant monsters surrounding the tower, allowing Harley to approach it and come face to face with Queen of Fables.

Queen of Fables told the Big Bad Wolf to get Harley, only for King Shark to kill and eat his innards. Harley then got inside his pelt and walked to the Queen of Fables like normal, only to rip out of her disguise and bat Queen of Fables’ head literally off of her shoulders, killing her. Poison Ivy then arrived, now a giantess, but so too did another plant monster, who kidnapped Harley. Ivy ran after and killed the monster and caught Harley as she fell. With Harley in Ivy’s hand, they finally reconciled as Harley admitted she was not good at having people that were actually good for her in her life but promised to better from now on. While laughing together, a flagpole shot from the Joker’s tower bolted through Ivy’s chest, at which point she shrunk down to human size again and died in Harley’s arms, surrounded by a bed of flowers. The Joker’s laughter rolled over the landscape, saying «oops», and in response, Harley screamed in rage and loss.

«The Final Joke»[]

Harley tearfully attended Ivy’s funeral, and after becoming overwhelmed with rage she tried to run straight to the Joker to kill him. Doctor Psycho stopped her however, insisting she come up with a plan first. She decides to team up with Batman, sending Clayface to Joker posing as Batman while the real Batman could sneak up on the Joker and defeat him. Although the Joker initially buys the ruse, he insists on Harley singing «happy birthday», which Clayface cannot resist singing along to. This reveals the deception, forcing Harley to shoot a rocket at the Joker’s tower. After the smoke clears, the Joker and the real Batman are right across from each other, so the Joker runs to the center of the tower and encapsulates himself in a protective dome while the room fills with gas. Batman is then knocked out and captured, and the Joker’s traps capture all of Harley’s crew except for her who uses her gymnastics to get away.

After being on the run, Harley got some red and black roses and left them on Ivy’s grave. Kite Man and Frank the Plant then showed up, having been living in a camp behind the grave, and informed Harley about her crew’s pending execution. Harley bid Ivy goodbye and shed tears which landed on her grave before leaving to save her crew, even as the flowers she left began to move of their own accord. Knowing the Joker wanted her alive, Harley strapped a bomb to herself and threatened suicide if the Joker did not release her crew. He acquiesced, agreeing to free her crew if she put on her old outfit. She did, so the Joker released her crew and then went on a small speech about how Harley was the «missing piece» to his happiness. Just as they got close together for a kiss, they both stabbed each other in the gut at the same time, and then began fighting each other. Although Harley stabbed the Joker multiple times, he easily held the upper hand. After defeating her he claimed that he was being truthful, that he did need her — because she was his only weakness, and must be removed. Harley dared him to kill her, but the Joker had other ideas.

Claiming that killing her would allow her to «live on forever, an emotional martyr in my soul», the Joker instead intended to erase her memories completely and totally, rendering her as a normal person again. The Joker held her over a vat of acid and prepared to push her in, but Harley saw vines growing around the edge of the vat, so she asked that the Joker let her jump in of her own accord. Bemused, the Joker agreed, so Harley jumped off the catwalk above the vat and fell into Ivy’s waiting vines. Ivy then rose into the air and dispatched the Joker’s goons, and at Harley’s direction, grabbed and dropped the Joker himself into the vat of acid. Harley was thrilled and thought her tears brought Ivy back to life, although Ivy claimed it was simply the «renewing power of nature».

With the Joker’s last act, he activated a self destruct, destroying his tower an the majority of Gotham City, sinking the rest into the waters surrounding it. This freed Batman in the process, who was able to save Harley and Ivy from a falling pipe, ending up crushed instead. Harley, Ivy, and the rest of her crew then looked out over the burning, utterly destroyed Gotham City and mused on the fact that both the Justice League and the Legion of Doom are either incapacitated or dead, including the Joker. Overwhelmed, Harley commented that it was «so beautiful» before hugging Ivy.

Season 2[]

«New Gotham»[]

In the wake of Gotham City’s utter destruction, the President of the United States declared it «civitas non grata», no longer part of the country, which delighted Harley Quinn. She proceeded to go on a rampage throughout the anarchic city with her hyenas Bud and Lou, kidnapping a famous sushi chef named Takashi to cook for her crew. Ivy pulled her aside and urged her to take command of the city, but Harley refused, delighting in the lack of hierarchy in New Gotham. After Harley discarded Sy Borgman’s comment about it being like post-war Vietnam, she was interrupted by the arrival of The Penguin’s goons.

The two goons claimed that Gotham Mall was The Penguin’s «turf», but King Shark ate one of them and frightened the other way. Ivy used this to impress upon Harley that more and more goons would begin taking over if she didn’t do so herself. Harley tried to deny it until yet another band of goons arrived, this time from Two-Face, so Harley left to deal with the situation by inciting a good uprising, encouraging them to strike out as independents and undermine their former masters.

Anarchy restored, Harley went out to steal the last ginger in Gotham for Takashi to use in their sushi preparation, but was fought by five new upstart villains on the way and delayed. Ivy then pulled her aside to complain about the numerous small-time villains around, but Harley brushed it off, taking a letter from Lou with her invitation to the Injustice League in it. This disturbed Harley as she wanted no structures or hierarchies at all, prompting Ivy to mock her.

Harley arrived at the Injustice League’s headquarters, where The Penguin and Two-Face insisted that there must be a hierarchy. Disturbed, she protested that they had the opportunity to do something new instead of falling into their old ways, prompting Mister Freeze to show the league’s new proposed map of Gotham City to Harley, sections of the city divided up into territories. In response Harley simply smashed through the map and the table beneath it, and rejected their idea of territorial division, so Mister Freeze froze her in a block of ice.

Harley wakes up in the middle of an escape attempt, only her face free of the ice, so she screams for release. Eventually Sy Borgman uses a blow torch to let her free her swinging arm, and she begins fighting The Penguin’s goons while half encased in ice, laughing maniacally as her ice block smashes goons repeatedly. However, when Doctor Psycho throws Harley’s block into a trio of goons, she gets a bit too far ahead of her crew and The Penguin seals the door behind her, leaving her alone with him and entrapped in ice.

The Penguin taunted Harley, easily disarming her while encased in ice, and was prepared to kill her. However, he got a bit too close and enabled Harley to bite his nose clean off, forcing him to flinch away. The recoil also knocked Harley’s block of ice down, shattering it and finally freeing her, but she accidentally shattered her bat when she attempted to finish The Penguin. Laughing, The Penguin taunted her as nothing more than a «defrosted gymnast» without her bat and began launching grenades at her from his umbrella, knocking Harley aside with the blasts.

Not to be outdone however, Harley hid in the smoke that the grenades created, throwing her voice around the room to disorient The Penguin. Then, she snuck up on him and shoved the shattered end of her bat into his throat before ripping it out, killing him. She then turned to her crew and asked to get coffee, so they went to Noonan’s Bar where Harley demanded to know why the goons went back to their bosses so quickly. Ivy tries to let Harley down gently, but Clayface immediately tells her that she was in ice for two months, shocking Harley. Ivy then takes Harley to see what she’s missed, and is horrified to discover that the Injustice League has carved up the city. Lamentably, Harley finally admits that Ivy was right, and vows to take over the city for herself.

«Riddler U»[]

Harley has no power or lighting to see her next move, so she sets her sights on Riddler University, the only place in New New Gotham with power. She plans to sneak in with Poison Ivy, posing as coeds in order to kill the Riddler. They fly with Kite Man to university while caked in makeup to hide her pale skin, to sneak in and joins a tour by Barbara Gordon using the alias «Heather Witherbee». Barbara starts questioning if they had really been there from the start but «Stephanie» helps them blend. However, when Harley Quinn notices someone in crowd who appears to be the Riddler she runs after and attacks him. After shoving the man into a fountain, beating him, and nearly drowning him, she realizes that he’s «Jiminey Riddles», the Riddle U mascot.

In the process, Harley gets wet, and her cake makeup begins to slough off, revealing her identity to Barbara Gordon, who is watching nearby. She gives chase, but Barbara agilely escapes. At night, Harley and Ivy break into Barbara’s dorm, and although Barbara quickly overpowers Harley, Ivy uses a plant to captures her. Barbara quickly explains she’s on their side and has been collecting evidence that the Riddler is kidnapping students for a long time and wants to take him down. She gives them wrist bands to access a suspicious frat house, which they then take and leave.

At the party, Harley gets distracted by an ice luge but is refocused by Ivy, knocking out the guard to the VIP area and breaking in. Inside they discover the Riddler’s power generator, using human hamster wheels as a power source, and they also find the Riddler himself. Harley laughs at his «riddle stick», until he blasts her unconscious with a bolt of electricity from it. She’s put on a hamster wheel, and although she tries to get Clayface to transform and escape to help them, he thinks she’s calling him fat and becomes distraught, forcing Harley to admit that it’s quite good character work. Barbara then arrives and frees them, allowing them to overpower and capture the Riddler. They take him back to Gotham Mall where they force him to run on his own hamster wheel, providing them with power.

«Catwoman»[]

Harley Quinn is unable to make any progress getting through the thick ice to Mister Freeze’s lair but the guards makes accidentally reveals that the only thing hot enough to get through is Firefly’s flamethrower which is kept by Doctor Trap at Gotham Natural History Museum. On their way, she hedges that Ivy should probably get a better partner than Kite Man, but Ivy brushes it off as hypocrisy given her relationship with the Joker. Ivy complains vociferously about Harley’s plan to have Catwoman help them with the museum, until the moment Catwoman actually arrives, at which point she turns on a dime and brushes off Harley’s suggestion that Catwoman leave and sings her praises. Confused, Harley just goes ahead with the original plan.

Harley Quinn

Here, kitty, kitty!

Catwoman

Are you always this impetuous?

Harley Quinn

Give me a dictionary, and I’ll tell ya.

— Harley Quinn calls for Catwoman because she is late

Harley prepares to enter the museum with Ivy and Catwoman but is stopped by Kite Man, who wants her help to get a ring from the museum for him to propose with. She goes in reluctantly, initially advising him against but eventually, Kite Man impresses Harley with how far he is willing to go for Ivy, so she decides to help him get the ring in earnest. She succeeds in getting him the ring, although he ends up swarmed by hornets in the process. They catch up with Catwoman and Ivy just as they reach the flamethrower, but Catwoman steals Kite Man’s ring from him just as he proposes, with Harley responding, «what a cold B». Harley gets ready to leave with the flamethrower, but that activates a trap, which gets small and smaller, threatening to crush them. Harley directs her anger at Catwoman but soon realizes she can use her new flamethrower to burn her way out of the trap, smashing Doctor Trap’s face with a bat in revenge.

She returns to the Gotham Mall to find Doctor Psycho on the hamster wheel and the Riddler escaped. She’s angry until she sees the Riddler reveal himself and willingly go back to the wheel, preferring it for the guaranteed food, cardio, safety, and entertainment, vowing to escape when he’s «good and ready». She then goes to find Ivy who is sitting on a pier, killing a group of executives who dumped toxins in the harbor. Harley encourages Ivy who is frustrated about losing her past self, and admits she now approves on Kite Man before they embrace, sharing a moment at the pier.

«Thawing Hearts»[]

Harley Quinn burned a vagina-shaped hole in the ice to Mister Freeze’s lair. On the way, she found out that Kite Man and Ivy were engaged and was ecstatic until Doctor Psycho suggested that she must bring a date to the wedding. She argued while simultaneously combating Mister Freeze’s goons until Mister Freeze himself arrived, blasting them all with his freeze ray. She awakened in a cell as Mister Freeze explained his plan to use Harley in human trials to find a cure for his wife Nora, taking her to his operating table. Before he began, Harley convinced him to release her in exchange for Poison Ivy’s help to find a cure, which he readily agreed to, making her and her crew guests in his home.

In truth, Harley had no intention of honoring her word or acting as a good guest and instead planned to stall for time to kidnap Nora as a hostage in exchange for his freeze ray, which she would use to freeze him in revenge. However, Mister Freeze took precautions when he brought his guests out for dinner, leaving them encased from the waist down in ice to limit their mobility. Doctor Psycho mocked her plan until Mister Freeze entered with his wife, encased in ice for her protection, but Harley immediately presumed that Mister Freeze was a misogynist who froze his wife after she tried to leave him. She declared that she is a champion of «ice-blocked women around the world» and intended to «rescue» his wife, killing him after.

At the banquet Mister Freeze prepared, Harley argued with Mister Freeze about apparently abusing his wife and the meaning of love itself until he left to get them spinach puffs. When he did leave, she ordered Clayface to get the freeze ray, which was used to free them all. When Mister Freeze returns, Harley angrily declares that he probably froze her to prevent her from leaving him, unable to see men in any other way than she saw the Joker. She ignores his pleas and unfreezes Nora, to Mister Freeze’s absolute horror. His wife quickly succumbed to her blood disease, shocking Harley, at which point Mister Freeze threatened to kill them all in an explosion if Poison Ivy did not cure Nora. With no other options, Harley was forced to keep her word and call Ivy.

Ivy arrived irritated, although Harley assured her that she did her best to avoid dragging her into the situation. She defended herself by saying that Mister Freeze was insane and orchestrated the Injustice League hit on her, until Mister Freeze revealed that, in fact, they wanted to kill her until he singlehandedly convinced them to encase her in ice instead — and Harley repaid him by endangering his wife. Harley is further surprised by Mister Freeze when he is willing to sacrifice himself to save his wife, a selfless act of love that redefines how she thinks of love as a concept. King Shark comforts her, and she tries to console Nora, but Nora demands they all leave.

«All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues»[]

Harley and Ivy were both at Noonan’s Bar when they noticed the Joker, now normal, still alive and working as a bartender. Ivy wanted to kill him immediately, although Harley wanted to spare him if he truly had changed, sparking a debate about whether anyone truly could change. To support her argument that people could, Harley recounted their backstories as proof that Ivy changed back then which means people can change, but Ivy was still unconvinced, telling Harley that although she helped her back then, she did not change has. Still faced with what to do with the Joker, Harley brings in Doctor Psycho as a «tie-breaker» to discern if he truly had changed or not. Doctor Psycho confirmed that he had, vindicating Harley, so they left the bar arm in arm — only to be immediately captured by Two-Face.

«There’s No Place to Go But Down»[]

Harley and Ivy are taken to a kangaroo court, faced with charges for the murder of Oswald Cobblepot. Harley begs Ivy to put all the blame on her so that Ivy can go free, which Ivy seems to consider. However, when Ivy is put on the stand, she admits to everything and they both sentenced to life in prison. Sure they will end up in Arkham, Ivy assure her they can escape but they are thrown when Bane takes them to his new underground prison, The Pit. It seems inescapable until Bane reveals George Lopez will guest appear during the Pit’s talent show and Harley comes up with a plan to steal his helicopter. However, it becomes ruined when Harley’s idea to start a riot by preforming offensive stand-up as a distraction is derailed when she is detained by Bane for refusing to make her bed. Desperate, she pressured Ivy to take over that part of the plan.

In detention, Harley was guarded by Cheryl until Harley fought through her (albeit with difficulty). However, just as she broke free the chopper ascended out of The Pit, beyond reach. Ivy did eventually manage to create a riot, which Harley capitalized on because said riot created a ramp leading to the surface — although it wouldn’t get them the chopper, it might allow escape in that way. They quickly started climbing it, but was soon followed by Bane who became enraged after Harley threw a chair on him. He pumped himself full of venom, angrily pursuing them at a faster pace but at that moment, Ivy managed to get high enough to call down a plant, using it to lift her and Harley towards the surface.

Bane

You cannot run from your problems, Harley. Hate weighs you down. Only love sets us free.

Harley

Ivy.

Ivy

No.

Harley

It’s ok.

Ivy

Don’t, don’t do this.

Harley

Have a good life, get married, make babies. Name them Harley. The girls and boys.

Ivy

Harley!

Harley

See? It totally works… You know I love you. Bye, Ive.

— Harley sacrifices herself for Ivy

Bane launched himself upward and grabbed ahold of Harley’s ankle, the weight of which started to pull them down. Harley has an epiphany and realizes that she has to release Ivy, and after a few last words, she does so, sacrificing herself to allow Ivy to escape. The recoil from the vanished weight sends Ivy flying up and out of The Pit even as Bane grabs Harley’s face, and they fall to their death. Harley manages to pull Bane’s tubes out in the grapple, reverting him to normal size and sending him blabbering down ahead of her as they both plummet toward the fires below.

Seeing that Ivy escaped, Harley serenely falls toward the fiery Hell below, only for Ivy to launch back down into The Pit and grab her ankle. The recoil from jumping into The Pit then launches them both back out of it to safety. Stunned to be alive, Harley is held joyously in Ivy’s arms as they both pant in relief at being free. At that moment, they both kissed each other briefly, if passionately, until they both withdraw in shock.

«Inner (Para) Demons»[]

Harley was jittery after this and wanted to express her feelings for Ivy, but Ivy wrote the kiss off as an «impetuous, spur of the moment thing», visibly disappointing Harley, although she claimed to agree with Ivy. To prove her random impetuousness, Harley walks around and kisses the first person she sees (who happens to be Doctor Psycho, who is disgusted). Harley bumbles around pretending to be busy and unaffected by the kiss, before nonchalantly asking Ivy if she planned on telling Kite Man.

After Ivy left, Harley began to plan her next evil scheme. Although King Shark and Clayface are hesitant, Doctor Psycho encourages her eagerly. However, they are all interrupted by the arrival of Batgirl, warning them that Commissioner Gordon is coming to eliminate her. This emboldens Harley further and convinces her that she needs an evil army to defend herself, so she puts Batgirl out. She comes back asking for ideas on how to raise an army, and although King Shark and Clayface say that she seems unlike herself, Doctor Psycho knows exactly where to go.

Darkseid

I sense a great pain in you.

Harley

Nope, no pain. I’m good.

Darkseid

An anger, born from a want. A want that was not met.

Harley

If we could just move on to the—

Darkseid

Are you trying to fill an empty hole in your life, Harley Quinn?

Harley

What is this guy, my therapist?

Darkseid

There are some holes that not even an army of Parademons can fill.

Harley

Definitely not. All my holes are filled up to the brim.

[silence]

Harley

Nothing? Really?

— The joke flies over Darkseid’s head

Doctor Psycho directed Harley to steal a Mother Box to create an inter-dimensional portal («Boom Tube») to Darkseid’s realm of Apokolips, which she did easily, sending them on their way. On Apokolips, Darkseid immediately saw Harley’s true motivations, and although he warned her that his armies would not satisfy her, he was willing to grant them to her — provided that she could defeat Granny Goodness in battle. Granny Goodness contemptuously defeated Harley, so Doctor Psycho used his telekinesis to move Harley like a marionette, making her drop a massive boulder onto Granny Goodness’ head, cracking her skull and defeating her. She then claimed Granny Goodness’ scepter, assumed command of the Parademon army, and boom tubed back to New New Gotham.

Gordon

Feels like you’re overcompensating for something.

Harley

Why is everybody up my ass about that? Nothing happened! This is just my Wednesday, bitch.

Gordon

Not buying it.

— Even Gordon knows something’s up

After an exchange with Gordon, Harley sicced her army on his assembled forces, resulting in absolute pandemonium as the tanks and policemen, and militia of Gotham did battle with a demonic army of Parademons. The landscape was left bloody and destroyed, Hellish, but Harley only had eyes for Gordon and his downfall. She came forward to defeat him, only for Poison Ivy to arrive and stop her. She questioned Harley, asking if this much death and destruction is what she really wanted, at which point Harley realized that Darkseid was right: this was not what she wanted, and the army utterly failed to fill the void within her.

Gazing at Ivy, Harley broke Granny Goodness’ scepter over her knee, destroying her mantle of power and releasing the Parademons from her control to run wild. She turned over the city to Gordon and quit the field, coming before Ivy, desperate to express her feelings to her. Just before she could, however, Kite Man popped up behind Ivy and sang her praises. Ivy returns the favor and gushed about how she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, and then kissed him right in front of Harley, wrenching her heartstrings. After this, Harley could only lie that she wanted to help Ivy plan her bachelorette party.

«Bachelorette»[]

Harley has turned into a busybody, planning Ivy’s bachelorette party at Themyscira with exacting detail, although she struggles to get Nora Freeze, Jennifer, and Catwoman to show any form of enthusiasm about the event. She awkwardly complimented Ivy on her impending marriage and then hugged her, hugging too long and even sniffing her hair, disconcerting Ivy. After sending Ivy off to her room, Catwoman immediately deduced that Harley and Ivy «hooked up» at some point. Harley initially denied it but after admitting to their kiss, she wanted to unload on Catwoman, but Catwoman didn’t care to support her emotionally, and quickly left Harley with her insecurities.

Later, the bridesmaids began their complaining in earnest, at which point Harley snapped and threatened them all into at least pretending to enjoy themselves, for Ivy’s sake. That night they complied with her coercion, pretending to enjoy themselves until Eris arrived at their table. At Jennifer’s questioning, Eris mentioned Hedonikka, a nearby island where men were present, which Harley immediately decided to take everyone to. There, the bridesmaids began to enjoy themselves in earnest, and Ivy herself was in fine spirits after consuming too many spirits. She complimented Harley on her efforts getting everyone to get along and told her that they were best friends, and the next thing they knew they were both waking up out of a drunken stupor in the same bed together, the next morning.

Ivy panicked and fled the room, calling it a mistake, completely ignoring Harley’s attempts to brush it over and fix the situation. Harley ran after Ivy and tried to patch things up, but Ivy was horribly conflicted and, when she couldn’t get off the island, barricaded herself in her room. Harley sought counsel from Catwoman, but she was once again of no help, so Harley herself convinced Ivy to come out for the sole purpose of salvaging the weekend. She then gathered everyone and laid out her plan to kill Eris and free Themyscira, thus saving the Island and its natural, the perfectly planned bachelorette surprise for Ivy. After Ivy happily agreed, Harley helped fight through the Amazons to get to Eris, freeing Queen Hippolyta and stopping Eris from selling the island to Lex Luthor.

Hippolyta threw a massive party in their honor as thanks, where Harley and Ivy once again got drunk and ended up having sex. Ivy sputtered incoherently once again and tried to avoid doing that ever again, but Harley became bold and asked Ivy to think of what their life together could be like as partners, traveling the world and saving all-female armies. After doing her best to persuade Ivy and telling her she loves her, Harley asked her to think about it and left. Later, when they landed back in New New Gotham, Ivy had made her decision, admitting that Harley’s impulsive nature left her fearing she would one day turn her back on her, concluding that despite trusting her with her life, she didn’t trust her with her heart and would still be marrying Kite Man. Harley watches, stricken, as Ivy flies away with Kite Man into the sky, leaving her alone and sobbing in a fetal position on the ground.

«Dye Hard»[]

Depressed after the bachelorette party, Harley tried to go drinking with King Shark and Clayface, but they both had plans. Sy Borgman tried to comfort her, but she ignored his advice and decided to have sex with a stranger. She finds herself at a bar in Wayne Tower, the only safe one left, but is disgusted by the boring clientele there, and worse, finds out that the Joker is her bartender. She tries to leave, but he bogs her down in conversation until a heist crew randomly arrives and forcefully takes everyone hostage. She once again tries to escape, but ends up captured and handcuffed to the Joker. He’s fixated with her, as he had a dream after meeting her in «All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues», a dream that they were both on a yacht with bankers. This alarmed Harley, so she assured him that it was just a dream as she tries yet again to escape.

After using him as a human flail to knock aside a guard (who she then kicked to death), and as they fled through a went, the Joker asked her to talk about what was bothering her. Although she initially refused, she eventually revealed that she was emotionally distraught after Ivy rejected her. They eventually stumbled upon the Riddler, who had escaped and was there to steal a helmet from Wayne Tower — although, Harley was just interested in how he ended up becoming so buff. He nearly recognized the Joker, so Harley frantically closed his mouth and denied it, fleeing the area. Shortly after, they’re confronted by two goons, so Harley destroyed their handcuffs and then blasted a goon with a cancer ray by accident. That goon ran away, so the other goon hit her with a stun grenade while she emphatically apologized.

Seeing the Joker begin to resurface after killing the last goon, Harley slapped him momentarily back to sanity, suffered through his monologue in the elevator, and then arrived on the rooftop — where Jim Gordon promptly tackled the Joker and arrested him. She denied his accusations that they were back together until her crew suddenly arrived, claiming to have received a text from her — that she never sent. Doctor Psycho then arrived and revealed his betrayal, assuming command of her old Parademon army to use against her. The Joker asked her to call Ivy for help, but Harley refused to drag Ivy into her mess.

Doctor Psycho

The point is, I’m gonna do what you never could, because you are a pussy.

Harley Quinn

Pussies are powerful. They birthed all of humanity!

Jim Gordon

I was a C-Section.

After initially fighting off the Parademons fairly effectively with her crew, Doctor Psycho upped the ante by surrounding the tower in a mental shield and assuming control of Harley’s crew, leaving her surrounded with only Gordon and Sy Borgman to help. She was quickly defeated but saved by a net from the Batplane and a blast from Sy. While Doctor Psycho was temporarily incapacitated, Sy Borgman realized he needed to sacrifice himself to allow Harley and company to escape, bringing Harley to tears. He left her his eye, and she fled for the Batplane.

As she lamented that she would need the entire Justice League to stop Doctor Psycho, the Joker chimed in that he remembered having a book with the entire Justice League trapped inside — although he couldn’t remember where. She brought them to the Ace Chemicals factory to jog his memory, and although she desperately tried to get him to remember, he could not, so she pushed him into the vat of acid to restore him to his former self.

«A Fight Worth Fighting For»[]

Harley planted a bomb in the Joker’s head to ensure his cooperation, and when he emerged from the acid laughing hysterically, she began slapping him repeatedly and demanding to know where the Queen of Fables’ book was. When he refused, blaming her for wasting months of his life as a suburban dad, she used the bomb to force him to bring her to the book which was at his girlfriend Bethany’s house. Well there, she had to threaten him not to kill her. Bethany did eventually bring out the book after his harsh rebuke (which Harley commented on), but she threw it over their heads to a Parademon, forcing them to go after it.

In the Parademon nest, Harley needles the Joker as he ponders his relationship with Bethany, saying he had forgotten what a «piece of shit» he was at the time and wondering where the sudden sentimentality was in their old relationship. In response, he says it’s because Bethany loved him even when he was a nobody and not famous and that perhaps he doesn’t want to screw things up like she did with Poison Ivy. This angers her, and she angrily claims to be over it, which the Joker doesn’t believe, given «the screaming about it at the mere mention of her name».

When they finally find the book, the Joker ruminates on the true love he had with Bethany, prompting Harley to remember her own times with Ivy, how their relationship fit all of the Joker’s descriptions of «true love». In response, Harley admonishes him to not give up, to try and make his love for Bethany work. They then left, but were seen by Parademons before they could completely escape. They were forced to fight them off together, and although the old duo together again was able to defeat dozens of the Parademons, they tired out and would have lost, but at at that moment Batman arrived and captured them.

Batman assumed they were back together and were behind the chaos in the city but Harley explained what was actually going on and told him their plan to free the Justice League, convincing him to summon Zatanna Zatara and to drop them off at Bethany’s house to retrieve the real book (they went after the wrong one). After the Joker made up with Bethany, they all went inside to have Zatanna free the Justice League. After they left, Harley asked if the Joker will stay as a suburban dad. He said he wouldn’t change who he was and would go back to crime as well as taking care of Bethany. He then urged her to find her own love with Ivy, but Harley insisted she’d already tried and Ivy had said no. Ivy then arrives, much to Harley’s delight, but Ivy then revealed her intent to kill her.

«Lovers’ Quarrel»[]

Harley was unnerved by Ivy’s mindless assault and was forced to flee and dodge. She repeatedly tried to convince Ivy to stop, but was nearly killed if not for Kite Man intervention, saving her from Ivy. In the air, Harley had him watch his hands as he explained that Doctor Psycho had mind-controlled Ivy. Harley then assured him that the wedding would still happen and that they’d defeat Doctor Psycho. At his apartment, Harley wanted to somehow destroy Psycho’s helmet, but Kite Man cautioned her that getting close would allow him to control them as well.

Harley Quinn

Zombie eye, zombie eye!

Kite Man

Wait, wait! My kite senses are fluttering.

— After Sy Borgman’s mechanical eye blinks

Harley examined Sy Borgman’s eye, wondering how he was immune from Doctor Psycho’s telepathy, until it suddenly blinked. Harley nearly destroyed it, but Kite Man stopped her, realizing it was Morse Code. He translates the code as «plug me in», at which point several RCA connectors sprout from the eye. After connecting them, Sy Borgman came onscreen and explained that he resisted Doctor Psycho’s mind-control with an anti-mind-control device the CIA planted in his skull. While it can be recreated, the components aren’t at hand, so Harley noticed the Justice League flying by to kill Ivy. When Kite Man wondered who would ever release the Justice League from their book-prison, Harley smiled woodenly.

Becoming impatient with Kite Man, Harley demanded that he hurry or else «the person I love is gonna die». Kite Man became suspicious of this, so Harley brushed it off and not being able to wait around any longer, took one of his kites to fly and save Ivy. Kite Man warned that she’d need training to do so, but it didn’t matter — she was able to fly perfectly on the first try. She then arrived at the battle between her old crew and the Justice League, imploring Wonder Woman to be lenient because she saved Themyscira. When Wonder Woman wouldn’t listen, Harley launched herself forward and landed on her sword, driving it into her own face to cut her.

Batman then called to Harley for help, as he was trapped in Clayface’s grip. Harley was disgusted with Clayface, frustrated that he could have turned into to this all this time but did oblige Batman by distracting Clayface long enough for Batman to escape. She then distracted Superman so that she could try to reason with Ivy, but Ivy simply slapped her away with a vine. She recovered and gave chase, but had to go up a fire escape first in order to get enough altitude to use the kite.

Harley eventually caught up to Ivy and again tried to reason with her, but Ivy only kidnapped her and fled towards Wayne Tower. Once there, the Justice League finally caught up to Ivy, whereupon Harley began imploring them to avoid violence. Agreeing, Batman surgically removed Harley from Ivy’s grasp while Superman destroyed her plants and Wonder Woman captured her in her Lasso of Truth. Harley implored that they not kill Ivy, or at the very least send her with Ivy into the Phantom Zone, but this bickering gave Ivy the chance to poison the entire Justice League with her pheromones, beating them.

Harley watched in disgust as the Justice League all fell upon each other in lust, and was further unnerved when Superman propositioned her. She backed away as things began to devolve, but Ivy once again captured her, this time heading toward the Gotham Mall. Kite Man flew overhead and whistled to Harley, signaling he was there to support her. On arrival, he put one device in her ear and gave her the other for Ivy, in case his plan to use «true love» to free Ivy failed. It did fail, with Kite Man being punched unconscious, at which point Doctor Psycho revealed that he knew of Harley and Ivy’s affair.

Although she protested that they were not lovers, Harley was faced with no choice but to fight Ivy. She nearly managed to get the device in Ivy’s ear, but she drops it out of reach while Ivy managed to get Harley in a chokehold, crying to crush her windpipe. Unable to get the device, Harley had no other option other than to kiss Ivy, which successfully broke Doctor Psycho’s hold long enough for Harley to put the device in Ivy’s ear. Ivy then captured Doctor Psycho and Harley smashed his helmet, so Darkseid offered to give her the planet; however, Harley didn’t want it, so Darkseid left and vowed to raze the planet later.

Afterward, Harley begged Ivy to consider being with her, to «take a leap of faith», but before Ivy had a chance to reply, Kite Man woke up and asked what was going on. Doctor Psycho then took the opportunity to exact his revenge, revealing Ivy’s infidelity with Harley not only to Kite Man but to all of Gotham by projecting Ivy’s memories of them from Themyscira onto the sky.

«Something Borrowed, Something Green»[]

Harley Quinn checked herself in to the Arkham Asylum to go through a «personal crisis», intending to break out when she’s done. The last remnants of her crew (plus Frank the Plant) came by to invite her to Ivy and Kite Man’s wedding, but she refused it. Later, Two-Face came to her, claiming to have bad news about Ivy that he’d reveal to her in exchange for freedom from Arkham. She initially rejected this too, but he guilt tripped her into accepting. While escaping together, he revealed that Commissioner Gordon planned to raid Ivy’s wedding; this time, he actually spoke the truth, and fulfilled his end of the bargain honorably, but his history of lies left a seed of doubt.

She came to the wedding in search of Gordon, but was swept up into a photo shoot with the rest of the bridesmaids. She begged their forgiveness and acceptance, taking Catwoman’s unused dress to wear, but quickly left to continue hunting for Gordon until she accidentally ran into Kite Man, which agitated him greatly until the photographer rounded her up and escorted her away. Outside, she once again thought she saw Gordon, and hit him in a sprinting punch that knocked him out cold; however, she hit the wrong person, missing the real Gordon right beside the person she did hit.

Enraged, Ivy dragged Harley away and harangued her. Although Harley eventually managed to explain that Two-Face told her of Gordon’s plan to ruin the wedding, Ivy pointed out that Two-Face is a liar and made Harley believe that she was deluding herself to ruin the wedding, at which point Ivy asked Harley to leave. As she left, she spoke briefly with Clayface before grabbing a flower and exiting. Just outside, however, she smelled the flower and realized that it was plastic — that something was wrong.

Harley tried to return during the ceremony but was blocked by Jennifer who punched her to the floor, giving her a view of a caterer — a caterer not supposed to be present at the ceremony. She attacked him and discovered a police uniform, confirming her suspicions. When police and gas began flooding the room, Harley held her breath long enough to steal a gas mask, knocked Gordon aside with a flying kick, and used his rocket launcher to blast a hole in the roof to allow the gas to flood out of the venue, restoring everyone to consciousness. The angered villains then started to attack the police officers and the venue was thrown into chaos.

Harley

Well, people change.

Ivy

Yeah, yeah, people do change. I mean, look at you. What you did for me today. You, you showed me the Harls I always wanted to see, you know?

Harley

You-you don’t think I’m chaotic and crazy and make a bunch of messes?

Ivy

No, you definitely do that but you’re trying to grow, and actually doing it. And that, I mean, for me that’s what matters.

Harley

I love you, Ive.

Ivy

I love you too, Harls.

— Harley and Ivy confess their love.

Harley dragged Ivy and Kite Man out of the venue, uncuffed them, and even offered to marry them right there in the middle of a warzone. To their surprise, Kite Man rejected the idea, realizing Ivy didn’t truly love him, and flew away, leaving Ivy and Harley behind. However, they didn’t have much time to process as the GCDP closed in on their location and forced them to jump into a car and flee. While Harley drove, Ivy admitted that she had been denying a lot about herself for a long time and praised Harley for her growth. In response, Harley once again professed her love for Ivy, a love that Ivy finally returned. Overjoyed, Harley nearly crashed and instead rammed through the venue, through Clayface, and out the other side. As they soared through the air, Harley and Ivy kissed once more before driving off into the sunset.

The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour[]

«Journey to Love»[]

Fleeing from the wedding ceremony, Harley and Ivy were chased down on the Harley Quinn Highway by the GCPD led by Commissioner Gordon who shouted at them to pull over which they ignored. Harley had Ivy take over the wheel while she climbed between the police cars, taking them out while recapping the events that led them to this point. When Harley returned, they managed to escape on a plant ramp made by Ivy, leaving an irate Gordon behind, locked up in his car. They made their way through the city with Ivy being quieter than usual, making Harley question what was wrong although Ivy dismissed her, insisting she was fine. Harley tried to get her to open up but was intercepted by Doctor Quinzel, appearing in the rearview mirror telling her she could not force Ivy to open up.

They got home to Gotham Mall, where Harley did the traditional «carrying the bride across the threshold», to both their amusement. Harley excitedly showed off her «room», a mattress store she took over, filled with her messy belongings. They settled down in front of the TV, discovering the whole event was now public, entirely reported by Tawny Young. Overwhelmed, Ivy angrily destroyed the TV and left for some time alone, leaving a worried Harley behind. Eventually, Harley went to console Ivy, finding her crying in the bathroom. Harley embraced her and asked what was wrong but Ivy insisted she just got frustrated about her zipper being stuck. Harley helped her out of her dress and the two returned to Harley’s room where they had sex while affirming their love for each other.

Afterward, Harley again asked if Ivy was okay, still sensing something was wrong. This time Ivy assured her that she was fine and that she just had a lot to process from the day. However, Ivy then got a text alert saying that Gordon had sworn to hunt them down and realized they needed to flee as this was the first place he would look. Harley excitedly suggest they took a road trip, using the lairs of Nightfall, Killer Frost and Livewire, all of whom were arrested during the wedding to «hide from the police and spread chaos». Ivy was reluctant at first but then agreed. They got dressed and headed out but not before Harley went to fetch Bud and Lou and they started heading towards their first stop: Catwoman’s place.

«Journey to Love Part 2»[]

Harley and Ivy were en route to Catwoman’s to drop off Bud and Lou. When they approached her neighborhood, Ivy expressed her suspicions about being followed and while Harley couldn’t see anything, she assured her she trustedher instincts which Ivy thanked her for. Distracted, Ivy almost ran over a couple of old ladies who then castigated them. Harley was enamoured with the sight, expressing her desire for her and Ivy to be like them in the future which Ivy, panicked about the future, brushed off, making Harley hurt and turning her attention to the hyenas. Upon reaching Selina’s, Harley hurriedly sent her a text that they were coming and Ivy got pissed at Harley’s lack of manners, almost as much as Selina was upon finding them on her doorstep. After taming the hyenas — to Harley’s astonishment — Selina allowed them to enter, but the acrobat made herself at home, jumping on the furniture infuriating the other two women even further.

Harley was playing with the cats when suddenly the GCPD showed up. Gordon urged them to surrender and when they wouldn’t, he threw in a grenade causing a big explosion. Ivy told Harley and Catwoman to get out whilst she bought them time, but upon seeing Ivy getting shot in the arm, Harley rushed back to defend her, using one of Catwoman’s whips to swing them to safety. Now at a safe distance, Harley taunted Gordon who then revealed another grenade. However, he was stopped by Batman’s arrival, giving Harley and Ivy time to escape and join Catwoman upstairs. Using her powers, Ivy created a plant bridge out of the window which they used to escape the building. Back on the ground, they left Bud and Lou with Catwoman and headed off in their car with Gordon close behind. They were again saved by Batman, who believed Gordon was going too far and jumped on his car, allowing Harley and Ivy to drive away and out of Gotham.

«Journey to Love Part 3»[]

Arriving in Blüdhaven, Harley and Ivy stopped for a break at a roadside restaurant. Ivy urges Harley to keep a low profile as not to be recognized. Unfortunately, Harley is followed to the bathroom by two women who want their fifteen minutes of fame by lying to the police and telling them Harley has taken the whole restaurant hostage. Hearing them talking while in the bathroom stall, Harley confronts them but finds Ivy has already intervened by tying the women up in vines but not before they could call the police. Ivy berated Harley for the situation even though Harley insisted she hadn’t done anything. Harley sadly asked why Ivy didn’t believe her making Ivy realize she had overreacted and apologized.

As they hurried to get out ahead of the police arriving, they were helped by a kind employee called Reign who affirmed her support and got them get out by the backdoor. Just as they were about to leave, however, they were confronted by Nightwing, who was sent to the scene by Batman. As they explained the situation, Nightwing let them go. Harley is lovestruck as Ivy holds her and uses her vines to swing them through the air, but Gordon, hot on their trails, soon managed to corner them cutting off the vines. However, Nightwing stepped between them and Gordon, allowing Ivy and Harley slip away.

Harley and Ivy then enjoyed a night out at a fancy restaurant, using make-up to disguise their identities. In the middle of their romantic evening, Hush butted in and began aggressively flirting with Harley and refusing to take no for an answer, causing Ivy to see red. A violent fight broke out where between Hush and Ivy as Harley recapped the story of their day to another patron, JT. As Ivy managed to get Hush tied up, Carmine Falcone arrived, urging her not to waste her evening killing him. As a compensation, Falcone offered to pay for their meals, a hotel honeymoon suite, and buy out Blüdhaven Thrill Park, which they then use to torture Hush mercilessly and continue their romantic evening. After a good night, they got frisky on the hood of their car.

«Journey to Love Part 4»[]

Harley and Ivy were enjoying their time together in bed at their hotel suite. As they ate breakfast, they watched Tawny Young on the TV reporting about a new villain terrorizing Detroit. Live at the scene, Mephitic, self-proclaimed «best poisonous villain», called out Ivy on TV as his inferior before beating up the heroes fighting him. As the report ended, Ivy insisted that they had take a detour to stop him. Harley thought it was about Mephitic’s rude comments but was surprised when Ivy wanted to help and save people. Regardless, they made their way to Detroit.

Later that night, Harley and Ivy broke into Nightfall’s house although it took some convincing from Harley as worried about being there uninvited. Harley begged her and she eventually relented and they spent the night. However, in the morning, as Harley was preparing breakfast she was confronted by Livewire, Nightfall’s girlfriend, who suddenly appeared out of the toaster. Livewire furiously questioned Harley about what she was doing there and got more and more angry as Harley avoided the question and asked about her relationship, although she calmed down upon seeing Ivy. They sat down and explained their situation and Ivy apologized. Not ready to accept her apology yet, Livewire threw them both out.

As they left, Ivy had a hard time with it and took it out on Harley who was confused and broke out in apologies. Ivy told her she needed time and proceeded to give her the silent treatment. They checked into a hotel and Harley was relieved when Ivy didn’t ask for double beds. Harley eventually got Ivy’s attention when she informed her she knew the location of several polluting CEOs, suggesting she took out her frustrations on them. Harley was thrilled as Ivy welcomed the suggestion and she explains that they were at the same hotel. They then ordered room service and invited the staff bringing the goods into the room, taking their clothes as disguises. Later, they arrived at the dinner with the CEOs dressed up as waiters, serving them poisoned desert which resulted in them all suffering very bloody deaths.

Following that success they headed out of the hotel and run down the street. They stoped in an alley and were about to kiss when Vixen suddenly showed up. She saw right through their disguises, ripping Harley’s wig off and a fight commenced. Harley ran towards her but was thrown across the street by a kick from Vixen, only saved by Ivy’s vines. Wanting to end it quickly, Ivy attempted to use her pheromones on Vixen to command her to leave but soon discovered they did not work so the fight continued. However, moments later, a hoard of wild animals rushed in, due to Ivy’s pheromones having combined with Vixen’s animal spirits, turning it into pheromones for animals. Vixen called upon her skunk spirit, flooding the area with stinking spray, with Ivy and Harley escaping with Ivy’s vines after being thoroughly dosed.

«Journey to Love Part 5»[]

Watching from a safe distance, Harley angrily exclaimed she would kill Vixen for making them smell although Ivy convinced her not to and told her they would go back to the hotel and have a bath. Ivy used her powers to carry them back to the hotel where they then headed in for a bath together. As they helped get each other clean, Ivy started expressing her worries and suggested they left although Harley pointed out there was still one CEO left. Harley then finally snaps at Ivy, bringing up the various times she yelled at her for minor things during the trip and asked her to tell her what was wrong. Ivy tried to get Harley to drop it but Harley only got more upset and stated she could not be around Ivy while she was like this before leaving for the the Black Cat Lounge.

After leaving a not telling Ivy she loves her and urging her to open up so someone, and getting dressed up, Harley heads for the strip club where she immediately tries to cut the line. She is stopped by a bouncer who claims to have no idea who she is and Harley has to restrain herself to not take her anger out on him. Ones she is finally let in, she steals two guys table near the stage and admire the stripper. She gets a lap dance from the stripper who introduces herself as Peaches but Harley keeps being distracted by her fight with Ivy and wishing she was there. She decides to head back but is stopped at the door by the bouncer who reveals he knows exactly who she is and stops her from leaving. Not intimidated by him or his group of friends, Harley happily engaged them in a fight, beating them easily. However, at that moment Mephitic arrives. Harley heads to be Mephitic as well but is stopped right in her tracks by the awful smell, knocking her out.

«Journey to Love Part 6»[]

Harley was held captive in a warehouse by Mephitic who began torturing her with their awful smell after she made several snarky comments about it. Despite being brought to tears by the smell, Harley put on a brave face, continuing her smart-mouthed remarks, making Mephitic turn around to take notes about her. Mephitic then had his enslaved followers tie her to a table in order to run experiments on why she would not succumb to his mind control. As his followers brought tubes to put in her, Harley attempted to stall for time, by asking about their past and suggesting they live-streamed the event to more easily be noticed Cadre, which was their goal.

Mephitic had his followers chain Harley back up on the wall to continue the experiments, using tubes to connect her body with theirs. After a few rounds, Harley begins to feel the effect but tries to remain stoic. Then, Harley spotted a small flower and moments later Ivy exploded a hole in the wall and arrived with a small army of flower which began attacking Mephitic’s followers. Ivy stepped between Harley and Mephitic, demanding they let her go but Mephitic was unfazed by her threats. Ivy ran towards Harley, apologizing for everything and affirming how much she loved her before kissing her passionately. Harley sadly remarked that felt like a goodbye kiss before Ivy stepped in front of Harley, covering her with plants while a crying Harley pleaded with her to not fight alone.

Then as the situation began to seem hopeless, Livewire, Vixen and Zatanna showed up one after the other and engaged Mephitic in a fight. Ivy freed Harley who angrily told her to never do that to her again and they watched as Zatanna used her magic to clean Mephitic up, reducing them to their normal human form, which Harley readily mocked. Following the fight, Vixen decided not turn Ivy and Harley in for the murder of the CEOs, instead stating they owed her. Jim Gordon then arrived at the scene with Tawny Young close behind who began trying to interview the pair while Gordon stepped forward to arrest Harley. However, Livewire provided a distraction so Harley and Ivy could escape. Later, Ivy and Harley were back in their car, heading towards their next stop: Central City.

Season 3[]

«Harlivy»[]

Harley and Ivy had made themselves at home at the Fortress of Solitude, hiding from Commissioner Gordon and watching a porn parody of themselves, marveling over the fact it had only been two weeks since they got together. A hologram of Superman’s dead father suddenly appeared scolding them for being there and watching a dirty movie. He called up Superman who appeared in his place at which point Harley blew a hole in the side of the wall, and the two of them headed out towards Wonder Woman’s invisible jet. After Ivy asked what they should do next Harley announced what she has dubbed the «Eat, Bang, Kill tour»: including them traveling the world, stealing and heisting, frauding Gordon out of money, having sex and sunbathing.

Back on the jet after a successful heist at Buckingham Palace, Ivy thanked Harley for her fun trip, which Harley insisted she referred to by it’s full name, when she discovered that Harley has kidnapped Queen Elizabeth II as a two-week anniversary gift for her. Harley was upset when Ivy didn’t appear as thrilled as she had hoped but Ivy quickly assured her did like her gift but worried people would be looking for her. At that moment the British airforce started to close in on them so they took a few quick photos with the queen before Harley kicked her out of the jet, although she insisted that she had an invisible parachute.

A few days later, Harley woke Ivy up for a new surprise for their 16th day anniversary. She blindfolded her and brought her to Edin, a place Ivy created years ago in her attempt to terraform the planet with pre-historic plants. However, Ivy was less than thrilled upon discovering where she was, explaining she thought of the place as a failure as she only managed to grow one acre. However, Harley encouraged her and was thrilled when Ivy agreed to stay for a bit to look around. As the minutes passed, Ivy began enjoying herself while Harley quickly grew bored by the lack of Wi-Fi or people to beat up. She pretended to like the peace and quiet, though, but was relieved when she got a call from King Shark and Clayface who needed help to break out of Arkham Asylum.

As they headed towards Gotham, Ivy suspected that Gordon was using them as bait so they hired the adult film starts who played them in the porn they watched earlier to pose as them, buying them some extra time. Harley and Ivy managed to sneak into Arkham and were reunited with Clayface and King Shark. As the crew made their way through the hallways, Ivy accidentally bumped into a woman who then insulted her, causing Harley to stop and furiously yell at her, telling her who she had just insulted although as the woman continued to demean Ivy, Harley secretly kidnapped her. Later, Harley and Ivy dropped Clayface and King Shark off at Gotham Mall along with all their weapons before heading back to Edin. Although they questioned if she really enjoyed her new plant-filled life, Harley insisted she wanted to go with Ivy.

Back in Edin, Harley revealed she had kidnapped the woman from Arkham, intent on torturing her for disrespecting Ivy. Although Ivy was not pleased, realizing the person in question was Amanda Waller, head of the Suicide Squad, causing a surprised Harley to note she was not always good at pairing names with faces. Not fazed by this, however, Harley continued to threaten Waller to apologize but Waller remained unfazed, telling them about the Suicide Squad at which point the Waller’s ally Plastique shows up, showing off a promotional montage video of the squad before stating she was there to kill. They started laughing and Harley noted that she wasn’t even big enough to be included in the montage but she soon revealed her myriad of explosives hidden inside her coat.

Poison Ivy

Edin was doomed to fail.

Harley Quinn

No, I saw how happy you were, tinkering with your shiny trees and… the wet hunks of grass and all the green stuff.

Poison Ivy

Oh wow, please never describe nature again.

A fight commenced, making Harley regret dumping all her weapons. Ivy handed Harley a stolen spiral to fight with, although she paused briefly as it had been a gift to Ivy for their 3 day anniversary. After destroying some valuable flowers, Ivy ends the fight by tying Plastique down on the ground with her vines but before Harley could bash her head in with the Queen’s stolen tea pot, Plastique blew herself up, spilling her guts all over Harley and Ivy. With the dust settled, they looked around themselves to see the place completely destroyed by the explosives. Harley apologized for causing this but Ivy insisted Edin was doomed to fail anyways and that she would never be able to achieve her dream of terraforming Gotham. Harley insisted that was bullshit, telling her they could do it together. Although ivy initially argued against it, Harley insisted she would do anything to help her and that she believed in her. Ivy eventually relented and they shared a kiss as Harley gratulated her on their 19th day anniversary.

«There’s No Ivy In Team»[]

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«The 83rd Annual Villy Awards»[]

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«A Thief, a Mole, an Orgy»[]

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«It’s a Swamp Thing»[]

To be added

«Joker: The Killing Vote»[]

To be added

«Another Sharkley Adventure»[]

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«Batman Begins Forever»[]

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«Climax at Jazzapajizza»[]

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«The Horse and the Sparrow»[]

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Personality[]

Harley undergoes significant character growth and learning throughout the series. Some of her most consistent character traits, however, are a need to break things with her baseball bat, aversion to boring or dorky things, and what could broadly be described as a carefree, chaotic attitude.

Harley’s psychotic personality was ingrained from her childhood and deepened when she met the Joker, forming an unhealthy attachment to him. With Ivy’s intervention, Harley gradually recognizes Joker’s abusive behavior towards her, and that she has to be independent to be healthy, manifesting as a desire to join the Legion of Doom. However, «Being Harley Quinn» reveals Joker to be rooted deep in her subconscious, meaning that her attempts to prove herself independent were subconsciously motivated by a desire to prove herself to him; his influence over Harley is so powerful that she relapses after joining the L.O.D., which alienates her allies.

Harley’s obsession with Joker is broken for good after he murders Ivy right in front of her. Despite this, Harley instantly recognizes a «normal» Joker in «All the Best Inmates Have Daddy Issues», although after she pushed him in acid to restore his memory, they act more like squabbling siblings, as Harley is no longer interested in him romantically, having fallen in love with Ivy instead.

All throughout this progression, however, she remains insane, only limiting herself from killing random innocents.

Throughout the first season, Harley struggled with figuring out who she really is, while in the second season the focus is on figuring out what she really wants. Harley is impulsive and reactive, and most of her decisions are based on other people, whether it be for Joker’s approval or the respect of other villains; the results are messes that someone else, mainly Ivy, must clean up. Harley eventually comprehends this, culminating with her declining Darkseid’s offer to rule the Earth — her desire is Ivy’s love, not conquest. She starts to be proactive in fixing her own messes which she demonstrates by not wanting to involve Ivy during «Dye Hard», freeing the Justice League in «A Fight Worth Fighting For», and trying to save Ivy’s wedding in «Something Borrowed, Something Green.»

During the third season, Harley learns to function in a health romantic relationship with mutual support, honesty, and agency. During an adventure in Batman’s mindscape, she finds all his heroism to be actually inspiring. Furthermore, she finds appeal in being on the side of good. After Ivy assures her that having different goals doesn’t mean they will lose each other, Harley gives up villainy to join the Bat Family. She also rediscovers her love of psychology as she offers to continue be Bruce Wayne’s therapist during his time in prison.

In this season, Harley’s lack of a verbal filter seems even more pronounced around Ivy. Harley doesn’t shy away from recounting her love triangle with Ivy and Kite Man («The 83rd Annual Villy Awards»), willingness to disclose her sexual history to Ivy «from grossest to hottest» («A Thief, a Mole, and an Orgy»), and PDA after saying «I’m gonna need to change my shorts!» («Climax at Jazzapajizza»).

Abilities[]

• Master Acrobat: Harley is an Olympic-level gymnast, occasionally eschewing walking for cartwheels. She can use her acrobatics in hand-to-hand combat, or for other uses like getting through a laser security grid. Even while still working as a psychiatrist, Harley was able to use her gymnastics to fend off Joker.
• Expert Combatant: Harley is an exceptional and fearless fighter, being able to hold her own against opponents such as Aquaman and the android at the Villy Awards.
  • Bat Mastery: Harley often utilizes her signature baseball bat in her fights, using it as a blunt force weapon to severely injure her opponents.
• Expert Psychiatrist: As a former Arkham doctor, and described by Ivy as a genius, Harley is an expert at understanding the human mind. She, however, tends to be slow with self-diagnosis.^[5]
  • Deception
• Multilingualism: Harley can mimic Russian but only «Dasvidaniya suka» and «Eto bez glyutena.»^[9]
• Leadership: Harley creates and leads her own crew.
• Thievery
• Pilot: Harley is able to confidently fly the Batplane.

Weaknesses[]

• Mental Illness: Harley has exhibited hallucinations (though this includes visions of Doctor Quinzel, an proverbial angel on her shoulder), false memories, anger issues, and a myriad of other mental instabilities.^[5][3]

Equipment[]

• Mallet: Harley’s initial weapon of choice, she used it to attack and kill several people on the yacht in «Til Death Do Us Part». It was destroyed in her fight with the Joker’s gang after she decided to break up with him.
• Baseball Bat: Harley’s replacement weapon after she lost her mallet. In «New Gotham», Harley’s bat is destroyed after her fight with The Penguin, although it can be assumed that she replaced it with a new one.

Media Appearances[]

Harley Quinn
Harley Quinn appears in a speaking role in every episode of the series except for:

• «Batman’s Back Man» (cameo; pictured in cold opening)
• «Joker: The Killing Vote» (cameo)

Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red

• Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red #13

The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour

• «Journey to Love»
• «Journey to Love Part 2»
• «Journey to Love Part 3»
• «Journey to Love Part 4»
• «Journey to Love Part 5»
• «Journey to Love Part 6»

The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham

• «Double Date»
• «Tawny Tawks»

Trivia[]

• Despite popular belief, Harley Quinn is not bisexual in this series, but a lesbian.
• Harley Quinn is a misandrist.
• Harley Quinn is of Jewish descent.
• Her favorite book is Clive Cussler’s Sahara.^[7]
• The Joker claimed that she has HPV.^[10]
• Harley is a big fan of the Jurassic Park movies.^[11]
• Harley’s original outfit pays homage to her appearance in Batman: The Animated Series while her new outfit she gets in the pilot is based on her appearance in the DC Rebirth era of comics. Show-runner Patrick Schumacker has stated that the idea was to both modernize her look while also paying homage to the past.^[12]
• In «Being Harley Quinn», it’s suggested she is the same age as Fankie Muniz, putting her birth year at around 1985.
  • Although this could be inaccurate due to the inconsistencies in Batman’s age.
• Kaley Cuoco’s Big Bang Theory castmate, Melissa Rauch, voiced the same character in Batman & Harley Quinn.

Gallery[]

References[]

Harley’s Crew
Harley Quinn — Poison Ivy — Doctor Psycho — Clayface — King Shark — Frank the Plant — Sy Borgman

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