Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years

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Show Some Leg: During their first team-up, Harley distracts a mugger by showing him her butt window on her leotard until Power Girl swoops in. An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in the Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles episode "Twisted", voiced again by Strong. This version is a serial killer who makes toys and dolls out of the bodies of her victims. Mad Love establishes Harley Quinn's full name to be Harleen Frances Quinzel. "Harleen Frances" was taken from Sorkin's first and middle name, Arleen Frances, while "Quinzel" came from one of Dini's former Emerson College instructors, who was surnamed Quenzel. [13] Introduction to mainstream DC continuity [ edit ]

Victoria's Secret Compartment: Harley finds her wanted poster in the shirt of a hitwoman that tried to kill her. Big Tony thought she was searching for something else at first.

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Riesman, Abraham (October 6, 2017). "An Oral History of 'Batman: The Animated Series' ". Vulture . Retrieved March 16, 2021. Kill the Poor: The overarching plot-arc of the Rebirth era has Harley fighting a corrupt mayor of New York, with her pivotal This Is Unforgivable! moment being when he (it was his second-in-command's idea initially, but he loved it when he heard) hires a South American cannibal cult to "clean the streets" by killing and eating the city's homeless people.

Psycho for Hire: Several, including a traitorous henchman Harley for some reason continues to hire. There's also the time when she gives a woman who was robbed some money after the robbers got away. And another where she shares her pizza with a homeless man and gives him a hug. Canon Immigrant: Harley, from Batman: The Animated Series: while she appeared in the comics before this, this was where she came into her own and got a lot of character establishment. Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Issue 30, the last before the DC Rebirth relaunch, is something of a commentary on Rebirth, with Harley refusing to let things be changed and standing up for the past, and Ivy finding a solution that combines the best of both worlds, in line with Rebirth's intended ethos.

Harley Quinn appears in Batman and Harley Quinn, voiced by Melissa Rauch. She works as a waitress after breaking up with the Joker again, and helps Batman and Nightwing stop Poison Ivy from accidentally causing the extinction of all life on Earth. [182] [183] Fanservice: Harley dresses quite revealingly and gets a lot of male gaze, as do several of the other regular female characters, and there's a lot of mildly erotic sex humour. Taken to an extreme in the " Gotham City Sirens reunion" Road Trip special, which was criticized by some reviewers for being very little but fanservice. In number 16, theres a scene where Harley and Ivy are at a movie and Harley is loudly talking during it. The two people sitting behind her are understandably annoyed and tell her to shut up. She turns around, looks like she is about to punch them.. only to smile and politely say she's sorry and didn't realize her voice was so loud. Even better, Ivy points out after that Harley seems to be learning to control her temper better. Reimagining the Artifact: Edgar "Eggsy" Fullerton Young, the freakiest of all Harley's pals (an inexplicably sentient egg in Power Armor), is an attempt to produce a tolerable new version of Silver Age Wonder Woman villain Egg Fu, a massively despised character due to his ludicrous nature and gross ethnic stereotyping. Issue 29 takes it up a level, with a panel focused on the butt of a Transforming Mecha in Harley's image.

Love Redeems / Love Freak : Of a sort. Harley, being a lover of love, decides to help it grow wherever she can - being in love is the easiest way to get her to spare you. Early on she fights Two-Face to save a hostage he was taking as his own because she felt the story was romantic, and later on she plays matchmaker to a pair of bounty hunters trying to bring her in.No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: In #25, when the Joker tries to convince Harley to let him out when she comes to rescue Mason, Harley goes right into his cell and beats him up and follows it up by telling him she's over him and threatening to kill him if she ever hears from him again or if he ever threatens her friends and family. Harley got a second series in the New 52, which ran for 31 issues from November 2013 to July 2016, and had a number of specials. It was written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner of Power Girl fame, and follows Harley and her antics on Coney Island after she inherits an apartment complex there.

Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!: Miz Diangelis takes a wooden spoon to her teenage daughters for lying about their age to join Harley's gang. Subverted a few issues later when Harley advises a client against beating her rebellious daughter, reasoning that "a good old-fashioned beating" would only alienate her further in her current state. Asshole Victim: 99 percent of the people Harley kills are other crooks and hitmen trying to kill her. animal abusers, and other horrible people. The only real exception is in #20 where the airport loses her luggage and the clerk is uncooperative, so Harley kills her and stuffs her in a suitcase. Issue 15 features a potshot at Avengers: Age of Ultron (or perhaps the perception that a billion grossing film can bomb), with a newspaper headline about a superhero Box Office Bomb that features an Ultron stand-in with a Gag Nose, whose failure is somehow blamed on Kim Jong-un. Harley Quinn appears as an antagonist and character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure. Split Personality: Two-Face appears at one point, so that's a given. However, the storyline where he appears also involves a businessman allegedly having an affair with a woman who turns out to be his wife's split personality. Also, Rose and Thorn appear when Harley goes to Metropolis.Flash Forward: The Futures End tie-in, as part of the theme for the New 52 comics that month, flashes five years ahead to feature Harley meeting up with the Joker on a desert island (and dropping hints as to what's about to happen in the present day). Daydream Surprise: In #14, Harley's been having a really crappy day, but things are finally starting to look up for her... then she gets a nasty Joker-flavored surprise and wakes up. Red Tool initially behaves in a very creepy Stalker with a Crush way towards Harley, but she forgives him, accepts him into her circle of friends, and is implied to occasionally sleep with him. Harley Quinn appears in the 2019 animated series DC Super Hero Girls, voiced again by Tara Strong. This version is a fangirl of the Joker and Barbara Gordon's best friend from Gotham City, though they are unaware of each other's identities until "Nightmare in Gotham". While initially living in 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 an enemy of the DC Super Hero Girls. Clark Kenting: Harley parodies (and lampshades) this trope while in Metropolis, disguising herself as a mild-mannered, if kooky, love columnist for the Daily Planet — without ever realizing one of her coworkers is Superman.