Batgirl's "Stephanie" could be Clayface's "student" personna (" Riddler U"), or Stephanie Brown, another member of the Batfamily, who assumes the identities of Spoiler, Robin, and Batgirl. At one point, Doctor Psycho quips that possessing Ivy while surrounded by the Trinity and Harley has the drama of a CW show except "if the cast were less hot". The CW makes live-action shows for DC and is known for casting talented and/or attractive actors while having a mixed reception towards other aspects of their shows. There is a stigma on female supervillains in this show, according to Poison Ivy and the Queen of Fables, though they could be exaggerating since they're psychotic sociopaths and misogynist . However, an undeniable fact is that the Legion of Doom has only one female member (Cheetah) whom they don't care enough to even remember her name and are a bunch of misogynistic and manipulative males.

Harley’s incorrect assumption that Mr. Freeze is some sort of creepy stalker who doesn’t really love his wife Nora is probably a reference to the unpopular re-tool of their relationship in the 2011 New 52 Batman series. The Penguin's nephew Joshua has a bar mitzvah, but Harley ruins the party by killing all the guards at a fake heist. And it turns out the guards were an improv troupe, so nobody cares that they're dead. Later at the same party, Harley tells Joshua that he can't be a man because he's never finger-blasted a girl. DC released Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour, a six-issue spinoff comic book that's set between season 2 and 3. Further spinoff comics have followed.Mr. Freeze tells Harley that he stopped the Injustice League from killing her and that he was only able to because he knew heterosexual, cisgendered, white men would love nothing more than to make an object out of a woman put on display like a trophy. note He is obviously glossing over Bane, who is Hispanic but has no respect amongst his peers and whose opinion would not have mattered. The Joker insists that he is turning 25 on his birthday. In response to Scarecrow congratulating him on how much he's accomplished in just 38 years. Later subverted with Ivy's inner mind version of Kite Man being completely incinerated by Ivy's worst fear while instead saying "Hell... Nah..." First dates are usually memorable, and Harley’s is no different. When Hush decides to disrupt their date, Ivy takes action in a way Harley’s never seen before. And will someone get rid of Gordon, please?! [2] Plot [ ] Reused Character Design: The woman anchor of the Gotham News Network (GNN) — which later temporarily became the Joker News Network (JNN) — closely resembles Kathy Duquesne.

Stealth Pun: At a few points Harley and Joker are given the Portmanteau Couple Name "Joquinn", which is pretty much a phonetic pronunciation of the name "Joaquin" (which is usually pronounced "Waa-Keen"). After challenging the girls to a drinking contest, Constantine is out cold the next morning wearing a shirt that says, "I tanked a shark", a reference to his old fling with King Shark mentioned in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. While Batman is portrayed as The Comically Serious in this show, he's still The Dreaded among Gotham's supervillains for a reason; anytime Batman fights in this show, it's a one-sided beatdown in his favor. Harley gets trounced by Batman on live television, and Ivy is only able to briefly even the odds. Immediate Sequel: The comic's opening is on the rooftop with Harley now with the Batfam who are swinging down on their lines with Harley left to curse at them and having to take the stairs down.Harley demands, "What's the point of having an elevator that doesn't work?" - an Actor Allusion to Kaley Cuoco's other big role, where there was a famously non-functioning elevator.

One memory that Ivy views within her head is her and Harley with Bruce Wayne's credit cards from " Holiday Knights". Not Quite Dead: Ivy takes a harpoon through the heart courtesy of Joker, at which point Harley and her crew bury her body on the spot that she died. Or at least, supposedly died. Ivy comes in to save Harley before she hits the vat of acid that would have turned her normal, then dunks the Joker into it. Queen Elizabeth II is implied to fall to her death after Harley pushes her out of a plane in "Harlivy"; though Harley claims she had a parachute.Cerebus Syndrome: The first several episodes are light, comedic, and mostly standalone; there is an ongoing story, but mostly the show is Monster of the Week-type fun antics as Harley builds her crew and makes plans. Once she joins the Legion of Doom, the show becomes far more serialized and much darker, and previously established plot points and characters return and convene to demonstrate a larger narrative they were building towards.

Bathtub Bonding: Played With. It's only during their bath that Harley finally confronts Ivy how she's refused to emotionally open up and how she's blown up at Harley over every small thing. But when Ivy asks her to drop it, Harley leaves the bath telling Ivy if she wants to talk, she'll be at the strip club. Seeing Mr. Freeze’s selfless love for his wife that culminates in him giving his life to cure her makes Harley realize that she’d been letting her own toxic relationship with Joker skew her perception of love. Mr. Freeze is based for the most part on his pre-Flashpoint characterization of actually being married to Nora and becoming the way he is as the result of cryogenic experiments he conducted to try and cure her of a terminal illness while she was frozen, with his physical appearance based on his controversial New 52 incarnation.

Harley leaves Joker alive when the clown prince was trapped underneath the ruins of his hideout, because she wants to rub it in Joker’s face when she takes over Gotham. Ivy gets to Vixens place but she doesn't want to help Ivy. However her girlfriend knowing how Ivy must be feeling convinces her. Vixen and Ivy get changed into new outfits and go out to find Mephitic. With Ivy agreeing to get turned in after she frees Harley.