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Harley Quinn The Animated Series tome 1 : The Eat. Bang ! Kill. Tour

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It's a running theme of the series that Harley and her crew want to be taken seriously by the rest of the supervillain community (specifically the Legion of Doom), but nobody respects them. They gradually start to work their way up there after performing legitimately impressive feats that catch the Legion's attention. Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman get hit with Poison Ivy's love pheromones (which could also turn them into trees) in "Lovers' Quarrel" as a setup for hilarity, along with the situation of how to give those three the antidote. But by the next episode, "The Runaway Bridesmaid", it went nowhere and seemed swept aside without payoff or mention. The stigma against female supervillains also gets brought up quite a bit, with Harley having to work twice as hard to get half as much respect. When Harley asks a bunch of thugs at a bar to join her crew, they all make lame excuses as to why they can't, with one mook even jumping into a Hell dimension rather than join Harley. But the moment Kite Man shows up, everyone leaves to join his crew. The title card for the Season 3 episode "Batman Begins Forever" is a nod to Frasier. It even uses the same style of music.

A "Suicide Squad" is mentioned to exist in this universe and is completely seperate from the Squad (and Harley) of the other DC animation continuity, just like there is Harley in both her own solo comic and the Suicide Squad comic running at the same time but occupying completely separate continuities.Cool and Unusual Punishment: In the first season finale, the Joker tortured Dr. Psycho by forcing him to... watch scenes of feminist rallies. The series had its first holiday special (parody), " A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", released on February 9, 2023. Hypocrite: While the Legion expels Dr. Psycho from the group for his blatant sexism, this doesn't stop them from continuing their own sexist practices, with no female members of the group shown before Harley is brought in... just so Joker can emotionally manipulate her again; the lot of them leaving the Queen of Fables to rot in a tax book for years; Lex Luthor gaslighting Ivy at the Joker's behest; Scarecrow kidnapping her, drugging her, and stealing her blood; and other terrible behavior. 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.

Even Peaches, the stripper Harley and Ivy talk to gets her own unique thought caption, a mottled grey and tan. The Calendar Man has the appearance of his modern incarnation established in The Long Halloween while also wearing the costume of his original Silver Age incarnation. Artistic License – Medicine: In "Riddle U", Harley decides to infiltrate Riddler's university and suggests getting an HPV vaccine as preparation, which Ivy points out they're "too old" for the vaccine. While vaccination against HPV is highly recommended for all 11 to 12 year old children, the vaccine is also approved and recommended for adults — both men and women — above age 25, it just requires three doses instead of the usual two above the age of 15.

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In Episode 4 of the first season, Harley and crew hear for the first time about an obscure hero named Tommy Tomorrow. In Episode 13 of Season 2, the guy actually appears and gets a Key to the city along with the Justice League.

Not So Above It All: Batman initially appears to be the only hero not affected by the show's portrayal of super villains as pop culture, but even he reminisces fondly over having found his first nemesis.Adaptational Sexuality: Vixen has a girlfriend in this continuity. Nightfall and Livewire are exes.

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