Harley Quinn: Difference between revisions

Well, maybe "minion" is a bit of a stretch. The series begins when, after a failed scheme, [[The Joker]] gets so pissed at Harley that he kicks her out of his gang - the rest of the series deals with Harley trying to make it on her own. Initially she tries freelance henching, but that doesn't exactly work out, so she starts her own gang instead. With... mixed results.

 

 

The last set of storylines happen after a time skip and features a noticeable [[Genre Shift]] to a more noirish style, downplaying Harley's cheery quirks and madcap adventures and instead playing her more like a jaded expy of [[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]]. This did not last.

In true tradition of the Batman side-comics, the Caped Crusader himself does not appear very often, nor, interestingly enough, does the Joker beyond the first issue or so.

 

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=== This Series Contains Examples Of: ===

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Bunny Ears Psychologist]] - Harley, in spades. She barely ever acts like anything but an unrestrained loon, but occasionally she makes it known that she's ''still'' a university-educated psychologist. Later in the series, after she mostly loses the "bunny ears," she gets a day job in the field and takes a few patients (one or two of which want to kill her).

* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Happens several times to Thorn after she is defeated by Harley and Ivy. Also happens to Sasha Bordeaux, Agent Chispazo, and a number of other characters.

* [[Children Are Innocent]]: With Harley as a (wo)manchild rather than a regular one. She is, however, widely regarded by others as being extremely innocent, of the "not aware of doing evil" variety, just, in her mind, having fun - this does, however, involve a laundry list of psychologically stunted systems of denial. She sees the world like a game of make-believe, and is oblivious to the fact that she is hurting people and doesn't truly acknowledge the danger of what she does or other people's danger to her - though she in more lucid moments claims this is less innocence and more a rejecting of the world in favor of her own reality.

** [[Innocence Lost]]: A major plot point in the second half, involving Harley herself, who realizes what kind of person she truly is and fully, if sadly, embraces it, and a girl she kidnapped, who loses her sight thanks to Harley's greed. [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with the girl in question, who regains a bit of her innocence after being free of everyone pursuing her (now that she doesn't have what they want anymore) to the point that she ''pities'' people like Harley.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild|Psychopathic Womanchild]]: Harley herself, who acts and thinks like a child at play - particularly noticeable with the addition of the aforementioned Harleyvision - the world as she sees it where, again, ''nobody dies'' and everything is like a game or cartoon. Harley herself does not register the true consequences of her actions, and doesn't even realize she's been killing people until she meets with up her victims in Hell (long story), and even then it takes her a while to realize they're dead - she thinks she's still alive because she doesn't register having killed anyone.

* [[Sexy Jester]]

* [[Slumber Party]]: Harley held a supervillainess sleepover in one issue.

* [[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.