39,327
edits
Gotham City Sirens: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
prefix>Import Bot (Import from TV Tropes TVT:ComicBook.GothamCitySirens 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:ComicBook.GothamCitySirens, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 3:
]
''Gotham City Sirens'' was a monthly comic-book series published by [[DC Comics]] co-starring [[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]], [[Femme Fatale|Poison Ivy]] and [[Harley Quinn (Comic Book)|Harley Quinn]], three characters who had previously recurred throughout the DC universe, primarily as [[Arch Enemy|foes]]/[[Noble Demon|allies]]/[[Dating Catwoman|love-interests]] of [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]. Their portrayals have varied widely over the years, ranging from [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] and terrorists to just shy of [[The Hero]], and their current portrayal is right on the [[
Though not quite a [[Slice of Life]] (The series remains an Action/Adventure story about costumed stars battling other costumed individuals) the premise is that the characters have not united for any form [[Evil Scheme]] or plot, but rather have decided to be a team simply for the sake of being with people they are on friendly terms with. [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|Previous events in other comics]] [[Continuity Nod|that are alluded to in the very beginning]] mean that the characters have no shortage of money, so they have no immediate impetus to commit crimes, and the first arc of the series revolves around when they themselves are attacked by other criminals, instigated when Harley [[Villains Out Shopping|is out shopping]].
Line 51:
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Harley
* [[Home Sweet Home]]: For Christmas, while their home is being rebuilt, Ivy visits the Amazonian Rainforest, Catwoman shares a glass of champagne with Dick Grayson, and Harley spends an evening with her mother and brother, and even visits her father in jail (turns out he is a con-artist who abandoned her and her family, and one of the reasons she became a psychiatrist in the first place was to try and understand her family). In the end, despite the history they all have with these other places and people, they all return to their apartment and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|spend the holidays together]]. As Harley points out, "[[Theres No Place Like Home|there's no place like home]]."
* [[Laser
* [[Legacy Character]]: When Catwoman is being interrogated by Harley and Ivy over Batman's identity she lies and claims that Batman is a multi-person identity, with several people sharing the persona at the same time<ref>At the time of publication Bruce Wayne had not yet returned from his time traveling shenanigans and Dick Grayson was Batman, they only shared the role later</ref>. She also tells them not to get her started on the Robins, which ''is'' actually true.
* [[Lovely Angels]]: They might be ''just'' over the size limit, but it still fits.
Line 70:
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Harleen Quinzel herself, of course, and Gaggy, the Joker's sidekick before Harley showed up.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Yes, the intro actually mentions that they are ''not'' villain protagonists, and the story is not about their crimes or evil careers, but the three of them ''are'' supervillains, all of them have killed in the past, and two of them are certifiably insane and have the paperwork to prove it. They might not be villains right now, but their history is still there.
* [[Villain Team
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: Either <s>Bruce Wayne</s> Hush can [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|shoot Catwoman, Harley and Ivy in the back]] and claim it was self-defense, or he can take down the evil zeppelin filled with <s>The Joker's</s> Gaggy's goons and become a hero. He opts for the heroism.
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?]]: <s>Bruce Wayne</s> Hush was originally planning to lure Harley Quinn to the top of a skyscraper, pull her into the shadows for "privacy", then casually tip her over the side and giggle when she ultimately went "splat". Then, when <s>The Joker</s> Gaggy interrupted his plans, Hush decided it would be better to just pick up a Thompson submachine gun and shoot the lot of them. Of course, Hush ultimately switched his targets, but at least he did grab the gun (see [[Villain With Good Publicity]] above).
| |||