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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: [[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]] is of Italian and Cuban heritage in this version, a clear [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Eartha Kitt]] version in the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series from the 60s.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: In the first episode of Season 2, Harley is frozen by Mr. Freeze, who gives her to the Penguin to display like a trophy in the Iceberg Lounge. She’s like this for two months before she is rescued, and is just conscious to remember being mocked by the villains when freed.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: One major theme of the show is that Harley does not have the moral qualms against killing that Batman does, but opposes the same enemies he does, with the end result being established DC characters being murdered, often horribly. {{spoiler|As of the
** Downplayed, however, in that [[Word of God|Executive producer Justin Halpern]] has stated that three characters - Bane, Poison Ivy, and Harley herself - have immunity to this policy, and will not be killed off.
* [[Artistic License Chemistry]]:
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** Possibly a nitpick, but if Poison Ivy is truly impervious to poisons and toxins (something she boasts about in many continuities, including this one) it should be impossible for her to become intoxicated. Despite this, it clealry happens in the episode "It's a Swamp Thing".
* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** Sy Borgman has, to date, appeared in only one issue of Harley's solo comic title; he's a regular in this cartoon, with much more of a backstory.
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* [[Axe Crazy]]: Joker, of course, but Queen of Fables can challenge him for title of "most insane killer" here.
** Also, in a flashback showing when Harley and Poison Ivy first met, Ivy seemed on the edge of falling into bestial rage out of hatred for everyone, the episode strongly suggesting that Harley kept her from going over that edge.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler| Harley kills Nightwing in season 4 (by accident) and at the end of the season, Talia steals his body and revives him using the Lazarus Pit.}}
* [[Bad Boss]]:
** The Joker, naturally. This guy actually sends a henchman to deliver Harley a message, that ends with said henchman blowing up, his blood and guts splattering all over Harley and Ivy. He also {{spoiler| murders his accomplice - the Scarecrow - over rage when they discover Batman's identity - wasn't the Scarecrow's fault, he was just angry and had to kill ''somebody'', Scarecrow being unlucky enough to be there.}}
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* [[Good Costume Switch]]: A variation, as Harley never truly stops being evil. She starts the series still the Joker's "hench-wench" and wears the jester outfit from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. However, after forsaking him, she regards this costume as a slave-garment, and switches to a different outfit with a halter, short-shorts and no mask to prove she's her own villain.
** [[Evil Costume Switch|Very Evil Costume Switch]]: Harley gets a change of wardrobe again in Season 2 when she pretty much becomes [[The Dragon]] to Darkseid himself, getting her own version of Granny Goodness' costume. However, it doesn't last long.
** [[Good Costume Switch|Genuinely Good Costume Switch]]: In season 4, after ascending to anti-hero status and joining the Bat-Family, Harley starts using a new costume while with them, that seems a cross between her regular costume and Batgirl's, with pink and blue highlights and an exposed midriff, though she still uses her villain costume when "off duty".
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Batman himself is willing to give Harley a second chance and even let her join the Bat-Family after she helps him with his "issues", despite the numerous murders she commits in seasons 1 through 3. Also, while Nightwing and Batgirl do scold her harshly after she kills Professor Pyg, they are willing to give her a second chance.
* [[Evil is Petty]]: The Joker, of course; to give just one example, the reason Todd continues to call Bane "Bang" while serving him is because the Joker is paying him to do so, simply to troll Bane. When he finds out Bane is planning to ''kill'' Todd over this, [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor|he finds it hilarious.]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Batman and the Justice League push the limits of what can truly be called "good". Batman seems to think Harley has crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by taking the Batmobile for a joyride. Even worse, in one episode, the League is intent on banishing Harley and her gang to the Phantom Zone for releasing a mob of killer trees without any attempt at due process. (And for the record, the Scarecrow was responsible - Harley and her gang were attempting to stop the trees.) At the very least, they stand down once Poison Ivy pleads with Wonder Woman to use the Lasso of Truth on her to confirm her story.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: In a clear reference to ''[[The Killing Joke]]'', Babs is shot by the Joker in season 4 and, as of the end of the season, is wheelchair bound. While not referred to as Oracle yet, she seems to be heading in that direction, using her hacking skills to help Harley and Ivy bring Luthor down in the season 4 finale.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Batman and the Justice League in this case, as well as Batgirl starting Season 2 and Nightwing for season 3.
* [[Hero with an F In Good]]: In season 4, Harley makes a "professional" [[Heel Face Turn]] and joining the Bat-Family, but can't shake her old ways, killing Professor Pyg. She does at least try to do better.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
** {{spoiler|Sy Borgman does this in "Dye Hard" to allow Harley, Gordon, and the amnesiac Joker to escape Riddler and Dr. Psycho. However, while his body is destroyed, he survives by transferring his consciousness into a bionic eye he gives Harley, which she later downloads into her television.}}
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