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** Rather than killing Harley, the Penguin and the other villains display her frozen form as a trophy. [[Fridge Brilliance|This actually makes Mr. Freeze the most]] [[Genre Savvy]] of them all. {{spoiler|[[Even Evil Has Standards|He didn't want Harley killed to begin with]], and figured that had he not frozen her for that purpose, she’d have been gang-raped and murdered; he actually did this to protect Harley!}}
** In "Dye Hard", {{spoiler|Dr. Psycho does not use his mind-control on Harley - which he uses on Killer Shark and Clayface - because he wants her to suffer. Naturally, she escapes.}}
* [[Brought Down To Badass]]: Queen of Fables is this via adaptation. In the original comic books, she was an otherworldly force of fiction made real who - as long as there is imagination - can warp all of reality to her whims. Here, while still able to bring fairy tale creatures to life, her body seems mortal and as vulnerable to harm as anyone else.
* [[Character Development]]: ''Everyone'' gets this, even [[Joke Character|Kite-Man]], of all people.
* [[Corrupt Politician]]: A flashback paints Harvey Dent (not yet the villain Two-Face) as this. He promotes use of unethical and illegal methods of security at Arkham, because he knows voters would admire a DA who is tough on the inmates, and later orders the police to open fire on the Joker even if they have to shoot Harley in the process - he was only truly concerned that he'd lose reelection if the Joker escaped on his watch (although at very least, he has enough decency to tell them to stand down once Ivy holds up her hands and surrenders). Harley calls him out with the moniker "Two-Face" for the first time, her way of calling him a hypocrite, which in hindsight, makes his later name an [[Appropriated Appellation]].
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'''Jim Gordon:''' If saving Gotham means I have to gun down another lady clown, then so be it.
'''Barbra Gordon:''' Wait, what do you mean another...}}
* [[Race Lift]]: Queen of Fables and Catwoman are both changed from Caucasian to black; [[Word of God]] claims this version of Catwoman is of Cuban and Italian heritage, a [[Homage]] to [[Eartha Kitt]]'s version of the character.
* [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]]: Many villains on the show have previously had little, if anything, to do with Batman. Dr. Psycho is a [[Wonder Woman]] villain, and Dr. Trap was from the short-lived ''[[Chase]]'' comic. Characters like [[Lex Luthor]] and [[Darkseid]] seem to be clearly in [[Hero of Another Story| Villain of Another Story]] territory when they appear.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: The show has gotten a lot of guff due to Sy Borgman being a stereotypical old Jewish guy, but a quick look at the credits shows quite a few Jewish names among the writers, suggesting this Trope.
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