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Interesting but not an adaptation trope.
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(Interesting but not an adaptation trope.)
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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]].