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* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Harley is a character who has gone all the way up and down the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains]], often into true villain territory, but most of the time, she’s regarded as a tragic figure corrupted by the Joker, who in [[New 52]], went so far as to dunk her in the same vat of chemicals that drove him mad, making her just as insane as he is. Here, this origin is changed. Harley’s backstory reveals that she was likely [[Evil All Along]], having been a [[Yandere]] towards a boy as early as age 11 (having spent time in juvie for it) and possibly having killed her [[Alpha Bitch]] rival in high school. This is finally cinched by [[Repressed Memories]] that shows the Joker did not push her into that vat of chemicals - she willingly jumped in, and later rationalized that Joker pushed her in to absolve herself of any responsibility for it. This revelation causes Harley to embrace her dark side and plot to outshine the Joker in notoriety, which has been a major part of the ongoing plot.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Harley, every member of her gang except Dr. Psycho, and quite a few other villains. The biggest surprise is Bane, who seems a very straight example of this Trope.
* [[Artistic License Chemistry]]: The Joker plans to "erase" the identity of "Harley Quinn" by giving her a second dunking in the vat of chemicals that gave her that identity, and instead falls victim to it himself. While it's true that no effort has been made to explain what that stuff is made of, in all logic, a chemical reaction could not be reversed by the same substance that caused it.
* [[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.
** '''Kite Man'''. Usually a joke villain (which is more-or-less true here too) this cartoon gives him more dialogue than ''all'' his appearances in the comics combined, makes him a love interest for Poison Ivy, makes him 3-dimensional, and gives him more of an importance to the overall plot of the story than any of his other appearances except ''maybe'' ''[[Batman: War of Jokes and Riddles]]'' (from ''[[Batman|Batman vol. 3 25 - 32]]''}, . He even seems on his way to [[Breakout Character]] status.
* [[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.
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* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Batman and the Justice League in this case. Batgirl for much of Season 2.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Dr. Psycho - a [[Depraved Dwarf]] - seems to have a fetish of sorts involving women much larger than he is. He brainwashed Giganta into marrying him and even sired a son before the brainwashing wore off and she left him. (Poison Ivy asks him in one episode [[Improbable Species Compatibility| how it was even possible]].) In a later episode, Poison Ivy drinks some formula that makes her grow to giant size, and Psycho quickly starts gawking at her.
* [[If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten]]: A variation. In season 2, Haley and her crew steal Mr. Miracle's boom-tube device in order to travel to Apokalypse and petition Darkseid for their servitude in exchange for an army. Darkseid considers it, but wants to test Harley's ''competence'' as well as loyalty, and thus demands she fight Granny Goodness. (Dr. Psycho was given the same chance earlier, he claims, but this is where he chickened out.) While Harley wins only because Psycho cheats (Darkseid specifically says she has to do it herself and
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Harley, definitely. She endures a lot of painful humiliation in her goal to prove herself.
** Kite-Man is run through the ringer every time he appears, his loyalty to the cast out of love for Ivy one of the most admirable traits in any character.
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* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Harley seems to be this to Batgirl, in both her civilian and heroic identities. At very least, Batgirl tries to warn her about her father coming for her, but Harley is too [[Drunk with Power]] to consider laying low.
* [[Friends With Benefits]]: Harley and Ivy are this, as always, but Harley may have deeper feelings for her; she seems happy for Ivy after Kite-Man proposes, but later shows [[Green-Eyed Monster|signs of jealousy]] and acting out of character; for example placing a photo of Ivy and her fiance face-down on a table while eagerly ranting about how she'll be the greatest villain Gotham has ever seen.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Kite Man realizes that Ivy goes berserk whenever someone kills plants, so he makes a point to bring her ''plastic'' roses for their date.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Harley survives a lot of things that, by all rights, should have killed her, mostly involving falling from great heights. In one episode where KGBeast throws her from a train as it's going over a bridge, her expression seems to convey that she's mostly ''annoyed'' rather than afraid.
* [[Muggle Born of Mages]]: In this version, Kite-Man, a reason he has "issues" and tries so hard to be a super-villain. His father has ice manipulation powers, and his mother can fly, and both were rather disappointed to have a son with no real powers. They warm up to the idea of him marrying Ivy ''very'' quickly when they see she has actual super-powers.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Barbara's attempt to warn Harley that her dad is coming for her only encourages her to expand her goals, petitioning Apokalypse for an army of Para-Demons, which he provides. ''Then'', her attempt to warn her father than Harley is forming an army causes ''him'' to form an army of his own. The carnage that follows is only stopped when Harley comes to her senses.
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