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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | You'd Expect: Considering that her fling Poison Ivy says that Joker is bad news, and Ivy never agrees with Batman or the law, that Harley would at least take a step back and try to assess that this relationship is toxic.
Instead: In the few episodes where Harley reviews that Joker is a bad influence and doesn't love her, she snaps back at the slightest bit of kindness from him, whether it's crumbs of praise or a flower and a get-well card after he nearly beat her to death for trying to kill Batman without him.
The Result: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker happens. When Joker tells Harley he wants to settle down and start a family, which is what she always wanted, she agrees to his plan to kidnap the second Robin Tim Drake, brainwash him into a Joker Jr. after interrogating him for three weeks, and lure the Bat-family into a trap at the decommissioned Arkham Asylum. Harley justifies it as "roughing the kid up" a little while saying she'll make it right. Thanks to her bazooka misfiring, she ends up falling deep into the Arkham foundation despite Batgirl's best efforts to save her. Joker dies that night, courtesy of Tim snapping out of his brainwashing at the right time, but Harley survives thanks to Ivy's chemicals. Offscreen she suffers a Heel Realization about this; as Barbara reveals to Terry, Harley hasn't been seen since or caused any "trouble". It might have to do with the cane she needs to use to walk in the Beyond continuity. Harley starts a new life, settles down with someone who isn't Ivy or a supervillain as far as we know, and has grandkids. She can't ever reveal herself or make amends for what she did because the Bat family would never forgive her for breaking Tim, especially after both Bruce and Batman reached out a few times to save her life, or secure her rehabilitation. Karma then hits her; the DeeDee twins become part of a Jokerz gang, and a resurrected Joker "hires" them to get revenge on Bruce Wayne. The movie ends with Harley agreeing to bail them out of jail and hold her granddaughters in custody before their trial, all the while smacking them on their rear and yelling at them for becoming criminals. They point out that "Nana Harley" doesn't exactly have room to judge them. |
