The new batman adventures series adapted mad love as an episode. Created by paul dini and bruce timm to serve as a new supervillain and a romantic interest for the joker in batman. Harley would go on to become a staple of the batman universe and is currently played on film by margot robbie, who has attracted plenty of acclaim for her eccentric performance. This new origin is born, quite fittingly given harleys training as a psychiatrist, as a result in a change of view rather than a major retcon from one of her earlier origin stories. Harley quinn is one of dc comics most infamous villainesses, starting off the jokers righthand woman, a member of the suicide squad, and onandoff antihero. Harley s origin was, for years, identical in the comics to the one seen in the batman animated series. September 11, 1992 where she served as a humorous female sidekick to the joker. In the years that followed, harley quinn appeared in numerous comic books, video games, and animated shows and movies. She is the jokers henchwoman, girlfriend, and previously his psychiatrist at arkham asylum. A harley quinn ongoing series was published monthly by dc comics for 38 issues from 2001 to 2003. The animated series is still revered as one of the greatest cartoons ever conceived. Harley quinn tries to impress her love while the origin of her career as the. After graduating from college, harleen quinzel acquires a job as a psychologist at arkham asylum in the hopes of writing a tell. Harleen quinzel, the one and only clown princess of crime.
The series is written and executive produced by justin halpern, patrick schumacker, and dean lorey and follows the misadventures of harley quinn and her best friendpartner in crime poison ivy after leaving. Dec 03, 2019 the harley quinn animated series has finally arrived on the dc universe streaming service. Harley quinn is an animated series produced for the dc universe streaming service, covering the adventures of harley quinn after her breakup with the joker. Harley quinn october, 1999 is largely an adaptation of her animated origin from the batman adventures. This isnt about them though for this is ranking the top harley quinn episodes. Its a question central to harleys character and one endlessly aggravating to her fans. Main kaley cuoco harley quinn, lake bell poison ivy, j. Batman arranges for harley quinns release from arkham, so she can help him track the joker down. Since then, shes made the leap into other media, like comic books and video games. Harleen frances quinzel, or also mainly known by her supervillain name harley quinn, is a supervillainess from dc comics, originating from the dc animated universes batman. Harley quinn is an american adult animated television series based on the character of the same name created by paul dini and bruce timm that premiered on november 29, 2019 on dc universe. Harley quinn is a character first featured in the show batman. The origin story was later adapted into an episode of the new batman adventures animated series and inspired harley quinns origin story in suicide squad.
She previously fought against domino from marvel comics in a episode of dbx. Harleen quinzel began interviewing criminals at arkham asylum, and shes having strange dreams. She is the secondary antagonist sometimes turned antihero of the batman franchise. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the onscreen title. Harlequinade is the 7th episode of the 2nd season of batman. Smoove frank the plant, alan tudyk joker, clayface, harley quinns crew tony hale doctor psycho ron funches king shark jason.
Before she became harley quinn,the lunatic girlfriend of the clown prince of gotham, she was just a normal girl with high ambitions and a gifted gymnast named harleen frances quinzel. Feb 10, 2015 harley quinn appeared again in a number of first season 1 episodes of batman. While a romantic relationship wasnt intended, fans grasped onto the pairing based on a. The harley quinn animated series has finally arrived on the dc universe streaming service. Batman arranges for harley quinns release from arkham, so she. Harley quinn a brief origin the pawprint harley quinn animated series will feature a ton of batman first appearance harley quinn. The animated series, while also retelling and reframing harleys origin story with both the joker and her. A relatively new addition to batman canon at that time, harley debuted in a 1992 episode of batman. Harley quinn appeared again in a number of first season 1 episodes of batman. The multiverse would be a much less lively place without the hijinks and shenanigans of the former dr. As for the harley quinnpoison ivy relationship, the seeds of this coupling were first planted in the classic batman.
Background the ability to create characters is precisely where we land on our feet, with arguably the most. Quinn s dc universe comic book origin, revealed in batman. Harley quinn is the best and i can prove it, with just one episode of a cartoon. No series has ever done harley quins origin as well as the original animated series. The animated series and quickly became a fanfavorite. Harley quinn teams up with poison ivy and both become the queens of crime, after the joker and batman find out. Latest harley quinn features a longawaited harleyivy. The secret origin of the harley quinn animated series. May 31, 20 given the scope of harleys character, how instrumental she was to both the development of the joker and poison ivy, and her transition from television to comic book mythology in the batman universe, i thought it only fitting that i countdown her top 5 episodes of batman. Mad love is the 21st produced episode and the 24th episode aired of tnba. Harley quinn was meant to be nothing more than a oneepisode character when she made her debut on batman.
Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5, 1992, to september 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes. Episodes 1 to 28 were released on dvd in the batman. Nov 29, 2019 harley quinn gets her own animated series in the dc universe show, and its an absolutely wild and delightful foulmouth tale of empowerment. Batman the animated series harley quinn street art phone case. Aug 09, 2016 harley quinn made her first appearance in a batman universe in 1992, on the mid90s tv show batman. The animated series episode harley and ivy written by paul dini. Harley quinn dc animated universe batman wiki fandom. The newest series to grace the dc comics streaming service is everything that a grownup fan of batman.
Harley quinn was created by bruce timm and paul dini, based on and created for dinis friend arleen sorkin, who provided the characters voice. She first appears in the episode jokers favor and has frequently. The animated series in september 1992 introduced as the brassy new henchperson to the. Harleen frances quinzel, also known as harley quinn, is a character who first featured in the show batman. Its notable for telling the origin story of harley quinn, adapted from the original comic book oneshot of the same name. Harley quinn season 2s latest episode sees harley and poison ivy found guilty of penguins murder. Harleen quinzel, a new worker at arkum asylum, by creating a false sense of pathos from mad love, which is from the new batman adventures like, maybe even sub if youre. Boasting a rapidfire jokesperminute ratio that would shame nearly any other comedy on tv, and having. The new batman adventures mad love tv episode 1999 imdb. It pushed the boundaries of what you could do with the animated medium, and its.
Harleys origin was, for years, identical in the comics to the one seen in the batman animated series. She is the jokers selfproclaimed girlfriend and henchwoman. What should i read to know more about harley quinns origin. Mayor hill refuses commissioner gordons request to evacuate the city, saying that they dont have enough proof that the bomb is still in gotham to risk mass panic. The new batman adventures series adapted mad love as an episode of. Joan leland at arkham asylum changed her life when she met the joker. Harley quinn returns to her animated roots in dc universes new series harley quinn. The animated series, she was intended to be a oneoff character in the same vein as the female companions employed.
Harley quinns real origin story revealed screen rant. The animated series in 1992, evolving along with the show as it eventually became the new batman adventures. Harley quinns latest episode eviscerated the snyder cut fans. The series is written and executive produced by justin halpern, patrick schumacker, and dean. Dc black labels harleen probes into harley quinns abusive past in the batman. Harleen frances quinzel, also known as harley quinn, first appeared in the batman. Joker goes last and his story involves him taking over a latenight talk show, with harley torturing the audience by telling bad jokes. The joker steals an enormous bomb from a mob auction, plotting to make gotham one big dent. Harley quinn seems to be everywhere these days, but the truth is shes been a fan favorite since long before suicide squad hit the big screen.
Beginning her career as a doctor in arkham asylum, she changed and became jokers girlfriend and henchwoman. The animated series episode mad love, we learn that the quirky harley quinn was once dr. Smoove frank the plant, alan tudyk joker, clayface, harley quinn s crew tony hale doctor psycho ron funches king shark jason. Unboxing the exclusive sideshow collectibles harley quinn. She first appeared in the episode jokers favor and has commonly appeared in all batman media since. Dec 28, 2019 this new origin is born, quite fittingly given harley s training as a psychiatrist, as a result in a change of view rather than a major retcon from one of her earlier origin stories.
The character first appeared in an episode of batman. The scrapped batman triumphant had some lofty ambitions. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. The storys genesis comes from dini and timm kicking around ideas for harley quinns origin. Harleen frances quinn is a character appearing in media published by dc entertainment. Harley quinn is an american adult animated web television series based on the harley quinn character created by paul dini and bruce timm that premiered on november 29, 2019 on dc universe, and will initially consist of episodes for the first season. The animated series is as known for reworking the origin of characters like mr. We also get to do a really cool flashback episode thats a bit of an homage to batman. The joker gets a tragic backstory with a twist in harley quinn picture.
She loves the joker despite being abused by him and she. Harley quinn gets her own animated series in the dc universe show, and its an absolutely wild and delightful foulmouth tale of empowerment. Kaley cuocos harley quinn series gives the joker a new. Harley quinn a brief origin the pawprint harley quinn animated series will feature a ton of batman. Animated series episode jokers favor, her sole purpose was to walk into a police banquet with a giant cake. Dini had the inspiration that she was a psychiatrist, and things snowballed from there. The storys genesis comes from dini and timm kicking around ideas for harley quinn s origin. The latest episode of dc universes animated harley quinn, batman s back, man, completely eviscerated the snyder cut fans with a perfect, selfreflexive sequence.
Another new episode of harley quinn hit the dc universe streaming site today, but its a little different from the other episodes of the animated series. Harley quinn was meant to be nothing more than a one episode character when she made her debut on batman. Harley quinn made her first appearance in a batman universe in 1992, on the mid90s tv show batman. The animated series has gifted the joker a new backstory the storied comic. But, in the comic series harley quinn, a quite different one was established. Harleen frances quinzel is a character appearing in media published by dc entertainment. She loves the joker despite being abused by him and. The joker is the main antagonist of the adult animated series harley quinn. Also, van dorn mentions in this episode that harley quinn was once a doctor at. Mad love is an episode of the new batman adventures. The character was so popular that she was eventually incorporated into the dc comics universe. Beginning her career as a doctor in arkham asylum, she.
Harleen quinzel was once a careeroriented psychiatrist until her internship under dr. He is gothams greatest criminal, batmans nemesis and the partner turned rival of the titular main protagonist, harley quinn whom he never treated as his equal, before finally abandoning her to arkham asylum, which led harley to become. Harley quinn showrunners tease flashback episode that. The animated series and made a typically instant impression. The duo soon realized that fox kids censors would neuter the story beyond recognition. Freeze as it is for creating characters that established roots later in the comic book realm, such as roxy rocket. In her first appearances she was depicted as a character completely devoted to the joker, totally. In her first appearances she was depicted as a character completely devoted to the joker, totally oblivious to his psychotic nature and his obvious lack. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. Harleys a massive character in terms of importance in the dc universe. The exclusive batman the animated series harley quinn statue, complete with her babies, bud and lou. When joker steals a nuclear weapon, batman arranges for harley quinns release from arkham, so she can help him track the joker down. She did not have her trademark costume on for most of the episode, dressing instead as a police officer in a mini skirt. Harley quinns origin story and its obscure comic book sequel.
Harley quinns best appearances from the show that launched her. The animated series betterknown episodes because it introduced harley quinn voiced by arleen sorkin, the jokers sassy partner in crime and. Aside from the unflinchingly corny dialogue and overlycartoonish aesthetic, fans took exception to. She first appears in the episode jokers favor and has frequently appeared ever since. Kevin conroy, loren lester, bob hastings, lloyd bochner. Harley quinn is an american adult animated television series based on the character of the. This is also the last episode aired of the series, marking the end of an era. In an episode titled jokers favor, viewers were introduced to harley.
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