

Even Batman revelation that Joker’s ‘tragic past’ was a lie that he ensnared others with and Joker pushing Harley out a window didn’t break his hold on her. Trapped in an abusive relationship, she stuck by Joker’s side. Her devotion to Joker caused Harley Quinn to help him steal and slaughter, even though he abused her. She snapped, breaking Joker out of Arkham Asylum, and finally adopting the name Harley Quinn. As time went on, Harleen began seeing Joker as a wronged victim and Batman as cruel for hurting him. She slowly sympathized with him, eventually opening up to him as well.

Joker opened up to her and told her about his tragic past.

Harleen Quinzel was a psychiatrist who was assigned to work with Joker and seemed to be making progress. Harley served as Joker’s moll/henchgirl and was popular enough to become a recurring character before she was brought into the comics.ĭr. The writers then pitched a new idea: a female Joker. The writers wanted a scene where Joker danced in a giant desert before inviting a victim to “try his pie”, but the executives decided that was a little too creepy. Harley Quinn was created in 1992 for an episode of television’s Batman: The Animated Series. Harley: “It felt like… It felt like a kiss.“ – Batman: Mad Love Leland: “So, tell me, Harley-how did it feel to be so dependent on a man that you’d give up everything for him, gaining nothing in return?” Running The Asylum: Harley Quinn’s Historyĭr. Harleen Quinzel’s destiny was set in stone. This is Arkham’s most insidious occupant, Gotham’s Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker. She opens the door and finds him skin white as a bone, hair an emerald hue, and a brilliant smile seemingly affixed to his face doing nothing to hide his mind-boggling insanity. It’s early in her psychiatric career and she’s finally getting to meet their most notorious patient. Harley Quinn: “…Angel!“ The New Batman Adventures “Mad Love” (Season 1, Episode 21)Ī young woman walks through a mental asylum. I finally see that slime for what he is: a murderous, manipulative, irredeemable…“ No more obsession, no more craziness, no more Joker.
