Harley Quinn

Creation and development , art by Bruce Timm. Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the 1992 Batman: The Animated Series episode entitled "Joker's Favor" while Dini was writing the episode. For the episode, Dini decided to put henchpeople for the title episode character as comic relief to lighten the story, as Dini described as a dark story. Initially written as an animated equivalent of a walk-on role, Harley Quinn was intended to appear in just one episode. Her popularity was unexpected, and the character became a surprise success. As Dini was putting together the story for the episode, he created Harley Quinn because it needed a character for the Joker to have pop out of a cake, and the idea of the Joker doing it seemed too strange, so Dini and the crew devised a female sidekick to be the surprise, but finally decided to put him inside the cake instead while keeping Harley in the episode. Then Dini wanted to introduce a foil for the supervillain the Joker that would emphasize the Joker's comic book personality traits: funny, scary, and egotistical. and then decided she would be a "funny counterpart to the Joker to maybe work up a little Punch and Judy attitude between them"; Dini described her voice for the character as having "a snappy blonde but also kind of a bad girl": "a little bit of Adelaide from Guys and Dolls, a little bit of Judy Holliday", and "a lot of Arleen", stating that it sounded "very close" to Sorkin's voice. Dini chose the name for the character to be in line with other Batman characters's names being puns, and also because he thought "Harley was a fun name for a girl". Harley Quinn then became a recurring character in the DC Animated Universe, appearing in The Animated Series sequel The New Batman Adventures, the direct-to-video film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, and in non-Batman animation such as Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, and Justice League. In February 1994, she made her first appearance in a video game in The Adventures of Batman and Robin, an action platformer based on Batman: The Animated Series. Transition to comic books , from the cover of Harley's canonical debut Batman: Harley Quinn. Widely described as iconic, the artwork depicts Harley dancing with a tuxedo-clad Joker and was later recreated in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. Because of her popularity, Harley Quinn was adapted into DC's comic books. In September 1993 (cover date), a year following Harley Quinn's first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series, the character made her comic book debut in the 12th issue of The Batman Adventures, a series set in the universe of The Animated Series, and became a regular character. Widely considered the definitive Harley Quinn story, Mad Love added dimensions to the character, with Dini introducing Harley Quinn's motivations as well as establishing her as a tragic and sympathetic figure. The story received wide praise and won the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best Single Issue in the same year and was later adapted into an episode of the same name in The New Batman Adventures in 1999. which put her origin in the middle of the ''Batman: No Man's Land'' story line. Dini changed Harley and the Joker's relationship to be darker to match the Joker's character in the comics; in the story, the Joker attempts to kill Harley at the first opportunity. Harley's immunity to toxins and enhanced strength and agility, which were gained from a special formula created by Poison Ivy, were carried over from Batman: The Animated Series, with Dini stating that they would give her a sort of "physical edge" over Batman and other heroes. Kesel called Dodson and asked him if he was interested on working on the comic, to which Dodson agreed, and the two worked for a month on their proposal for the series, which was to make a comic about "love gone horribly, terribly wrong". The decision renewed interest in the character, but the sales remained lackluster and the series was cancelled in 2003. The series also expanded on Harley Quinn's background and early life; in Gotham City Sirens #7, Dini established the character's hometown being Brooklyn, based on her accent and also introduced her dysfunctional family, with her swindling father being described as the main reason for her pursuing psychology. The first several issues of Gotham City Sirens were written by Dini and illustrated by Guillem March. Other creatives who worked for the series include writers Tony Bedard and Peter Calloway, and artists David López, Andres Guinaldo, Peter Nguyen, Jeremy Haun, and Ramon Bachs. The character was heavily redesigned to fit the tone of the book, and was inspired by Harley's designs in the video games Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City; Her personality had also been depicted to be more violent and psychopathic than her former iteration. Glass said: "Harley's always wanted to belong to something. And if not Joker, then the team – and she's finding herself in all this. She's finding her place in the world, that she's not just a sidekick". New origin In the seventh issue of Suicide Squad, Glass revised Harley Quinn's origin story, making it reflect the Joker's origins. In the story, the Joker takes Harleen Quinzel to the chemical plant where he originated and pushes her into a vat of chemicals against her will, which bleaches her skin and drives her insane, resulting in her transformation to Harley Quinn. This origin was received negatively by fans, who felt that its removal of Harley Quinn's choice to become the Joker's accomplice willingly, as depicted in her previous origin stories, took out an essential part of her character. Considered to be the most defining writers to work on the character since Dini and Timm, Palmiotti and Conner reinvented Harley Quinn as an antihero who has left her controlling relationship with the Joker behind. In contrast to Harley Quinn's depiction in Glass' Suicide Squad, Palmiotti and Conner wrote Harley Quinn with a lighthearted, cartoonish, and humorous tone. Her costume has also been changed with a roller derby-inspired costume designed by Conner, which incorporates Conner's favorite aspects of Harley Quinn's early costume and her costume in Glass' run of Suicide Squad. The rest of the series details Harley Quinn's adventures in Coney Island with her supporting cast. In Harley Quinn #25, Palmiotti and Conner reunited Harley Quinn with the Joker; the story depicts Harley Quinn returning to Gotham City to confront the Joker and end their relationship. With Harley Quinn's longtime friend Poison Ivy being a recurring character in the series, Palmiotti and Conner built on their relationship and hinted at romantic feelings between the two characters; Poison Ivy is shown kissing Harley Quinn multiple times throughout the series, and a sexual relationship between them was alluded to in issue #25. Controversies The cover of the first issue of the New 52 Suicide Squad title drew controversy for its sexual depiction of Harley Quinn. DC Rebirth DC's June 2016 relaunch of its entire monthly comics line, DC Rebirth, the character apeared in both the one-shot issue Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 (October 2016), with a design that included design included pink and blue dyed hair tips and a jacket inspired by Margot Robbie's portrayal of the character in the 2016 film Suicide Squad, a change established in the last issues of her New 52 series. Harley Quinn returned as a regular character in the relaunched Suicide Squad series, written by Rob Williams. The series was canceled in January 2019. Harley Quinn's relaunched ongoing series is a direct continuation of the former, with Conner and Palmiotti still writing for the character, and Hardin and Timms illustrating the interior art. After having written 64 issues of Harley Quinn's ongoing series, Conner and Palmiotti's five-year run ended with the 34th issue of the series in December 2017, with writer Frank Tieri and artist Inaki Miranda taking over the title. Tieri's run on the series ended with the series' 42nd issue, followed by a two-issue storyline written by Christopher Sebela and illustrated by Mirka Andolfo. The series ended in August 2020. Harley Loves Joker In 2017, Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini wrote a backup feature for Harley Quinn's Rebirth monthly series entitled Harley Loves Joker, co-written by Palmiotti and illustrated by Bret Blevins, which ran for 9 issues. The story brought back Harley Quinn's classic characterization and focuses on her past with the Joker. Unlike her characterization in Batman: The Animated Series, Dini and Palmiotti wrote Harley Quinn in the story as less of a "doormat", with Harley Quinn and Joker being on equal footing in their relationship. The story concluded with the two-part limited series of the same name, which also expanded on Harley Quinn's past as a former intern in animal research at S.T.A.R. Labs, where she met her pet hyenas Bud and Lou. In the second part of the story, Dini and Palmiotti explained Harley Quinn's change in costume, establishing the character's modern design as a reflection of her having left her relationship with the Joker. Infinite Frontier design by Riley Rossmo, which combines his favorite aspects of Harley's classic jester getup and more recent designs. Harley Quinn also has a prominent role in the "Fear State" crossover event. In January 2022, Phillips confirmed Harley would be resuming her previous career as a psychologist. == Characterization ==

Powers, abilities, and equipment Harley Quinn possesses multiple superhuman abilities, having won a gymnastics scholarship at Gotham City's Gotham State University. Harley Quinn is skilled in using various weapons, often employing weaponized clown-themed gag items, including pop guns, rubber chickens, and a gun that shoots a boxing glove, as well as oversized pistols and mallets, the latter being her signature weapon. Other weapons she uses include: unconventional weapons, such as a baseball bat; explosive weapons such as bazookas, customized bombs, and dynamites; firearms, such as pistols, assault rifles, and machine guns; She also has an indomitable pathological will. Just like Poison Ivy, sometimes and not as much, Harley uses her feminine charm to attract men but only to manipulate them. Unlike the Joker, she is able to simulate sanity, thus being able to pretend to be a "normal" person. In this way, she disguised herself as a security guard, a lawyer and even Poison Ivy and Batgirl. Bud and Lou Bud and Lou are a pair of spotted hyenas and the pets of Harley Quinn. Their names are references to the comedy duo of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Originally created for Batman: The Animated Series alongside Harley Quinn, Bud and Lou have since appeared in other forms of media following their debut. An alternate hyena pet, named Bruce, after Bruce Wayne, appears in the 2020 film Birds of Prey. Romantic interests Harley Quinn has had several love interests, the most notable being the Joker and Poison Ivy. Other love interests include Mason Macabre, a character created by Conner and Palmiotti. Plastic Man was initially intended to be a love interest for Harley Quinn by Kesel, but was not approved by DC. The Joker The Joker is Harley Quinn's former lover. Harley's solo comics often explore her former association with the Joker through "flashbacks of their past exploits, present-day conflicts", or through Harley as she "laments his absence". Harley often refers to him as "Mistah J" and ''"Puddin'"''. Their relationship is known for its intensely codependent nature, first established in Harley's first origin story Mad Love, In the 1999 one-shot comic Batman: Harley Quinn, the Joker decides to kill Harley, after admitting that he does care for her, that their relationship is romantic, and that these feelings prevent him from fulfilling his purpose. Dini describes their relationship as emotionally abusive, and empathizes with Harley's feelings of abandonment, with Dini basing most of Harley's dialogue on his past experiences. The Joker's controlling and codependent relationship with Harley Quinn has been analyzed as a means of the Joker reinforcing his own belief in his power in a world where he may be killed or neutralized by another villain or Batman. Joker mirrors his identity through Harley in her appearance, and even though he may ignore or act indifferent towards her, he continues to try to subject her to his control. When Harley successfully defeats Batman in Mad Love, the Joker, emasculated by his own failure, severely injures her out of fear of what the other villains will think of him; however, while Harley recovers, the Joker sends her flowers, which she accepts, reasserting his control over her. Poison Ivy Poison Ivy is Harley Quinn's current love interest and best friend, and Harley often refers to her as "Red". Ivy was first introduced as a new friend to Harley by Dini in the 1993 Batman: The Animated Series episode "Harley and Ivy". The episode came from Dini wanting to make Harley a stronger character and write a story where she leaves the Joker; Dini decided to pair her up with Ivy because she was "the strongest contrast to Harley". The following issue has Poison Ivy acknowledge that she may indeed love Harley, but the details of her love are never specified, and the series ended with the New 52 reboot before their relationship could be addressed. Conner and Palmiotti hinted at a romantic relationship in the New 52 Harley Quinn series, ==Fictional character biography==

DC Animated Universe Harley Quinn first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), voiced by Arleen Sorkin, who subsequently reprised her role in other DC Animated Universe series, including Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), Static Shock (2000–2004), and Justice League (2001–2004), as well as the film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000). Originally a career-oriented psychiatrist, Dr. Harleen Quinzel's life took a radical turn when she chose to take an internship at Arkham Asylum for a semester of college. Convinced by the Joker himself to do it, Harleen interviewed him and learned he was abused as a child by his alcoholic father (later learning this backstory to have been one of several different stories he had told to others, some with different details each time), and after more interviews, determined Batman was the primary source of the Joker's anger and was to blame for his actions, but that she also had fallen in love with him. Harleen helped the Joker escape and, renaming herself Harley Quinn, became his sidekick in hopes that she could win his love, going on a crime spree across the United States of America. After assisting Joker in attempting to assassinate Commissioner James Gordon by planting a bomb at a dinner in his honor, she was subdued by Batman, and subsequently an accomplice in virtually all of Joker's criminal schemes. On occasion, she would be kicked out of Joker's gang when unintentionally upstaging or annoying the Joker, on one of these occasions teaming up with Poison Ivy, with the two becoming close friends and a successful crime duo independently. While imprisoned on her own in Arkham Asylum, Batman offered her a pardon in exchange for helping him track down the Joker after he had stolen a nuclear bomb. The day she is declared rehabilitated and paroled, Harley's hyperactivity and unfamiliarity with the "real" world leads to her accidentally kidnapping someone and being returned to Arkham yet again. In the 31-episode Gotham Girls web series, Harley joins forces with Poison Ivy and Catwoman in a co-starring role. After several failed attempts at rehabilitation, Harley returns to the Joker's side. However, after another failed attempt to kill Commissioner Gordon leads the Joker to forget their anniversary, Harley re-examines her life and decides that as Batman was the cause of the Joker's obsession, she should capture and kill him herself, doing so by falsely pretending to have found sanity and luring Batman into a trap. Recognizing Harley to have come closer to killing him than Joker has ever done, Batman tricks her into facilitating his escape by making her call the Joker and tell him what she has done, knowing that he would not allow anyone other than himself to kill Batman, pushing her aside and unknowingly knocking her out a window. Recovering in Arkham, Harley decides that the Joker will never truly love her, before returning to her devotion upon seeing that he has left her a rose in a vase by her bedside table, with a note hoping that she gets better soon. In the film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, flashbacks reveal Harley's apparent final actions after returning to the Joker again were assisting him in kidnapping Tim Drake and torturing him into insanity to transform him into their son "J.J", so that they can start a family together. She later fought Batgirl who angrily chastised her for even helping Joker commit a heinous act but fell deep into an abyss, leading to the latter presuming her dead, though she survived as depicted in the present, where she appears at the end of the film, revealed to have reformed and become the grandmother of the Jokerz members, the Dee Dee Twins, who address her as "Nana Harley". DC Universe and Rachel Dodson. Harleen Quinzel was a psychologist at Arkham Asylum, and after meeting the Joker, she became his frequent accomplice, took on the name Harley Quinn, and got into a codependent relationship with him. She eventually splits up with him, and becomes a solo criminal, forming a criminal gang called the Quinntets. Following the Quinntet's dissolution, Harley Quinn moves to Metropolis with her best friend Poison Ivy, where she works as a love columnist in the Daily Planet under the alias Holly Chance. She then moves back to Gotham City, where she then voluntarily incarcerates herself in Arkham. She then briefly joins the Secret Six, then decides to quit. Final Crisis During Countdown to Final Crisis, a reformed Harley Quinn resides in an Amazon-run women's shelter. Having abandoned her jester costume and clown make-up, she now only wears an Amazonian stola or chiton. She befriends the former Catwoman replacement Holly Robinson and then succeeds in persuading her to join her at the shelter, where she is working as an assistant. They are both brought to Themyscira by "Athena" (really Granny Goodness) and begin Amazon training. Holly and Harley then meet the real Athena and encounter Mary Marvel. The group reveals Granny's deception, and Holly, Harley, and Mary follow her as she retreats to Apokolips. Mary finds the Olympian gods, whom Granny had been holding prisoner, and the group frees them. Harley is granted powers by Thalia as a reward. Upon returning to Earth, the powers vanish, and Harley and Holly return to Gotham City. Gotham City Sirens Harley Quinn then joins forces with Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) and Catwoman (Selina Kyle) in the series Gotham City Sirens. In Gotham City Sirens #7, Harley Quinn visits her family in her hometown of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, during the holiday season. Harley's father is a swindler who is still in jail, and her brother, Barry, is a loser with dead-end dreams of rock stardom. Her mother, Sharon, wants her to stop the "villain and hero stuff". The dysfunctional, "horrible" experience while visiting family causes her to return home to the Sirens' shared Gotham City hideout where Harley, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy spend the rest of Christmas together. Following several adventures with Catwoman and Ivy, Harley betrays them and breaks into Arkham Asylum, intending to kill the Joker. However, Harley ultimately chooses instead to release the Joker from his cell, and together the two orchestrate a violent takeover of the facility that results in most of the guards and staff members either being killed or taken hostage by the inmates. Harley and the Joker are eventually defeated by Batman and Catwoman, and Harley is last seen being wheeled away while bound in a straitjacket and muzzle. The New 52 and DC Rebirth In DC's 2011 relaunch of its entirely monthly comics line, The New 52, Harley, as in her previous incarnations, Harleen Quinzel was still the Joker's psychologist, but before she becomes Harley, the Joker pushes her into a vat of chemicals, bleaching her skin white and driving her insane (this story later revealed as a lie Harley tells herself, having jumped into the vat herself). Harley Quinn is forced to join the Suicide Squad by Amanda Waller. Harley Quinn then leaves Gotham City and moves back to her hometown of Brooklyn and resides in Coney Island. Infinite Frontier In DC's 2021 relaunch, Infinite Frontier, Harley Quinn moves back to Gotham City in an attempt to reestablish herself as a hero, aiding the Batman Family and trying to make up for her past "where she often enabled the Joker". ==Cultural impact==

Harley Quinn has become one of DC Comics's most popular characters. The 2016 relaunch of her comic shipped more copies than any other DC Rebirth title and was one of the best-selling comics of the year. DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee refers to Harley Quinn as the fourth pillar in their publishing line, behind Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. To celebrate the character, DC Comics declared the month of February to be Harley Quinn Month and published 22 Harley Quinn variant covers across their line of comic books. IGN's 2009 list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Harley Quinn as #45. She was ranked 16th in ''Comics Buyer's Guide''s 2011 "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. Joker voice actor Mark Hamill attributes the success of Harley Quinn to Sorkin's performance in Batman: The Animated Series. On Twitter, he stated: "In the script she was just an unnamed Joker "hench-wench" [with] no discernible personality. When [Sorkin] began reading her lines in that unforgettable voice so poignant [and] full of heart I nearly fell off my chair! She brought SO much more than was on the page [and] a legend was born". ==Other versions==

• An alternate universe version of the character appears in Batman: Thrillkiller. This version is a schoolgirl named Hayley Fitzpatrick who aids a female version of the Joker called Bianca Steeplechase. • Harley Quinn appears in Batman/The Spirit. • An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in Joker and Batman: Damned. • An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn from Earth-3 appears in Countdown to Final Crisis. • An alternate universe version of the character named Yo-Yo appears in Flashpoint. • Harley Quinn appears in Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. • Harley Quinn and her successor, Marian Drews, appear in Batman: White Knight. • An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in DC Comics Bombshells. • In the Marvel Comics series Gwenpool Strikes Back, a version of Gwen Poole based on Harley Quinn is introduced as a member of the GwenHive. • An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in DCeased. • Two versions of Harleen Quinzel appear in an alternate universe; one was a victim of Owlman, and another is an antihero called the Red Hood. • An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in Absolute Batman. This version has no relationship with the Joker and is instead the leader of the Red Hood Gang and an ally of Batman. • Harley Quinn appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. • An alternate version of Harley Quinn appears in ''Batman '66''. • An alternate version of Harley Quinn appears in ''Batman '89''. ==In other media==

• Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995) • The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999) • Birds of Prey (2002–2003) • The Batman (2004–2008) • Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–2011) • Gotham (2014–2019) • DC Super Hero Girls (2019–2021) • Harley Quinn (2019–present) • Suicide Squad Isekai (2024) • Batman: Caped Crusader (2024) }} • Batman: Arkham series (2009–2024) • Injustice series (2013–2017) • Lego Batman series (2008–2018) • MultiVersus (2022) • Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (2024) }} }} Television Live action • Harley Quinn appears in Birds of Prey, portrayed by Mia Sara. • Harley Quinn makes a cameo appearance in the Arrow episode "Suicide Squad", portrayed by Cassidy Alexa and voiced again by Tara Strong. Series star Stephen Amell revealed in an interview that Quinn was intended to appear in the second-season finale episode "Unthinkable", but was cut due to time. Producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed that there were plans for the character to appear, but Willa Holland said they had been axed due to the Suicide Squad film. • A character loosely inspired by Harley Quinn named Ecco appears in Gotham, portrayed by Francesca Root-Dodson. Additionally, a young Harleen Quinzel appears in the episode "Heavydirtysoul", portrayed by Meggie Vilcina. Animation • An animated series starring Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy was in development in 2001, but never made it past early pre-production. Character designs for the series were done by Shane Glines. • Harley Quinn appears in The Batman, voiced by Hynden Walch. • Harley Quinn appears in DC Super Hero Girls (2019), voiced again by Tara Strong. She works as a psychiatrist to many wealthy and powerful clients, including Bruce Wayne, while using the costumed persona of "Harley Quinn" to kidnap, blackmail, and brainwash them to donate their wealth to various charitable causes and undergo psychological conditioning to become more empathetic. • Harley Quinn appears in Suicide Squad Isekai, voiced by Anna Nagase and Karlii Hoch in Japanese and English respectively. Harley Quinn • Harley Quinn appears in a self-titled series, voiced by Kaley Cuoco. She was to be featured as the daughter of the Joker (Jack Nicholson) who allies herself with the Scarecrow to get revenge on Batman for her father's death. However, due to the critical and commercial failure of Batman & Robin, this film was cancelled. • The Batman: Arkham version of Harley makes a cameo appearance in Ready Player One. • Harley Quinn appears in Joker: Folie à Deux, portrayed by Lady Gaga. This version is Harleen "Lee" Quinzel, a psychology student posing as a patient at Arkham State Hospital who becomes obsessed with the Joker and forms a deadly romantic relationship with her idol. She eventually becomes pregnant with Arthur's child and leaves upon learning Arthur has disowned the Joker persona, leaving the future of their child unknown. Describing Quinzel, Todd Phillips noted how this version of the character is manipulative, amoral and "more grounded", with the film ignoring the character's classic mannerisms and style to fit into the world created in Joker (2019). DC Extended Universe as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016) Margot Robbie portrays Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe. • The character debuted in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. Paul Dini, the creator of Harley Quinn, said Robbie "nailed" her role. • Harley Quinn appears in the 2020 spin-off film Birds of Prey, which Robbie also produced. On Robbie's portrayal of the character in the film, Dini commented: "I think they really got the essence of the character down, and they made her quite a lot of fun and appealing in so many ways. She's not totally the animated version, and it's not totally the Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner version, but it kind of borrows from all of them and creates its own reality and its own fun. There are so many moments in that movie that I just think are wonderful. [...] When I saw her running, laughing hysterically, pushing a shopping cart full of Peeps, I said, "That's my girl". All those little impish things that she did in the movie – sitting down eating cereal, watching Tweety Bird cartoons, and just kind of skipping through life cheerfully oblivious of the devastation she's caused – that's Harley". • Harley Quinn appears in The Suicide Squad (2021), a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad. Animation • Harley Quinn makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League: The New Frontier. • An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. This version is a monkey owned by the Jester. • Harley Quinn appears in Batman: Assault on Arkham, voiced by Hynden Walch. • The Batman: The Brave and the Bold incarnation of Harley Quinn appears in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Tara Strong. • Harley Quinn appears in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, with Tara Strong reprising her role. This version is a serial killer who makes toys and dolls out of the bodies of her victims. • Harley Quinn appears in DC Super Hero Girls (2015) and its tie-in films, voiced by Tara Strong. • Harley Quinn appears in Harley Quinn and The Joker: Sound Mind, voiced by Christina Ricci. Video games DC Animated Universe games • Harley appears in The Adventures of Batman & Robin, voiced again by Arleen Sorkin. • Harley Quinn appears in Batman Vengeance, voiced again by Arleen Sorkin. Harley Quinn in Lego Batman is a playable character, can be unlocked through the villain levels, and carries a pistol and her giant mallet. She is one of three bosses that later appear as minibosses, the other two being Two-Face and Catwoman. • Harley Quinn appears as a boss in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Laura Bailey. • Harley appears as an unlockable playable character in the mobile game Batman: Arkham Underworld. • Harley appears as a playable character in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Amanda Waller recruits her into the eponymous group to eliminate Brainiac and the brainwashed Justice League members. • Harleen Quinzel appears in Batman: Arkham Shadow, which takes place several months after the events of Arkham Origins. Still working as a psychiatrist at Blackgate Prison, she clashes with her colleague Jonathan Crane, who is opposed to her idea of helping the prison's inmates through therapy. She later works with Batman to investigate Crane, discovering he is conducting immoral and illegal experiments on patients, leading to his eventual dismissal. Injustice • Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us, voiced by Tara Strong. • Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in Injustice 2, with Tara Strong reprising her role. • Harley Quinn appears in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure. • Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in the mobile game, Suicide Squad: Special Ops, based on the film. • Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in DC Legends and DC Unchained. • Harley Quinn appears as a DLC costume skin for Cassie Cage in Mortal Kombat 11. • Harley Quinn appears as a playable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale. • Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in SINoALICE, voiced by Rie Kugimiya. • Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in DC Battle Arena, voiced by Kira Buckland. • Harley Quinn appears in Gotham Knights, voiced by Kari Wahlgren. Pauline Ketch, a character based on Harley Quinn who goes by the supervillainous alter ego Pretty Polly, appears in The Refrigerator Monologues. Toys and collectibles A number of toys and collectible products of the character have been marketed, busts, multiple Funko Pop figures, 18-inch figures, maquette statues, a Living Dead Doll, and poseable action figures. A number of these of figurines have been produced depicting Harley Quinn in the style of the classic animated series, while others have been produced in the style of specific comics artists known for their work with the character, such as Amanda Connor, Babs Tarr, and Joelle Jones. Branded clothing of the character such as hats, robes, and capes have also been sold. In June 2019 DC Collectibles began accepting orders for a life-size, 5 feet, 6 inch-tall fiberglass resin statue of the character for release that November at a price of $5,499.99. ==Actresses==