# Harley Quinn (the series) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** hbomax-wb-dc, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [February 16, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023 "2020-02-16T15:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/21 "2020-06-28T06:02:10Z")
I still think Kite-Man is the best. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/22 "2021-06-15T12:53:56Z")
Batman cannot go down on Catwoman, DC bosses tell Harley Quinn producers > **[Harley Quinn: Why Batman sex scene idea was binned](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57480399)** > > The creators of the adult animated spin-off series Harley Quinn say TV bosses vetoed their fun. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/23 "2022-08-01T04:08:10Z")
Three episodes into season three, and the show still hasn’t jumped any sharks, humanoid or not. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/24 "2022-08-25T15:41:30Z")
I’m also enjoying it. I thought Billy Bob Thornton was a pretty good sport. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/25 "2022-08-25T17:22:45Z")
The director is a good choice, too. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/27 "2022-09-02T19:34:19Z")
I laughed at the Frazier-style scatting they used to end episode #8! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/28 "2022-09-20T19:42:19Z")
I enjoyed Season 3 and it went in directions I didn’t anticipate. Nice easter egg with Rita Farr and Garfield Logan co-starring as Martha and Bruce Wayne in “A Hard Wayne’s Gonna Fall”. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/29 "2022-09-20T19:54:44Z")
Yeah, season 3 was maybe the best one so far. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/30 "2022-09-20T21:23:57Z")
I think I liked the crazy post-apocalyptic Gotham in Season 2 better, but this one was very good too. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/31 "2022-09-20T21:52:24Z")
Pulling off what they did with the Joker was pure genius. Still the Joker, just not so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/32 "2023-02-10T01:17:34Z")
> **['Harley Quinn' Gifts Us a Beautifully Twisted Valentine's Day Special](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/harley-quinn-hbo-max-twisted-valentines-day-special-abbott-elementary-dc-comics-1234673252/)** > > HBO Max animated series’ V-Day special features love stories galore, an enormous appendage, and cameos from the cast of Abbott Elementary On a tangental note, while watching _Cruel Summer_ this week. I noticed a credit for an actress named Harley Quinn something. Googling shows that [she is the daughter of Kevin Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn_Smith) and now her name makes total sense. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/33 "2023-07-13T17:48:17Z")
Very very late to the party, but I finally found this show and I am LOVING IT!! I’m a huge “Venture Bros” fan and this show is basically Venture but with DC characters. I’m like @Hoops, I’ve never been into Harley as a character, not really a fan of Suicide Squad. But this is a whole other thing. It’s just so f’n good. All of the voice actors are amazing. I was most happy to see more play between Psycho (Tony Hale) and Riddler (Jim Rash) in Season 2. They are both so excellent! And yes, Ron Funches! I just finished S2 last night and can’t wait to binge S3 this weekend. Not sure when this came to [HBO] Max, but that’s where I’m watching it now. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/34 "2023-07-13T18:39:29Z")
Season 4 has been announced; will begin July 27 on Max! > **[‘Harley Quinn’ Season 4: Cast, Release Date, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far](https://collider.com/harley-quinn-season-4-cast-release-date-plot/)** > > Expect even more chaos and mayhem in Season 4. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/35 "2023-07-13T18:51:31Z")
Excellent! Now I HAVE to get through all of Season 3 in 2 weeks! Don’t mind if I do! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/36 "2023-07-13T19:25:03Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Very very late to the party, but I finally found this show and I am LOVING IT!! Be sure to give _My Adventures With Superman_ a try. I personally find it really similar to _Harley Quinn_ in humor, except they decided to go in the opposite direction and make it over-the-top wholesome. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/37 "2023-07-13T19:31:42Z")
Will do! My brother is a huge DC guy, but he doesn’t always have time to consume as much media as he would like to. I’ll tell him that _My Adventures With Superman_ stacks up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/38 "2023-07-13T19:54:29Z")
I enjoyed this show a lot and am looking forward to the next season. That said, I do have one general complaint about the show, which is the extent to which it just glosses over villainy actually being, you know bad. There’s this trend in pop culture to just treat villains and heroes as two sides of the same coin… or alternatively villains are just hilarious funny people who do wacky things (I’m looking at you, _Despicable Me_). But of course, at some level villains are people who do things that hurt people, and heroes are people who do things that help people. I wish that was addressed at some point. Harley meets someone whose entire family she killed as collateral damage back in her more outright villain-y days, etc… Ivy casually kills someone who was an executive at a chemical company, and then meets his widow and children, who tell her that he was trying his hardest to reform the company from the inside, etc. I think the show is smart enough to handle it well, and to a certain extent is too smart not to ever address it, if that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/39 "2023-08-27T20:10:31Z")
I never watched _Batman: TAS_ and had no idea that Arleen Sorkin was the original voice of (and inspiration for) Harleen. I definitely remember Calliope from _DooL_, though. Interesting that she is one degree seperated from both _Star Trek_ and _Star Wars_. (One character married Q, the other dated Luke Skywalker.) > **[R.I.P. Arleen Sorkin, original voice actor (and inspiration) for Harley Quinn](https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-arleen-sorkin-original-voice-actor-and-inspira-1850778112)** > > Sorkin took an unnamed jester henchwoman in a single episode of Batman: The Animated Series and turned her into one of the biggest characters on the planet ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/40 "2023-08-28T14:44:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I never watched _Batman: TAS_ and had no idea that Arleen Sorkin was the original voice of (and inspiration for) Harleen. I definitely remember Calliope from _DooL_, though. Interesting that she is one degree seperated from both _Star Trek_ and _Star Wars_. (One character married Q, the other dated Luke Skywalker.) I didn’t watch Batman TAS either, but knew that the character of Harley Quinn started there and eventually became immensely popular. Obvious she’s filling a gap in the DC Universe that they didn’t realize was there until she came along… It’s interesting, because there were at least four other DC characters called _Harlequin_. I knew about the Golden Age Harlequin, but I didn’t learn about the second until much later – this Harlequin had an association with the Joker (she claimed at one point to be his daughter) and dressed like him, with the white face and all. And, like Harley, she started out as a villain and then segued into being a sometime hero. But she didn’t have Harley’s craziness (or her initial Brooklyn accent), and she failed to stake out her own comic persona territory, and she faded. The other two Harlequins weren’t anything like Harley. > **[Harlequin (DC Comics)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_(DC_Comics))** > > The Harlequin is the name of four clown-themed DC Comics characters. > The original Harlequin was a foe of the Golden Age Green Lantern and later became his wife. The second Harlequin originally debuted as the Joker's Daughter and was a member of the Teen Titans. The third Harlequin was a member of the Injustice Unlimited supervillain team and battled Infinity, Inc. The fourth Harlequin has only appeared on a few occasions and is an enemy of Alan Scott. > Joker's daughter becomes Harlequin in Teen ... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023/41 "2023-08-28T14:49:56Z")
More on the DC Harlequins: > **[The History of Harley Quinn (and Harlequin) at DC Comics](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/history-harley-quinn-harlequin-dc-205801965.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANwPag55plESGmXc_96whTiCwX9-qsifcLBTm_0EKU7JDc0LrGL679H_j49ONF6NYHgi_fQA7SLPoWGo819atN6YTHZrgFyLQiMIzWAYs3M73qpQ_usFKPscEnQYeizHKmcljPEpp_vDfYijyN2wSKzhH7vUScCCpjkhwbSdHGqQ)** > > The Clown Queen of Crime — or Crime-Fighting, dependent on her mood — Harley Quinn is the most popular DC Comics character created in modern times. Few know, however, that Harleen Quinzel was the fifth clown-themed character to use the Harlequin... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023.md?page=3)