Harley Quinn is probably one of the most popular DC characters of all time.
Her character was originally intended to be a bit part in the Joker's life, a cameo appearance
if you will in the animated Batman series.
But her popularity soared almost over night and as a result she was granted a bigger role
in the DC universe.
Currently she is somewhat of an anti-hero, often being perceived as quite chaotic in
the comics.
She doesn't necessarily have villainous intentions but sometimes gets pulled in that direction,
though for the most right now, she aims to stay more on the good side of things.
She was formerly just Joker's girlfriend but has outgrown even that role, pursuing relationships
with a few different characters including my gal, Poison Ivy.
Today we are going to take a look through Harley's history and examine the 10 times
her character took things too far.
And trust me a dramatic flair like Harley's lends well to taking things further than they
needed to go.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Catapults Away
Harley has a strange recurring obsession with catapults that the comics humorlessly take
too far.
Including a time that Harley creates a scatapult in response to people complaining about her
wealth of pets.
I'm sure you can guess what this device fires.
Yup, animal poo.
She even resorts to creating a catapult for her friend Red Tool, DC's Deadpool parody
character.
The two are fending off a zombie horde when Red Tool has his hand bitten.
As such Harley cuts it off only to discover that Red Tool does not possess regeneration
powers.
Knowing she has to get him to a hospital and fast, she decides to get him there via catapult.
Yeah.
Harley would fit in well in the dark ages, methinks.
9 Hitman
In Harley Quin vol 2, issue 7, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn notice that someone has put
out a hit on Harley after she keeps getting attacked.
Ivy decides to investigate while Harley tries to rest and through investigation Ivy uncovers
that it was Harley herself who put out the hit on herself.
It turns out Harley somehow managed to accidentally do this while sleepwalking.
She really needs to be more careful apparently with her sleepwalking as Harley is even deadly
in her sleep apparently.
Deadly especially to herself.
But even more deadly to those who come to complete the hit in order to get the bounty
promised, whom she almost single handedly defeats, once she wakes up again.
8 Becoming a Lantern
Harley of course doesn't just become any lantern, oh no.
In her series Harley's Black Little Book, she loses a big on WeBay for a Green Lantern
ring but it offered another ring by the seller.
She decides to buy it and pays 5 grand.
The ring she gets is not a green lantern ring but a black and red lantern ring.
How appropriate, fully matches her costume.
Making her a combo of anger and death that just equals full evil.
Harley then proceeds to go an a rampage throughout the city, destroying anyone who gets in her
away or doesn't agree to have fun with her and by have fun I, of course, mean set the
city on fire and wreak havoc with her.
But don't worry, Hal Jordan shows up to stop her with some flirting and arm wrestling.
Of course, the best ways to stop any villain.
7 Killed the Joker
In the Injustice games, we see Harley and Joker getting married amidst the flames as
Gotham burned.
At their wedding reception, Joker pushes her face into their wedding cake, a playful joke
that causes Harley to snap.
She experiences a pyschotic break brought on by the years of torture and abuse suffered
by the Joker and slices his throat with their cake cutting knife.
This seems like a very severe reaction to a little Joke.
And I completely recognize that Harley is a victim of abuse and it is her years of abuse
that drives her to kill the Joker however, the two have always abused one another and
threatened to kill each other many times.
Heck, the couple have even attempted to kill each other on multiple occasions but actually
going through with it seems above the board for Harley and kind of outside of her character.
6 Female Furies
After a trail, Harley is offered the opportunity to stay on Apokolips and join the Female Furies
by Granny Goodness.
While her outfit is amazing and Harley seems to have a great deal of fun fighting and slaying
demons on Apokolips, the Female Furies are known for being the guards of Darkseid.
In fact Big Barda was once the leader of the Female Furies before she defected.
Considering that Darkseid is one of the biggest bads there is, Harley serving him seems like
an overall bad idea.
Oh also her mission is take down Petite Tina.
Who is not really super petite.
In other words as pretty as these few issues are, Harley being becoming a Female Fury in
2016 just seems like a step in the wrong direction for her character.
5 Almost Killed Batman
Despite being Joker's girlfriend during most of her time in the comics, Harley has had
quite the thing for Batman.
Well less so Batman, more Bruce Wayne.
Despite this she has almost killed the Bat on more than one occasion, succeeding where
the Joker has otherwise failed.
Granted the Joker doesn't explicitly want to kill Batman anyway.
One such attempt involves Poison Ivy and Harley kidnapping Bruce and manipulating him with
mind control to take them on a shopping spree.
During this adventure they left him for dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft.
And then of course there is the time in Mad Love where she successfully lured Batman into
a trap and almost killed him just to get the Joker's undivided attention.
4 Mistah J Cosplay
Remember that time that the Joker had his face voluntarily skinned off by the the Dollmaker?
That face made its rounds grossing everyone in the DC universe out.
One such instance obviously involves Harley, who got her hands on it and decided to turn
Deadshot into a grotesque Joker cosplayer with it.
He was tied up at the time and she placed Mister J's face on him, despite Deadshot's
pleading her to stop.She then proceeds to use him as a means of therapy, asking Deadshot
as if though he were Joker why he left her.
It's all pretty grotesque including the part where Harley straddles his lap, suggesting
they get more physical.
3 Brainwashing Tim Drake
Harley has taken a slew of things too far as a result of Joker's influence, I'll grant
you, but one of the worst involved Tim Drake.
She and Joker kidnap this Robin after luring him into a trap.
They spirit him away to Arkham asylum where he is exposed to shock therapy treatment and
variety of serums until finally he breaks, giving Joker a wealth of information and giving
into insanity becoming Joker Jr, loyal to the pair and almost appearing like their son.
Tim Drake under this guise even almost killed Batman.
This whole experience made me understand and feel better about the revelation that Harley
had a daughter who she kept far away from her and Mister J.
2 Serial Killer Harley
In the series, Justice League Gods and Monsters, Harley Quinn is re-imagined as Harlequin a
serial killer who tortures her victims and dismembers them in an attempt to craft the
perfect model family.
Batman gets wind of this and heads out to stop her.
He is able to free her most recent victim, a scary young girl.
Harlequin fights with a sledge hammer and chainsaw and is wounded in the fight and is
eventually killed by Batman, who turns out in this incarnation to be a vampire.
As though Harley wasn't a scary enough foe in her current form, turning her into the
serial killer Harlequin just makes her plain terrifying.
Something directly out of a slasher horror film.
1 Killed Children
The worst thing about this vile act is that Harley does it for seemingly no reason.
Not with Joker at the time, Harley is working to keep herself busy and is somewhat bored.
So she hatches a scheme.
She goes around handing out free video games to children on the street.
Turns out the video games are bombs.
Right before she's about to detonate them, there is this pause, leaving us to wonder
if Harley will actually go through with the deed.
She looks as though she maybe feels remorse, that she'll decide in the end not go through
with her dastardly plan.
But then she gives the order.
As explosions are simultaneously booming across Gotham, Harley looks on slightly remorseful
but mostly unmoved, numb.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
How do you feel about Harley?
Do you love her, hate her?
Are you excited to see her in DC's Birds of Prey?
Are you nervous about the film?
Let us know in the comments below.
And also be sure to let us know about some of your favourite Harley moments.
One of my favourite moments is when Harley broke it off with Mister J and beating him
up and even biting him when he tried to kiss her.
I also just love so many of the moments her and Poison Ivy share.
I love them together.
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