Harley Quinn first hit the scene back in 1992 as a villain side kick created for the Joker
in the Batman The Animated Series television show.
Being a hit, she would go on to appear in Batman’s comics, with her first appearance
being in The Batman Adventures issue 12 in 1993.
sSince, she’s become one of DC’s most beloved female characters, getting her own
solo series, and a whole lot of character development that’s landed her into the anti-hero
category these days.
She’s become separate of the Joker, trading her toxic relationship with him in for a hefty
dose of independence and plant toxins instead, now that her and Poison Ivy are officially
dating.
It should be no surprise that fans have long been preoccupied with Harley’s love life,
thanks to how defining her relationship with the clown prince of crime was.
So naturally, over the years, she’s often been placed in narratives where there is some
sort of romantic spark, all of which have set sail to a whole lot of ships in the Harley
fandom.
So today, we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 weirdest Harley Quinn ships.
Note that we’ll be leaving out the two biggest, and canon, ships for Harley, the Joker and
Poison Ivy, so don’t get your knickers in a knot over their absence.
With that in mind, let’s jump in!
10 Green Lantern While Harley has a bit of a sweet tooth when
it comes to dating irresistibly mad villains in the DC universe, she’s also given superheroes
a try, too.
And once upon a time, Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern was briefly the object of her virtuous
affections.
And he WAS NOT having it.
Or maybe he was, and just too embarrassed to admit it.
In Harley’s Little Black Book, which highlights a handful of crazy stories in the DC universe
that always result with her crushing on certain DC characters and having fun little romantic
interactions with them, she finds herself getting a red and black lantern ring.
Green Lantern quickly tries to put a stop to this new power surge of hers, and then
two end up arm wrestling each other.
They’re interrupted by evil aliens, who the two then team up to fight.
When they win, Harley plants a big ol kiss on Hal’s lips, with him seemingly digging
it until he’s pulled back to reality by Harley grabbing his, ahem, ‘caboose’.
He flies away, and Harley moves on real quick, realizing that she’s hungry instead.
Hal and Harley?
Could be a thing, friends, could totally be a thing.
We already know she digs the colour green.
9 HarleyPool Harleypool is the crossover shipping of Harley
and Deadpool, two characters from completely different universes.
While the two do technically exist on Earth 7642, a crossover universe between DC and
Marvel, they’ve never actually technically met.
It’s a ship that fans of both feel would be match made in heaven thanks to their personalities.
The colour coordination!
The shared insanity!
And the fact that both deep down just want to be loved!
Hell, it could totally work.
It recently got new wind back in 2016 thanks to a piece of art that Ian Navarro posted
online of the two character sharing a milkshake while the Joker gets locked up and dragged
away by Batman outside the diner they’re sitting in.
2016 was a big year for both of the comic book characters, with Deadpool being all the
rage thanks to the feature film starring Ryan Reynold, and Harley getting a big screen adaptation
via Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad.
Speaking of the merc with a mouth though, our next number was previously DC’s attempt
at hooking Harley and Wade Wilson up- 8 Red Tool
Red Tool may be a bit of a mystery to some of you.
If you’ve never heard of the character before, he’s DC’s parody of Deadpool, who technically
speaking, is a parody of DC’s Deathstroke.
Oh comic book rivalries, aren’t they the greatest?
Red Tool is a fellow named Wayne Wilkins, who she develops an infatuation for.
When Red Tool, who brandishes a bunch of power tools as weapons, meets Harley, he becomes
quickly infatuated, to the point where he goes from stalking her to proposing to her.
He even sets up a surprise wedding.
Harley, on the other hand, isn’t nearly as into him as he is of her, which ultimately
makes the whole pairing feel like a parody of the Harleypool ship, as if to say it wouldn’t
ever work out even if the crossover romance did occur in either Marvel or DC’s panels.
7 Green Arrow Green Arrow is another character you’d never
imagine getting involved with Harley.
But, thanks to the Injustice comics, that possibility was wavered in front of reader’s
eyes, and some of them were solid on the pairing.
Harley develops a bit of a crush on Green Arrow when he, seeing Harley as a threat,
abducts her and takes her back to his base.
But surprisingly enough, the two strike up a friendship.
Unfortunately for Harley, he’s the one who got away; Green Arrow, despite this being
an alternate universe, was dating Black Canary at the time, and he was well committed.
#5:
6 The Creeper Harley and the Creeper are a shop that came
out of The New Batman Adventures, spawned in an episode called Beware the Creeper.
Long story short, the Joker creates the creeper by pushing him into the same vat of chemicals
that created him.
But the Creeper ends up being a mega nuisance, annoying both Harley and the Joker.
Harley is straight up turned off by the Creeper’s affections and she ends up trying to off him
by dropping a crate on him.
The Creeper becomes so much of a problem that the Joker actually begs Batman to arrest him
in order to get away from him.
Regardless, Harley wasn’t feeling it, but to some, this is the start of a long fascinating
romance; going from hate to love, that seems like a healthy way to start a relationship
right?
Yay fiction tropes!
Moving on.
5 Wonder Woman To be fair, we totally understand why this
ship is a thing.
On a purely shallow front, it’s totally great.
Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn?
Yeah, I’d read a comic perpetuating that ship.
Back in the comic series Harley’s Little Black Book, which was made up of stories told
by Harley as somewhat of an unreliable narrator, Harley reveals that she’s a big fan of Diana’s,
to the point that when she learns Wonder Woman is in danger, she swings by her apartment
to protect her.
Talk about crushing hard, Harley.
Turns out protecting her though as far as Harley is concerned consists of gassing her,
knocking her out, stealing her clothes and then fighting those who were going after Diana
in the first place.
Diana then wakes up naked in a bathtub, which also seemed a little suspicious, and throws
on Harley’s remaining clothes to go track her down.
As you can imagine, Wonder Woman wasn’t overly appreciative of Harley’s attempt
at chivalry, although Harley was convinced that this would spark a romance between the
two.
4 Lobo Okay, okay.
I get it.
Shipping Lobo and Harley does kind of make sense.
But also, it’s Lobo, and he’s kind of gross.
Sure that doesn’t mean he’s undeserving of love, but just take a look at the two of
them in Harley’s Little Black Book issue 6.
After Lobo saves her from burning alive, the two end up on an isolated island, and get
to getting to know each other better while Lobo regenerates.
That of course turns into a sexual romp, with the two of them realizing that the island
isn’t all that much of a paradise after all.
There’s a giant snake creature who attacks them.
Overall, as fun and twisted as the story was, there’s just something really off putting
about Lobo and Harley rubbing dirties together.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/03/29/a-red-flag-is-out-for-harley-quinn-and-lobos-nude-scenes-in-todays-little-black-book/ 3 Batman
Hooking up with your arch-nemesis’ ex is kinda messed up.
Unless Bruce is that kind of guy, in which case, whatever floats your bat boat.
But in all seriousness, it’s no surprise that on multiple occasions, we’ve seen Harley
flirt up a storm with the caped crusader, and them even have some ‘almost’ moments
over the years.
When you think about it, Batman, the Joker and Harley Quinn do make for one hell of a
love triangle.
The Joker is in love with Batman, or, the very least, absolutely obsessed, Harley is
in love with her puddin’, and Batman fits somewhere in between the two to make some
sort of absurdist romantic dark comedy plot line.
Aside from that wishful thinking, there has been times over the years where Batman has
developed a soft spot for Harley, including in the episode Harley’s Holiday from Batman
the Animated Series, and even in various moments during the Batman and Harley animated feature
film, the former resulting in an innocent thank you kiss, and the latter actually forming
a much more scandalous ship that we’ve yet to discuss on our list.
Moving on!
2 Shazam Before we dive into this number, quick PSA
friends.
Shazam is Billy Batson.
A boy who shouts the word Shazam and turns into this manly muscular superhero, yet still
retains the mind of Billy.
Billy is a kid.
Which is apparently something that we hope Harley and all you shippers aren’t privy
to, because yeah, that’s kind of weird, all things considered.
Luckily, this ship is based off of one slight interaction that the two had in the Injustice
comics, when Harley joins up to help Superman’s cause since the man of steel straight up murdered
the Joker.
Hell, why not, right?
Anyway, she pays Shazam a visit, and is clearly compelled by him, even blowing him a kiss
and getting a bit upset when he “doesn’t catch it”, along with a few other flirty
moments.
When he doesn’t give in, she gives up, and eventually, the character would be killed
off in Injustice Gods Among Us.
Perhaps for the best in the long run though?
CAUSE YOU KNOW, HE’S A KID???
Yikes.
No winning for poor Billy, is there?
1 Harleywing That scandalous ship we mentioned earlier
when we were talking Batman and Harley?
Yeah, it’s this one.
In the fairly recent Batman and Harley Quinn animated film, there’s one point where Harley
has kidnapped Dick Grayson’s Nightwing, with the character waking up tied to a bed
while Harley monologues and changes her clothes in front of him.
Dick Grayson, being the red blooded boy that he is, goes from being concerned to being
totally into it.
Harley then shuts off the lights and gets on top of Grayson in a surprisingly sexy but
also not quite right scene right before the two hookup.
And Batman appears afterwards, puts two and two together since, you know, world’s greatest
detective, and seems a little shook by the whole situation.
Yeah Bruce, us too.
We feel you there.
It’s a pairing that we would’ve never expected, and one that, despite how utterly
absurd it was, we kinda dig it.
There we have it friends!
Who is your favourite character to ship with Harley?
Or do you prefer the Joker or Poison Ivy to all of the characters on our list?
Speaking of, if you do want to find out more about the canon relationships that Harley
has been involved in, we highly suggest you check out our friend and previous top 10 nerd
host Sasha’s channel, Shippers Guide to the Galaxy.
She has a few vids that break down the history of those ships that you’ll definitely find
interesting.
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