Harleen Quinzel (DC Animated Universe)

Harleen Quinzel


Alias(es)	Harley Quinn
Appeared in	The Batman/Superman Movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Batman and Harley Quinn Justice League vs. The Fatal Five
Status	Alive
Actor	Arleen Sorkin Melissa Rauch Tara Strong

Harleen Quinzel was a doctor who worked at Arkham Asylum, before she fell in love with The Joker and became Harley Quinn.

Biography[]

After a period of time, Harley received parole from Arkham and went off the grid, working at a Hooters-style superhero-themed restaurant called Superbabes. After 3 months, she is found by Nightwing, who attempts to recruit her to help stop Poison Ivy and Floronic Man from turning humanity into animal-plant hybrids. After a brief battle, that ended with Harley poisoning Nightwing with low-grade Joker Venom, she tied him to her bed and after telling him how she couldn't get a job as a psychiatrist because of her criminal past, has sex with him. This leads Harley to decide to help after Batman walks in on them having a post-coital tickle fight.

Justice League vs. The Fatal Five[]

Harley assists Poison Ivy in an Arkham Asylum riot unintentially caused by Starboy only to be easily stopped by Batman.

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker[]

Harley's final criminal act was assisting Joker in capturing and torturing Tim Drake into insanity, then adopting him as their "son", J.J.. While Batman pursued Joker, Harley fought with Batgirl in the ruins of Arkham. In the fight, both women toppled into a deep pit. Batgirl managed to grab hold of a ledge, and tried to pull Harley up, but her sleeve tore, and Harley fell to her seeming death.

However, her body was never recovered, and while at least Barbara Gordon suspected that she may have lived, she never resurfaced again. It was later found that she had survived, and without the Joker around, apparently gave up her criminal career. At some point, she married, and mothered or adopted one or more children, who, in turn gave her at least two grandchildren, twins Delia and Deirdre Dennis. When the twins were arrested for participating in the Jokerz' attempt on Bruce Wayne's life, they were bailed out by an elderly Harley. She was not pleased with this turn of events, and chastised the girls for their wrongdoing.