Joke's on you!

this page is an ode to Harley Quinn, specifically the batman: the animated series iteration.

Fun Facts about Harley!

  • her full name is Harleen Frances Quinzel
  • she is jewish (Batman Adventures Holiday Special)
  • her pet hyena's names are bud and lou
  • she is not a natural blonde (btas, season 2, episode 10)
  • her bisexuality was hinted at as early as the 90s comics. In (find this comic), batgirl asks if Harley and Ivy are "you know..." and Harley responds "like you and supergirl?", before batgirl gets flustered. In another comic, two very queercoded villains are matched against the two, wlw/mlm hostility.
  • she dislikes seafood (btas, season 1, episode 46)


    • Harley Quinn is autistic and I live by that
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    After watching the episode Harley's Holiday, and subsequently every episode featuring her, I have a theory: Harley Quinn is autistic. Mostly, because she shares a lot of traits with myself and traits that are listed in the DSM-5. Yes, I am aware these traits are all to make her funny, but I like to think they made her autistic on accident. Here's a breakdown:

    "Remember that charity bash a few years back? I was the clown girl holding the gun on ya!"

    Most of my theory is based on the episode Harley's Holiday. In the episode, Harley shows a persistent struggle with social convention. She takes her two hyenas into a department store, and when a woman reacts with horror, she is confused: responding, "don't worry, they're housebroken." She also has issues understanding what tone is appropriate for a situation. She gleefully talks to Veronica Vreeland about a time that she robbed her as if she was connecting with an old friend rather than someone she pulled a gun on.

    The episode also shows her having trouble with diversions from expectation, and consequently a rigid pattern of thinking. When faced with a security guard asking her to take off a tag, she immediately jumps to conclusions - that he is here to take her back to arkham. In her mind, she is crime free, therefor she shouldn't have to worry about the law anymore - when this mode of thinking is challenged, she defaults to an old routine, crime.

    In other episodes, such as Harlequinade, she fixates on the Joker and struggles to talk about anything else. She talks about him unprompted, defends everything he does, and obsesses over his every move. She also seems to lack empathy - batman asks, "you think it's funny when he hurts people?" and she responds indifferently, "it's just a joke." Finally, contradicting her fixation on the joker, at the end of Harlequin she gets so angry she goes as far as to shoot the joker - suggesting problems with emotional regulation.

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