It is notable for being the first episode to introduce the idea of harley quinn and poison ivy becoming partners in crime and good friends. Developed by bruce timm, paul dini, and mitch brian, and produced by warner bros. She is the joker s henchwoman, girlfriend, and previously his psychiatrist at arkham asylum. The hero does not and a sad joker yells at harley, happy with her. When joker steals a nuclear weapon, batman arranges for harley quinns release from arkham, so she can help him track the joker down. Shes shed her harley skin several times, from her first appearance in batman.
Introduced as the brassy new henchperson to the joker mark. Jokers favor is an episode of the first season of batman. After a failed heist, a frustrated joker boots harley quinn from his gang and in an attempt. Joker and harley quinn scenes batman animated series. Their names are references to the comedy duo abbott and costello. But for as much as harleys story is intertwined with the jokers, her best episode of batman. This is clearly evident during christmas eve, when joker escaped from arkham asylum on a rocket christmas tree and hijacked the tv signal of the entire city. He is a completely insane and disturbed psychopath who seeks to cause chaos, destruction and misery wherever and whenever he can, as well as the archenemy of batman he is the main antagonist of the batman. The series is written and executive produced by justin halpern, patrick schumacker, and dean lorey and follows the misadventures of harley quinn and her best friendpartner in crime poison ivy after leaving. He is gothams greatest criminal, batmans nemesis and the partner turned rival of the titular protagonist, harley quinn whom he never treated as his equal, before finally abandoning her to arkham asylum, which led harley to become an independent villain and prove to herself that she is better. Up for sale from batman the animated series is this original production cel of joker and harley quinn from the episode the man who killed batman. Harley quinn teams up with poison ivy and both become the queens of crime, after the joker and batman find out.
Batman the animated series production cel harley quinn. She loves the joker despite being abused by him and she. Introduced in the 1992 animated series, quinn is the joker s former arkham psychiatrist who develops an obsessive infatuation with him and dons a redandblack harlequin costume to join him in the 1999 graphic novel batman. Great to display next to your collection for any room. Joker kidnapped commissioner gordon, summer gleeson and harvey bullock, forcing batman to overcome several challenges such as saving a train from running into a collapsed bridge and. An everyman schmo named charlie collins insults the wrong super villain on the road, leaving the. The animated series is still widely regarded as one of the best cartoons and one of the best superhero adaptations ever made.
Harley appeared in during the classic batman animated series, from worst to best. Harleys holiday is the sixth episode of the third season of batman. For the final fifteen episodes, the series was given the onscreen title. Joker then threatened bullocks life in order to stop batman, who had also found his hideout. I love the customisation available though there is one minor issue, you have to buy the joker to get all of the faces. The joker is the main antagonist of the first season of the 2019 adult animated series harley quinn. The animated series betterknown episodes because it introduced harley quinn voiced by arleen sorkin, the jokers sassy partner in crime and. The animated series ends, harley goes on to become one of. The animated series show and its sequel series, the new batman adventures, one of the two main antagonists alongside. Harley quinn first appeared in the dc animated universes batman.
The animated series and its followup series, the new batman adventures. The series focused on the adventures of the alter ego of millionaire bruce wayne, batman, a dark vigilante hero who defends gotham city from a variety of creative and psychotic. Batman the animated series was a cartoon that premiered on september 5, 1992, based on the comic series created by bob kane, as well as the burton movie adaptations. These are a few clips of joker and harley quinn from the batman animated series. Harley quinn is a character first featured in the show batman. She first appears in the episode jokers favor and has frequently. It was thoughtful, captured the spirit of the comics, and. The animated series cocreator paul dini, and dini actually got the idea for harley when he saw sorkin perform as a clown in a dream. This is an original production animation cel of harley quinn from batman the animated series comes with the certificate of authenticity from warner bros. At arkham asylum, harley quinn is jubilant to receive a clean bill of mental health from her doctor, and be granted parole. They are often referred to as babies by harley quinn. She first appears in the episode jokers favor and has frequently appeared ever since. Meanwhile, both the joker and batman are revealed to have survived, the former now sane and with no memory of his old self while the latter.
Batman animated series production cel jokerharley quinn. The series has since aired in reruns on various other broadcast and cable networks, including the wb, cartoon network, boomerang and the hub. The jokers plot to send all of gotham into insanity with jokergas from a garbage scow leads to a battle on the water. When the joker fires harley, she tries going on a crime spree of her own, joining up with poison ivy, and the two become gothams queens of crime, much to the jokers fury.
A more noticeable retool occurred in 1997, where a channel. He originally was a criminal named jack napier who fell in a vat of chemicals that made him into the joker. The character first appeared in an episode of batman. Actress arlene sorkin was a childhood friend of batman. Joker threw batman and bullock into a shark tank, hoping that they were killed by the shark, but when they escaped the tank, joker tried to escape through the rooftop, leaving harley and his gang to be arrested. The animated series joker and harley quinn statues.
Cel comes on printed background with wb seal certifying authenticity and comes with a wb coa. The series enjoyed widespread acclaim thanks to the dynamic animation by bruce timm, its. Created by paul dini and bruce timm to serve as a new supervillain and a romantic interest for the joker in batman. The animated series, the batman and the comics, but remained unnamed until jokers millions.
Harley and ivy was the 56th produced episode and the 47th episode aired. Dc universes new harley quinn series, starring kaley cuoco, alan. Bud and lou are the joker and harley quinns two pet laughing or spotted hyenas. Gotham citys resident inmates in love the joker and harley quinn, bring mayhem into your home with this special 2pack based on their appearances in batman. The animated series through her latest starring role in birds of prey and shes turned into a veritable. Below, youll find an analysis of the original incarnation of harley quinn, who we first got to know in batman. The animated series, and though she understandably spent most of her screen time alongside the. With kevin conroy, loren lester, bob hastings, lloyd bochner. He is voiced by mark hamill for more info please see these pages. This set also includes a paperback edition of batman adventures. Harley quinn is an american adult animated television series based on the character of the same name created by paul dini and bruce timm that premiered on november 29, 2019 on dc universe. Batman and harley quinn is a 2017 american animated superhero film produced by warner bros. Harley and the rest of jokers gang were stopped by batman and subsequently arrested by the police, but joker was pressumed dead, which made harley mourn. Animation, it originally aired on fox kids from september 5, 1992, to september 15, 1995, with a total of 85 episodes.
Harley quinn dc animated universe batman wiki fandom. It is an excellent copy of the harley quinn from batman the animated series. She first appears in the episode joker s favor and has frequently appeared ever since. The joker is the main antagonist of the first season of the 2019 adult animated series harley quinn he is gothams greatest criminal, batman s nemesis and the partner turned rival of the titular protagonist, harley quinn whom he never treated as his equal, before finally abandoning her to arkham asylum, which led harley to become an independent villain and prove to herself that she is better. She first appeared in the episode joker s favor and has commonly appeared in all batman media since. What we can learn from harley quinns dark relationship. The animated series is an american superhero animated television series based on the dc comics superhero batman. The animated series episode jokers favor, in what was initially.
It premiered on july 21, 2017 at san diego comiccon international and was released into. Tas, which originally aired on the fox kids block from 1992 to 1995, is one of the most popular and groundbreaking series in western animation. Fake harley was the winner of an audition for a replacement of the actual harley quinn, who joker had neglected to post bail for as hiring a new one was cheaper. Harley quinn is an american adult animated television series based on the character of the. Fake harley, as she was called by the joker, was a temporary replacement for harley quinn during the time when joker had seemingly become a millionaire. Harley and ivy is an episode of the first season of batman. Joker kidnapped gordon, bullock and summer gleeson.
This episode is notorious for being the first ever appearance of the now iconic character harley quinn, in any form of batman media. Harleen frances quinzel, also known as harley quinn, is a character who first featured in the show batman. Batman and robin, in the process of returning scarecrow to arkham yet again, offer their congratulations, but warn her to stay out of. Though there is a bonus arm for the joker in the set.
He declared her the winner upon observing her very curvaceous form. It is the twentyninth film in the dc universe animated original movies series, and is directed by sam liu and written by jim krieg and bruce timm. Batman faces off against the scarecrow whose fear gas makes the superhero afraid of disgracing the wayne name. The animated series was created in the wake of the success of tim burtons batman films in the 90s. Although quinn loves the joker, he is obsessed with batman and uses her to achieve his goals at her expense. The animated series is an american television series based on the dc comics superhero batman, which was produced by warner bros. Beginning her career as a doctor in arkham asylum, she changed and became joker s girlfriend and henchwoman.
Cameron kaiser builds a casino hotel modeled after the joker, called the jokers wild. Animation and originally aired on fox from 1992 to 1995. Harleen frances quinzel is a fictional character appearing in media published by dc entertainment. The joker is one of the main antagonists of the batman comics, and animated shows. The joker sees this on the news and, enraged, escapes from arkham again, with one thought on his mind. The joker is the secondary antagonist of the dc animated universe. Jokers favor is the 22nd episode produced and the seventh episode aired. She is the jokers henchwoman, girlfriend, and previously his psychiatrist at arkham asylum. The jokers evolution throughout the batman animated series.