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* GaleForceSound: Near the end of the ''Birds of Prey'' film, Black Canary displays her MakeMeWannaShout ability by unleashing a blast of sound that sends the Black Mask's henchmen flying through the air. It also pushes Harley on her roller blades forward as if she was being pushed by powerful winds.
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* GaleForceSound: Near the end of the ''Birds of Prey'' film, Black Canary displays her MakeMeWannaShout ability by unleashing unleashes a blast of sound that sends the Black Mask's henchmen flying through the air. It also pushes Harley on her roller blades forward as if she was being pushed by powerful winds.
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* TruerToTheText: RaceLift and different outfits aside, this take on the character maintains the mother-daughter LegacyCharacter aspect of her backstory, while also being a FightsLikeANormal TokenSuper with MakeMeWannaShout powers; previous adaptations have tended to either not include one or don't go into enough detail.
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* TruerToTheText: RaceLift and different outfits aside, this take on the character maintains the mother-daughter LegacyCharacter aspect of her backstory, while also being a FightsLikeANormal TokenSuper with MakeMeWannaShout powers; a SuperScream; previous adaptations have tended to either not include one or don't go into enough detail.
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* SuperiorSuccessor: Presumably becomes one to Javelin in ''The Suicide Squad'' since she used his Javelin effectively as a melee weapon when escaping a Corto Maltesian prison and later [[spoiler: stabbed a {{Kaiju}} to death with it]]. [[WeHardlyKnewYe While we never really saw Javelin in action]] the fact that he was considered CListFodder in universe and out implies he never achieved such impressive feats.
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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: With the Joker being largely DemotedToExtra within the DCEU, Harley is more or less [[PracticallyJoker the DCEU's answer to The Joker]] but she's usually a HeroicComedicSociopath, VillainProtagonist who's been shown to be capable of empathy and forming genuine friendships.
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!!''[[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Jason Todd]]''
!!! '''Species:''' Human
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm the one they should be scared of! Not you, not Mr. J... because I'm Harley Fuckin' Quinn!"'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harley in her
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!!''[[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Jason Todd]]''
!!! '''Species:'''
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harley in her main ''Suicide Squad'' outfit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harleyss.png ''"Normal is a setting on a dryer."'']][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Harley before becoming a supervillain]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harleenquinzel.png ''"Are you gonna kill me, Mister J?"'']][[/labelnote]]
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After Killer Croc murdered his parents, Jason decided to become the new Robin to avenge them.
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MargotRobbie
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/KarlaFalcon (Latin-American Spanish), Isabel Valls (European Spanish), Kanako Tôjo (Japanese), Creator/DorotheePousseo (European French), Creator/CatherineBrunet (Canadian French), Iara Riça (Brazilian Portuguese, ''Suicide Squad''), Evie Saide (Brazilian Portuguese, ''Birds of Prey'' and ''The Suicide Squad'')
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Suicide
!!!'''Other appearances:''' ''Suicide Blonde'' | ''Secret Files of the Suicide Squad''
->''"No one is like me. If you wanted to even come close, you would have to go to medical school. Become a psychiatrist. Work in
After Killer Croc murdered
A former psychiatrist who was once supposed to treat the Joker. She instead turned into a crazed supercriminal after being tortured by the Clown Prince of Crime and taking a bath of chemicals that bleached her skin, and became his
Following Harley's arrest by Batman and her incarceration at the high-security prison of Belle Reve, Amanda Waller coerced her into taking part to the Task Force X ("Suicide Squad") initiative along with a bunch of other supercriminals. Harley proves that she's not beyond redemption by helping to thwart the Enchantress, though she was still sent back to prison with a 10-year reduction on her sentence.
The Joker later broke her out of Belle Reve, but their relationship deteriorated and they broke up. Without the protection that was ensured by her "Joker's Girlfriend" status, Harley quickly found herself facing numerous people with a beef against her (or the Joker, or both), including mob boss Roman Sionis/Black Mask. She then teamed up with what would become the
Circumstances, or as she put it, "A fit of road rage. In a bank", made her come back to Task Force X later on. Despite being captured by Corto Maltese forces, she caught the eye of then President Luna, who believed that, by marrying her, he could use her to unite his people as a symbol of anti-Americanism. He was wrong.
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* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/Titans2018TitleTeam Earth-9]] and [[Characters/BirdsOfPrey2002 Earth-203]].
* AmbiguousSituation: Due to FlipFlopOfGod not firmly establishing whether the Robin Joker killed was Dick or Jason and him not being mentioned by Bruce, at the moment it can be assumed that Jason became Robin on his own without any help from Bruce.
* CompositeCharacter: While there's no evidence of him reaching out to Bruce, him choosing to become Robin instead of being recruited by Bruce makes him similar to Tim Drake.
* DecompositeCharacter: His role of being killed by the Joker was seemingly given to Dick Grayson.
* TheGhost: His name and ties to Killer Croc are only revealed in a FreezeFrameBonus where his name is shown in Waller's file about Croc.
* AmbiguousSituation: Due to FlipFlopOfGod not firmly establishing whether the Robin Joker killed was Dick or Jason and him not being mentioned by Bruce, at the moment it can be assumed that Jason became Robin on his own without any help from Bruce.
* CompositeCharacter: While there's no evidence of him reaching out to Bruce, him choosing to become Robin instead of being recruited by Bruce makes him similar to Tim Drake.
* DecompositeCharacter: His role of being killed by the Joker was seemingly given to Dick Grayson.
* TheGhost: His name and ties to Killer Croc are only revealed in a FreezeFrameBonus where his name is shown in Waller's file about Croc.
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* AdaptationalSkimpiness:
** In ''Suicide Squad'', Harley goes from her traditional jester suit covering everything except her face to glittery hotpants, fishnets, and a shirt barely big enough to fit her with some suggestively placed holes in it.
** Downplayed in ''Birds of Prey'', where her outfits are still revealing, but considerably more modest.
** Averted by the time of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' where her outfit no longer shows off excessive skin and is far closer to her comics outfit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: As in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the tips of her pigtails are dyed--though the red and black are replaced with pink and blue. She would eventually get her red and black hair in ''The Suicide Squad'', complete with a more comic-accurate outfit.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She admits in ''The Suicide Squad'' that she has very bad taste when it comes to love.
** Harley was smitten with the Joker, despite him being a notorious psychopath who was more than a little weird-looking.
** She also shacks up with Silvio Luna, the dictator of Corto Maltese. Downplayed in that Harley breaks things off with him once she finds out he has no qualms over murdering children.
* AlternateSelf: Has four, one on[[Characters/Titans2018TitleTeam Earth-9]] [[Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX Earth-Prime]], one on [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]], one on [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeries Earth-89]], and one on [[Characters/BirdsOfPrey2002 Earth-203]].
*AmbiguousSituation: Due AntiVillain: Despite being insane, violent, and selfish, Harley has a fair amount of redeeming traits. She comes to FlipFlopOfGod regard Task Force X as her FamilyOfChoice, even [[spoiler:stating her reason for killing the [[BigBad Enchantress]] as being due to her trying to kill her friends. She also really does care about the Birds of Prey, and while she does leave them eventually, she says it's because they can make it on their own, implying she'd come back to help them if they were ever hopelessly outclassed]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The trope becomes a salient part of her characterization in ''Birds of Prey''. Director Cathy Yan even made the movie a colorful sensory overload to reflect Harley's darting attention span. During her chase scene with Montaya at her heels, she stops to admire and snag a glittery fanny pack. In at least one instance, this also winds up ''saving her life'' ([[spoiler:Huntress shoots in her direction -- though notfirmly establishing whether ''at'' her -- and she avoids being collateral damage because she was picking up something from the Robin ground that caught her eye]]).
* AxCrazy: Joker's torture has left her sanity in ''very'' short supply, to say the least. The consequences of her violent impulses catch up to her once word gets out that Harley and the Jokerkilled was Dick or Jason are finished.
* BadassAdorable: She could easily earn the "World's Cutest Supervillain" award. Some people [[BullyingADragon think because she's so little andhim not being mentioned by Bruce, cute she poses no threat and they can take advantage of her]]. Such fools rarely survive to realize their mistake.
* BadassNormal: She holds her own very well against Enchantress' supernatural mooks with just a bat and a revolver. Enchantress herself is more of a problem.
* BatterUp:
** She carries a baseball bat around as her signature melee weapon in ''Suicide Squad''. "Good Night" is written on it in promotional material, while the movie itself has Joker's speech from ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor Joker's Favor]]'' scrawled on it.
** She still uses a bat in ''Birds of Prey'', during her attack on the GCPD headquarters to get to Cassandra Cain, one that's made of aluminum this time around. Just before the FinalBattle, Harley lets Black Canary use the wooden bat she keeps at themoment it can be assumed that Jason became Robin on his own Gotham Amusement Mile while she uses her mallet instead.
** During the warehouse scene in ''Birds of Prey'', she comes across a chainsaw, a katana and a baseball bat. She chooses the bat without anyhelp hesitation.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: She was a relatively sane psychiatrist before she was seduced by the Joker, and some flashbacks in the film show her being tortured by him.
* BerserkButton: She ''hates'' it when people assume she's dumb, and will violently attack them while reminding them that she has a [=PhD=].
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She may be a goofy, bubbly ditz dressed like a harlequin, but she's still a dangerous murderer that can slaughter trained combatants with ease.
* BlingBlingBang: Her firearm is a .357 Magnum Chiappa Rhino with white grips and gold decorations.
* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Well, engagement dress. Once suitably torn to allow for movement, it becomes her defaut outfit for the climax of ''The Suicide Squad''.
* ABoyAndHisX: She adopts a male hyena in ''Birds of Prey''.
* BreakoutCharacter: The character had a resounding success among audiences when ''Suicide Squad'' came out. It allowed Margot Robbie to take the lead in the production of a ''Birds of Prey'' movie, in which Harley has a much more prominent role than she had in ''Suicide Squad'', and it also ensured she came back in ''The Suicide Squad'' (though her character isn't given as much focus).
* BrokenTears: She shows this side more in ''Birds of Prey'', the first time when she drunkenly confesses to Dinah that she's broken up with the Joker for good. The second time was when [[spoiler:she realizes that Doc sold her out]].
* BrooklynRage: She's a violent criminal with a Brooklyn accent (although at least in her first appearance [[OohMeAccentsSlipping it lapses into Australian at points]]), [[https://www.insider.com/suicide-squad-margot-robbie-harley-quinn-voice-2016-8 which Margot Robbie says is inspired by famous Brooklynite actress]] Creator/LorraineBracco.
* ButNotTooBi: A brief instance in Harley's younger days as shown in ''Birds of Prey'' reveals that she's had at least one love interest who was a woman. Said woman looks similar to [[MythologyGag Poison Ivy]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Her justification for smashing a shop window and stealing a handbag during the mission in ''Suicide Squad''.
-->'''Rick Flag:''' The hell is wrong with you people?!\\
'''Harley:''' We're bad guys. ''It's what we do''.
* CarryABigStick: Harley's mallet makes a short appearance in ''Suicide Squad''. She uses it to kick ass aplenty in the climax of ''Birds of Prey''.
* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', [[spoiler:once Luna gives off blatant bad signs by revealing that he's willing to [[WouldHurtAChild hurt a child]], she immediately shoots him to avoid being in love with men like him. Quite a far cry fromBruce.
when she first fell in love with the Joker and also shows that her bond with Cassandra really helped make her a less terrible person]].
*CompositeCharacter: While there's no ChewingTheScenery: An important part of the character is her being theatrical.
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* CombatPragmatist: Played to the max in ''Bird of Prey''. She uses whatever is nearby if it gives her an edge such as her fight at the police station. She uses the jail cells and doors to slam into the inmates, spin and leap off of, as well as using as many items in the evidence room as weapons like a bowling ball, aluminum baseball bat, cocaine and a lighter. She even manages to use a ''phone'' as a weapon.
* CombatStilettos:
** In ''Suicide Squad''. And ones [[http://www.bustle.com/articles/164087-heres-what-margot-robbie-thinks-about-harley-quinns-high-heels Margot Robbie said]] the pain they caused [[AwesomeButImpractical was only matched by how badass they look]].
** Averted in ''The Suicide Squad'' where she wears boots.
* CoolBike: Her bike is a Harley Davidson Street 750.
* CostumeEvolution:
** Harley sports new outfits in ''Birds ofhim reaching Prey'', notably a pair of pompons as shoulders during most of the film as well as a pair of golden overalls in the climax. They are overall [[TamerAndChaster more modest]] than in ''Suicide Squad''.
** Her main outfit (which is mostly made of red and black leather) in ''The Suicide Squad'' resembles what she wore in ''VideoGame/Injustice2''.
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: She was in charge of the Joker at the Arkham Asylum, and she became his lover and a psycho herself.
* CuteAndPsycho: Her adorable appearance is matched by her psychotic tendencies. As warden Griggs puts out, she's "a whole lot of pretty in a whole lot of crazy".
* DanceBattler: ''Birds of Prey'' establishes this as her preferred battle style. Her gymnastic proclivities aren't exactly absent in ''Suicide Squad'', but in ''Birds of Prey'', she actively makes frequent use of such talents in combat.
* DarkActionGirl: A woman who takes pride in her villainous antics and despite her size can take out several people in a room by her lonesome.
* DeadpanSnarker: She makes a lot of witty remarks for her own amusement and just to see if she can get under someone's skin. She also doesn't hold back when she psychoanalyzes someone.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: She sometimes has an idea for a plan going in, but doesn't think about the consequences of her actions or what to do if things don't exactly go her way. Most of the time she's pretty much winging it.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: While she might've been joking, she made a comment about hearing voices in her head, something the other versions of Harley never dealt with.
* DitzyGenius: ''Birds of Prey'' consistently depicts her as intelligent and erudite (traits that were merely hinted at in the previous film). All the neurological and psychological damage she's undoubtedly endured mean that she's still forgetful, rash, and easily distracted, however.
* DrowningMySorrows: Drowning and eating her sorrows away at the beginning of ''Birds of Prey'' after she splits with the Joker.
* DumbBlonde: Averted. She gets mad when others call her dumb and she broke a guy's legs because of it.
-->'''Harley:''' Don't call me dumb. I have a [=PhD=], ''motherfucker''.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** Harley's as madly in love with the Joker as ever. She also forms a close relationship with Deadshot and genuinely considers the rest of the Suicide Squad her friends. [[spoiler:Even Enchantress can't get her to betray them]].
** In ''Birds of Prey'' she absolutely adores her pet hyena Bruce and was beyond heartbroken when she thinks he got killed in the explosion. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Bruce is alive and was apparently roaming around Chinatown]].
** She also loves Doc, a restaurateur with extensive knowledge of (but no real involvement in) Gotham's criminal world, like family. [[spoiler:This is why she undergoes a quietly simmering VillainousBreakdown when she learns that [[EtTuBrute he's sold her out]], though in hindsight their relationship -- Harley being a Batman Rogues Gallery fixture and Doc being a civilian -- was always precarious anyway]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is particularly disgusted and even enraged when Diablo doesn't own up to the accidental murder of his kids. Though it could also just be projected guilt, as in this continuity, she was complicit in the murder of Robin. [[spoiler:In ''The Suicide Squad'', she kills Luna when he admits he has no qualms [[WouldHarmAChild on killing children]] which, given this is after Harley has bonded with [[IntergenerationalFriendship Cassandra]], makes sense]].
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: When everyone in the squad is gearing up, Harley is busy putting on her hot pants and shirt, causing all of the soldiers around her -- both male and female -- to [[DistractedByTheSexy stop and stare]].
* EvilVirtues: Loyalty and Love. If you show Harley Quinn ''genuine'' kindness and earn her respect, you will be ''family'' to her, and she will love you, care for you, and go through fire, water, and Hell itself to protect you. [[spoiler:Not even a veritable ''goddess'' like The Enchantress can stand up to her wrath when she threatened Task Force X, whom she has come to love like thus]]. ''Birds of Prey'' showcases it further in the way she interacts with the soon-to-be Birds of Prey and ''especially'' Cassandra. In ''The Suicide Squad,'' she is shown to have become good friends with Captain Boomerang since their first mission together [[spoiler: and is genuinely distraught over his death,]] and if you pay attention to the background in a later scene, [[spoiler: she immediately jumps to help Nanaue after his "new dumb friends" turn out toBruce, be carnivorous and attempt to maul him to death.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After splitting up with the Joker, Harley chops her pigtails down, resulting in a scruffier hairdo. Her hair has grown out by the time she rejoins the Suicide Squad.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While Harley can be a serious threat, that mostly seems to apply to people who have deliberately crossed her. She's pretty friendly most of the time. That said, she's prone to suddenly screwing people over with a smile, even when they haven't done anything wrong to her, if it results in some benefit for her.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: In her old Harleen Quinzel identity. The first camera shot of her before her transformation starts with her stiletto-heeled feet doing a SupermodelStrut, suggesting (since that isn't even a little bit appropriate for a prison psychologist!) that she's already not quite right. ''Birds of Prey'' gives this sadder context, with the "already not quite right" bit most likely being her desperate for love and attention thanks to her background as a child abused by adults (her father, the nuns at the Catholic school, etc.).
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A class 5, as it turns out that just about ''everyone'' in the Gotham underworld hates Harley's guts, but they had to put up with her bullshit because she was the Joker's girlfriend and they were all terrified of him. As soon as they learn she's been dumped by Mr. J, they all feel free to take revenge on her. The regulars on Task Force X seem to like her, though.
* TheGadfly: She's this in ''Suicide Squad'' where she pretends to psychoanalyze Killer Croc and makes fun of him, causing him to feint a punch which she giggles at. When Dead Shot asks why she's messing with people who would kill her without a moment's hesitation, she grumbles that she's ''bored'' and wants someone to play with, pick apart and spit in their skull. She still has shades of these in ''Birds of Prey'' if her long list of grievances against Roman Sionis is anything to go off of.
* GallowsHumor: Her BondOneLiner after Slipknot got his head blown off.
-->'''Harley:''' Now that's killer app!
* {{Gasshole}}: Two of the grievances Roman Sionis has against her are "burped the alphabet" and "ripped a loud one."
* GirlishPigtails: Dons this hairstyle for most of ''Suicide Squad'' and thus highlights the immaturity caused by her craziness. Before she met the Joker, she had a more professional look. She shortens said pigtails in ''Birds of Prey'', but they've grown back by the time she's drafted back into the Suicide Squad.
* GoGoEnslavement: Before she joins Silvio Luna at his mansion, he orders her to put on a red, ballgown-esque flamenco dress, and has his stylists do her hair and makeup. Harley isn't thrilled with the makeover--until she sees the ''[[SheCleansUpNicely result]]''.
-->"I'm a princess..."
* GroinAttack: She delivers plenty of these during ''Birds of Prey''.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted when teaming up with Floyd Lawton/Deadshot. Deadshot avoids melee combat where possible and favours ranged weapons, while Harley relishes the chance to knock heads with her baseball bat and uses her revolver at close range only.
* HallwayFight: Engages in one as she flees her erstwhile paramour.
* HandyFeet: ''The Suicide Squad'' shows that her legs and feet are acrobatically limber and flexible enough to work as a second pair of arms, which comes in handy when her hands are chained to the ceiling and she needs to snag some keys to free herself.
* HatedByAll: ''Birds of Prey'' shows that she's pissed off enough people in Gotham City to have someone trying to kill her at nearly every corner.
* HearingVoices: She claims to hear voices that encourage her to kill her guards, then says she was kidding, and adds they actually said something different. While this is probably just Harley playing up her reputation to weird them out, it can't be discarded that she hears voices for real. There are a couple of moments in ''Birds of Prey'' where, as in the Connor/Palmiotti comic run that the film is heavily influenced by, she seems to hear her stuffed beaver talking to her.
* HeartbrokenBadass:
** When the Joker appears to have died, she goes from LaughingMad to StepfordSmiler; her (seeming) agreement to the Enchantress' service is that she "lost [her] Puddin', but [Enchantress] can bring him back". When Joker shows up to break her out, we manage to get a heartwarming moment from two of the biggest criminals in Gotham.
** She's a mess after breaking up with the Joker in ''Birds of Prey'', but then she gets to kick ass several times over the course of the film, including alongside the ragtag gang of women she joins to fight Black Mask's army.
* HiddenDepths:
** When the Enchantress uses her power on Harley to see her most desired dream comes true, it's her living a ''normal'' family life with the Joker (yes, both of them as ''completely normal human beings'', and not in their insane criminal personas), with two children to boot, suggesting that deep down, she might still wish to lead a normal life devoid of craziness and violence with the man she loves.
** Despite being the Joker's lover and accomplice, she comes off as quite heroic in the climax, when she could have run away easily (though [[spoiler:the apparent death of the Joker]] probably helped her to go back to the only other people who meant something for her).
** Despite being nuts, she's still able to use her psychiatric credentials to throw off Black Mask with an uncomfortably accurate analysis of his daddy issues. Later, she gives Huntress advice about letting go of her need for revenge. As she herself notes when called dumb, "I have a PHD, motherfucker!".
** That she voted for UsefulNotes/BernieSanders, let alone voted ''at all'', is quite surprising.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Harley's dad traded her for a 6-pack of beer. When she escaped and made her way back home, he ditched her at a boarding school where the nuns would beat her. Showing the whole thing as a Looney Tune-style cartoon is what keeps it from being too dark to be funny.
* HospitalHottie: She was a therapist for The Joker before he turned her insane, and her attractiveness is noted several times in-universe.
* IconicOutfit:
** Her look in ''Suicide Squad'' was probably the most imitated in cosplays for the year 2016. [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkhwJUy4yLk/V520jmm0bxI/AAAAAAAAceY/5YyhGAu1PNIoprwUe8AHI9AIZJS2BszEwCLcB/s1600/DH.jpg It is inspired by a look]] [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]] sported in 1976. She later upgrades to a DarkerAndEdgier version that's made of leather, has black segments instead of blue and overall has a more tactical design.
** In a very brief flashback in ''Suicide Squad'', she is seen wearing her iconic harlequin costume, recreating the famous cover art of ''Batman: Harley Quinn'' by Alex Ross.
** In her ImagineSpot in ''Birds of Prey'', she's seen wearing that in her summation of Joker up to that point.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: As a child, she kept on trying to win over a father that constantly tried to get rid of her. This resulted in a string of dysfunctional relationships in later life. Harley also narrates that finding love wasn't easy as she apparently went through three relationships that ended in heartbreak for her. The iteration of the Joker that this Harley was in love with literally ''electrocuted'' her as just one way of manipulating her into "loving" him, so it's safe to say the Joker/Harley relationship was the worst of all.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Offers two sides, saying to Diablo it is impossible for them ("Normal is a setting on a dishwasher! Not something for people like us!") yet [[spoiler:the vision she has while entranced by Enchantress has Harley and Joker without the EvilMakeover, HappilyMarried in a regular household]].
* ImportantHaircut: She chops off her long pigtails at the beginning of ''Birds of Prey'' signifying her cutting off her past from the Joker.
* ImprobableWeaponUser:
** She uses a beanbag gun when storming the GCPD, and is very effective with it.
** In ''The Suicide Squad'' she tears off a piece of her dress to use as a garrote.
* InappropriateRoleModel: Cass looks up to Harley, even though the latter is hardly someone to look up to, her HiddenDepths buried in AxCrazy villainy. Just as a taste, Harley's "first lesson" for Cass is robbing a grocery shop, [[RefugeInAudacity and not even with finesse]].
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She changes into her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit as everyone, including the women, are watching, and is confused when they are distracted.
* ISurrenderSuckers: In the climax of ''Suicide Squad'', [[spoiler:she appears to be giving up her loyalty to Enchantress, but was getting close enough to cut out her heart to weaken her]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** A sadistic and violent supervillain and accomplice of the Joker, though she does grow genuinely fond of her fellow teammates of Task Force X, referring to them as her friends right before [[spoiler:cutting out Enchantress' heart]]. She also deeply loves the Joker, [[spoiler:and as a hallucination sequence shows, wishes to raise a family with him]].
** In ''Birds of Prey'' she openly admits to Cassandra that she's not a good person. But when Cassandra's life is in danger and the other women assemble to help, she's willing to go the extra mile for the kid and the two leave together.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: In ''The Suicide Squad'' she spends most of the film fighting in a beautiful (if progressively damaged) flamenco dress. Subverted in that she grabs a pair of combat boots, averting the usual stilettos (they come in handy for kicking doors in people's faces).
* TheLadette: She has a foul mouth and [[ToiletHumor a crude sense of humor]], [[{{Gasshole}} proudly belches and farts]], and talks openly about her bathroom habits.
* LargeHam: As any wacky villain needs to be, she has a large presence.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: She sometimes addresses the audience, says stuff from her narration out loud, and when interrogating Cassandra she even [[SpikingTheCamera looks at the camera in frustration]].
* LegFocus: Both ''Suicide Squad'' and ''Birds of Prey'' introduce Harley with a pan up her legs.
* LoveInterest: Of the Joker. So much that he conceives an elaborate plan to get her back. They break up later on, however.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Helped the Joker escape Arkham and later consented to being tortured so she could join him in his insanity. This means it doubles as LoveMakesYouEvil.
* MadLove: True to form, her relationship with Joker. By her own description, being with Joker made her lose all sense of who she was, to the point where her entire life revolved utterly around him.
* MadeOfIron: Harley can withstand hours of torture and still be battle-ready in an instant.[[note]]In the comics, this power is due to ComicBook/PoisonIvy enhancing her with serums, but has not yet been explained in the DCEU.[[/note]]
* MamaBear: To Cassandra Cain. Lay a finger on her and Harley Quinn will make you see who has the last laugh.
* MotorMouth: In ''Birds of Prey'', she can talk a lot when she's stalling or just trying to annoy someone as seen when Sionis tries to torture her but she goes on a long rant about how predictable his motives are as she diagnoses him.
* MsFanservice: Harley's glittery hotpants don't leave much to the imagination. She's also seen bending a lot and likes pole dancing. She is very much a MaleGaze magnet. This is downplayed a good deal on purpose in ''Birds of Prey''. Aside from anything else, she's played by ''Margot "Frickin'" Robbie''.
* MurderousThighs: Harley uses a combination of this and slick gymnastics to escape a strappado bind.
* MultipleChoicePast: The film offers two different suggestions as to what caused her madness. It may have been being (with consent) tortured with electroshock machinery, or it may have been taking a dive into a vault of acid. It may even have started during her therapy sessions with the Joker, since she brings him an AK-47 at his request.
* NonconformistDyedHair: The playful and mentally unstable Harley Quinn has blonde hair dyed pink/red at the ends, like her comic book counterpart.
* NothingPersonal: She tries to use this excuse when choosing tobecome Robin instead "trade" Cassandra for Black Mask's promise that he won't send half of the city after her.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: With her flamboyant and friendly personality, it's easy to forget that [[spoiler:Harley is involved in Robin's murder]].[[note]]Though both Zack Snyder and David Ayer have dropped hints that this might not be true.[[/note]]
* OddFriendship: Genuinely thinks of Rick Flag as a friend despite him beingrecruited by Bruce makes him similar a government agent that is authorized to Tim Drake.
kill her. [[spoiler:His death breaks her heart]].
*DecompositeCharacter: His role OneWomanArmy: Harley's shown to be able to singlehandedly ''slaughter'' the entire garrison of being killed by [[spoiler:a Corto Maltese secret police prison]], even after enduring hours of torture. There's a reason why Amanda Waller considers her more dangerous than the Joker.
* TheOphelia: She has an almost childlike, peaceful serenity surrounding her when she's in her cell, and is quite an AxCrazy {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* OutlawCouple: Harley and the Joker were lovers and partners in crime for some time.
-->'''Harley:''' ''[shooting Batman during a high-speed chase]'' You're ruining date night!
* PerpetualSmiler: Harley's almost always grinning, laughing, or otherwise acting cheerful. If she stops smiling for even a moment, it's a sign that Harley's ''really'' upset, or that the situation is truly dire.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She is tiny compared to the other members of the Suicide Squad. That doesn't stop her from beating the living crap out of men twice her size with her bare hands or lifting a full grown man of the ground with nothing but her legs while hanging from the ceiling. She also takes some pretty hard hits in every movie with little trouble getting back up, usually immediately.
* PlayingPossum:
** When Batman rescues her from drowning, he gives her mouth-to-mouth and she reveals she wasseemingly given faking it when she starts kissing him.
** Pretends toDick Grayson.
pass out from torture. Then one of her torturers leaves...
*TheGhost: His name PracticallyJoker: A criminal prone to committing [[AxCrazy acts of extreme violence]], [[PerpetualSmiler constantly smiling]] as she [[OneManArmy very brutally mows down enemies]] with [[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter gleeful joy]] and ties doing it [[ForTheEvulz mainly for the sake of it]], [[CloudCuckoolander engaging in madcap antics]], and as the cherry on top, is actually considered much more dangerous than even the Joker. Yeah. Harley Quinn definitely fits the bill as the DCEU's own version of the Clown Prince of Crime, ironically even more so than the real deal.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Subverted.
** In ''Suicide Squad'' Harley wears red and blue with gold accessories, despite being a crazed criminal.
** Harley wears a lot more colours in ''Birds of Prey'', but the dominant ones are pink and gold.
** In ''The Suicide Squad'' Harley gets a dress that's bright red.
* PrincessForADay: Actually lampshades this as she is led up to be proposed to by Luna.
* PsychoPartyMember: One of the most dangerous and mentally unstable members of both teams she joins.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: Shades of this were already present in ''Suicide Squad'', but this is especially pronounced in ''Birds of Prey''. While she is capable of being mature and is rather intelligent, her general demeanor is of someone about as young as [[TagAlongKid Cassandra]] ([[OneOfTheKids which might be why they hit it off so well]]). She loves glitter, eats sugary cereals regularly, and once got emotional about losing a bacon-and-egg sandwich.[[note]]To be fair about that last point, she did spend about all the money she had left on it. Doesn't really make her over-the-top response seem any more mature, though.[[/note]] She just so happens to be a criminal who is willing to lash out violently at anyone who makes her angry.
* PsychoPsychologist: She lampshades this when she pretends to psychoanalyze Killer Croc and Katana, saying she feels "bored" and wants "a victim, a mind to pry apart and spit in".
* PunnyName: Play on "harlequin".
* TheQueenpin: She used to rule the Gotham underworld alongside Joker until their breakup.
* RedIsViolent: Harley's signature colour, matched up with either black or blue. She had at least two outfits that were half-red when she was recruited for the first Suicide Squad and has another two on her latest mission. Harley also wears a red and black roller derby outfit in ''Birds of Prey''. As the number of enemies she's made can attest, Harley is a card-carrying sadist.
* RefugeInAudacity: Harley isn't stupid (as she herself bitterly mutters -- "I have a [=PhD=], motherfucker"), she's just a lunatic. As a result, most of her wicked shenanigans hinge on sheer nerve and luck.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Harley carries a .357 Magnum Chiappa Rhino with white grips and gold decorations.
* RollerbladeGood: During the final battle with Roman's men in ''Birds of Prey''. She ditches them before facing off against Roman himself on the pier.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:The Joker comes to get her back with technology to neutralize her ExplosiveLeash and she happily jumps on the occasion. Too bad it's a ShortLivedAerialEscape]].
* SlasherSmile:
** [[https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1506278/margot-robbie-harley-quinn.jpg Dons one]] after happily saying to Deadshot [[BloodKnight the mission will probably have them kill people]].
** Adopts a positively Puddin'-esue one upon "awakening" from her fake bout of unconsciousness, her would-be torturer none the wiser.
* SmarterThanYouLook:
** She earned degrees in psychology and used to be a doctor, even though she doesn't act like it most of the time. [[BerserkButton She'll even break your legs for calling her dumb]].
** Demonstrated in ''Suicide Squad'' after a {{Flashback}} to the chemical immersion she was put through by the Joker, she has a brief conversation with Deadshot about love and labels him a "textbook sociopath" at his response.
** When's she's prisoner of Roman Sionis, she makes a very accurate diagnosis of his psyche.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Only woman among the recruited criminals of Task Force X. Though not in the Squad (Katana) and Task Force X as a whole (Waller is the leader) and Enchantress was ''supposed'' to be on the Squad as well. In ''The Suicide Squad'' she's part of TwoGirlsToATeam with Ratcatcher II, after Mongal dies in the opening assault.
* TheSociopath: Narrowly averted. While she is ''very'' violent and psycho, she is not incapable of feeling love or [[PetTheDog showing compassion]], and does [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes care about her teammates]] as well as Bruce.
* SoleSurvivor: In Film/TheSuicideSquad, she and and Flagg are the only members of Team A who aren't killed on the beach in Corto Maltese. Then Flagg is killed by Peacemaker near the climax of the film leaving her the only one left. [[spoiler:Subverted when Weasel is revealed to be alive after he supposedly drowned in TheStinger]].
* StepfordSmiler:
** She's obviously heartbroken when she thinks [[spoiler:that the Joker perished]] but in the moment the rest of the Squad finds her, she starts acting like her usual self despite being heartbroken. She drops the act after hearing Diablo's backstory.
** In the next ''Suicide Squad'' movie Harley gives an anecdote on why she kills her ex-boyfriends before leaving them. Her last partner (''strongly'' impled to be the Joker) stalked her and made her life hell. Nevertheless Harley keeps her spirits high.
* StreetSmart: She says that she knows the East End better than anyone, and once found a missing portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt in aFreezeFrameBonus bird's nest.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Shows up twice--when she falls into a vat of chemicals to show her devotion to the Joker and when he drives his car into the harbor with Harley as a passenger. Funnily enough, she claims she can't swim.
* TakeUpMySword: Harley is on the receiving end of this when a dying Javelin hands her his namesake, though at first she has no idea what it means.
* TattooedCrook: She has lots of tattoos, though they're not as conspicuous as the Joker's.
* TeamMom:
** She has shades of this when encouraging El Diablo or when she serves drinks to comfort the Task Force X at the bar in ''Suicide Squad''.
** In the climax of ''Birds of Prey'', she's not quite the leader but encourages the women assembled there to team up to stand a chance against Black Mask's army and protect Cassandra Cain. She's also genuinely friendly to them and even gives some psychological advice to Huntress.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Every film she's appeared in has had moments like this.
** In ''Suicide Squad'' Harley looks down a stairwell and has a sudden flashback to when she jumped into a vat of chemicals.
** In ''Birds of Prey'' Harley takes a blow to the head and has a Marilyn Monroe-style fantasy.
** In ''The Suicide Squad'' Harley envisions flowers blossoming out of thin air.
* TokenEvilTeammate: For the Birds of Prey. While the other three members are flawed, they're still fighting for justice while Harley is just trying to cover her ass. Then at the end of their first adventure Harley pilfers the diamond they were trying to obtain.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Thanks to being tortured into insanity by the Joker, conventional methods of torture no longer work on her and even apparently amuse her, as shown by General Suarez's torture of her by high-powered taser.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: She's this to Cassandra. Even giving her a list of things she could do to be like her that are definitely not legal.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She really loves her bacon-and-egg sandwiches, to the point wherehis name she goes out of her way to protect one during a chase scene and is shown completely devastated when she loses it.
* {{Troll}}: The quote above shows she's not above using her insanity just to mess with the people around her.
* UndyingLoyalty: For the Joker inWaller's file ''Suicide Squad''. She'll partake in any crimes with him, submit to any treatment by him, and by her confession live and die for him. However, after getting dumped by him in ''Birds of Prey'', Harley moves on with her life without even trying to return to him.
* UngratefulBitch: A flashback shows that her reaction to Batman diving underwater to try and save her from drowning is to try and kill him with a knife.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: In ''Birds of Prey'' she has a large assortment of outfits that she wears throughout the movie, aboutCroc.nine in total.
* UnreliableNarrator: When Harley narrates in ''Birds of Prey'', she often forgets about important events, so she has to [[HowWeGotHere backtrack]], telling the story [[AnachronicOrder out of order]].
* VillainousCrush: An ironic example - she named her pet hyena after Bruce Wayne because she finds him to be a {{Hunk}}, all the while not knowing that he's Batman.
* VillainousFriendship: With Captain Boomerang, made apparent by the opening of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' where they seem genuinely happy to see each other on their new mission. [[spoiler:Harley is clearly distraught when she witnesses his death.]]
* VillainousHarlequin: In the flesh; her main getup makes her this.
* VillainsOutShopping: ''Birds of Prey'' shows her enjoying many mundane activities in between her criminal hijinks, which she's presumably allowed to get away with because her reputation as a supervillain (or at least [[ComicBook/TheJoker a supervillain's]] former accomplice) makes for an impressive SwordOfDamocles. She gets drunk with friends at night clubs, gets food at local restaurants ([[NiceToTheWaiter whom she's consistently]] [[PetTheDog nice to]]), and participates in UsefulNotes/RollerDerby. [[ItMakesSenseInContext When getting laxatives for Cassandra]], she also shops for her actual groceries, at least until she decides to shoplift them for ripping her off.
* VotOcksent: Despite her six-foot-thick BrooklynRage dialect, Harley seems to believe that Americans don't have accents at all, as she explains to Javelin while [[AccentInterest commenting on his sexy German accent]].
* WholeCostumeReference: Harley's costume from ''Suicide Squad'' is taken from [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkhwJUy4yLk/V520jmm0bxI/AAAAAAAAceY/5YyhGAu1PNIoprwUe8AHI9AIZJS2BszEwCLcB/s1600/DH.jpg an old publicity photo]] of punk rocker [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]].
* WidowedAtTheWedding: Well, engagement. Harley shoots her fiancee dead about 5 minutes after accepting his proposal when he mentions killing kids, describing that as one of her red flags.
* WorthyOpponent: In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', she seems to regard [[HeroAntagonist Renee Montoya]] as this, as there are multiple times when she has her at her mercy and could just finish her off, but allows her to recover or retreat.
** In ''Suicide Squad'', Harley goes from her traditional jester suit covering everything except her face to glittery hotpants, fishnets, and a shirt barely big enough to fit her with some suggestively placed holes in it.
** Downplayed in ''Birds of Prey'', where her outfits are still revealing, but considerably more modest.
** Averted by the time of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' where her outfit no longer shows off excessive skin and is far closer to her comics outfit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: As in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the tips of her pigtails are dyed--though the red and black are replaced with pink and blue. She would eventually get her red and black hair in ''The Suicide Squad'', complete with a more comic-accurate outfit.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She admits in ''The Suicide Squad'' that she has very bad taste when it comes to love.
** Harley was smitten with the Joker, despite him being a notorious psychopath who was more than a little weird-looking.
** She also shacks up with Silvio Luna, the dictator of Corto Maltese. Downplayed in that Harley breaks things off with him once she finds out he has no qualms over murdering children.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The trope becomes a salient part of her characterization in ''Birds of Prey''. Director Cathy Yan even made the movie a colorful sensory overload to reflect Harley's darting attention span. During her chase scene with Montaya at her heels, she stops to admire and snag a glittery fanny pack. In at least one instance, this also winds up ''saving her life'' ([[spoiler:Huntress shoots in her direction -- though not
* AxCrazy: Joker's torture has left her sanity in ''very'' short supply, to say the least. The consequences of her violent impulses catch up to her once word gets out that Harley and the Joker
* BadassAdorable: She could easily earn the "World's Cutest Supervillain" award. Some people [[BullyingADragon think because she's so little and
* BadassNormal: She holds her own very well against Enchantress' supernatural mooks with just a bat and a revolver. Enchantress herself is more of a problem.
* BatterUp:
** She carries a baseball bat around as her signature melee weapon in ''Suicide Squad''. "Good Night" is written on it in promotional material, while the movie itself has Joker's speech from ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor Joker's Favor]]'' scrawled on it.
** She still uses a bat in ''Birds of Prey'', during her attack on the GCPD headquarters to get to Cassandra Cain, one that's made of aluminum this time around. Just before the FinalBattle, Harley lets Black Canary use the wooden bat she keeps at the
** During the warehouse scene in ''Birds of Prey'', she comes across a chainsaw, a katana and a baseball bat. She chooses the bat without any
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: She was a relatively sane psychiatrist before she was seduced by the Joker, and some flashbacks in the film show her being tortured by him.
* BerserkButton: She ''hates'' it when people assume she's dumb, and will violently attack them while reminding them that she has a [=PhD=].
* BewareTheSillyOnes: She may be a goofy, bubbly ditz dressed like a harlequin, but she's still a dangerous murderer that can slaughter trained combatants with ease.
* BlingBlingBang: Her firearm is a .357 Magnum Chiappa Rhino with white grips and gold decorations.
* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Well, engagement dress. Once suitably torn to allow for movement, it becomes her defaut outfit for the climax of ''The Suicide Squad''.
* ABoyAndHisX: She adopts a male hyena in ''Birds of Prey''.
* BreakoutCharacter: The character had a resounding success among audiences when ''Suicide Squad'' came out. It allowed Margot Robbie to take the lead in the production of a ''Birds of Prey'' movie, in which Harley has a much more prominent role than she had in ''Suicide Squad'', and it also ensured she came back in ''The Suicide Squad'' (though her character isn't given as much focus).
* BrokenTears: She shows this side more in ''Birds of Prey'', the first time when she drunkenly confesses to Dinah that she's broken up with the Joker for good. The second time was when [[spoiler:she realizes that Doc sold her out]].
* BrooklynRage: She's a violent criminal with a Brooklyn accent (although at least in her first appearance [[OohMeAccentsSlipping it lapses into Australian at points]]), [[https://www.insider.com/suicide-squad-margot-robbie-harley-quinn-voice-2016-8 which Margot Robbie says is inspired by famous Brooklynite actress]] Creator/LorraineBracco.
* ButNotTooBi: A brief instance in Harley's younger days as shown in ''Birds of Prey'' reveals that she's had at least one love interest who was a woman. Said woman looks similar to [[MythologyGag Poison Ivy]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Her justification for smashing a shop window and stealing a handbag during the mission in ''Suicide Squad''.
-->'''Rick Flag:''' The hell is wrong with you people?!\\
'''Harley:''' We're bad guys. ''It's what we do''.
* CarryABigStick: Harley's mallet makes a short appearance in ''Suicide Squad''. She uses it to kick ass aplenty in the climax of ''Birds of Prey''.
* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', [[spoiler:once Luna gives off blatant bad signs by revealing that he's willing to [[WouldHurtAChild hurt a child]], she immediately shoots him to avoid being in love with men like him. Quite a far cry from
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* CombatPragmatist: Played to the max in ''Bird of Prey''. She uses whatever is nearby if it gives her an edge such as her fight at the police station. She uses the jail cells and doors to slam into the inmates, spin and leap off of, as well as using as many items in the evidence room as weapons like a bowling ball, aluminum baseball bat, cocaine and a lighter. She even manages to use a ''phone'' as a weapon.
* CombatStilettos:
** In ''Suicide Squad''. And ones [[http://www.bustle.com/articles/164087-heres-what-margot-robbie-thinks-about-harley-quinns-high-heels Margot Robbie said]] the pain they caused [[AwesomeButImpractical was only matched by how badass they look]].
** Averted in ''The Suicide Squad'' where she wears boots.
* CoolBike: Her bike is a Harley Davidson Street 750.
* CostumeEvolution:
** Harley sports new outfits in ''Birds of
** Her main outfit (which is mostly made of red and black leather) in ''The Suicide Squad'' resembles what she wore in ''VideoGame/Injustice2''.
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: She was in charge of the Joker at the Arkham Asylum, and she became his lover and a psycho herself.
* CuteAndPsycho: Her adorable appearance is matched by her psychotic tendencies. As warden Griggs puts out, she's "a whole lot of pretty in a whole lot of crazy".
* DanceBattler: ''Birds of Prey'' establishes this as her preferred battle style. Her gymnastic proclivities aren't exactly absent in ''Suicide Squad'', but in ''Birds of Prey'', she actively makes frequent use of such talents in combat.
* DarkActionGirl: A woman who takes pride in her villainous antics and despite her size can take out several people in a room by her lonesome.
* DeadpanSnarker: She makes a lot of witty remarks for her own amusement and just to see if she can get under someone's skin. She also doesn't hold back when she psychoanalyzes someone.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: She sometimes has an idea for a plan going in, but doesn't think about the consequences of her actions or what to do if things don't exactly go her way. Most of the time she's pretty much winging it.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: While she might've been joking, she made a comment about hearing voices in her head, something the other versions of Harley never dealt with.
* DitzyGenius: ''Birds of Prey'' consistently depicts her as intelligent and erudite (traits that were merely hinted at in the previous film). All the neurological and psychological damage she's undoubtedly endured mean that she's still forgetful, rash, and easily distracted, however.
* DrowningMySorrows: Drowning and eating her sorrows away at the beginning of ''Birds of Prey'' after she splits with the Joker.
* DumbBlonde: Averted. She gets mad when others call her dumb and she broke a guy's legs because of it.
-->'''Harley:''' Don't call me dumb. I have a [=PhD=], ''motherfucker''.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** Harley's as madly in love with the Joker as ever. She also forms a close relationship with Deadshot and genuinely considers the rest of the Suicide Squad her friends. [[spoiler:Even Enchantress can't get her to betray them]].
** In ''Birds of Prey'' she absolutely adores her pet hyena Bruce and was beyond heartbroken when she thinks he got killed in the explosion. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Bruce is alive and was apparently roaming around Chinatown]].
** She also loves Doc, a restaurateur with extensive knowledge of (but no real involvement in) Gotham's criminal world, like family. [[spoiler:This is why she undergoes a quietly simmering VillainousBreakdown when she learns that [[EtTuBrute he's sold her out]], though in hindsight their relationship -- Harley being a Batman Rogues Gallery fixture and Doc being a civilian -- was always precarious anyway]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is particularly disgusted and even enraged when Diablo doesn't own up to the accidental murder of his kids. Though it could also just be projected guilt, as in this continuity, she was complicit in the murder of Robin. [[spoiler:In ''The Suicide Squad'', she kills Luna when he admits he has no qualms [[WouldHarmAChild on killing children]] which, given this is after Harley has bonded with [[IntergenerationalFriendship Cassandra]], makes sense]].
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: When everyone in the squad is gearing up, Harley is busy putting on her hot pants and shirt, causing all of the soldiers around her -- both male and female -- to [[DistractedByTheSexy stop and stare]].
* EvilVirtues: Loyalty and Love. If you show Harley Quinn ''genuine'' kindness and earn her respect, you will be ''family'' to her, and she will love you, care for you, and go through fire, water, and Hell itself to protect you. [[spoiler:Not even a veritable ''goddess'' like The Enchantress can stand up to her wrath when she threatened Task Force X, whom she has come to love like thus]]. ''Birds of Prey'' showcases it further in the way she interacts with the soon-to-be Birds of Prey and ''especially'' Cassandra. In ''The Suicide Squad,'' she is shown to have become good friends with Captain Boomerang since their first mission together [[spoiler: and is genuinely distraught over his death,]] and if you pay attention to the background in a later scene, [[spoiler: she immediately jumps to help Nanaue after his "new dumb friends" turn out to
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After splitting up with the Joker, Harley chops her pigtails down, resulting in a scruffier hairdo. Her hair has grown out by the time she rejoins the Suicide Squad.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While Harley can be a serious threat, that mostly seems to apply to people who have deliberately crossed her. She's pretty friendly most of the time. That said, she's prone to suddenly screwing people over with a smile, even when they haven't done anything wrong to her, if it results in some benefit for her.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: In her old Harleen Quinzel identity. The first camera shot of her before her transformation starts with her stiletto-heeled feet doing a SupermodelStrut, suggesting (since that isn't even a little bit appropriate for a prison psychologist!) that she's already not quite right. ''Birds of Prey'' gives this sadder context, with the "already not quite right" bit most likely being her desperate for love and attention thanks to her background as a child abused by adults (her father, the nuns at the Catholic school, etc.).
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A class 5, as it turns out that just about ''everyone'' in the Gotham underworld hates Harley's guts, but they had to put up with her bullshit because she was the Joker's girlfriend and they were all terrified of him. As soon as they learn she's been dumped by Mr. J, they all feel free to take revenge on her. The regulars on Task Force X seem to like her, though.
* TheGadfly: She's this in ''Suicide Squad'' where she pretends to psychoanalyze Killer Croc and makes fun of him, causing him to feint a punch which she giggles at. When Dead Shot asks why she's messing with people who would kill her without a moment's hesitation, she grumbles that she's ''bored'' and wants someone to play with, pick apart and spit in their skull. She still has shades of these in ''Birds of Prey'' if her long list of grievances against Roman Sionis is anything to go off of.
* GallowsHumor: Her BondOneLiner after Slipknot got his head blown off.
-->'''Harley:''' Now that's killer app!
* {{Gasshole}}: Two of the grievances Roman Sionis has against her are "burped the alphabet" and "ripped a loud one."
* GirlishPigtails: Dons this hairstyle for most of ''Suicide Squad'' and thus highlights the immaturity caused by her craziness. Before she met the Joker, she had a more professional look. She shortens said pigtails in ''Birds of Prey'', but they've grown back by the time she's drafted back into the Suicide Squad.
* GoGoEnslavement: Before she joins Silvio Luna at his mansion, he orders her to put on a red, ballgown-esque flamenco dress, and has his stylists do her hair and makeup. Harley isn't thrilled with the makeover--until she sees the ''[[SheCleansUpNicely result]]''.
-->"I'm a princess..."
* GroinAttack: She delivers plenty of these during ''Birds of Prey''.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted when teaming up with Floyd Lawton/Deadshot. Deadshot avoids melee combat where possible and favours ranged weapons, while Harley relishes the chance to knock heads with her baseball bat and uses her revolver at close range only.
* HallwayFight: Engages in one as she flees her erstwhile paramour.
* HandyFeet: ''The Suicide Squad'' shows that her legs and feet are acrobatically limber and flexible enough to work as a second pair of arms, which comes in handy when her hands are chained to the ceiling and she needs to snag some keys to free herself.
* HatedByAll: ''Birds of Prey'' shows that she's pissed off enough people in Gotham City to have someone trying to kill her at nearly every corner.
* HearingVoices: She claims to hear voices that encourage her to kill her guards, then says she was kidding, and adds they actually said something different. While this is probably just Harley playing up her reputation to weird them out, it can't be discarded that she hears voices for real. There are a couple of moments in ''Birds of Prey'' where, as in the Connor/Palmiotti comic run that the film is heavily influenced by, she seems to hear her stuffed beaver talking to her.
* HeartbrokenBadass:
** When the Joker appears to have died, she goes from LaughingMad to StepfordSmiler; her (seeming) agreement to the Enchantress' service is that she "lost [her] Puddin', but [Enchantress] can bring him back". When Joker shows up to break her out, we manage to get a heartwarming moment from two of the biggest criminals in Gotham.
** She's a mess after breaking up with the Joker in ''Birds of Prey'', but then she gets to kick ass several times over the course of the film, including alongside the ragtag gang of women she joins to fight Black Mask's army.
* HiddenDepths:
** When the Enchantress uses her power on Harley to see her most desired dream comes true, it's her living a ''normal'' family life with the Joker (yes, both of them as ''completely normal human beings'', and not in their insane criminal personas), with two children to boot, suggesting that deep down, she might still wish to lead a normal life devoid of craziness and violence with the man she loves.
** Despite being the Joker's lover and accomplice, she comes off as quite heroic in the climax, when she could have run away easily (though [[spoiler:the apparent death of the Joker]] probably helped her to go back to the only other people who meant something for her).
** Despite being nuts, she's still able to use her psychiatric credentials to throw off Black Mask with an uncomfortably accurate analysis of his daddy issues. Later, she gives Huntress advice about letting go of her need for revenge. As she herself notes when called dumb, "I have a PHD, motherfucker!".
** That she voted for UsefulNotes/BernieSanders, let alone voted ''at all'', is quite surprising.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Harley's dad traded her for a 6-pack of beer. When she escaped and made her way back home, he ditched her at a boarding school where the nuns would beat her. Showing the whole thing as a Looney Tune-style cartoon is what keeps it from being too dark to be funny.
* HospitalHottie: She was a therapist for The Joker before he turned her insane, and her attractiveness is noted several times in-universe.
* IconicOutfit:
** Her look in ''Suicide Squad'' was probably the most imitated in cosplays for the year 2016. [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkhwJUy4yLk/V520jmm0bxI/AAAAAAAAceY/5YyhGAu1PNIoprwUe8AHI9AIZJS2BszEwCLcB/s1600/DH.jpg It is inspired by a look]] [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]] sported in 1976. She later upgrades to a DarkerAndEdgier version that's made of leather, has black segments instead of blue and overall has a more tactical design.
** In a very brief flashback in ''Suicide Squad'', she is seen wearing her iconic harlequin costume, recreating the famous cover art of ''Batman: Harley Quinn'' by Alex Ross.
** In her ImagineSpot in ''Birds of Prey'', she's seen wearing that in her summation of Joker up to that point.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: As a child, she kept on trying to win over a father that constantly tried to get rid of her. This resulted in a string of dysfunctional relationships in later life. Harley also narrates that finding love wasn't easy as she apparently went through three relationships that ended in heartbreak for her. The iteration of the Joker that this Harley was in love with literally ''electrocuted'' her as just one way of manipulating her into "loving" him, so it's safe to say the Joker/Harley relationship was the worst of all.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Offers two sides, saying to Diablo it is impossible for them ("Normal is a setting on a dishwasher! Not something for people like us!") yet [[spoiler:the vision she has while entranced by Enchantress has Harley and Joker without the EvilMakeover, HappilyMarried in a regular household]].
* ImportantHaircut: She chops off her long pigtails at the beginning of ''Birds of Prey'' signifying her cutting off her past from the Joker.
* ImprobableWeaponUser:
** She uses a beanbag gun when storming the GCPD, and is very effective with it.
** In ''The Suicide Squad'' she tears off a piece of her dress to use as a garrote.
* InappropriateRoleModel: Cass looks up to Harley, even though the latter is hardly someone to look up to, her HiddenDepths buried in AxCrazy villainy. Just as a taste, Harley's "first lesson" for Cass is robbing a grocery shop, [[RefugeInAudacity and not even with finesse]].
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She changes into her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit as everyone, including the women, are watching, and is confused when they are distracted.
* ISurrenderSuckers: In the climax of ''Suicide Squad'', [[spoiler:she appears to be giving up her loyalty to Enchantress, but was getting close enough to cut out her heart to weaken her]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** A sadistic and violent supervillain and accomplice of the Joker, though she does grow genuinely fond of her fellow teammates of Task Force X, referring to them as her friends right before [[spoiler:cutting out Enchantress' heart]]. She also deeply loves the Joker, [[spoiler:and as a hallucination sequence shows, wishes to raise a family with him]].
** In ''Birds of Prey'' she openly admits to Cassandra that she's not a good person. But when Cassandra's life is in danger and the other women assemble to help, she's willing to go the extra mile for the kid and the two leave together.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: In ''The Suicide Squad'' she spends most of the film fighting in a beautiful (if progressively damaged) flamenco dress. Subverted in that she grabs a pair of combat boots, averting the usual stilettos (they come in handy for kicking doors in people's faces).
* TheLadette: She has a foul mouth and [[ToiletHumor a crude sense of humor]], [[{{Gasshole}} proudly belches and farts]], and talks openly about her bathroom habits.
* LargeHam: As any wacky villain needs to be, she has a large presence.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: She sometimes addresses the audience, says stuff from her narration out loud, and when interrogating Cassandra she even [[SpikingTheCamera looks at the camera in frustration]].
* LegFocus: Both ''Suicide Squad'' and ''Birds of Prey'' introduce Harley with a pan up her legs.
* LoveInterest: Of the Joker. So much that he conceives an elaborate plan to get her back. They break up later on, however.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Helped the Joker escape Arkham and later consented to being tortured so she could join him in his insanity. This means it doubles as LoveMakesYouEvil.
* MadLove: True to form, her relationship with Joker. By her own description, being with Joker made her lose all sense of who she was, to the point where her entire life revolved utterly around him.
* MadeOfIron: Harley can withstand hours of torture and still be battle-ready in an instant.[[note]]In the comics, this power is due to ComicBook/PoisonIvy enhancing her with serums, but has not yet been explained in the DCEU.[[/note]]
* MamaBear: To Cassandra Cain. Lay a finger on her and Harley Quinn will make you see who has the last laugh.
* MotorMouth: In ''Birds of Prey'', she can talk a lot when she's stalling or just trying to annoy someone as seen when Sionis tries to torture her but she goes on a long rant about how predictable his motives are as she diagnoses him.
* MsFanservice: Harley's glittery hotpants don't leave much to the imagination. She's also seen bending a lot and likes pole dancing. She is very much a MaleGaze magnet. This is downplayed a good deal on purpose in ''Birds of Prey''. Aside from anything else, she's played by ''Margot "Frickin'" Robbie''.
* MurderousThighs: Harley uses a combination of this and slick gymnastics to escape a strappado bind.
* MultipleChoicePast: The film offers two different suggestions as to what caused her madness. It may have been being (with consent) tortured with electroshock machinery, or it may have been taking a dive into a vault of acid. It may even have started during her therapy sessions with the Joker, since she brings him an AK-47 at his request.
* NonconformistDyedHair: The playful and mentally unstable Harley Quinn has blonde hair dyed pink/red at the ends, like her comic book counterpart.
* NothingPersonal: She tries to use this excuse when choosing to
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: With her flamboyant and friendly personality, it's easy to forget that [[spoiler:Harley is involved in Robin's murder]].[[note]]Though both Zack Snyder and David Ayer have dropped hints that this might not be true.[[/note]]
* OddFriendship: Genuinely thinks of Rick Flag as a friend despite him being
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* TheOphelia: She has an almost childlike, peaceful serenity surrounding her when she's in her cell, and is quite an AxCrazy {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* OutlawCouple: Harley and the Joker were lovers and partners in crime for some time.
-->'''Harley:''' ''[shooting Batman during a high-speed chase]'' You're ruining date night!
* PerpetualSmiler: Harley's almost always grinning, laughing, or otherwise acting cheerful. If she stops smiling for even a moment, it's a sign that Harley's ''really'' upset, or that the situation is truly dire.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She is tiny compared to the other members of the Suicide Squad. That doesn't stop her from beating the living crap out of men twice her size with her bare hands or lifting a full grown man of the ground with nothing but her legs while hanging from the ceiling. She also takes some pretty hard hits in every movie with little trouble getting back up, usually immediately.
* PlayingPossum:
** When Batman rescues her from drowning, he gives her mouth-to-mouth and she reveals she was
** Pretends to
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* PrimaryColorChampion: Subverted.
** In ''Suicide Squad'' Harley wears red and blue with gold accessories, despite being a crazed criminal.
** Harley wears a lot more colours in ''Birds of Prey'', but the dominant ones are pink and gold.
** In ''The Suicide Squad'' Harley gets a dress that's bright red.
* PrincessForADay: Actually lampshades this as she is led up to be proposed to by Luna.
* PsychoPartyMember: One of the most dangerous and mentally unstable members of both teams she joins.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: Shades of this were already present in ''Suicide Squad'', but this is especially pronounced in ''Birds of Prey''. While she is capable of being mature and is rather intelligent, her general demeanor is of someone about as young as [[TagAlongKid Cassandra]] ([[OneOfTheKids which might be why they hit it off so well]]). She loves glitter, eats sugary cereals regularly, and once got emotional about losing a bacon-and-egg sandwich.[[note]]To be fair about that last point, she did spend about all the money she had left on it. Doesn't really make her over-the-top response seem any more mature, though.[[/note]] She just so happens to be a criminal who is willing to lash out violently at anyone who makes her angry.
* PsychoPsychologist: She lampshades this when she pretends to psychoanalyze Killer Croc and Katana, saying she feels "bored" and wants "a victim, a mind to pry apart and spit in".
* PunnyName: Play on "harlequin".
* TheQueenpin: She used to rule the Gotham underworld alongside Joker until their breakup.
* RedIsViolent: Harley's signature colour, matched up with either black or blue. She had at least two outfits that were half-red when she was recruited for the first Suicide Squad and has another two on her latest mission. Harley also wears a red and black roller derby outfit in ''Birds of Prey''. As the number of enemies she's made can attest, Harley is a card-carrying sadist.
* RefugeInAudacity: Harley isn't stupid (as she herself bitterly mutters -- "I have a [=PhD=], motherfucker"), she's just a lunatic. As a result, most of her wicked shenanigans hinge on sheer nerve and luck.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Harley carries a .357 Magnum Chiappa Rhino with white grips and gold decorations.
* RollerbladeGood: During the final battle with Roman's men in ''Birds of Prey''. She ditches them before facing off against Roman himself on the pier.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:The Joker comes to get her back with technology to neutralize her ExplosiveLeash and she happily jumps on the occasion. Too bad it's a ShortLivedAerialEscape]].
* SlasherSmile:
** [[https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1506278/margot-robbie-harley-quinn.jpg Dons one]] after happily saying to Deadshot [[BloodKnight the mission will probably have them kill people]].
** Adopts a positively Puddin'-esue one upon "awakening" from her fake bout of unconsciousness, her would-be torturer none the wiser.
* SmarterThanYouLook:
** She earned degrees in psychology and used to be a doctor, even though she doesn't act like it most of the time. [[BerserkButton She'll even break your legs for calling her dumb]].
** Demonstrated in ''Suicide Squad'' after a {{Flashback}} to the chemical immersion she was put through by the Joker, she has a brief conversation with Deadshot about love and labels him a "textbook sociopath" at his response.
** When's she's prisoner of Roman Sionis, she makes a very accurate diagnosis of his psyche.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Only woman among the recruited criminals of Task Force X. Though not in the Squad (Katana) and Task Force X as a whole (Waller is the leader) and Enchantress was ''supposed'' to be on the Squad as well. In ''The Suicide Squad'' she's part of TwoGirlsToATeam with Ratcatcher II, after Mongal dies in the opening assault.
* TheSociopath: Narrowly averted. While she is ''very'' violent and psycho, she is not incapable of feeling love or [[PetTheDog showing compassion]], and does [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes care about her teammates]] as well as Bruce.
* SoleSurvivor: In Film/TheSuicideSquad, she and and Flagg are the only members of Team A who aren't killed on the beach in Corto Maltese. Then Flagg is killed by Peacemaker near the climax of the film leaving her the only one left. [[spoiler:Subverted when Weasel is revealed to be alive after he supposedly drowned in TheStinger]].
* StepfordSmiler:
** She's obviously heartbroken when she thinks [[spoiler:that the Joker perished]] but in the moment the rest of the Squad finds her, she starts acting like her usual self despite being heartbroken. She drops the act after hearing Diablo's backstory.
** In the next ''Suicide Squad'' movie Harley gives an anecdote on why she kills her ex-boyfriends before leaving them. Her last partner (''strongly'' impled to be the Joker) stalked her and made her life hell. Nevertheless Harley keeps her spirits high.
* StreetSmart: She says that she knows the East End better than anyone, and once found a missing portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt in a
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Shows up twice--when she falls into a vat of chemicals to show her devotion to the Joker and when he drives his car into the harbor with Harley as a passenger. Funnily enough, she claims she can't swim.
* TakeUpMySword: Harley is on the receiving end of this when a dying Javelin hands her his namesake, though at first she has no idea what it means.
* TattooedCrook: She has lots of tattoos, though they're not as conspicuous as the Joker's.
* TeamMom:
** She has shades of this when encouraging El Diablo or when she serves drinks to comfort the Task Force X at the bar in ''Suicide Squad''.
** In the climax of ''Birds of Prey'', she's not quite the leader but encourages the women assembled there to team up to stand a chance against Black Mask's army and protect Cassandra Cain. She's also genuinely friendly to them and even gives some psychological advice to Huntress.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Every film she's appeared in has had moments like this.
** In ''Suicide Squad'' Harley looks down a stairwell and has a sudden flashback to when she jumped into a vat of chemicals.
** In ''Birds of Prey'' Harley takes a blow to the head and has a Marilyn Monroe-style fantasy.
** In ''The Suicide Squad'' Harley envisions flowers blossoming out of thin air.
* TokenEvilTeammate: For the Birds of Prey. While the other three members are flawed, they're still fighting for justice while Harley is just trying to cover her ass. Then at the end of their first adventure Harley pilfers the diamond they were trying to obtain.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Thanks to being tortured into insanity by the Joker, conventional methods of torture no longer work on her and even apparently amuse her, as shown by General Suarez's torture of her by high-powered taser.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: She's this to Cassandra. Even giving her a list of things she could do to be like her that are definitely not legal.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She really loves her bacon-and-egg sandwiches, to the point where
* {{Troll}}: The quote above shows she's not above using her insanity just to mess with the people around her.
* UndyingLoyalty: For the Joker in
* UngratefulBitch: A flashback shows that her reaction to Batman diving underwater to try and save her from drowning is to try and kill him with a knife.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: In ''Birds of Prey'' she has a large assortment of outfits that she wears throughout the movie, about
* UnreliableNarrator: When Harley narrates in ''Birds of Prey'', she often forgets about important events, so she has to [[HowWeGotHere backtrack]], telling the story [[AnachronicOrder out of order]].
* VillainousCrush: An ironic example - she named her pet hyena after Bruce Wayne because she finds him to be a {{Hunk}}, all the while not knowing that he's Batman.
* VillainousFriendship: With Captain Boomerang, made apparent by the opening of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' where they seem genuinely happy to see each other on their new mission. [[spoiler:Harley is clearly distraught when she witnesses his death.]]
* VillainousHarlequin: In the flesh; her main getup makes her this.
* VillainsOutShopping: ''Birds of Prey'' shows her enjoying many mundane activities in between her criminal hijinks, which she's presumably allowed to get away with because her reputation as a supervillain (or at least [[ComicBook/TheJoker a supervillain's]] former accomplice) makes for an impressive SwordOfDamocles. She gets drunk with friends at night clubs, gets food at local restaurants ([[NiceToTheWaiter whom she's consistently]] [[PetTheDog nice to]]), and participates in UsefulNotes/RollerDerby. [[ItMakesSenseInContext When getting laxatives for Cassandra]], she also shops for her actual groceries, at least until she decides to shoplift them for ripping her off.
* VotOcksent: Despite her six-foot-thick BrooklynRage dialect, Harley seems to believe that Americans don't have accents at all, as she explains to Javelin while [[AccentInterest commenting on his sexy German accent]].
* WholeCostumeReference: Harley's costume from ''Suicide Squad'' is taken from [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkhwJUy4yLk/V520jmm0bxI/AAAAAAAAceY/5YyhGAu1PNIoprwUe8AHI9AIZJS2BszEwCLcB/s1600/DH.jpg an old publicity photo]] of punk rocker [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]].
* WidowedAtTheWedding: Well, engagement. Harley shoots her fiancee dead about 5 minutes after accepting his proposal when he mentions killing kids, describing that as one of her red flags.
* WorthyOpponent: In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', she seems to regard [[HeroAntagonist Renee Montoya]] as this, as there are multiple times when she has her at her mercy and could just finish her off, but allows her to recover or retreat.
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* CompositeCharacter: While there's no evidence of him reaching out to Bruce, him choosing to become Robin instead of being recruited by Bruce makes him similar to Tim Drake.
* DecompositeCharacter: His role of being killed by the Joker was seemingly given to Dick Grayson.
* TheGhost: His name and ties to Killer Croc are only revealed in a FreezeFrameBonus where his name is shown in Waller's file about Croc.
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