History Recap / HarleyQuinn2019S1E4FindingMrRight

-->'''Poison Ivy:''' You have been here two weeks and have destroyed nine TVs.

* DisproportionateRetribution Before Robin shows up at the Daily Planet, Superman arrives as he prepares to save Lois. He suspects that Harley is after her because of the Planet's online subscription price and, while it doesn't make it an excuse to threaten Lois, he does agree that it's too steep.

** Ivy, despite being an eco-terrorist, isn’t going to open Harley's mail before she gets it, since she's "not a ''rude'' person."

** Ivy ended up closing the door on Sy Borgman when she thought his rant was going to get racist.

-->'''Doctor Psycho''': Ugh, last week I was in the fucking Legion of Doom, and now this!

-->'''Robin''': I was raised by an elite group of assassins from birth! You're a clown, and an old one at that! What are you, thirty?!
-->'''Harley''': You little shit!

* MirrorCharacter: In the end of the episode, Robin is this for Harley, unable to find a nemesis himself - just like her.

** Harley and gang first confront Robin in a meat packing plant, like the ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight Gotham By Gaslight]]'' heroes' first confrontation against the villain is in a slaughterhouse, with pig carcasses hanging on hooks in both settings.

** Clayface's remark, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" would immediately be taken as a ShoutOut to the similarly campy WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}. Except, the phrase might have first originated from the obscure 1944 film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_People Meet the People]]'', from which also originated the song, "Say That We're Sweethearts Again", that Harley sang in ''[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE7Harlequinade Harlequinade]]''.

* NoSell: When Harley mistakenly attacks King Shark with her trusty bat, breaking it on his face, his reaction is just a nonplussed "Ow?".

* YearningForANemesis: The episode is themed around this trope, as Harley is determined to get a nemesis so people will take her seriously as a villain. Unfortunately, she gets stuck with [[BrattyHalfPint Robin]], who's also desperate to have his own nemesis.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the fight in the TV studio, Harley and Ivy have a SuggestiveCollision, where Ivy lands on top of Harley, and for a moment it looks like they might kiss. [[spoiler:The situation brings a big smile to Harley's face, so it seems she would indeed enjoy getting intimate with Ivy, whereas Ivy merely looks confused. Their reactions foreshadow the entire romantic subplot of the next season, where Harley is eager for them to get together, but Ivy is conflicted about the idea.]]

* Foreshadowing: During the fight in the TV studio, Harley and Ivy have a SuggestiveCollision, where Ivy lands on top of Harley, and for a moment it looks like they might kiss. [[spoiler:The situation brings a big smile to Harley's face, so it seems she would indeed enjoy getting intimate with Ivy, whereas Ivy merely looks confused. Their reactions foreshadow the entire romantic subplot of the next season, where Harley is eager for them to get together, but Ivy is conflicted about the idea.]]

* PapaWolf: Batman is ''pissed'' at Harely kidnapping Damian and putting his life in danger. He later consoles him when they return to the Batcave, acting like an actual father.

* PoorCommunicationKills: When King Shark tells the others that he's not good around blood, they assume he was fainty around it. But when Robin's blood gets in the water and he smells it, he goes on a rampage and tries to eat him.

** Harley objects to Sy Borgman's suggestion of committing war crimes in order to be taken seriously.

* DatingCatwoman: The TropeNamer is casually brought up when Harley, frustrated that Robin lied about her asking him to be her nemesis stated she wants "a nemesis with some ''hair on his chest''!" Ivy then says that rules out Batman, saying that Catwoman told her that he ''waxes everything''.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Before Harley, Clayface and Psycho barge in, at the beginning, Ivy is whistling the show's theme as she's cleaning the apartment.

* NoodleIncident: How exactly Harley managed to get into the Batcave to steal the Batmobile is never shown. Simply cutting to her [[PedalToTheMetalshot flooring it out of the cave]] and onto the streets of Gotham after her discussion of the plan with her teammates.