History Recap / HarleyQuinn2019S2E8InnerParaDemons

** Harley never stood a chance against Granny Goodness. She blocks all of Harley's attacks, Harley breaks her bat on Granny's head [[NoSell to no effect]], and then she beats Harley with a [[FingerPokeOfDoom simple flick of her finger]]. The only reason Harley wins is because Granny turns her back on Harley while gloating, allowing Psycho to use his powers to manipulate Harley's body into smashing a boulder on Granny's head.
** A Parademon army vs gun-toting citizens and tanks is predictably one-sided. The parademons suffer at best light casualties in the first wave before overwhelming and slaughtering Gordon's ragtag army. The only reason anyone survives is because Harley calls them off.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: At least, everyone makes note of Harley's new behaviour, and at least ask her about it. Even Darkseid makes a note that if she's seeking his army to fill a void she will remain unsatisfied.
* EvilPowerVacuum: By this point, the Injustice League has been fractured: Penguin and Mr Freeze are dead, Two-Face and Riddler are in captivity, and Bane has fallen into UncertainDoom. With no other villains, Harley attempts to fill in the vacuum by invading and raiding Gotham with an army of Parademons, but in the end, is unable to go through with it since she is not ready to commit to that level of supervillainy.

* KickTheDog: Dr Psycho's first idea to rise into even greater villainy was killing puppies, to Clayface and King Shark's horror.

* LoopholeAbuse: Darkseid challenges Harley to defeat Granny Goodness in exchange for the army she wants, but Granny is simply too tough for Harley. To keep with the conditions of the challenge, Psycho uses his powers to manipulate her into braining Granny with a giant rock while Granny is distracted, which Darkseid either doesn't notice or doesn't mind.

** Harley's file number is the air date of her ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman:TAS]]'' debut, and the report's unredacted lines sneak in the titles of nearly all her episode appearances.

* ShoutOut: Psycho does a bunch of them; the UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}}s are mentioned to Clayface, he calls Mr Miracle's costume a "[[Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat technicolour dreamcoat]]", and calls the Parademons "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz flying monkey]]-lizards".

* TookALevelInJerkass: Dr Psycho shows absolutely none of his previous positive qualities here, instead, abusing Clayface and King Shark, talking Harley into starting a murderous invasion of the planet with Darkseid, joyously taking in all the following bloodshed, and instantly quitting without a second thought once Harley refuses to continue with the mayhem.

* VillainHasAPoint: Darkseid is able to see that Harley wants to use his Parademons not to deal with Gordon, but to fill a void in her heart. In a move unlike the God of Evil, he genuinely tells her why it won't work.

** Clayface and Kingshark JawDrop at Psycho asking Harley how she feels about [[KickTheDog killing puppies]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: Dr Psycho shows absolutely none of his previous positive qualities here, instead of abusing Clayface and King Shark, talking Harley into starting a murderous invasion of the planet with Darkseid, joyously taking in all the following bloodshed, and instantly quitting without a second thought once Harley refuses to continue with the mayhem.

* KickTheDog: Dr Psycho's first idea to rise into even greater villainy was killing puppies, to Clayface and King Shark's shock.

* CompensatingForSomething: After denying her budding feelings for Ivy, Harley spends the rest of the episode playing up the fact that she's an evil, badass, spontaneous person who randomly kisses people. This leads her to agreeing to Doctor Psycho's proposal to get an army from Darkseid for world domination.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: At least, everyone makes note of Harley's new behavior, and at least ask her about it. Even Darkseid makes a note that if she's seeking his army to fill a void she will remain unsatisfied.
* EvilPowerVacuum: By this point, the Injustice League has been fractured: Penguin and Mr. Freeze are dead, Two-Face and Riddler are in captivity, and Bane has fallen into UncertainDoom. With no other villains, Harley attempts to fill in the vacuum by invading and raiding Gotham with an army of Parademons, but in the end is unable to go through with it since she is not ready to commit to that level of supervillainy.

** Psycho mentions he once visited Apokolips in the past and asked Darkseid for an army like Harley did, but when Darkseid ordered him to prove himself by fighting Granny Goodness, he chickened out and left.

* ShoutOut: Psycho does a bunch of them; the UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}}s are mentioned to Clayface, he calls Mr. Miracle's costume a "[[Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat technicolor dreamcoat]]", and calls the Parademons "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz flying monkey]]-lizards".

* TookALevelInJerkass: Dr. Psycho shows absolutely none of his previous positive qualities here, instead abusing Clayface and King Shark, talking Harley into starting a murderous invasion of the planet with Darkseid, joyously taking in all the following bloodshed, and instantly quitting without a second thought once Harley refuses to continue with the mayhem.

* VillainOfAnotherStory: Darkseid is established as a big time supervillain who even other villains are terrified of. But his role in the episode boils down to acting as a benefactor for Harley.

* ComicallySerious: Darkseid goes into a very long speech asking what Harley is prepared to do with any army of Parademons, with Harley interrupting him more than once to say "yes" until she finally decides to let him finish.

* DealWithTheDevil: Doctor Psycho talks Harley into pledging loyalty to Darkseid in exchange for an army of parademons to fight Gordon with. Surprisingly, Harley appears able to walk out of it.

** Clayface and Kingshark JawDrop at Psycho asking Harley how she feels about [[KickTheDog killing puppies]]

* EvilPowerVacuum: By this point, the Injustice League has been fractured: Penguin and Mr. Freeze are dead, Two-Face and Riddler are in captivity, and Bane has fallen into UncertainDoom. With no other villains, Harley attempts to fill in the vacuum by invading and raiding Gotham with an army of Parademons, but in the end is unable to go through with it since she is not ready to go through with that level of supervillainy.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Dr. Psycho shows absolutely none of his previous positive qualities here, instead abusing Clayface and King Shark, talking Harley into starting a murderous invasion of the planet with Darkseid, joyously taking in all the following bloodshed, and instantly quitting without a second thought once Harley refuses to continue with the mayhem.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Gordon plans on taking Harley down, Batgirl goes to Harley to warn her, who questions why would she do that for her. Batgirl believes Harley isn't really a villain, but Harley, who's still dealing with the kiss with Ivy and tries to avoid thinking about it, takes it as a challenge to prove her villainous nature and mistook Batgirl's words into thinking she needs an army to face Gordon, and the army she would later use are Parademons.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ivy is disgusted with Kite Man's smug abusive parents and calls them out saying that it's a wonder Kite Man turned out to be as a good man as he is with horrible people like them as parents.

* NoodleIncident: Psycho mentions he once visited Apokolips in the past and asked Darkseid for an army like Harley did, but when Darkseid ordered him to prove himself by fighting Granny Goodness, he chickened out and left.

* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Harley is about to tell Ivy how she feels, but after Kite Man shows up and he and Ivy share a sweet moment, she decides against it because she [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she wants Ivy to be happy]].

* AdaptationalWimp: The New Gods in the comics lived up to their name, being able to fight with Superman. Here, Mister Miracle is knocked out and left bleeding once Harley Quinn hits him with a Bat, and Granny Goodness is presumable killed after a rock hits her head.

** A parademon army vs gun-toting citizens and tanks is predictably one-sided. The parademons suffer at best light casualties in the first wave before overwhelming and slaughtering Gordon's ragtag army. The only reason anyone survives is because Harley calls them off.

* TakeThat: When told of the trial to kill Granny Goodness, King Shark remarks that he doesn't want to kill old people, preferring to let the American Healthcare System do that.
* VillainHasAPoint: Darkseid is able to see that Harly wants to use his Parademons not to deal with Gordon, but to fill a void in her heart. In a move unlike the God of Evil, he generally tells her why it won't work.
-->'''Harley''': What, is this guy my therapist?